Chapter 250 - End of the Cold Season (2/2)

Bai Qingqing rubbed both feet against each other to take off her shoes, then walked into the nest to push Curtis’s tail. She said anxiously, “Quickly go out and take a look. They’ve run very far away. They are so small that we won’t even know if they were to fall into the river.”

“Snake beastmen are born knowing how to swim.” Curtis smiled.

Bai Qingqing turned and took a look, feeling anxious as she shook Curtis non-stop. “Come out and take a look. I beg of you.”

Parker wasn’t home today. He said that he was going out to take a breather. Otherwise, Bai Qingqing wouldn’t have to keep pleading Curtis for help.

Curtis continued to wear a light smile, then spoke in a helpless tone, “Alright, look how anxious you are.”

Bai Qingqing was overjoyed. She pulled Curtis’s hand and got up. “Quickly. Otherwise, we wouldn’t know where they have run off to.”

By the time they got out, there were only a few young snakes to be seen. Bai Qingqing and Curtis started to look around for the rest.

…

“Swoosh—” Parker poured a basin of water into the soil.

This was a hole he had dug last year to plant rice. It was only thirty to forty square meters in size, even smaller than the stone house’s bedroom.

The water in the hole had already reached up to the height of his lower thigh. Parker hadn’t grown rice before, but he recalled that rice paddies that grew with sufficient water grew the best. Therefore, he wanted to pour even more water into the hole.

This piece of land was known to be fertile, but it was on higher terrain. Thus, the land wouldn’t be able to store the water. It was necessary to often pour water back in. There was a lake several hundred meters away, and Parker had made a few hundred trips to and fro from there. He was so tired that he was panting vigorously.

Although it was tiring, the beastmen had never thought of changing to another location. If the terrain was high, they could make up for it with a bit of strength. If they were to grow the rice paddies in a lower terrain, the rice paddies would be drowned easily when the light rainy season came.

A beastman pa.s.sed by and couldn’t help but speak up when he saw a beginner’s foolishness. “You must be farming for the first time, right? The rice hasn’t been planted yet. If you were to pour so much water in, they won’t germinate.”

[1] A spicy and numbing flavor in Chinese cuisine, regarded as a regional dish for Chongqing cuisine and Sichuan cuisine.