Chapter 10 - 10 Chapter 10 Selling Land at Sky-high Prices, Having Ant Group_1 (2/2)

But Qin Niu was full of confidence.

“If Uncle Wang thinks it’s expensive, he can choose not to buy.”

Wang Furen’s eyes rolled around, but he didn’t reply.

Qin Niu’s plots were inferior, yet the corn he grew was even better than that from good land. Look at the growth, so green and lush, and every plant was thick and flourishing, pleasing to the eye.

“I heard from my daughter that you often go to the book market to buy books to read?”

Wang Furen started prying for information.

“Occasionally!”

Qin Niu had already picked up the empty basket and was ready to head home.

The Ant Queen was at a critical moment, and he must go to the mountains to keep an eye on it.

It was also a good opportunity to gather some firewood to take home.

“The corn and wheat you farmed last year were nothing special, but this year’s crop is looking so good. You learned it from those books, right?”

Wang Furen was persistent in his inquiries.

“Uncle Wang, is there anything else?”

Qin Niu couldn’t be bothered to waste more words.

Unless Wang Furen agreed to marry his beautiful daughter to him, the situation would certainly be different.

But was that possible?

“How about this, I’ll give you one tael of silver for your fertilizer formula.”

Wang Furen, gritting his teeth, decided to buy the knowledge.

A basket of fertilizer would quickly be used up. One must use at least five baskets per mu of land to barely meet the requirement.

If he acquired the technique, he could directly hire people to collect it from the mountain, inexhaustible and endlessly available.

His calculation was sound.

Unfortunately, Qin Niu was not foolish.

“Not selling.”

Just two words.

Wang Furen was momentarily choked up, standing in place for a long time before regaining his composure. Looking at Qin Niu’s retreating back, his eyes narrowed slightly.

This Ah Niu seemed not to be the simpleton he had appeared to be!

“Fifty wen a basket, that’s too expensive! My daughter is close to this youngster; let her help to haggle the price, she should be able to get it much cheaper…” Wang Furen’s eyes flickered as he thought up a plan.

After a moment, he shook his head.

“Let’s forget it, it’s not worth involving my daughter to get a cheaper price on fertilizer. This Ah Niu is much sharper than he appears.”

Wang Furen took a handful of fertilizer back to his home to study.

It was mixed with some leaves that had not yet completely decomposed, and he could vaguely make out what kind of leaves they were.

“These are dwarf pine leaves, these are magnolia leaves…”

Wang Furen’s earnest study of the compost’s contents goes without saying.

Qin Niu going home to take his woodcutter’s axe, carrying pole, and rope to gather firewood in the mountains also goes without saying.

After chopping enough wood for one load, his proficiency with the Slash Martial Skill had improved a bit.

Every successful slash could add 0.01 proficiency.

Not too fast, but also not too slow.

Three hundred slashes a day would be 3 points of proficiency.

After chopping wood for two loads, he went back to check on the young ants in the Ant Nest.

“Wow, the first young ant has turned into an insect!”

Qin Niu found that the deepest-colored young ant had already turned over onto its back, lying on the ground. Its two antennae were moving nonstop, but its body remained motionless.