Chapter 278: Only Then Can It Bring Good Luck to the Marquis Manor

On the Yan Guogong Manor side, He Zu's crops weren't ripe yet, so there was no rush.

Early the next morning, Qin Yan went to find Qin Tang.

"Is Qin Bi going to the desolate land?" Qin Yan asked.

"I haven't heard her mention it." Jiang Shi came to the courtyard to answer.

Jiang Shi was dressed neatly, intending to go to the desolate land as well. The children naturally followed. Their own harvest was a bumper harvest, so there was no reason not to go. Everyone was up by now.

"Our Marquis Manor's melon field is harvesting melons today," Qin Yan said. "It would be lively if Qin Bi went too."

Qin Tang clearly felt the importance Qin Yan, the Heir Apparent of the Marquis Manor, placed on Qin Bi. Whether it was the Marquis's intention or Qin Yan's, this was a good thing. In this cultivation world, one couldn't move an inch without a family.

If Qin Bi was well, the fourth branch was well.

Qin Yan left. Time was tight in the morning, so Qin Tang sent Qin Xun to the Rong Prince Manor to ask.

He He Shizi Apparent didn't make the decision and went to the bedroom to ask Qin Bi.

Qin Bi was already awake and surprised that her elder brother had come to ask specifically. After thinking for a moment, she said: "Rong Yang will go first, and I will follow to the desolate land. Once there, Second Brother, keep an eye on Rong Yang. If the ordinary watermelons can be sold, sell them."

He He Shizi Apparent spoke: "Three beast crystals per melon."

Qin Bi and Qin Xun were stunned, but neither questioned the Heir Apparent. Rong Juan had fought on the battlefield and was well-traveled, having eaten many immortal items, so he had his reasons for setting this price.

Rong Yang shouted: "Uncle, my aides and I are going to the desolate land first."

Qin Xun smiled: "We will follow shortly."

Rong Yang and Lin Yao led the team away, and Qin Xun also hurried back to the Marquis Manor.

The desolate land became lively. The little Imperial Prince and the Minister of War rushed over early to join the fun, and scholar cultivators who got the news also rushed over. They couldn't snatch spirit melons, but they could afford to eat an ordinary watermelon.

People from the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Revenue helped set up stalls. Good heavens, the first melon and fruit market in the desolate land.

Early in the morning, the entire desolate land was very lively.

He He Shizi Apparent's guards picked a basket of ordinary melons, and Qin Tan also picked a basket, calling Rong Yang to the market. There was no other way; the Vice Minister of Revenue and the Vice Minister of Works were urging them, so they had to pick some melons and fruit to support the market.

"What's the price?" a lady asked.

Before Qin Tan could answer, Rong Yang said: "Three beast crystals per watermelon."

Qin Tan was stunned; the asking price was too ruthless.

The lady was angry: "Ordinary watermelons only cost a few coins each."

Qin Tan smiled heartily: "That's the price."

The lady was so angry she couldn't speak, but she didn't leave either. She wanted to see if these melons could actually be sold. Things that cost a few coins—what was going on? They had grown in the desolate land and their value had skyrocketed.

"How are these melons sold?" a rough man asked the child.

Rong Yang said in a milky voice: "Six low-grade beast crystals per melon."

The rough man: "......"

Qin Tan: "......"

Lin Yao pondered; clearly, he didn't know this price either.

Qin Tan whispered to the child: "Isn't it three low-grade beast crystals per melon?"

The child also whispered to Qin Tan. Their ordinary watermelons tasted delicious, were crisp and cracked at a touch, and were sweet, crisp, and icy cold to quench thirst. This was the price set by his father and him.

Qin Tan thought about it. The ordinary watermelons grown by Qin Bi were indeed better, in the stage of transforming from ordinary watermelons to spirit melons. For cultivators, if they couldn't afford spirit melons, they could choose these as a secondary option.

The little Imperial Prince pulled the Minister of War and ran over panting. The little Imperial Prince shouted: "I want them all."

Others watching were dumbfounded. The little Imperial Prince immediately counted the melons, and the Minister of War paid the bill, all in one go without hesitation. No one knew the effects of these melons better than the little Imperial Prince.

People from the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Works saw this and hurriedly bought melons. One basket definitely wasn't enough, so a group of people rushed to the fields to pick melons on the spot; freshly picked melons were fresher.

The Minister of War and the others all had families behind them. They couldn't afford spirit melons, so they had to have as many ordinary watermelons as possible.

"Are you selling the watermelons from your Marquis Manor?" the Minister of War asked.

Qin Yan grinned and confirmed the price: "Three low-grade beast crystals?"

The Minister of War nodded without bargaining: "Three low-grade beast crystals."

Qin Lang rolled up his sleeves: "Sold."

The Su Heir Apparent was young, and his brain wasn't as sharp as the Minister's. He had brought his younger brothers to help pick melons today, only thinking about buying spirit melons. Seeing this situation, he came to his senses and hurriedly pulled Qin Yan.

"I want them all," the Su Heir Apparent said.

Qin Yan couldn't sell them all to his maternal grandfather's family; that wouldn't be appropriate. He set aside a plot of melon field for the Su Heir Apparent, and sold as much of the large area as possible, while setting aside a small plot for his own family to eat.

There was no rush for the ones set aside for his own family; they wouldn't be fresh if picked now, so he picked melons for others first.

The Minister of War personally entered the melon field, his gaze sharp, picking melons that were ripe and good. On this side, Lin Yao was keeping an eye on things, and Rong Yang directed the guards to pick all the spirit melons and send them back to the Rong Prince Manor.

In the morning, every family harvested their spirit melons.

The Rong Prince Manor sent dishes, everyone ate quickly, and continued picking melons. The children of the Qin Yan Marquis Manor were beaming with joy, and Qin Tan and Qin Yan were also full of smiles. Qin Tang remembered something and sent someone to call Jiang Mo.

The Qin Yan Marquis and Qin Di also came and picked some for their own family to eat.

Qin Han didn't just send her husband Jiang Mo and the children; Qin Han came herself. Along with her came Qin He, Qin Yan, and Qin Cui. Qin He had just recovered from a serious illness and could be said to be surrounded by stars like the moon.

Qin Lang saw Qin He and asked: "Why is she here?"

Qin Tan, as an elder, didn't like it but didn't say anything. Qin Di and Qin Tan picked melons.

Jiang Shi, Lin Shi, and Zhu Shi were busy spinning around. The third branch's concubine-born sons glanced at Qin He and didn't like her much. When the third branch took Qin Bi and left the capital, Qin He hadn't looked favorably upon the third branch.

Qin Yan asked the same question as Qin Lang: "Qin He, why are you here?"

"The Marquis Manor is harvesting melons; how could I not come to see such a big event?" Qin He smiled and walked close to the melon ridges, peeking: "These melons are not small. In the past, the desolate land couldn't grow such things."

Qin Yan immediately followed up: "I heard the desolate land doesn't grow crops, only small plots of farmland."

Qin Yan was busy and didn't have time to chat with them, so he said: "Qin He, your health is not good, and the sun in the desolate land is poisonous, which is not good for your spirit mansion. Hurry back later."

Jiang Mo looked at the melon field, his face excited. Qin Han put on airs and asked what they needed her family to do.

Qin Yan said: "Move the melons."

After saying this, Qin Yan went to get busy.

Qin Han called Qin He to move melons together. Qin Tang didn't stop her. He and Qin Yan's melon fields had a distance between them, as long as she didn't come to his melon field. He couldn't afford to use Qin He.

The Su Heir Apparent's wife came to help with the Su Heir Apparent. Qin He talked to people: "The desolate land shouldn't be able to grow a good melon field."

"Yes," the Su Heir Apparent's wife nodded. Qin He was a young lady of the Qin Yan Marquis Manor, so the Heir Apparent's wife gave her some face: "The desolate land has no rainfall, making it hard to grow crops. The Marquis Manor was lucky to grow a melon field."

Qin He smiled: "I have high good fortune, which is why I can bring good luck to the Marquis Manor." ===== CHAPTER 279 =====