The fairy fish and fruit ginseng platter, along with stir-fried cabbage, naturally became the main dishes on the table, while delicacies like meatballs and braised pork were merely decorative.
"Grandpa Luo, I think we can cultivate another twenty mu of land at the foot of West Mountain, which can be used for planting fruit ginseng," Cheng Xiaofan said to Luo Changsheng. "In three days, I can provide the village with a large batch of seeds."
"Good, I'll go back and immediately use the broadcast to inform the whole village, telling them to call back the main laborers working outside," Luo Changsheng replied. "Especially for building the dam and the fish ponds, that's no small undertaking!"
Mei Xueyun smiled and said, "It seems like Zhuxi Village truly has a bright future!" Her beautiful eyes then fell on Cheng Xiaofan. "Xiaofan, you are truly amazing. To be honest, I really admire you!"
"Xueyun, don't admire me just yet," Cheng Xiaofan chuckled. "In two more days, the cabbage in my field will be gone. The village's cabbage will be ready for sale. By then, you'll assist Grandpa Luo in taking full charge of the external sales. What do you think?"
Mei Xueyun happily replied, "That's for sure. I'm just afraid that Miss Liu might only be interested in contacting you and won't bother with us!"
Cheng Xiaofan smiled. "Sister Xueyun, don't overthink it. Liu Xinyue is a businesswoman. She wants the products from our Zhuxi Village; she won't pay attention to anything else."
"Xiaofan is right," Luo Changsheng nodded heavily. "What we need to do now is strictly control the quality of the products!"
An hour later, the broadcast speaker erected near the stone arch bridge in the village sounded Luo Changsheng's vigorous voice: "Attention, villagers. The village is urgently in need of establishing fish ponds at the foot of South Mountain and reclaiming dozens of mu of land at the foot of West Mountain. Labor is in high demand. We hope everyone will call back their main laborers working outside."
"This is my command, and it is not to be disobeyed. Don't wait until the village has finished all the construction and then expect to sit at home and collect money. Where in the world is there such a good thing?"
"Now, our top scorer, Cheng Xiaofan, has returned. In just a few days, he has paved a path to prosperity through labor for our Zhuxi Village. We must cherish this opportunity!"
"Anyone who lingers outside and doesn't want to return, and doesn't participate in the village's construction, will be expelled from the village without mercy! In the past, because Zhuxi Village was poor, we were looked down upon when we went out. Now, an opportunity is before us, and soon we will be able to walk with our heads held high, woo woo woo..."
Suddenly, from the broadcast speaker, Luo Changsheng's sobbing voice could be heard.
"Ah, why is the old village head crying?"
"Can't you hear from this? He's emotional!"
"I need to call and urge my son to come back. Everyone knows the old village head's temper. He never makes idle threats. He can truly expel someone from the village!"
"You're right, I need to call my son who is working outside back too!"
On the sunny slope of the back mountain.
Luo Yang and Feng Xigua were weeding in the field under the scorching sun. The cabbage and fruit ginseng, which had been watered by the spiritual fish, grew vigorously, but some weeds also grew fiercely. There were also some green worms that nibbled on the cabbage leaves. All of this had to be caught manually.
Cheng Xiaofan pulled out a few fruit ginseng, washed them, and brought them to Luo Yang and Feng Xigua. "Brother Luo, Brother Feng, take a break under the tree and eat two fruit ginseng to quench your thirst!"
"Ah, this won't do, will it?" Feng Xigua waved his hands in fright. "These two fruit ginseng weigh over two jin. Eating them would waste over four hundred yuan! How could I dare to eat them!"
Cheng Xiaofan chuckled. "Is money more important, or is your body more important? Brother Feng, have you forgotten what I said? My fruit ginseng can give you a strong body. If you want to find a wife, you must eat them, eat a lot."
As he spoke, hestuff ed the fruit ginseng into their hands and added, "From now on, when you work here, you can eat as much cabbage and fruit ginseng as you want."
Woof woof! What about me? Tao Qibao, who had been following Cheng Xiaofan all along, immediately protested. Seeing that his owner was ignoring him, Tao Qibao became angry and dug out a fruit ginseng from the ground, deliberately gnawing on it in front of Cheng Xiaofan to assert his autonomy over the land.
Cheng Xiaofan did not see the Po Tian Ying; he guessed it had gone to find food elsewhere.
As the sun began to set, Cheng Xiaofan took two fairy fish from the spatial dimension and asked Luo Yang and Feng Xigua to take them back for their families to try. No matter when, one should not mistreat those who work for them. After they left, Cheng Xiaofan returned to the spatial dimension and, using his consciousness, scattered the purchased radish seeds onto the ground, hoping to harvest mutated fruit ginseng seeds in three days.
After emerging from the spatial dimension, Cheng Xiaofan walked along the perimeter of the fish pond and scattered water plant seeds, releasing a wisp of spiritual energy from his palm to cover the area around the pond. In the blink of an eye, the water plant seeds sprouted green leaves and extended tender vines at a visible speed. In the fading sunlight, smoke curled from the chimneys above the village, and the undulating mountains seemed to be gilded.
"Hello everyone!" On the balcony of the loft, Cheng Xiaofan sat cross-legged, bathed in the afterglow of the sunset, with a Shennong zither placed on his lap. He smiled and said, "After finishing farm work, I'll take this opportunity to play a happy tune for everyone to cheer us up!" Then, he retrieved "Le Kai Huai" from the Shennong musical scores in his mind.
Ding! As his fingertips touched the strings, a clear and pleasant sound broke through the air. Soon, Cheng Xiaofan's ten fingers danced across the five-colored strings, and the music flowed like happy butterflies, their ethereal wings fluttering, dancing among flowers. The gentle yet unrestrained music seemed to reveal the shadows of passing time, the songs of the wind, the elegance of the moon, and the gurgling rhythm of high mountains and flowing water, permeated with beautiful spiritual energy.
"It's so beautiful, thank you, streamer! I never thought that listening to this music would make me feel like I've transformed into a butterfly, and my whole body wants to fly!"
"This is simply heavenly music! In my life, this is the first time I've heard such a happy tune!"
"I like it, I super like this tune!"
"It sounds good, I'm so happy, I want to do one hundred and twenty-four somersaults!"
"Look quickly, the birds in the sky—"
Even Cheng Xiaofan never imagined that the tune he played would attract various birds from the forest. A large flock of them formed a swirling vortex above the loft.
"Woof woof!"
"Chirp—"
Tao Qibao and Po Tian Ying also came to Cheng Xiaofan's side, dancing to the music. What surprised Cheng Xiaofan even more was that, with the zither music, the vines wrapped around the balcony railing bloomed with clusters of pink flowers. Even though there was no wind, the surrounding trees swayed as if dancing joyfully.
"I'm speechless, what kind of magic does this little farmer's zither music possess?"
"Look at the sky, the birds are gathering more and more!"
"Oh my, this is too captivating! Streamer, to express my admiration for you, I immediately offer my precious knees!"
"Whoa, that dog and that eagle are like spirits, dancing so beautifully in front of the streamer!"
...In the live broadcast room, the number of fans kept increasing, and rockets flew across the screen.