2024-08-04 Chapter 54 The Grand Prince
"So many watermelons!"
Cheng Jiuling was stunned.
She was originally helping to water the ginseng seedlings, and while she was squatting and standing, the watermelon was ripe!
And it's grown so big, this… so much!
Hearing her voice, the three of them didn't care whether the durian was delicious or not, and quickly ran out of the yard.
The melon field was full of big green watermelons with black stripes.
Each one was as big as the mouth of a wooden barrel they used to fetch water.
"Wow!"
Yu An ran over happily, gestured with his hand, clapped his hands, jumped a few times excitedly, his little face flushed with excitement.
"It's so big!"
"It's half the size of Yu An!"
These childish words brought everyone back to their senses, and they all laughed and shook their heads.
Although Old Madam Cheng was prepared, she was still shocked by the scene before her.
After calming herself down a little, she stretched out her hand and greeted everyone.
"Put these melons away quickly before anyone finds them."
Upon hearing this, Cheng Feng and his companions quickly took action.
Half an hour later, Cheng Feng said excitedly.
"Madam, all the watermelons have been collected. There are a total of 120!"
"Okay, okay."
Old Madam Cheng was very excited.
You know, they only planted a hundred watermelon seeds in total.
In other words, some vines grow more than one watermelon.
What about food?
Would the yield be several times that of ordinary grain fields?
When she thought of this possibility, Mrs. Cheng's hand holding the cane trembled slightly.
There is nothing else to it, it's just excitement!
A notification also popped up on Anluo's phone.
Buzz!
It was detected that the baby successfully harvested crops for the first time. The rewards are:
100 reputation points, 100 points, a piece of high-grade black soil, and 10,000 kilograms of corn seeds.
Buzz!
Now releasing a long-term task: Please help the baby successfully harvest 100,000 kilograms of food. The reward depends on the completion of the task. There is no penalty for mission failure.
Buzz!
The current points are sufficient, and the system is automatically upgrading. The estimated time required for the upgrade is 24 hours. The time-space gate has been closed, and the special transmission channel is cooling down.
As soon as he got the reputation points, Anluo bought the illusion.
The placement of the remains on three plots of black soil again caused a burst of exclamations from the Cheng family.
After all the watermelons were placed properly, it was already completely dark.
Old Madam Cheng touched the sweaters and scarves knitted by Wang's mother and daughter, felt the warmth on her hands, nodded with satisfaction, and a hint of deep thought flashed across her eyes.
"You guys did a great job."
After thinking for a moment, she raised her eyes and looked at her granddaughter.
"Luoluo, tomorrow you and Cheng Feng and the others, bring sweaters and some watermelons to the City Lord's Mansion and tell them that I have something important to discuss with them."
"Okay, Grandma."
…
Late at night, hundreds of miles away, in a small woods dozens of miles away from the capital.
Cheng Qiuyun and Cheng Shengxuan, brother and sister, looked at the fire in silence.
Ever since Cheng Qiuyun heard that there was no news about her father, second uncle and brother, she has been feeling very heavy.
Suddenly, Cheng Shengxuan turned his head sharply and looked diagonally behind him. He kicked up the sand quickly, put out the fire, and said something in a low voice.
"There's a fight over there!"
Several of them had serious expressions on their faces, and they clenched their weapons tightly, looking in that direction vigilantly.
"Cheng Yao, you stay and look after the horses. We'll go over there and take a look."
After giving instructions in a low voice, Cheng Shengxuan lightened his footsteps and breathing and walked over there first.
Cheng Qiuyun followed with Cheng Sen and Cheng Xin.
A hundred meters away, on a small path on the other side of the dense forest, a group of men in black were attacking a carriage.
The soldiers protected the carriage in the middle.
Although the men in black were few in number, they were highly skilled in martial arts and their moves were ruthless. More than a hundred soldiers were forced to retreat repeatedly by a dozen men in black and were on the verge of being unable to withstand the attack.
After taking a look at the emblem on the carriage, Cheng Shengxuan frowned slightly.
"It's the Zhou family. At this time and this place, could it be General Zhou?"
Sure enough, the next moment, an old voice came from the carriage.
"Who sent you here?!"
Hearing this slightly familiar voice, the brother and sister looked at each other.
really!
The man in black approached the carriage step by step, his voice was cold and his tone was fierce and murderous.
"Of course it's the person who wants to kill you!"
Before he finished speaking, more than a dozen men in black jumped up and rushed towards the carriage with weapons in hand.
Taking a look at the bodies of soldiers scattered around and the guards around the carriage who were still resisting the killers, General Zhou's heart sank. He stood up and jumped off the carriage, holding his spear tightly.
General Zhou was old and in poor health, and he soon became unable to do his job.
The man in black seized the opportunity and stabbed forward with his sword.
At the critical moment, four masked men appeared and blocked them.
These four people were none other than Cheng Shengxuan and Cheng Qiuyun, who had their faces covered.
The four of them quickly dealt with the man in black.
General Zhou stepped forward and bowed to express his gratitude.
"Thank you four young men for saving my life. If it is convenient, please leave your name. I will repay you in the future."
Cheng Shengxuan said in a low voice.
"I just saw injustice and helped. Sir, you don't have to take such a small matter to heart."
Hearing this, General Zhou narrowed his eyes slightly, his gaze lingered on the woman among the four people for a while, and a hint of deep thought flashed across his eyes.
This voice seems familiar?
Suddenly, a loud shout was heard from a distance.
"Your Highness, there is movement ahead!"
Hearing the voice, Cheng Shengxuan and his companions quickly turned around and used their Qinggong skills, and disappeared into the jungle after a few jumps.
Soon, there was the sound of clattering horse hooves and chaotic footsteps.
The leader was a man who was estimated to be about 27 or 28 years old, wearing silver armor. When he saw the corpses of soldiers all over the ground, he shouted angrily.
"Who is committing murder here?!"
He took a closer look, then jumped off the horse and walked quickly towards the carriage.
"General Zhou?"
After seeing the person's face clearly, General Zhou was surprised.
"Your Highness, why are you here?"
The eldest prince waved his hand and asked the guards to clean up the battlefield before speaking.
"The sacrificial ceremony is imminent, and my father has summoned me back to the capital."
After saying that, he paused and swept his cold eyes over the men in black on the ground.
"I don't know who is so bold as to carry out an assassination outside the capital!"
Then he looked at General Zhou with concern.
"Is General Zhou injured?"
"Thank you for your concern, Your Highness. I am fine."
The Zhou family guard at the side replied.
"Fortunately, the four young heroes showed up in time, otherwise the Marshal would be in danger!"
"cough!"
General Zhou coughed heavily and looked at the guard with displeasure.
"Ranger?"
The eldest prince lowered his eyes in thought, with an inexplicable expression.
"What a coincidence?"
General Zhou pretended not to care and laughed.
"It seems like they are a few young men who are wandering around the world. I think they just happened to pass by and saw so many people bullying an old man like me. They got carried away and just stood up for the injustice they saw."
The eldest prince nodded upon hearing this and did not pursue the matter any further.
"Your Highness!"
The eldest prince's guards ran over with several knives in their hands.
"Your Highness, look! These swords all have the emblem of the Grand Prince's Palace on them!"
"What?!"