Farming Games are All About Grinding-Chapter 132 - 126: The Joy of a Bountiful Harvest

Water Buffalo Town

After receiving Brother Jing’s phone number, Han Qiwu called it.

Unfortunately, the call didn’t go through. Helpless, he had to leave a message for Brother Jing and wait for his reply.

Fortunately, tomorrow he would have enough money to buy [Red Sun]. If the Copper Knife was broken, so be it.

[Copper Knife]: "???"

Leaning against the bed, Han Qiwu’s muscles still felt a little sore.

"Looks like I need to take a break."

Luckily, he had done almost everything that needed to be done today, so there was nothing to worry about.

Taking out "Flower Fairy in My Home," Han Qiwu began to read leisurely.

The sunset crept slowly through the window onto the pages of Han Qiwu’s book.

Over an hour later.

"Bang!"

Upon hearing the noise, Han Qiwu immediately knew Little Prince was back.

Sure enough, the system notification popped up.

[Hunter Pet: Little Prince has returned from foraging, fullness increased by 80]

[Foraging Rewards: Dandelion ×4, Crabflower ×6, Spring Wild Vegetable Seeds ×6]

[Little Prince’s mood after foraging was mediocre]

Little Prince actually managed to bring back Spring Wild Vegetable Seeds!

What an unexpected joy.

He’s becoming increasingly useful.

Since he wasn’t busy, Han Qiwu calculated in his mind, "I need to search six or seven times to find Spring Wild Vegetable Seeds once, but Little Prince brought back six seeds. Doesn’t that mean he has to forage thirty or forty servings of wild vegetables every day?"

Poor Little Prince, he’s really working hard.

Eating wild vegetables, producing...

No, Little Prince’s a male bear, he doesn’t produce anything.

Eating wild vegetables, bringing back wood and greens.

Now that he had rested enough, Han Qiwu got up and slowly walked to the yard. He took out the Spring Wild Vegetable Seeds and headed toward a patch of empty land.

Though the seeds didn’t require watering, the soil still needed to be tilled.

Fortunately, there was still a hoe at home.

While tilling the soil, Han Qiwu recalled Liu Lang’s words from back then.

According to him, this stuff seemed to grow into a large patch.

Since there wasn’t much to do now, Han Qiwu tilled twenty-four or twenty-five patches of soil in one go and then sowed Spring Wild Vegetable Seeds onto seven of the patches in the middle.

Even if they didn’t grow into a large patch of wild vegetables, even some wild grass would be fine. He could collect it to feed the calves later.

Cows truly eat grass and produce milk.

Seeing that there were still five or six days left in February, Han Qiwu planned to spend this time chopping wood with Little Prince, stockpiling timber, and aiming to finish the cow shed.

While planting the spring seeds, Han Qiwu intentionally looked over at the fifty-six seed patches.

Both the peanuts and potatoes had nearly lost all their flowers by now. They were growing vigorously; it looked like there would be a good harvest.

After planting the spring seeds, Han Qiwu attempted to instruct Little Prince to chop down some trees in the yard.

Unfortunately, he failed.

Little Prince currently can only use the Osmanthus Axe and not the beginner axe.

No problem, every journey starts with small steps—take it slow.

Returning to the house, Han Qiwu casually ate something, leaned against the bed, and resumed resting, healing, and reading.

Much later, he fell asleep.

"Clatter clatter clatter" (sound of falling Gold Coins)

February 23rd Daily Log

Planting Experience +89

Foraging Experience +324

Fishing Experience +1015

Combat Experience +0

Mining Experience +0

Character Affection Changes:

Liu Lang: ❤❤

Current Money: 16818 Gold Coins

Total Revenue: 61783 Gold Coins

"Cock-a-doodle-doo!"

"Cluck cluck!"

"Tiu tiu tiu!"

Today, as always, Han Qiwu was awakened by Water Buffalo Town’s premier animal symphony orchestra.

After waking up, Han Qiwu instinctively got out of bed and headed to the bathroom.

When he moved, he immediately realized his body didn’t seem to hurt anymore.

"The recovery boost from mining skills is really useful," Han Qiwu thought with relief. He had been worried his physical condition might slow him down today.

There was plenty to do today.

Yesterday’s log didn’t have anything particularly noteworthy. The planting experience was mostly due to collecting four eggs, and the fishing experience was from catching a Fish King.

On the other hand, Liu Lang reaching two hearts of affection was something Han Qiwu hadn’t expected.

"It’s probably because the leather tent is very useful to him. It seems a single appropriate gift is worth more than five or six average ones." Han Qiwu silently noted this lesson, brushed his teeth, and turned on the TV.

[Weather Forecast]

Tomorrow will be sunny.

[Life Tips]

Ordinary torches cannot dispel cold.

[Almanac]

Suitable for crafting, avoid mining.

Today is another day when Shennong remains missing; hope the elder is doing well.

The three pieces of news weren’t particularly significant, especially the life tips section, which left Han Qiwu somewhat puzzled.

Never mind, it wasn’t worth fretting about—time to head out and harvest!

After ten days, these fifty-six seeds had finally matured!

In the yard, 30 potato plants and 26 peanut plants had reached the ripe-to-harvest stage; their flowers had withered, leaves had turned yellow, and their fruits were ready.

Heading into the yard, Han Qiwu accessed the Spider Puppet interface and activated its fruit harvesting function.

"Swish swish swish"

The Spider Puppet, with harvesting capability enabled, darted toward the nearest potato plant. Its eight legs began digging into the ground, and it quickly burrowed underground.

Seconds later, the Spider Puppet emerged carrying a red-skinned potato.

It wasn’t done yet—after setting down the potato, it crawled back into the same hole to continue harvesting.

Han Qiwu was quite satisfied with the Spider Puppet’s functionality.

But when it comes to farming games, the sense of achievement from harvesting crops personally is the biggest reward—how could you just sit back and let others do it?

Time to grind!

While harvesting peanuts, Han Qiwu didn’t forget to pull out some fresh, tender ones to taste.

Hm, still that sweet flavor.

Half an hour later, content and smiling, Han Qiwu leaned against the chair to tally up his gains.

Much like last time, most of the potatoes and peanuts yielded multiple fruits. And perhaps thanks to the Spider Puppet’s meticulous care, the batch included many high-quality crops.

Good thing he’d caught the earlier issue in time; otherwise, the yield might have dropped significantly.

This harvest included [Red-Skinned Potato] ×69 and [Bag of Peanuts] ×58.

After the harvest, Han Qiwu went to the long-unused sales box to sell a batch of peanuts and potatoes.

As for the potatoes, Han Qiwu kept 6 golden-star potatoes, 6 silver-star potatoes, and 8 regular ones—these 20 were reserved for making Stargazing Pie and for quests or gifts. He sold the remaining potatoes.

Regarding the peanuts, although he knew their main use wasn’t selling, he was strapped for cash, so selling them was unavoidable for now. Like the potatoes, he kept eight golden-star peanuts, and the rest went into the box.

"Thunk thunk thunk"

Nearly a hundred batches of peanuts and potatoes went into the sales box.

Hearing the sound, Han Qiwu felt assured.

Once tomorrow’s settlement comes through, he’ll have the money for the fishing rod and cow shed!

After the harvest, Han Qiwu noticed that the fifty-six patches of land showed signs of degradation. Around ten plots returned to an un-tilled state and looked like they would need re-tilling.

"Soil fertility must have dropped too; I’ll check the fertilizer stock later and apply some if needed," Han Qiwu thought as he glanced at the Spring Wild Vegetable Seeds he had planted the night before.

Sure enough, after just one night, these vegetable seeds had sprouted four to five centimeters. The tender green shoots looked fragile but were brimming with vitality.

Keep growing! Grow big so Little Prince can enjoy them.