Once the midsummer is over, it will be autumn in a blink of an eye.

Autumn harvest is the season that farmers in Shuiyuan Village look forward to most.

Except for Gu Shen.

The business under Gu Shen's eyes is getting bigger and bigger, and he has long since stopped counting on the two acres of Susukida left by his biological mother.

Every household in the village is preparing for the autumn harvest, and his soap workshop is also on a busy farming holiday, only working for two or three hours a day.

Taking advantage of the leisure time, he took another two pieces of homestead adjacent to the yard where he lives now, and prepared to build two yards for Su Yan before winter, and buy two or three handymen. , In this way, Su Yan can also study with peace of mind, and he can also expand his business territory with peace of mind.

On this day, the paperwork for the homestead selected by Gu Shen has been completed.He is looking for a few workers to come to the scene to look at the direction first, to determine the scope of the courtyard wall and the location of the houses.

At about noon, a worker in Gu Shen's workshop suddenly ran to Gu Shen's house out of breath, pointed to the direction of Gu Shen's field in the east of the village, and said out of breath, "Master...it's not good...your place The wheat in the village is...all sick...the wheat in the village is also sick!"

"What did you say?" Gu Shen closed the blueprint in his hand and asked in confusion, "What do you mean the wheat in the field is sick?"

"This... this..." The worker was incoherent and could only point to the direction of the land in Gu Shen's home: "Young Master Gu, let's go and see the land by ourselves."

Gu Shen didn't dare to be negligent, and sent the two craftsmen who built the house to leave first.

Then he followed the worker's footsteps to his own field with the puppy Fugui'er under his arm.

The wheat that was originally very strong in the field is now drooping its head one by one, and the ear ends of the eared plants are withered and white, without any vitality.

Gu Shen stretched out his hand and tore off a diseased wheat plant, and he uprooted the diseased wheat easily.The root of the diseased wheat turned black, and the surface of the wheat stem and the inside of the leaf sheath were covered with dark brown mesh. When I sniffed it with the tip of my nose, it turned out to be a strong ammonia smell.

Gu Shen covered his mouth and nose with a frown, patted the dark brown foreign matter on his hands in disgust, and touched the puppy Fugui'er's head to wake up the system in the puppy's body.

"System, check the cause of the disease in the field."

"Good host."

The system Fuguier mechanically agreed, and a blue light invisible to outsiders quickly swept across the surface of the field.

"Host, the test result report is being updated, please wait..."

As a small circle of loading reached [-]% on the electronic screen popped up by the system, an extremely professional test report popped up.

[Disease name: unknown mycelium

Hazardousness of the virus: It can lead to a bad or reduced harvest of wheat in the current year, and severe cases can lead to a failure of the wheat harvest.

Infectiousness: strong

Transmission route: rainwater transmission

Source of transmission: Unknown, according to the analysis of seasonal conditions, it can be inferred that it is man-made. 】

Artificial?Gu squatted in the field and looked at the nearly withered wheat, falling into unprecedented contemplation.

Gu Shen repeatedly analyzed the word "man-made" several times to confirm that what the system expressed to him was indeed what he understood.But because of this, he couldn't figure it out even more.

Who would be so maddened to do such vicious things in such an era when food almost represents life, when wheat is about to be harvested?

"Everyone, come quickly! Young Master Gu is right there! Let's go and ask him to give an explanation."

"Yes! Let him give an explanation! He must give an explanation!"

"Master Gu! Give us an explanation!"

"Master Gu!"

Gu Shen was drawn back by the loud shouts behind him.

I saw a group of aggressive villagers carrying hoes and sickles, men and women standing opposite him.The men were filled with righteous indignation, and the women wept.

But without exception, they all blamed Gu Shen.

He was held responsible for the disease of the wheat field which was almost wiped out.

"Everyone, I really don't know what caused today's disaster. I was not born in the countryside. I really don't know anything about this field. I don't know..."

"You are the young master of a rich family! If you don't know how to farm, don't do it! If you don't know, why come to harm us! When you are busy making money, building houses, and eating delicious food, how can you take care of the land?" The tallest man in the crowd was named Li Erniu. He was the first to stand in front of the crowd, pointing at Gu Shen's nose in a questioning tone: "Look carefully for yourself! The wheat in the whole village has been infected by your field." Yes! This is the ration of our whole village! How are you going to compensate us?!"

"Yes! How do you pay us?! How do you pay?!"

"You must give us an explanation!"

"If you can't give us a satisfactory answer, we will report to Li Zheng and ask him to drive you out of Shuiyuan Village!"

Li Erniu's words immediately aroused everyone's response, and each of them became more and more aggressive.

"Everyone, it's not that I want to deny it. I just don't know what is the basis for what you said?" Gu Shen stood on the opposite side of the crowd: "If what you say is reasonable, I will be responsible to the end."

"What else is there to say?" Li Erniu continued to stand out with his hips crossed: "The wheat in our field bordering your home is the most ill, and the farther away you are, the less sick you are! What else can you say?" You don't care about the harvest of the two acres of land, we care about it!"

According to Li Erniu, Gu Shen seemed to have figured out something.

The person who made the wheat sick knew that he didn't care about the harvest of these wheats, and he also knew that these wheat fields were the lifeblood of the dutiful villagers in Shuiyuan Village.

Therefore, this person took advantage of his absence from the farmland to put these highly contagious mycelium in Gu Shen's field, and then took advantage of the rain these days to let the mycelium spread wildly throughout the village.

If the wheat that these villagers rely on for survival is reduced or not harvested because of him, then these villagers will definitely not let him go.His life in this village will certainly not be easy.

Gu Shen, who had figured everything out, couldn't help scolding the culprit in his heart.

Because of a little grievance with Gu Shen, this person did not hesitate to destroy everyone's harvest.

Such an act is too superficial to use the word vicious to describe it.

"Master Gu, you were not well-off when you first came here, and we never taunted and bullied you. Now we don't want to take advantage of rich families, but we just really don't know what to do."

It was Gu Shen's neighbor's aunt who spoke.

Although this widowed woman somewhat looked down on him as a prodigal at first, when he started to work hard and earn his own living, the old aunt loved him very much, and often made white flour buns for Su Yan when he had no time to take care of him. Steamed buns to eat.

Gu Shen gave her money, but she didn't take any money.

Gu Shen knew that if it wasn't for the fact that her lifeblood was destroyed, she would never stand against Gu Shen.

"Auntie, I understand what you mean. Since Second Brother Li made it clear, I don't want to say anything else." Gu Shen bowed to the auntie and the villagers on the opposite side: "Everything is due to my negligence and my care of the farmland. It’s not a good idea, which caused damage to your fields. How about this, everyone, let me think of a way to see if I can cure the disease of the wheat. If it can’t be cured, I will give you two taels of silver per mu of land to relieve your troubles. How about the urgent need?"

"You, are you serious about what you said?" The villagers were a little incredulous.

"Naturally, I take it seriously. I still want to live in this village. I can't say anything to make everyone feel cold."

Gu Shen's words made the aggressive villagers breathe a sigh of relief, and they scrambled to pull Gu Shen to see their fields.

Gu Shen agreed one by one.

Pulled and surrounded by a group of villagers to see their own farmland.

Finally, after the investigation and inspection of the rich system, a heartbreaking conclusion was drawn.

Most of the wheat can't be saved, because the mycelium has emptied the chaff and has no power to recover.

In the evening, Gu Shen was so tired that he collapsed on the comfortable and soft big bed.

Today, he was forcibly dragged around the entire village, and after he came to a conclusion, he non-stop went to the bank in the city to withdraw cash and distribute it to the innocent victims of the villagers.

After a day, Gu Shen walked until the soles of his feet were covered with blisters.

Su Yan fetched hot water, took off his shoes and socks with him, and moved a small stool to sit by the bed to wash his feet.

"It hurts... Hiss... Ayan... Take it easy... I've walked too much today." Gu Shen closed his eyes in a daze, unceremoniously cheating on Su Yan.

"I know everything that happened in the village." Su Yan picked up hot water and splashed it on the soles of Gu Shen's feet. I’m afraid there will be no harvest next year.”

Although Gu Shen closed his eyes, he heard what Su Yan said and remembered it in his heart.

It's not that he didn't think of this, but he still didn't think of any high-yield crops that can be sown in this season, mature quickly, and have high yield.

"Master, you worked hard today, so don't go out tomorrow. I will also take a day off with Mr. Guo. How about staying at home with the master?" Su Yan hugged Gu Shen's feet to dry them, and put them back on the bed that had been made. Under the quilt, he casually asked, "Master, what would you like to eat tomorrow?"

"I don't want to eat anything either." Gu Shen felt that Su Yan beside him had also laid down, and hugged him aloofly: "It's just that I haven't eaten sweet potatoes for a long time, just buy some sweet potatoes and steam them with me."

"Sweet potato? Young master, what is a sweet potato?"

Su Yan's puzzled question made Gu Shen suddenly open his eyes.

"You don't know what a sweet potato is? A sweet potato is a sweet potato." Gu Shen drew a length with his hand, and described: "Sweet potato is a kind of food about this size. It has red skin and yellow core, and it is soft and sweet when steamed."

"This... what the young master said... I really haven't seen it. Why don't I go to the market tomorrow and ask the young master?"

"Have you never seen a sweet potato? How is it possible?" Gu Shen rubbed his ears and still couldn't believe it: "How could you never have seen such an ordinary thing as a sweet potato?"

"Master, not only have I never seen you, but I have never seen the sweet potatoes that the master said." Su Yan frowned and pinched the tip of Gu Shen's nose: "I'm afraid the young master read something again. Made it up, well, go to bed soon."

Gu Shen shrugged his nose, carefully calculated this era, it seems that sweet potatoes really haven't appeared yet.

The author has something to say: the next chapter will be planting sweet potatoes!

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