Chapter 44: The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor
Chapter 44: Space Upgrade Again
In just half a month, the space unexpectedly upgraded twice in a row. If everything hadn't been normal before, Mo Yan would have thought the space was malfunctioning or breaking down!
Similar to the last upgrade, this one caught Mo Yan completely off guard. In these past few days, she hadn't done anything out of the ordinary, apart from her usual activities. The only difference was that yesterday when Lin Yong and the others received rations distributed by the government, they resolutely refused to let her send food over.
Could it be that because of her relief efforts, those five hundred people were given the opportunity to continue living, and thus she achieved true merit, leading to the upgrade of the space? Otherwise, why didn't the red mark on the pearl appear before?
Thinking about the unconventional upgrades of the space twice, Mo Yan couldn't help but feel that this was a possibility. She couldn't help but feel a bit overwhelmed: she carried the space with her, following the path of farming, so why did it feel like she was bound by a system that would erase her if she failed to complete tasks?
After a brief moment of confusion, Mo Yan began to anticipate the changes in the space after the upgrade. However, this time the upgrade took much longer. It wasn't until more than an hour later that she reestablished contact with the space. This was much longer than in her previous life, but when she entered the space and saw its upgraded appearance for the second time, she felt that even if she had to wait another day, she would still be willing.
Inside the space, the previously clear vision became misty, as the abundant spiritual energy condensed into fog. The original fifty mu of land expanded again, estimated by Mo Yan to be at least one hundred and thirty mu, thirty mu more than after the second upgrade in her previous life.
As for the central spiritual spring, its area remained the same, but it was covered by a layer of mist even denser than the spiritual energy in the space. Standing at the edge of the pool, one could not see the surface of the water clearly, indicating that the spiritual energy had become terrifyingly dense.
As for the change in the time ratio inside and outside the space, Mo Yan couldn't determine it yet. However, judging from the area and the condition of the spiritual spring, she felt that it should be higher than the one-to-one ratio after the second upgrade in her previous life.
If the expansion of the area and the acceleration of time flow didn't perturb Mo Yan, then the new function added after the upgrade of the spiritual spring was worth looking forward to!
This time, during the second upgrade of the space, the spiritual spring also underwent its first upgrade. The original two major effects—nurturing all things and strengthening the body—would increase exponentially, and a new powerful function was added: granting animals spiritual intelligence.
However, the upgraded spiritual spring water didn't benefit all animals. Small-brained animals like chickens, ducks, and geese, even if given the entire spiritual spring, wouldn't benefit from it. But mammals like dogs, cats, and cows could develop spiritual intelligence after being fed the spiritual spring water several times and understand simple commands.
In her previous life, Mo Yan was a volunteer for animal protection. In order to help stray cats and dogs find new owners, she would usually feed them spiritual spring water to enhance their physical fitness and increase their intelligence. Even if they weren't adopted in the end or were abandoned again, with their intelligence, they could better survive in dangerous environments.
For higher-level creatures like humans, the effect of spiritual spring water wasn't significant. Apart from strengthening the body, it could only improve memory to some extent. To heal people like in novels, it would require another upgrade.
Regardless, this upgrade of the space was much better than in her previous life. Mo Yan felt that it was probably because she exceeded the tasks and merits before and after the upgrades.
As for why saving only Xiao Ruiyuan in her previous life led to the first upgrade of the space, she could only wildly speculate that Xiao Ruiyuan was favored by the heavens, and saving him brought immeasurable merit.
Mo Yan felt as if she had been injected with chicken blood and began to continuously organize the mature crops and other items in the space. After everything that needed to be harvested was done, she brought out the cotton and food.
The Lin family had only about ninety people, but almost all of them needed cotton clothes and quilts. Following the standard of ten pounds per person, Mo Yan prepared one thousand pounds. Considering that there were still dozens of other households moving to Liuyang Village, and the family would also buy more land and reclaim more land during the winter, requiring a large amount of labor, she took out another two thousand pounds.
As for the food, she didn't prepare rice but potatoes and sweet potatoes. After all, the days of the entire Liuyang Village were difficult, and suddenly bringing out so much cotton was already eye-catching. Adding rice might raise suspicions.
When Mo Yan called for several ox carts and mule carts to transport all the cotton and food to her home, Mo Qingze was standing at the entrance of the alley, anxiously looking around. When he saw her return, he immediately began to scold her.
"Father, I was wrong, please don't be angry. I will never leave you again!" Um, why did that sound a bit awkward?
Mo Yan tried to please her father, bowing and begging for forgiveness. There was no other way. Since the last incident, her father had become more and more like Tang Seng.
"Humph, you're grown up now, and your ideas are big. What I say doesn't matter anymore. You're speaking nicely now, but in a couple of days, you'll revert back to your old ways!"
Mo Qingze looked at his cautious daughter, feeling both angry and amused. He had to suppress his laughter and continued to scold her with a straight face.
Mo Yan felt a bit dumbfounded at his words. Did her father think of her as an incorrigible troublemaker?
Seeing that she didn't respond, Mo Qingze assumed that she had taken his words to heart and stopped nagging. Unfortunately, since his daughter survived a great danger, she had become increasingly independent. He didn't mind these changes, but he worried that when his daughter married, which man could tolerate such a strong-willed wife? As a father, he naturally didn't want his daughter to have an unhappy life in her husband's family.
Mo Yan didn't know her father's mind was jumping so fast and was already worrying about her lifelong affairs. When her father finally stopped nagging, she quickly had the carters move all the cotton and food into the hall, making the previously spacious hall suddenly feel cramped.
When Li Zhong returned home and saw so much cotton and food, he couldn't help but ask curiously. After learning of their purpose, he admired Mo Yan and her father even more. If it were in the past, he might have thought this father-daughter pair was foolish, but after experiencing so much, he truly began to believe that good deeds would be rewarded!
Thinking of his daughter, whose whereabouts were still unknown, Li Zhong felt a lump in his throat. In the future, he would also do more good deeds. He didn't ask for anything else, only that his daughter would be safe and that he could see her again in his lifetime.
By dusk, Mo Qingze went to the north of the city to express his thoughts. How could Lin Yong not know that the Mo family was helping them? But life in the clan was indeed too difficult, and he couldn't refuse. He could only once again firmly remember the Mo family's kindness and hope to repay it in the future...
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