The Return of the Genius Farmer - Chapter 148



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Episode 148

74. Got a clue – 2

Just as the doll-shaped ginseng that Lee Han obtained through farming was no joke to them, farming was no joke to Lee Han either.

That’s why he decided to grow ten doll-shaped ginseng roots this time.

I decided to give three to Shuren’s party members, one each to Leon and Sailor, and keep the rest for later.

“Can’t you grow it a little more?”

“That’s true. I don’t want to focus too much on elixirs. I’m thinking of just growing the plants this time and taking a break from growing elixirs for the time being.”

“That’s too bad.”

“What can I do? And this is enough.”

After saying it casually, Lee Han picked out the leaves of the ground pumpkin he had obtained from Sailor’s territory.

He stood up, clearing away the overgrown leaves that were stealing the nutrients that should have gone to the roots, and looked around.

People wearing straw hats were picking out leaves and pulling out weeds in the field.

“By the way, I wonder if Yong is doing a good job… … .”

They said they were making a potion to summon the Great Bong, but it was questionable whether that would be easy.

It has already been ten days since the dragon left, carrying the hundred-year-old doll-shaped ginseng he received from Lee Han.

However, judging from the fact that there was still no news, it seemed that manufacturing the medicine was not an easy task.

“Mr. Lee Han! It’s all over here!”

Shuren, who looked good in a straw hat, got up from her seat, carrying a basket filled with pumpkin leaves.

If you’ve collected that much, you can boil pumpkin leaves and eat them for lunch. The others were also getting up, as if they had finished cleaning up.

“Then let’s go eat.”

After finishing my morning work, I had lunch.

A variety of vegetable side dishes.

Rice in pumpkin leaves.

I put out stir-fried pork with Hwa-ryong-jeom-jeong there and everyone was going crazy saying it was delicious.

“I plan to leave this evening.”

Heinkel put a lot of vegetables, rice, and stir-fried pork on pumpkin leaves and ate them in one mouthful. Then he licked his lips with makgeolli and said.

Hongryeon and Shuren looked at his words.

“You’re leaving already?”

“How about you come with us when we leave?”

Shuren and his party decided to leave after the doll ginseng cultivation was finished.

That’s why I had to stay here for a few more days.

Shuren suggested it, but he just shook his head.

“There are things I have to do and people I have to meet. I also want to go and find something that Lee Han would like.”

“If there’s anything I like, it’s new seeds.”

“I wonder if you’ll like the new elixir too.”

“Haha. You’re always welcome.”

“I thought so.”

He chuckled, lightly clinked the shredder and the bowl together, and drank the makgeolli again in one gulp.

Drinking it is so refreshing.

He looked at the table with a regretful expression, leaving a trace of makgeolli on the corner of his mouth, then picked up a large, blue pepper and took a big bite.

When the crunching sound was heard, Hongryeon put the cut carrot into her mouth as if she couldn’t stand it.

“Actually, I don’t want to stay here forever.”

“Then let’s do that.”

As expected of an excellent swordsman, Heinkel had good physical strength and power.

It would be a great help to the cabin, so you could live here if you wanted.

“Haha. Thank you for saying that. However, I am someone who enjoys finding elixirs. The continent is vast, and there are many elixirs that are still unclaimed. It is not just for the sake of increasing my strength, but also because studying elixirs is a pleasure for me, so I cannot give that up.”

“If you say so.”

“But if I ever get a new plant-type elixir, I’ll bring it to you.”

“We can only thank you. Our cabin welcomes you anytime, Heinkel.”

“Hahaha. Then pack plenty of food when you go.”

It wasn’t a long time, but Heinkel was definitely a member of our cabin family.

I couldn’t help but feel sad when someone like that left.

Heinkel, who noticed the atmosphere, smiled leisurely and raised his glass.

“Please bless the old man’s journey.”

We couldn’t refuse his request.

As the sun set, Heinkel picked up his bag.

Inside the bag with the space expansion magic were vegetables grown by Lee Han, jerky he made, dried fruit, and meat and vegetables that could be cooked and eaten on the go.

“bye.”

“Come again next time.”

“Haha. Okay. Take care.”

Smiling faintly, he ran through the forest.

Lee Han, who had been watching Shredder and Hongryeon, who had promised to guide him out of the forest, leave together, headed towards the stove.

When the two of them came back, they would definitely drink a lot, so I had to prepare some snacks for them.

“Are you guys going to drink too?”

“Well. If you give it to me, I should drink it gratefully.”

“I should bring some alcohol with me next time I come… … I’m so sorry for making you drink this so much.”

As Shuren and the wizard spoke with a sly smile, their fellow thieves and warriors frowned.

“I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m so sorry that my kids drink alcohol every day.”

“It’s all my fault for raising them wrong.”

Not to that extent.

Since Hongryeon and Shredder were such big drinkers, they had stocked up on alcohol.

There’s plenty of makgeolli, so it’s okay. And I’m planning on making beer in the fall, so it wasn’t really a problem.

“Are you drinking today too?”

That was when.

A voice that revealed fatigue was heard.

It was a dragon.

Next to her were Leticia, Red, and Willem, all dozing off while standing.

“Are you here? I guess you’ve been busy lately.”

“Hmm. I guess so. Ah. Take this first.”

The dragon held out a small box.

When I received and opened the box, I felt a refreshing scent spreading around me.

“Is this a spirit tablet made of doll seol-sam?”

Inside the box were two rings. The larger one was made of hundred-year-old stone, and the smaller one was made of ten-year-old stone.

“That’s right. Most injuries will be cured by eating just one of these. If you consume it, you’ll gain considerable magical power. Would you like to try it?”

“I’ll eat it later if I need it.”

Lee Han wasn’t particularly interested in magic.

The magical power I have now is enough to survive.

As he smiled and took the box, the dragon grinned and then slowly averted his gaze.

He always had a relaxed and confident appearance, which was unusual.

“Isn’t it easy to make a potion to find a great eagle?”

“Eeeeeeeeeee… … I have nothing to say. That’s right. This isn’t as easy as I thought. I have to create a medicine that doesn’t exist at all.”

Lee Han smiled brightly at her as she looked around, saying she was sorry.

Of course, it is true that I want to get a wind tree.

But that wasn’t the reason for the rush.

Anyway, there’s a lot of time, right?

“why?”

While Tree tilted his head at the sight of Lee Han and Yong, Shredder and Hongryeon returned from the forest.

They saw the dragon standing there and grinned.

“Oh. You’re here?”

“While we’re here, let’s have a drink together! Lee Han! Are the side dishes ready?”

The dragon, who was watching them go to their seats with a good smile on his face, snickered.

Somehow, looking at them made me feel elated.

“You’ve worked hard. Take some rest today.”

“Ugh. I guess so. You guys go in and rest. Drink if you want.”

“Yes… … Master… … .”

Leehan grabbed the pot as he watched Leticia yawn and go into the cabin, leaving Red and Willem behind.

So, the day passed by at the cabin.

After Heinkel left, nothing special happened except that a few days later, Schren and his party took the doll-snowdrop and left.

Wake up in the morning, work all day, and sleep at night.

It was a day when I was living an ordinary, if ordinary, life.

It was when the barley in the barley field was gradually starting to ripen.

Hongryeon sprinkled poison on the barley field, recalling the joy of the barley turning into beer in just a few months.

It was to get rid of the bugs that were presumptuously after his beer.

“Ahahahaha! Die! Die! You ridiculous things! I will erase you from the world!!”

“Sometimes I think about it, but I think he has a really strange personality.”

“Shh. I can hear you.”

“You heard everything?!”

It wasn’t particularly dangerous, but it was true that being poisoned, especially by the poison spread by Hongryeon, made one feel bad, so Shredder and Seolhyun went outside the field.

She had been spraying poison while trying not to step on the barley, and when she finally finished her work, she came out of the field with a relieved expression.

“Let’s go to the next field.”

“Oh. Okay then.”

At a leisurely pace, they walked towards the next field.

They passed the hut in the barley field and headed towards the fields with wheat and other crops, and when they finished their work there, they returned to the hut.

“You’re here now?!”

A black-blooded swarm was in the cabin.

He must have been bored being alone, but he was so happy to see the three of them that he ran over to them.

“What’s going on?”

“I just came to play!”

“Oh? You’re welcome. Lee Han, Tree, and Walter are out collecting honey right now.”

“Wow! This looks delicious!”

Although he was sullen at Lee Han’s decision not to cultivate doll ginseng for the time being, Heukhyeoldaewang still thought of them as friends.

The same goes for the cabin family.

So, they happily welcomed the black blood dragon and skillfully took out a drink from the refrigerator and poured it for him.

“It’s really hot these days, isn’t it?”

“Yeah. Oh. Right. Look at this.”

Black Blood Dragon smiled proudly and took out a large, round object and held it out.

It was about the size of Shredder’s fist, had a green background and black stripes.

“what’s this?”

“It’s a watermelon!”

“It was growing nearby. I brought it here because I thought Lee Han would like it.”

Black Blood Dragon spoke proudly, and Lee Han, who had been to the apiary, was quite pleased, as he had expected.

“Wow. This is a watermelon.”

“To be exact, it’s a wall-grown watermelon. It grows on cliffs and the more sunlight it receives, the sweeter it becomes.”

“Let’s see… … .”

Lee Han, who brought a knife, cut the watermelon in half.

Inside the watermelon that split open with a cracking sound, there was bright red, ripe flesh.

-Crispy.

When you take a bite of the cut flesh, the sweet juice spreads in your mouth.

While Lee Han was amazed by the taste of watermelon, the people present also took a bite of the watermelon.

“Wow. This is delicious. Where would be a good place to grow it?”

“A place that gets a lot of sunlight is good. How about raising it in front of the cabin over there?”

“There are a lot of bugs over there. Let’s kill them all first and then start.”

“Let me make the field.”

“The fertilizer is ready.”

Now, even without special words, those who knew what they had to do spoke up one by one.

Lee Han, who smiled at them, gathered the seeds in one place.

“Let’s first try to grow it by accelerating its growth.”

After simply making a field near the cabin, spreading fertilizer and planting seeds, Leehan applied a growth acceleration.

After a while, the vines of the watermelon that grew up the wall of the hut quickly grew into large watermelons.

As Lee Han brought a watermelon that had grown to the size of Shredder’s head and cut it up, he handed it out to everyone, when footsteps were heard.

“Are you here? Would you like some watermelon?”

It was Yong, Leticia, and Red and Willem who had been staying at Yong’s compound for the past few days to help with the experiment.

Their expressions, which always looked tired, looked unusually bright today.

“Okay! Okay!”

The dragon’s bright cry. She shouted with a face full of joy as everyone looked on, munching on watermelon in their mouths.

“I made a potion that can summon a great sea bream!!”