Chapter 178: Wasn’t the one who threw the blame

After dinner, Mr Hou and Mo Qingling did not leave.

Instead, they asked Xiao Hanzheng and his wife to take them to the Taoist temple to see the corn fields.

Of course Liang Youxiao and the others followed to join in the fun.

Seeing the corn planted in the Taoist temple’s backyard, Mr Hou and Mo Qingling became excited again.

It looked like the yield was indeed not low.

Mo Qingling asked, “How many corn seeds does this mu of land need?”

Ever since he became the county magistrate, he had learned a lot about the livelihood of his people.

Shi Qingluo replied, “About five catties.”

Hearing this, everyone except for Xiao Hanzheng was stunned. “What?”

Mo Qingling’s breathing became heavier. “You mean that five cattiesof seeds can produce a thousand catties of grain?”

Shi Qingluo nodded. “That’s right!”

She had cultivated these high-yielding seeds from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

If she had chemical fertiliser and modern planting tools, the yield would be even higher.

Liang Youxiao gulped. “This is too good.”

Xi Rui said, “That’s why it’s seeds sent from heaven!”

He now completely believed that the old immortal existed.

Mo Qingling tried his best to calm himself down. “Are they all ripe now?”

Shi Qingluo replied, “Yes.”

She added, “If we’re going to send them to the capital, sending fresh corn definitely won’t do the job. By the time they reach the capital, they’ll rot.

“So, after we harvest them, we have to dry the corn cobs.

“After we dry them, we break off the corn kernels and grind them into powder, which are edible grains.

“The corn kernels can also be used as firewood to burn.”

They won’t go to waste.

Mo Qingling nodded. “I’ll write a note today and send it to the capital urgently. I’ll arrange for someone to collect it tomorrow.”

If it wasn’t for the fact that the sun had set, he wouldn’t have wanted to wait until tomorrow.

Shi Qingluo smiled and said, “Alright, I’ll have to trouble you then, Magistrate Mo.”

Mo Qingling waved his hand. “I still have to thank you on behalf of the residents.”

Shi Qingluo immediately threw the blame on him. “My master left this behind. You can thank my master.”

She just needed to get some fame.

After all, she still wanted to live a long life.

Mo Qingling was stunned at first, and sighed that Xiao Hanzheng and his wife were both brilliant individuals.

He smiled and said, “Yes, I really have to thank the old immortal.”

“I want to offer incense to the old immortal, is that okay?”

Initially, he did not believe that the old immortal existed, but now he was half-convinced and doubted less, especially after hearing that many had seen the old immortal appearing at the Taoist temple again today.

Mr Hou had similar thoughts. “I’ll offer incense to the old immortal as well.”

The old Taoist priest left these seeds behind.

It benefited the kingdom and its people too.

He should offer the old immortal incense too.

Thus, Shi Qingluo brought them to offer incense.

However, this time, she did not make the old immortal appear.

It would easily arouse suspicion if they did it too often.

Especially when there were people like Mr Hou, who knew if he would see through by accident.

Mo Qingling wasn’t simple either.

After the two of them offered the incense, Xi Rui stretched his neck and asked, “Why is the old immortal not appearing now?”

Shi Qingluo thought to herself, Xi Rui was indeed a good guy.

“My master is busy. How can he have time to show his existence all day long?

“It’s already good enough that he manifested once.”

Xi Rui thought for a moment and said, “That’s true.”

He leaned over and asked, “The immortal cultivation novel written by your husband is an excellent piece. Did your master hint it at you in your dream?”

When they were in the capital, he and the other dandies were chasing after the immortal cultivation novel.

When he came to the Xiao family, he found out that Xiao Hanzheng was the author of this book.

Therefore, two days earlier, he and Liang Youxiao were still relying on Xiao Hanzheng to read the contents of the unprinted book ahead of time.

They were very eager to read the various cultivation techniques and treasures in this novel.

Shi Qingluo chuckled. “Make a guess!”

It wasn’t easy for her to answer this question.

She had already made her master take the blame for so many things, she might as well not rope her master in on this.

When Xi Rui knew that she intentionally refused to answer, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that his guess was right. “I think it must be like this.

“No wonder the novel’s plot seems to be real. Your master must have experienced it himself.”

Shi Qingluo remained silent.

She realised that Xi Rui was really imaginative.

This time, even Liang Youxiao couldn’t help but ask, “Really?

“I was wondering how you knew the different cultivation levels, as well as the magical treasures, arrays, talismans, and divine beasts.

“So the old immortal hinted on these. No wonder it felt so real.”

Even Mr Hou and the other spectators read this novel.

Previously, they didn’t think of it like this, but after hearing their conversation, the more they thought about it, the more they felt that it was really the case.

Xiao Hanzheng was very helpless, but he didn’t explain.

It was good that they thought so, so that there wouldn’t be people staring at him and asking him if he had cultivated and where he could find the magical treasures…

Shi Qingluo felt that she should go and offer incense to her master again.

She wasn’t the one who threw the blame to him, but these people did it themselves…

Her old Taoist master was definitely the scapegoat.

“If you think so, then so be it.” What else could she say? She could only acquiesce.

When Xi Rui and the others heard her reply, their impression of the old immortal became even better.

They could not help but run back to offer incense again.

Xi Rui kept begging, “Old immortal, please bless me with a divine beast.”

Liang Youxiao also said, “I want to ask for one.”

Shi Qingluo uttered under her breath, she can’t afford to let a secondary two student get hurt!

Recently, her young husband happened to write about the male lead who bought a white kitten in a market that caught his eye.

Who knew that after he raised it, this divine white tiger was sealed inside the kitten’s body.

Then, he wrote about the four divine beasts, the azure dragon, the white tiger, the vermillion bird, and the black tortoise.

She did not know that because of this plot, raising a white cat has become a trend among the younger generation in the capital.

After leaving the main hall, Xi Rui stroked his chin and said, “I don’t know if the white cat I raise can become a divine white tiger.”

Liang Youxiao said, “Your cat doesn’t look smart. The Persian cat that I bought from a merchant in the western region is more like a white tiger.”

Shi Qingluo was speechless when she heard their conversation. “So you two bought white cats to raise because of the mythical white tiger in the storybook?”

Xi Rui and Shi Qingluo nodded. “Yes!”

“Maybe one day, our white cat will turn into a mythical white tiger?”

“And it’s not just us. Many people in the capital are raising it too.”

Liang Youxiao added, “There are even people who catch pheasants and adopt them as pets, hoping that one day they will turn into vermillion bird divine beasts.

“Some also feed turtles, who might perhaps turn into divine black tortoises .

“There are also people who raise snakes, hoping that one day it will break the seal and turn into a divine green dragon.”

Shi Qingluo was actually speechless.

Especially for pheasants turning into vermillion birds, which “genius” came up with this idea…

The others were also speechless at their “fantastic ideas”.

Mo Qingling thought to himself that it was fortunate that he had stopped mingling with this group of dandies.

He pointed at the bundles of red coloured fruits and asked, “What are these? Fruits?”

Hearing this, Shi Qingluo wanted to cry.

Finally, someone was paying attention to her…