Chapter 647: The '50s Mother-Way System (4)

Xie Yang took a sip of Nanyang Bird's Nest soup and casually tapped open the personal account on the System interface; seeing the balance of tens of thousands of points, her mood finally improved a little.

When she left the previous plane, the supplies she took through the Aircraft Cargo Hold were mainly grape wine and other fruit wines produced by her own winery, followed by daily necessities like rice, flour, grain, oil, cloth, and ready-made clothing, and finally a box of jewelry with special effects that Song Yanqing had given her.

They were far from being as valuable as heavenly treasures, so the jump fee deducted was not much.

【Host, do you need to exchange for a Physical Fitness Potion?】

The Main System asked very obsequiously.

Xie Yang thought for a moment and shook her head: "Not for now."

She still had to mail reports to Zhuang Mingcheng's workplace in Beijing and the local Women's Federation; if these units came to verify things with her later, how could she make them believe she had been working like a beast and suffering endless torment at the Old Zhuang Family if she had changed so much?

However, this body's constitution was truly too weak; she was already panting after climbing the mountain for only a short while.

Fortunately, she just wanted to find a place to hide and enjoy some peace. Seeing that she was not far from the foot of the mountain, she found a flat spot, took out the oilcloth commonly used for picnics in the previous plane to spread on the ground, then took out a meditation cushion, sat cross-legged on it, and started cooking a private meal for herself...

【Host, the vegetables in the vegetable garden have matured!】

Around two or three in the afternoon, Xie Yang was basking her back in the warm early winter sun and had started to doze off while lying down, when she suddenly heard an electronic voice completely different from the Main System, which woke her up.

"I just sowed the seeds this morning, and they've matured already?"

She subconsciously looked at her wrist, but unfortunately, there was no watch.

There was one in her stockpile, but since it wasn't calibrated, looking at it was useless.

【Yes, Host, six hours have passed since sowing.】

Xie Yang couldn't help but laugh; she rubbed her hands together, opened the Smart Farm System, logged into the vegetable garden module, and harvested with one click.

【Congratulations to the Host for successfully experiencing vegetable garden Planting for the first time! Extra reward: 100 EXP】

Xie Yang discovered that after all nine vegetable plots were harvested, the experience bar had risen from 0 to 280, of which 100 was the reward for the first experience, and 180 was obtained from the process of sowing, watering, and harvesting.

The experience points needed to level up from Level 1 to Level 2 were 500, so she was still 220 short.

Without waiting for Ace to prompt her, Xie Yang sowed with one click, planting another batch of cabbage, radishes, and potatoes.

After sowing, she watered with one click, then opened the Nongchang Warehouse.

In the warehouse, which was like a Game Backpack, three icons had appeared: Cabbage*20, Radish*20, Potato*20.

Xie Yang took one portion of each and found that each portion of cabbage was just one head, but one head was very large, roughly ten jin; she simply took out a scale to weigh it, and it really was ten jin.

Next, she weighed the radishes and potatoes, which were also ten jin each. It was just that one portion of radishes was two roots, five jin each; the potatoes were one jin each, so ten jin was exactly ten potatoes.

This was the weight of one portion, so 20 portions would be two hundred jin?

"Ace, is the harvest of every plot in the Smart Vegetable Garden two hundred jin?"

Ace: 【The harvest of crop seeds of different levels is different, oh. Ordinary crops are ten jin per portion, high-level crops are five jin per portion, and special-level crops are one jin per portion.】

Xie Yang curiously raised her eyebrows: "Care to elaborate?"

【...】

Ace had no choice but to show the Host the Seed Vault.

Xie Yang understood as soon as she looked: high-level crops turned out to refer to fungi like morels, porcini, matsutake, and truffles, as well as black-series vegetables and fruits, including black strawberries, black tomatoes, black currants, and Hei Pi watermelon; while special-level crops referred to slow-growing, precious medicinal materials like Ginseng and Ganoderma.

She glanced at Ginseng and Ganoderma and found that they would only unlock when the vegetable garden reached Level 95.

Xie Yang twitched the corner of her mouth; anyone who had played games knew that the further you leveled up, the harder it got. Level 90-something—that would take until the end of time.

Fortunately, she wasn't short of Ginseng or Ganoderma; she had a space the size of half a shipping container stockpiled with them.

Moreover, in her view, true heavenly treasures should grow naturally in the wild; could things cultivated with high-tech interstellar acceleration really provide life-saving and nourishing medicinal effects?

She expressed doubt.

However, after tasting a slice of the freshly harvested white radish, her eyes lit up: "Delicious!"

Not only was it juicy, but it was also crisp and sweet; the taste even rivaled the Ice Cream Fruit Radish that the Spirit Spring System had rewarded her with.

She cut some cabbage to taste as well.

According to Ace, any food produced by the Smart Farm was free of pesticides and parasites, so she just cut some to taste.

She found that the cabbage tasted great even raw; the leaves were fresh and tender, and the stalks were crisp.

Xie Yang praised Ace without hesitation: "Your civilization is truly amazing! To be able to design such an advanced planting auxiliary tool like the Smart Farm!"

Ace's tone carried pride: 【This is just one of the game systems; if the Host is interested, Ace can also introduce other colleagues to the Host.】

Xie Yang: "..."

That was possible?

Main System: 【Host, don't forget we still have recovery Tasks to do!】

Was her Host really going to run off with a wild system? Sob sob sob!

However, Ace immediately stated: during the period it was bound to the Host, it could not summon other game systems; it could only wait until the Smart Farm's Tasks reached the full level and it unbound from the Host before it could introduce other colleagues to connect with the Host.

Xie Yang curiously asked what other game systems there were?

【So many! Apocalypse Game System, Strange Tales Game System, Battlefield Game System, Exile Game System, Monster Game System, Zombie Game System...】

Xie Yang immediately called a halt: "That, actually, I don't have much interest in games, let's just leave it to fate!"

The Main System was holding back its laughter with great difficulty.

Xie Yang wandered on the mountain until the sun set, then put on her basket and used a wooden stick she picked up from the ground to walk down the mountain.

"Mingcheng's mother, isn't that your Mingcheng's wife? Did she go into the mountain?"

Qiu Caohua was standing at the river pier at the entrance of her house complaining to other women about her daughter-in-law who never stayed home, her words full of grievances. As soon as she heard her daughter-in-law had returned, she stopped the topic and glared at Xie Yang: "You left early in the morning and only just returned at this hour; what have you been doing?"

Xie Yang hung her head and limped into the Zhuang family courtyard, leaning on the wooden stick.

"Mingcheng's mother, your daughter-in-law seems to have injured her leg; hurry and find the village doctor to take a look at her. If it drags on, it's easy to develop chronic ailments."

"That's right, look at how dirty she is; I'm afraid she fell into a ditch, no wonder she came back so late. Don't be angry with her anymore; your daughter-in-law is usually filial enough to you two old folks, unlike mine..."

Qiu Caohua was persuaded by the women present, and the anger in her heart was not as intense, but she was still unhappy.

Who let that dead girl go into the mountains? Wouldn't it be better to stay at home like before, finish the housework, and then go work in the fields? Why go up the mountain! Anything edible on the mountain was long ago picked clean by those half-grown boys herding cattle and sheep; would it ever be her turn to pick up the scraps?

There's no need to run into the mountains for firewood either; isn't it right there at the foot of the mountain? Besides, I haven't seen her bring back a single bundle of firewood.