Transmigrated To Another World: General, I'm Not Your White Moonlight - Chapter 168

Chapter 168: A Good Thing
Chi Xiyou listened to Duan Yixin’s answer and stared at the strawberry again. He then looked at Duan Yixin again and asked, “Is this the second harvest? Have the strawberries gotten bigger?”

Duan Yixin nodded and said, “I wonder what caused the difference.”

Typically, the fruit remains the same no matter how many times it is harvested. Unless there are external factors affecting the tree, the fruit is unlikely to be larger during the next harvest.

Chi Xiyou thought for a while and asked, “Could it be your liquid fertilizer that caused the difference?”

Thinking that the harvest time was five days shorter than before, Duan Yixin thoughtfully looked at the strawberry in her hand.

She pondered on Chi Xiyou’s words and thoughts, ‘What Elder Brother Xiyou said may be true. It seems that I need to find an opportunity to conduct more in-depth tests and experiments on the seeds of this world. But right now, this is a good thing. Because in our current situation, shorter harvest times and higher harvest results are advantageous.’

Duan Yixin put the strawberry back into the wooden bucket, looked at Chi Xiyou, and said, “I don’t know the answer either. However, it is a good thing that the strawberries are bigger now. If we could plant more plants, we might be able to hold on until the flood waters recede.”

Chi Xiyou nodded in agreement and said, “Mhm. You are right.”

After a moment of silence, he added, “Xin Xin, I have already told my father and Ru’er about the hydroponic system. I think we should start sowing seeds as soon as possible before the food runs out.”

Duan Yixin picked up a wooden bucket of strawberries and said, “I agree with you. Let’s go back and discuss this matter with Uncle Chi and the others first.”

Chi Xiyou nodded, picked up two wooden buckets of strawberries, and said, “All right.”

Feeling the weight of the wooden buckets, Chi Xiyou looked at Duan Yixin and said, “Xin Xin, just let me carry them.”

Duan Yixin chuckled when she heard this and said, “I’m not that weak. I can help you bring one bucket back.”

After saying that, she took the oil-paper umbrella and left. Looking at her back, Chi Xiyou smiled helplessly. He then looked at the remaining three wooden buckets of strawberries and said, “It seems I need to make a second trip later.”

When the two of them returned to the second wooden building with three buckets of strawberries, Madam Chi was pleasantly surprised. She quickly went to help Duan Yixin carry the bucket and said, “Xin Xin, you must be tired after carrying such a heavy bucket. Go and take a rest.”

Hearing this, Chi Xiyou sighed and said, “Mother, you only love Xin Xin and don’t love me anymore.”

Madam Chi rolled her eyes at her son and stepped forward to help him, “You are already a grown man. Why are you competing with Xin Xin?”

Chi Xiyou smiled at his mother and said, “No matter how old I am, I will always be your baby.”

Listening to his son’s shameless words, Chi Junheng sighed and muttered in doubt, “How can I give birth to such a shameless son?”

Chi Xiyou didn’t know what his father said, so he said to his mother, “Mother, I’m going to pick the last bucket of strawberries. You can eat first.”

Before Madam Chi could react, he had already left. Madam Chi turned back and curiously asked Duan Yixin, “Xin Xin, how many pots of strawberries have you two planted?”

Since Duan Yixin asked Chi Xiyou to keep the fact that she designed the hydroponic system a secret, it is understandable that Chi Xiyou told others that they grew Chinese cabbage and strawberries together.

Duan Yixin noticed the curiosity in Madam Chi’s tone and answered calmly, “Elder Brother Xiyou and I planted ten pots of strawberries and ten pots of Chinese cabbage. We are lucky to be able to grow them healthily.”

Upon hearing the answer, Madam Chi’s eyes suddenly widened. She sat next to her husband and excitedly asked Duan Yixin again, “With ten pots of strawberries, can you really harvest four barrels of strawberries?”

Before Duan Yixin could answer, Chi Xinru had already said, “Mother, you should take a look at those plants. There are a lot of strawberries hanging on the vines that I’m afraid they will break.”

“Really? Then we don’t have to worry about temporarily running out of food.” Madam Chi said with a sigh of relief.

Just when Chi Xinru was sharing the experience and joy of picking the strawberries with Madam Chi, Chi Xiyou came back with the last bucket of strawberries. Madam Chi saw that his hair was wet and quickly gave him a piece of cloth to dry his hair.

“Hurry up and warm yourself up, or you may catch a cold.” She said worriedly.

With Chi Xiyou joining in, the five of them began to have breakfast while chatting about the strawberries. Unlike the warm and light atmosphere in the wooden building, the atmosphere in the village hall was very heavy and tense.

In a corner of the village hall, Tang Sanniu and the elders were sitting around a small round table. Looking at the elders’ gloomy expressions, Tang Sanniu said, “Elders, do any of you have any suggestions on how to solve the food shortage problem?”

One of the elders looked at Tang Sanniu and said, “Village Chief, I’m afraid we must find a way to grow food before it runs out.”

As soon as these words came out, another elder sighed and said, “Elder Gan, there is no way the plants could survive in current weather. The seeds will rot before they germinate.”

Hearing this, Elder Gan fell into silence. When no one spoke, the oldest elder said, “Everyone, don’t be discouraged yet.”

After Gu Naiyi said this, the others looked at him with hopeful eyes. Another elder asked, “Elder Gu, do you have a way to solve the food shortage problem?”