Chapter 54: Chapter 54 I Think You are Quite Nice to Me_1 Chapter 54: Chapter 54 I Think You are Quite Nice to Me_1 Yege probably didn’t know much about farming.
He looked at the Chinese cabbage in Nan Feng’s field and said, “Isn’t it normal for cabbage seedlings to be like this?
Besides, your field is very well-irrigated; it’s doing better than others.”
“Of course not,” recalling the fat and tender seedlings the policeman’s couple used to grow, Nan Feng responded, “Healthy cabbage seedlings should have thick stems and wide leaves with texture, similar to the ones you see in New Year’s paintings.
These are too frail.”
Yege asked: “So, do you have any solution?”
“I need to read some books, to research how to make fertilizer,” Nan Feng said it reflexively.
“Read books?” Yege looked at Nan Feng and asked doubtfully, “Can you read?”
“…” Nan Feng was suddenly flustered.
Right, the old Nan Feng was a fool and certainly couldn’t read.
Yet, Nan Feng responded quickly, “A little, not much.
Didn’t I always hang around behind Mo Wenxuan?
I listened on the side when he studied in private school, so I can recognize a few characters.
Oddly, although I was foolish and careless about everything else, I was quite quick at learning characters.”
“I see,” Yege had no doubts and added, “There is a bookstore in the county town where you can rent books.
I’ve been to it once and they have many books on farming.
If you’re interested, you could borrow one or two.”
“That’s great!” said Nan Feng, “But isn’t the county town far away?”
“Yes, it’s far,” said Yege, “About the same distance as to the next two towns.”
Nan Feng instantly gave up the idea of going to the county town, “Too far, it will take several hours to travel.
Never mind.”
Yege did not respond at that time but brought a book to Nan Feng two days later.
It was in the vegetable field, where the rain had already stopped.
Nan Feng was weeding the seedlings when Yege suddenly appeared and handed “Essential Techniques for Elevating the People” to her from his pocket.
“Did you go to the county town?” Nan Feng asked as she flipped through the book.
“Yes, I happened to have something to do in the county town yesterday, and I borrowed it when I passed by the bookstore,”
Nan Feng was slightly puzzled and looked at Yege, but saw no panic in his eyes.
It seemed as if things were exactly as he said, merely a “coincidence” and “on the way”.
Holding “Essential Techniques for Elevating the People”, Nan Feng said, “Well…
thank you.
You’ve been a great help!”
“No problem, it was nothing.”
Sitting on the ridge, Nan Feng opened the book.
This was the first book she read in this era.
Her thoughts were straightforward at the time.
Wasn’t it just ancient traditional characters?
She couldn’t write them, but she could read them.
Upon opening the book, she was stunned.
The book had no punctuation, many uncommon characters and all the text was in classical Chinese.
No matter how well she did in her previous life, she didn’t study Chinese well, so she struggled to read.
“In the methods to beautify fields, mung beans are superior, followed by adzuki beans and sesame…
What grass?” She laboriously read a small section.
Yege who was sitting beside her continued in a pleasing voice, “It’s the vetch.
The color is greenish yellow, with purple blossoms.
Sow in December under the rice, and its vigorous growth can beautify the field.”
Nan Feng looked up at Yege.
Yege was looking at her too.
In that moment, Nan Feng’s heart skipped a beat.
It felt like something was heating inside her, which then spread throughout her body, making her unable to calm down for a long time.
Nan Feng closed the book and placed it on her lap.
She reluctantly said, “Yege, I always feel that you…
are quite nice to me.”
What Nan Feng wanted to ask was, why was he so kind to her?
Why did he care so much about her affairs?