Chapter 140: Everything is Ready
Half an hour later, three top-grade herb and wood gu were successfully refined.
Just then, Du Yunqing returned to the courtyard with five honest-looking middle-aged men.
"Young friend Shi Lin, these are all honest people from our village. They just finished working in the fields, and I invited them to help with the work. Is that alright with you?" Du Yunqing asked Shi Lin.
Since it was Shi Lin who was paying, Du Yunqing still wanted to show Shi Lin what these people looked like.
"Alright, Elder Du, you take them to dig up the pine tree. Try to bring back as much soil as possible, and don't damage the tree's roots," Shi Lin nodded to Du Yunqing and said.
Shi An glanced at the scene and prepared to help, but was stopped by Shi Lin.
Shi An nodded without hesitation and went back to continue processing the sorghum.
Shi Lin returned to his room with some materials and continued refining the small herb and wood gu.
It takes thirty days to condense a wisp of the essence of plants, so these small plant-based Gu can only be used once during this period.
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The people in the courtyard were busy from noon until evening, only stopping when the sun set. Several farmers received silver soul coins from Shi An and then left the courtyard.
As Shi Lin once again exhausted all the soul power in his body, the materials in the room were also used up.
Shi Lin got out of bed, rubbed his sore calves, and walked out of the room with more than fifty top-grade small herb and wood gu.
At this moment, Shi An, Du Yunqing, and Du Ming were sitting in the courtyard, eating hard steamed buns.
"Old Du, Brother An, what are you eating? Why didn't you prepare anything good to eat?" Shi Lin raised his eyebrows and asked Du Yunqing and Shi An with a puzzled look on his face.
"This is all the food I have left at home. Please make do with this, young friend Shi Lin," Du Yunqing said with a smile to Shi Lin.
"Young Master, I'm a little hungry too." Shi An scratched his head awkwardly and said to Shi Lin embarrassedly.
Shi An forgot to put food in his soul tool; it only contained some tools and various bottles and jars. His food, drink, and sleeping supplies were all in Shi Lin's soul tool.
"I still have plenty of food in my hand, so throw away the steamed buns you're holding," Shi Lin said to these people in an annoyed tone.
Then, Shi Lin took out a sumptuous meal from his soul tool.
"Come and eat," Shi Lin said to the three people in front of him.
Du Yunqing was stunned when she saw the sumptuous meal. Who would bring so much delicious food when traveling?
However, the food was indeed very delicious, so Du Yunqing led Du Ming to the table to start eating.
"Brother An, how much sorghum did these ten little plant gu ripen today?" Shi Lin asked Shi An, picking up a soft steamed bun.
"We've ripened nearly one-twentieth of the sorghum using artificial ripening agents," Shi An reported to Shi Lin, holding his rice bowl.
"One-twentieth… Okay, then I'll cultivate another hundred small grass and wood gu and that should be enough." After a moment's thought, Shi Lin decided to cultivate all the sorghum to maturity and take it with him.
After all, there are still ten days until the time agreed upon with Lin Kun, so there's still time.
Then, Shi Lin looked at Du Yunqing.
"Old Du, I haven't been keeping an eye on the pine tree transplantation today. How much longer will it take to dig this pine tree out?" Shi Lin asked Du Yunqing with a smile.
"Tomorrow should be enough. Although the pine tree is big, there are many of us," Du Yunqing nodded and said.
"Alright, in that case, we'll leave the matter of this tree to Elder Du." Shi Lin nodded slightly to Du Yunqing and said.
The four of them then ate in silence, since the food Shi Lin had prepared tasted so good.
After eating and drinking their fill, the four of them went back to their respective rooms to rest.
Shi Lin returned to his room but did not rest. He took out a large pile of sorghum stalks and pine needles, processed them with his spatial blade, and began to use them to refine the small herb Gu.
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The next day at noon, Shi Lin came out of his room carrying a large pile of bamboo baskets, which contained small herb and wood gu.
After a morning of hard work, Shi Lin successfully refined another fifty top-grade small herb and wood gu.
Shi Lin now possesses one hundred small herb gu, enough to ripen all the crimson sorghum on three acres of land.
After coming out of the room, Shi Lin saw Shi An cultivating.
"Brother An, time to get to work," Shi Lin greeted Shi An with a smile.
"Alright, young master!" Shi An replied, then quickly exited his cultivation state and came to Shi Lin's side.
Next, Shi Lin and Shi An brought the top-grade small herb gu to the sorghum field in the backyard.
Shi Lin observed the surrounding area and found that almost no one was passing by before giving the small grass and wood gu to Shi An.
The two of them extracted the essence of plants from the small herb and wood gu and then injected it into the crimson sorghum.
The growth cycle of scarlet sorghum is generally six months, and a single breath of vegetation can ripen a small patch of scarlet sorghum.
Once the sorghum matured, Shi Lin simply cut it down and stored it in his soul tool.
Shi Lin and Shi An worked from morning till midnight to harvest all the sorghum from the three mu of land.
Shi Lin and Shi An were really exhausted these past two days.
Previously, you had to bend down to pick up insects in the Soul Hunting Forest; now you have to bend down to harvest crops.
After harvesting all the sorghum, Shi Lin and Shi An rested in the sorghum field for a while before returning to Du Yunqing's courtyard.
"You've worked hard." Du Yunqing said with a smile, looking at Shi Lin and the other person.
"Old Du, working here is really different from training," Shi Lin said with a helpless smile.
"Of course, the amount of exercise and the mood are completely different." Du Yunqing nodded in agreement.
"Mr. Du, it's getting late, let's go eat." Shi Lin gestured to Du Yunqing to invite him.
Du Yunqing nodded.
Soon, the group sat down at the table, where Shi Lin once again presented a sumptuous meal.
"Xiao Lin, the Drunken Pine has been excavated, and the workers' wages have been settled. What should we do next?" Du Yunqing asked Shi Lin.
After hearing Du Yunqing's words, Shi Lin looked at the pine tree behind him. It had been dug up by the roots, but now the roots were covered with soil and should be able to be preserved for a while.
"Thank you for your hard work, Elder Du. Let's stay here one more night tonight and set off for Sachi City early tomorrow morning. We'll return to my home in a few days," Shi Lin said with a smile to Du Yunqing.
"Thank you for your hard work, Xiao Lin!" Du Yunqing said with a smile.
Then the group started eating, and after finishing their meal, they went back to their respective rooms to rest.
Du Yunqing and Du Ming didn't have much attachment to this small courtyard, and besides, it wasn't worth much and couldn't be sold.
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