Chapter 232 - Chapter 232: What to do if mistaken?_i (1/2)

Chapter 232: What to do if mistaken?_i

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These people were looking at Wei Ruo with hostility.

The several Madams who witnessed this scene revealed expressions of surprise on their faces.

Seeing the villagers before her filled with hostility toward her, Wei Ruo explained again, “Your rice seedlings may have been affected by the pestilence disease. They show symptoms consistent with it: the blades and sheaths of the leaves are elongated, leaf colors are yellowish, internodes are larger than normal, and the nodes have some curvature showing outside the sheaths. If not treated in time, this will affect your harvest this year. There’s still time to replace the seedlings and cultivate anew.”

“Nonsense, you’re trying to scare us! What pestilence disease? From where did you hear of this?” The elder who had spoken first asked angrily.

“I read about it in a book on farming.” Wei Ruo answered.

She could only say this, she couldn’t reveal that it was knowledge obtained from her past life, that it was an infection caused by a plant pathogen.

“Rubbish! I’ve farmed for thirty-eight years! I’ve never heard of this pestilence disease! I don’t care what book you read.”

The other villagers nodded in agreement.

“Old Jiang is right. Farming is our business, it has nothing to do with you or your book. Just stay away and don’t curse us.”

“Just a young girl and so malicious? Cursing us with a poor harvest right at the start, you should accumulate more virtue!”

Under the angry gazes of the villagers, Wei Ruo got up and returned to her group.

“Ruoruo, what’s this all about?” Madam Yun asked with concern.

“It’s nothing, let’s keep going.” Wei Ruo said.

“Wei Ruo, they didn’t harm you, did they?” Madam Tongzhi came over, giving

Wei Ruo a concerned look.

“Thank you for your concern, Madam. I’m fine, it’s just that I have some disagreements with them. Let’s keep going.” Wei Ruo answered.

Hearing this, Madam Tongzhi didn’t ask further.

After Wei Ruo left, the villagers muttered some curse words at her back.

Arriving at Madam Tongzhi’s farm, workers were busy in the fields.

Wei Ruo also observed the seedlings in the field, finding the situation here the same as that outside.

Wei Ruo looked at Madam Tongzhi beside her and after some consideration, said, “Madam, I suspect that this batch of rice seeds may have some problems, and the seedlings grown from them may have contracted a disease.’

Madam Tongzhi looked at Wei Ruo, recalling the words she had just spoken with the farmers outside.

Thinking for a moment, Madam Tongzhi said, “I’m clear on all the accounts of the farm. However, I don’t know much about the details of how the crops are grown. I’ll call over the manager of my farm later and ask if you could explain to him what should be done with these diseased seedlings and how to remedy this.”

Wei Ruo looked at Madam Tongzhi with surprise, “Madam, you don’t suspect what I said? What if I was wrong?”

Madam Tongzhi laughed, “To begin with, you have no reason to intentionally lie about this. As for you, there is no advantage if you’re right, and if you’re wrong, you would just be somewhat embarrassed. Also, even if you were wrong, so what? I may not know much about farming, but I know that it’s still early, and there is still time to replace the seedlings. The effort required to do so is not much, and I don’t need to personally do it.”

Madam Tongzhi’s words increased Wei Ruo’s favorable impression of her significantly.