Chapter 62: Trial Planting of Xiangshui Rice Seeds! The Resort Reaches Maximum Passenger Capacity

By evening.

As Qin Lin was sitting in front of the computer at the bar, finishing the proposal for the support fund, Chen Dabei ran in covered in sweat and reported, "Boss, the manual paddy field you asked me to plow has been plowed, and the fertilizer has already been applied!"

Lin Fen asked with puzzlement, "Xiaolin, what are you plowing a field for?"

"I want to cultivate some rice seedlings," Qin Lin explained with a smile, taking out the Xiangshui tribute rice seeds brought from the game and a book titled *Detailed Explanation of Rice Seedling Cultivation* from under the bar.

The seeds had already been soaked and disinfected. After all, this was not a game; in reality, rice seeds had to go through a disinfection process before planting.

Lin Fen was torn between laughter and tears. "You child, what month is it now, and you're still cultivating rice seedlings? Your generation has never set foot in a paddy field, you don't even know the basics."

"Mom, I know. In the south, according to the planting time, rice is divided into early rice, mid-season rice, and late rice. Early rice is cultivated in March and April, mostly around the Qingming Festival. Mid-season rice is cultivated in April and May. Late rice is cultivated in mid-to-late June," Qin Lin said with a smile, holding the book he didn't read in vain. Then he added, "My rice seeds are a special variety that can also be grown in winter."

Like the Quality 2 watermelon, the Xiangshui tribute rice seeds were not restricted by seasons. One could say this in itself was an astonishing attribute.

"?? " Lin Fen was clearly shocked. "There are rice plants that can grow in winter?"

As someone born a farmer, she was completely dumbfounded; it was genuinely the first time she had ever heard of such a thing.

Qin Lin smiled and said, "Mom, growing rice in winter is nothing strange. Our country already has this kind of technology, it's just that mine is a bit more special."

Hearing this, Lin Fen did not ask any further. With technology developing by leaps and bounds nowadays, an elderly person like her was almost failing to keep up with the pace.

Chen Dabei, following behind Qin Lin, could not help asking out of curiosity, "Boss, is what you said true? Are there really rice plants grown in winter?"

"We don't even know if it can grow here yet," Qin Lin said with a smile. "These seeds have such huge requirements for the environment, climate, and soil. I'm just giving it a try, otherwise, do you think someone would give me such good seeds?"

Chen Dabei nodded. "That's true! If it were me, I wouldn't give these seeds to anyone. Being able to grow them in winter is too impressive."

However, what Qin Lin was waiting for was the special attribute of the Xiangshui tribute rice seeds, which had an extremely low probability of adapting to a new environment and climate.

As long as a single seed adapted, that seed could potentially yield his very own tribute rice.

To begin with, back in the day, Elder Yuan managed to feed a country's population starting from a single seed he found all over the mountains.

Now that he had these seeds, coupled with the relevant book knowledge left behind by predecessors like Elder Yuan, he was simply waiting for a probability.

Qin Lin followed Chen Dabei to the prepared manual paddy field.

He rolled up his trouser legs and stepped into the field to get to work, only to see Lin Fen holding Wangcai by the leash and Zhao Moqing also walking over.

Hearing her son talk about some special variety of rice seeds, she couldn't help coming over out of curiosity. Besides, her son had never set foot in a paddy field since childhood; how could he possibly know how to cultivate rice seedlings?

Coming closer and seeing Qin Lin scattering seeds, she anxiously said, "Xiaolin, you can't scatter seeds like this. The quantity in each area needs to be even, otherwise, the soil fertility won't be enough, and the seedlings won't grow well."

With that, she took off her shoes, rolled up her trouser legs, and stepped into the field.

"Mom, what are you coming in for?" Qin Lin was too late to stop her; his mother's actions were far too fluid.

"Woof woof woof!" At that moment, Wangcai also started barking excitedly. Seeing that Lin Fen had gone in too, it strode forward.

Now Qin Lin panicked, pointing hurriedly at Wangcai and shouting, "Don't you dare come down here."

"Woof woof woof!" Wangcai thought its master was calling it, so it excitedly leaped into the field and rolled around while barking.

"..." Qin Lin simply had black lines all over his head.

The dog chose to understand human speech precisely at a time like this.

"Wangcai, what are you coming in for?" Lin Fen also panicked. Taking two steps forward, she patted the mud-covered Wangcai on the head several times and drove it back up.

"Woof woof!" Wangcai stood at the edge of the field and whimpered, obviously yearning greatly for the mud inside.

Zhao Moqing, meanwhile, was holding her phone and taking pictures of the dog; the dog looked utterly comical at the moment.

Lin Fen took the rice seeds from Qin Lin's hands and skillfully began scattering them. Before the family moved to the county town, she and her late husband had always farmed by themselves; she was adept at such minor chores.

Qin Lin could only watch helplessly from the side, and with nothing to do, he instructed Chen Dabei nearby, "Build a fence around this field later."

"Got it, Boss!" Chen Dabei nodded immediately.

Anyone who wasn't proactive when the boss personally gave instructions must be a fool.

After finally finishing the busy work, Qin Lin and Lin Fen came out of the field and washed the mud off their legs outside the lobby. Just then, they saw an extravagantly dressed girl holding a phone while walking and calling out prettily, "Family members, today Xiaosan Dou is going to take you to see the internet's most popular bougainvillea sea. Later, when you see the little squirrels inside, remember to tip so we can buy pine nuts for the little squirrels..."

"..." Seeing this scene, Qin Lin didn't need to guess to know this was a minor internet celebrity here to check-in and ride the coattails of their popularity.

Chen Dabei said, "Boss, the popularity of our resort's bougainvillea sea on Douyin has gotten even higher. Over the past two days, quite a few minor influencers like this have come over to ride the trend."

"As long as they don't disturb the tourists, let them be. This also helps maintain the popularity of our resort," Qin Lin knew that people riding this kind of wave could not be stopped; after all, that was the mainstream of the internet nowadays.

Not to mention these people, ever since his bougainvillea sea became popular, places with bougainvillea seas all over the country had swarmed in to ride the coattails, seizing the opportunity to promote themselves and trying to get a piece of the pie.

Unfortunately, once the popularity of his Qinglin Resort surged, setting aside the scale, apart from those top-tier, ultra-large bougainvillea seas in the country, anyone else coming in to ride the coattails was truly just cannon fodder piling up traffic, which instead made Qinglin Resort's bougainvillea sea even more popular.

No matter how those other bougainvillea seas filmed, they could never capture that natural, poetic, and picturesque promotional video ambiance.

These days, the official Douyin self-media account of his resort had already gained over 300,000 followers.

The crucial point was that this number was still increasing every day. One had to know that the Xia侠 Valley (Xia Valley) had only gained a little over 90,000 followers after several years of promotion. This was also the reason why the county government looked favorably upon his resort.

Gaining followers at this speed relying solely on a bougainvillea sea made countless scenic spots envious.

By nightfall, Zhao Moqing handed the resort's statistical data to Qin Lin and frowned, saying, "Qin Lin, just the bougainvillea sea alone, along with the subsequent jungle adventure and grass sliding, the resort's visitor capacity seems to have exceeded the limit."

Qin Lin took the data and took a look. Seeing the number of visitors received today, his brows furrowed—it had reached the limit so unexpectedly fast.