Chapter 300 - Chapter 300: Various Herbs
Chapter 300: Various Herbs
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
It was impossible for an intellectual to be willing to live in seclusion in the mountains, so it must be a huge interest.
The Zhang family has too many secrets. Jiang Chuan worries that this trip down the mountain might not go as smoothly as he imagined.
Besides, Jiang Xia also mentioned the peculiarities she noticed about the Liu family. She asked, “Dad, do you think the Liu family might be eyeing this gold mine too?”
Jiang Chuan shook his head, “Based on what I know about the Zhang family, if there’s a gold mine in Grand Cloud Mountain, they would definitely hide it from everyone. Liu might just know that the Zhang family has a secret and wants his daughter to marry into it to share the profits. But he might not know that the secret is a gold mine.”
Regardless of who owns the gold mine, it has nothing to do with them. Thus, the father and daughter didn’t dwell on this matter. Jiang Chuan put away the gold foil and turned to observe the barren grassland.
The grassland, under the influence of interspace water, finally showed signs of life. The plants around the grassland were mostly dead, with only a few green leaves.
However, the closer to the center, the more green leaves there were. Compared to the plants in the interspace, they were sparse, but Jiang Xia was content. The soil here lacked nutrients and couldn’t compare with the soil in the interspace. As long as they could find a few crops to plant in the interspace, it would be worth it.
Jiang Xia carefully examined the crops in the grassland. To her surprise, she found the Fleece Flower Root she couldn’t find yesterday. It was effortless, and sometimes luck was just mysterious.
Jiang Xia took out a shovel and carefully dug up the Fleece Flower Root, putting it with a bit of soil directly into the spatial realm.
Additionally, she found Rehmannia, Motherwort, and wild mint.
Seeing so many varieties of herbs, Jiang Xia was delighted. Even if they didn’t sell these herbs in the pharmacy, bringing them back to the village to plant them would be a great choice.
Ever since her last visit to the county pharmacy, Jiang Xia had an idea to plant several acres of medicinal herbs in the village, turning Pushan Village into a base for herb production, leading villagers to a better life.
Jiang Xia noticed that this grassland had a lot of herbs and almost no vegetables, but she was grateful.
After all, there were many variety of vegetables in the Zhang family’s yard. Once she returns, she planned to stealthily get some chili seeds to plant in the interspace. On the way down the mountain, she could visit the bamboo forest and maybe find some bamboo shoots.
This mountain trip was very fruitful.
Seeing that the animals would continue grazing for a while, Jiang Xia told Jiang Chuan and went into the interspace to organize the crops.
To her surprise, the available space in the interspace had expanded, looking more like… a farm!
Previously, there were only four plots for planting, now there were six. Moreover, there were fences and sheds, with four fenced-in areas.
These fences, made of sturdy wood and painted white, gave a very British ranch feel.
The fences that appeared in the interspace were far more aesthetically pleasing and neater than the crooked wooden ones Jiang Xia had made herself. Upon comparison, Jiang Xia only wanted to tear down the ones she made, feeling they marred the view too much.
Given the changes in the land and fences, would there also be changes in the fish in the river?
With this thought, Jiang Xia hurried to the riverbank to check on the fish and green-tailed prawns.
The green-tailed prawns, which had been introduced into the interspace three days ago, had just matured, with a count of exactly twenty. They didn’t appear to have started breeding yet.
In addition to the green-tailed shrimps, Jiang Xia had secretly added small river shrimps to the interspace.
These small river shrimps were tinier in size and greater in number. Even though their taste was far inferior to the green-tailed shrimps and they had a strong fishy smell, they could be used as gifts or for bartering, so Jiang Xia kept them.
The growth rate of the small river shrimps was much faster. The seven or eight shrimps she had introduced in the morning had already multiplied to over fifty.
Based on their growth rate, Jiang Xia deduced that the small river shrimps had a growth cycle of one day, with a maximum population of around three hundred.
The number of fish seemed to have increased as well. Jiang Xia made a rough estimate and noticed an addition of about fifty small fish, likely recently born. This meant that the space could now accommodate up to two hundred and fifty fish..