Chapter 862: Lord Three's Big Shot Xia Bailao

Of the 97 spinach plants, 51 were seed-bearing female plants, producing a total of 4,826 spinach seeds. 2 went into Little Feimao's belly, and 4,824 went into Xia Qing's pouch.

A few minutes later, Ji Li arrived at the north gate of Territory Three, took the bag of spinach seedlings and 2,000 spinach seeds. When Yang Jin came to deliver the notebook and phone, he would take another 1,500 spinach seeds at a price of 130 credits per seed.

The highest Qi-element content in this batch of seeds is 7.6?, with Qiang-element content around 2.5? — a higher-quality high-Qi-element spinach seed than the X-2 distributed by Hui-3 Base this spring.

If the existing quality can be maintained after replanting, according to the rules, this batch of seeds should be named: X-3.

However, Xia Qing and Zhang San had already discussed — X-3 would not be promoted externally. Because for the general public, the quality of X-2 was already sufficient.

After these 1,324 X-3 original seeds pass through a one-month dormancy period, Xia Qing will plant them in batches on the terraced fields, continuing to cultivate higher-quality high-Qi-element spinach.

Xia Qing, who hadn't slept all night, raised the rainproof cloth of Greenhouse One, letting the crops inside receive sunlight. Next, she had to spray the greenhouse's insect-proof netting with a coat of insecticide and fungicide, to prevent any blind bugs or small animals like Little Feimao from breaking through the netting and rushing into her greenhouse, damaging her precious crops!

To spray the chemicals, she couldn't bring Little Feimao along, but before letting it go, she needed to make it understand its mistake.

Xia Qing pulled the little fellow out of the confinement room, held it up beside the insect-proof netting, and regardless of whether it could understand, lectured it sternly with gestures and a harsh tone. She flicked its little head twice before letting go. "Go back to your nest!"

Little Feimao, having regained its freedom, actually very skillfully climbed along Xia Qing's arm and crawled back into her clothing pocket.

What to do?

Xia Qing directly sent this debt-ridden lord back to the West Buffer Forest, taking the chance to check the newly grown Qiang-evolved red bamboo in the bamboo grove. Finally, she stopped under the big tree where the red squirrel family lived, pulled the little thing out of its rodent home, hung it on the tree, and said, "Climb up, go find your mom — I can hear her in the nest."

The red squirrel guarding half a cave of wheat seeds was so scared it trembled.

In two higher little tree hollows, two little red squirrels guarding two small piles of dirty wheat kernels were a bit bolder than their mother. Hearing Xia Qing's voice, they poked their little heads out of their respective nests and peered downward.

The thin little red squirrel with patches of missing fur, placed on the tree bark by Xia Qing, stubbornly climbed back onto her hand and burrowed into her clothing pocket. This time, it burrowed into the pocket where Xia Qing kept her spinach seeds.

This means it thinks spinach seeds taste better — it's sticking to her for a free meal...

Xia Qing could only bring this weak-brained evolved creature back to the small hut by the farmland. If she stayed any longer, she was afraid the other two little squirrels would also come running out and cling to her for free food.

After stuffing Little Feimao into a cage and locking it up, Xia Qing went to spray the missing patches of pesticide on the dozen-plus greenhouses and the weed wall.

After finishing all this work, Xia Qing had a fight with the lazy Sheep Boss, ordering it to stay by Greenhouse Twelve with Wolf Lao Er to protect the chickens, before heading home covered in mud and carrying Little Feimao.

Sure enough, she found that the Does Daigua monkey lying on the straw mat in the sheep shed had soiled itself again. No diarrhea this time, but even harder to clean up!

Just as she finished cleaning the sheep shed, before Xia Qing could even make breakfast, the Party A from Mountain Fifty-Five pushed through the meter-plus-tall Qiang grass in her yard, opened her door, and urged her to go to work.

Damn it — she's not a lord, she's the human big shot in the eyes of freeloading small animals, she's Xia Bailao in the eyes of the wolf big shots!

Going to work was out of the question. Xia Qing patiently explained her predicament to Party A, then used a chain strung with a pink pearl as a gift to send the tasteful Party A on its way. After breakfast, she immediately began clearing the Qiang grass in the yard.

Catch up on sleep?

The work isn't done yet — where's the time for that. Squeeze some spinach juice, mix it with nutrient source and drink it, then clear the Qiang grass around the house and greenhouses before anything else.

Under the eaves of the diligent Xia Qing's house, a Does Daigua monkey hung receiving an IV drip. In the cage hanging beside the Does Daigua monkey, a little squirrel gnawed on a walnut.

Although this Qiang rain lasted just over five hours and the Qiang grass only grew to a little over a meter tall, it would quickly go to seed if not cleared in time. Moreover, among the Qiang grass that grew this time, there were still 39 highly toxic Huang Gan-39 plants requiring special handling and disposal.

Same as during the second Qiang rain, Xia Qing hired Territories Seventeen and Fifteen to handle the Qiang grass clearing work. She herself was only responsible for the Qiang grass around her dwelling in the abandoned village and the greenhouses.

The people from the two territories would start work this afternoon, so the territory remained quiet in the morning. Xia Qing turned on the radio, working while listening to the broadcast.

She wanted to hear how Hui-3's officials would characterize this sudden natural disaster affecting Territories in Northern Districts One and Three.

When Xia Qing finished pulling the Huang Gan-39 in the yard and bundled them to one side, and began pulling the other Qiang grass that didn't need special handling, the Hui-3 news finally began introducing last night's sudden natural disaster in the northern part of the safe zone.

"Within ten days after a Qiang rain, the excess Qiang elements in the soil and water evaporate and rise high into the atmosphere, becoming an important force in Blue Star's outer atmosphere resisting cosmic ray invasion. But under very special circumstances, the evaporated Qiang elements can be attracted by certain cloud masses, rapidly gather, and fall back to the ground in the form of precipitation."

After explaining the natural phenomenon, the Hui-3 announcer offered the official name for this type of disaster: "This kind of sudden natural disaster is called: Return Rain."

"Return Rain? That's a pretty fitting name." Qi Fu spoke up on the lord channel. "Last July, the hailstorm that hit our territory didn't trigger a Qiang rain, so it doesn't count as a Return Rain."

Kuang Qingwei picked up the thread. "I remember there used to be a fish called Return Fish before the disaster — it was pretty expensive."

Xia Qing pulled up a big handful of Qiang grass and tossed it on the Qiang grass pile nearby, hearing the announcer ask, "Professor Li, our base has been hit by Return Rain before, right?"

Today's special guest in the broadcast room, Hui-3 meteorological research expert Li Xiangshan, answered, "Return Rain is a rare natural phenomenon. From the first year of the disaster to now, only five have occurred across all of Blue Star. Last night was our country's first Return Rain..."

Tang Huai cursed on the lord channel. "We've finally taken a national first place — what an honor, damn it."

"Not entirely the first." Hu Zifeng fired back at Tang Huai, retaliating for his pointed remarks on the lord channel that morning. "We also have a Level-5 Evolver here who, on his first mission outside, kicked a stone while clearing the path and broke his own toe. One person, two national firsts."

Tang Huai, lying in bed, jumped up. "Who the hell are you talking about?"

Hu Zifeng chuckled. "Talking about that capable fellow who single-handedly took two national firsts. Why are you so anxious?"

Everyone: Here we go again...

Xia Qing turned off the lord walkie-talkie, focusing on pulling weeds and listening to the broadcast.

When most of the Qiang grass in the yard had been pulled, the Does Daigua monkey's IV finally finished. Xia Qing took off her mud-covered gloves, pulled out the IV tube and put it in a dedicated disposal bag. In the disaster years, supplies were scarce — used IV tubes needed to be recycled, professionally sterilized, and reused.

Xia Qing finished storing the IV tube and noticed the Does Daigua monkey's slightly open mouth trembling.