Heaven-Sent Farm Girl Builds Her Fortune And Captures His Heart-Chapter 719 - 718: Hoeing Competition

The three chatted for a while and soon arrived at the back mountain.

When they went up, Shen Qingning was leading people in sowing vegetable seeds.

After greeting Shen Qingning, the three joined in the action.

Le Zhao pointed to the straw ash and rice straw beside them and asked, "What are these used for?"

"I know this," Duan Yunfei explained: "The straw ash is scattered in the soil after the earth is turned over to prevent the seeds from being frozen or eaten by insects, and the rice straw can be spread over the seeds after sowing to keep them warm."

"Wow!" Shen Qinglan exclaimed, "You know all this?"

Duan Yunfei blinked and said proudly, "When I was little, I often went with elders from the manor to the back mountain to plant vegetables. This is nothing."

"What’s there to be proud of?" Le Zhao sneered lightly. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

Duan Yunfei said slyly, "I’m proud because I understand and you don’t."

"Less nonsense!" Le Zhao pushed the hoe in his hand forward, "Are we continuing or not?"

Duan Yunfei grasped the hoe handle with his right hand and tucked two strands of falling hair behind his ear with his left hand, then looked at Le Zhao and provocatively said, "Let’s see who can turn the soil the fastest, shall we?"

Le Zhao raised an eyebrow, "One row per person?"

"Exactly!" Duan Yunfei said, "If you win, I’ll return the Jade Tea Set to you. If you lose..."

"What happens if I lose?" Le Zhao asked, leaning on his hoe and raising an eyebrow.

Duan Yunfei pondered and said, "Let me think."

After a moment, he added, "If you lose, when I get married, you’ll give me that White Plum Jade Bottle as a wedding gift, how about that?"

"Wow, Duan Yunfei, that’s robbery!" Le Zhao’s eyes widened, "That’s an ancient artifact, the only one in the entire Capital, a priceless treasure."

Duan Yunfei smiled slightly, "Precisely because it’s priceless, I’m interested."

Le Zhao gritted his teeth and said, "Yijie was right, you really are a swindler, one who slashes people without blinking."

"So, shall we?" Duan Yunfei provocatively said, "Will you compete?"

"Compete we must, but let’s change the terms," Le Zhao smiled, "I don’t want the Jade Tea Set, let’s have your cherished ink flute, how about that?"

"You want the ink flute?" Duan Yunfei squinted his eyes, then laughed, "Alright."

Le Zhao raised an eyebrow, "Shall we start?"

"Alright." Duan Yunfei nodded, "I’ll count to three and we start."

Le Zhao rubbed his hands and nodded, "Go ahead."

"One, two, start!"

"Hey, Duan Yunfei, that’s cheating!" Le Zhao protested, "You didn’t call three."

"Starting is three," Duan Yunfei laughed lightly while hoeing, "Go back and pack up your White Plum Jade Bottle."

Le Zhao angrily threw down the hoe, "I’m not betting anymore. There’s no fairness at all."

"Eh?" Duan Yunfei stopped and raised an eyebrow, "A man should keep his word. Don’t go back on it!"

Le Zhao snorted coldly, "I don’t care, I’m not betting anymore."

Watching this, Shen Qinglan couldn’t help but roll her eyes to the sky, "So childish."

"How about this," Duan Yunfei suggested, "We both retract our bets. I won’t take the White Plum Jade Bottle, you give me the Xuanbing Zither and I give you the ink flute, how about that?"

"Xuanbing Zither?" Le Zhao shook his head, "That’s the only thing my master left me. Giving you the Xuanbing Zither would be worse than directly sending you the White Plum Jade Bottle."