Zhou Anran’s eyes twitched. Here the long-awaited question finally comes!

She squeezed Xiao Yuyan’s hand, who suddenly stiffened at the sudden question. Her daughter’s emotion had shifted, becoming a little restless, even wary.

It was understandable considering the implication.

If the paddy rice were really resistant to pests and birds, it would be extremely beneficial for the current situation where most farmers’ harvest failed. Pests and birds were the farmers’ number one enemies.

The situation in the whole country might also improve for the better...

Everything sounded like a distant hope.

"Old Shun, you are joking. How can such magical crops exist?" Zhou Anran shook her head. "It might be the variety that makes it seem bigger and a lot fuller. Our family’s Fenghao built a lot of scarecrows just to scare the birds away."

She wasn’t even sure that seeds from the paddy rice would inherit the effect of the pesticide used by Xiao Qingya, resistant to pests.

Shun Zi merely nodded and didn’t press the topic further. He tapped his hand on the table. "Then, what do you think of the idea I propose, Mrs. Zhou?"

He was sure the thousand jin of paddy rice wasn’t the only amount she had. There were too many farmers, and a thousand jin would be barely enough for one village.

One mu of land required at least one or two jin of rice seeds.

"State your price first." Zhou Anran made a request.

*** 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

The pair of mother and daughter returned home with smiles on their faces, but also a hint of worry. The people at home naturally noticed their good mood and somewhat conflicted expressions.

"How did it go, Mother, Yan’er?" Xiao Yuxi asked in an enthusiastic tone.

Xiao Fenghao leaned against the bed, with a pillow behind him. He was also looking at his mother and second sister.

"Old Shun will come to our house to fetch the paddy rice later," Xiao Yuyan said softly. She said nothing more, leaving the rest to their mother.

"Old Shun?" Xiao Yuxi was taken aback. "That Old Shun who works for Merchant Yang?"

Xiao Yuyan nodded.

"How much did he offer for our grains?" Xiao Yuxi continued to ask. She was only slightly surprised at the mention of familiar people whom she thought already left.

Anyway, everyone was already aware that Merchant Yang delayed his leave last time because he kept needing to go to the bathroom. Their youngest member and the System had discussed it during one of their meals.

Startled, the other family members nearly spit out the food in their mouth when they heard that.

At this moment, Xiao Qingya pattered into Xiao Fenghao’s room, where all her family members had gathered. She yawned and hugged the legs of the person closest to her.

Zhou Anran picked up her daughter. She put the strands of falling hair behind her ears and answered. "Twenty five copper coins per jin."

Xiao Fenghao’s pupils dilated in disbelief while Xiao Yuxi choked on her food. Xiao Yuyan immediately moved to pat her twin’s shoulder in concern.

"Twenty five copper coins?!" Xiao Yuxi gasped, her face slightly flushed.

"Xi’er, eat slowly," Zhou Anran admonished her helplessly.

Xiao Yuxi nodded, taking the water Xiao Yuyan had fetched from the kitchen. After she drank it, she wiped her mouth. "Mother, Yan’er? Is it true? But... how can the price be so high? Old Shun isn’t fooling us, is he?"

"If he has that intention, once I recover, I will find him and beat him up," Xiao Fenghao chimed in with a fierce look that was somewhat funny in his current condition.

Zhou Anran shook her head and began. "Listen to the explanation first."

"There is a reason why he is willing to buy our grains at such a high price. He only wants the high quality ones. We also have to sell more quantities to him than we originally planned to." She paused, examining her children’s reactions.

"He is going to use our grain as rice seeds, selling them to others," Xiao Yuyan continued.

Shun Zi had promised them to keep their identities a secret, not revealing who the seed supplier was.

[System, if we use the grain we have harvested as seed, will the pesticide effect remain?]

Xiao Qingya had become more awake now that she heard they were going to make a lot of money.

[Little Ya, that pesticide is a good thing. The seeds will retain some of its effect, but it will be reduced, approximately only a quarter from the direct usage of the pesticide.]

It was still good news nonetheless. For their own family, Xiao Qingya could purchase another one. She had accumulated a lot of points!

[However, Host. Even though the pesticide effect will be there, it will also vary for everyone, depending on the land’s condition and the farmer’s treatment. On top of that, birds will still be attracted to the rice.]

Even the direct usage of the pesticide couldn’t hold off the birds completely, only lessening it. The pesticide contained a certain smell that the birds hated, but for starving ones, they would still go after the grains.

[The effect is stacked with each usage. You should buy a better pesticide next time you have more points. With each planting from the same seed, you might really be able to achieve pest resistant rice, Host.]

It was just that it wasn’t certain how many numbers of planting they needed to do to reach that effect.

Xiao Qingya thought that it still sounded good. She understood what the country’s current problem was. Once they achieved pest resistant rice, the country’s agriculture would enter a new era.

People wouldn’t need to die of starvation anymore.

[System, let’s work hard!]

[By the way, Host, you should check the notification. You just received a new one when you were sleeping ~]

The System was in a good mood.

Xiao Qingya was taken aback. She became curious. What kind of notification could make the System have such a good mood?

She eagerly went to check, and soon, her eyes widened in surprise.