In a field dazzling with golden waves of wheat, Mifein and Rhea bent down together to gather the wheat ears that had fallen onto the soil.
These two followers of the Earth Mother Goddess no longer wore excessively splendid robes, but simple clothes made from ramie cloth.
Every movement was careful. They painstakingly picked up all the wheat ears that had fallen from the piles, working with great concentration and even a touch of reverence.
According to the legends of the Earth Mother Goddess Church, the wheat that fell was always the finest and most thoroughly ripened. It deliberately dropped to the ground to show off to the Mother Goddess.
"Proud wheat ears."
Mifein gazed contentedly at the golden wheat ears filling his basket. "I never imagined there would be so many proud wheat ears in these fields. The Mother Goddess truly favors this land."
"Yes, this year's wheat yield reached three thousand jin per mu." Rhea carried a basket too, smiling so broadly that the wrinkles on his face unfolded.
"With all this grain, both the Northern Frontier's population growth and Kroya's outward expansion can pick up speed."
A yield of three thousand jin per mu-even the Earth Mother Goddess's fertile fields produced two thousand at most. Who would have imagined these would yield a full thousand more?
It seemed the Mother Goddess favored the land here even more. Lately, he had even felt his divine power growing faster.
The Orpheus Oak, who had just arrived in time to hear this, immediately took offense and snapped, "This is clearly because my friend Kroya improved these fields. It has nothing to do with the Earth Mother Goddess!"
The apprentices following behind him all nodded. For these fields, Kroya had specifically released a very unusual kind of earthworm and turned silt