The Rainfall Princess of the Desert Country – A Former Wizard Who Was Executed Has Reincarnated as a Farmer’s Daughter - Chapter 15
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Chapter 15: Growing Mulberry
Hakeem and I went to the market today to get mulberry seedlings. We are now on our way back.
This is my first time on a camel, but I didnt expect it to be so bumpy.
Hakeem will grow accustomed to it.
When we lived in the desert, my family had three camels for transportation. We have a horse-drawn carriage now that we live in the capital, but Ive never used it because Alesia is still afraid of handling a horse by herself.
I arrived today with two camels and purchased eight large seedlings. There are two male trees and six female trees. I had no idea there were male and female mulberry trees.
TL: Seriously?
I wanted to grow mulberry trees because I wanted to eat the fruit, but when I heard Hakeem say, mulberry trees require a lot of water, I had the idea to sell mulberry fruit.
The Royal Capital is a business opportunity. If you live in the Royal Capital, you should make money whenever possible, and if something bad happens, you should take the money and flee as quickly as possible.
Im not sure how much longer I can live with my parents. In the worst-case scenario, I may have to flee alone in order to keep them safe. I should have as much money as I can get my hands on. I havent told my parents yet.
You really wanted to eat mulberries?
Thats one thing, but since we have plenty of water, I decided to grow mulberry trees and sell the fruitmulberries must sell for a high price in this country if they are difficult to grow without plenty of water, right?
I see. But how do you know how long the rain will last? Doesnt it sometimes stop raining all of a sudden?
If thats the case, then Ill simply give up.
It will rain as long as Im there.
I was surprised to learn that a single mulberry tree costs five small silver coins, and I was even more surprised to learn that you purchased eight of them.
Everything has an initial cost.
Hakeem looked puzzled.
Did I say something funny?
No. I mean, you use grown-up language.
Uh Ive been going to the library lately and picking up some new words, so I wanted to try it out.
For a while, we walked alongside the camels, but Hakeem seemed to want to say something.
You see, I have a favor to ask of you.
What is it?
Id like to learn to read and writecan I watch Ethan while he learns to write?
You certainly can! Lets study together instead of just watching. Although you can learn to write on your own, it is faster if you learn with someone else.
Hakeems face brightened.
Thank you very much! I can teach my sister to write if I learn to write. She sleeps at home all the time, so when she learns to read, Id like to buy her a book.
What a good young boy! That brings tears to my eyes.
Im grateful to have met such a pure and lovely young man. Im curious if any of the noblemen or royalty Ive met in my previous life were such pure young men None. There are none. And my former fiancee No Let us not dwell on it.
All right, when we get home, well plant some seedlings, harvest some vegetables, feed the chickens, and then study the alphabet!
Alesia didnt have to work so hard or Id lose my job.
Dont worrythe work on the farm never ends!
This country is extremely hot all year. Ive heard that seasons change in some countries, but in this country its always summer. Crops can be harvested twice or three times a year. Plants grow and thrive when vegetable scraps, chicken manure, camel dung, and horse manure are added to fields after they have been planted, as my father taught me.
Its nice to work, isnt it?
Yes. Thats how Ive felt since working on the farm. I had to wait for customers when I was a water vendor. Farming is enjoyable because you see the fruits of your labor.
Thats true.
We returned to the farm and immediately planted the seedlings.
I took a tub of rainwater and poured it on the seeds roots, hoping it would grow large.
To be safe, we planted it at the end of the nekta tree, where it would be hidden when we entered the farm. Nobody visits the farm anyway, but just in case.
The mulberry tree grew quickly.
It grew branches and large leaves, and insects found their way inside.
Hey, Oto-san, the mulberry tree has some whitish caterpillars.
Theyre moth larvae, I see. Mulberry trees must be tasty.
Oto-san uses his fingers to pick up caterpillars and wrap them in a sweat cloth.
W-What are you doing?
Give them to the chickens to eattheyll love it. The eggs will be delicious as well.
Wow. They not only get worms but also caterpillars.
The mulberry tree is under my supervision. So I would catch caterpillars with my homemade wooden tongs every day and feed them to the chickens.
The chickens quickly learned that I was putting the caterpillars in a box and began running up to me in a frenzy when I approached the coop with the box. Its frightening how powerful they are when they charge in!
After all the trouble I went through to catch them, you should eat them for your own good.
Well, theres no way they can understand that, and the chickens swallow them whole.
Caterpillars appear on the mulberry tree whether or not we take them. It was as if the mulberry trees were giving birth to them. Thats why, when they couldnt be completely removed, some of them turned into cocoons.
Huh? This is
I saw something similar in a previous life when I visited a silk workshop in another country.
The cocoons appear to have been boiled and spun into raw silk, which was then used to weave silk cloth.
The cocoons I discovered in our mulberry tree were nearly identical.
If we increase the number of cocoons, I wonder if we can make silk thread from them.