[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-vegetable-growing-skeleton-s-foreign-land-re":3,"chapter-the-vegetable-growing-skeleton-s-foreign-land-re-the-vegetable-growing-skeleton-s-foreign-land-re-chapter-65":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Vegetable-Growing Skeleton's Foreign Land Reclamation",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2351546,4600,"Chapter 65","the-vegetable-growing-skeleton-s-foreign-land-re-chapter-65",65,"\u003Cp>The bull-woman took a ladle and poured clean holy water skillfully over the holy mushrooms; after finishing all of them, she saw a little holy water left at the bottom of the bucket and drank it straight down. The pure holy water had no flavor but was absolutely clean—drinking it regularly wouldn’t cause diarrhea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After drinking, the bull-woman patted her belly and let out a water burp; this pat made a circle of fat ripple along her waist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh, got fatter again?” The bull-woman happily patted herself again, lifted her heavy breasts with both hands, pulled up her dress a little to make it looser and hide the fat on her waist. After finishing, she nervously glanced around, confirmed no one had seen, then sighed in relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the fat she’d painstakingly saved up—she couldn’t let anyone see it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a tall, slender female bull-woman hurried over; seeing the bull-woman, her eyes lit up and she shouted from afar: “Sister!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bull-woman turned pale with fright, raised her hand to cover her mouth, and nervously glanced toward the temple—right then, she saw Bai Yin’s skeleton raise its head and look over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bull-woman spun around and ran, rushing toward the female bull-woman, clamping a hand over her mouth and dragging her away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you crazy? Don’t shout near the temple!” The bull-woman bellowed, her voice echoing loudly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The slender bull-woman wasn’t the bull-woman’s biological sister; among the bull-people who worshipped their ancestors, all peers were considered brothers and sisters, so she was merely a clan sister—let’s call her Bull-Sis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I was just so excited to see you, Sister! Have you heard? The elders are digging that ruin and recruiting people to dig soil—two catties of grain per person per day, and extra rewards for those who dig more. Want to come with me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two catties? That’s less than the sweet beet leaves I sneak-eat every day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No no, I’m working at the temple—I can’t leave.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh come on, how much does that broken temple even pay you? Can you even feed yourself? Don’t starve yourself thin! Two catties at the ruin is just the minimum—dig more, get rewards. With our bull-people strength, we can grab rewards easily. Word is the reward is ‘eat until full’—oh my god, I’ve never been full in my whole life! Hey, Sister, did you get fatter?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Bull-Sis said “starve yourself thin,” the bull-woman instinctively sucked in her stomach, trying to shrink her little belly. When Bull-Sis mentioned “eat until full,” the bull-woman felt ashamed—she’d been eating until full every day lately, and had grown fat from it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Bull-Sis said she’d “gotten fat,” the bull-woman quickly denied it: “No, no, don’t talk nonsense—I’m just water-swollen from hunger, that’s all. But I won’t go. The temple entrusted me with the sacred duty of watering and guarding—I’d rather starve to death than abandon my duty. Take Niu Da and Niu Er—they’ve big appetites, big strength, can eat and work hard.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the two fat bull-brothers from the bull-woman’s home were taken away, they cried pitifully—they’d never get to eat until full again, never get to gnaw on beet leaves, only earn two catties of grain through brute labor from now on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost everyone in the Icewraith City was mobilized: from strong bull-people down to the elderly, sick, weak, and pregnant—whether they could work or not, showing up earned one catty of grain; those who worked got two catties; those who worked hardest got “eat until full” as a reward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn’t hiring labor—it was outright relief in disguise, officially called “labor-for-relief.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two days later, people from Ice City arrived too; everyone worked feverishly, digging out sand and piling it nearby, rapidly uncovering a structure beneath the throne. At night, when the Wind of Rest stirred, they temporarily lived inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More and more people came; excavation sped up; more structures were uncovered; more people could be housed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once, this world transit hub housed tens of thousands. Back then, they’d abandoned it because the Wind of Rest blew daily and nightly, making maintenance too costly—but the buildings hadn’t been damaged. The Undead Empire’s construction quality was simply excellent: dig them out, clean them up, and they’re still usable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The biggest cost in maintenance had always been labor; now, a crowd of starving people were here—labor was no problem at all, and this was Lisa’s strong demand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is the perfect solution: solves the manpower problem, gives everyone something to do. We absolutely can’t feed them idly—not even the old or children. Otherwise, trouble will brew. They must be kept busy, ideally so busy they collapse and sleep the moment their heads hit the pillow—then they won’t have time to think up all sorts of nonsense.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lisa had experience with large-scale relief; after disasters, she feared people being idle far more than being busy—idleness bred chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some physically strong individuals with farming experience were organized; the moment the Wind of Rest ceased, they sprang up to sow and water. All Ange needed to do was step on the ground once—and a miraculous transformation occurred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the crops matured, undead creatures would come to remove the footprints, halting the Rapid Death Aura, then harvest quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With everyone’s help, Ange could till three times a day, totaling about nine hundred mu—but he could only enjoy the joy of harvest once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the Rapid Death Aura could only be activated in one place at a time; once he turned it off here, he could rush to the next plot to activate it—he didn’t need to participate in harvesting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was bad—but he couldn’t say exactly why.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nageleis understood his mood perfectly: “Growing vegetables brings you joy. But being forced to grow them? That’s painful—and you’re missing the very part that gives you the most joy. Better to grow and harvest yourself, even if only once a day.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh.” Ange thought this made sense. The next day, he planted alone, refusing human help; his planting area dropped back to two hundred mu per day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anna watched, anxious: “Why won’t the Master let us help? The yield is so low! Long-grain rice tastes so good—why not plant more?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Master must have a deeper reason,” Lu Se mused. “He’s teaching us not to become dependent. Our fate must always be in our own hands. How wise! Anna, let’s organize people to rebuild the burned farmland.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anna rolled her eyes: “Already rebuilt. We’ll sow next spring—it’s too late now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Se scratched his head and praised: “You’re still amazing, Anna—so thoughtful. I’m glad Ice City’s in your hands.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anna scolded: “Don’t try to shirk responsibility—you’re first in line.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Anna finished speaking, someone rushed in breathlessly: “Report, City Lord! We’ve found the control tower of the teleportation array—but something inside killed two of our people!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Se immediately said: “Notify the Master!”\u003C\u002Fp>",1139,"2026-06-21T03:18:43.177Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","ebdf52c634a2d5a6c1a9ae66fce97a532a161299e9f03e28cc9ad162aff1c240","the-vegetable-growing-skeleton-s-foreign-land-re-chapter-66","the-vegetable-growing-skeleton-s-foreign-land-re-chapter-64",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-vegetable-growing-skeleton-s-foreign-land-re-cover.jpg"]