The Young Farmer Who Can Cultivate Immortality
Chapter 8

Purely natural organic fertilizer

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After dinner, Su Ye went to the vegetable garden alone.

He first watered the seedlings with spiritual energy water. Then he took an iron bucket, drew some spiritual energy water from the Immortal Spirit Space, and poured it into the pool, mixing it with the stream water.

Previously, the pool in the Immortal Spirit Space had been full. This time, after Su Ye drew four or five buckets from it, the water level dropped by about five or six centimeters.

"I wonder if it can replenish itself," Su Ye said worriedly.

While he was there, Su Ye transplanted some of each kind of seedling into the Immortal Spirit Space. After watering them with spiritual energy water, he strolled leisurely home.

Early the next morning, Zhang Erhu and Su Ye went to the vegetable plot after breakfast.

"Brother Ye, come look!" Zhang Erhu shouted in shock.

"What is it?" Su Ye heard Zhang Erhu's cry and immediately ran over.

"Look inside the pool!" Zhang Erhu shouted.

The pool they had filled with water yesterday was teeming with swimming swamp eels. At a glance, there were at least several hundred.

It must have been the spiritual energy water I added last night that attracted these things, Su Ye thought.

"Brother Ye, careful! There's a water snake!" Zhang Erhu cried.

Hearing that, Su Ye looked down at the bottom of the pool.

A water snake was swimming leisurely along the bottom. The eels had blocked it from view earlier.

Next, Zhang Erhu found a stick somewhere and fished the water snake out, then beat it fiercely.

"Erhu, go back and get two fish baskets. Does your family have any?" Su Ye asked.

"Yes, we have two big ones and a small one. I'll bring them all," Zhang Erhu said at once.

With that, Zhang Erhu ran home to get the fish baskets, while Su Ye began watering the seedlings with spiritual energy water.

Only one night had passed, and the seedlings had all grown to nearly seven or eight centimeters tall. They would probably be ready to transplant tomorrow.

Before long, Zhang Erhu came running back with two fish baskets on his back and a hand net in his hand.

Working together, the two finally got all the eels into the fish baskets.

"Brother Ye, there must be a hundred jin or so here," Zhang Erhu said.

"There are too many for us to eat. Let's share some with everyone in the village," Su Ye said.

"Okay, Brother Ye."

"Come to think of it, it's strange. Why would the eels suddenly come over here? Do you know, Brother Ye?" Zhang Erhu asked.

"How would I know?" Su Ye said.

"That's strange."

"Stop wondering about it. Come on, let's go back for lunch," Su Ye said.

After lunch, the two used Su Ye's father's little three-wheeler to haul a load of purely natural organic fertilizer from Zhang Erhu's home, spreading the poop into the little holes they had dug earlier.

"Erhu, have you ever been up to the higher parts of Mount Jiuhua?" Su Ye suddenly asked Zhang Erhu.

"The higher parts? No, I haven't," Zhang Erhu replied.

"I heard people in the village say a dragon appeared on the mountain?" Su Ye asked again.

"I don't know about dragons, but there are tigers and wild boars. I even saw a wild boar with my own eyes. It scared me half to death back then," Zhang Erhu said.

"Then how did you get away?"

"How else? I found a big tree and scrambled up it. After a while, it left."

"Have you ever seen a tiger?"

"I haven't seen a tiger, but someone in the village has."

"Who?"

"Luo Wen, the village chief. His wife came down with an illness some years ago, and he knew there was an herb on Mount Jiuhua that could cure it, so he went up the mountain alone to look for it. He ended up running into a tiger. I heard he was scared stiff, but who would've thought the tiger just looked at him and left? It didn't do a thing to him."

"Something like that happened?" Su Ye asked, puzzled.

"Sure did. The village chief said the tiger might even have become a spirit. When he saw it, there was a thoughtful look in its eyes," Zhang Erhu said.

After that, Su Ye and Zhang Erhu chatted casually for a while.

On the third day, Su Ye hired several people to help. Zhang Erhu led them in transplanting all the seedlings into the soil.

They also built several pools out of concrete. That night, Su Ye sneaked over and added spiritual energy water. After what had happened with the eels last time, the pools this time were all cast from concrete.

Seven days passed like this. Su Ye wanted to take out the spiritual rice in the space to honor his parents, but he couldn't find a reason to do so and put the idea aside. He did, however, secretly replace all the drinking water at home with spiritual energy water.

That day, Su Ye prepared to go into the city to promote his farm produce. The fruits and vegetables in the space had all ripened. He didn't know whether it was because the spiritual energy in the space was so dense, but the vegetables there grew very quickly.

"Erhu, I'm going into the city to talk business today. Sorry to trouble you with looking after the farm," Su Ye said.

"Brother Ye, go without worrying. I'll take good care of it," Zhang Erhu replied.

The work on the farm now consisted of watering and weeding; there was no other heavy labor to do.

After a quick breakfast, Su Ye boarded a vehicle bound for the city.

Once in the city, Su Ye checked out several five-star restaurants before settling on one with an old-fashioned decor-the Supreme Flavor Pavilion.

Carrying the vegetables he had prepared earlier, including napa cabbage and leafy greens, Su Ye walked into the restaurant lobby. He saw a young woman in her early twenties at the reception desk, apparently looking down at some accounts, so he went up and asked, "Miss, sorry to disturb you, but is your logistics manager in?"

The young woman looked up at Su Ye and stared blankly for a moment. "Yes, our logistics manager should be in his office right now."

After that, she kindly pointed out the location of the office to Su Ye.

"Thank you,"

Su Ye said politely.

The young woman froze for a moment, then shyly turned her face away and said stiffly, "You're welcome (⁄ ⁄•⁄ω⁄•⁄ ⁄)."

After saying goodbye to the receptionist, Su Ye went to the logistics manager's office. The door wasn't locked and stood half open, but Su Ye knocked anyway, out of courtesy.

"Come in."

A strong, powerful voice came from inside.

Su Ye pushed open the half-open door and walked in carrying the vegetables.

A man of about fifty was sitting at a computer desk. He had a round face, small eyes and a small nose, and a large beer belly.

"Hello, Manager. My name is Su Ye."

Su Ye put down the vegetables and wiped his hands on his clothes as he spoke.

The manager was taken aback. "What can I do for you, young man?"

"I'm here to recommend my vegetables to your restaurant. I grew them all myself, and I guarantee they're purely natural and pollution-free." As Su Ye spoke, he pointed to the vegetables he had brought in.

"No need. We have our own supply channels. Sorry, young man," the manager said.

"Manager, please don't be so quick to refuse. Try this first." As he spoke, Su Ye took a tomato and a cucumber out of his shopping bag.

The tomato was round and plump, clear and lovely, like a baby's adorable rosy, smiling face. It was so fresh and juicy that one couldn't resist wanting to take a bite. Sitting there, it looked like a work of art.

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