“Ah Chen, you’re strong, but with so much wheat to pull, you’ll be exhausted. Let’s transport a little less back first, and we’ll return later to grab the rest.” Mu Yan was distressed as he stared at the rope around Mu Chen’s shoulder.
“It’s fine, this weight is nothing to me. We should return because it will soon be dark.” Mu Chen smiled as he said to Mu Yan.
Mu Yan stared up at the sky, then at the wheat mound, before walking over to Mu Chen’s side, clearly wishing to help him share some.
Mu Chen didn’t want to see his little sweetheart suffer, so he quickly backed aside so he couldn’t get the rope, then added, “I am strong, so it is no problem to pull these, but you’ll get hurt.”
Mu Yan grew disappointed when he remembered getting harmed while only pulling out the wheat.
“Hey, let’s go back.” Mu Chen reached out his hand and stroked Mu Yan’s head, saying adoringly.
The two of them started to walk back together. 005 was still flying on top of the wheat pile in surprise, while Mu Yan kept following Mu Chen and talking to him. From time to time, he would ask if he was tired and whether he wanted to rest.
But seeing that Mu Chen’s expression remained consistent and did not show any difficulty, Mu Yan was a little relieved and very proud.
This was his family’s man; he was strong and powerful, and no one could make anything feel as powerful as he did.
With the discovery of wheat, the two of them stopped worrying about it and instead looked forward to Mu Yan’s capacity to sell more buns and scallion pancakes.
***
“New edible ingredients? When will Yanyan make it and sell it? Auntie will buy more.” Aunt Liu said with a smile.
“There aren’t many right now, but when there are, I’ll definitely make some for Auntie to try.” Mu Yan smiled in response.
Mu Yan was charming, adorable, and well-mannered. He was still quite popular in the village, especially among the middle-aged aunts who saw Mu Yan and regarded themselves as a mother figure.
“Okay, then Auntie will wait for Yanyan to cook something delicious.” Aunt Liu smiled and concluded her sentence before walking away from Mu Yan.
Along the way, they met several villagers who were as enthusiastic as Aunt Liu. Of course, they occasionally encountered some peculiar villagers, but Mu Chen would stand in the way and didn’t dare to be too blatant. Mu Yan never paid attention to their ‘bad’ thoughts and greeted them warmly, only to make them angry and helpless.
After returning home, how to thresh the wheat had become a problem again. Mu Yan looked straight at 005, his eyes shining with anticipation.
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005: …
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“Hmm… should we just wait? Anyway, all of these wheat will be used for planting, and it’s not the wheat planting season now. Once we have the points, we can exchange them.” Mu Yan said cautiously.
“What? Seed? Shouldn’t it be made into flour?” 005 listened, and instantly changed from the crazy state just now to another crazy state.
“These wheat is too little, and if it is used as flour, it can’t make much. But if we save the seeds, we can plant them. At that time, we can harvest many times more wheat than this, and if we find wheat in the future, we will make flour for you.” Mu Yan said firmly. When he saw these wheats, he had already decided that.
005 expression dimmed.
There was a big gap between this world and the world Mu Yan lived in in his previous life, but the weather and seasons were similar, with changes in the four seasons.
It was late spring and early summer, which happened to be the season for winter wheat to mature and harvest, and it could also be regarded as the season for sowing spring wheat. However, they did not have a threshing machine and could not get wheat seeds. So they could only plant winter wheat at the end of autumn and early winter.
Mu Yan tried his best not to think about planting, and let himself focus on selling steamed buns, doing tasks, and upgrading the system. But little did he know that all the things he said just now were catched by 005.
005: …
Although the exchange points for the threshing machine were not low, if Mu Yan sowed the seeds now, they should be able to harvest in autumn. By then, one seed could earn dozens of seeds, and the doubling rate was still quite high.
Then in autumn, 005 would be able to eat food made from flour. At that time, tasks would be completed faster, upgrades would be faster, and the upgraded points would naturally come in large quantities.
Now think about it, it seemed that this was more cost-effective.
005 compared the benefits of sowing now and sowing in late autumn and early winter in his heart, and found that sowing now was more advantageous. Without saying a word, 005 immediately exchanged a simplest threshing machine from the system.
Looking at the smaller numbers in the column of points, 005 felt his heart ache and became numb.
“005?” Mu Yan looked at the machine that appeared out of nowhere and couldn’t react for a while.
“This is the most primitive and simple threshing machine that requires manual operation, so it doesn’t require much points. We really can’t afford luxury now, so we can only use this.” 005 explained.
This was Mu Chen’s first experience of the power of the system, and his dark eagle eyes became deep, with a flash of light passing through them.
Upon hearing this, Mu Yan immediately became excited and didn’t mind that it was the simplest threshing machine. In fact it was much more advanced than what they had used in his village.
In Mu Yan’s impression, he thought that the threshing machine was only the one they used in their previous village.
Mu Yan moved his fingers left and right on the threshing machine and asked 005, “How do I use this?”
“Connect it to electricity, then hold a small bundle of wheat in your hand, bring the end with the ears of wheat close to the direction of the turn, and the ears of wheat will fall off automatically.” 005 went into great detail with Mu Yan and Mu Chen, since he still needed the two of them to do this.
“Okay.” Mu Yan was eager to give it a shot.
Mu Chen quickly found the plug and turned on the power to the yard. They opted to thresh in the backyard.
Although everyone in the village was aware that Mu Yan would occasionally find something to eat in the forest, it was best not to draw too much attention to himself; after all, big trees caught the wind.
For the first time, Mu Chen and Mu Yan used threshing machines. Although 005 had some information, they were also just half skilled, therefore they weren’t very good at applying them at first.
However, Mu Chen’s learning aptitude was still very good, and he rapidly discovered and mastered the trick.
“Mumu, take less each time, and then like me, make the wheat ears close and turn their heads. Be careful, don’t touch the machine.” Mu Chen quickly threshed the wheat while also paying attention to Mu Yan, to be careful not to hurt him.
Fortunately, their house was on the edge of the village, otherwise, the sound of the machine would definitely attract all the neighbors around.
Although the main force of threshing was only Mu Chen and Mu Yan’s efficiency was not high, they did not harvest much wheat, so they quickly finished all of it. By this time, it was already dark.
“The rest will be done tomorrow. You go to the house to rest first, and I will cook dinner for you.” Mu Chen said to Mu Yan.
“Ah Chen, you worked the most today, you go to rest, I’ll make dinner.” Mu Yan held Mu Chen’s arm.
“I’m fine.” Mu Chen said with a smile as he reached out and rubbed the other person’s hair.
“No, you have to rest.” Mu Yan insisted, and then pulled Mu Chen to walk towards the room.
Mu Chen had no choice but to obediently rest in the room, while Mu Yan went to the kitchen and simply cooked a few dishes, heated a few buns, and had a delicious dinner with Mu Chen.
The next morning, Mu Yan and Mu Chen got up early, after all, the wheat had already shed its grain, but they still needed to be cleaned and dried before they could be used as seeds.
The weather was very good on this day, with plenty of sunshine and a bit of wind, just right for cleaning and drying.
As for the experience of sun-drying wheat, Mu Yan had seen others do it in the previous life. He was not very familiar with it, but it was enough to deal with the current situation.
Mu Yan found a slender wooden board, as there were no specialized cleaning tools available here. He could only use a wooden board to replace it. He scooped up some grains mixed with impurities and gently tossed them away. With the help of the wind, those small impurities separated from the fallen grains.
By repeatedly cleaning in this way, the fallen grains would be much cleaner and the impurities would be much less.
“Let me do it, you go make the buns.” Mu Chen stepped forward, took the wooden board from Mu Yan’s hand, and replaced him to do the work.
Mu Yan did not compete with him either, after all, they still had to continue selling steamed buns at noon, and their division of labor and cooperation was the best.
The progress bar of the task was almost at the end, which meant that after selling buns a few more times, they might be able to upgrade. At the thought of getting a recipe after upgrading, Mu Yan felt very happy. He wondered, what the recipe would be next time?
In the yard, Mu Chen was cleaning the grains, while in the kitchen, Mu Yan carefully wrapped the buns. 005 was bored and hovering in the air, without disturbing or communicating with anyone, but it appeared unusually harmonious and warm.
The Mu family’s yard was spacious enough, so the wheat after cleaning was directly dried in the yard.
After three days in the sun, the wheat seeds had become relatively dry, and the sound of the wheat grains when bit with teeth was crisp. At this point, the moisture content of the wheat seeds had also dropped significantly, allowing them to be collected and used for sowing.
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Thank you for the chapter! I love feeling like I’m learning new things without it being too complicated. 😌
Thanks for the chapter!
Sometimes I think about my own house, but as soon as I imagine how much work I have to do, I realize that I will live in an apartment all my life
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Eeee I wonder what the new recipe will be!
Thanks for the update 🤣❤️