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[bearshermark]

How does a farmer become rich suddenly? I don't think I've ever heard a story like that before. At least not without marriage. All I can think is either I have a noblewoman as a wife or I got real lucky playing slots when I left for the city. I'm not sure what's more believable.

I was also mistaken for a ferryman when I was steering a gondola the other day while wearing a different mask. It's kind of nice, so I think I'll keep at it for an hour or two a night. I thought it might be helpful if two people from opposite sides need to meet in person for a little while.

-Eleven

Comments

un: absterge

[downswing]

Perhaps through honest trade.



( ...right. )

un: moonage daydream (text)

[lancifolium]

Back home now and again a farmer would find something extraordinary buried in their field, it always made the newspaper. Perhaps you discovered a cache of valuables?

un: chengmei | voice

[thesuspense]

There's some rich ladies who offer me money all the time, doesn't seem that unlikely to get rich here.

They appear to be feeling... neglected.

@taken for granite

[rumorate]

Supply and demand. Maybe you grow something that is in high demand and you can sell it for a good price?

[darth imperius] posted:

[darkeststars]

A wealthy farmer... Back home I'd assume you were the idle rich son of the owners who simply paid the people who actually ran the farm, hah.

If that doesn't suffice, though -- perhaps something quite valuable was discovered under your farm? Energy-producing gas or crystals or some kolto-like substance, or something of the sort. Perhaps wealthy investors were lining up to buy the entire property from you even. Geographically I know nothing of where such an event might take place, but we could always research for the verisimilitude.

un: qishan

[silverneedles]

Prudent trade at the markets. Growing rare plants, often medicinal in nature. Many would pay dearly for such items.

un: wei laozu

[weifinder]

Ferrying everyone around! Lan Zhan's already said keep an ear open, so keep your eyes open too, for anything that starts to look strange even to foreign eyes.

As for riches, riches, inheritance, the missing wife. Or the wife who plays and has sent you off to do the same, settled in funds to not ask questions? Terrible story, but no less contrived than myself, your local reincarnation of a fertility goddess.