Chapter 129: Let's Plant Sweet Potatoes?!

The rice on half the field was harvested very quickly by the Harvester, and Ruan Mian did not stop, hurrying toward the other side.

With her hands covering the soil, Xia Cheng saw the most incredible scene.

On the black earth, clusters of tender green sprouts, as if a fast-forward button had been pressed, broke through the soil at a speed visible to the naked eye.

At an extremely rapid pace, they carpeted the entire field.

The young sprouts grew taller inch by inch, blooming with tiny, dust-like flowers; looking across the expanse, the green interspersed with white ears was breathtakingly beautiful.

The rice ears then turned into individual green grains, gradually becoming plump.

The leaves, roots, and grains gradually turned yellow, until the rice was completely golden.

This patch of rice was now mature and ready to be harvested.

Only then did Ruan Mian stop and wipe the sweat from her forehead; planting nearly three mu of land in one go was still somewhat draining on her ability.

It was truly quite exhausting.

"So, Sister, is your ability to grow these plants?"

So that was why she didn't care about these plants; even a passerby like him, whom she had just met, could eat vegetable porridge.

It was because she could grow it herself.

The look Xia Cheng cast at her became much more intense.

"Yeah, so don't be discouraged if you don't have Mental Power; when one door closes, another opens, everyone has their own strengths and merits!"

She meant to comfort him, but it seemed he didn't quite understand!

He lowered his eyelashes, his expression gloomy, looking as if a dark cloud had gathered above his head.

"But, I can't do anything."

Abandoned since childhood, raised in an orphanage, and ostracized by others—what could a poor little thing like him possibly learn?

Ruan Mian felt that her previous comfort had been truly inadequate.

"It doesn't matter if you can't do anything; being healthy and happy is the greatest blessing, don't think so much!"

She patted his shoulder quite heartily, "Little Xia, don't worry, as long as you work for me, as long as I have a bite to eat, I won't let you go hungry!"

Xia Cheng looked up and collided with her earnest eyes.

He was stunned for a moment.

Soon, he nodded heavily and let out an "un."

Isn't the most important thing in life just to be well-fed and warm?

When he was little in the orphanage, if you wanted to be full, you had to work, do a lot of work, and there was quite a bit of friction among the small cliques.

Being able to eat one's fill was truly no easy task!

Now, someone he had just met was promising him that she wouldn't let him go hungry.

Words like these were like taking a small hammer and tapping gently on his heart.

Although it didn't completely shatter that hard outer shell, it had left an indelible crack.

Xia Cheng lifted his thin face, the corners of his mouth turning up in a sweet smile.

"Thank you, Sister~"

"Thank me for what? You're my employee, and I provide room and board, so just work with peace of mind!"

"Mm, Sister, don't worry, I will definitely work hard!"

After saying this, he was about to get up, rolling up his sleeves as he prepared to show off his skills.

"Hey, hey, hey!"

Ruan Mian grabbed his wrist first.

Xia Cheng's body stiffened, and he suppressed the urge to struggle, though the expression on his face was inevitably somewhat rigid.

He turned his head inch by inch, as if he were a machine that had been used for too long and was jamming.

"Sister, what's wrong?"

Ruan Mian hadn't thought that much into it, assuming his low self-esteem and sensitivity were at play.

She let go of his wrist and ruffled his hair.

"It's nothing, nothing. Today doesn't count as a workday; you rest first, no need to work, just consider it getting to know our place here in advance."

She raised a finger and pointed at 917, who was driving the Harvester, "He can finish the operation by driving the machine; we don't need to."

In a word, just watch.

The machine was indeed operating very quickly; it drove off in a flash, and a long stretch of rice was harvested.

Leaving only the bare field behind.

There were two large boxes behind the Harvester; one contained the freshly harvested rice, and the other contained the leaves and stalks of the rice.

Once full, it would be handed over to the other two Simulation Humans; Xiao Hong was responsible for taking the rice to be dried and stored in the warehouse.

Xiao Fang was responsible for transporting the branches and leaves of the rice outside.

A garbage truck would clear the snow from the road, and then she would mix these roots, stems, and leaves evenly into the soil.

This was beneficial for increasing the soil's nutrients.

Their division of labor was very clear, and they cooperated very well; there was almost no need for extra people to do anything.

Xia Cheng's brows furrowed slightly.

Actually, there shouldn't be a shortage of employees here, right!

Even if there were.

His gaze swept over the woman on the side who was standing with her hands on her hips, watching 917 harvest as if it were a spectacle.

With the plants in her hands, if she sold even a tiny bit, she could buy as many Simulation Humans as she wanted.

So, was she pitying him?

Unable to hold it back, a mocking smile curled on her lips.

It seems the image he crafted is truly a success!

Pitiful people?

How many pitiful people are there in this world!

Must one go and save every single one of them?

Hmph.

She could not help but feel mocking inside.

A savior, or does he want to be a hero?

"Little Xia, do you want to try planting sweet potatoes?"

"What?"

Xia Cheng was stunned for a moment; he was to do the planting?

How does one plant them?

"Come and try it. I want to see if they can survive without using my ability."

It just so happens that quite a bit of pig manure and chicken manure has been collected.

Plant a small patch, then fertilize it, and see if they can survive.

To plant vegetation, there was still some irrepressible excitement in Xia Cheng's heart; even if he erected many sharp spikes and built high copper walls in his heart, there was still a soft spot.

And these plants were precisely the fastest shortcut to reach that soft spot.

"Come on, come on!"

Ruan Mian took the lead and walked toward the piece of land that had been cleared first.

She pulled out a handful of straw and stuck it into the ground to make a mark, roughly circling out a plot of land.

"We will plant this plot."

After speaking, she covered the ground with her hands, a faint green light flashed, vines grew, and a cluster of sweet potato vines grew out just like that.

She pinched off the side branches, and a few thin roots had already sprouted underneath.

"Little Xia, take these to plant; just space them about a foot's width apart and plant them in."

Xia Cheng took them carefully, looking at the broken side roots that were still oozing milky white sap, feeling a bit of heartache.

Why did she have to break them off?

Can they really survive if planted like this?

Ruan Mian saw that he had stopped moving, and upon seeing his expression, she was amused.

He felt heartache for sweet potato vines; they really are talented people!

"Stop looking. If you want them to survive quickly, just plant them in the ground, bury them a bit deeper, and cover them well with soil!"

"Can they really survive?"

"Give it a try!"

After Ruan Mian finished speaking, the movements of her hands did not slow down in the slightest; she continued to stimulate her ability, forcing out thick and long vines, and then pinching off the side branches.

In a short while, there was already a big pile of them.

It was a big project, but today's amount of exercise was already saturated!