The villagers were shocked when they heard that the fruit tree saplings had withered due to halophiles. They knew that halophiles grew on salty soil. But why would the mountains have salty soil? If the mountains' soil were saline, the mountains wouldn't have been able to grow trees and herbs in the past.
Later, they heard the Xiao Family say that the halophiles came due to the use of the Little Cattle King's manure.
The Little Cattle King's manure contained a certain amount of salt. Perhaps that had attracted the halophiles. That cleared up the villagers' suspicion.
Although the halophiles were destructive, it was not hard to get rid of them. All they needed to do was sprinkle some alkaline salt. To that effect, every household in Taoyuan Village went to town to buy limestone powder.
This made the seller extremely happy.
