“Here is a deposit for you.” Xiao Jingting gave Xiao Xiaodong a steamed stuffed bun.

Xiao Xiaofan looked at the steamed bun in Xiao Xiaodong’s hand and gulped down his own saliva.

Xiao Xiaodong was about to give the steamed stuffed bun in his hand to Xiao Xiaofan, when Xiao Jingting handed a steamed stuffed bun to Xiao Xiaofan.

“I’m giving this to Xiaofan. It is not included in the promised three.” Xiao Jingting didn’t look at Xiao Xiaodong as he rubbed Xiao Xiaofan’s head flat.

As soon as Xiao Xiaofan received the bun, he took a big bite and ate it while smiling stupidly at Xiao Jingting.

Xiao Xiaodong gave Xiao Jingting a strange look and his mood became very complicated. Xiao Jingting had always had a better attitude towards him than towards his younger brother. Although he was no better than his younger brother, his main attribute was wood, and he looked like Xiao Jingting. Xiao Jingting did not doubt that he was his son, but his younger brother was different.

His younger brother not only had a brain problem but also had the main attribute of fire, which was just like his daddy’s. Moreover, because of his brain problem, he couldn’t cultivate at all, so Xiao Jingting’s attitude towards his younger brother had been very bad.

Looking at the change in Xiao Jingting’s attitude towards his younger brother, Xiao Xiaodong was relieved but his mood was complex.

“Are you going to visit the field?” Xiao Xiaodong asked.

“Yes.” Xiao Jingting nodded.

“There is nothing in your field,” Xiao Xiaodong explained.

Xiao Jingting was stunned. He had only thought of going to the field to have a look. He had completely forgotten that the eldest young master didn’t farm at all, so the field should be bare now.

“So, let’s go up the street and buy some seeds first?” Xiao Jingting asked tentatively.

Hearing about going on the street, Xiao Xiaofan’s eyes became bright and Xiao Xiaodong was also very excited, but in a flash, Xiao Xiaodong threw this idea away.

Xiao Xiaodong wasn’t sure how long Xiao Jingting’s “conversion” would last. He was very worried about who Xiao Jingting could encounter on the street. If Xiao Jingting met some of his wily friends and was bullied, he might sell him and his brother.

“There should be extra seeds in the village head’s house. I heard that he planned to sell them in a few days. You can go to the village head’s house and buy them. It will be cheaper than going to the store, and it’s not far away,” Xiao Xiaodong suggested.

“Then go with me,” Xiao Jingting conceded.

Xiao Jingting had the impression that the village head of Mound Village was pretty fair in his dealings and a person who very much despised what Xiao Jingting had done to Xu Muan and sympathized with his two children.

Xiao Xiaodong nodded his head and responded: “Fine.”

Xiao Xiaodong led the way, with Xiao Xiaofan in the front and Xiao Jingting following behind.

Xiao Xiaofan’s footsteps were slow and Xiao Jingting could not wait, so he picked Xiao Xiaofan up. Xiao Xiaofan was silly and was very happy in Xiao Jingting’s arms. When Xiao Jingting held Xiao Xiaofan in his arms, Xiao Xiaodong’s eyes became more and more strange as he looked at Xiao Jingting.

The village head of Mound Village was called Ding Hong, and looked very majestic.

Ding Hong was in his forties and was also a Level 3 Qi Practitioner. His cultivation was already very exceptional for this village.

Xiao Jingting suddenly remembered that the original owner was also an expert in the village. Although the original body owner didn’t like cultivating, he was the young master of a big family, after all. In the original owner’s family, he was forced to focus on training. Although the cultivation of the original body owner was not as good as the cultivation of  those geniuses from the big families, it was much better than that of the villagers of the same age in the village.

“Buy seeds?” Ding Hong looked at Xiao Jingting in surprise.

Xiao Xiaodong nodded and said: “Yes.”

“What and how many seeds do you want to buy?” Ding Hong asked.

“For about five mu of field,” Xiao Xiaodong said.

Ding Hong’s eyes flashed with contempt. Xiao Jingting realized that Ding Hong and the other villagers from Earth Mound Village attached great importance to the field, so Xiao Jingting’s behavior of selling the land was very annoying.

Ding Hong took two bags of seeds and said: “Two silver.”

Xiao Jingting thanked him, took out two silver and gave it to Ding Hong.

Xiao Xiaodong pulled at Xiao Jingting’s sleeve and said: “The field has been abandoned for a long time. You’d better turn it over. Grandpa Ding has a very powerful earthworm.”

Xiao Jingting did not understand. Ding Hong took a look at  Xiaodong and stipulated to Xiao Jingting coldly: “I rent out one for two hundred copper coins.”

Xiao Jingting looked at Xiao Xiaodong’s face and knew that earthworms were a good thing and immediately rented them.

Xiao Jingting gave Ding Hong four silver: two silver for the seeds and two silver as deposit for the earthworms. When they returned the earthworms, they could get back one silver and 200 copper coins. When others rented the earthworms to turn the ground they wouldn’t need to pay such a high deposit. Obviously, Ding Hong did not trust Xiao Jingting very much.

Xiao Jingting did not know how to use earthworms but Xiao Xiaodong volunteered to say that he knew, so he gave the bamboo tube with the earthworms to Xiao Xiaodong.

The three of them walked a long way before reachung the location of the field.

Xiao Jingting squinted his eyes. The field was provided by the family, and he didn’t know if it was intentional or not, but the location of the field was very far away from the residence, and the original owner was most afraid of trouble. If the field was so far away, how could the original body owner be willing to plant it? In any case, it was better to be given a field than not to be given a field at all.

Edited by: Tetsu

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