Farming Games are All About Grinding

Simply tasting delicious food is already an enjoyment in itself.

Let alone doing so under the envious gazes of a group of single, hungry research geeks.

Tang Qingying was experiencing this kind of feeling for the first time.

Not bad at all.

The portion of the strawberry layer cake was too generous. Even after Han Qiwu worked up an appetite, he could only manage half of it. Tang Qingying only ate a quarter before she was too full.

As Tang Qingying let out a satisfied burp, a female colleague beside her subconsciously swallowed her saliva.

She was just about to say something, but when she looked up, Tang Qingying had already skillfully packed up the remaining strawberry layer cake and happily walked off to change clothes.

The sound of swallowing was all that remained in the hall.

Before long, Han Qiwu, fresh from watering the plants, heard his phone ding twice. He pulled it out and saw a smiling expression appear on his face.

"The strawberry cake was so good! Now I've got both dinner and lunch sorted. Next time, I'll bring you something tasty too! Heading to the lab now, hehe."

Han Qiwu thought about it briefly and replied with a text: "You should still eat proper meals at lunch. Eating one flavor all the time gets boring. It's important to have variety in your diet. Next time I'll let you try some mulberries."

After sending the message, he walked over to the mulberry tree, picked about ten fresh mulberries, washed them, took a photo of their glistening, vibrant appearance, and sent it along with the text.

You can't resist wanting to eat them!

Putting away his phone, he headed into the house and turned on the television.

[Weather Forecast]

Tomorrow: Rainy

[Life Tips]

Promises should be kept.

[Almanac]

Good for accumulation; Avoid forgetting

[Shennong's Cookbook]

Shennong is resting

Glancing at the weather forecast, Han Qiwu silently made plans. A rainy day—it's a good opportunity to go fishing, replenish resources, and prepare for the fishing competition. The life tips and almanac info were intriguing.

Promises?

Seems like the only promise I've made was to supervise Xiao Shu in doing his homework, right?

Avoid forgetting....

How am I supposed to avoid forgetting when I've already forgotten what it was?

A memory paradox?

He shook his head helplessly, walked to the spring, and took out the half bottle of ice spring water he obtained yesterday. After taking a sip, he carefully poured it into the spring's center.

Glug glug glug.

Absorbing the ice spring water, the surface of the spring first erupted with fine bubbles, followed by a layer of cold mist encircling it, which soon dissipated.

[Ice Spring absorbed. Source Spring is now upgraded to produce 5.5 portions of spring water daily. Upgrade effect applies starting tomorrow.]

"Not bad." Han Qiwu bent down, collected today's freshly produced spring water, pouring three portions onto the giant fly trap with willow-like leaves, and two portions near the welcoming pine tree.

After absorbing the spring water, the giant fly trap instantly sprouted two large, wide leaves resembling banana leaves. The tiny flowers on top blossomed consecutively, exuding a faint fragrance.

Han Qiwu leaned closer and cautiously fanned his hand at the flowers to savor the scent.

So fragrant.

The heat lingering in his body was immediately calmed.

An exceptionally effective cooling remedy!

Not only that, but three or four dark cliff bees were drawn to the floral scent, diving into the flowers to gather nectar.

"Looks like we finally have a proper medicinal herb at home." Han Qiwu smiled contentedly and checked on the mist mushrooms nearby.

Thriving well.

Even the mist caterpillars on the tree had hatched, slowly removing pests from the tree.

Honestly, those mist caterpillars seem kind of cute.

Shifting his attention, Han Qiwu went to the miniature grove nearby.

Ten maple trees, ten cypresses, ten willows.

"Still no nut-bearing trees though." Han Qiwu sighed. He'd have to ask Aunt Hong Mei next time.

She would probably know where to find some hickory nut trees nearby.

As for cashews, Han Qiwu wasn't interested—they were too much hassle to collect, and the juice is corrosive.

Not worth it.

After cutting some trees, Han Qiwu headed over to the cliff bees' hive.

His excitement rose upon seeing a large jar-like honey icon already displayed on the hive. The honey was a deep color with some dark spots mixed in.

[Medium Blended Cliff Honey (Silver Star Quality)]

[Stamina +400]

[HP +300]

[Special Effect – Nourishing: Blended cliff honey can promote animal growth]

[Note: The special effects of blended cliff honey vary each time depending on the pollen collected during honey production.]

"Varies every time? It's basically like a blind box!" Han Qiwu was pleasantly surprised. It seemed having a mixed variety of flowers nearby was advantageous.

Maybe the next cliff honey would have a cooling effect?

Picking up the honey, Han Qiwu quickly scooped out a spoonful to taste before the Little Prince noticed.

The sweet honey carried a faint pear aroma.

Perhaps the cliff bees had collected pollen from pear flowers on the mountain.

Such stamina it provides!

Thinking about its special effect, Han Qiwu took the honey to Jilei Mountain and scooped out half to add to Little Red's feed trough, along with dragon grass and alfalfa.

A super-nutritious meal!

Let's see if you won't produce milk after eating this!

Catching a whiff of the aroma, Little Red's big eyes immediately sparkled. Before eating, it even reached out to nuzzle Han Qiwu's shoulder with its head.

Han Qiwu grinned and patted Little Red's head, saying, "Eat up, and make sure to produce plenty of milk. Maybe we can make some cheese too."

Little Red: "....."

After feeding Little Red, Han Qiwu went to the side room to fetch the raspberry jam and pickled peppers, casually adding mulberries and strawberries to the mix.

These two fruit jams were more common. He wondered how the flavors from the canned jars would turn out.

Really looking forward to it.

Afterward, Han Qiwu collected egg yolk mayonnaise jars at home, refilled them with raw materials one by one.

There was quite a stockpile of mayonnaise from the past two days. He kept a few jars for himself and tossed the rest into the selling box.

This time—jar and all.

Finishing up these basic chores at home, he grabbed materials from the storage box, picked up his fishing rod, and headed to the secret realm.

Time to earn money for building a rabbit pen.

After that, I'll head to Mist Forest to gather wood and construct an intermediate chicken coop.

It was cloudy today. The breeze by the seaside was pleasantly refreshing. Han Qiwu was lucky—he found several pieces of red coral even before reaching the secret realm.

When he arrived at the entrance of the secret realm, he noticed a glimmer under a nearby rock. Walking closer, he discovered a large sea star.

The yellow sea star had a rough surface and looked fresh.

[Sea star]

[Stamina +30]

[HP +40]

[Note: The taste of sea star is decent]

"Looks like I can try making sea star egg custard for lunch." Han Qiwu happily pocketed it. With good eggs at home, many seafood ingredients could now be steamed into custard dishes.

"Hope I can reel in a few lobsters later." He touched the large rock and shamelessly made a wish.