Chapter 668: The 50s Motherhood System (25)

She took out the cloth bundle and unwrapped it; inside was another cloth bundle, only this one was made of brocade.

Unwrapping the brocade bundle revealed the true contents: nine small gold bars, six Silver Ingot, a pair of jade bracelets, three gold rings, and a gold collar.

How pitiful are the hearts of parents everywhere!

Xie Yang could not help but sigh for the original owner.

If Xie Yun had settled his affairs before passing away in the previous life, the original owner likely would not have had to live so arduously.

But that is not necessarily true.

The Zhuang family had such an ugly way of doing things; if they had known the original owner still had valuables in her hands, they likely would have been even less willing to let her leave.

One can only blame fate for playing tricks on people.

Xie Yang put away these gold and silver valuables.

For now, she needed to keep a low profile.

Before she leaves this plane in the future, she will donate them in the names of Xie Yun and his daughter.

After putting the jar away, Xie Yang returned to the backyard, where the Robot had already finished digging the dirt pit she requested.

Xie Yang poured several buckets of water into the pit, creating the prototype of a fish pond, and successfully deployed the Smart Fish Pond.

In a matter of minutes, a small, lush pond appeared in her backyard.

She released the first batch of fish fry unlocked with the fish pond—Grass Carp and Crucian Carp.

Don't look at them as just one of each; they can be harvested every 24 hours. This means she can harvest a ten-pound large Grass Carp and a two-to-three-pound large Crucian Carp every day from now on.

However, according to Ace, freshwater Fish, Shrimp, and Crab from the outside world can also be raised in the Smart Fish Pond, but it won't provide a maturity time, so she will have to gauge it herself.

Then what is she waiting for!

Xie Yang picked up a bucket, grabbed a fishing rod and a stool, and went to the small river in the village to fish.

"Yangyang, coming to fish?"

The women washing clothes at the river pier saw Xie Yang holding a fishing rod and, seeing it was clearly for fishing, said with a smile:

"There aren't any big fish in our village's river. The small fish have no meat and are all bones, and they're a hassle to clean; there's nothing good to eat. You'd be better off picking some River Snail to take back; stir-frying them with Chili is great with rice."

"The River Snail right now don't have much meat; they only taste good around the Qingming Festival."

"Even a mosquito's meat is still meat; don't River Snail have more meat than a mosquito? River Snail soup with fermented black beans mixed with rice is very fresh."

"What you all said makes me want to pick some River Snail to take back too."

"Pick them, pick them."

The women laughed as they stepped on the stones, bending over to pick River Snail from the gaps in the stone pier.

Xie Yang did not fish next to the river pier but walked a distance upstream along the riverbank, asking Ace as she walked: "Can River Snail be raised in the Smart Fish Pond?"

Ace: 【Yes, Host. For fish ponds below level 15, any freshwater aquatic product can be raised.】

Xie Yang nodded, deciding to pick some River Snail to take back later; she would wash a plate to make stir-fried River Snail with sauce and raise the rest in the fish pond.

That's right, she had also been made hungry by that auntie's mention of "River Snail soup mixed with rice is very fresh."

The upstream area was already quite far from the village houses, and with no one around, Xie Yang squatted down to start luring fish.

The fishing rod was purely a prop for her; compared to fishing, she preferred trapping.

She took out a narrow-mouthed bamboo basket and put some bait she had made in the previous plane at the bottom.

Before long, the once-quiet water surface began to bubble, and small miscellaneous fish from all directions swam over, drilling into the bamboo basket without any precaution.

Seeing that there were a dozen or twenty fish inside, Xie Yang quickly lifted the bamboo basket, drained the river water, and poured them into the wooden bucket nearby.

The bucket had already been filled with half a bucket of water, and the small fish poured in panicked for a while before quickly settling down.

Only then did Xie Yang notice there were also a few long-whiskered Green Shrimp among them.

Not bad at all!

Although the fish and shrimp were not big, she trusted the Smart Fish Pond; if it could make Grass Carp and Crucian Carp grow into large fish in 24 hours, surely it could shorten the growth cycle for wild miscellaneous fish and small shrimp too.

From now on, there will be a steady stream of fish and shrimp to eat!

Three Green Shrimp and a dozen small miscellaneous fish—Xie Yang figured that was enough.

After all, the fish pond wasn't big, and raising too many wouldn't necessarily be good for the pond's ecology.

Xie Yang picked up the bucket, took her gear, and walked back. Seeing an empty river pier, she went down and picked up quite a few River Snail.

That evening, her dinner was stir-fried River Snail with sauce and Rice, and after the meal, she gnawed on a Tomato, serving as both fruit and vegetable—perfect!

After dinner, she walked around the yard for an hour while harvesting the vegetables from the Smart Vegetable Garden.

She discovered the progress bar for experience points was not far from level 40, estimating she could hit level 40 before the new year, at which point she could unlock another new module—the Breeding Farm.

By then, besides chickens and pigs, there would be ducks, geese, cows, sheep, and even venison to eat.

But no matter how she adjusted the layout of the house, there was no space left to build a pen for cows and sheep.

Where should the Breeding Farm be deployed?

Xie Yang discussed it with Ace: "Can the Breeding Farm be deployed separately? For example, can the Chicken Coop of the Smart Breeding Farm cover my own Chicken Coop, and the Pig Pen of the Smart Breeding Farm cover my own Pig Pen?"

Ace: 【Like the Orchard, it is possible as long as they are not too far apart.】

"How far is 'too far apart'?"

【Within the same area. For example, both in your yard, or both on the same mountain.】

Xie Yang: "..."

That's the same as saying nothing.

If her yard could fit this many modules, she wouldn't have this worry.

【Why doesn't the Host buy more land?】

Ace delivered a soul-searching question:

【Ace's previous hosts would all buy a large piece of land to build a farm.】

Xie Yang: "..."

Good grief! She had actually been stumped by a system that was a product of an extraterrestrial civilization!

She really should let it go to another plane to see her ten thousand acres of farmland.

"Yangyang!"

The next morning, not long after Xie Yang got up and while she was practicing her cultivation in the backyard bathed in the midday sun, Zhishu Xifu knocked on her courtyard gate.

"Auntie, do you need something from me?"

Xie Yang opened the courtyard gate and invited her in to sit.

"No, no, I just came to tell you something. You see, my fourth son went into town a few days ago and brought back a copy of the Farmer's Newspaper. He said there really was news about Grass Seed Flower Fertilizer in it, though this paper was published recently and isn't the same one you mentioned, but the content is exactly what you said. My fourth son said it might be a reprint or something, he doesn't understand it. Anyway, there's no doubt you've done a great service for our Shili Village!"

This news was within Xie Yang's expectations.

She smiled and said, "Uncle Tian found this newspaper? That's great! Now everyone should believe it."

"Believe it! Of course we believe it!" Zhishu Xifu said, grinning from ear to ear. "To tell you the truth, ever since you told me, we've been planting Grass Seed Flowers in every corner of our vegetable garden. If we have a bumper harvest of pumpkins next year, you'll be the one to thank most! Auntie really wants to thank you properly."

As Zhishu Xifu spoke, she leaned closer to Xie Yang and whispered a few words to her: "... Don't you worry, when the township selects the advanced individuals next year, our village will recommend you..."

Xie Yang was between laughter and tears: "I didn't really do anything; there's no need to waste such a precious spot on me."

"How could that be a waste! If you hadn't told us, would we have specifically paid attention to this newspaper? If we hadn't paid attention, we wouldn't have known that Grass Seed Flowers could fertilize fields. Think of how much we would have lost!"