Chapter 132 - 130: Old Tea Tree

Chapter 132: Chapter 130: Old Tea Tree

Lin Feng found a spot and chatted with the four of them for a while, but in the end, he couldn’t convince them to stay for a meal.

None of the four had gotten into college. They had started families long ago and had all settled down in Jiangcheng City.

According to them, most of their former classmates who hadn’t gone to college were also in Jiangcheng City.

They all kept in touch with each other.

As Jiang Peng was leaving, he even asked Lin Feng if he wanted to organize a high school reunion this year, offering to help contact everyone.

Lin Feng refused outright. In his current situation, he didn’t need a class reunion just to show off.

He just asked them to pass on a message: if anyone wanted to visit, they could contact him directly. His QQ number was the same as before, and their visit would be free of charge.

As for a university reunion, it had been three years since graduation. Someone had organized one in the first year, but after nobody showed up, no one ever tried again.

’Looks like the impact of the Land God Temple is truly massive this time.’

Lin Xian Village had been in the news more than once. The Jade Grapes and the Arrow Tower had both been featured, not to mention the Medicinal Tea from before the Land God Temple’s fame.

But it was only with this latest news about the Land God Temple that people who knew him from before realized Lin Xian Village was his.

This showed that the story of the Land God Temple had spread from the internet to the real world, becoming a national hot topic.

The main reason was the mythological element of the Earth God, which made it all the more captivating.

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Wu Xin, holding her daughter Zhou Yueyue, and Ma Yanyan, holding her granddaughter Wang Yao, arrived at Lin Xian Village together. The two of them had visited a few times before, but they hadn’t notified Lin Feng.

"No matter how many times I come here, the environment is always amazing. It’s so comfortable."

"I know, right? If you lived in a place like this for a long time, you’d probably find it hard to adjust to living anywhere else."

"I heard someone wanted to build a sanatorium down below, but the application wasn’t approved."

"My old man had the same idea. We should ask Lin Feng today and see if he’s willing."

The two had come today because they received a message that the vegetables were ripe.

Seeing the photos Lin Feng had taken of ripe tomatoes and cucumbers at this time of year was a joyous sight.

In fact, it wasn’t just them. Even some of Lin Xian Village’s employees liked to go check out the vegetable greenhouses in their free time.

The autumn leaves were turning yellow. Even with Lin Xian Village’s air-purifying properties, it couldn’t change this natural cycle.

"Grandma, what are all these people doing?"

"They’re lining up, just like how you have to line up to go to kindergarten."

"Are they going to kindergarten too, like Yaoyao?"

"They’re not going to kindergarten. They’re going to worship the Earth God. In a little while, you can go worship with Grandma too."

Zhou Yueyue, who wasn’t yet old enough for kindergarten, didn’t quite understand, but she watched the long line with excitement.

Although the number of daily visitors was limited, there was still a line of people waiting to worship the Earth God.

Based on the stories circulating online, people with questionable morals or who had broken the law didn’t dare come anymore.

This left the police officers stationed here quite frustrated. Their colleagues had earned commendations thanks to the Land God Temple, but now their own chances were gone.

Of course, the assignment to stand guard in Lin Xian Village was still highly sought after. You had to fight for it, or you wouldn’t get a chance to come at all.

Meanwhile, the crowd of internet celebrities, famous influencers, stars, and bosses breathed a collective sigh of relief when they learned that entry to Lin Xian Village now required an appointment.

Now they had an excuse—they couldn’t get a spot—and started being active online again.

The two women took the children to the Jade Grape cultivation area first. They found it had been fenced off, and the Jade Grapes had already expanded to cover a very large area.

Moreover, even these newly grown Jade Grapevines were already starting to bear fruit.

According to the two professors, their research still hadn’t progressed. They had given up hope of ever fully understanding it.

Especially after the appearance of the Land God Temple, the two professors had given up completely. Now, they were just documenting the growth of the Jade Grapes.

In truth, most of the wealthy people who knew about the Jade Grapes were merely curious about things like the Arrow Tower and the Land God Temple. Their real interest was still the Jade Grapes.

You see, the moment those foreigners tried to seize Lin Xian Village, that group of people couldn’t sit still. But when it came to the Medicinal Tea, they didn’t lift a finger.

Seeing Lin Feng, Zhou Yueyue called out, "Uncle!"

"Yaoyao, greet him."

"Hello, Uncle."

"Sister Ma, this is...?"

"My granddaughter, Wang Yao. I had some free time, so I brought her along to have some fun."

"Come on, I’ll take you to the vegetable greenhouses."

When they arrived at the greenhouses and saw the vegetables inside, the two little girls cheered.

"Mommy, Guoguo!"

"Grandma, cucumbers, and tomatoes!"

Clearly, the older Wang Yao recognized the vegetables in the greenhouse.

"Help yourselves. Pick whatever you want."

"Well, don’t mind if we do!"

Looking at the vegetables in the greenhouse, Wu Xin and Ma Yanyan felt an overwhelming urge to start picking—a reaction that seemed practically encoded in their DNA.

Lin Feng watched them for a moment, then excused himself and headed toward the nearby mountain.

The Orchard and Medicinal Herb Garden here had already been prepared, and the irrigation system was installed, connecting all the Wells on the mountain.

When not in use, some of the water was channeled into the reservoir below, while the rest was consumed by the village.

As of now, Lin Xian Village no longer had a water shortage. Some visiting tourists had also discovered that the quality of the village’s mountain spring water was excellent.

However, people drank too little of it to notice its restorative effects on the body.

Currently, the mountain Orchard was planted with fragrant pears, kumquats, kiwis, and cherries. He planned to continue expanding the Orchard and the planting area for fruit trees, and the same went for the Medicinal Herb Garden.

Now that he had money, he could construct these resource buildings with different attributes depending on the situation.

Especially since he had leased another large plot of land, he had already tasked Hu Zhiming with continuing to build resource buildings in the outer areas.

In the future, once the area was large enough, he could open it up for tourists to pick their own fruit.

After returning from North Mountain, he took a boat to South Mountain, where the southern face was being cleared today.

The Piercing Mountain Cave had changed. To ensure safety, lighting had been installed inside, and safety barriers had been added in some places.

In particular, a construction team was currently renovating the more than 200-square-meter area in the middle according to the blueprints.

Once the renovations were complete, it would be opened to tourists.

"Dad, how are things over here?"

Lin Feng glanced around the cave entrance. A large area had already been cleared.

"It’s going well. The weather is colder now, so the snakes are hibernating. There’s not much danger.

"Look over there. That’s a tea tree. No one’s been managing it, so it’s grown over two meters tall."

Following his father’s finger, Lin Feng saw that if you weren’t paying attention, you’d never recognize it as a tea tree.

The terraced tea trees he was used to seeing were only about a meter tall, like the green belts along a roadside.

This tea tree was almost the size of a fruit tree, its branches growing a bit wild, which would make picking the leaves a hassle.

"Dad, can we still harvest tea leaves from this tree?"

"Of course we can! Haven’t you heard of the Da Hong Pao from Wuyi Mountain? The leaves from these old tea trees are even better quality."

Lin Feng followed his father for a closer look. Perhaps because it had grown without human intervention, the tea tree didn’t look as neat as the ones on the terraces.

"Look, these young leaves are pretty good. Once we clear out the area, we can water and fertilize it, and by next spring, we’ll be able to harvest tea."

Lin Feng took the young leaf, rubbed it vigorously, and then held it under his nose to smell it.

He could smell a raw bitterness and an astringent note, along with a hint of fresh grass.

He wondered how his ancestors ever discovered that these leaves could be processed into tea for drinking.

"It’s a shame. A lot of the tea trees here have died. Otherwise, this whole area would be covered in them."

"It’s fine. We can just buy some tea saplings and plant them here."

’Once the tea trees are planted, I can bestow the Lin Xian Tea attribute upon them.’

Lin Feng looked at this slope on South Mountain. It was even larger than the slopes in Lin Xian Village proper, extending quite a way toward the mountains to the east.

In the middle of the mountains was a gorge several hundred meters long, and further in was the waterfall.

The area to the west, near the waterfall, was a maple forest, which was incredibly beautiful at this time of year.