mynovelonline Chapter 190 Black Soil
Chapter 190 Black Soil
Song Jiaojiao learned from a vendor that there was a shop called Lin's Grocery Store near the south side of the county town that sold tree seedlings.
Following the direction pointed out by the vendor, Song Jiaojiao arrived at Lin's General Store. Unlike other general stores that had everything, this store mainly sold fruits and mountain products, along with some unique fresh flowers.
"What would you like, sir?" The man who came forward to ask was a middle-aged man dressed in local traditional clothing, who didn't look like a waiter.
"Boss, do you have any saplings for sale?" Song Jiaojiao asked, looking around the shop. There were no saplings in the shop, and she didn't even know if this was the right shop.
"Yes, yes, what kind of saplings do you need, sir?" The shop owner was used to customers like Song Jiaojiao. People from other places would come to buy saplings all the time. He opened the shop by seizing this opportunity.
What kinds of saplings are there?
"We have all the fruit tree seedlings like those in the shop, so please rest assured, our shop has the most complete selection of fruit tree seedlings."
Song Jiaojiao glanced at the dried fruit in the shop. It was roughly the same as the one she bought from the vendor. Some of them were things Song Jiaojiao had at home, while others she had never seen before.
"Boss, are the saplings okay to look at?" Song Jiaojiao asked.
"Sure, the saplings are at a manor ten miles outside the county. You can go there now if you need them," the shopkeeper said with a smile.
Song Jiaojiao looked at the sky outside. The sun had already set more than halfway down the mountain and was about to disappear. If she left the city now, she was afraid she wouldn't be able to return in time for the city gates to close.
"It's getting late today. How about this, I'll come find you tomorrow and ask you to weigh out a pound of each of the dried fruits in the shop."
"Alright, please wait a moment, sir." The shopkeeper didn't say much when he saw that Song Jiaojiao didn't plan to go see the saplings today. It was indeed getting late, and it would take quite a bit of time to go back and forth.
Holding the dried fruit, Song Jiaojiao went straight back to the inn. Mainly because she was the only one who came out, although she didn't buy much of each kind, the variety of fruits here was too much, so she bought a little of each kind and ended up carrying about ten pounds in her hands.
Back in the courtyard, after placing the dried fruit on the table, Song Jiaojiao rotated her stiff wrists and asked Shang Xiaoxiao, "Xiaoxiao, who's here at this hour?"
"Madam, everyone is in the room."
"Go and call Xu Sen and Zhou Dadan over." Song Jiaojiao thought that she would still need to take people with her when she left the city tomorrow, just in case there was any unexpected situation.
Just then, Mu Xue came skipping back, carrying a basket in her hand.
"Mother, Mother, look what I brought back!" Mu Xue held up the basket in front of Song Jiaojiao.
The basket contained small, yellowish things that looked like wild mulberries.
Song Jiaojiao understood immediately; she knew it was yellow raspberry, also called raspberry. Ripe yellow raspberries are very sweet and can be eaten or used in medicine.
"Oh! What is this?" Song Jiaojiao exaggeratedly cooperated with Mu Xue, pretending not to know and asked.
"Mom, these are yellow berries. Mumu took me to pick them. There were a lot of thorns on that bush. I ate a lot of them. I brought these for you." Muxue happily talked about picking fruit with Mumu that afternoon.
"Mom, you have to try it, it's delicious! Mumu said it's only available this season, and if it's gone, we'll have to wait until next year."
Song Jiaojiao smiled as she ate a raspberry. Ripe raspberries are very sweet, but not cloying, making them quite delicious. They can be eaten as fruit or made into jam.
Mu Xue saw the dried fruit on the table and asked, "Mother, what are these?"
"These are dried fruits made from local fruits."
"Dried fruit, is it like the apricot dried fruit we make at home?" Mu Xue asked with a puzzled look, holding a slice of mango. It just looked a little different; the dried fruit at home was drier, while this looked softer.
"It's different. The preparation method is different. This method better preserves the natural sweetness of the fruit. Try it, it's really delicious. If you like it, we can buy more and eat it on the way."
Song Jiaojiao said with a smile, while constantly eating raspberries.
At this moment, Shang Xiaoxiao brought Xu Sen and Zhou Dadan over.
"I'm going to see the fruit tree seedlings outside the city tomorrow. You two come with me tomorrow," Song Jiaojiao said with a smile.
"Yes, Madam," the two replied respectfully.
"I bought a lot of dried fruit today. It's on the table. See if there's anything you like, and help yourself. Xiaoxiao, take some of each to Miss Ye Yun."
Song Jiaojiao suddenly remembered Ye Yun, who hadn't left the house since arriving here, and even ate in her room. If it weren't for the occasional glimpse of Ye Yi, Song Jiaojiao would have almost forgotten about the two of them.
Song Jiaojiao didn't say much after that, and took the raspberries that Mu Xue had brought back for her back to her room.
She took the basket with her into the space. She wasn't sure if the fruit could be grown, so she just grabbed a handful and scattered them on the soil, giving the rest to Fei Hu.
With this upgrade, Flying Tiger has grown considerably, now resembling a fully grown tiger, except for the addition of wings.
Song Jiaojiao casually put the basket on the ground and went to check on the changes in her space. The space had been upgraded for several days, but she hadn't had time to come in and check it out. Mainly, she hadn't had a separate space while traveling, and then she had played around for two days in Xishuang County, so she was exhausted and went to sleep as soon as she got up. Today, she finally had some free time and had the opportunity to check on her space.
The most noticeable change is that the warehouse next to it has been transformed into a two-story building, and a patch of black soil has appeared next to the red soil.
Song Jiaojiao first entered the middle room. The lobby was divided into two parts. One part was for receiving guests. Several new mahogany chairs and tea tables were neatly arranged on both sides of the hall.
One of the rooms has a soft couch, which seems to be used to entertain close friends, and there is a small table made of mahogany on the couch.
There was also a second bedroom next to it, and the layout of the second bedroom was very similar to that of the original master bedroom.
As Song Jiaojiao went deeper, they arrived at the master bedroom. The master bedroom hadn't changed much, except that the silver ingots piled at the foot of the bed were very eye-catching. This time, they were no longer pyramid-shaped, and the space had been kindly used to store them in wooden boxes.
Looking at that large box of silver ingots, Song Jiaojiao's lips never left her mouth.
"Flying Tiger, what level is your space now?" Song Jiaojiao asked.
"Host, you're level seven now, which means you can withdraw 100,000 taels of silver. Level up two more times and you can withdraw all five million. Reach level ten and you can bring living creatures into your space." Flying Tiger held a basket in one paw while stuffing the other into his mouth.
Looking at the scene before her, Song Jiaojiao really didn't know how the tiger had managed to lift the basket.
"I see a patch of soil outside that I've never seen before, that's..."
"Host, that's black soil, where the growth rate is twenty times that of the outside world."
Feihu said vaguely.
Upon hearing this, Song Jiaojiao's eyes lit up: Twenty times!!!
The ginseng in the space is about fifty years old. If it were moved to the black soil, it would be twenty years older in less than a year, and in just over two years it would be a hundred years old.