Chapter 206

Zhu Ji: "Can't I contact you if there's nothing wrong? Maybe I just want to reconnect with you?"

Shi Wen, "Although it's possible, I don't think you would. If there's really nothing wrong, you wouldn't be talking like this. So, what exactly do you want from me?"

Zhu Ji: "Then I'll say it. It's like this, don't you have fritillaria on your ranch? We have an old expert here who has lung problems and has had several surgeries, but it's gotten worse. Because of your honey issue, a doctor suggested that we could buy some fritillaria from you and try it using our traditional medicine methods?"

Shi Wen, "Do you want our fritillaria honey?"

Zhu Ji: "I need the fritillaria honey, and it would be best if you also brought some fritillaria. These two herbs are not the same thing; for proper medication, I'll need your fritillaria."

Shi Wen and said, "Okay. How much do you need? I'll go dig some up for you."

Zhu Ji: "I'll come over and dig with you myself. We should have a few dozen fritillaria bulbs, that should be enough. We won't need too many. We'll charge you based on the Variant Ingredients or we can barter."

Shi Wen agreed, "Then come over first thing tomorrow morning, and I'll take you out to dig."

Shi Wen's family had been growing fritillaria bulbs for so long, but he still didn't know what they looked like underneath. He took this opportunity to check the medicinal properties of this batch of fritillaria bulbs.

If it's really useful, we can dig it out gradually later.

Anyway, they don't harvest fritillaria on a large scale, so they can dig while allowing the fritillaria to reproduce new ones.

In a few decades, they should have a large area of fritillaria.

This time, Zhu Ji asked Shi Wen for help with a very proper attitude, and came over very early the next morning.

Shi Wen, seeing him arrive so early for the first time ever, said, "Brother Zhu, there's no need for this. Why are you here so early?"

Zhu Ji handed him the gift she had brought, saying, "Just dropping by for a meal? Your food is so delicious."

Yan Kexing glanced at Zhu Ji: "If you're coming over for a free meal, remember to come help out."

Zhu Ji rolled up his sleeves. "Alright, what do you want me to do? I'll do anything you ask me to do today, I won't resist."

Yan Kexing's response was to tap him on the head. Zhu Ji chuckled and quickly dodged to the side.

Yan Kexing asked Zhu Ji to carry a bucket to feed the little ones.

The little ones were very familiar with him and didn't resist him at all. Heiwa and the others even greeted him very politely.

Zhu Ji looked at Heiwa and the others. "Are Heiwa and the others becoming more and more human? The way they look at me is different than before; there's a very peculiar aura about them."

Shi Wen chimed in, "You can't say they're becoming more human-like; you can only say their intelligence is increasing. They're not becoming more like humans, but rather exhibiting more characteristics of intelligent beings."

Zhu Ji: "Wow, I knew how to describe it! Okay, I'll bring the equipment over in the next couple of days and test them again. I feel it's quite necessary to do some testing."

Shi Wen, "Whatever you want, as long as you don't find it troublesome, I have no objection."

Zhu Ji: "It's no trouble at all, not at all. This is my job, how could it be troublesome?"

After feeding the little ones and having a simple breakfast, the two of them took their tools and went outside to dig for fritillaria bulbs.

Zhu Ji looked at the Shi Wen family's ranch and said, "Your ranch is getting more and more comfortable. How about I apply to work here? I really don't want to go back to my old office anymore."

Shi Wen, "That's fine, but you can't build the office on our ranch. You can build it next to it."

Zhu Ji: "You said it? I'll go to headquarters and apply to see if we can change the office address. By the way, when will your musk deer arrive? I'd like to see them again."

Shi Wen, "Let's wait a while. It's not so easy to buy now; we need to wait for the seller to make some preparations."

Zhu Ji: "Then when they arrive, I'll come to your house to pet the musk deer."

Chapter 206

Shi Wen the musk deer they bought would take some time to arrive at the ranch, and they needed to dig for fritillaria bulbs first.

It's the season for digging up fritillaria bulbs now, and Shi Wen don't feel bad even if I have to dig them out of my house.

He led Zhu Ji deeper into Pasture No. 2, looked around, and said, "That's about enough. Let's dig here."

Zhu Ji: "Okay, I'll look for it."

It was no longer the flowering season, and the fritillaria bulbs were not even as tall as the surrounding pasture grass, making them difficult to spot.

Zhu Ji looked down and searched for a long time, but couldn't find a single one.

Shi Wen couldn't bear to watch any longer and pointed to the small grass at his feet. "This is fritillaria."

Zhu Ji squinted and examined it carefully. "This is it? It's not quite the same as the picture I saw online."

Shi Wen, "That's right. There are so many kinds of fritillaria. The fritillaria you see may not be the same kind as the ones we have."

Zhu Ji held out his palm and gestured. "Possibly, but it's so small."

Shi Wen shrugged. "The fritillaria bulbs on our ranch are modeled after those in the wild. They're practically wild fritillaria bulbs, so naturally they can't be as big as artificially cultivated ones."

Zhu Ji: "Then let's start digging."

To avoid damaging the grassland, they use a small, screwdriver-like tool to dig up the fritillaria bulbs. When digging, they locate the plant, insert the screwdriver, and pry it open to remove the bulb.

This method of digging will only uncover the fritillary bulb and will not damage the surrounding grass.

Zhu Ji carefully dug up a plant.

The fritillaria bulbs underneath were exceptionally white. If you wiped away the dark dirt with your fingers, you could see their pure white and lustrous texture. However, they were very small, only about the size of a thumb, with several fleshy petals tightly clustered together.

Zhu Ji examined the fritillaria in his palm. "Isn't this too small? It's still an infant, isn't it? We should probably dig out fritillaria that are a few years old, otherwise the medicinal effect might not be enough."

Shi Wen glanced at it and said, "This is a fritillary bulb that has been growing for several years. Don't worry, its size is quite normal."

Zhu Ji: "The fritillaria bulb is so small?!"