LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 1082: Corn
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Yu Dong was so angry that she wanted to rush up and beat Lang Ru in her house. What did she mean by that she did not have any money? Lang was the oldest worker of her family and she now earned at least ten taels in a month. With that salary alone, Lang could support her family without any trouble.
Lang had even discussed redeeming her family and then starting to work as Yu Dong's subordinate rather than a slave!
What less money?!
That brat was simply trying to kidnap her brother. First, ask him to take care of her now and the next second when Yu Dong was looking away, she would find Lang Ru standing in front of her while holding Yu Mai's waist and asking for his hand in marriage!
That scheming little vixen!
If not for the fact that her husbands pulled her out of the house, Yu Dong would have made sure that Lang Ru suffered!
" All right, the sun is going to rise if you chase after Lag Ru now," Ye Liu told Yu Dong. He knew that Yu Dong wanted to keep Yu Mai with her because of him being a special child. She knew that though Lang Ru liked Yu Mai's innocence now, she might find it hassle and burdensome when she moved to the capital. The capital was a place where the innocents were eaten until not even bones were left.
Thus Yu Dong was against Yu Mai getting along with Lang Ru. Though she acted childishly, Ye Liu and the rest knew the worries in her heart. Lang Ru was smart and witty, she was also knowledgeable in things that no one knew about—— with such skills, Lang Ru would not stay in the village.
And under the temptations of the capital, could she even remember someone like Yu Mai?
Yu Dong pursed her lips. She strictly forbade Yu Mai from going to the fields and told Shen Li to keep an eye on Yu Mai. She did not want to stop Yu Mai from playing with Lang Ru but they need to keep an eye on that little sh*t!
The sky was bright when they departed, the air fresh and slightly colder than it was in the afternoon. The sound of birds chirping settled Yu Dong's uneasy heart. On the way, they met with many villagers who were working in the fields. Some were weeding the fields, while some were planting the seeds in the ground.
Villagers were checking the water level in the well while worriedly looking at the stream that was getting drier by the day. Children were picking up fish from the stream while mers were picking up snails and small fish to feed the ducks and geese.
When they saw Yu Dong and the rest walk away everyone greeted them with a smile. Even Lu Huo who was usually avoided was once or twice greeted by the mers which startled him as this had never happened to him before.
Yu Dong soon arrived at the field that she had brought close to her house. Yu Le was already planting the peanuts in the holes in the ground, with Li Yuya pouring the fertilizer around the seeds that had been sown.
" You all are here?" Yu Le raised his bent back and looked at Yu Dong and the rest with a soft smile on his face. " You should have slept a bit more."
" We cannot leave all the work to you, uncle," Yu Dong said to Yu Le as she looked at the three fields which consisted of five mus of land. Her head throbbed, even though she had a lot of workers, it would still take time for her to plant these three fields.
She turned to look at Ye Liu, Chen Mi and Fang Chi before handing them three different seeds.
" Here you go," Yu Dong gave Chen Mi soybeans while she handed Fang Chi peanuts as for Ye Liu, she handed him corn seeds.
" What is this?" Ye Liu had never seen such golden seeds before thus he could not help but ask sounding curious. " What kind of seeds are these?"
" They are golden!" Li Yuya who saw her sister Dong, immediately rushed to see Yu Dong but was stunned when she saw the golden seeds in Ye Liu's hands.
Even Chen Mi and Fang Chi were attracted by the golden seeds, they looked at Yu Dong and waited for her to explain.
" This is corn," Yu Dong's lips twitched when she saw them looking at her as if she was hiding some big secret. " Corn are known for their high wield, they can be grown easily and with the spiritual water, you all do not need to worry about them catching pests. It's just that corn had never been grown in this village and I am not sure whether the land would be able to support it.
This is why I will leave the matter to you, Liu."
Immediately Ye Liu felt like someone had pressed tons of weight on his shoulders. This crop was never seen and yet it was handed to him to grow? What was Yu Dong thinking?
" Don't be scared," seeing that Ye Liu had gone a bit pale, Yu Dong patted his head. " It's not difficult to grow corn. You just need to pay attention to the growth rate of each seed, why don't you start by sowing five seeds and see which one grows better?"
The reason she handed Ye Liu this responsibility was because he was the only one who could write a journal. He could keep an eye on the seeds and their growth while keeping track of which method was best to grow corn.
" I…"
" If you do my best then I will try my best to get you pregnant," Yu Dong whispered in Ye Liu's ear when the latter tried to refuse her. She knew that if she wanted Ye Liu to work hard then she had to reward his hard work!
Boom!
Ye Liu felt his ears turn red as he looked at Yu Dong and then shyly pushed her away, " Who wants you to work hard?" Though he spoke harshly he was already on his way to his field.