Allure of a Country Maiden

"You said we should pay for food? Who dares to believe it?" Baozi's father didn't expect Xiao'er to be so stupid. She dared to make such a promise! snort! With so many villagers each having to pay for a year's worth of food, she was not afraid of going bankrupt, so he would help her!

Xiaoer's sharp eyes fell on him again, and with great momentum, she spoke loudly: "I will pay if I say compensation. What I say is never false! Those who are willing to believe me will do so, and those who are not willing will do so. People who believe it won’t do it, and I won’t force anyone.”

Originally, there were risks in growing anything, and growing unicorn fruit was everyone's voluntary choice. She gave them the opportunity. If they only wanted to get it and were unwilling to take some risks, then they should not cooperate! She is not worried at all that no one will plant unicorn fruits!

If the people in this village don't breed, they can find other people to breed. However, after several contacts, Xiaoer believes that the villagers in this village will not let her down.

The fact is that the villagers in this village are not so shameless. After listening to Xiaoer's words, Huzi's father hurriedly said: "We believe the young madam. Besides, we agreed to grow this unicorn fruit ourselves. Even if we can't grow it, it doesn't concern the young madam." How can we ask the young madam to pay for our food?"

"Yes, we can't do such an ungrateful thing!" The village chief was worried that Baozi's father's words would anger Xiao'er, so he hurriedly expressed his loyalty.

The other villagers are indeed not indifferent to right from wrong. They are all honest, responsible, and kind, so they all nodded: "Yes, we want to grow this fruit ourselves. If we can't grow it, we can only blame ourselves for not getting rich." , how can we ask the young lady to compensate us with food? This kind of thing is unreasonable no matter where you say it!"

"Yes, besides, our families don't allocate all the land to grow unicorn fruits. We have already reserved fields for growing food. How can we starve to death! Madam, don't worry, we won't starve to death."

"Yes, if you don't starve to death, you can definitely wait until you get rich!"

Xiaoer laughed after hearing what they said. She was indeed right about the person. With such a person, anyone would be willing to cooperate and anyone would want to help him!

"Thank you everyone for your trust in me. I will never let down your trust. Okay, now let me go and see what happened to those withered fruit seedlings!" Xiaoer promised.

At this time, everyone's sense of competition came back, and several women couldn't wait to drag Xiaoer to their fields: "Young madam, please take a look at my property first!"

"Let me go, why do you want to look at your land first? Your land is the farthest away! Young Madam, look at mine first. My land is nearby. There are not many dead fruit seedlings. It looks like it has just begun. Yes, I can be saved even if I want to."

"Not many of your fruit seedlings have died. Why are you anxious? Mine are almost all dead. Of course, you have to look at mine first. Madam, please come here. My fruit seedlings are waiting for you to save them."

"Go away! Both of your fruit fields are far away from heaven and earth. I want to tire you to death, madam. My land is right here. Madam, you should take a look at my land first! You don't have to go too far. ." This woman was also tough and stepped forward, taking Xiaoer's hand and dragging it into the ground.

Yang Liu was so frightened that she almost kicked her away, but fortunately Xiaoer stopped her with a look.

"Okay, I'll look around and see everyone's fruit fields, so there's no need to argue." Xiao'er reassured.

After hearing this, the woman let go of Xiaoer's hand.

"Auntie, please take me to look around." Xiaoer said to Hu Ziniang.

"Okay." Hu Zi Niang agreed quickly, so she led Xiao'er to look around, and the others followed closely behind them. Everyone wanted to know how these fruit seedlings were obviously growing well, but why did they suddenly lose a few? The tree begins to wither.

Just like Huzi's parents said, Xiaoer saw that many fruit trees were a little withered, as if they had suddenly lost their water and were very dry.

There are also some fruit seedlings that have not withered, and those that have not withered are growing as energetic as expected.

"Yangmei, you dig up a fruit seedling and I'll look at its roots." Xiaoer couldn't see the reason at the moment and said.

"I'll do it." After hearing this, someone quickly stepped forward with a hoe and dug up a completely withered fruit seedling.

Xiaoer squatted down, picked up the fruit seedling and took a look at its heel: It's not rotten! There are no bugs on the fruit trees either.

She took another look at the dirt, and there was nothing unusual about it on the surface.

Xiaoer put down the fruit seedlings, stood up, and wiped the dirt off her hands: "Continue walking around."

Leopard's father was worried that Xiao'er would see some clues, so he kept following everyone. Now that Xiao'er didn't see anything, he couldn't help but feel disdainful: She's the only one who can pretend!

However, he still felt uneasy and still followed everyone.

Seeing this, someone asked: "Dad Leopard, your family doesn't grow unicorn fruit, why are you following us?"

Leopard's father gave him a roll of his eyes: "I can follow if I want. Do you care?"

The man was so choked that he didn't say a word. He really couldn't care less. He could just follow him if he wanted.

Xiaoer walked around and saw that there was no problem with the soil and the saplings. The problem should be the water source.

Xiaoer had a guess in her mind, and now she was looking for evidence.

"Where is the water source? Take me to see it."

"This way." Hu Ziniang said quickly.

A group of people came to a small river.

This small river is very small and shallow, only as deep as an adult's knees. The water is crystal clear and green grass can be seen at the bottom.

Both sides of the river are covered with grass, and there is a trodden path on the bank. The dirt on this road has been trampled smooth and firm.

Most of the villagers get water from a few fixed places, so in some places, a short section of road is paved with bricks to prevent the soil from getting wet frequently, which will make the road muddy and easy to slip.

Xiaoer walked along the river, paying careful attention to the grass and the road to see if there was anything that shouldn't be there.

Halfway through the walk, Xiaoer found some slightly yellow crystals on a patch of grass. Some of these crystals had melted when exposed to water. Only two larger ones were still attached to the leaves of the grass.

If you don't look carefully, no one will really notice.

Xiaoer stopped, squatted down, reached out and picked up the two light yellow crystals on the leaf.

"What is this?" Xiaoer placed two light yellow crystals on the palm of her other hand, spread her palm, stretched her hand out to the village chief and others and asked.

"This is salt!"

"Salt!"

"Salt!"

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The villagers could tell at a glance.

Salt is a must-have item in every household, so everyone can recognize it.

In this era, poor people at home used coarse salt, which was relatively large and not white in color, with a bit of yellow.

This kind of salt is much cheaper than purified white salt.