Stay Home Daddy: I Was Reborn After My Daughter Passed Away
Chapter 249: Two hundred and forty-nine This imported seed_1

Chapter 249: Two hundred and forty-nine This imported seed_1

To tell the truth, I went up the mountain at night, so I didn’t see clearly.

But when I came down in the morning, it was already dawn. With that bit of light, I really saw it clearly, there are still quite a lot around the area where I dug.

If I call the old man and the two of us dig together, and look around a few more places, we can definitely dig out ten more pounds!

These two pounds sold for fifty, so if it’s ten pounds, that would be at least two hundred and fifty dollars!

Hearing about ten pounds, Gu Chen’s eyebrows twitched.

Good gracious, if there really is that much, and if I take it all back to plant in my space, the profits, they’re really too substantial!

He nodded to the middle-aged woman, saying earnestly, "Alright, big sister, if you really have ten pounds, I’ll give you an extra five dollars for each pound. Let’s make it thirty-one dollars a pound!"

This time, the middle-aged woman got excited too.

Thirty-one dollars a pound, then she could earn three hundred for ten pounds!

She nodded repeatedly, agreeing decisively.

"Don’t worry, there definitely is. I’ll start digging right now, and we’ll meet at the market entrance tomorrow morning!"

Gu Chen nodded, "Then it’s a deal!"

...

Back in the car, Gu Chen immediately dove into his space.

The van’s windows hadn’t been tinted, so one could still see inside, which had made Gu Chen somewhat self-conscious.

But now that he had switched cars, this Santana was fitted with black window film, making it nearly impossible to see inside.

So now Gu Chen really had no concerns.

Once inside the space, he couldn’t wait to plant the Lingzhi where he previously grew ginseng.

One by one, neatly arranged, he counted a total of thirty-seven plants.

Even though many were irregular, those Red Ganoderma mushrooms, each one wobbly and pitiful, were really smaller than mushrooms.

But Gu Chen didn’t mind.

He took up a watering can and scooped some water from the Spiritual Spring, watering the Lingzhi immediately.

Once, twice, thrice, until he watched the Lingzhi straighten up their bodies, even their heads grew a bit bigger.

Gu Chen then left the space with satisfaction.

He started the car and headed to the address Qiao Hua had given him.

...

At that time, Qiao Hua had finished moving the goods and had just come out of the fruit shop with thirty dollars in wages.

He looked up to see a black Santana 2000 approaching him.

Then, the window rolled down, and Gu Chen inside smiled at him.

"Brother, get in the car!"

Qiao Hua knew Gu Chen was rich, but he hadn’t expected him to afford such a nice car.

It seemed he really was a boss.

If he worked for him, he might really make something of himself!

Without hesitating, Qiao Hua walked over to the passenger side, opened the door, and climbed in.

He nodded and smiled at Gu Chen, "Boss, hello!"

To be honest, he called Gu Chen boss before because he owed him two hundred dollars, but now, recognizing that Gu Chen was truly wealthy, he called him boss with newfound respect!

Gu Chen reached out, took a small document bag from the backseat, and handed it over to Qiao Hua.

"Everything’s in there, how many days will you need?"

Initially, Gu Chen had planned to take care of the paperwork with Qiao Hua, but after that phone call, he felt there was no need to accompany him.

If one person could handle the matter, why have two waste time going?

Plus, he had already done it twice, so he knew his way around the process.

No need to take on that extra worry.

Qiao Hua opened the bag to check, took out the marriage certificate, property title, and household registration book, handed them back to Gu Chen, and then said, "Give me two days. I should finish running around in two days, and within a week, I should have the business license!"

Qiao Hua was very confident.

After all, I’ve already had experience managing this.

Gu Chen patted her shoulder and said, "Then I’ll be leaving you with quite the task."

....

That evening, Gu Chen made dinner, and after eating his fill, he took Ji Pianran and Tangtang home.

Early the next morning, he entered the space again.

In just one day, the cherries had ripened even more, and the lingzhi mushrooms planted yesterday were already the size of a fist.

It seems they grew much faster than human life.

Gu Chen watered each plant one by one.

Only then did he start to fill sacks with the produce.

After packing up the cherries, it was already eight o’clock, and he dragged two large bags of seeds to head over to Tian Laosì’s place across the way.

Tian Laosì had just finished eating breakfast and was preparing to come to Gu Chen’s house.

Both of them opened their gates at the same time and saw each other.

They couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

"Laosì, good morning," Gu Chen said.

Tian Laosì scratched his head, "What’s good about it, time to get to work!"

After saying this, he walked over to Gu Chen, "By the way, Chenzi, did you buy those corn seeds in the city, or should we use the ones from my house? I kept a lot from last year, should be enough for about thirty mu."

Corn seeds are just corn kernels, not expensive at all. Not only can they be used as seeds, but they can also be eaten as food, mixed in with rice.

So, Tian Laosì’s family saved quite a lot.

Gu Chen dragged the two large bags of seeds he brought over in front of Tian Laosì before speaking.

"Laosì, these are seeds, imported ones I got someone to buy for me. I’ve heard you can reap a harvest in just a month, let’s plant these!" he said.

"One bag of corn seeds and one of wheat – let’s get sowing today. For the rest of the dozens of mu, I’ll get some more seeds later."

"Imported seeds?" Tian Laosì looked at the two large cloth bags on the ground, his face showing disbelief.

He had heard of imported fruits, imported meats, but never of imported seeds before.

If it had been before, Tian Laosì would have definitely questioned the truthfulness of Gu Chen’s words.

But now, his admiration for Gu Chen was boundless.

He believed whatever Gu Chen said.

There was no way around it, after all, Gu Chen had indeed made money, and within less than a month, even bought himself a nice car.

Now, Tian Laosì thoroughly trusted him.

Seeing him in a daze, Gu Chen couldn’t help but grin teasingly.

"Don’t worry, Laosì, whatever grows from these seeds will only be better than the usual — better taste, higher yield, and it definitely won’t harm anyone!" he said.

Hearing this, Tian Laosì couldn’t help but recall how some villagers said that the matsutake mushrooms from Gu Chen had made people sick.

Feeling a bit guilty, he hurriedly began to explain.

"That’s not what I meant; I’m just shocked. After all, I’ve farmed all my life, and it’s my first time hearing about imported seeds."

Gu Chen patted Tian Laosì’s arm with a laugh.

"I was just joking around, Laosì, don’t be nervous."

He, of course, already knew what Tian Laosì was thinking.

Tian Laosì dragged the two large bags of seeds closer to himself and then turned to Gu Chen with a sheepish grin.

"All right, I’ll call everyone to start the work right away!" he said.

These two bags of seeds were really heavy, each weighing at least seventy or eighty jin.

Tian Laosì certainly didn’t have the strength to carry them all the way to the field ridge by himself.

He went back into his yard and found a shoulder pole, filled two baskets with one bag each, and even took out an old net he hadn’t used in years, hanging it on the end of the pole before he set off along the only gravel road.

Watching Tian Laosì’s retreating figure, Gu Chen then turned and entered his own courtyard.

However, just as he entered the courtyard, he heard a loud "dong" of a gong, shaking the very earth.

Gu Chen jumped in fright and instinctively looked toward the gate.