Transmigrated To Another World: General, I'm Not Your White Moonlight - Chapter 129

Chapter 129: Oath
Hearing Duan Yixin’s question, Chi Xiyou’s lips curved up. He motioned her to sit down and asked, “Xin Xin, can you tell me how you grow strawberries and Chinese cabbage when most farmers are struggling in this hot weather?”

Duan Yixin, who was sitting in front of him, stared at Chi Xiyou for a long time before saying, “Before I answer your question, can you answer my question first?”

Chi Xiyou nodded and said, “Mhm, you ask.”

Duan Yixin was silent for a while and asked, “Elder Brother Xiyou, why do you want to know how I grow them?”

After hearing her question, Chi Xiyou thought for a while and replied, “After the bandits attacked our village, many men died while women and children were kidnapped. You must know this, right?”

Duan Yixin nodded when she heard the words, and Chi Xiyou continued, “That night, many families lost their fathers, sons, and husbands. As for the survivors, most of them are starving at the moment.”

Recalling the bloody night when she traveled to this world, Duan Yixin fell into silence. After a moment of silence, she asked, “Elder Brother Xiyou, do you want me to share my knowledge with the villagers?”

Chi Xiyou nodded at her as an answer. Seeing that Duan Yixin was deep in thought, he asked cautiously, “You… don’t want to?”

Duan Yixin shook her head and said, “It’s not that I’m unwilling to share my knowledge. My teacher once told me that having knowledge without sharing means stopping learning. Only by sharing and imparting knowledge to others can people learn more from the exchange of ideas. In the long run, teachers may learn something new from their students.”

Hearing this, Chi Xiyou raised his eyebrows and said, “I suddenly want to see your teacher. He must be very knowledgeable and wise.”

After finishing speaking, he thought, ‘But I never knew Xin Xin had a teacher. Could it be that Grandpa Duan secretly hired a teacher for her?’

Duan Yixin smiled slightly, lowered her eyes, and whispered, “It is impossible for me to meet him again.”

Chi Xiyou looked at her sad expression and guessed that her teacher must have passed away, so he changed the topic, “If you don’t want to help them, then you don’t need to do it. I do want to help the villagers. However, you are my family. For me, what you want is more important than what I want.”

Hearing this, Duan Yixin raised her eyes to look at him and smiled, “Elder Brother Xiyou, as long as I have the ability and our safety is guaranteed, I don’t mind helping other people.”

After hearing what she said, Chi Xiyou fell into deep thought. After a long silence, he said, “If I can guarantee our safety, are you willing to share your knowledge?”

“Yes.” Duan Yixin answered without hesitation.

After receiving her answer, Chi Xiyou smiled and said, “All right. Then I will make sure that both of us will be safe.”

As soon as these words came out, Duan Yixin knew what he was planning. She thought for a moment and said, “I will help you, but you can’t say you know it from me.”

Just when she finished speaking, Chi Xiyou raised three fingers and swore solemnly, “I swear, I will never tell anyone else about this. I will protect Xin Xin’s safety and bring this secret to my grave. If I violate my oath, I will die without a burial place.”

After Chi Xiyou took the solemn oath, Duan Yixin stood up and said, “Let’s go.”

Chi Xiyou looked at her in confusion and asked, “Where are you going?”

Walking out of the house, Duan Yixin glanced back at him and asked with a slight smile on her lips, “Don’t you want to know how I grow Chinese cabbage and strawberries? I will show it to you now.”

After saying that, she left without waiting for Chi Xiyou. Looking at her back, Chi Xiyou came to his senses and quickly chased after her while saying, “Xin Xin, wait for me.”

When the two arrived at her house twenty minutes later, Duan Yixin took Chi Xiyou directly to the woodshed. Noticing where they were going, Chi Xiyou looked at Duan Yixin suspiciously.

Duan Yixin noticed his doubtful gaze, opened the door, and said, “Please come in.”

Seeing her go in, Chi Xiyou followed Duan Yixin into the woodshed. After his eyes adjusted to the dim light in the woodshed, Chi Xiyou opened his eyes wide in surprise. He pointed to the hydroponic shelves and asked, “How did you come up with this idea?”

Duan Yixin stood in the middle of the woodshed and smiled, “I learned the basics from my teacher, and I perfected the design.”

Looking at his surprised and excited expression, Duan Yixin asked, “Do you think it is safe for us to share this knowledge with the public?”

When she asked this question, Chi Xiyou’s expression became serious. He walked over to the shelf and studied the hydroponic system for a long time. He then looked at Duan Yixin and said, “The principle behind this–”

“Hydroponic system.” Duan Yixin finished his sentence with a smile.

Chi Xiyou coughed and continued, “The principle of this hydroponic system is not complicated. It should be no problem for others to learn how to use this technology to grow vegetables and fruits. It’s just–”

He pointed to the mixed soil in the wooden buckets on the shelf, then pointed to the mixed water on top of the shelf and asked, “I wonder what kind of soil and water you use?”

When she decided to tell Chi Xiyou about the hydroponic system, Duan Yixin also decided to hide the formula for the nutrient solution. Although it is impossible for her to let Chi Xiyou know about the nutrient solution made from the materials from her original world, it is not impossible to teach him how to make liquid fertilizer and create another kind of nutrient solution using the materials available in this world.