Farming Games are All About Grinding-Chapter 568 - 555: The Midnight Carp is Caught!

After checking the stats, Han Qiwu burst into laughter.

If it could provide sunlight at night too, who knows how fast the trees and crops at home would grow!

This is a good thing. I’ll have to find more of these and try to plant a row at home!

After putting away the seeds, Han Qiwu, with an axe in his left hand and an ice sword in his right, followed the cobblestone path deeper inside.

Three hours later.

Han Qiwu leaned against an old tree stump, panting heavily, "The deeper I go, the faster these night wolves get."

Thankfully, there’s the shield ring, significantly lowering the error rate.

Looking at the wound on his wrist, he took out a fresh pine cone, slowly peeled it, and popped it into his mouth, munching while waiting for the mist sunflower seed beside him to be born.

This makes it the fifth seed, counting those in the storage compartment.

Besides the mist sunflower seeds, he also collected over six hundred pieces of wood, almost making back what he spent on building a pigpen this morning.

Feeling pleased.

A few minutes later, his health recovered, and the mist sunflower seed beside him successfully appeared.

Han Qiwu jumped up to pick it and tore open the teleportation scroll while still mid-air.

Before he landed, he was already back home.

Such a cool move!

Back home, Han Qiwu didn’t idle. After taking a sip of water, he found a suitable spot to dig five holes. Since the range wasn’t specified in the attributes, he spaced each hole tens of meters apart.

After putting fertilizer in each hole, he tossed the seeds in and patiently watered them with a watering can.

Done, now just wait.

After a day of effort, the exhausted Master Han jumped into the hot spring after undressing, comfortably enjoying himself, and before he knew it, he had fallen asleep.

"Splash splash"

Hearing the sound of water, Han Qiwu looked over with a puzzled frown.

A dark golden shadow inched rapidly across the hot spring’s surface towards him, and when it got close enough, it leaped up onto Han Qiwu’s head, panting heavily with its tongue out.

Han Qiwu casually grabbed Little Shui mid-air, laughing as he said, "Next time you see steam rising from the water, don’t jump in, or all your fur might fall off."

"Wheeze wheeze wheeze"

It was Little Shui’s first time in a hot spring, feeling quite wronged; after all, his master seemed to sleep so blissfully in it!

Why is it so hot for me!

It’s not fun at all.

Han Qiwu stood up, dragging Little Shui towards the shore.

But before he reached the shore, a massive bear bomb plunged into the hot spring.

"Splash splash"

The water explosion splashed all over Han Qiwu’s face.

Before he could react, the Little Prince, who caused the splash, quickly crawled out of the hot spring with a red-hot bum, terror in his eyes.

"I wasn’t talking about you, was I?! Stand still! No, lie down on that ice block!" Han Qiwu impatiently threw a huge ice block nearby.

The Little Prince and Little Shui obediently lay on the ice block, finally feeling comfortable.

"When I’m not home, don’t jump around so much, especially you, Little Prince, or you might not be able to make little princes!" Han Qiwu deliberately made his words harsher.

Listening to Han Qiwu, both the Little Prince and Little Shui nodded obediently, not daring to move anymore.

After calming Little Prince and Little Shui, Han Qiwu looked up at the bright night sky, which felt quite something.

Since I’m not sleepy anymore.

Might as well go fishing!

Under the brilliant starlight, watch the fish dart around for a while.

Skr~

"Oh right, the ingredient for making sea bubble pudding seemed to be something like midnight carp, let’s just fish by the river then. The sea breeze at night is too strong, and it’d get you a headache." Han Qiwu decided, and took out the accumulated bait from the worm box, strolling leisurely with his shadow to the riverbank and started fishing.

The riverbank at night was bustling; as summer approached, more frogs and fireflies gathered, with frog calls one after another and fireflies darting everywhere.

He suddenly missed Mr. Tang.

I wonder if he’s asleep at this hour.

After half an hour of fishing, Han Qiwu’s inventory was filled with a pile of river fish.

Thinking for a moment, he took out his phone, unable to resist sending a message.

After a while, Mr. Tang’s video call came through, and on answering, Mr. Tang was still in his work clothes, eating while asking, "Why is it so dark there, what are you doing?"

"Fishing, it’s quite pretty here at night." Han Qiwu took his phone and spun it around, but the effect wasn’t great. Turning back to himself, he laughed, "When I’m rich enough, I’ll buy a phone capable of bringing you here."

"You’d have to be really wealthy!" Tang Qingying replied, a bit miffed, "I wish I could fish with you, but this project is at a critical stage now, whether it works out depends on these few days, still need to keep an eye on it."

"You’re working hard. In a few days, I’ll cook something nice for you." Han Qiwu said, just as a fish took the bait, and continued chatting while fishing.

While fishing, he noticed this fish was a bit special, quite challenging. Not wanting to disrupt the conversation with Mr. Tang, he used his shadow skill to cheat it out.

"You sure know how to sweet talk!" Tang Qingying nodded in satisfaction, about to say something more, when she saw a purple-black figure flash across the screen and quickly set down her lunch box, asking, "What’s going on? What was that just now? It looked terrifying, and it was purple-black, aren’t you by the river?"

Han Qiwu chuckled.

Didn’t think his luck would be this good during a video call with Mr. Tang.

He had indeed caught a midnight carp.

Just as Tang Qingying saw, the midnight carp was entirely a purple-black color, giving off a mysterious nighttime vibe, its shape much like the golden carp at home, swimming beautifully though it’s lighter than the golden carp.

[Midnight Carp]

[Stamina +200]

[Health +100]

[Note: A carp that appears only at midnight, with a special taste]

After seeing the attributes, Han Qiwu removed the midnight carp, holding it up to the camera for Tang Qingying to see, smiling as he explained, "Caught a carp, nice color, probably tasty too."

"Such a pretty carp? You caught it in the river? Could it be a genetically mutated koi?" Tang Qingying said, unconsciously swallowing.

Since Han Qiwu said this fish would be tasty.

Then it surely is delicious!

Mouth watering!

"Maybe, I’ll try making it into dessert and bring it over for you." Han Qiwu laughed, putting the midnight carp in a pail nearby before resuming fishing.

"Yay yay yay! I knew there’d be something tasty!" Tang Qingying was suddenly full of energy, "But what would a fish-made dessert taste like, never had it before."

"You’ll know when you try. Don’t worry, no bones." Han Qiwu smiled, "If you’re still unsure, I’ll taste every bite for you."

"The chef is being cheeky now!" Tang Qingying pouted, glanced at her colleagues’ gestures, finishing her meal quickly, and said to Han Qiwu, "Then good luck fishing! I’m going to work."

"Stay safe, there’s a thunderstorm tomorrow, be careful not to go out." Han Qiwu urged, after retrieving the phone, he checked the time, continued fishing for another half hour, gaining two more midnight carps.

The fishing activity tonight was a great success.

Rip the scroll!

Time to go home and sleep.