Not the Novel World
14. Cocoa

After a long journey, they finally reached their destination when the sun was still hot. Zheyan got off his horse and walked over to Lilian's chariot. As Zheyan was about to get to the carriage, Lilian got out of the carriage with Rosa.

"Are you tired?" Ask Zheyan.

Lilian nodded and looked around her, in front of which she saw a house that was not too big but looked very well maintained.

"Are we going to rest there?" Show Lilian towards the house.

Zheyan looked at Lilian's direction and nodded, "Yes ... Congratulations here we will rest there, the house may not be too big but brother make sure you are comfortable here."

"House looks very well maintained, does anyone take care of it?" Lilian asked curiously.

"Yes, the house is cleaned every day by plantation workers, so that every time we come the house will remain clean." Zheyan.

"Where do the workers live?" Lilian asked again.

"Around here there is a village called Orsinia village, the workers here are partly from the village, early in the morning they will come here and the sore back home, the workers here are, but here there is the name of the rolling work of some workers go home and some of them stay here to maintain the plantation and will change according to their respective schedules." Zheyan.

"Umm so it looks." said Lilian.

"Let's go in and rest first" said Zheyan.

Zheyan and Lilian walked into the house, as Lilian entered the house smelling the scent of the flower Lilian loved, the daisy. Sometimes he closed his eyes and inhaled deeply the scent he liked.

Lilian is very fond of three scents, namely, the first is the aroma of cotton candy, the first is the aroma of cotton candy, the second is the aroma of daisy and the last is the aroma when the rain first soaks the earth (petrikor).

Zheyan smiled as he watched Lilian close her eyes enjoying the scent of the daisy.

"You know ... The backyard of this house is overgrown with daisy plants, mother deliberately told the housekeeper to plant it so that every time you are comfortable every time you come." Zheyan said long.

Lilian smiled brightly, "Really ? Woahhhh I really like the smell, really make it comfortable."

"Thank God that now you come in and rest in your room, you'll have this housekeeper prepare lunch for us, when you're done, you'll call you." Warm Zheyan said.

"All right then." Lilian said happily.

"Well, your room is there." Zheyan pointed at one of the rooms in the corner. After looking at Zheyan's direction, he walked into the room.

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After having lunch and having enough rest, Zheyan, Asgar and Lilian were now in the middle of the tea plantation. No wonder the Duke Marven family is famous for the most tea producers see the vastness of the plantation.

Lilian ran to and fro to enjoy the cool air around the plantation, occasionally humming while stretching out her hands. Zheyan and Asgar just shook their heads at the behavior of the younger brother.

"I really like this place, in the future we have to come here more often, the air here is very cool." Lilian said happily.

Zheyan and Asgar simply smiled in response to Lilian's remark. They followed Lilian who was not even aware that she had walked far enough.

After walking through the tea plantation, Lilian's eyes were pampered with a wide variety of vegetable and fruit crops. Unlike the case when he was passing through the tea garden that did not see any workers, there he saw many workers who were sitting under the tree to rest.

"So why in the tea garden I didn't see any workers." Lilian asked confusedly.

"That's because the workers are resting, tea leaves are also usually picked in the morning and evening so during the day the workers use their time to rest." Zheyan.

Lilian gave a brief nod of understanding marks, as they wanted to continue on the journey suddenly someone came and lowered his respect towards them.

"I'm sorry I thought gentlemen and ladies were just regular visitors, but when I looked up close it turned out to be the family of this plantation owner, I think today, ladies and gentlemen, are taking a break due to the long journey and will see the estate tomorrow so I will not prepare the train, I apologize again." Said the middle-aged man.

"Nothing uncle, we were just walking around the tea plantation but unexpectedly my sister liked this place so much that we walked this far." Zheyan is friendly.

"Then ladies and gentlemen will sit there first and I will prepare a train to go around the plantation." Said the baby man.

Zheyan nodded in agreement, "Oh yes Lilian before brother will introduce, this is uncle Wilson, this uncle is in charge of taking care of our plantation" said Zheyan.

Uncle Wilson smiled respectfully towards Lilian "If you need anything, miss just tell me."

"Good uncle, nice to meet uncle." Lilian.

Afterward, Wilson's uncle directed Zheyan, Asgar and Lilian to rest for a while to a shady and comfortable place. They walked past the downed workers and saluted those smiles responded to.

This is what the workers love about the Duke Marven family, they never look down on those who are inferior to them and treat them very well, he said, there was indeed a rumor that said that the youngest daughter was very arrogant but when she saw Lilian who was willing to walk hot-hot in the plantation made them assume if it was just a lie.

Lilian even smiled kindly at the workers as she walked past the workers, they did not stop to admire the date owned by the youngest daughter of Duke Marven.

While waiting for the train, Uncle Wilson prepared drinks and also various fruits that had just been picked. Sometime later, Uncle Wilson came in with a coachman riding a horse-drawn carriage.

After passing through the vegetable and fruit plantations, their train stops at the plantation that looks unkempt. Lilian asked something but stopped when she saw the plantation workers cutting down a tree.

Lilian subconsciously lifted her dress and jumped off the carriage, she ran towards the workers while shouting. "Don't cut down that tree!" Ngosan.

The workers, who heard Lilian's cry, did not cut down the tree and turned to look at Lilian in confusion.

Zheyan, Asgar and Uncle Wilson only came to their senses after hearing Lilian's screams. They were so shocked and in disbelief when they saw Lilian jump off the carriage. After realizing that the three of them suddenly jumped from the carriage and ran towards Lilian and the workers.

"Lilian what are you doing?" Zheyan said after arriving in front of his sister.

"They want to cut down that tree." Point Lilian towards the tree.

"Then why?" Zheyan asked confusedly.

Lilian looked at Zheyan in disbelief. "I'm the one who should be asking why the tree wants to be cut down?" Lilian was confused.

"I'm sorry Miss, earlier during the trip I have explained that we will open a new plantation land for us to grow herbs." Uncle Wilsoon.

Lilian incised her forehead and looked towards everyone. "Why not anywhere else don't cut down this tree!"

"But Miss this place is the most fitting for us to open new land." Said Uncle Wilson.

"No, this tree cannot be cut down." Lilian said she would not lose.

"But Miss..."

"I said no yes no!" Said Lilian in a high tone.

Asgar approaches Lilian who begins to get angry for arguing with Uncle Wilson. "Calm little brother, you'll look ugly when you're angry." Say Asgar while stroking Lilian's head slowly.

Getting the elusan in the head made Lilian calm down again. Asgar understood best what he should do when Lilian was angry. "Can you tell us why the tree can't be cut down ?" Say Asgar in a soft tone.

Lilian looked up and looked at Asgar's soft eyes. "I really like that tree."

Asgar glanced briefly at the tree that was about to be cut down and looked back at Lilian. "Since when?"

"Since I first saw her." Lilian said strangely.

Asgar looked at Zheyan and gave him the code to explain it to Lilian.

"Lilian do you know why the tree was cut down?" Ask Zheyan.

Lilian shook her head not knowing, Zheyan glanced briefly at Uncle Wilson and looked back at Lilian. "The tree has been growing for a very long time, Uncle Wilson and other workers do not know what the benefits or uses of the tree are, not just them...Father, Mother, Brother and the people of this kingdom do not even know what the benefits are other than the taste of the fruit is a little sour." Zheyan.

Lilian rounded her eyes in disbelief. "Really?"

Zheyan nodded briefly. "Everything Uncle Wilson wants to cut down those trees and open up new land to plant other crops."

Lilian still could not accept that the tree would be cut down. To make sure if he did not mistakenly recognize the type of tree, Lilian walked closer to the tree.

The height of the tree is about 10 meters, has a single leaf on each stalk, the tip and pakal tapered leaves and the edges of the leaves are flat. The tree has leaves that are green and the fruit is round in shape. The fruit is also green when immature and reddish-yellow when it is ripe.

"Not wrong anymore." Inner Lilian.

Lilian turned around and looked towards everyone with a wide smile. "This is a cacao tree."

Everyone looked at Lilian confused. Seeing no one responding to his words Lilian again walked closer to everyone after checking the type of tree.

"It is a cacao tree or other words is a chocolate tree, the fruit we must process first in several new stages we can process into food or drink." Lilian said happily.

Seeing everyone still silent Lilian resumed her explanation. "This fruit is normal if we do not process it well, the processing also takes a little longer, in this kingdom we only tend to drink tea, do you know ? This fruit can be processed into a very good drink, whether drunk in hot or cold conditions, besides this fruit we can process as one of the ingredients in making cakes or snacks, the benefits of the fruit are also many, one of which is to relieve stress." Obviously Lilian long.

Zheyan, Asgar and the others could hardly believe Lilian's explanation. How can they be sure, almost everyone who understands about plants has seen the tree but they do not know the benefits and Lilian easily gave it a name even he knows the processing.

Zheyan hesitantly asked. "Where do you know about the tree?"

When Lilian wanted to answer Zheyan's question, she realized just how stupid she was now. There is no way he replied that he knew from the book while in the era that he lived now did not know by name chocolate.

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