The Transmigrated Farm Girl Has a Cheat Code

Chapter 51 Bet

"Hey, Mr. Li, please reconsider!" Zhang Peng persisted, trying to persuade Lin Yan to agree to the deal.

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"Fine, if you want to treat me, it'll be one hundred taels!" Li Deshan was getting annoyed by the two of them taking turns trying to persuade him.

"One...one...one hundred taels?!" Zhang Peng's mouth dropped open.

"Huh?!" Lin Yu also opened his mouth and looked at his father.

"This..." Lin's father was also stunned. One hundred taels of silver. If they spent one hundred taels to hire a craftsman, they wouldn't need to build a house later.

"Go on! I'm not short of money. You don't need to invite me!" Li Deshan waved his hand, dismissing the group.

"Master Li, is your orchid going to die?" Lin Yan didn't participate in the conversation, but instead kept looking at the flowers and plants in the yard.

There are several kinds of orchids in this courtyard, including Cymbidium goeringii, Cymbidium ensifolium, and Cymbidium faberi. It is clear that Li Deshan is a person who loves to grow orchids. However, there is a pot of ghost orchid on a wooden shelf.

Ghost orchid, also known as the ghost flower, has a bizarre flower shape and a ghostly white color. It is mostly wild and extremely difficult to find, making it very difficult to cultivate at home.

Li Deshan's potted plant isn't being cared for very well. It has thin roots growing on a small mound of soil, and it will die soon if this continues.

Lin Yan gently touched the delicate roots of the orchid and immediately sensed the dejection of this ghost orchid.

"There's only dirt here, it's so dry, and I'm so hungry!"

Lin Yan raised an eyebrow as she listened.

Upon seeing Lin Yan touch his beloved orchid, Li Deshan jumped up from his chair and roared:

"Don't touch it." That potted orchid is very fragile; this girl mustn't let him damage it.

"I'm sorry, but it's about to die," Lin Yan said.

"Hmph, mind your own business!" Li Deshan turned his head away, looking like a mischievous old man.

"If I can help it grow well, could you come and help us?" Lin Yan had an idea as she looked at the potted orchid.

"You think you can keep it alive? Humph!" Li Deshan looked unconvinced. "Do you even know what kind of flower this is?"

"The Ghost Orchid grows in the decaying leaves of beech trees. It prefers shade and dampness and needs to rely on other plants for survival," Lin Yan said softly, introducing the flower's origin.

During the apocalypse, after Lin Yan awakened her wood-type superpower and discovered that she could sense the information transmitted by plants, she became very interested in botany and would specifically seek out related books to study.

Upon hearing Lin Yan's words, Li Deshan frowned and lowered his head in deep thought.

This ghost orchid was found by my nephew who was serving in the army in Yunnan and Guizhou. Knowing that he loved orchids, he sent someone to deliver it back as quickly as possible.

When I got it, it was already half-dead. I tried many methods, but nothing worked. I had only seen this kind of orchid in books and didn't know how to care for it. I could only roughly deduce from where I found it that this orchid grew in deep mountains and forests and must prefer shady and damp conditions.

The girl's explanation sounded quite plausible; even a typical country girl wouldn't be able to distinguish between different types of orchids. It didn't seem like she was making it up to trick me into doing chores.

"Can you feed it?" Li Deshan asked uncertainly again.

"Okay." Lin Yan nodded affirmatively.

"How confident are you?" Li Deshan frowned.

"I'm very confident," Lin Yan said with a smile, her words sincere and confident.

Li Deshan was taken aback by her frankness. Her words seemed unbelievable, yet they also felt very reliable.

"Hmph, if you can really take good care of it, I'll plan and build you a house for free. If you can't, then you'll have to pay me this hundred taels."

"Deal!" Lin Yan smiled brightly.

"Wow!" Lin Yu was stunned. When he heard that Master Li was willing to build the house for free, he couldn't help but admire his sister's amazing skills.

As for Li Deshan's comment that the plants couldn't survive, he didn't take it seriously at all. How could that be? His sister was the kind of person who could make plants grow like crazy with just a wave of her hand!

No, she's not human. Lin Yu nodded, quite certain of his own thought.

Zhang Peng was also taken aback by the way things were settled, and was somewhat bewildered. He couldn't get a word in edgewise, afraid of saying something wrong and ruining things for Lin Yan.

"How does Yan'er know all this? Do you know?" Lin's mother asked Lin's father in confusion.

"Uh, I, I, I don't know him." Lin's father scratched his head.

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After leaving Li Deshan's house, Zhang Peng looked at the flowerpot Lin Yan was holding and asked:

"Miss Lin, are you sure you can keep this flower alive? This old man Li loves gardening; you can tell by looking at all the plants in his yard. Even he couldn't keep this flower alive, so how can you be so sure you made the bet?"

"Yes, Yan'er, look at these flowers, they're so small and thin, they haven't even grown any leaves yet. They don't look like they'll survive." Lin's mother was also very worried.

"Don't worry, don't worry, my sister will definitely have no problem growing flowers." Lin Yu was quite confident.

"Father and Mother, have you forgotten those vegetables at the foot of the mountain? They were all planted by my sister."

"How come growing flowers and growing vegetables are the same?"

"Same here, same here, my sister is capable of..."

"Cough cough cough."

Lin Yan suddenly coughed, causing Lin Yu to abruptly stop and swallow the words he was about to say.

"Father, Mother, don't worry, I know how to care for the Ghost Orchid."

"Yan'er, how do you know about this flower?" Lin's mother asked with some doubt.

“That’s right, Miss Lin actually knows more than Master Li.” Zhang Peng was quite surprised. This Miss Lin could not only draw blueprints, but also grow flowers. She was truly an extraordinary person.

"Ah, Fu Bo's family grows this! He told me about it." Lin Yan pulled Fu Bo out to take the blame again.

"Who is Fu Bo?" Lin's mother was even more puzzled.

"Ah, I've met him before. He's a friend of Yan'er's from the county. We were very fortunate to have his help when we were making custom furniture for people in the county."

Mr. Lin finally understood a little of the situation and quickly explained it to Mrs. Lin.

"Sounds like a young master. So, what about him and Yan'er..."

Lin's mother blinked, revealing a gossipy expression.

"Mother, please don't think about it anymore!" Lin Yan quickly interrupted her parents.

He thought to himself, 'Although her mental age is quite mature, how old is her body? A thirteen-year-old girl!'

"Huh? No?" Lin's mother asked in surprise.

"Cough cough cough." Mr. Lin coughed awkwardly twice.

Lin Yu knew the truth in his heart, and seeing his sister's embarrassed look, he was watching the show with great interest.

"Alright, let's go home quickly, we can start work tomorrow!" Lin Yan pushed her mother, urging the group to leave quickly and not to focus their gossipy gazes on her.

Lin's father drove the donkey cart, and the group first took Zhang Peng back to Zhangjiawan before returning home.

The group had been running around all day and were exhausted. After eating, they lay down on the bed to rest.

Even Lin Yu, who was incredibly excited and looking forward to tomorrow, couldn't resist the drowsiness and slept soundly, accompanied by the occasional chirping of cicadas in the mountains and forests.

Lin Yan was thinking about how she would be in charge of cooking for everyone tomorrow, so she searched through her personal space for recipes, trying to figure out what to cook.

Lost in thought, I drifted off to sleep.