Chapter 1149

"He only stayed at Holy Yuan Academy for 2 years before he had no choice but to leave.

"At that time my identity was also very sensitive, my entire clan was destitute, and I was basically an ugly duckling that everyone avoided.

But he not only didn't avoid me, he instead patiently trained me even more, treating me completely like his own daughter.

"It can be said that without Instructor Zhao, I could never have become a master-level tailor in my early twenties.

"And I wouldn't have everything I have now either…

"What a pity, Instructor Zhao died young…"

A sorrowful expression appeared in Li Ruanyu's eyes.

Zhao Chi listened in silence.

But he still had one question.

"Instructor Li, you said my father was a tailoring genius, so he went to Holy Yuan Academy to serve as an instructor? But according to noble customs, shouldn't they have forcibly conscripted him as a private tailor?"

Li Ruanyu shook her head: "He… was in a state of semi-house arrest at the time. He also knew his own situation, so he taught us everything he had learned."

"He was released afterwards?"

"Right. Under his guidance, in just two years he produced 2 master-level tailors, as well as more than 10 of us expert-level tailors."

"That's amazing…"

Zhao Chi was also somewhat moved.

Li Ruanyu smiled and said: "Perhaps it was also for this reason that he was able to leave safely afterwards. After all, he had already taught everything he should teach, and quite a few noble families had a good impression of him."

"Then an accident happened later?"

"Right… those damned magical beasts." Li Ruanyu was immersed in her memories: "You look a lot like Instructor Li…"

Zhao Chi had never met this world's parents. It could be said that they were complete strangers to him.

He hadn't expected there to be this whole story.

He also didn't know what to say.

Li Ruanyu sighed again: "Instructor Li was excellent. I didn't expect you to be this excellent too — truly rare. But… you understand better than he did how to hide yourself…"

Zhao Chi was startled inside.

With those words, Li Ruanyu must have seen through something.

Li Ruanyu smiled slightly:

"Don't be nervous. I only saw some clues; others wouldn't be able to tell.

"You're so young and already know how to hide yourself — that's good. Many young people show their edge too openly, and so they don't last long.

"Just rest assured and follow me. Originally, when this great war broke out, I wanted to take you in, but at the time I really couldn't spare the effort.

"Now it's good. I've successfully broken away from the nobles, and you've safely come to me.

"After this, you can treat me as an older sister, trust me completely, and come find me whenever you need anything."

Zhao Chi hadn't fully accepted this yet.

He didn't know whether Li Ruanyu was telling the truth or not, but he judged it to be true.

Because she had no reason to lie to him at all.

Moreover, all those things he couldn't figure out before now made sense.

It seemed that starting from 2 years ago, he had been under Li Ruanyu's care.

This was really not bad.

It seemed he had one more person he could trust.

Originally Zhao Chi already had a fair amount of trust in Li Ruanyu; now it deepened by several degrees more.

"Understood. Thank you, Instructor Li."

"Don't call me Instructor anymore. Privately just call me older sister — I'm not that much older than you. In formal occasions outside, call me Captain. After all, this isn't the Eighth Academy anymore."

"Thank you… Captain Li."

To be honest, Zhao Chi couldn't bring himself to call her 'older sister.'

So he changed it to the title of Captain.

Li Ruanyu didn't mind either, and gave a slight smile: "Good luck in the battle the day after tomorrow. Cooperate more with Su Qin — Su Qin has good potential, and I'll train her well too. After all, she's your person, and in the future she'll be my person as well."

"I will."

"Hehe, looking at your expression you still haven't fully accepted it. That's fine — this kind of thing does take time to digest. You've just come back from Dark Night City, so get more rest. I still have a meeting, so I won't keep you any longer."

Zhao Chi nodded: "Alright, Captain Li. I'll head out first then."

"Mm, come find me anytime if anything comes up. Don't be a stranger. See you."

"Understood. See you."

Even after returning to his territory, Zhao Chi was still a bit dazed.

But this was definitely a good thing.

It seemed the thigh that was Li Ruanyu could be clung to even more firmly and deeply.

With her around, perhaps many things in the future would be very convenient.

At the very least, selling fire oil and grain through her would definitely be no problem.

At this moment, the territory was full of busy figures everywhere.

The second batch of farmland had been harvested.

There were a total of 5 experience fruit fields and 50 wheat fields.

This batch of farmland ripened at just the right time, because the territory's grain reserves were already at the bottom.

There were now 953 people. Every woman had to eat 4 meals, 1.5 kilograms per meal.

The entire territory's daily grain consumption was 5.7 tons.

And those Feathered Cows also need to consume a large amount of food.

Cows can't just eat grass or bran alone; they won't get full.

They need to be paired with some refined grain.

Otherwise, the bulls won't have strength, and the cows' milk yield and calving will both be affected.

Zhao Chi's territory has no other refined grain, only wheat flour.

So a fair amount of this flour also needs to be fed to the Feathered Cows.

These Feathered Cows are huge in size; each one consumes 50 kilograms of various feed per day, totaling 3 tons daily.

The grass in the territory has basically all been eaten up.

The 30-plus tons of bran harvested last time has also been eaten up.

Fortunately, this harvest was plentiful enough.

The 50 wheat farmlands together can yield 325 tons of wheat.

After being ground into flour, they can yield 234 tons of flour and 81 tons of bran.

Even counting the new people arriving every day, this is enough to last a month.

But there's no need to wait a month.

In 7 days, another batch of farmlands will mature, also 55 farmlands.

In 14 days as well, also 55 farmlands.

Originally, in 21 days, 110 farmlands would mature.

But among them, 10 Experience Fruit farmlands had Gold Chunk Fertilizer and Gold Juice Fertilizer applied, and 50 wheat farmlands had Gold Juice Fertilizer applied.

These 60 farmlands will be able to mature in 9 days.

So this fertilizer is really very useful.

Those women must eat more, poop more, and pee more.

It can be said that from now on, Zhao Chi's territory already achieved food self-sufficiency.

Although the variety is still relatively limited at present, at least the problem of having or not having has been solved.

The problems of whether it's good, and whether it's abundant or not, can also be solved gradually.

The Experience Fruits were eaten up 2 days ago.

Although the previous 2 farmlands yielded a lot, after all, each person has to eat one every day, so they were consumed very quickly.

But the previous farmlands were too few, only 2, and today they can be replenished.

The Flower Demons are busy at work.

The wooden cart beside them is already full of picked Experience Fruits.

These 5 Experience Fruit farmlands together can yield 26,000 Experience Fruits, enough for 20 days of consumption.