Marrying My Bestie's Ferocious Brother - He Calls Me His Baby!-Chapter 119: You Help Me Clear the Land, I’ll Praise You as a Great Person!

Chapter 119: Chapter 119: You Help Me Clear the Land, I’ll Praise You as a Great Person!

Tian Laosan and his daughter-in-law’s eyes were glued to the paper packet labeled "Centennial Wild Ginseng Seeds."

The greedy gleam in their eyes was almost overflowing.

Lin Wanyi carefully put the packet away and returned it to the tin box.

Instead of going up immediately, she leisurely picked up another packet labeled "Shandong Sweet Potato."

She opened the packet, poured a few seeds into her palm, as if examining them closely.

"Sigh."

She let out a gentle sigh.

"Mother once said, besides the seeds, there were a few gold bars in this box."

"She said it was to prevent me from suffering in the future, so I could use them to hire people for land cultivation if I had no money."

"I wonder if they’re still there."

As she spoke, she fumbled through the false bottom of the box, making a rustling noise.

"Found them!"

There was a hint of delight in her voice.

"So they were hidden here."

She didn’t take them out, but quickly closed the box and locked it.

"Yanshen, let’s go up."

Gu Yanshen didn’t ask anything, picked up the heavy tin box, leapt up, and landed steadily on the ground.

Lin Wanyi followed him up.

Tian Laosan’s daughter-in-law’s eyes were wide, and she rushed over in one swift motion.

"What gold bars? Where are they? Let me see!"

Gu Yanshen swept a cold gaze over her.

She shivered with fear and took two steps back.

Lin Wanyi dusted off her hands and looked at Tian Laosan.

"Uncle Tian, this land has been deserted for so long, it’ll take quite some effort to cultivate."

She paused.

"Tomorrow morning, I’ll go to the city bank and withdraw my mother’s gold bars."

"At that time, we’ll hire people to cultivate the land at the market rate."

After saying this, she no longer looked at them and walked straight to the Jeep.

"Brother, sister-in-law, are you really going to live here?"

Gu Lan looked at the few broken houses, her little face scrunched up like a bitter melon.

Lin Wanyi smiled.

"No."

She opened the car door.

"We’re going back to the city."

The Jeep kicked up a cloud of dust and disappeared at the end of the dirt road.

Tian Laosan stood there, forgetting to puff on his smoking pipe.

His daughter-in-law came over, lowered her voice, and rubbed her hands together excitedly.

"Dad! Did you hear? Gold bars! Quite a few of them!"

A calculating gleam shone in Tian Laosan’s eyes.

"A few gold bars, hiring outsiders, how many people would have to share that?"

His daughter-in-law understood immediately.

"Dad means we should do it ourselves?"

"Don’t let the fat water flow into outsiders’ fields!"

Tian Laosan took a deep puff on his pipe.

"Tonight, let’s cultivate all these thirty acres of land!"

"When she comes back with the gold bars tomorrow, it’s a done deal. Who else would she give the money to if not us?"

"By then, whether it’s calculated by the day or by the acre, it will all be up to us!"

"Wise move, Dad!"

Night fell.

The entire village was asleep.

But Ping’an Farm’s wasteland was bright with lights.

Tian Laosan’s entire family, along with a few relatives, totaling over a dozen people, carrying hoes and oil lamps, started working fervently.

The hoes broke open the hard ground, and weeds were uprooted.

Everyone seemed full of energy, fantasizing about the gold bars they would have in hand tomorrow, putting more strength into their work.

No one noticed.

Gu Yanshen and Lin Wanyi were standing side by side on a high slope not far from the farm.

"Aren’t you afraid they’ll spread the word about the gold bars?"

Gu Yanshen’s voice sounded deep in the night wind.

Lin Wanyi shook her head.

"They won’t."

"The human heart is insatiable like a snake trying to swallow an elephant. Why would they tell others when they want it all for themselves?"

Gu Yanshen was silent for a moment.

"Are there really gold bars in the box?"

Lin Wanyi smiled.

"No."

"Only a bag of pebbles I casually dug up from the Gu Family’s backyard."

The next day, just as the sun was rising.

Lin Wan Yi and Gu Yanshen once again arrived at the farm in their jeep.

Just as the car stopped, Tian Laosan and his daughter-in-law came up with smiling faces.

"Mr. Lin! Look!"

Tian Laosan pointed behind him, his tone full of pride.

The scene in front of them made Gu Lan, who came along, gape in shock.

Yesterday, it was still a half-person-high wasteland, but now, it had turned into thirty acres of well-leveled, glossy black soil.

All the weeds were cleared away, and the land had been deeply plowed, now as soft as a sponge.

Tian Laosan’s daughter-in-law puffed out her chest, looking smug.

"Mr. Lin, we figured, as a city person, you definitely wouldn’t understand this farm work."

"Our Tian Family, considering the past relations with your mother, worked through the night to help you open up the land!"

"Look how beautifully this was done!"

Lin Wan Yi got out of the car, showing just the right amount of surprise and gratitude.

"Oh my! Uncle Tian, Aunt Zhang, how can I accept this!"

"Thank you so much!"

Tian Laosan waved his hand, but his eyes kept darting toward the cloth bag that Lin Wan Yi carried.

"Hey, no need to be polite! It’s just that over a dozen of us worked all night and are dead tired..."

The hint in his words was obvious to anyone.

But Lin Wan Yi acted as if she didn’t get it.

She held Tian Laosan’s hand sincerely.

"Uncle Tian, you truly are a good person!"

"I went home last night and thought it over, and I agree with you. Now that it’s new times, employing people is a capitalist bad practice, and it’s unacceptable!"

She stood up straight, her voice clear.

"So I’ve decided! We will plant these thirty acres ourselves! No hiring anyone!"

"I also won’t go to retrieve those gold bars; I’ll leave them for my family, An An and Ning Ning, as a souvenir!"

The smile on Tian Laosan’s face froze instantly.

His daughter-in-law’s eyes almost popped out.

"What did you say?"

Lin Wan Yi blinked innocently.

"I said, I’m really grateful for your help! I’ll send you some grains after the harvest!"

"Pfft—"

Tian Laosan almost choked, feeling a sweetness in his throat, almost spitting out old blood.

All in vain!

A dozen of them worked like dogs all night long!

Not a penny earned, just a verbal thank you?

The surrounding farmers watching the scene couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

"Hahaha, Tian Laosan really lost his wife and his soldiers this time!"

"Tried to scheme against others and got schemed against instead!"

Tian Laosan’s face turned the color of pig liver.

Lin Wan Yi ignored him.

She took out a bucket of water and a box of seeds from the jeep.

In front of everyone, she opened the box, sorting the seeds and pouring them into the bucket to soak.

No one saw that at the moment she turned, a few drops of clear water dripped from her fingertips into the bucket.

Then she took the seeds and, in the most traditional manner, scattered them into the freshly cultivated fertile soil.

She didn’t rush, but every step was steady.

After working all morning, she finally finished planting all the seeds.

After finishing, she left with Gu Yanshen and Gu Lan in the car once again.

On the third morning.

As the first ray of sunlight touched Ping’an Farm.

Early-rising farmers passing by let out a thunderous shout.

"Oh my god! Come look!"

The whole village was alarmed.

They ran to the edge of the farm and were petrified by the scene in front of them.

In just one night, those thirty acres of black soil sprouted densely packed, neat green shoots!

Each one was full of vigor, greener than pure jade, contrasting starkly with the barren surroundings.

"Oh my heavens... Is... is this the work of an immortal?"

"The seeds just planted the day before yesterday, and they’ve all sprouted today?"

Tian Laosan and his daughter-in-law were squeezed in the crowd, their faces pale from shock at the verdant miracle.

Just then, Lin Wan Yi’s jeep slowly drove up.

She got out of the car, looking at her handiwork, and smiled contentedly.

She stood on a high ground, facing the stunned villagers, and spoke loudly.

"Everyone, don’t be afraid."

"This is not some immortal trick."

"This is the ’high yield good seed’ my mother left me!"

She picked up a freshly sprouted seedling and held it high.

"These seeds not only sprout quickly and grow well!"

"But also produce at least three times more than the ordinary seeds we plant now!"