Bai Chuan knew that when he took office as a new boss, there were many people invited him to participate in various activities. Generally, he would refuse small matters like this if he could. But when he heard about Nanchuan Normal University, he hesitated. He asked casually: “What’s the reason?”
Guo Yao replied: “The Bai family donated a library to Nanchuan, which is the particularly famous Bai family library in Nanchuan.”
If there was anything Nanchuan University can offer, it should be the library. This library was donated by the Bai family, and has continued to be funded over the years.
Baichuan thought for a while and said, “Let’s go and have a look!”
Guo Yao nodded: “Okay, I’ll arrange the itinerary.” Guo Yao pushed up his glasses on the bridge of his nose and wrote it down in his notebook.
Bai Chuan looked at it and said, “Don’t we all use electronic devices now? Why are you still using a worn out pen?”
Guo Yao scratched his head and said: “Boss, aren’t I… used to taking note in the army?” Xiao Guo was Bai Chuan’s old subordinate. This time he retired and followed Bai Chuan back directly. He was also Bai Chuan’s brother of life and death on the battlefield. Having a trustworthy person by one’s side still makes people feel at ease.
Bai Chuan thought for a while and said, “Go and sign up for a class tomorrow. Don’t deviate too much from society.”
Guo Yao nodded: “Okay.”
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Dai Yao slept until almost noon before sitting up in confusion. He thought about what happened last night and felt that he must have had a dream. However, as soon as he sat up, he saw a fair and tender little boy standing beside his bed. That child looked very much like the one in his dream. He rubbed his temples that were throbbing and made sure last night was not a dream. There really was a little radish spirit in his house, oh no…it was a combined spirit of a jade possessing a radish.
Little radish said in a hurry: “Good morning, boss! Do you have any orders, boss? Do you need me to help you get the bath water? Boss, let me help you get up!”
Dai Yao: ……
“Were you a maid in your last life?”
Luo Bei said: “That’s not the case. I am formed from a trace of Ruyi lord’s blood, and I naturally have his remnant soul. Ruyi lord was just a kept man who served Crown Prince Hehuan since he was a child, so… oh, but that’s not important. What’s important is, boss…it’s time to have breakfast.”
Thus, Dai Yao heard the growling sound from Luo Bei’s stomach, and he immediately felt his head about to explode. This little radish really can eat! He got up quickly, washed and brushed his teeth, and rummaged through the cabinets to find his elementary school clothes. Fortunately, his mother was reluctant to throw away any old things. Instead, she folded them neatly and put them in the cabinet for storage. Otherwise, he have to buy clothes for this little radish spirit, which costs a lot of money!
Fortunately, Dai Yao’s body shape was similar to Luo Bei’s when he was a child, and his childhood clothes fit just right. He took a look at the radishes in the backyard and discovered that they were actually ready to be harvested! In just a few days, the radish reached a harvestable level, and Dai Yao was extremely happy.
If this was the case, he can officially start making buns tomorrow. He was going to buy some ingredients today. Anyway, all the tools were readily available. He just need to buy the ingredients and seasonings. The big market he went to before has a farmer’s market to the east, where one can buy all the ingredients and condiments. So for the first time, he took the little radish to have a good meal. After eating, he took the little radish to the farmer’s market.
But there was one thing that little radish was not bragging about. Even though he can eat, he was really strong!
On the first day Dai Yao opened his business, he didn’t dare to buy more ingredients, so he bought fifty catties of pork, fifty catties of beef, fifty catties of mutton, and a lot of leeks. However, he knew that he would not be able to sell too much on the first day, so he was mentally prepared. He wrap ten kilograms of each buns first, and put the rest in the freezer to freeze. Little radish carried the meat alone and easily placed it on the small trailer.
Dai Yao, who was standing next to him, was dumbfounded. He felt that he was not particularly disadvantaged. The 20 yuan breakfast in the morning was not wasted.
When he was pushing the small trailer home, the neighbors greeted: “Hey? Yaoyao, when will your bun shop open? I’m waiting to eat!”
“Yao Yao ah, if you have your hands full, just let grandma know and I will go help you.”
“Huh? Where did this little child come from? He look dignified and strong[footnote]Raw 虎头虎脑(Hǔtóuhǔnǎo); It’s usually used to describe a little boy who looks cutely masculine, typically with a round face, big eyes, and (for his age) a sturdy body.[/footnote]. He’s really cute.”
……
Dai Yao greeted them one by one. When he heard someone asking about Luo Bei, he immediately told the neighbors about his pre-planned identity: “His name is Luo Bei, and he is a distant cousin of mine. Because his parents are gone, he come to me for help.”
When the neighbors heard this, they sighed and lamented. Dai Yao’s parents were also no longer alive, and he has taken in a little orphan named Luo Bei. Thinking of this, these neighbors felt even more distressed. Yao Yao has been a kind child since he was younger. Stray cats and dogs love him. The neighbors would help if they can, and buy a few more buns from him tomorrow no matter what. Apart from anything else, there was no problem in feeding these two children.
After bringing back the purchased items, Dai Yao first put the meat in the freezer to refrigerate it. At night, he and Luo Bei would grind the meat into stuffing, and during the day, they would collect all the radishes first. In the afternoon, he would try to steam a pot of buns to see if his cooking skills had become rusty.
Before collecting the radishes, Dai Yao looked at the tasks in the sheepskin panel[footnote]Raw is 羊皮面板(yángpí miànbǎn); sheepskin panel. But…. if I remember correctly, isn’t the panel made of bamboo???[/footnote] again, and sure enough, a task had been highlighted in the panel.
Shennong’s Reconstruction Task 1.8. Harvest ripe white radish and obtain 10 pieces of spiritual jade.
Dai Yao accepted the task and said to Luo Bei: “Come on, Luo Bei, come with me to collect radishes!”
Pulling radishes was actually a very interesting thing. Grab the radish shoots on top and pull it up hard. The big radish buried deep in the ground was pulled out. However, pulling out radishes was also a very physically demanding task, so Dai Yao was already exhausted and sweating profusely after pulling out less than ten radishes. On the contrary, It was the little radish spirits, who, one by one, pulled out very vigorously.
Dai Yao simply not pulling anymore, holding up the bamboo basket and pick up(the radishes) behind Luo Bei. In less than two hours, they finished collected a field of (radishes). Ten baskets of radishes! The baskets Dai Yao used were standard baskets. Each basket could hold forty or fifty kilograms. These radishes weighed at least a thousand kilograms! More than twice as high yield as ordinary radishes!
At first glance, this radish was brighter in color, crisp and tender, and larger than ordinary radishes. Dai Yao was greedy for a moment and wiped it with his clothes. Since it was harmless and pollution-free, he was not afraid of eating some Guanyin soil. After one bite, Dai Yao was impressed by the crispy taste. It has a little sweetness, a little greenness from radish, a little bit of fragrance, and it was very crisp!
This was not radish! It was obviously ginseng fruit!
In spite of everything, Dai Yao held the big radish in his arms and finished eating a whole big white radish weighing more than a kilogram! After eating, he patted his belly and said, “I don’t need to eat tonight! This radish is so delicious!”
Luo Bei sat on the field stem and muttered: “No kidding! This is the radish in the spiritual field ah!”
Dai Yao caught the key word, turned to look at Luo Bei, and asked: “Huh? Spiritual field? What spiritual field?”
Luo Bei immediately feign saying nothing and pretended to be stupid: “Huh? What… what spiritual field? Did you hear it wrong? I… I didn’t say anything about the spiritual field.”
Dai Yao crossed his arms and walked slowly to Luo bei, lowered his head and looked at him unhurriedly, he said: “Huh? Didn’t say? Okay! I’m wondering if I should ask my neighbor’s third grandma to help me tomorrow? She doesn’t want salary[footnote] Actually raw is 工作(Gōngzuò); work.. I assume this is typos for 工钱(Gōngqián); salary/wages. So, I took the liberty to change it~[/footnote] anyway, she also can’t eat that much food either…”
Luo Bei immediately stopped him and said, “No, no, no! My dear Yao Yao, I told you, okay? The spiritual field is actually this piece of land under your feet. It actually contains endless spiritual energy. Right approach saves effort and leads to better results by cultivating here. Although this place is deserted, the spiritual formation is still there. It was through this spiritual formation that I took shape. I can’t leave now. Once I leave, I will most likely turn back into jade. It would be difficult to change shape again. Just take pity on me. I have been buried in the ground for two thousand years and finally come out for some air. I don’t want to go into a museum, and I don’t want to be studied under a microscope by those people. ”
So, that was it. Dai Yao nodded and asked, “Then do you know what’s going on with this system?”
Luo Bei shook his head and said: “My cultivation level is too shallow, and there are very few secrets that I can detect. Now I can only tell that you are possessed by a spiritual device. As for what kind of spiritual device it is, what is the purpose of this spiritual device, I can’t see it. But for now, it doesn’t have any ill intentions towards you, and is even helping you. Aren’t you short of money? Although this process will be arduous, it will indeed help you solve your urgent need.”
Dai Yao nodded, that seemed to be the case. But there was no free lunch in the world. When this spiritual device was attached to him, there must be something it wanted. He hope it doesn’t asked excessively, otherwise with his personality[footnote]Raw 吃人嘴软(chī rén zuǐruǎn) is taken from 吃人嘴软，拿人手短(Chī rén zuǐruǎn, ná rén shǒuduǎn); which the extended meaning is that if you receive benefits from others, you have to do things for others. Since DY received help from system, when the time come for system to ask him for something, even though excessively, DY might not know how to refuse. Will it?[/footnote], he won’t know how to refuse when the time comes. But as long as it doesn’t harm nature, since it has already helped him, he will spare no effort to help it.
It was useless to think so much now. He was at the end of the rope and can only follow the guidance of the system.
Dai Yao stood up and moved a basket of radishes to the side of the pressurized water. While moving, he directed Luo Bei: “Stop being distracted. Wash the radishes. After washing, shreds them into thin strips. After that, grind the meat into stuffing.”
After hearing this, Luo Bei immediately went to help wash the radishes. Not all the radishes in the radish field were harvested. Dai Yao left more than a dozen radish trees as seeds so that he could plant radishes over and over again. But… he can’t just grow radish, right? He wonder if he can grow other vegetables? He thought of the leek seeds that the store gave him when he bought vegetables, so he went into the house, cut open the packaging of the leek seeds, and tried to scatter them in the field.
At this time, the system issued a prompt: “Illegal operation, failed.”
Dai Yao lowered his head and found that the seeds were back in his hand. As he expected, only the seeds produced in the spiritual field could be planted in the spiritual field. Looking up at the desolated grassland not far away, under these desolations, can he dig up delicious vegetables?
Dai Yao suddenly felt a little excited. Does that mean that if he keeps doing tasks, he can unlock those dark areas?
If so, that would be really great! He couldn’t wait to get on with the tasks. But… he had better do tasks while making money! Otherwise, Uncle Li’s medical expenses would be lost.
Over there, Luo Bei had already washed a large basket of white radishes. Dai Yao took a big basin and used a grater to slice the white radish into thin strips one by one. It was fast and safe, he don’t have to worry about (accidentally) cut his hands. When it was done, squeeze the water out of the white radish to avoid water leaking out when making the buns. Dai Yao stopped after slicing two large basins. His arms and hands were extremely sore, and there was a thin layer of sweat on his forehead.
Dai Yao asked Luo Bei: “Don’t you demons all have magic skills? Do you have the kind of magic that can works automatically as soon as you cast it?”
Luo Bei looked at Dai Yao with compassion and said, “Have you read too much novels?”
Dai Yao ignored him and said: “Then what can you demons do? You are too useless.”
Luo Bei said: “The demonic arts consume a lot of spiritual energy. Little demons like us who have just transformed are only stronger and more capable than ordinary people. Moreover, the demonic arts are the same as the martial arts you humans call, and they need a master. Demons can control spiritual power, but the art of controlling spiritual power also requires practice.”
Dai Yao roughly understood, just like humans can drive, but not all humans can drive, and they also need to learn to drive.
It seems that not everything can be opportunistically. He put the grated radish into the refrigerator and started mincing the meat stuffing. Ten pounds of beef, ten pounds of mutton, and ten pounds of pork were ground. Also cut another ten pounds of leeks and make scrambled eggs. After all the ingredients were prepared, the sky also became dark.
After dinner, Luo Bei used the dough mixer to knead the noodles under Dai Yao’s instruction. After kneading the dough, the two were tired. It would be hard to get up early to make breakfast. But this hard work was nothing to Dai Yao, who often slept only four or five hours at night in his previous life.
After taking a shower, Dai Yao went to bed at just nine o’clock. Whether it will be succeeds or failed depends on tomorrow. He must have enough energy to fully prepare. It was just that he had to wronged the little seahorse[footnote]Yeah, 小海马( xiǎo hǎimǎ); little seahorse. Seem like this is the nickname for the bun?[/footnote] in his belly. After all, he had just been pregnant with him[footnote] Raw 他( tā); can be he or him, but this is also used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant[/footnote], and needs to be careful all the time all the time. He was going to buy some nutritional supplements tomorrow. These past month he haven’t eaten much and he also took medicine. He didn’t know if it will have any impact on him?
So he used his mobile phone to check the information. The information showed that as long as he did not take any hormonal drugs in the early stage, it would generally not have any impact on the fetus. In this case, Dai Yao quietly felt relieved. He was really worried that he would harm this little guy because of his ignorance.
In terms of days, this little seahorse was less than two months old. The little guy who was less than two months old was only one centimeter in size. According to the data, he was still round and looks like a fat-headed fish with a big head. Dai Yao couldn’t help but wanted to laugh when he thought of his funny little appearance. He wondered what he would be like after he was born. He was looking forward to this child whose life was connected to his. Thinking about it, he felt… it was amazing.
Dai Yao patted his belly gently, turned off the light, and soon fell asleep.
Finally finish editing this chapter! (≡^∇^≡)
Going to sleep now!
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