Chapter 71: Super Farm System (37)

Could it be that after that magical system unbound from her, it really left this place? And didn't bind to anyone else?

Or perhaps, the one it bound to wasn't Xie Yang?

That's it!

At that time, besides Xie Yang, there were two other people present!

At this moment, Zhao Wanqing thought she had found the truth—

After the Super Farm System unbound from her, it didn't bind to Xie Yang, but to one of the two, the aunt or the niece, Xu Shengnan and Xu Beibei!

It must be this!

She had been blinded by her own obsession before! She had been suspecting Xie Yang all along.

If it really were Xie Yang, after so many days, it would be impossible not to show some flaws!

Therefore, it must be Xu Shengnan or her niece Xu Beibei!

After figuring this out, Zhao Wanqing really wanted to go and verify it.

Unfortunately, Mingdao City was simply too far from Chuan Nan!

One in the northeast, one in the southwest, separated by the distance of a thousand mountains and rivers.

Zhao Wanqing wilted.

But it was the busy farming season, so besides Xie Yang, everyone was wilted, and no one paid any attention to her erratic mood swings.

"Oh my, what a huge dark cloud! Is it going to pour rain?"

"No way, right? It was a clear, sunny day just a moment ago!"

"Who has finished their work point Task? Hurry to the Threshing Floor to help rush-harvest the grain! Don't let it get soaked by the rain!"

"Educated Youth Xie! Educated Youth Xie has already gone! And she went riding a bicycle!"

"It has to be Comrade Xiao Xie!"

"When we select the Labor Model next year, I'm voting for Xiao Xie first."

"As if you need to say it! We all have eyes!"

"Oh, stop chatting and get to work! Harvest as much as you can!"

Just as the team members were rushing to harvest the rice in the fields before the heavy rain, Xie Yang, who had arrived a step ahead, was already helping to collect grain at the Threshing Floor.

During the busy farming season, there was a shortage of labor.

Those assigned to turn and dry grain at the Threshing Floor were either elderly people or pregnant women with big bellies; they lacked strength and weren't agile enough.

Thanks to Xie Yang arriving in time, she did the work of three or five strong laborers, running back and forth like a timer, taking the grain that the elderly and pregnant women swept together and loaded into baskets, and carrying it into the Grain Warehouse one trip after another.

Just as the last two baskets of grain were carried into the Grain Warehouse, bean-sized raindrops chased right at her heels and smashed down.

The heavy rain arrived as scheduled.

"How is it? You didn't get soaked, did you?"

The Brigade Leader arrived in a rush, covered in sweat.

The Third Production Team was short on labor this year, so he had stayed there to help with the rush-harvest and hadn't expected it to rain suddenly.

"No, no, thanks to Educated Youth Xie, she helped us get all the grain inside before the rain," an elderly person said with immense relief.

The Brigade Leader let out a sigh of relief: "That's good!"

He then looked at Xie Yang with gratification: "Comrade Xiao Xie is truly excellent!"

Xie Yang smiled.

Actually, if she hadn't noticed the sky looking wrong and turned her bike around to pedal back in time, she would have been in the mountains by now.

It seems there was no time to "work overtime" in the space today.

In fact, not just today, but for several days following, Xie Yang had no chance to enter the space because the heavy rain lasted for several days.

Instead, the river water rose onto the banks, and Fish even swam to the doorsteps of the team members' homes.

The Brigade Leader organized strong laborers to catch Fish in the rain, then distributed them by household so everyone could have some meat.

The Youth Hostel counted as one household and was allocated two large Grass Carp about a foot long.

That very day, Lai Zhaodi, who had the best culinary skills, took charge of the kitchen and stewed both Grass Carp: one was stewed in wild vegetable soup, and the other was braised with a little soybean oil.

Don't look at the two Grass Carp as being quite large; there were many Educated Youths, so each person didn't get much, and it felt like they finished eating before they could even savor the taste; the fish soup was also scrambled for to mix with rice, and it was eaten until not a drop remained.

"Why do I feel like these large Grass Carp aren't as delicious as the small miscellaneous fish Xie Yang picked up last time!"

Only after finishing the meal did everyone have the leisure to speak.

"These Grass Carp do have a bit of a muddy smell."

"I think so too! The fish you brought back, Xie Yang, were truly fresh when stewed in wild vegetable soup!"

Xie Yang smiled without saying a word.

How could they be the same!

According to the Sub-system, the Fish and Shrimp it raised in the stream in the space came from a water-element planet called Water Blue Star, where 90% of the entire planet was water; whether it was aquatic products or seafood, the taste was excellent.

If it weren't for the fact that the space lacked an ocean, she would have wanted the Sub-system to raise some seafood.

Wait, could she dig a pond in the space and add some Salt to make a homemade saltwater pond?

Main System: 【...】

System: 【...】

Host, have you forgotten the Task you came here for?

Xie Yang: If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have almost forgotten; I was originally about to Ascend to the Immortal Realm, who was it that dragged me over here to do some nonsense Task...

Main System: 【Ahem ahem! System thinks the Host's idea is quite good! After all, the Task is long-term, and since you're idle anyway, why not... develop some side businesses to enrich your quality of life?】

System: 【...】

Have you considered my feelings?

No one cared.

Thus, when the weather cleared, Xie Yang resumed her three-point-one-line routine of going to work—entering the mountains—returning to the Youth Hostel—going to work—entering the mountains—returning to the Youth Hostel, and in the Super Farm System, there was now an extra... well, an artificial saltwater pond that simulated a natural marine environment.

Whether it was the salinity control, water circulation, or the sediment environment at the bottom and the propagation of microorganisms like algae, everything was copied from the seas of Water Blue Star, and even the first batch of farmed seafood were star seafood from Water Blue Star—

Bamboo Shrimp, Mantis Shrimp, Lobster, Long-legged Crab, Sea Urchin, Abalone, Scallop, Oyster, and various smaller sea fish; there wasn't anything Xie Yang didn't love to eat!

Sub-system: 【Host, I'm good to you, right? Keep working hard at Planting! Once you reach level three, I'll help you get more good things over here.】

Xie Yang was delighted: "No problem!"

It's just Planting, after all!

She had already gained plenty of experience doing it!

The Main System fell silent.

It really wanted to ask the Sub-system: Do you want to take a look at what you, a Super Farm System, are actually doing?

The Host spends at most two hours a day Planting in the Farm Space, and you?

Cultivating wild vegetables and the artificial planting of mushrooms;

Simulating the optimal wild growth environment for medicinal herbs like Ganoderma, Gastrodia, Fleeceflower Root, and Wild Ginseng;

Tending to the old wild grape vines in front of the Thatched Cottage and the peach trees by the bamboo forest creek behind it;

Controlling the golden ratio of fish and shrimp in the small creek to prevent over- or under-breeding from affecting their taste for Cooking;

And now there's one more task—managing the seafood in the saltwater pond...

The Main System was simply speechless.

It had seen systems being manipulated by their Hosts into constantly sending them wealth, but it had never seen one deliver itself to the doorstep to do chores for the Host!

The Shenhao System, currently undergoing factory repairs: 【...】 You might as well just report my system ID!

Half a month later, the summer harvest drew to a close.

After finishing the final wave—handing over the Task grain—everyone welcomed the part they looked forward to most: the grain distribution.

However, the mid-year grain distribution was only a small portion, specifically the rice that had just been harvested.

As soon as they received the new grain, everyone went to the Mill to queue up, milling the rice to cook a meal of dry rice to properly reward themselves for their hard work over the first half of the year!

Xie Yang was no exception.

Her work points were the highest in the entire Youth Hostel, and even among the whole Commune, she was in the top few, so the grain she was allotted was naturally plentiful; let alone cooking one meal, even if she ate dry rice every single meal, she could last for quite a while.

To accompany the first bowl of rice cooked from this year's new harvest, she took advantage of a trip up the mountain to gather firewood, entered the Farm Space, fished a Lobster and two large Scallops from the saltwater pond, topped them with vermicelli and drizzled them with minced garlic, and happily enjoyed a long-awaited seafood feast.

"Educated Youth Xie! So you went to chop firewood? How diligent!"

Just after finishing her secret meal and returning to the Youth Hostel, she ran into the commune members who had returned from handing over the Task grain at the Commune.

They brought the letters and packages for the Educated Youth that had been piling up at the Post Office during this time.

"Educated Youth Xie, you have a package too, it looks like it was sent from Mingdao City. Aren't you from Pingcheng? You have relatives in Mingdao City too?"

Xie Yang was also surprised, but she quickly thought of Xu Shengnan.

She opened the package and saw a letter tucked inside; one look at the signature confirmed it was indeed Xu Shengnan.

Xu Shengnan, who lived by the sea, had sent her a large package full of dried seafood.

Dried Prawn, Dried Razor Clam, Dried Clam, Dried Cuttlefish, Yellow Croaker Fillet, as well as a large bundle of Salted Kelp and a large bag of Dried Laver and Shrimp Skin.

Xie Yang, who had only just achieved seafood freedom recently: "..."