Cultivation: I Have Studied Abroad in the Modern World
Chapter 321 - 198: Industrial Cthulhu, The Booming New Rice_3

Chapter 321: Chapter 198: Industrial Cthulhu, The Booming New Rice_3

Tang Lingwu added, "Whatever they say, whatever they think of me, I don’t care."

"Then you..."

Tang Lingwu’s eyes fell to the ground, her head hung low, her voice quiet, "I just... don’t want to let everyone at the nursing home down..."

Beside her, Old Man Bai nudged Mrs. Tian with his elbow, whispering, "Do you think that includes us?"

"..."

"Dad! Mom! Open the door!"

Cheng Yun knocked on the security door, calling inside.

The door opened, and a man with graying hair poked his head out. Seeing it was him, the man’s brows furrowed slightly, seemingly displeased, "Why are you back?"

"Dad, where’s mom?"

"She’s getting ready to cook."

"Don’t start yet, I brought you guys some new rice!"

Having said that, Cheng Yun pointed to his feet.

Five bags of Jiushan No.1 rice were piled at his feet.

"Buying rice? What rice? We don’t lack that at home!"

Cheng Yun’s mother also came out, first giving her son a thorough look before turning her gaze to the rice on the ground, confused.

Cheng Yun’s father shook his head even more, "Waste of money! Better to save it for your wedding!"

"Mom, Dad, you don’t understand, this rice is good!"

Having worked at the nursing home all this time, Cheng Yun, of course, knew the uniqueness of Jiushan No.1.

"Good? What’s good about it?"

"Ah, it’s hard to explain to you!" Cheng Yun certainly didn’t dare to say.

Zheng Fa now had little to worry about.

But Group Leader Yang had warned him repeatedly!

"..."

"Dad, I’ve got things to do, gotta go!"

"Eh? You’re not staying for dinner?"

Of course, Cheng Yun didn’t want to stay – the nursing home’s food was so delicious!

Besides, if he sat down at the dinner table... he would inevitably be pestered by his dad about marriage.

Ever since he turned thirty without even a girlfriend, even the mosquitoes at home seemed to have partners in his father’s eyes!

If it wasn’t for buying Jiushan No.1 for his parents, he wouldn’t have come back.

"No thanks!"

Hearing his footsteps clattering down the stairs, Mr. Cheng’s face darkened with anger: "Thirty and still so thoughtless, how could any woman fancy you?"

"It’s because of that face of yours that our son wants to run away!" Mrs. Cheng scolded him, then said, "Dinner’s ready, let’s eat!"

However, Mr. Cheng didn’t move, just staring at the rice his son had bought.

After a while, he suddenly said, "How about we try this today?"

"...Didn’t you say it was a waste of money?" Mrs. Cheng laughed, seemingly unsurprised, and said teasingly, "It’s not even done yet! Always saying one thing and meaning another – our son cares about us, and you’re overjoyed!"

Mr. Cheng remained silent, listening to his wife cooking while she continued to tease him: "We only have one son, why are you so stern every day... who will you have in your old age?"

"...Isn’t the country allowing two children now?" After staying quiet for a while, Mr. Cheng suddenly joked.

"Pfft!" Mrs. Cheng paused in the kitchen, then remarked despondently, "You? Over fifty years old!"

Mr. Cheng stood up indignantly, then faced his wife’s knowing eyes, took a deep breath, and slowly sat back down.

"..."

A few days later, Mr. Cheng woke up early in the morning feeling that something was off.

He looked down, staring blankly at his own quilt...

What was going on?

He never really wanted a second child anyway!

...

"Jiushan No.1 is selling like crazy!"

In the nursing home, Zheng Fa was discussing Golden Core principles with Cheng Yun and others when Tang Lingwu suddenly bounced out of the room, happily shouting at him.

"Selling like crazy?"

Zheng Fa was a bit bewildered.

Given the taste and nutritional value of Jiushan No.1, it’s not surprising that it would sell well.

But it had been less than a week.

Was its reputation spreading this quickly?

"How is it selling like crazy?"

"All the big supermarkets are calling to place more orders, but our production is limited... we can’t meet the demand."

Zheng Fa felt even more puzzled.

"Do you know why?"

Tang Lingwu’s cheeks turned red.

It seemed she knew.

Old Man Bai and the others looked over, curiously waiting for Tang Lingwu to speak.

"The internet posts... they say, say..."

Tang Lingwu stammered.

"What do they say?"

Zheng Fa listened, increasingly bewildered.

"They say Jiushan No.1, if you eat it... it boosts virility." Tang Lingwu’s voice suddenly lowered, and if not for Zheng Fa’s keen hearing, he wouldn’t have caught the last two words.

Zheng Fa’s mouth fell open, he scratched his head, confused for once.

"This thing... does it really?"

He looked around, then turned to Mrs. Tian.

Mrs. Tian pondered for a moment and said, "Whether it boosts virility or not is difficult to say, but Jiushan No.1 is indeed far more nutritious than other rice strains, so it having some health benefits is not impossible."

"...No wonder it’s so popular; for virility, people wouldn’t just eat new rice, they’d even gnaw on tree bark!"

"..."

"Actually, our own health has also improved a lot, but it’s not just because we’re eating Jiushan No.1; the vegetables in the fields, the Spiritual Energy in the air, have made us accustomed to it."

Mrs. Tian added.

Zheng Fa slowly nodded.

He truly hadn’t expected Jiushan No.1 to become popular in this way...

"Since we’re out of stock, let it be..." Zheng Fa contemplated, saying, "Maybe next year, Jiushan No.2 will come out."

Tang Lingwu nodded, smiling slightly.

Clearly, the success of Jiushan No.1 had relieved her of her previous anxieties.

"Jiushan No.2?" Elder Hou’s voice came from behind, his tone somewhat puzzled: "Do you know that the Spirit Plant Protoplast fusion experiment was successful?"

"And you even have the name ready?"

Zheng Fa sharply turned, looking to Elder Hou behind him: "Successful?"

Spirit Plant Protoplast fusion, after all, was a technology used to cultivate new Spirit Plants through existing ones!

This matter was what Zheng Fazheng valued most in the field of agriculture!