Farming Together Chapter 239: Unexpected visitors

Chapter 239: Unexpected visitors

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: GaeaTiamat

It was pointed out by a game player that a meal had come from several acres of corn. From the picture, it looked very scant. They were only about the length of an adult man’s index finger, and one hand could wrap around several of them. This wasn’t even the most outrageous part. For the top of the corn kernels, each one was growing like a blister, not at all like the neat and beautiful corn in the game.

The owner of the corn wasn’t self-aware and was still gloating over the fact that he had grown the only corn in the field. Don’t look at the corn. It was not good-looking, but when it was steamed for eating, the taste was still quite fragrant. His work wasn’t in vain, especially since in order to make the corn ripen sooner, he used a lot of money to go to an agricultural planet and buy a potion that could accelerate the growth of plants.

Others also used similar agents to a greater or lesser extent, so as to usher in their harvests in just over a month’s time.

With the example of the corn in front of them, many more people ventured out.

[I heard that someone grew their own vegetables in reality. I rushed over to see, and this…this is it? These vegetables are too malnourished, right? You didn’t take good care of them. Did you not give them fertilizer?]

[Such small vegetables, small radishes and small potatoes. They are really only a bite, not at all compared to our harvest in the game! A cabbage in the game, it could directly top all of you, right?]

[Why are they so skinny? Are they buying bad seeds? Not to mention the game’s crops, even the agricultural planet planting robots can grow something better, right?]

[I say, you guys, can’t you encourage novice farmers who are planting for the first time? Who hasn’t come from the completely ignorant novice period, ah. We are not LiLi. I’m afraid that many people are digging a large pit, and then letting themselves live at the bottom of the pit… After all, we learned the planting skills, too. Weren’t LiLi and Big Brother Demon Xing the same? Can’t we be taught little by little?]

[That’s right, the trolling should also be moderate. We are friendly. What experience we have that can be shared we should send out. Strive to let the newcomers grow bigger and better vegetables as soon as possible, ah!]

Their fellow netizens who came to the forum and opened the post were also aggrieved. They just wanted to share their joy, how did they end up getting ridiculed for it? Their vegetables, although they were indeed ugly, were also their good treasure, and couldn’t be disliked at all.

They were about to be mocked down the line, but the wind soon changed in the building. A more sensible and friendly player came down and expressed his appreciation for them, the offline growers, and encouraged them not to give up because of it, to keep on doing their best, and maybe with experience, they could usher in full progress next time.

To that end, they also recommended a number of game anchors for their fellow netizens whose live broadcast content was related to farming, but none of them were completely repetitive. They could pick the interesting ones to watch.

Most of these game anchors were just selected that month through the votes of fellow netizens. In recommending them to the other fellow netizens, the players could have had the small intention of adding a little popularity to their hand-picked pups.

No harm, no foul.

What should have been a war between players and non-players about the quality of crops ended quickly without any smoke. After that, the pictures of the realistic vegetable show-off post became peaceful, with experienced people sharing their planting experience, and even moving to Wen XingYao, who in his star blog trumpet left his farming experience, all 20 pictures of it.

The inexperienced also shared their happiness, such as the vegetable seeds and simple farming tools sets just ordered from TaoTao, and the freshly prepared flower pots and the fertile soil waiting to be filled with seeds on the balcony or yard at home.

As the two sides were talking and almost becoming confidants, Bai Li’s house was visited by a special group of guests.

“Haha! How’s it going? Surprised, surprised?” Tang Ying leapt out from behind the door with an exaggerated smile on his face, as he greeted Bai Li enthusiastically.

Bai Li, however, just nodded calmly towards him before looking past Tang Ying to the two old men behind him. He had just switched from his Zhu QingLing form to his Bai Li form today, otherwise Tang Ying would have wondered why a stranger was opening the door for him.

The two old men had unfamiliar faces, white hair, and obvious signs of wrinkles on their faces. One had a beard and was neatly trimmed, while the other had deep eyes that occasionally showed a few bright lights. Both were dressed in fine clothes and were smiling at Bai Li.

Bai Li didn’t know the two old men and wanted to subtly ask Tang Ying who they were with his eyes, when he heard Wen XingYao’s voice behind him, “Why are you two here too?”

At the end of the sentence, Wen XingYao walked from behind Bai Li to stand at his side. He patted Bai Li’s shoulder reassuringly and gave him a look that said he didn’t need to be nervous.

As soon as he saw Wen XingYao, one of the old men was furious and immediately said, “What? We can’t come over here by ourselves? You kid, we have still been waiting for you to take us to see Little Bai at the Institute, but you ran away first. If you don’t want to take us with you, just say so…Luckily we caught Tang Ying before he left and made him bring us here, huh?”

A heavy “hmph” made the old man’s aggressive aura suddenly become arrogant.

When he heard the old man’s words, Wen XingYao was more or less embarrassed and hurriedly explained, “I didn’t mean to leave you behind, but there was a sudden emergency with Bai Li, so I rushed here first.”

After he said that, he secretly glared at Tang Ying. That guy brought those two old people over before, and didn’t even say anything to him. Well now, both sides were meeting without notice, so both sides were a bit embarrassed.

With the conversation between the two men, Bai Li, who stood next to Wen XingYao, heard every word clearly, so he had guessed the origin of the two old men. They should be related to the Imperial Research Institute. However, he didn’t expect that the identity of these two old men was even higher than he thought.

“Bai Li, Deans, let me introduce you first.” Wen XingYao said as he shifted closer. “This is Bai Li, the producer of the virtual reality game Carefree Farmstead and…my boyfriend. Bai Li, these two are the president and vice president of the Imperial Research Institute, Du Jiayin, or Old Du, and Fan Yunping, Old Fan. I told you before that they are very interested in getting to know you.”

After they heard Wen XingYao’s words, they looked at each other, smiled, then looked at Bai Li with a softer and more affectionate gaze. Bai Li was slightly shocked by the status of these two. The president and vice president of the Imperial Research Institute actually came all the way here to find him. This was too dignified…However that thought was soon dispelled from his mind, and he put on his best smile for the elders, greeted the two old men, and didn’t forget to welcome them into his home as he brought them to the living room.

Then there was poor Tang Ying. After he finished the sentence he barely started, there was no more room for him to talk. He was just, completely and utterly a tool for people! However, this was not a problem if he could eat all kinds of delicious food from Bai Li’s house immediately.

Zhu MoLing, under the continuous feeding of Bai Li’s grass and wood clear spirit, had now grown to the age of 21 or 22, and it wouldn’t take more than another ten days for him to regain his true age. His door and the living room were separated by a distance, so he didn’t hear the conversation at the door. He only knew that the family had guests, so the brother and “brother-in-law” ran out to meet them.

Therefore, when a group of five people appeared in the living room, he casually met eyes with Du Jiayin and Fan Yunping.

Zhu MoLing, “…” Why were these two busy people here too?

Two old people, “…” How come Little Bai’s house was also hiding a juvenile version of the Heavenly Fox clan’s Patriarch?

As the Heavenly Fox clan’s Patriarch, Zhu MoLing and the Imperial Research Institute were occasionally in contact. He knew both the president and vice president, and had a good personal relationship with them. However, this wasn’t the reason why he couldn’t face the two old men as he was. With just an inadvertent look, he wanted to cover his face completely and hide quickly.

However, hiding was impossible as Du Jiayin had already recognized Zhu MoLing.

“You…It’s Zhu MoLing, right? How come you look so many years younger? I heard earlier that your Genetic Collapse Disorder seemed to be on the verge of failing, but now look, you’re still in good shape!” Du Jiayin looked Zhu MoLing over carefully from head to foot as he spoke with emotion.

“You…” have the wrong person. Zhu MoLing weakly tried to deny that statement, but was interrupted by Bai Li just as he uttered the first word.

“Huh. Do Elder Du and Elder Fan know my brother?”

“Hmm? He’s your brother? Why do I remember that his brother is a kid named Zhu QingLing? A few years ago…”

“That’s me!” Bai Li blinked, then suddenly remembered his appearance at that moment, and smiled at the two with some embarrassment. “I’ve cast an illusion on myself. This is what I look like after using the illusion. If you two don’t mind, I can change back to show you.”

Wen XingYao covered his face. What kind of strange development was this?

Zhu MoLing was relieved of his embarrassment by Bai Li’s words. He liked to hear his brother admit his identity in front of the others, and at this time looked at the two old men with a more or less encouraging look.

As for Tang Ying…He was drinking water and as he listened to the exchange of several people. When he heard Bai Li talk about Zhu MoLing being his brother and about illusions and stuff, he said a bad word in his heart. However, Bai Li did not give him the opportunity to prepare, just raised his hand and wiped it in front of himself, and appeared in front of the crowd with a new face.

Well…it seemed that his height was also a little shorter?

“Pfft!” The water in Tang Ying’s mouth spurted out, and broke the silence of the scene.