Farming Games are All About Grinding-Chapter 261 - 253 Black Sea Bream Roe

"Next time, if I could find some small carp, that would be great. Raising flower fish in the paddy field would definitely be pretty nice," Han Qiwu thought to himself as he admired the rice field.

However, that kind of carp probably can only be found in other people’s paddy fields.

And the method to obtain them is a bit troublesome.

You can’t exactly just take a fishing rod and start fishing in someone else’s paddy field...

Imagining that scene, Han Qiwu shook his head vigorously.

Too bizarre.

Better figure out another way.

Time to harvest the rice!

Han Qiwu specially pulled out his sickle and walked over to the nearest rice plant. With one swift motion, he cut it down. ƒгeewёbnovel.com

"Swish!"

[One batch of rice grains]×4

[One batch of rice grains (Normal Quality)]

[Stamina +40]

[Health +50]

[Price: 100 gold]

[Note: Rice grains need to be processed before they become polished rice]

The appearance of the rice grains was just like Han Qiwu had seen previously in experimental fields. Each grain was encased in husk, requiring processing steps before it could be eaten. The grains looked plump, slightly elongated, but not as long as Savadika’s fragrant rice. It seemed more like a local variety.

"The yield from this rice is really high. 80 gold for seeds turned into 400 gold—looks like manually watering with the copper liquor sprinkler really works wonders," Han Qiwu remarked with some surprise. Of course, the production of four batches was also thanks to the Spider Puppet’s care, the electric bug repellent, and the thunder-enhanced nitrogen fertilizer effects.

Han Qiwu weighed the batch of rice grains slightly; with the husks still on, it likely weighed around half a pound.

"This output is impressive," Han Qiwu chuckled. The downside was that using it was rather inconvenient since additional machinery would be needed to process it.

Looks like it’s time to grind for more crafting materials again.

Wonder how long it will be before I can finally eat rice from my own farm.

Carefully storing the four batches of rice grains, Han Qiwu was about to move on to harvest the next rice plant. When he looked up, he realized the plant in front of him still had one harvestable stalk left.

Han Qiwu struck it with his sickle, and the stalk broke cleanly.

[Rice Straw]

[Uses: Feed/Material/Fertilizer]

[Special Effect - Balance: Rice straw contains a variety of unique nutrients]

[Note: Just don’t burn it; anything else works!]

"An extra harvest? And so many uses for rice straw?" Han Qiwu happily stashed it away, planning to figure out its use later after finishing the harvest.

He lifted his sickle and sliced down at the nearby rice plant.

[One batch of brown rice]×3

[One batch of brown rice (Silver Grade)]

[Stamina +80]

[Health +60]

[Price: 120 gold]

[Note: Eating brown rice promotes intestinal health]

"Brown rice? So the paddy produces more than just rice grains?" Han Qiwu packed up the brown rice and continued harvesting the other rice plants in the field.

A few minutes later, Han Qiwu’s storage included three types of rice products:

Rice grains, brown rice, polished rice.

Among them, only polished rice was Gold Grade.

[One batch of polished rice (Gold Grade ⭐)]

[Stamina +100]

[Health +60]

[Price: 150 gold]

[Note: It’s polished rice, not rice polish]

Han Qiwu finally figured it out: during rice harvest, normal grade produced rice grains, silver grade yielded brown rice, and gold grade resulted in polished rice.

Despite the differences in quality, each batch weighed the same. However, taking processing losses into account, polished rice had the highest edible yield.

After finishing all the harvesting, Han Qiwu glanced at his storage:

[One batch of rice grains]×15, [One batch of brown rice]×26, [One batch of polished rice]×20.

"Having more buffs is such a joy. If I develop this further, will every harvest be Gold Grade?" Han Qiwu gleefully calculated the yields.

The numbers shocked him.

Just from twenty plots, the rice output amounted to nearly sixty kilograms. Calculating it further, the per-acre yield could reach 2,000 kilograms.

Super high-yield rice!

But I wonder how it tastes.

Time to test it out back at the house!

Perfect timing, I haven’t had breakfast yet!

Soon, Han Qiwu returned to his house and took out a batch of polished rice. After washing it, he poured it into the rice cooker.

He decided to wash the rice to see the effect on the rinse water.

The result was fascinating—the rinse water remained crystal clear.

It turned out the polished rice didn’t lose nutrients during washing.

Impressive, truly impressive.

If I took this home, Mrs. Han would definitely get mad.

No rinse water means no watering the flowers!

While the rice was cooking, Han Qiwu strolled into the yard to feed the materials to the egg-yolk machine and the smelter.

At that moment, as he planned to visit Jilei Mountain, he looked up and noticed a small shadow near the fish pond.

The shadow resembled a cluster of purple-black grapes, tightly packed and numerous.

"Grapes? No, these are fish eggs!" Han Qiwu hurried over.

By the rocks near the fish pond, several indentations the size of soda bottle bottoms had appeared. One of the indentations held a cluster of purple-black fish eggs resembling tapioca pearls, with a thin layer of slightly indented stone slabs underneath them.

Han Qiwu lightly touched the stone slab and collected it.

[Black Seabream Fish Roe (Silver Grade)]

[Stamina +120]

[Health +150]

[Note: It must achieve transformation in a canned jar!]

As expected, black seabream fish roe!

However, Han Qiwu felt slightly disappointed—it seemed the fish roe had to be processed in a crafting device called a canned jar to turn into caviar.

Looks like today’s not the day to eat it.

Han Qiwu took a deep breath, sat by the fish pond, and dipped his hand into the water to play with the fish.

With the intermediate speedy algae biomass paste Zack had provided earlier, he wasn’t worried about fish feed at all. Subsequently, his attention to the fish waned a little.

Compared to when he first introduced them, the algae paste had grown larger, and its vine-like structure had undergone noticeable changes.

Even bigger transformations were seen in the fish fry—the swordfish fry had already grown to nearly three meters in length, swimming around like miniature torpedoes. The herring and eel fry had also shown varying degrees of growth.

On the other hand, the Black Seabream King hadn’t seemed to change much, accompanied by two pitch-black little fry beside it.

Wait a second.

Where did these black fry come from?

Han Qiwu opened the fish pond’s attributes for inspection. His initial mood of disappointment over not eating caviar instantly improved.

These were two little black seabream fry born from the Black Seabream King.

The yield was impressive!

"Not bad, very dedicated! Keep at it, don’t worry about space—if you Black Seabreams increase in number, I’ll give you a pond all to yourselves!" Han Qiwu grabbed the Black Seabream King, encouragingly expressing his support.

Hearing Han Qiwu’s words, the Black Seabream King instantly puffed up with pride, nodding quickly while spitting out a few bubble rings without any algae.

What a joke—it wouldn’t dare play any Zu’an antics with its owner.

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