At night, he went to the ancestral shrine again, feeling as if the big willow tree here had a mind of its own. It was quite surprising indeed.
This only piqued his curiosity further. He had no specific target, so encountering something novel made him want to stay and observe.
The next day, both elders went out to work, and Qi Xuan followed along.
He hadn't done farm work before, but being strong and sturdy, he was quite fast at it.
The villagers were quite curious about him, but he stuck to the same story, saying he wandered from place to place and found this place nice, so he decided to stay for a while.
Although he didn't know how to farm, he could understand what was beneath the ground. All the nutrients were being absorbed by the big willow tree, which was why the Zhuang Family couldn't grow crops properly, leading to poor harvests every year.
This is just wrong; it's doubly harming the Che Family villagers.
