Chapter 37: The Sixty-Era Nongchang System (3)

The flow of time inside the Farm Space is exactly the same as in the outside world.

For crops planted in the Black Soil, the harvest time might not need to be as long as in the outside world; for instance, crops that require three months to harvest in reality might mature in two months on the Black Soil of the Farm Space.

But it still requires her to hunch over to bury seeds, loosen soil, weed, and catch pests; it requires her to carry water from the river to the fields for irrigation, and when harvesting, it also requires her to swing a sickle to reap... This is too tiring!

How could Zhao Wanqing possibly handle it!

She has to work during the day and only has time to enter the Farm Space to labor at night.

But she is already so tired during the day; usually, after finishing dinner, she goes to bed and falls asleep the moment her head hits the pillow. Where would she have the extra energy to labor in the space?

After trying for three days, she hadn't even finished planting the nine plots of Black Soil before she was exhausted and collapsed.

Relying solely on herself is simply not feasible.

Yet she isn't a fool; she knows the system is a good thing, and choosing to bind with her must be her good fortune, so she is unwilling to tell anyone.

One day, because she missed the ox cart, she picked up a stray child on the road while walking back to the brigade.

The other party was about eleven or twelve years old, filthy all over, and who knows how long they had been hungry. Seeing a piece of broken biscuit on the ground that someone had dropped, they picked it up and stuffed it into their mouth, devouring it greedily.

Zhao Wanqing hatched a plan and asked if the child was willing to follow her; he would help her farm, and she would provide his three meals and a place to stay.

The child agreed, and then she tied a black cloth over his eyes and brought him into the Farm Space.

Under the child's diligent care, the nine plots of Black Soil were finally fully planted with crops.

The first batch planted were the seeds provided by the Xinsou Libao, including cabbage, radish, and Corn.

The three types of crops grew lush and green, soon reaching the harvest period; half were sold to the system in exchange for points, and half were kept for her own consumption.

From then on, the child stayed in the space, living in that Thatched Cottage, helping Zhao Wanqing farm from dawn till dusk every day, harvesting crop after crop.

Once her points met the requirements, Zhao Wanqing successively unlocked the Warehouse and the Mall.

Seeing the dazzling array of goods in the Mall, she wanted almost everything, but unfortunately, she didn't have enough points.

Because of this, she was no longer satisfied with the current nine plots of land; she wanted to expand the land.

But after expanding the land, it was obvious that the child alone couldn't keep up with the work.

Thus, she found an opportunity to quietly take the pair of grandparents from the cowshed—who were disregarded by the villagers and desperate to get far away from them—into the space.

With more laborers and expanded land, the speed of accumulating points was indeed faster!

Zhao Wanqing could slack off at work during the day and only earn three or five work points without going hungry; she could even use the grain and vegetables produced by the space to exchange for money and coupons at the black market.

Having tasted the sweetness, Zhao Wanqing later brought in several more batches of people: children abducted by human traffickers, a girl who tried to jump into a river after being bullied by local thugs, a woman who didn't dare go home after being abused by her husband...

As the number of people brought into the space gradually increased, more and more Black Soil was reclaimed.

Under the diligent labor of these people, Zhao Wanqing successively unlocked all the buildings in the Nongchang and moved into a luxurious villa she wouldn't have dared to imagine in her previous life.

She wasn't afraid of having too many people; in the space, she was a god.

Anyone who dared to resist her, she could immediately make them wish they were dead.

Moreover, she didn't feel she was committing a crime; instead, she felt she was saving these people.

She saved them and gave them a place to settle down, and they could eat their fill and dress warmly, while all they repaid her with was helping her farm. Come to think of it, they were the ones who benefited!

As more and more people went missing in the outside world, the public security officers were overwhelmed and the citizens were panicked, but no one suspected her.

As for the people she saved, it was inevitable that some would miss their homes and want to return after a long time, but how could Zhao Wanqing possibly let them go?

Besides, where outside could be better than the space?

In the space, they only had to work to be full; outside, harvests were poor and grain yields were down, making it difficult even for strong laborers to eat their fill, let alone the elderly, weak, women, and children like them.

However, she underestimated these people's longing for home.

Everyone's resentment formed a thick force of mental energy, which directly shattered the barrier constructed by the system.

The Super Farm System mistakenly thought it was encountering an external invasion and automatically ran a self-destruct program; the consequences can be imagined...

【Your task this time is to send the Super Farm System back to the factory for repairs and reset the threshold so it can no longer load people in at will.】

【It is a pity that the time anchor was chosen poorly; when you were sent over, Zhao Wanqing had already bound with the Sub-system. Otherwise, I could have captured and recycled it directly, and you, Host, would not have to go to the countryside to suffer.】

The Sub-system after leaving the factory has its own protective device; unless the binding with the Host is weak or even broken, even the Main System does not have the authority to forcibly recall it.

Otherwise, why would it need to borrow Xie Yang as a human medium?

The Main System felt a bit apologetic about this.

But it had no choice; there were not that many bodies available that had stopped breathing but were physically intact for it to choose from.

And not every body was compatible with the Host's magnetic field.

At this time node, the only body it could find that matched the Host's magnetic field was the original body.

Xie Yang didn't mind; she had taken the Physical Fitness Potion and was now as strong as an ox. The intensity of farm work, she imagined, would not be a problem.

Didn't the original body also intend to find a way to move out and leave this family after graduating from high school? Going to the countryside to get away from this family could be considered fulfilling her wish.

Since she had to go to the countryside, Xie Yang didn't waste any more time.

After drying her hair, she braided it into a loose fishtail braid and picked up the military green satchel the original body used for school.

Just as she was about to go out, she remembered one thing.

She turned back into the inner room and rummaged out the private money the original body had hidden in the corner seam of the bed board: three yuan, eight jiao, and five fen.

This money was wrapped in a piece of yellowing thin oil paper, with both notes and coins.

Having saved for over ten years, she had only saved three-something yuan; Xie Yang didn't know what to say.

But in the late sixties, when workers' wages were generally only thirty or fifty yuan, three-something yuan seemed enough to buy quite a few things.

She tucked the money into her trouser pocket, and this time, without pausing, she went straight out the door.

When she reached the stairwell, she ran into Yu Huizhu, who was coming down from the third floor.

"You, where are you going?"

Yu Huizhu's heart tightened, worried that this little vixen was going to the Women's Federation to cause trouble.

Xie Yang ignored her, swept a faint glance at the other party, and went downstairs two steps at a time.

Seeing this, Yu Huizhu was both angry and anxious, and she chased after her for a few steps.

Worried that the neighbors upstairs and downstairs might hear, she had to lower her voice: "Xie Yang! What kind of attitude is this! Watch out, or I'll tell your father!"

The only thing that answered her was the air.

"..."

Yu Huizhu was so angry that her chest heaved up and down.

What is the meaning of this!

To not even offer a greeting upon seeing an elder, is she really planning to tear off the mask of civility?

Is she not afraid that once she goes down to the countryside, the family won't give her a single cent?

Originally, she had thought that if this little hussy didn't stir up trouble and obediently went down to the countryside, besides preparing the bedding and luggage for her to go, the family would give her an extra twenty yuan and ten catties of National Grain Coupon.

Now, forget about the money and coupons; she wouldn't even pack her luggage and belongings. The things in the house belong to her three children, and that little hussy shouldn't think about taking a single thing! Let her live or die!