Farming Games are All About Grinding-Chapter 274 - 266: It’s Me Who Came Late

A few seconds later.

A spindle-shaped shadow appeared beneath the sea surface.

Han Qiwu let out a sigh of relief.

Just one glance at its knife-like sharp teeth and long tail was enough to recognize it as the Golden Chef Shark.

"Time to enter the fishing game." Han Qiwu glanced at the position of the Straight-Shell Nautilus and controlled the fishing hook to move closer to the Golden Chef Shark.

The mere five to six seconds it took for the shark to bite felt unbearably long to him.

Seconds stretched like an eternity!

Luckily, a few seconds later, the Golden Chef Shark bit the bait, triggering the fishing game.

Once in the fishing game, Han Qiwu immediately poured his skills into it, pulling off an extraordinary performance to reel in the Golden Chef Shark.

After finishing up, he noticed the Straight-Shell Nautilus hadn’t realized yet, so he quickly cast the rod back into the water.

Fifteen minutes later.

Just as Han Qiwu reeled in the Swordfish in front of him, he suddenly heard the sound of loud splashing.

With no time to observe, he hurriedly grabbed the Red Sun and dashed back to the beach.

Once he reached a safe distance, he turned back to see.

Sure enough, the Straight-Shell Nautilus had begun chasing him.

"What are you staring at?" Han Qiwu asked the Straight-Shell Nautilus.

Unfortunately, it didn’t reply.

Seeing the situation, Han Qiwu decided it was too risky to keep fishing or even retrieve his crab traps.

If those crab traps were destroyed, it’d be a huge loss.

After pondering for a few minutes, Han Qiwu stood up and dusted off the sand on his pants.

Fine, stay here and keep staring. I’ll just head elsewhere for fishing.

If you’ve got what it takes, come over!

At the secret trade point, Han Qiwu sold off today’s harvest.

[Through trade, you’ve earned 4,062 gold.]

What a pity.

If it weren’t for the Straight-Shell Nautilus causing trouble, with how great today was going, he could’ve made a fortune.

Maybe I’ll come back tomorrow or the day after to check. If it’s still around, I’ll have to come up with a plan to get it out of the way.

Reunite it with its family!

On the beach outside, Han Qiwu set up his fishing rod again and spent over half an hour indulging in some fishing fun before heading to the trade point to sell off the fish he’d caught over the past two days.

[Through trade, you’ve earned 3,120 gold.]

"Over 7,000 gold in total. It’s enough to buy seeds, but definitely not enough to upgrade the intermediate chicken coop." Han Qiwu sighed helplessly. If it weren’t for the Straight-Shell Nautilus interfering, it would’ve been enough.

Forget it, no sense in staying mad. Time to buy some seeds!

At the seed shop, Han Qiwu walked in and purchased thirty rice seeds and ten spinach seeds, which cost a total of 3,000 gold.

After buying them, he glanced at the task board nearby and noticed a new task had appeared.

[Assistance Task: Balanced Nutrition]

[Task Description: Zhuo Zhu is on the verge of wearing through his washboard from kneeling for so long and urgently needs all kinds of fresh vegetables.]

[Task Objectives: Donate a certain quantity of fresh vegetables to Zhuo Zhu.]

[Task Rewards: 5,000 gold + special meat.]

[Task Time Limit: 2 hours.]

After reading the task, Han Qiwu awkwardly rubbed his head.

Come to think of it, it really has been a while since I last delivered vegetables to Zhuo Zhu.

The main reason is I haven’t been buying meat recently either.

"While I still have time, I’ll head home and grab some greens to deliver to him." Han Qiwu thought to himself as he accepted the task and rode his bike home.

By now, the little animals at home were already awake, making the yard quite lively.

Little Prince was diligently chopping wood, his bear fur already growing to five or six centimeters, giving him a fluffy appearance.

Little Electricity was flying around in the air, exercising, occasionally interacting with Xiao Lai on the ground.

As for Little Shui, it was frolicking with the small water buffalo in Snow Paradise.

At this rate, the water buffalo might just turn into a little ice buffalo.

Han Qiwu walked over to the storage box and took a look, realizing there weren’t many fresh vegetables left at home.

"Do I really have to deliver some wild greens to Zhuo Zhu?" Han Qiwu sighed, knowing that based on the special meat reward listed in the task, it probably required high completion to earn.

It didn’t matter if I deliver wild greens, but would Zhuo Zhu return wild boar meat in exchange?

Tough call.

Heading to the vegetable garden, Han Qiwu planned to harvest the spinach that had been growing for a while now.

The spinach had been ripe for three days, and he had been holding off to see if it might grow even more.

Since Zhuo Zhu needs it now, might as well harvest it for him.

Trading greens for meat.

A good deal.

Walking over to the spinach patch, Han Qiwu bent down and picked a batch of spinach, examining it carefully.

These spinach leaves were wide and thick, feeling quite textured, and the plant height was just right.

Perfectly suited for hot pot.

[Spinach]

[Stamina +50]

[Health +20]

[Note: Spinach is a key ingredient for many strength-type potions.]

The spinach yield was indeed high; five spinach seeds produced 24 portions of spinach.

"I’ll keep 14 portions for potions and hotpot use, and deliver the rest to Zhuo Zhu." Han Qiwu cheerfully decided.

After harvesting the spinach, he spotted something out of the corner of his eye.

Huh, there were a few stragglers?

On a nearby rack, several long, green string beans had secretly grown.

While picking them, Han Qiwu recalled life tips he’d learned.

Could this be what it meant?

"Guess Zhuo Zhu’s in for a treat; I’ll toss these string beans in as well." Han Qiwu thought to himself, adding a few potatoes and some wild greens to the stash in the storage compartment.

After packing them up, Han Qiwu rode his bike to Zhuo Zhu’s butcher shop.

Before he even stepped inside, he heard voices coming from the shop’s back room: "Zhuo Zhu! Look at my complexion! If this keeps up, I’m going to turn into an old hag! You can’t even farm properly! All you do is eat meat every day! Aren’t you afraid of sudden death?!"

"Afraid, afraid, afraid—I just can’t get anything to grow, you know. Every time I plant something, it dies." Zhuo Zhu’s voice brimmed with helplessness.

"Then let me plant them! Every time I try to help, you block me, saying you want to surprise me—is this the surprise you meant?!" Zhuo Zhu’s wife sounded even more exasperated.

Hearing this, Han Qiwu understood why the mission only had a two-hour limit.

The situation was urgent.

Han Qiwu got off his bike and quickly ran over, shouting:

"Brother Zhuo, Sister Zhuo, happy New Year!"

Zhuo Zhu: "???"

Han Qiwu: "...."

Wrong greeting.

Han Qiwu quickly corrected himself: "Brother Zhuo, I’ve brought you some vegetables!"

At these words, Zhuo Zhu immediately leapt up from the washboard, straightened his shirt, and stormed over like a heavy tank.

"Brother, you’re finally here!!!!!!"

Han Qiwu held out both arms to catch Zhuo Zhu and nodded firmly.

"Brother Zhuo! Take the vegetables!"

With that, Han Qiwu unloaded the spinach, wild greens, potatoes, and string beans in one go, placing them on the butcher’s counter.

Zhuo Zhu was overwhelmed with gratitude, gripping Han Qiwu’s hand tightly: "You’re a good man."

Looking at Zhuo Zhu’s knees, Han Qiwu solemnly shook his head.

"I came too late."

[Assistance Task: Balanced Nutrition completed]

[Task Reward: 5,000 gold issued]

[Special meat reward now being drawn]

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