Farming Games are All About Grinding
Chapter 303 - 294: New Locations to Explore

Chapter 303: Chapter 294: New Locations to Explore

When summer arrives and it’s time to plant wheat, the mill will be able to operate all three machines at full capacity.

Leaving the mill, Han Qiwu tossed the mouse-spotted fish seedlings he acquired today into the fish pond and took the opportunity to check on the other fish ponds.

The mouse-spotted fish seedlings in the pond didn’t seem shy at all; with a flick of their tails, they darted straight to the advanced algae host and began eating.

In the icefish pond, the ice river whitefish fry were already visibly larger. Since they were the only ones in the pond, they swam leisurely and without any concern.

In the thunder pond, the electric jellyfish floated motionlessly while the lightning fish fry occasionally swam back and forth, their gill-side tendrils occasionally emitting faint currents.

"It’s impossible to observe this electric jellyfish when it doesn’t move." Han Qiwu thought for a moment, then called over Little Electric and gave him some instructions.

Having just eaten a lightning fish, Little Electric obediently buzzed over to the edge of the thunder pond and zapped the electric jellyfish with a burst of electricity.

The electric jellyfish, floating near the surface, reacted immediately to Little Electric’s attack, revealing its form and angrily raising its tentacles to counterattack.

"Zzzap!"

The electric jellyfish released a current thicker and longer than what Little Electric had released, striking him with a loud crackling sound.

"How dare you zap me! And with such strong electricity!"

"Watch me teach you a lesson!"

Having never been humiliated like this, Little Electric was furious. Flapping his wings, he rose above the thunder pond and engaged in battle with the electric jellyfish.

"Alright, looks like the electric jellyfish is adapting well too." Han Qiwu nodded approvingly and walked over to check the pond with the straight-shelled nautilus.

As for the electric jellyfish and Little Electric’s skirmish?

He didn’t care at all.

Both of them were playing with electricity; what could possibly go wrong?

Standing by the pond, Han Qiwu looked down carefully and was surprised to find that the female snail had laid a cluster of rice grain-sized baby snails at some point.

The straight-shelled nautilus floating on the surface seemed to care nothing for them, minding its own business and nibbling on ancient kelp.

"Everything seems pretty harmonious." Han Qiwu stretched lazily, letting out a long breath, feeling quite satisfied.

"Zzzap zzzap!"

A bolt of electricity landed near Han Qiwu’s feet, kicking up a puff of dust and almost hitting him.

Han Qiwu: "........"

"Little Electric! Behave yourself, wait until I leave to fight!"

After distancing himself from the battlefield, Han Qiwu walked over to the icy snowy environment area, pulled out the snowball incubator, and skillfully opened it to take out a fresh new snowball.

Unlike the first two snowballs, this one was noticeably smaller and looked a bit wilted.

It appeared malnourished.

"Looks like the name Little Snow suits it perfectly." Han Qiwu chuckled, took out some snowball concentrate, and fed it to the snowball.

After consuming the concentrate, Little Snow quickly regained its vitality, wriggling restlessly in Han Qiwu’s arms, seemingly eager to hop around.

Han Qiwu shook his head helplessly and glanced at the icy snowy environment nearby.

"Little Prince, catch!" He called out to the Little Prince, who was playing with snowballs, as he tossed Little Snow into the air with a perfect volleyball serve.

"Woohoo!"

The Little Prince instantly perked up, jumping to catch Little Snow. After tossing it a few times, he began playing with Little Shui again.

"A new toy again! Master is so nice!"

After arranging Little Snow, Han Qiwu walked to the storage chest and took out a chunk of copper ore and a piece of stone.

He planned to test the effects of the iron smelting skill.

"Now that I can learn iron smelting, I might be able to learn alchemy in the future." Han Qiwu thought hopefully as he inspected the copper ore and stone.

The household still had a significant shortage of gold ore, and the oil press remained uncrafted.

No oil, no fried skewers!

Though he had previously collected five pieces of gold ore to create an ingot, it had been repurposed into a container for drawing spring water.

"Tomorrow’s the day to collect spring water. Hopefully, everything goes smoothly. Then I’ll try restoring the gold ingot to make the oil press." Han Qiwu mused as he activated the iron smelting skill.

After a dozen seconds, an iron ore appeared in his storage compartment.

"The effect is pretty good." Han Qiwu nodded in satisfaction.

The time cost was low, and so was the material cost.

When the household needs iron ore, he could rely on iron smelting to last for a while.

Comfortable.

Stowing away the materials, Han Qiwu grabbed some electric milk and drank a few big gulps, then walked to the clearing nearby to practice "The Times Are Calling."

Two hours later.

Han Qiwu slowly climbed up from the ground, dusting off the dirt on himself and casually remarked to Little Electric, who was watching nearby: "Your fish is gone."

Little Electric: "........"

By mid-training, Han Qiwu had already fully mastered all the movements of "The Times Are Calling." During the final hour, he focused on trying to improve his speed, but he gradually discovered that speeding up this set of moves made his limbs feel like they were trying to run away, each seemingly with its own agenda, making it impossible even to stand steadily.

The road ahead is long and arduous!

Take it slow.

After taking a shower, Han Qiwu leisurely sprawled on his desk and began reading "Little Pig’s Silly Tales."

Since the fairy tale book was relatively short, he thought for a moment, then took out his notebook to start copying as he read.

An hour later.

[Due to your dedicated transcription, the blessing of "Little Pig" begins to approach you.]

Seeing the system notification appear before him, Han Qiwu felt a bit surprised and rubbed his wrist.

Looks like a new blessing is coming.

The previous battle spoils blessing was extremely useful, as it always brought extra rewards whenever Han Qiwu explored the mine caves.

Little Pig’s blessing?

What could it be?

How exciting.

Glancing at the time, Han Qiwu climbed into bed and fell into a deep sleep.

March 13th Daily Log

Farming Experience +241

Foraging Experience +462

Fishing Experience +2152

Combat Experience +0

Mining Experience +0

Character Favorability Change:

Ding Shuji: ❤

Ding Shuding: ❤

Current Funds: 36,497 Gold

Total Earnings: 302,867 Gold

[Your total earnings surpassed 300,000 Gold, Legend Rating +1]

[In three days, a new explorable location will appear on the map.]

"Awooo awooo!"

"Gurgle gurgle!"

"Zzzap zzzap!"

Han Qiwu rubbed his eyes, turning his head to dodge the sunlight, then squinted while reviewing the log information.

There wasn’t much to comment on regarding the experience increase.

But in terms of favorability, it was surprising that water buffalo milk simultaneously improved the favorability of the Ding family father and son.

"For certain people, some gifts can be doubly effective." Han Qiwu nodded with satisfaction, deciding to bring them some more water buffalo milk later.

Not to mention, Han Qiwu still wanted to learn greenhouse construction techniques from Ding Shuji. That’s a valuable skill, enabling some crops to break free from seasonal restrictions.

Who knows how much favorability would be needed to learn it?

He could only rely on the little water buffalo for now.

Keep going!