Chapter 54 - Chapter 54: Chapter 54 Receiving Unanimous Praise_l (1/2)
Chapter 54: Chapter 54 Receiving Unanimous Praise_l
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Everyone’s face lit up with joy after their observations, including the typically cold Chu Lan.
The Qian Magistrate excitedly praised, “Mr. Wei indeed has a wonderful daughter! She’s actually able to grow crops on this barren land! In this way, the farmable land of Xingshan County will greatly increase! This really alleviates a pressing problem for the people of Xingshan County!”
Lu Yuhong, who had come with Chu Lan, was even more effusive in his praise: “This is incredible! While the surrounding area barely has any weeds, crops are growing here! And these seedlings look even healthier than those in other parts of Xingshan County!”
Listening to the praise, Wei Mingting looked at his neatly dressed daughter with joy and pride in his heart: “It’s rather shameful to admit that these skills were attained by my daughter’s own efforts. As a father, I didn’t fulfill any responsibilities and didn’t really teach her anything.”
Wei Mingting didn’t feel the need to be modest when complimenting his daughter, but when it came to teaching her well, he genuinely felt inadequate.
Qian Magistrate replied: “Mr. Wei, there’s no need to be modest, you are simply busy with the safety of Xingshan County’s people. Your daughter is now risking danger and enduring hardship to cultivate this land for the same reason. Your father-daughter pair clearly share the same love for the people.”
Just then, Chu Lan took the opportunity to question Wei Ruo: “Miss Wei, I have a question.”
“Please go ahead, sir.” Wei Ruo did not shy away.
Chu Lan asked, “Looking at this field, what’s growing here are still seedlings, as opposed to regular rice which should be about to head out. Isn’t it a bit late in the hybrid’s life cycle for it to still be a seedling?”
Everyone had been so caught up in the joy of successfully growing seedlings from the wasteland that they had momentarily forgotten this key point. Upon hearing Chu Lan’s question, both Wei Mingting and the Qian Magistrate turned to Wei Ruo, their eyes filled with curiosity about this issue as well.
Wei Ruo answered, “Don’t worry, sir. The seeds I broadcasted in this paddy field are a new variety of rice brought over from Huzhou Prefecture. It’s a bit different from regular rice and it’s sown in the sixth or seventh lunar month. The growing period is about 160 days, so it will not be ready for harvest until November.”
Upon hearing this, the faces of the three people in front of Wei Ruo again filled with surprise and joy.
Whether it was the Qian Magistrate, who was officially responsible for the people’s livelihood, Chu Lan from the royal family, or Wei Mingting the military official, they all knew clearly that being able to plant rice at different times was equivalent to artificially expanding the area of arable land.
However, at this moment, they hadn’t seen the mature rice yet and dare not easily believe Wei Ruo’s words.
Chu Lan said, “Once the rice you are testing here matures, Miss Wei, and you can prove that you can help increase the cultivable area and increase grain production in Xingshan County, I will report this to the court.”
Hearing these words, the Qian Magistrate was somewhat excited, because if it were to be reported, the majority of the credit would belong to the Wei Family, but he would also get a share as the magistrate.
The reaction of Wei Mingting was more lukewarm, without much joy, but it was nonetheless noticeable that he was looking forward to this.
Wei Ruo was not very excited. If it was someone else telling her these things, she might have been in a better mood, but with Chu Lan, she really didn’t want to have anything to do with him.