The plantation in the courtyard, Xiao Meng has been here for a month.

Sure enough, it is a remote place, with a big mountain in front and a big mountain in the back, and you can see it all day long, except for the mountain, which is the name of the hundred or so permanent villages.

All the villagers placed here by the Gu family are considered to be members of the Gu family, one of the village chiefs and stewards is a member of the side clan of the Gu family, who is over seventy years old and kind, and everyone calls him Uncle Gu.

The villagers are simple, Xiao Meng came here, but he was treated with all kinds of respect, he lived in the best adobe house in the village, and the food was also the best, he didn't suffer a little anger, Xiao Meng was not pampered, and the two sides got along very harmoniously.

Xiao Meng didn't bring a maid, and before coming, he arranged for Huawu to go to Gu Qingxin. Huawu was naturally reluctant, Xiao Meng said that sooner or later she would have to go back, let her help more to familiarize herself with the environment of the Gu family. The turnip also obeys.

The person who followed Xiao Meng to monitor was a girl named Hu Die, who was a diehard loyalist of the head of the family, who was cold on weekdays and acted like a transparent person, and would only make sure that Xiao Meng was not there in the morning and evening, and would practice on the mountain at other times.

Xiao Meng then took time to refine the Dao Qiandan during the day, and the rest of the time was just to check his consciousness. Fifty pill tripods were refining Dao Qiandan at the same time, and the speed was much faster, or it would take less than two months to refine it a thousand times.

With the increase in the number of alchemy, the fluctuations in the refining process became more and more violent, which made Xiao Meng a little worried, if it really came to the day of refining, what would happen?

In the adobe house, Uncle Gu's granddaughter stretched out her head, "Sister Xiao, are you still practicing calligraphy?" ”

Xiao Meng said "um", she began to practice calligraphy as soon as she had free time here, "What's the matter with Ya'er?" ”

"Sister Xiao, my father said, according to what you said, the ballast fruit raised by watering grass juice has bloomed, but the flowers seem to be less than half of normal. So my dad was a little worried about this year's harvest and asked me to ask! ”

Xiao Meng put down the brush, "It's blooming, then I'll take a look!" ”

The ballast fruit in the courtyard is a special product of the garden in the garden, and only the water and soil here can produce it, so the Gu family has set up a plantation here.

This kind of medicine has a wide range of uses, but its value is not high, and sometimes it can even be replaced by other herbs, so it is better than nothing, and there is no other family competing with the Gu family for this output.

Therefore, the ballast fruit in the court is only specially supplied by the Gu family, and the yield is more, and the income is not bad. It's just that compared with the income of other plantations of the Gu family, it is too much worse.

As soon as Xiao Meng arrived in the west, Ya'er's father greeted him, and he was embarrassed to say it clearly, so he only said shyly, "Master Xiao, this, look at this, how is this growing?" ”

Xiao Meng looked at it and nodded, "It's very good, you still have to continue to farm like that." ”

Ya'er's father looked embarrassed, uh, uh, it took a long time before he said carefully, "But, Master Xiao, I think it's a little..."

"Just say anything!"

"Then I'll say it bluntly, Master Xiao, you see, each of our trees had to be full of flowers, and the yield was a lot. Until now, I have been watering with grass juice for half a month, but this flower has only bloomed half of it, and it is sparse, and I am afraid that this harvest will not be good? ”

Xiao Meng knew what he was struggling with, and carefully pointed out, "The harvest of this herb is not only based on the quantity, but also on the quality. Usually, the ballast fruits you supply will be selected, and the selling price of high-quality ones is more than ten times more expensive than ordinary quality, but there are very few of them, and the supply exceeds demand, and the natural income is not high. The fruit produced by the method I said, although the yield is reduced, but nine times out of ten it will be of high quality, and you will save a lot of picking effort and get more than ten times higher returns. ”

Father Ya'er was very happy to hear this, and his eyes lit up, "Really? Master Xiao, what you said is true? More than 10 times higher earnings? ”

Ya'er Niang also walked over, "Really? And such a good thing? ”

Feeling the hope for the future in their eyes, Xiao Meng empathized with it, smiled and nodded, "Of course it's true, if you keep planting as I said, there will be more and more flowers every year, and more and more high-quality medicinal fruits will be produced, and the benefits will be more!" ”

"Really? That's great, and our lives here can finally be improved! ”

Xiao Meng took a look at the mountains full of ballast fruit trees, and said, "Not only that, but the ballast fruit trees can also promote the medicinal effect of another precious medicinal herb, if you graft that kind of medicinal branch, the income will be more in the future, no worse than other plantations!" ”

"Grafting? What do you mean? Are you sure? Will there be more? That's great! Master Xiao, you are really our great benefactor! ”

The joy in the eyes of the two was abnormal, and even the teeth looked at Xiao Meng incomprehensibly.

Xiao Meng was also sincerely happy, her eyes naturally showed kindness, she liked the friendliness of the villagers here, so she wanted to do more for them. However, the world is impermanent, Xiao Meng was still waiting to talk about the grafting, but suddenly a strong wind blew, and the branches and leaves of the trees were rattled for a while, the sky suddenly darkened, and the atmosphere suddenly became depressing.

Before Xiao Meng turned around to look at the situation, Ya'er's father and mother were already shaking like chaff and said, "Ah, monster! ”

Xiao Meng turned around in a panic, and saw a human face hidden in the black fog, and asked gloomily, "Who is the herb picker here?" ”

The voice is sharp, like the throat of a male duck pinching his neck.

Xiao Meng was frightened when he heard this, and he actually came to find the medicine picker. There is only one herb picker in the plantation in this court, and that is Xiao Meng.

How will you find yourself?

It is impossible for Xiao Meng not to be afraid.

For a moment, she thought about whether to hide her identity. But at the same time, it occurred to me that the monster was looking for itself, and if it couldn't find it, would it kill all the people here.

After thinking about this for a moment, Xiao Meng finally took a step. One person does things and one person does it, and she can't be involved.

But at this time, the Ya'er Niang in the back had already called out, "It's her, it's her, adult, you catch her, it's none of our business!" ”

For a while, several people in the vicinity cried, "Yes, yes, it's her!" ”

Xiao Meng's heart, at that moment, let alone how cold it was.

She wanted to earn them more money, and whenever she had free time, she would flip through the books to find a way. Just now they also said that he was a great benefactor, and they would pick it up in a blink of an eye.

She wanted to take the initiative to stand up and not bother them, but she didn't think about it, she didn't take the initiative, and she didn't hesitate, and the result was the same, because they didn't want to keep her at all.

Human nature is selfish, Xiao Meng has long understood it, but he really understands it, but he is extremely sad. Rather there was no friendliness in the first place.

The wind swept Xiao Meng across the mountains, and Xiao Meng left coldly, so cold that he didn't resist for the time being.

Xiao Meng was swept away, and Hu Die flew back in another direction not long after, grabbed a person and asked, "What happened?" ”

"Yes, I was captured by a monster, and Master Xiao went over there."

When Hu Die heard this, he chased after him. After chasing for a while, he found that it was too dangerous, and directly contacted the Gu family master.

The Gu family master was silent for a while, and then ordered, "Look at its creation!" ”

When the danger passed, many people in the village collapsed.

Ya'er's father pointed at Ya'er's mother and asked, "That monster doesn't know who the medicine picker is, why are you pointing out Master Xiao?" ”

Ya'er Niang hated and said, "If I don't mean it, won't you mean it?" If Master Xiao doesn't stand up, will he let that monster slaughter the village? ”

Daddy paused.