NOVEL WEB Chapter 10: Spirit Seeds × Teacher
Chapter 10: Spirit Seeds × Teacher
“Big brother, second brother, you’re back!” Li Xi exclaimed happily.
“We’re back. Did you little ones cause trouble for your sisters-in-law today?” Li Jiang said with a smile.
“Big brother, look at second brother, he’s just gotten back and he’s already accusing me and the nephews!” Li Xi snorted.
“Our Xi’er is the most well-behaved. Second brother, hurry and appease Xi’er!” Li He played along with them.
“Xi’er, don’t be upset with second brother. Look what I brought for you,” Li Jiang raised the small farming tools in his hand.
Li Xi had actually noticed the small farming tools in her second brother’s hand earlier. After all, she was at the fifth level of Qi Refinement and had undergone the Small Spirit Eye technique at the village school when she was six, giving her excellent eyesight.
Li Jiang, who had walked over at this moment, how could he not know?
They just loved to act.
She pretended to have just noticed, looking at Li Jiang with delight, “Second brother, you prepared farming tools for me! Thank you, second brother!”
“Come and see if these tools suit you,” Li Jiang said.
Li Xi took the tools – a small hoe, a small straw rain cape, and a small straw hat.
Li Xi couldn’t let go of these small farming tools, feeling her farming spirit burning inside.
“I have my own small farming tools now, haha!”
Seeing Li Xi so happy, the two brothers shared a knowing smile. The family finally had a child who loved farming.
Father’s wish had finally come true.
Before Li Shan and Wang Xiuniang had their eldest son Li He, they always thought their firstborn would inherit the Li family’s love for farming. But when Li He grew up, he insisted on learning talisman-making.
They thought, since the eldest didn’t like farming, they shouldn’t force him. So they used spirit pearls and connections to send Li He to study with a talisman master in town.
When they had their second son, they thought, surely the second son would love farming?
But when the second son grew up, he insisted on learning artifact refining.
The old couple, especially Li Shan, were disappointed but could only find a way to send Li Jiang to the new artifact refiner in town.
By the time their little daughter was born, the couple didn’t have much hope, thinking perhaps their bloodline had mutated in this generation. But Li Xi gave them a big surprise.
A child who loves farming is a good child; the other two are just little rascals.
Yes, Li Shan did treat them differently like this.
At this moment, the courtyard gate sounded again, and Li Shan and Wang Xiuniang walked in.
“Father, Mother, you’re back.” x5
“We’re back. Quickly get us some water, we’re dying of thirst,” Li Shan said as soon as he entered.
Li Xi quickly put down the small farming tools and went to the kitchen to fetch water.
Li Shan and Wang Xiuniang took the two bowls of water and drank eagerly, making loud gulping sounds.
“Father, Mother, drink slowly,” Wu Jingwan and Liu Qiniang came out to greet them.
After finishing two bowls of water, Li Shan and Wang Xiuniang finally felt alive again.
“The town was so crowded today, people from dozens of villages came to collect seeds! Some villages really have no manners, instead of the village head coming to collect them all, villagers came individually. The town’s agricultural office was packed with people, it was chaos!” Li Shan said angrily.
No wonder Li Shan and Wang Xiuniang’s clothes were disheveled, their hair a bit loose, and their shoes had footprints from others stepping on them. In previous years, they never returned from collecting spirit seeds in such a state.
“How did it get so chaotic? Doesn’t our Taohua Town only oversee thirteen villages?” Li He asked.
“It was so difficult to collect seeds in town today, we didn’t have time to inquire in detail. We only vaguely heard that two nearby towns had some problems and couldn’t distribute spirit seeds on time, so they were notified to come to Taohua Town at the last minute,” Li Shan said. “We don’t know what kind of problems they had.”
“When I went to buy fertilizer, I heard the shopkeeper say it was the neighboring Qingxi Town and Yunshui Town that had problems,” Wang Xiuniang added.
“With so many people coming to collect seeds, and such short notice, does the town have enough spirit seeds?” Li He asked worriedly.
“Indeed, the town didn’t have enough spirit seeds today. They had only prepared for thirteen villages, and even though they had some extra for unexpected situations, how could it be enough for so many villages!” Li Shan said.
“Fortunately, we went early today and managed to collect all the seeds for our village,” Li Shan added.
“Father and Mother worked so hard today, please come in and rest,” Wu Jingwan said gently.
Li Shan waved his hand, “Let your mother rest well. I’ll just go change my clothes, then I need to visit Teacher Chen.”
“Alright, we’ll prepare right away. We made quite a few meat pies today, perfect to bring for Teacher Chen to try,” Wu Jingwan said as she walked to the kitchen.
“Xi’er, get ready too. It wouldn’t be polite to visit the teacher unprepared,” Wang Xiuniang patted Li Xi’s head and gently pushed her back.
Li Xi felt a bit reluctant inside. Although Teacher Chen was a good teacher, what child likes to see their teacher during holidays? But since her mother had said so, Li Xi obediently went back to her room to tidy herself up.
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In a simply furnished room, a man was sitting cross-legged on a rush mat, his palms facing upwards, eyes closed in meditation.
He had fair skin and a jade-like face, looking like a jade statue as he sat still in cultivation.
This man was the village school teacher, Chen Heng.
Such a refined figure couldn’t have been nurtured in the small Taohua Village. He came from the Tianyan Sect and was a disciple there.
After cultivators build their foundation, their lifespan differs from ordinary people. Therefore, the Tianyan Sect has had a rule for a thousand years: all foundation-building disciples must take on a ten-year assignment to guard an area under the sect’s jurisdiction.
Chen Heng had been in Taohua Village for exactly five years now.
After building their foundation, cultivators have keen senses. He had already noticed someone approaching from a hundred meters away from his courtyard gate. Only when he heard the gate being knocked did Chen Heng open his eyes, slightly waving his sleeve, and the courtyard gate opened.
The visitors were none other than Li Shan and his daughter Li Xi.
The father and daughter had just stopped in front of the gate and knocked three times when they saw the gate open by itself. Although they had seen such scenes before, they couldn’t help but be slightly startled. The abilities of a foundation-building cultivator were indeed completely different from their small Qi Refining cultivations.
Slightly composing himself, Li Shan cupped his hands and said, “Taohua Village Head Li Shan and daughter Li Xi are here to pay respects!”
Chen Heng remained seated on the rush mat and spoke softly: “Village Head, you’re too polite. Please come in.”
Although Li Shan and Li Xi were still outside the gate, over a hundred meters away from where Chen Heng was meditating in the main room, his voice sounded as if it were right next to their ears.