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Chapter 14: Another Function of Purple Qi
Her heart beating fast, Wen Nuan placed her palm on a freshly sprouted vegetable seedling with only two cotyledons.
The purple qi slowly poured out from Wen Nuan's hands, and then spread to the entire vegetable field.
The light purple mist lingered over the ground for a while, then disappeared.
This is much less than the purple qi needed to regulate the body.
At this time, the naked eye can see the seedling with only two cotyledons instantly sprout leaves, then the two leaves grow bigger and bigger, just like the effect of radiation.
Wen Nuan's heart pounded again: Don’t grow any bigger, otherwise it’s hard to explain!
Until the largest leaf grew to the size of a ping pong ball, the growth rate visible to the naked eye did not stop.
Although I can't eat it yet, it looks like it has matured into seven or eight days worth of growth.
Wen Nuan looked at the green vegetable field, dumbfounded: How to explain this?
But this is definitely a good thing!
She was very happy, this purple qi can actually promote plant growth!
I wonder if the seeds can be improved?
Wen Nuan ran into the house quickly.
Then ran back out with the seeds that Madam Wu had stored away.
Almost all vegetable seeds in this era are reserved for planting by themselves. Unless the vegetables grow poorly that year, or tastes bad, they will not sell the seeds. Neighbors might exchange some.
This year, Madam Wu has set aside luffa, watermelon, pumpkin, wax gourd, beans, pepper, eggplant, bitter gourd and other melons.
For vegetable seeds, they only have sweet pepper and bitter greens left. Other vegetables such as mustard greens, Chinese cabbage, lettuce, spinach, bok choy, and so on have already been planted as this is the best growing season. Now, they are just waiting for these to mature and they will pick the best growing ones for seeding.
Madam Wu’s seeds are the best, so every year the melons and vegetables in their family grow very well, and the people in the village sometimes spend money to buy their family’s vegetables.
Wen Nuan looked at the plump seeds thinking that the purple qi just now has not been used up. Wen Nuan poured out all but a few of the seeds wrapped in oil paper, mixed them together, and started to cultivate.
Purple qi poured out, enveloping the seeds.
Wen Nuan felt happy in her heart. It seems okay, she thought to herself. I hope these melon seeds can become cold-resistant and be planted in winter, and that the melons that come from them are big, sweet, and fragrant!
The purple qi lingered in the air for a long while this time.
It is really warm and invigorating!
Holding the seeds tightly, she stared at them without blinking.
Wen Ran came in like a gust of wind: "Third Sister, the vegetables in the yard have suddenly grown a lot!"
Wen Nuan quickly retracted her hand.
Wen Ran saw the seeds in Wen Nuan's hands, and the way she moved strangely: "Third Sister, what are you doing? Are you heating up these vegetable seeds with your hands?"
"Can't you see?"
If she can see the purple qi, she should ask why there is purple qi right away!
"See what?"
"Purple qi! I think these seeds emit a cloud of purple qi."
"Are you dazed? Where is the purple qi?" Wen Ran approached, leaned over, and looked at the plump seeds seriously: "Is there any? No! But this kind of seed seems very plump."
Is this purple qi only visible to me?
Then she is relieved!
But it is also possible that Wen Ran did not see it.
"I am teasing you. I just want to take these seeds out and see if they can grow melons in the cold, so we can also eat vegetables this winter."
Wen Ran shook her head: "This should not be possible! No one has ever done it before."
The knowledge of what kind of vegetables to grow in any season is handed down generation to generation from one's ancestors. If they could grow melons in winter, someone would have already cultivated such seeds.
Who doesn’t want to be full?
"How can I know if I haven't tried it yet. I'll just try a little!" Wen Nuan wrapped up her purple qi enhanced seeds, then wrapped up the unimproved seeds and put them back in their original places.
Wen Ran was anxious at this: "Third Sister, you can't harm the seeds! All the melons and vegetables we eat next year come from them!"
There is not enough food, they depend on these seeds to eat. Although even these are not enough for them to eat their fill.
Wen Nuan: "Don't worry, I left my mother a lot. I only took two or three of each. The rest will be enough for the coming year. Don’t you want to eat fresh vegetables in winter? And if we grow off-season vegetables in winter, we can also sell it to earn some money."
Hearing that they can make money, Wen Ran widened her eyes and asked curiously: "Third Sister, did you also see in your dreams a way to grow these melons in winter and sell them to make money? You have a way, right? It's that kind of thing!"
Wen Nuan: "..."
I didn’t expect that dream excuse to be so useful!
The two came out, and Wen Ran saw the green vegetable field, only then did she remember what she was going to say and said with excitement: "Sister, look at the sprouts in the vegetable field!"
Wen Nuan excitedly said: "You only found out now! I found out when I woke up just now and went to water them!"
"When I went out in the afternoon, they weren't like this! Why did they grow so tall all at once?"
"How would I know this? It should be the soil, and the sunshine is good, let's be sure to given them enough water, and the vegetables will grow vigorously! Where is the hoe? If we quickly plant these melons, maybe they will grow very fast too! "
Wen Nuan tried to change the subject.
Wen Ran didn’t think that should be the case after hearing it. But she took Wen Nuan and walked over: “It’s right by the house.”
The two found an open space behind the house, and together they turned over the soil.
Wen Nuan took a look at the open space: the luffa can be planted at the corner of the yard. When the time comes, the vines will climb directly along the bamboo fence, and there is no need to build a melon shelf.
Bitter gourd and bean vines do not grow as long as winter melon and pumpkin. The two of them made two plots, one planted bitter gourd, and the other planted peas, until they seeded a length of about thirty inches each, and then set up a stand.
The vines of pumpkin and wax gourd can grow directly on the ground, but the place needed is larger. The two randomly searched for a corner.
It is best to build a shed for gourd melon, so those melon seeds are planted in a corner at the back of the house, where it is convenient to set up a shelf later.
After the two were finished planting, it was almost dark. All the people in the family came back. When they saw the vegetables in the yard grew to such a big size, they all gathered around to look.
Madam Wang: "Weird, when I went out this afternoon, these sprouts was still the same as they were in the morning. Why did it grow to over ten days worth of growth in one afternoon? It's almost ready to eat!"
Wen Jiarui saw that the soil was wet: "Who watered it?"
Madam Wu saw Wen Nuan and Wen Ran approaching and she immediately asked: "Sister Ran, did you water the vegetable field? What kind of water did you use?"
"It's water from Third Sister! I went to gather snails, and when I came back, I found that the vegetables had grown up suddenly." She thought that since the snails could be eaten, if you gather a little more, they will be full tomorrow.
Wen Nuan gave an expression that said even I don’t know: "When I woke up, the vegetables were grown like this. When I saw that it had grown so fast, I watered it again and used the water in the tank."
Madam Wu stared at Wen Ran: "Are you going in the river again?"
Wen Ran tugged on Madam Wu's sleeves and smiled flatteringly: "No, I stay at the riverbank."
"No going to the riverbank either!" Madam Wu declared and no one said anything back. In fact, all the attention was drawn to these crazy sprouts.
Everyone is wondering how these sprouts grow so fast.
Wen Luo's spirit is moved: "Maybe this is a blessed land, even God is helping us! After Third Sister moved here, her body is getting better every day, and now even the vegetables in the ground grow better."
Wen Hou rubbed his chin: "Maybe it really is! It would be great if it were like this!"
If they can grow vegetables in just a few days, then their family doesn’t have to go hungry, they can just eat greens!
Wen Jiarui thought this was little unbelievable, but apart from this reason, he could not think of any other reasons.
Madam Wang: “Don’t talk about this! The courtyard gate must stay closed in the future, and the vegetable field cannot be discovered by anyone!”
Wen Jiarui's expression also became a little serious, and it made the scar on his face look even more intimidating: "Tomorrow I will cut some bamboo to surround this vegetable field."
Enclosing the courtyard like this, outsiders can't see the growth of the vegetables.
Madam Wang nodded: "This matter cannot be delayed."
"You guys must not tell anyone outside about this matter, even other children, otherwise we won't even be able to live in this bamboo house, do you know?" Wen Jiarui couldn't help but exhort again.
All the brothers and sisters nodded and promised not to!
Then Wen Jiarui took advantage of the darkness and went to cut bamboo again.
Qi: Vital life energy that animates the body, the force that flows through all things. It takes the form of purple mist in this story. Purple Qi specifically is an auspicious omen/supernatural force in Daoism and Chinese astrology.
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