Daily Life in the Countryside After Being Reborn

Chapter 740: Chapter 87: Small Traps in the Orchard

Area B has many students who habitually liken their "assigned fields" to the "sanitation zones" in elementary and middle schools.

Based on each student’s working ability, the work in the assigned fields is divided into three levels. The so-called third level involves no direct planting but merely marginal tasks such as weeding and plowing.

These tasks are the simplest, but the area of the "assigned fields" requiring care is quite large, about ten acres per person for a spiritual fruit garden "assigned field", with a care period of one year. Failure to care properly results in a deduction of 20% of the assigned field’s value from the Heaven-defying Value.

The second level is more complex, as it involves taking care of plants afflicted by pests, such as spraying pesticides on "assigned fields" hit by insect disasters, topping and pruning plants with low fruiting rates, and hand pollination. The range of these "assigned fields" is correspondingly smaller, about five acres, with a care period of eight months. Failure to complete the task results in a deduction of 50% of the care for the assigned field’s Heaven-defying Value.

The first level offers the greatest freedom, where you can freely choose about one acre of assigned field in the Spiritual Fruit Garden, select a plant, handle it from "cradle" to "grave," and do as you please, but you must deliver 40% of the crop after harvest.

The care period depends on the crop’s own growth cycle, provided you can deliver the corresponding crop. If not, based on the principle of equivalence, 80% of the Heaven-defying Value will be deducted.

A fifty-fifty split sounds fair, but think about it. The Spiritual Fruit Garden has several hundred acres of uncultivated land left idle by campus robots.

The land is lying idle regardless, and if students cannot deliver, they can still gain 40% of the equivalent crop’s Heaven-defying Value. Such an advantageous deal ensures that the campus always profits, not to mention the looming condition of an 80% Heaven-defying Value deduction.

When Romeo One outlined the relevant standards, Xiao Xian contemplated.

If it’s just for experimental planting, she could simply conduct experiments in Area C. Although the spiritual energy in Area C is somewhat lower than in Area B, at least there are no additional fees.

With Xiao Xian undecided for the moment, the robot Romeo One suggested, "You can also choose to undertake both the second and third levels, which would reduce your workload by 40%."

Most students initially choose these two combinations for convenience and economic principles.

"Hmm, I have made up my mind. I’ll choose a first-level responsibility field, which I will personally select," Xiao Xian’s decision caused Romeo One to experience a brief system glitch.

"Okay. Intermediate Student Zhu Xiaoxian, you are taking on the most challenging task for your first responsibility field?" Romeo One estimated that she could shorten her workload to three to four months.

After confirmation, Romeo One presented the seeds available from the Spiritual Fruit Garden.

These were common medicinal herbs. After several trips by Plum Rice Ball, Xiao Xian’s knowledge of pharmacology had greatly expanded, "Is it only Ma Huang, Perilla, and the like?"

After looking around a few times, Xiao Xian said, "I’ll first check the soil quality in the orchard before deciding which crop to plant."

"Okay, but let me remind you. To encourage students to cultivate rare and endangered medicinal herbs, the campus has stipulated that those who can plant precious medicinal herb species can enjoy a one-time 20% fee reduction, which essentially makes the split twenty-eighty," Romeo One’s response immediately brightened Xiao Xian’s mood.

"Then it’s settled. I have decided what to plant. Take me to the Spiritual Fruit Garden to find suitable land."

This was Xiao Xian’s first time entering the Spiritual Fruit Garden. Previously, she had only heard about it from Zhang Yiyi.

The Spiritual Fruit Garden is a garden with five times more spiritual energy than Area C, specifically opened for intermediate students in Area B of the campus.

As soon as she entered the orchard, Xiao Xian saw a temperature and humidity measuring box with thermometers and hygrometers inside. Romeo Eighteen, who manages the Spiritual Fruit Garden, was recording related data.

Xiao Xian glanced at it. The climate of the Spiritual Fruit Garden is maintained at an optimal 15 to 28°C for plant growth, with humidity also within certain requirements, roughly between 40-85%.

The outermost layer of the Spiritual Fruit Garden is mainly fruit trees, including frost-touched grapes, wax-red snake fruits, and golden oranges. The periphery of the Spiritual Fruit Garden is filled with various fruit fragrances, with some primary students helping to pick the fruits. Under sufficient spiritual power, taking snake fruit as an example, the fruit reaches harvest every two months.