Chapter 372: The World Was Going to Change
"Chirp chirp... chirp chirp chirp..." "Caw~ caw~~"
The noisy calls of birds rang out overhead from time to time, drawing Qin Xiaoxia's gaze toward them.
The vast fields outside the mystic realm had turned a brilliant gold.
Some of the trees along the fields had grown especially lush, and in many places, saplings had shot up like bamboo shoots.
Most astonishingly, small trees had even sprung up in several vegetable plots, melon patches, and rice paddies. As for the trees already growing along the river amid the fields, their growth went without saying.
The birdsong came from the nearby trees of all sizes, the ground beside the rice paddies, and the rooftops and corners of buildings at the village entrance.
This year's autumn rice had ripened a little later than usual, but still more or less within its normal season.
It had drawn farmers and birds alike.
Many farmers from the nearby villages were moving in and out of the rice paddies, not to harvest the rice, but to pull out the little trees that had appeared out of nowhere.
That was much harder than pulling weeds. The trees' roots tangled together and reached deep into the soil, and some required a narrow spade to pry them loose.
Wherever trees grew, they inevitably affected the surrounding rice, leaving each little patch of gold looking as though someone had taken a bite out of it and planted a splash of green in its place.
Compared with the trees, the rice itself was different this year too. It stood taller than in previous years, and its grains were fuller and plumper.
"Come on, let me help!! Give me the spade!!"
Doudou gleefully snatched a little spade from an older man. With its slender handle