It was the fifth day of the seventh lunar month, August twenty-sixth by the modern calendar. Morning sunlight spilled gently across the experimental fields, where the spirit rice swayed softly in the breeze, as if whispering tales of a brand-new day. Li Rufeng had arrived early at the fields to inspect the growth of the crops.
Meanwhile, the Vice-Minister was lurking in the bushes not far from the test plots, casting suspicious glances all around.
It turned out that the Vice-Minister's grandson had heard about the miraculous "seven-colored rice" Li Rufeng was cultivating and had been pestering his grandfather to get him some. Unable to withstand the boy's whining, and having foolishly listened to the counselor's terrible advice, the Vice-Minister had decided to dress up as a hen, sneak into the chicken coop within the experimental field, and steal the rice seeds.
Chapter 504