The Country Maiden: Fields and Leisure
Chapter 773 - 772 Prestige Quest

Chapter 773: Chapter 772 Prestige Quest

Wang Yongzhu was moved by seeing another side of Ninth Master Lee.

However, Ninth Master Lee was somewhat puzzled.

He hadn’t anticipated that Wang Yongzhu would argue so forcefully for half a day over the mere interests of the hunters with him,

In Ninth Master Lee’s mind, Wang Yongzhu should be clever, shrewd, and of course, greedy for money.

Such a person, in the earlier negotiations, did not strive too much for her own interests, but instead placed great emphasis on the hunters’ ten percent share, refusing to budge an inch.

To Ninth Master Lee, granting the hunters a ten percent share was simply not a wise decision a businessman should make.

Even if these hunters had contributed, giving them a sum of silver and then hiring them to take care of the tea trees, spending a bit more silver each year to employ them for tea picking would already be quite generous.

Why would one still need to share profits with them?

In Ninth Master Lee’s past experiences, though he was still young, he’d witnessed too many instances of those who grew rich overnight to become insatiably greedy, fully aware of the ugliness of human nature.

Rather than getting entangled with those hunters over this ten percent share in the future, it would be better to spend a large sum of silver from the start to sever this relationship.

The business Ninth Master Lee intended to do had to be under his control.

Sharing this ten percent with the hunters was an uncontrollable factor, which could potentially ruin everything one day.

Yet with Wang Yongzhu mediating, she ultimately convinced him, arguing for the sake of the hunters.

Although Ninth Master Lee couldn’t understand why Wang Yongzhu would do this, looking into her eyes, it seemed as though she was reminiscing something through this matter.

For a moment, he didn’t feel like asking more questions, nor did he want to object any longer.

It was just a little silver after all; if it had to be given, so be it!

Moreover, with his means, they were just a group of hunters; could he not control them?

With such thoughts, Ninth Master Lee finally relented.

Seeing Wang Yongzhu exhale in relief, seemingly somewhat consoled, he didn’t know why, but he also felt a sense of relief.

Having clarified things with Ninth Master Lee and having promised some concessions to persuade him, Wang Yongzhu planned to try propagating some of the wild tea cuttings on the mountains near her home to see if they could take root.

If they survived, she intended to establish her own tea garden; if the quality of the tea turned out to be good in the future, her tea garden would only supply tea to Ninth Master Lee.

Ninth Master Lee didn’t take it seriously, assuming that Wang Yongzhu was just being modest, speaking in roundabout ways to apologize and smooth things over.

If it were so easy to propagate wild tea trees, then why were the finest teas in the world so scarce and in such high demand?

The fact was, tea tree propagation was highly difficult, with a survival rate of less than one percent, and more often than not, the quality of the tea dropped significantly after propagation.

However, seeing Wang Yongzhu’s earnest appearance, he smiled in agreement, not taking it to heart.

Wang Yongzhu had reached an agreement with the Lee Family and was now waiting on Boss Zhang’s side.

With the Lee Family naturally unable to come forward at this time, Wang Yongzhu busily went to find Guan Yifei.

Upon hearing that Ninth Master Lee of the Lee Family was in town and interested in the tea business, Guan Yifei was so excited he almost knelt down and called Wang Yongzhu ’Daddy.’

This lady, she truly was the lucky star of his master!

She had prevented a major loss for his master before, got his master connected with Capital City at the end of last year with Yellow Pine Mushrooms, and now, she was about to introduce his master to the Lee Family, no less than Ninth Master Lee!

The news that the Ninth Young Master Lee had been sent by the Lee Family to preside over the major affairs in Qingzhou Prefecture had spread throughout the marketplace long ago.

Countless people wanted to meet the Ninth Young Master Lee, but couldn’t find a way to even pull strings.

Unexpectedly, this lady, without any fanfare, had actually managed to invite the Ninth Young Master Lee to their town!

What could he say in response?

He must inform his own master that this lady was unfathomably deep; she might seem like a mere village girl, yet, to think that she actually wielded such significant influence.

They must treat this lucky lady with utmost respect in the future and not offend her by any means!

Disgusted, Wang Yongzhu dodged Guan Yifei’s excited spittle, "Then you’d better send a message to your Boss Zhang quickly and let him hurry over—after all, it wouldn’t do to keep the Ninth Young Master waiting too long, would it?"

Guan Yifei nodded emphatically, "Lady, you’re absolutely right! I’ll send a message to the master at once, at once! To have him quicken his pace—even before hearing about the tea matter, he was already rushing this way! Judging by his travel time, he should be arriving soon! I’ll have someone urge him on!"

After giving a few more instructions, Wang Yongzhu left.

The place she currently resided in was a compound that had been bought by Song Chongjin in the town some time ago.

Returning to the small courtyard and sitting under the tree, Wang Yongzhu took a deep breath and closed her eyes.

In her mind, Xiao Tiantian hesitated for a long time before tentatively asking, "Host, it seems you’re not very pleased with the reputation mission being initiated?"

The tone was exceedingly cautious.

As an Execution System, there wasn’t much it could do; after all, it had its superiors to answer to.

Back in Yingzi Gully, upon discovering the wild tea forest, Xiao Tiantian had received new directives from the long-inactive superior mainframe.

The gist was that following the incident with the self-destructing host, the superior mainframes had recalibrated the calculations of that host’s mission process, adding a vast amount of historical and cultural data from that timeline into the computation. They concluded that the failure of that host was due to focusing too much on themselves. Although achieving tremendous success, the lack of effective use of the Farming System to assist more people led to envy from others, culminating in the tragedy.

To better accomplish missions and ensure the success of such experiments, they had incorporated new tasks and regulations midway through.

These were known as reputation missions.

The reputation missions required hosts to use the Farming System to drive the prosperity of those around them, fostering mutual progress and earning the genuine affection and loyalty of others.

In this way, even if the host achieved the ultimate goal of farming, they wouldn’t be destroyed because of jealousy!

Reportedly, this was the only conclusion the mainframe reached after countless simulations! It said that the prior incident was due to incomplete data, which led to the adverse event!

For future harmony, all hosts must complete the reputation missions, increasing their reputation to gain recognition from others in order to fulfill the Farming System’s tasks perfectly!

Xiao Tiantian, trembling with trepidation, relayed to Wang Yongzhu the new mission and regulations, because these were mandatory missions that even the great host had no choice but to accept.

It was so worried that the host would throw in the towel.

Having calculated numerous strategies in case the host disagreed, it pondered whether to play cute or to appear pitiable to secure the host’s consent.

But after hearing the news, Wang Yongzhu was stunned for a moment and then didn’t say anything at all.

Which made Xiao Tiantian start doubting existence itself; was this still the host it knew? Was this silent assent?

So all its prepared cuteness and pitiful acts were going to be unnecessary?

Xiao Tiantian experienced a pain that a system could not feel.