Chapter 70: Super Farm System (36)

This day was the same.

Xie Yang entered the Farm Space in the depths of the woods where no one else was, as usual, and went to the Thatched Cottage first to fill her empty water bottle.

Ever since she discovered an inexhaustible water vat inside the Thatched Cottage, and that the water in the vat tasted sweet, she had the Main System exchange a coal stove and a kettle for her to keep in the Thatched Cottage; every time she came in, she would boil a pot of water first, and after it cooled, she would fill her water bottle, saving her from worrying about drinking water every day.

As the weather grew hotter, the craving for drinking water increased, and the one bottle she brought to work was never enough.

She could only secretly transfer a little into the bottle halfway through the day.

But she couldn't do this often; others would find it strange, wondering why Educated Youth Xie's water bottle was like a magical gourd that never ran out of water.

So, no matter how thirsty her throat was, she would endure it until she was alone and could enter the Farm Space to drink.

She would finish off most of the bottle in one go to truly quench her thirst.

【Host, keep working hard at farming! You're not far from leveling up to level two!】

The naive Sub-system was urging her to work again, just like a ruthless exploiter.

Xie Yang put down the water bottle, dumped the wild vegetables, mushrooms, and a wild ginseng plant she had gathered along the way out of her basket, and called out to the Sub-system: "Xiaomengmeng, I'm sacrificing my free time to help you farm and level up, so you should do me a favor too."

Although the Sub-system didn't understand why the Host called it Xiaomengmeng, that didn't stop it from liking the name.

It spun around happily and asked: 【What favor?】

"I believe you definitely have a way to simulate the growth environment of these plants and help them settle down here, so I won't have to waste time looking for them everywhere when I need them."

【……】

The Sub-system felt its CPU wasn't quite enough and crashed for a few seconds:

【Host, but you haven't unlocked...】

"These can be seen everywhere outside; they can survive just by being tossed near a stream, no need to unlock any Props."

【Is that so?】

"Of course!" Xie Yang shook her arms, loosened her shoulders and neck, and said, "Look how hard I work; after finishing the brigade's work point tasks, I still have to come in to help you level up. You should be considerate of me too. Just find a place for them to settle down and simulate their growth environment; you won't have to worry about whether they grow well or not afterward. It's very simple. Much simpler than me helping you level up."

【Alright then!】

The Sub-system used the space rules to simulate a natural environment suitable for the growth of these "newcomers" like wild vegetables, mushrooms, and wild medicinal herbs.

Consequently, clusters of lush, green wild vegetables appeared by the babbling stream; mushrooms sprouted one after another around the Thatched Cottage; and the transplanted Wild Ginseng radiated vitality near the edge of the mist...

The Sub-system seemed very satisfied with this result and asked cheerfully:

【Host, is this okay? This is the first time I've tried this.】

Xie Yang nodded while holding back a laugh: "Very good! Excellent! So you see, as long as we help each other, we can achieve success together."

【Mm-hmm! Host, you're right! What else do you like? Next time you bring them in, I'll help you simulate a growth environment for them.】

Xie Yang: "Okay! Thank you, Xiaomengmeng! You're so good!"

Sub-system: 【No need to thank me! We are achieving success together! You are also very good, Host! You are much better than the previous Host!】

Main System: 【……】

Another silly, cute Sub-system being manipulated by its Host without even realizing it.

With the Sub-system helping to cultivate large quantities of wild vegetables, mushrooms, Gastrodia, Wild Ginseng, and other mountain delicacies that usually required a lot of time to forage in the Farm Space's simulated wild environment, Xie Yang had enough time to tend to the nine plots of land in the space.

One or two hours were enough for her to get the nine-grid Black Soil in perfect order.

The thinned cabbage and radishes grew larger and larger, and the corn, after having some of its ears culled, also produced large, plump cobs.

Soon, a new batch of cabbage and radishes reached harvest time, and the corn also ushered in a bumper harvest!

Xie Yang spent an hour finishing the harvest and sold it to the Sub-system with one click; her points skyrocketed, accompanied by "ding-ding-dong-dong" level-up music.

【Ahhh! It's so wonderful! So leveling up is really this happy!】

The Sub-system greedily breathed in the fresh air after leveling up and let out a comfortable sigh.

In the Farm Space, the original nine-grid Black Soil turned into sixteen plots amidst the background music of leveling up and swirling mist.

The space seemed to have expanded a tiny bit, the Thatched Cottage was a little taller than before, and a small wooden Chicken Coop had appeared on the side.

It seemed that after leveling up, not only were there seven more plots of land, but she could also raise chickens.

It was just that the chicks had to be bought with points.

After checking the point price of the chicks, Xie Yang decisively had the Main System exchange for two Gugu Bird chicks in the "Limited Time Purchase" column and raised them in the Super Farm System's Chicken Coop; from now on, she wouldn't have to spend points to buy Gugu Bird eggs!

Main System: 【……】

Sub-system: 【……】

Xie Yang could vaguely sense the speechlessness of these two systems of different generations, but who cares!

If she weren't afraid of exposure, she would even want to use a few dried fish to trade with the commune members for two chicks that didn't cost money or points.

Besides raising Gugu Birds, she also dug up two wild peach trees to bring in, painting a grand picture for the Sub-system:

"In the Taohua Dock, there is a Taohua Nunnery; in the Taohua Nunnery, there is a Taohua Immortal. The Taohua Immortal plants peach trees, and then breaks off the flower branches to pay for wine... Isn't this imagery very beautiful? When the peach trees form a forest and the peach blossoms bloom, your space will be the most beautiful and romantic of its kind!"

The Sub-system was conquered by the beautiful vision and happily allowed her to plant the peach saplings between the Thatched Cottage and the stream.

Benefiting from the joy of the Super Farm System leveling up, the Sub-system generously gave Xie Yang a short break.

Xie Yang was able to finish work early, carrying the wild vegetables, mushrooms, four or five small fish the width of three fingers that she had caught in the stream, and a bundle of firewood she had gathered along the way back to the Youth Hostel.

The other Educated Youth were only just finishing work one after another at this time, their legs shaking and their backs unable to straighten from exhaustion.

But seeing the fish Xie Yang brought back, they instantly forgot their physical soreness and fatigue, excitedly surrounding her and asking: "Xie Yang, where did you catch the fish? In the lake?"

The village river was off-limits for commune members to catch fish; they had to be saved for unified harvesting and distribution at the end of the year.

But Yuewan Lake didn't have this rule because the lake was too big and too deep; as long as one wasn't using a net to catch them, the brigade couldn't manage a few fish or shrimp.

"Yang Yang, the fish in the lake are very hard to catch; you must be careful not to fall in. The lake water is very deep; every year, people from the brigade fall in and drown because they can't swim back up."

Lai Zhaodi nimbly took the fish and helped gut and wash them, not forgetting to remind Xie Yang at the same time.

Xie Yang nodded: "I know. This time it was just a coincidence; I guess it rained a while ago, the lake water rose, and some fish swam into the grass. The sun has been strong lately, the water level went down, and the fish in the grassy hollows couldn't escape back, so I just picked them up."

"That's good!" The simple and straightforward Lai Zhaodi believed her.

Zhao Wanqing, standing to the side, did not believe that Xie Yang had such good luck.

She had been dedicated to finding traces of Xie Yang binding with the Super Farm System.

But during the day, Xie Yang was at work, and after work, she went into the mountains just as before; when she returned, she always brought back mountain goods and firewood that could only be found in the mountains, so it was impossible for her to have entered the Farm Space.

And at night... she endured the sleepiness of her eyelids drooping for several nights in a row, stubbornly staying awake until everyone else in the dormitory was asleep, then snuck into Xie Yang's dormitory and felt her way to her bed to check—she was really there! She had not disappeared for a single night!

What was going on?

Zhao Wanqing was bewildered.