Binding a System to Build Infrastructure [Farming]

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Rong Suyun died.

He was the last man of letters in a great family on the verge of collapse. He had placed first in all three imperial examinations, unmatched by anyone, yet the new emperor grew suspicious of him. The elders of his family fled one after another, but Rong Suyun refused to believe disaster was coming. For years, he willingly served as a target for the emperor, beating his head against a wall until it bled.

In the end, he died.

At the moment the high walls came crashing down, he saw disasters ravage the land, the capital fall, and the people suffer in misery.

He composed himself and fell silent.

He thought, this life had truly been pointless. He didn't want to open his eyes again. He would have to live this pointless life all over again.

Only this time, things were different.

His older brother was still alive, and there was also a "ghost" System in his mind.

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To prevent the disasters and calamities of his previous life, Rong Suyun made his arduous way to the desolate southwest, accompanied by the endless chatter of a certain "ghost."

He cleared the land and planted crops, until grain piled up like mountains. He planted pasture and raised cattle and sheep.

He dug canals and built dams, bringing clear water and abundant fish. He harvested sea salt, and raised plump shrimp and crabs.

He built with bricks, raising buildings and houses. He mined ore and smelted iron, forging weapons that gleamed in the wind.

The once-barren southwestern province was transformed.

Years later, refugees arrived, gaunt and hopeless. But when they entered the city, they found broad streets and clean, bright restaurants. Children, fresh from school, held their parents' hands and babbled the lessons they'd just learned.

One by one, they gaped in astonishment, tears welling in their eyes.

This place was more prosperous than the capital.

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Then one day, Rong Suyun suddenly stopped hearing the ghost's voice.

Perhaps it had returned to its own world.

But when news arrived that the distant capital had fallen, it came alongside an army of soldiers and horses, and a young ruler with flowing black hair. Seeing Rong Suyun's dazed expression, he gritted his teeth and said,

"You've been away for a few months, and you've gotten skinny again!"

Reader's Guide:

1. Sickly shou x gong who pampers his wife after binding to her

2. After being reborn, the sickly shou takes his brother to seek a new path. Lots of farming and infrastructure-building, with a powerful army ready to charge!

Coming next: After Being Betrayed, He Erased His Memories. Please add it to your reading list!

Rong Qigu is an omega with white wild-rose pheromones.

His pheromone level is high, and his family is influential. They raised him to marry into the powerful Gu family as part of a political alliance.

But he fell into a secret relationship with an ordinary alpha.

Sweet, but hidden from the world.

With the arranged marriage drawing near, he decided to elope.

On the night before his engagement, he waited by the window for his boyfriend to come take him away. But the terrace was heavy with frost, and when dawn broke, all he received was a cold recording from his boyfriend:

"I never liked an omega meant for a family alliance. I wasn't going to elope with him. I was only using him. But if you want us to break up now, fine. I want a post in the First Military District, and... a sum of money."

Fog swirled outside the window as he stared blankly and shed two silent tears.

His older brother coldly turned off the recording.

"Now, are you marrying into the Gu family or not?"

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To help him start his new life, his older brother arranged for his memories to be erased.

He forgot the love that had turned sour.

He successfully married into the Gu family.

And quickly took control of the family business.

Then, at his husband's funeral, an uncle-in-law he'd never met suddenly embraced him in front of everyone. What shocked Rong Qigu even more was that this man, dressed in the highest-ranking military uniform, held him tightly and sobbed so hard his whole body trembled and his chest rumbled.

Rong Qigu composed himself and pulled away in annoyance.

"Mr. Gu, you've crossed a line."

Gu Xunzhen: "Agu, I..."

Rong Qigu stepped back politely. "Please show some restraint."

We were strangers before.

And now, I am your nephew's widower.

1. White wild-rose omega x black sandalwood alpha

2. The gong chases his shou, no changing partners

Second upcoming story: Starvation Across the Stars, Farming with a Child. Please add it to your reading list!

Chu Qinhe, a graduate student in agricultural science, was suddenly struck by lightning in a rice paddy and died. He woke up in the future, confused and starving, with a three-year-old curly-haired kid calling him "Papa"!

Chu Qinhe, a twenty-something-year-old virgin: I'm doomed.

And it gets worse: after twelve hours without food, the two of them can only drink nutrient solution!

Chu Qinhe watches the little one refuse to drink the nutrient solution, then weighs the kid, bouncing him in his arms. The little curly-haired brat is shockingly skinny! After a long hesitation, Chu Qinhe finally decides to draw on his specialty. Come on! Let's farm!

If he can't grow these seeds, his degree is worthless!

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Soon, viewers in the livestreaming section discover a blogger unlike any other. On black-and-yellow soil, straight rows of furrows stretch into the distance as a young man in a tattered straw hat sows seeds one by one.

Viewer: Just leave. Here they are again, promoting fake seeds.

Viewer: If the soil can't grow food, they might as well build a mecha factory on it!

Chu Qinhe ignores them, busy feeding the kid and treating the plants.

He sprays different treatments for different rice diseases and adjusts the nutrients. Before long, green ears sprout from the field, bearing full, plump grains of rice. A link quietly appears in the livestream that countless people had dismissed:

[We have more rice than we can eat. Click the link below to enter a drawing for one of three bags.]

Viewers: ?

The next day, viewers: Holy crap! The delivery really is rice!

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The interstellar famine has been going on for ages, and the food crisis is dire. Even when seeds sprout, the plants mysteriously wither for one reason or another. Then one day, they encounter a "doctor" who can treat plant diseases and even "examine" their crops during his farming livestream!

- "Tomato yellow leaf curl virus: spray with moroxydine and imidacloprid."

- "Cucumber downy mildew: use a fungicide like thiophanate-methyl or carbendazim."

- "Corn rust? Same treatment as the cucumbers."

Chu Qinhe watches the images flash by at high speed, picks up the curly-haired kid, and fans himself with his straw hat. "All right, the livestream's over. I'm taking the kid home for dinner."

The billions of viewers lined up to attend his lessons: QAQ

1. Farming x treating plants x raising a kid x falling in love with the big shot next door

2. That's all for now. I'll add more if I think of anything.

Theme: Shine on your own and bloom brightly