I Rely on Sign-In to Farm and Build a Family

(A farming story about a heroine who simply gets on with growing crops. There’s no great wealth or status here, just everyday family life and the comfort of having enough. Come give it a try!) After her father was framed and lost his job, Xu Jinchao’s family was driven out of the city and forced to scrape by in the countryside. To their surprise, her grandparents, egged on by her eldest uncle and third uncle, heartlessly split up the family and left them with only a few acres of barren, poor soil. The family knew nothing about farming and had no money. They were on the verge of starving to death. Then Xu Jinchao unexpectedly bound herself to a “sign-in farming System.” Water the eggplants, sign-in value +1, reward: the eggplants’ drought resistance for the day +5%; Weed the vegetable patch, sign-in value +1, reward: weeds regrow in the patch 10% more slowly; Harvest ripe wheat, sign-in value +5, reward: wheat flavor and quality improve by 10%; Xu Jinchao worked diligently every day, building up small gains over time. Not only did she learn to farm, she also became a renowned agricultural expert in the area. When the Xu family’s vegetable garden was lush and green and their granary was full, the grandparents who had once looked down on them regretted it deeply, while the eldest and third branches of the family were green with envy. When relatives came clamoring to take advantage of them, Xu Jinchao brushed the dirt from her hands. “Get lost!” Note: The setting is similar to the Jiajing era of the Ming Dynasty, so crops such as sweet potatoes and corn appear. However, the dates when various crops were introduced have been adjusted, so they do not precisely match historical records.