Chapter 1 First Encounter

In late spring, the farmers in Yunyan Village went to the fields to cultivate the land, and the fields were full of busy scenes. But in the corner, there's a woman sitting on the edge of the field doing nothing. Qi Sui sat cross-legged, looking at the farmers bending over to till the fields, with her head up in the cloud.

An old man happened to be tired and wanted to take a rest, so he sat over and talked to her: "Sui Jie'er, I'm afraid you are not familiar with these farm work. It rained last night and it's chilly now. You might as well go home and take care of it. Come back to look at the land in a few days."

Qi Sui knew that the old man had selfish intentions in his words. After all, this piece of land belonged to her. To be more precise, it belonged to the owner of this body, but it's currently occupied by her. But now, Qi Sui has become a lost dog, no different from a poor man.

She was originally a modern agricultural student, but she accidentally traveled through time and space and came here five or six days ago. As soon as she crossed over, she encountered the situation where both her parents had passed away. Her second uncle bullied her because she's a woman and could not accomplish anything great, so he took all the family property and drove her away, leaving behind only a few rotten fields and a long-abandoned house.

The original owner was brought up in a pampered environment. After her parents passed away, she lost all hope and had no choice but to die in that leaky house. Qi Sui breathed a sigh of relief, thanked the uncle for his kindness, and said, "Uncle, you don't have to worry about me. I need to learn more no, after all i have to rely on farming to support myself in the future."

The uncle nodded and didn't say anything. After all, Everyone in the village knew about Qi Sui's situation, and no matter how much they pitied her, they could only say a few words of comfort. Qi Sui calculated the time and got up and left. A mechanical voice sounded in her mind: "Congratulations, host, you have learned to sow for a full hour for the first time, and you have scored ten points."

This is the farming system that Qi Sui was bound to when she first came to this world. By doing certain things she will earn points, and When the points reach a certain value, she can unlock the prop mall to buy seeds, tools and fertilizers needed for various types of planting.

Qi Sui looked around and made sure there's no one else nearby before she said, "With my previous score, it should be 100 points, can I unlock the prop mall?"

System: "Host, you can talk in your mind. No need to open your mouth."

Qi Sui rolled her eyes and repeated what she had just said in her mind.

The system replied to her: "I have unlocked it for you, you can summon it at any time."

Qi Sui finally encountered a happy thing. After summoning the prop mall, she quickly clicked to check it out. As soon as the page popped up in her mind, the smile on her mouth instantly solidification. "These things in your mall are too expensive! A bag of seeds costs 200 points, why don't you go and grab them!" Qi Sui frowned, looking at the numbers she couldn't afford under each item, and couldn't help but Keep complaining.

The system said: "Host, you can bargain with me!"

Qi Sui felt a little surprised when she heard it: "Seriously?"

System: "Yes, I am very humane."

Qi Sui secretly complained, you'd better .

The system suddenly said: "Host, I can hear you."

Qi Sui: ...

Qi Sui was walking home, and she began to think about what she should do to earn more points quickly. Suddenly, thick clouds gathered in the sky, turning it into a gloomy place. Less than a hundred meters away from home, it suddenly started raining and it got heavier and heavier. She ran back quickly and saw two girls standing under the eaves of her house. Qi Sui had just walked to the eaves, and before she could ask who the visitor was, the two women moved several steps to the side to avoid her.

She smiled awkwardly: "Excuse me, what are you doing here?"

One of them seemed surprised: "Is this your home? I thought no one lived here..."

Before she could finish her words, the other woman hit her. she said: "Don't be rude!"

She turned to look at Qi Sui, bow slightly, and said: "My maid speaks without restraint and did not mean to offend you. I hope you don't take it to heart." After that, she wink at the person next to her.

The maid also bow down: "I have no ill intentions, please don't blame me, my lady."

Qi Sui didn't care about the maid's words. After all, no one had lived in this house before. She waved her hand: "You two ladies are too serious. It's just a word. I just I came here to live recently, and it was renovated a few days ago, so it looks deserted. If you two don't mind, you can take shelter from the rain for a while." The two girls looked at each other, obviously hesitant.

Seeing that the rain outside would not stop for a while, Qi Sui said: "My surname is Qi, and my given name is Sui. Everyone in the village knows me, and I am the only one living in this house." These words showed her sincerity. She was pretty, which completely dispelled the doubts of the two people opposite, so they agreed: "In this case, thank you very much, Madam Qi."

Just as they were about to enter the house, the woman turned around and said, "My surname is Shen, and my name is Yu. This is my maid, Ruo Wei." Qi Sui nodded, and after searching the whole house, she finally found two stools. After cleaning them carefully, she asked Shen Yu and Ruo Wei to sit down quickly. "Hurry up and sit down. I'll go get you some hot water."

At this time, the system said, "Host, help an important person to avoid the rain, and you'll get 100 points." Qi Sui's eyes widened instantly, before she came to her senses and paid attention to this, Two important people. From the conversation just now, Shen Yu is calm and composed, with elegant manners, and her maid were also straightforward and frank. Looking at their clothes, they were either rich or noble, definitely not from an ordinary family.

"Then why didn't you say it earlier?" Qi Sui couldn't help but complain to the system.

The system replied: "Host, do you have the heart to drive them away?"

Qi Sui closed her eyes, naturally she's unable to bear to let the two girls get wet in the rain. After thanking Qi Sui for her kindness, Shen Yu sat quietly in the corner and secretly looked at her. She had a tall figure and a pretty face, but her eyes and eyebrows were full of heroic spirit. Although she's a woman, she doesn't wear her hair in a pin or bun. She simply ties it up with a hairband, which makes her look neat and clean.

Ruo Wei quietly reminded Shen Yu: "Miss, how are we going to get back to the mansion later? The fourth lady is really something. She left you alone just like that."

Shen Yu lowered her eyebrows, thinking that she really shouldn't have argued with the fourth sister today, which made her so unhappy. "Yunyan Village is not far from Luoshui Town. When the rain stops, we will walk faster and hire a carriage when we get to the town. Maybe we can get back home before dinner."

Ruo Wei sighed, "That's all we can do... Fortunately, aunt gave us some money before we left." Shen Yu lowered her head and didn't reply.

Qi Sui scalded the only two tea bowls in the house with hot water several times before bringing them to Shen Yu, "Madam Shen, there is no tea in my house, so I can only ask you to drink some hot water to warm your hands."

There's no reason for Shen Yu to feel disgusted, instead she look embarrassed: "Madam Qi, you let us take shelter from the rain, which is already a bother, how dare I trouble you to entertain us?"

Seeing that she spoke tactfully and kindly, with affectionate eyes, Qi Sui's favorability increased sharply, and she smiled. "It's just a small matter, don't worry about it."

System: "Host, you're smiling too foolishly."

Qi Sui cursed inwardly: "Shut up! This is an important person of mine. Can you see if i got the points?"

The system reluctantly replied: "Yes, 50 points."

Qi Sui felt secretly happy, Now I can buy something useful.

After the rain stopped, Qi Sui attentively sent hen Yu and Ruo Wei to the village entrance, and also considerately reminded: "The country roads are full of potholes on rainy days, and they are bound to be muddy. Madam Shen, please be careful." After Shen Yu thanked her, she and Ruo Wei left the village. and Qi Sui walk back home.

On the way home, the system exclaimed: "Host, you're worthy of being with me. You have another fifty points."

Qi Sui raised her eyebrows and said happily: "Now I have two hundred points! Hurry and bring me a bag of seeds."

In the blink of an eye, a heavy bag of rice seeds appeared in her hand. The system reminds: "Host, don't forget that your fields cannot support these seeds."

Qi Sui has not forgotten this. In addition to helping the villagers to earn points, she has also looked at the fields left to her by the original owner's second uncle. Because of its low terrain, with no river in front and no pond in the back, it has been damaged by wind and rain over the years. Qi Sui picked up a piece of dogtail grass and held it in her mouth: "You remember that I dug several pits on the slope before."

The system suddenly realized: "Did the host guess that it would rain and dig pits in advance to store water?"

She nodded with satisfaction: "I'm very Smart."

The system chuckled: "The host is smart!"

Qi Sui smiled slyly: "Are there any points?"

The system felt speechless, "You really grab the wool whenever you get it."

Qi Sui Sui found that occasionally teasing the system to relieve boredom is also a good pastime.

"One hundred points."

Qi Sui went home to get the farm tools and came to the field. She saw that all the pits on the slopes were filled with water, and some were even overflowing. She glanced at her clothes and said expressionlessly, "I'm afraid it will be wasted." Then she stepped into the field barefoot, picked up the hoe and plowed every inch of it, clearing away the weeds and stones from beginning to end, and then turned over the soil on the fields.

The field wasn't big, but Qi Sui worked for two hours with just her arms. As the sky gradually darkened, she moved faster and faster. Finally, she finished tilling the land before dinner. A hole was chiseled at the pits and water poured out. Qi Sui sat down exhausted on the ridge of the field, looking up and panting: "I really want to eat meat!"

This time the system did not wait for her, and took the initiative to tell her: "The host has completed the practice quota for today, the points are 200."

Qi Sui smile lazily and said, "You are very considerate. It's not enough to just water this field. We also need fertilizer." So she went to the prop store to choose fertilizer. The cheapest one cost 300 points, she currently had 300 points, so if she bought it she'll have no more points.

Qi Sui laughed: "System, does your product pricing depend on how many points I have? I use them up every time."

The system replied: "So I provide you with bargaining service."

"Fifty."

System: "? How dare you do that?"

Qi Sui was unmoved and bid again: "Twenty."

"Too low, higher price will do the deal."

Qi Sui saw that the system had given in, and smiled triumphantly: "Then one hundred." "

The system was afraid that she would change it again, so it immediately made the deal.

Qi Sui looked at the large bag of fertilizer appearing beside her and felt a little angry: "Why can't it appear tomorrow?" The system had never seen such ancestor that gnashed its teeth in hatred. Fortunately, this place is close to the mountains and very remote, so usually no one passes by here so Qi Sui went home with peace of mind.

When Shen Yu returned to the mansion, the sky was gloomy and quiet. She asked Ruo Wei to go back to Lanting Pavilion first to report safety to Aunt Lan, and then went to the study alone. Two servants were standing in front of the study door, saying respectfully, "Hello, Third Miss, the master is waiting for you." Shen Yu guessed that it's the fourth sister who came back first and told her father what happened today, she's afraid that she could not escape. She nodded and walked into the study in silence.

"The daughter greets her father." hen Yu bowed gracefully. Shen Yuandao was practicing calligraphy, and just as he was finishing his last stroke, he replied without even raising his head: "Please sit down."

The maid proceed to poured tea for Shen Yu. After drinking a cup of tea, Shen Yuandao finally mentioned what happened today. "I know everything that happened between you and Jin'er on the road. Your sister was just being outspoken and said a few unpleasant words. Was it necessary for you to be so angry and even get off the car and walk alone?"

Shen Yu lowered her eyes and looked at him, she had long been accustomed to her father's indiscriminate behavior, and responded numbly: "This daughter knows her mistake, father, please calm down." Shen Yuandao sighed, He didn't have many children, only a son and two daughters. One of his son died young. Among the three children, only Shen Yu was born to a concubine. She had the most mediocre talent and was introverted and taciturn, just like her biological mother.

Completely different fromher the youngest daughter, Shen Jin, who is lively and sensible. She has studied with the eldest son since childhood and is expected to take part in the imperial examinations so Shen Yuandao was naturally biased in more than a little bit. "It's good that you can admit your mistakes and correct them. You should go back to Lanting Pavilion first." Shen Yu stood up and said, "Yes."

She caught a glimpse of the words "cultivate oneself and manage the family" written on the paper on the desk, and her eyes gradually became cold. Back at Lanting Pavilion, Aunt Lan came out to greet her, her eyes looking concerned: "You haven't had dinner yet, I asked the kitchen to heat up your favorite steamed sea bass." Shen Yu felt distressed, but smiled: "Thank you very much." Auntie, I'm so hungry." Auntie Lan smiled reluctantly and gently stroked Shen Yu's head and hugged Aunt Lan's arm.

"Don't worry, Aunt, my father didn't punish me. He was worried that I was hungry. After paying my respects, he let me come back to have dinner with you." Aunt Lan saw the loneliness in her eyes and knew that she was trying to coax her, but she didn't expose it: "That's good."

Ruo Wei served the dishes and spoke up for Shen Yu, saying angrily: "Today, it's clear that the fourth lady forced the miss to come with her, and i accompanied her them to the country side, but it happened to rain so the fourth lady felt unhappy and just wanted to get back home. but she took her anger out on miss, saying that she was mediocre, could not study and pass the imperial examination, wasn't liked by the master, and could only drag down the family. She also said that the aunt....."

Seeing that she was talking more and more, Shen Yu shouted, "Ruo Wei, you are becoming more and more unruly." Aunt Lan naturally knew that Shen Jin was still talking about her, otherwise, with Shen Yu's personality, she would definitely not refute her. She held Shen Yu's hand distressedly and blamed herself: "It's all because of my incompetence that you are not welcome."

Shen Yu comforted her: "Aunt, don't say that. It won't make me feel good if I hear it. Although I don't have the talent for imperial examinations, I can open a school based on the books I have read over the years, and I remember everything the teacher said. And today I met a very strange person." Aunt Lan asked, "Who is he?"

Seeing that she was interested, Shen Yu told her story: "That person is also a woman, but she is taller than me. She wears men's clothes and her hair is tied up with a headband. She has a neat and generous temperament and is kind. Treat Ruo Wei and I to shelter from the rain."

Aunt Lan asked curiously, "How did you recognize that person as a woman at first sight?"

Shen Yu smiled and said, "Although she wears men's clothes, she did not hide her female identity.

The aunt asked: " Why is that?"

Shen Yu thought for a moment, "Maybe it's for convenience."

Ruo Wei, beside her, interjected, "Miss, you actually stared at her carefully."