Daily Life in the Countryside After Being Reborn-Chapter 237 - 33: An Astonishing Discovery (Fourth Update)

In a few days, there will be a friendly match against Shunde Middle School, and Captain Bai Xue has not yet announced the preliminary selection list of participants, only mentioning that everyone on the team has a chance, and the school’s radio station will accompany them to take photos and record the event. Zhang Yiyi is quite concerned about this competition and rushes to the gymnasium as soon as school is over.

Today, it happened to be Xiao Xian’s turn for duty, so she asked Zhang Yiyi to help her take a half-hour leave. Each person in the class has duty about twice a month, with each duty involving four people. In the previous times, Xiao Xian was assigned to clean the blackboard and sweep the floor; this time, she was responsible for cleaning the school’s designated area along with another female classmate. Since growing Daffodil requires a specific amount of sand, and there is a construction site nearby the class’s designated area, Xiao Xian took the opportunity to scoop some sand into an empty flowerpot.

After cleaning, Xiao Xian let her fellow duty classmate take the tools back first, and with a flowerpot in hand, she shoveled some sand and filled the pot, then planted the brought-along Daffodil Bulb into it.

After planting, Xiao Xian began experimenting with the effects of the Copper Immortal Liquid. She had prepared about half a bottle of the Immortal Liquid in advance. If it were ordinary crops, a few diluted drops would suffice. However, considering the Daffodil Bulb was almost impervious to damage, she had no choice but to increase the budget for the use of the Copper Immortal Liquid.

"One drop," Xiao Xian slightly tilted the bottle, and a copper-colored liquid dripped onto the gray-brown skin of the bulb. The Immortal Liquid was absorbed instantly. Xiao Xian stared for a long time; the spot where the Immortal Liquid had dropped showed a red stain, and the dry creases were somewhat moistened. But besides that, there wasn’t much change.

"Let’s try again," Xiao Xian boldly poured more Immortal Liquid, her hands trembling uncontrollably, knowing she was utterly broke now — the "sugarcane seedling" had no means for the next few days’ meals either.

The more nervous she felt, the more likely problems would occur. As the bottle tilted, more than half of the Immortal Liquid poured onto the Daffodil Bulb. Xiao Xian let out a cry of despair, but then the bizarre event occurred; the Daffodil Bulb, like a starving poor person, absorbed most of the half bottle of Copper Immortal Liquid in one gulp. The surface wrinkles also smoothed out, and the bulb, originally the size of a baby’s fist, swelled up like a leavened steamed bun.

As the bulb gradually grew, the gray-brown outer skin also faded in color, turning into a delicate, newborn-skin-like pale hue. The sand emitted a crackling sound of tendons growing, much like countless mice burrowing simultaneously.

About five minutes later, the surface of the bulb burst with its first leaf, followed closely by a second. Just as Xiao Xian thought it would sprout leaves in one go, the growth of the Daffodil stopped.

"Why has it stopped growing; could it be that there isn’t enough Immortal Liquid," Xiao Xian felt a mix of amusement and helplessness, eyeing the empty cola can with not even a single drop of Immortal Liquid left. She now had no chance to convince the "sugarcane seedling" to spare some more Immortal Liquid. fгeewёbnoѵel_cσm

"What are you sneakily doing over there," a questioning voice came from behind Xiao Xian. Zeng Xuerou, the president of the student council at Sacred Heart Middle School, stood behind her, holding a score sheet for the hygiene designated area.

"I’m not doing much, just finding some sand for the class’s Daffodil," Xiao Xian stepped back a few paces, fortunately, the new leaves that sprouted from the Daffodil Bulb looked relatively normal.

"What’s with the cola can on the ground? Are you from class 1 (3)? Your class’s hygiene designated area is not cleaned properly, deducting 1 point," Zeng Xuerou, without further explanation, deducted the point directly.

Later, Xiao Xian told Zhang Yiyi about the incident.

"Ah, bottles can be picked up too, she’s just being nitpicky," Zhang Yiyi, after finishing her training for the day, heard Xiao Xian’s description and was indignant.

"It’s also my bad luck, having duty twice a month, and among the fifty or sixty people in the student council, I happened to run into her. Luckily, we’re not members of the student council, so it doesn’t matter whether she cares or not," Xiao Xian was still concerned about the pot of Daffodil.

"Who says, you came late today and didn’t hear Captain Bai Xue’s words. That Zeng Xuerou is not only the president of the student council but also the host of the school broadcast station. At the day after tomorrow’s friendly match, she’ll definitely be reporting with the team. We should still be cautious to avoid her finding fault," Zhang Yiyi looked eager to try, and both she and Xiao Xian were listed as substitutes in the twelve-player lineup announced by Captain Bai Xue. The seven or eight people who were not selected had some complaints about them being able to participate in the friendly match, but they refrained from making a scene because of Ni Shahe and Captain Bai Xue.

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