FTTW: Chapter 24 – The So-Called Superiority

Cheng Zhou did not directly plant alfalfa in the wheat fields but instead had some wasteland reclaimed.

The newly cultivated wasteland is very barren, but the vitality of alfalfa grass is stronger than that of wheat seedlings. Cheng Zhou is not worried that the alfalfa grass will grow poorly.

The villagers transplanted some clover, and Cheng Zhou scattered some alfalfa seeds in several fields.

Cheng Zhou released Little Lucky. As soon as Little Lucky came out, he was very excited to cast a spiritual spell. The alfalfa seeds scattered by Cheng Zhou broke through the soil and grew frenziedly. Among the several kinds of alfalfa grass (Medicago) genus, the alfalfa grew especially lush.

The vitality of alfalfa grass is relatively strong, and it can survive even if it is planted in the wasteland. Little Lucky got a little excited.

The village head was a little shocked when he looked at the alfalfa growing in the fields.

“Lord Cheng Zhou, do you have other clover seeds?”

Cheng Zhou nodded and said proudly: “Yes! Next time I come here, I’ll bring you some wheat seeds. I don’t know if it’s useful.”

The village head knelt down in surprise and said: “Really? Thank you very much, Lord Cheng Zhou.”

The village head suddenly burst into tears and looked grateful, which startled Cheng Zhou.

Cheng Zhou has been dealing with the village head for a while. As a rare and insightful person in the village, the village head always gives Cheng Zhou a sense of shrewdness.

Cheng Zhou always felt that the village head was covertly guarding against him.

Cheng Zhou didn’t expect that with just the mention of wheat seeds, the village head would be so enthusiastic.

“A trivial matter, a small thing.” Cheng Zhou waved his hand.

The village head wiped his tears and said: “Lord Cheng Zhou is really a good man. It is I who gauge the heart of a gentleman with one’s own mean measure.”

The vitality of alfalfa grass is relatively strong, and the village head was still a little worried that the new species of alfalfa grass seeds brought by Cheng Zhou would grow too fast and crowd out the living space of wheat. However, hearing that Cheng Zhou was willing to bring new wheat seeds to plant, he immediately left his worries behind.

The lifespan of a spiritual insect is generally ten years, and the village head’s spiritual worm is already around eight years old. Under normal circumstances, there is no chance to transform into a lower-ranking fairy anymore.

But if one comes into contact with some brand-new wheat species, there may be hope for transformation. Although the likelihood of transformation is very small, the hope is there.

Cheng Zhou finally breathed a sigh of relief when he finally managed to send the village head away.

“He’s finally gone!” Cheng Zhou exhaled in relief.

Ye You walked out and teasingly mentioned: “That person is grateful to you, isn’t that a good thing?”

Cheng Zhou rubbed his forehead. An old man wants to hug his thighs and is crying hard. The image is still quite overwhelming.

Cheng Zhou shook his head and said: “I didn’t expect the other party to be so moved just by mentioning the wheat seeds.”

Ye You spoke slowly: “You still don’t realize the significance of wheat insects to the villagers. You were born in a different world where you don’t have to worry about food and clothing, so it is hard to understand the feeling of starvation. Black Wheat Village has barren lands and limited food production, and wheat insects can increase the yield. For the villagers, spiritual insect signifies food and hope of life.”

“Some nobles with good conditions may not take the spiritual insects in their hands seriously, but for commoners such as village head who do not own noble titles, the spiritual insect is everything. If possible, many people who raise spiritual insects are willing to sacrifice their all to the spiritual insects.”

Cheng Zhou felt Ye You’s tone of voice suddenly become heavy. “You have also starved before.”

Ye You gave Cheng Zhou a sideways glance and kept silent.

……

Cheng Zhou is busy planting burclover and building a pig farm.

Maine came over and inquired: “Boss, do you still want seafood?”

Cheng Zhou nodded and said, ” Collect! Keep collecting.”

Cheng Zhou thought inwardly: The seafood business can still be continued. In the past, I could earn ten thousand yuan for one seafood delivery. Now, the frequency of delivery has become lower. I should cherish every delivery opportunity. Cheng Zhou feels that he can go and buy a truck. This way, the number of goods can be increased for each delivery. The reduced frequency of delivery can be made up by the quantity.

A few days later, Cheng Zhou return to the modern period with over a dozen barrels of seafood. After selling the seafood, Cheng Zhou quickly went to the ** auto mall to purchase a truck.

After getting the truck, Cheng Zhou bought a truckload of cement to be transported to the other world to aid the construction of the pig farm in Black Wheat Village.

There are many rocks in Black Wheat Village, and there are also many quarrymen in Black Wheat Village. The masonry for building the pig farm can be replaced by rocks. However, cement is better than using mud for bonding the masonry.

Cheng Zhou prepared a lot of supplies and stacked them onto the truck.

The whole truck was piled up to the brim, and the empty space on the passenger seat was also piled up with all kinds of materials.

Ye You stared at Cheng Zhou and expressed some dissatisfaction: “You piled so many things on the passenger seat. How can I sit? Why don’t you pile the things on the driver’s seat?”

Cheng Zhou explained immediately: “It’s not that I don’t want to! How can I pile things on the driver’s seat? It will cause traffic accidents.”

Ye You glared at Cheng Zhou and said angrily: “Traffic accident? You know and are actually aware of traffic accidents. Yet, you still overload!”

Cheng Zhou looked at Ye You and said to himself: Ye You is making rapid progress! He understands it is overloaded.

“My vehicle is going to the other world. There are no traffic police there, so it shouldn’t matter.”

Ye You said bitterly: “You bastard, where do you expect me to sit?”

“Master, please make do with it. How about sitting on the roof of the car?!” Cheng Zhou asked.

Ye You glowered at Cheng Zhou angrily, “Are you ordering me? You sit in the driver’s seat yourself and let me sit on the roof?”

Cheng Zhou smiled apologetically and placate: “Aren’t you the master? I’m here to make you superior!”

Ye You stated angrily: “Really? It turns out this is how one shows their superiority here. You really have the heart!”

Cheng Zhou smiled and said: “Yes, yes.”

Ye You scowled at Cheng Zhou angrily, as if he wanted to slash Cheng Zhou with his dagger eyes.

Cheng Zhou explained embarrassedly: “Isn’t this still in the start-up stage? Keep everything simple, keep everything simple.”

Ye You snorted coldly and replied unhappily: “The roof then the roof it is! I want to sit above your head.”

Cheng Zhou nodded and said: “Okay, okay, okay. As long as you like it.”

Cheng Zhou was a little pleased to hear Ye You’s response. His proposal was also a test. Cheng Zhou found that Ye You was only fierce on the surface. In fact, Ye You was a lot nicer to talk to than he appeared.

……

Cheng Zhou drove his truck into the village and deeply stimulated the villagers of Black Wheat Village.

The people of Black Wheat Village are very new to trucks, but because of Cheng Zhou’s mysterious identity, the villagers didn’t question much.

“Is this an alchemical creation? It can actually move on its own.”

“Lord Cheng Zhou really comes from a great noble family, and he actually possesses such precious alchemical artifacts.”

“This vehicle is also enormous. It must have used a lot of iron.”

“……”

Cheng Zhou instructed the villagers to unload the things from the vehicle. A group of villagers quickly unloaded the cement.

The village head eyed the truck full of materials and walked up to Cheng Zhou excitedly.

“My lord, that ……”

Cheng Zhou nodded and replied: “Is it the wheat seeds? I brought them here.”

Cheng Zhou took several large bags of wheat seeds and handed them to the village head.

The village head was somewhat flattered. He initially only hoped to get dozens of wheat seeds. Unexpectedly, Cheng Zhou was so generous and actually brought a few large bags of wheat seeds directly.

Several villagers noticed the wheat seeds brought by Cheng Zhou, and their eyes lit up.

People take food as their priority. Compared to working for Cheng Zhou, it is more reassuring to grow wheat.

Previously, Cheng Zhou suddenly disappeared. The people in the village who collected the seafood for Cheng Zhou lost their backbone.

But if the new wheat seeds are successfully planted, they may be able to grow them for a long time.

The villagers are also very curious about the wheat seeds that Cheng Zhou brought over.

The wheat seeds in Black Wheat Village can only be regarded as average. It is said that some nobles outside have wheat seeds with better quality and greater yield. If those wheat seeds can be obtained, it is possible to increase the output of the wheat field several times. However, those wheat varieties are more expensive, and some special wheat varieties are restricted from distribution.

The villagers were rather intrigued about what type of wheat seeds Cheng Zhou brought back.

“Thank you, my lord.” The village head nodded quickly and bowed.

Cheng Zhou waved his hand and said: “You’re welcome. Take it to plant and try it out.”

Cheng Zhou was also curious about what kind of wheat he can grow from the wheat seeds he brought over.

The village head bobbed his head and uttered: “Okay, okay, okay.”

There were more than ten different kinds of wheat seeds brought over by Cheng Zhou, and the village head’s rye worm can induce six of them.

This discovery made the village head and the villagers extremely thrilled, and the village head quickly planted the six kinds of wheat seeds.

“Spiritual insects are really amazing!” Cheng Zhou couldn’t help exclaiming.

Ye You did not appear, and his voice drifted into Cheng Zhou’s ears, “You own a spiritual insect yourself. Did you just discover about that now?”

Cheng Zhou gave a laugh and secretly thought: My own Little Lucky is a forage insect, and the village head’s rye worm is a grain insect. There are differences.

Little Lucky suddenly jumped out, exuding a green light with some anger, and the burclovers in the distant burclover fields seemed to be stirred and began to grow wildly.

Cheng Zhou stared at Little Lucky who was stunned, and said to himself: Is Little Lucky jealous? So it exploded! Little Lucky burst out, and his abilities seemed to have increased many times.

Cheng Zhou looked at the wobbly Little Lucky and exclaimed: “You are the best! That rye worm can’t compare to you at all.”

Little Lucky seemed to be appeased by Cheng Zhou’s words. He became less aggressive.

……

After comforting Little Lucky, Cheng Zhou asked a few villagers to move the bags of cement.

The villagers were taught how to use cement and marveled at how magical it is.

“Fortunately, you taught the villagers how to use cement in time. Otherwise, things will get messy.” Ye You shook his head and said.

Cheng Zhou replied somewhat puzzled: “Mess? What kind of mess?”

Ye You glanced at Cheng Zhou and said: “I observed that a few villagers think the cement is edible and wanted to taste it.”

Cheng Zhou cried out with some horror: “Cement doesn’t look like food at first glance.”

“Why not? Isn’t it quite similar to flour?!”

Cheng Zhou: “……” Is that so? Speaking of which, in some war-torn areas in his current world, some people eat Kaolin clay. So, it is understandable that people from the other world want to taste the flavor of cement.

“What happens if you eat cement?” Ye You asked curiously.

Cheng Zhou: “……” He really doesn’t have an answer to this, and he hasn’t tried it before.

“Speaking of it, cement is really incredible.” Ye You said.

Cheng Zhou agreed and replied: “It’s okay.”

Cement has long been popularized in the modern world. Because it is so common, it doesn’t seem astounding. However, if you don’t know the formula, it is not easy to research and produce cement.

Ye You squinted his eyes and questioned: “Do you know what some nobles use to improve the firmness of the city wall?”

“I don’t know.”

Ye You narrowed his eyes and revealed bitterly: “They use milk! Rice milk.”

Cheng Zhou bobbed his head and responded: “I see!” It seems that rice milk was also used in ancient times in Hua Country. However, it is less common now.

Ye You shook his head and stated: “Commoners can’t get enough to eat, but the nobles build walls using such extravagant resources.”

Cheng Zhou secretly thinks: Crimson gates reek with meat and ale, while on the streets are bones of the frozen dead (describes the extreme wealth inequality in society). It is the same everywhere!