Chapter 434 (1/2)

You Look Down On Us?

“No, listen to me.” Shao Xuan gestured for Ji Ju to calm down.

But Ji Ju could not calm down, his heart ached even more as he thought about it. Afterwards, he had brought people to the Thousand Grain Gold hill to dig up a few to bring back here. However, they could not move the plants because their roots were too long and no one knew where they led to. Digging was impossible. They took the risk to break off the roots of two plants but when they brought them back, the plants withered and died.

He sent more people but they did not find more plants. The few Thousand Grain Gold shoots there did not bear fruit again. Perhaps that pouch of grains with both him and Shao Xuan were the only ones left.

“Shao Xuan, talk to me. How much of this year’s harvest do you want in order to trade?” asked Ji Ju, suppressing his frustrations.

Shao Xuan did not speak.

Black Bear could guess what this was about from their conversation. Shao Xuan and Ji Ju must have found some peculiar grain. Shao Xuan planted them back in his tribe but a portion of them failed. Ji Ju wanted to use this year’s harvest in exchange for more of the grains.

To Black Bear, this was a win-win situation. In terms of agriculture, especially peculiar kinds, the Ji family produced the best. Now that Ji Ju was called the Golden Grain, it meant his grains were the best. Since Shao Xuan’s side had failed, shouldn’t they just trade it all for something more worth it? How many people could get their hands on the Golden Grain field’s harvest?! If he re-sold the grains, the Flaming Horn tribe would get a lot of good weapons.

Black Bear almost started to persuade Shao Xuan to agree and trade. He turned to Guang Yi, hoping this senior could advise the kid. Unfortunately, Guang Yi was just frowning hard as if he had heard something upsetting. And that frown wasn’t directed at Shao Xuan, but at Ji Ju.

Black Bear’s heart fell. How could he forget? The Flaming Horn people were never afraid of conflict. Even if this was Ji Ju, if they were angered, they could do anything.

What now? What now?! Black Bear panicked, thinking of every possible scenario and the solution.

Since Shao Xuan was silent, Ji Ju thought Shao Xuan was weighing the pros and cons, thinking of the offer price. He decided to persuade him even further. “You’re not good at planting, it would be a waste for the grains to remain with you. It won’t work!”

As he spoke, Ji Ju got his butler to bring a large sack of grains. The sack was almost as tall as a human. Opening the sack, the butler scooped some unto a tray and put the tray on the table in front of Ji Ju.

“This year’s new harvest. Take a look at these grains,” said Ji Ju.

Black Bear rubbed his hands, wanting to take a handful to look. Unfortunately, he was just accompanying Shao Xuan and it was inappropriate. He looked at Shao Xuan. They were good grains, this is a good deal! And if Shao Xuan received a lot here, he could trade again with Shao Xuan.

Not just Black Bear, Ji Ju was also waiting for Shao Xuan to give a number and close the deal.

However, after some thought, Shao Xuan did not answer. “On your side, how are the Thousand Grain Gold plants doing?”

Ji Ju was a little upset as he did not get his answer. However, to convince Shao Xuan to give up, he said, “They’re doing alright. Sixty percent of the crops lived!”

This survival rate was very high for the Thousand Grain Gold. Some peculiar plants might not even have a ten percent survival rate. Yet this plant had sixty percent!

Black Bear understood this too. He nodded. It was Ji “Golden Grain” Ju after all.

Ji Ju knew that if Shao Xuan asked him how he planted them, he would never tell but Shao Xuan asked, “The Thousand GRain Gold you planted, what colour are the grains?”

“When it ripens, of course the Thousand Grain Gold would turn gold!” said Ji Ju, touching his beard.

“After taking off the husk?”

“Gold too, of course!”

Guang Yi’s expression turned odd.

Shao Xuan cocked an eyebrow when he heard this. “This means, you haven’t been able to harvest any yet?”

“What’s the hurry?” Ji Ju was displeased with Shao Xuan’s attitude. “It’s always because of your impatient attitude, that’s why you’ll never be able to plant anything successfully! Patience! Rigour! Do you understand?!”

Guang Yi gave him an even weirder look.

“How tall are your plants?” asked Shao Xuan.

“Taller than my waist. Why are you asking so many questions? I only have one question for you: Are you trading or what?! If yes, how much of my harvest do you want? Just tell me!” Ji Ju was already impatient. He had spent too much time on this. He hadn’t tended to the Thousand GRain Gold plants today yet.

Sensing that Ji Ju no longer wanted to continue the conversation, Shao Xuan did not stop talking. He just continued telling his story. “When we planted both on the hill and at the bottom, the shoots were doing very well. They grew very quickly.”

Ji Ju huffed. “They all died, right?” At this moment, he realised that sending Shao Xuan in here was a bad decision. This kid spouted too much nonsense. Just give me a price, will you?!

“Yeah, but no one expected the shoots to die suddenly. However, I realised that the seeds in my backyard, that I had forgotten about, were still alive. They were just a lot slower. “