Chapter 401 - Anxiety
Qi Qi had reminded him about the precious Thousand Grain Gold in his backyard.
The more precious something was, the more fragile it was. Plants like that require constant care. Thinking back at the little seedlings and the number of days he had been cooped up in his house, Shao Xuan heaved a sigh. There was no hope.
When Qi Qi saw his response, she suspected that the Elder had probably forgotten about the Thousand Grain Gold and did not even do anything about it. If he were someone else, she would’ve probably hit and scolded them. However, this was the tribe’s Elder, the position below the shamaness and the chief and the owner of the Thousand Grain Gold. Of course she dared not scold him.
No matter how angry she was, all Qi Qi could do was take a deep breath and suppress all her feelings. Then again, the crops she planted had failed so she was in no position to chide him either.
It was a pity. This little Elder was too young to sense the importance of the Thousand Grain Gold. Qi Qi lamented to herself.
“Let’s go check it out.” Shao Xuan tidied up the pieces of leaves he had been using to take notes then went to the backyard.
In the past, when Duo Kang heard Shao Xuan was planting something precious, he had brought people over to build a fence with cloth wrapped around the plot of land. This was to prevent naughty children from kicking rocks inside. That was why every person who passed by could not see the inside. The more curious people did not dare look into his house either, the position of the Elder was an intimidating one.
They had loosened the soil, applied fertiliser… Everything was done, plus the seedlings were so healthy. How could they die so suddenly?
It was a precious princess after all, such a high-maintenance plant! It was very fussy indeed.
The Taihe tribe’s plants grew very quickly under their care but they all still died in the end. That was why when they heard about Shao Xuan’s plants, they paid daily visits to his yard to check.
They watched as the seedlings in his backyard grew faster under the care of both the Flaming Horn and Taihe farmers. It was going to meet the ‘roadblock’ soon. Qi Qi and the rest were growing increasingly worried, always anxious and couldn’t sleep at night.
On the other side, Shao Xuan had been studying the cloud patterns so he did not sense their anxiety at all.