Reborn In the Apocalypse: My Hotel Has Unlimited Supplies-Chapter 164

The two were so busy that Chu Jiangyue didn’t even have time to say hello when he came over.

Chu Jiangyue didn’t want to affect their work, so he just came to take a look. After confirming there were no mishaps, he turned and left.

Besides checking on her clinic, Chu Jiangyue also went to look at the shop she had already rented out.

The shop rented by Jin Chuyu had several shelves set up inside.

On the shelves were mostly some materials found during outings.

After looking around, Chu Jiangyue was most interested in the various seeds placed separately on one shelf.

"Little Fox, do you think I can plant these seeds if I cultivate a piece of land on the hotel’s lawn?"

These seeds certainly couldn’t be planted outside, but maybe they could grow in Jianglin Hotel’s soil.

"The host can try."

Little Fox didn’t say no or yes, so Chu Jiangyue assumed it was doable.

After some selection, she finally chose soybean seeds.

At the beginning, Chu Jiangyue just wanted to try it out, so she didn’t take much.

Today, Jin Churan was the one left to watch the shop. Chu Jiangyue placed a small packet of soybean seeds on the checkout counter: "Check out, please."

"You can just take this, Boss Chu."

It’s just a small packet of soybean seeds; Jin Churan felt embarrassed to charge Chu Jiangyue.

"Clear accounting even among brothers. I just saw your price tag. This small packet is about 2 silver coins. I’ll transfer the money to you, make sure to accept it." 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Of course, Chu Jiangyue didn’t want to take them for free. If the soybeans turned out well, not having paid would make splitting profits with Jin Churan troublesome later.

Yet, having bought them now, all future crops would belong to her.

Chu Jiangyue keeps her accounts very clear.

Jin Churan had no choice but to accept Chu Jiangyue’s 2 silver coins.

Otherwise, if he upset Chu Jiangyue, good opportunities might not come their way in the future.

With the soybean seeds in hand, Chu Jiangyue returned to her residence, grabbed a hoe from the tool room, and began tilling the land behind her home.

Chu Jiangyue hadn’t planted crops before, but she knew they wouldn’t grow on the lawn.

However, after a short time of tilling, Chu Jiangyue started feeling sore and tired, with blisters forming on her hands from holding the hoe handle.

"Little Fox, don’t we have any farming robots?"

The things in the tool room were all manual, making her vision go dark every time she saw them.

"Since you’re cultivating the land, it’s more meaningful for the host to do it personally."

Little Fox didn’t solve Chu Jiangyue’s tool issue but rather encouraged her to reap what she sows through her own efforts.

What else could Chu Jiangyue say? She could only keep on tilling with the hoe.

There were no walls to fence the back of Chu Jiangyue’s residence, so guests passing through Jianglin Hotel saw her cultivating the land.

Brave individuals even approached and asked her about it. Upon learning that Chu Jiangyue was cultivating land for planting, most gave her skeptical looks.

It’s not that they didn’t want to plant, but that the land was not only contaminated, even the seeds were somewhat polluted. So most seeds collected outside couldn’t be planted.

However, what Chu Jiangyue chose to do wasn’t up to others. Though they weren’t optimistic, no one dared to speak negatively in her presence.

Since Chu Jiangyue bought only a few soybean seeds from Jin Chuyu’s team shop, she only cultivated a small piece of land.

Then, with an approximate 15 cm gap, she dug small holes and planted the soybean seeds.

Without fertilizer, she could only fill the holes after tossing the seeds in.

At last, she took a watering can from the tool room, filled it with water, and irrigated the newly planted soybean area.

[Hidden Task: Host independently develops planting area, completed.

Task Reward: Unlock planting sector goods, unlock farm, experience points +5000]

[Current hotel level: 4 (7150/100000)]

Since it’s a small farm cultivated by Chu Jiangyue herself, more experience points were given.

With the planting sector goods unlocked, Chu Jiangyue hurriedly opened her virtual screen to check the System Mall.

Indeed, in the mall categories, items in the planting sector had turned colorful, meaning that whenever Chu Jiangyue needed them, she could buy them with money from the System Mall.

Besides the planting sector, a farm was unlocked; Chu Jiangyue promptly found the farm’s page.

Upon discovery, the unlocked farm was exactly the patch of land Chu Jiangyue had just cultivated.

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"Little Fox, what’s going on here?"

Her hard work in cultivating the land turned into a reward for a hidden task?

Doesn’t this reward seem redundant?

"Please calm down, host! There are certainly differences between a hotel farm and land you cultivate yourself.

Why don’t you take a closer look?"

Chu Jiangyue was still a bit suspicious but continued researching.

Just then, she inadvertently stepped onto the land she had just cultivated.

In the next moment, a countdown surprisingly appeared above this land.

"Little Fox, don’t tell me this is the difference in the system farm? What’s this countdown thing?"

Chu Jiangyue had some guesses but still wanted to confirm with Little Fox.

"The countdown is the time till crop maturity. The host can buy fertilizers from the mall to shorten the growth cycle of crops."

Little Fox’s words sparked a reminder for Chu Jiangyue.

Chu Jiangyue quickly opened the virtual screen, digging through planting sector goods.

She indeed found fertilizers, divided into low-grade, mid-grade, and high-grade fertilizers.

Low-grade fertilizer was 10 copper coins per pack, mid-grade was 50 copper coins per pack, and high-grade was 1 silver coin per pack.

Seems fairly inexpensive, right?

Chu Jiangyue initially bought a pack of low-grade fertilizer, then realized... one package only shortened the maturity time of one soybean seed spot.

Chu Jiangyue had planted in 5 rows, each with 25 soybean seed holes. To shorten the maturity time of all soybean seeds, she needed to buy 124 packs; hence, 125 packs of fertilizer cost 12 silver coins and 50 copper coins.

This way, these fertilizers aren’t cheap at all. If she went for high-grade fertilizer, it would be 1 Gold Coin and 25 silver coins.

Nonetheless, what comforts Chu Jiangyue is that for future land expansion, she doesn’t need to do it herself.

As long as there’s money in her account, she can expand as much as she wants.

Furthermore, with the farm unlocked, a fence automatically appeared on the land Chu Jiangyue cultivated in the backyard, including a small house at the gate.

Though too small to live in, it’s unclear what it’s meant for.

Little Fox didn’t say anything, so Chu Jiangyue didn’t dwell much on the issue.

Once fertilized, the growth cycle for the crops reduced from 3 days to 1 and a half days.

While not scientifically plausible, the existence of Jianglin Hotel is already quite unscientific, isn’t another unscientific farm just normal?