Chapter 12: Space Fertile Land Upgrade

Yan Xiyao originally wanted to follow, but Qian Shi, afraid of delaying Yan Huan’s affairs, didn’t agree. The little girl was well-behaved and didn’t pester her.

The two entered the forest and went straight into the depths. There were many wild vegetables along the way, but these were not what Yan Huan wanted. However, she didn’t let them go to waste. At this time, there was no reason to dislike, complain about having too much to eat.

Today’s most important task was to look for prey. Wild pheasants and rabbits, once processed, could be stored for a while. If they were live animals, they could be kept in the space to raise, and maybe even breed or lay eggs to eat.

Another task was to look around and see if there was anything suitable for planting. The land in her space was still empty.

After busying themselves for a long time, as it was getting dark, the two looked at the things piled on the ground and smiled at each other.

The previous stone knife hadn’t been lost and was stored in the space. Duo’er first found a handy branch and sharpened one end with the stone knife to make a wooden spear for hunting. They hunted quite a few wild animals, mostly small creatures like wild pheasants and rabbits. However, because they were hunted with a wooden spear, they were more or less injured, so they didn’t plan to put them in the space to raise. Fortunately, they also found a nest of wild pheasant eggs, which Yan Huan put into the space to see if they could hatch chicks.

There was also a small patch of wild onions, a Sichuan pepper tree, a few Zanthoxylum ailanthoides trees, and several clumps of ginger. Yan Huan didn’t consider herself a picky eater, but she still liked to add different seasonings to different ingredients to enhance their flavor.

They also found a few rice stalks and a few potatoes, both of which could serve as staple foods. These two were essential; they could do without seasonings or side dishes, but without staple food, their lives would be in danger.

Since they were in the wilderness, they didn’t find any vegetables, which was a bit of a pity, and they would have to find a way later. However, they did find a few fruit trees.

Peach trees, pear trees, plum trees, and a few wild grapevines were all planted in the space by Yan Huan. As soon as everything was planted, it began to grow at a speed visible to the naked eye, maturing in a few breaths. After maturing, it remained in that state without further change.

Yan Huan harvested the few mature rice stalks and then scattered a few grains of rice on the ground, and immediately a few more mature rice stalks appeared.

Yan Huan understood. It seemed that the function of this piece of land was to ripen things quickly, and it could also maintain a mature state, allowing her to take things out whenever she wanted.

When she had time, she could repeatedly use the seeds to grow more food and store it for easy access.

However, rice needed to be husked and couldn’t be eaten directly, which was still a bit troublesome. She would have to find a solution later. Recently, she should plant potatoes first, as potatoes could also fill their stomachs.

After studying these things and just as she was about to leave the space, a voice sounded in her mind: “Congratulations, Master, for triggering the random task – Fertile Land Upgrade. Plant fifty kinds of plants in the fertile land, and the fertile land will be upgraded to level two. Current upgrade progress: 10/50. After the fertile land is upgraded, you will receive a bottle of cola.”

Yan Huan felt a surge of joy in her heart. This broken system hadn’t made any noise since it was bound before. She had thought she had bound a fake system, but unexpectedly, it suddenly appeared again.

The fertile land should be referring to this piece of land. She had previously thought it was too small. It turned out it could be upgraded, and it only needed fifty kinds of plants to upgrade. There were flowers, plants, and trees all over the mountains and plains here, so finding fifty kinds wouldn’t be difficult. It was already late today, but this could be done tomorrow.

The most, most, most important thing was the reward.

This dog of a system must have eavesdropped on her conversation with Jiang Duo’er, right?

It definitely was. Duo’er had just said not long ago that she wanted to drink cola, and now the reward was cola. What a coincidence!

A bottle of cola. If it were in modern times and the system used this as a reward, Yan Huan would have spat in its face. But right now, Yan Huan felt that she was actually tempted by it.

Damn it, she was actually manipulated by a bottle of cola. It was ridiculous.

She thought it was ridiculous in her heart, but her body was very honest and unconsciously swallowed her saliva.

Since the system had tasks to do, and they were likely things she wanted, then she definitely had to do more tasks. She quickly asked, “Are there any other tasks I can take?”

The system didn’t make a sound, and she didn’t know if it wasn’t intelligent enough or simply didn’t want to pay attention to her.

Forget it, she couldn’t figure it out in a short time. Let it be.

It wasn’t too late yet, but if they didn’t go back, the officials might come out looking for them. To avoid future trouble, Yan Huan directly flashed out of the space.

Before leaving, she also casually picked a lot of fruits, some for Duo’er and some to take home.

It was too late for the two of them to process the prey, so they simply divided it and went back to their respective families to find their mothers.

Although the Yan family ate separately, they still rested together.

When the people from the other three branches saw Yan Huan dragging back that pile of things, their eyes almost popped out of their sockets.
The old lady saw that Yan Huan’s face was stained with blood and frowned, but in the end, she didn’t say anything inappropriate. She beckoned to Yan Huan, then took out a cloth handkerchief and wiped the bloodstains from Yan Huan’s face, looking pitying. “These chores should have been done by your brothers. You must be tired.”

When the old lady helped her wipe her face, Yan Huan unconsciously took a small step back.

She wasn’t used to being too intimate with people she wasn’t very familiar with.

Her grandmother had never been very close to her since childhood because she didn’t like her mother. Otherwise, how could she have been sent to the Xu family back then?

Seeing Yan Huan step back, the old lady didn’t show any unusual expression. She pointed to the things on the ground and said, “Were these all killed by that girl from the Jiang family? I used to think that girl had strange strength and was vulgar, but I didn’t expect her to come in handy now.”

Heh, the old lady really hadn’t changed. She was still as self-centered as ever, using whether something was useful to her as the standard for measuring things.

People and things that were beneficial to her were good people and good things, and those that were useless to her were all bad.

For example, herself. Even though she was her granddaughter with blood ties, she had never given her a kind look when she was young because she didn’t lack grandchildren by her side. She was dispensable and unprofitable to her, so she wouldn’t waste a bit of emotion on her. But now, since she could bring her benefits, she could endure her displeasure and be kind to her.

Yan Huan didn’t like such people – utilitarian and cold-hearted. But getting along with such people wasn’t tiring. Since you knew her personality, you knew how to deal with her. With such people, there was no need for any sentimentality; just getting by was enough.

In ancient times, filial piety was paramount. As long as the old lady didn’t cause trouble or go too far, she wouldn’t go against her.

After all, there was no need to make her father’s life difficult.
To be fair, she was quite good to her eldest son.

There was a water source near the camp. Yan Huan asked Jiang Mama to take a few people to process the prey. She didn’t need to worry about the rest. Jiang Mama would naturally handle it. Yan Huan first wiped the bloodstains from her face, then took a few bunches of grapes to find Yan Xiyao.