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Chapter 226 - 228: Slash and Burn · Nov 02, 2026

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201 Chapter 201: A New Year’s Beatdown 2026-11-02
202 Chapter 202: Childbirth 2026-11-02
203 Chapter 203: New Year’s Visitors 2026-11-02
204 Chapter 204: Lantern Festival 2026-11-02
205 Chapter 205: Setting Out 2026-11-02
206 Chapter 206: The Mantis Stalks the Cicada 2026-11-02
207 Chapter 207: Arrival 2026-11-02
208 Chapter 208: Reserve Apprentice 2026-11-02
209 Chapter 209: Killing with Praise 2026-11-02
210 Chapter 210: The Lost Person 2026-11-02
211 Chapter 211: Continue 2026-11-02
212 Chapter 212: The Bluffing Jiang Xia 2026-11-02
213 Chapter 213: Arrival 2026-11-02
214 Chapter 214: The Meeting 2026-11-02
215 Chapter 215: The Meeting Is Over 2026-11-02
216 Chapter 216: Why Should I Forgive You? 2026-11-02
217 Chapter 217: Getting Electricity 2026-11-02
218 Chapter 218: Tranquility 2026-11-02
219 Chapter 219: Everyone Is Back 2026-11-02
220 Chapter 220: The Second of the Second Month 2026-11-02
221 Chapter 221 - 223: Full Moon Preparations 2026-11-02
222 Chapter 222 - 224: Arrivals for the Full Moon 2026-11-02
223 Chapter 223 - 225: Congratulations and the Talent Scramble 2026-11-02
224 Chapter 224 - 226: Double-Standard Da Huang 2026-11-02
225 Chapter 225 - 227: Small Shop Preparations 2026-11-02
226 Chapter 226 - 228: Slash and Burn 2026-11-02
227 Chapter 227 - 229: Registering for the College Entrance Exam 2026-11-02
228 Chapter 228 - 230: Registration 2026-11-02
229 Chapter 229 - 231: Making the Factory Rounds 2026-11-02
230 Chapter 230 - 232: A Wealthy Person 2026-11-02
231 Chapter 231 - 233: Police Dog 2026-11-02
232 Chapter 232 - 234: Resolving Doubts 2026-11-02
233 Chapter 233 - 235: Chance Encounter 2026-11-02
234 Chapter 234 - 236: Opening Up the Wasteland 2026-11-02
235 Chapter 235 - 237: Busy 2026-11-02
236 Chapter 236 - 238: Putting Out the Fire 2026-11-02
237 Chapter 237 - 239: Bamboo Strip 2026-11-02
238 Chapter 238 - 240: Greenhouse Under Construction 2026-11-02
239 Chapter 239 - 241: Preparation 2026-11-02
240 Chapter 240 - 242: Vomiting and Diarrhea 2026-11-02
241 Chapter 241 - 243: Medicinal Cuisine 2026-11-02
242 Chapter 242 - 244: The Origin 2026-11-02
243 Chapter 243 - 245: A Duel of Arts 2026-11-02
244 Chapter 244 - 246: Who is An Ning? 2026-11-02
245 Chapter 245 - 247: Beginning 2026-11-02
246 Chapter 246 - 248: Mutation 2026-11-02
247 Chapter 247 - 249: Rescue 2026-11-02
248 Chapter 248 - 250: Delivering Medicine 2026-11-02
249 Chapter 249 - 251: One Month 2026-11-02
250 Chapter 250 - 252: Ancestral Worship 2026-11-02

After Uncle An spoke, the villagers who were just passing by and asking a casual question stopped in their tracks.

”What’s this? Is our village getting a supply and marketing co-op?”

”Something like that. My eldest son is opening it. The prices are the same as the co-op, and you won’t have to walk so far anymore.”

Uncle An, holding a box, struck up a conversation right there.

An Ning, holding two boxes, watched her usually quiet uncle chat away with ease.

’Sigh, it’s all for the sake of the children.’

”Sis, why didn’t we drive?”

”If we drove, would anyone even ask? Would Uncle An have a chance to say anything? This is what you call silent advertising. Get it?”

After An Ning’s explanation, An Guoming, who was up ahead, turned back and said, ”My little sister is clever.”

”But of course. Cleverness is just one of my many basic talents.”

An Ning quickened her pace, passing An Guoming.

An Guoping stepped up beside An Guoming, struggling to keep up. ”There’s something about Sis’s attitude... why does it seem so familiar?”

An Guoming cleared his throat, a bit uncomfortable. He assumed An Ning had learned this from him; after all, Jiang Xia was never the type to act so proud in front of everyone.

Feeling a pang of guilt, An Guoming gave An Guoping a light kick. ”Just walk faster. What are you dawdling for?”

”What’d you kick me for?”

An Guoping, utterly confused, hurried to catch up. All along the way, they were certainly the center of the villagers’ attention.

Especially when passing the Big Willow Tree, the members of the An family were surrounded.

Everyone chattered, asking questions, and the An family chattered back with answers.

”We’re opening in a couple of days.”

”We’ll have all the usual stuff.”

”Soy sauce, soybean oil, white sugar, things like that.”

”Of course we’ll have salt!”

”Be sure to come by and show your support.”

”No ration tickets needed! You can just buy things with cash.”

While explaining, the An family members unlocked the door and handed the goods to An Guoyang and his wife.

The small shop would be run by the two of them, so while An Guoming offered some advice on arranging the merchandise, they did most of the placement themselves.

An Sancheng and Uncle An stayed by the entrance talking to everyone, while the others went back and forth, carrying goods.

By the time they were done, nearly the entire village knew that Uncle An’s eldest son was opening a small co-op in the village.

They say you won’t need ration tickets!

They say the prices are the same as in town.

More and more people gathered near the Big Willow Tree.

It was the slack season for farming, so anyone without much to do came over to see what was happening.

The word-of-mouth advertising had been spread. All that was left was the grand opening.

After they finished setting up for the day, An Guoming took An Guoyang out.

The production permit they had applied for a while back was due to be issued. Next, they needed to get a health permit, which required an inspection.

But An Guoming handled these minor affairs efficiently, without any trouble.

While he was taking care of the paperwork, An Ning also set her own plans in motion.

She was preparing to take a trip. This one would take ten to fifteen days, and after she had everything sorted, she didn’t plan on traveling again.

However, the timing coincided with the slash-and-burn preparation of the fields, so she decided to wait a couple of days and learn about it.

In the early morning, seeing that the air was still, An Sancheng called for An Guoqing to go with him to the fields.

An Ning, who was in the middle of her meal, asked in confusion, ”Can we start planting already? Isn’t it still cold?”

”We’re not planting, but the fields need to be cleared.”

”There’s a lot of work to do before you can plant.”

An Ning listened, realizing there was so much more to it.

When she had first arrived, the seedlings were already sprouting, so she had missed this part of the process.

”Dad, I’ll go too.”

An Ning quickly finished the porridge in her bowl in a few gulps and went with An Guoqing and An Sancheng.

”Little brother, stay home and do your practice problems!”

Leaving behind those words, An Ning quickly disappeared from sight.

An Ning shouldered a rake, as did An Guoqing, while An Sancheng carried a pickaxe.

The three of them, carrying their tools, headed toward the plot of land assigned to the An family.

It was only on the way there that An Ning saw that everyone else had also started working their fields.

Everyone was greeting one another, and An Ning was confused by what she heard.

’Burning the fields?’

’How are they supposed to burn them?’

Before they even reached their plot, An Ning could see small fires burning in other families’ fields, with thin columns of gray smoke rising straight into the sky.

Even before reaching the fields, the smell of burning wood filled the air.

If you ignored the scent, it almost looked like a scene from a fairytale.

An Ning didn’t mind the smell, though.

”We’re here. This is our land.”

An Ning looked at the patch of earth before her and asked humbly, ”Dad, how can you tell? Which part is ours?”

An Sancheng pointed to a furrow. ”From here, count twelve furrows to the north. All of them are ours.”

”How can I tell? It’s been assigned to our family. How could I not recognize it?”

’It’s entirely possible not to recognize it,’ An Ning wanted to say.

But while she didn’t understand how An Sancheng remembered it, she had her own cheat.

She used her spiritual power to take a mental snapshot, perfectly recording every single stone.

”Let’s go. We’ll start from the edges and rake everything to the middle. Then we’ll light it. The weather is perfect right now, so let’s hurry before the wind picks up.”

An Ning copied An Sancheng and An Guoqing, and began raking the dry leaves and weeds in the field.

After a pile of leaves, dry grass, and stray bits of stubble was gathered together, An Sancheng took out a match and lit it.

The dry kindling caught fire quickly.

”An Ning, you watch the fire. The two of us will keep raking.”

”It’s safe once all the embers are out.”

”Got it.”

Standing upwind, An Ning watched the pile burn down quickly, turning into a mound of ash.

After checking to make sure there were no stray embers, An Ning grabbed her rake and caught up with An Sancheng and the others.

”Dad, do we just leave the ash there?”

”Yep. That ash is fertilizer. It kills a lot of pests and helps disinfect the soil.”

”Let me tell you, this is the wisdom of our ancestors. There’s a reason for slash-and-burn agriculture.”

An Ning nodded in agreement as she raked. ”You’re right, Dad.”

”The main component of wood ash is potassium carbonate, but it also contains various elements like magnesium and potassium. The village chief was talking about buying chemical fertilizer to plant.”

”I’ve read about it. Chemical fertilizers contain the same components, just in higher concentrations.”

An Ning was becoming fascinated by the wisdom of their ancestors. ’It’s truly incredible.’

”By the way, Dad, are we buying chemical fertilizer this year?”

”I don’t know. We’ll see when the time comes.”

An Ning didn’t press the matter. When it came to farming, she was just a novice.

The three of them worked for over two hours before heading home because the wind had started to pick up.

After getting back, An Guoqing changed his clothes and went to clean up the rabbit droppings.

In the countryside, all manure had a use—it was natural fertilizer.

「Two days later」

An Guoyang’s little shop finally opened for business.

An Ning attended the small opening ceremony and helped out inside the shop.

At the end of the day, she returned to her room to pack her things, preparing for her trip.

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK

”Sis—”

An Guoping called from outside. An Ning pulled the door open.

”What is it?”

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