Sitting at the desk, Han Qiwu pulled a book out of his bag.
Since he usually read books anyway, he figured he might as well copy and read at the same time, killing two birds with one stone!
After half an hour, Han Qiwu shook his wrist a bit, feeling fatigued, then tentatively put the book away and waited patiently for a while.
Unfortunately, even as Han Qiwu lay in bed, he didn’t receive any system notifications.
But he did get a message from Mr. Tang saying she had arrived home safely.
Now that she was home safe, he could finally relax.
He took out his phone and sent Mr. Tang a quick note: "Mr. Tang, keep the tiger spot in the fridge for now. Tomorrow, find a restaurant to cook it—it’s really delicious."
"Got it. You should rest early too. Let’s go fishing again next time. Goodnight," Tang Qingying replied promptly.
February 28th Daily Log
Planting Experience +112
Foraging Experience +42
Fishing Experience +398
Character Affection Changes:
Current Money: 5306 gold
Total Earnings: 110911 gold
In his dreams, after the log information flashed by, Han Qiwu suddenly saw a scene.
The [Strange Egg] on the roof was gradually merging with the [Mysterious Creature’s Skeleton].
When Han Qiwu woke up, he felt a bit dazed.
Why is the courtyard so quiet?
Where are my chickens? Where’s my calf?
Why aren’t they making noise?
Right then, Han Qiwu faintly heard the sound of a dragon’s roar from the sky.
Recalling the scene from last night, Han Qiwu threw on some clothes and ran to the yard, ready to investigate the situation.
In the yard, Han Qiwu immediately noticed there was a new statue on the [phoenix tree].
Though it was a bit far away, Han Qiwu recognized the figure on the statue at a glance.
The East Sea Dragon King!
Climbing up the ladder, Han Qiwu ascended the [phoenix tree] and reached out to touch the statue.
[East Sea Dragon King Statue (Gold Star Quality⭐⭐)]
[Special Effect - Favorable Weather: Every month, it rains five times on all planting plots in the farm. Can be manually activated. Uses cannot accumulate.]
[Special Effect - Rejuvenation: Within ten days, it randomly rains once over all tree growth plots in the farm, reducing the trees’ growth time and increasing chances of mutations.]
[Note: An extremely rare special statue.]
[Takes effect after being placed again.]
Seeing the attributes, Han Qiwu wanted to laugh out loud toward the sky three times.
Heaven is helping me!
How satisfying is this!
Han Qiwu had just been vexing over how long it would take to water all those strawberries.
And this surprise falls into his lap just like that.
"Favorable Weather" couldn’t be more aptly named.
Dragon’s Attraction +6 really did its job.
It went ahead and attracted a Dragon King Statue for him.
If he could collect the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas—East, South, West, and North—wouldn’t he never have to bother watering again?
Even the second special effect of the statue, "Rejuvenation," pleased Han Qiwu greatly.
Trees—when it comes to them, the more and the bigger, the better.
Climbing down the ladder, Han Qiwu chose a suitable spot to place the [East Sea Dragon King Statue].
[East Sea Dragon King Statue activated.]
The moment the system prompt appeared, a turquoise light emerged from the East Sea Dragon King Statue, shot up into the sky, and scattered into countless green specks, disappearing into the air.
Han Qiwu placed one hand on the statue, looked at the planting plots, and called out softly.
While the special effects could also be triggered through his mental thoughts, he still found it more satisfying to say it out loud.
As soon as he spoke, small clouds appeared thirty centimeters above every planting plot, showering a light drizzle that quickly soaked the soil.
"The effect is this good?" Han Qiwu extended his hand toward the strawberry seed plot in front of him in amazement.
But as soon as he stretched out his hand, the raindrops falling from the cloud seemed to be guided and naturally dodged his hand, circling around before landing on the soil.
Stretching his body, Han Qiwu figured he wouldn’t have to water much for the next couple of days. The sprinklers would suffice for now.
Time to head inside to wash up and watch some TV.
While brushing his teeth, Han Qiwu turned on the TV.
Tomorrow will be a sunny day.
The seed shop restocks new items every month—don’t forget to check it out.
Good for forging, avoid laziness.
[Shennong, who hasn’t been seen in a while, is in a great mood and has decided to teach you how to make Experience Onigiri.]
[Ingredients: Rice ×1, Any Wild Vegetable ×1, Semi-dried Kelp ×1, Grilled Meat Slice ×1]
[Effect: Boosts skill experience gain efficiency by 50% for six hours after consumption.]
[Note: A special dish developed by Shennong himself.]
After watching TV, Han Qiwu couldn’t help but click his tongue in amusement.
Shennong, oh Shennong.
After being absent for so long, the moment I bring up "Shennong," you decide to show up!
After a bit of internal grumbling, Han Qiwu happily studied how to make Experience Onigiri.
To make onigiri, rice was obviously needed. Although Han Qiwu hadn’t started growing rice yet, he had coincidentally received 20 portions of [Dragon Rice] as a "Dragon Lantern Adventure" reward yesterday.
Taking it out of his storage space, he found that Dragon Rice was indeed different from ordinary rice—it was entirely golden, with each grain the size of a pinky nail, perfectly shaped, and exuding a rich fragrance.
[Note: Edible both raw and cooked.]
One portion of Dragon Rice made just enough for one bowl of rice. Twenty portions could produce twenty Experience Onigiri.
As for the other ingredients needed for Experience Onigiri, Han Qiwu had them all.
There was plenty of wild vegetables at home, thanks to the Little Prince constantly bringing them back.
Semi-dried kelp was also easy to make. By Han Qiwu’s logic, isn’t partially drying seaweed essentially the same thing as semi-dried kelp?
As for grilled meat slices, that was the easiest.
Just ask Big Brother Zhu Zhu for some while dropping off some green beans for him.
After organizing his thoughts, Han Qiwu walked to the [Furnace], took out the iron ingots, and put in copper ore instead.
He still needed a few copper ingots to make sprinklers.
Back inside, he had a simple meal and then headed out to the livestock farm.
Time to buy some cow feed.
It wasn’t easy bringing home the red cow.
If it starved to death, that would be a huge loss.
Unfortunately, Han Qiwu currently only had 5306 gold, not enough to buy the 6000-gold black-and-white dairy cow.
He’d just have to save up for now.
At the marketplace, Han Qiwu went straight to check the price of cow feed.
[Special Cow Feed – One Portion]
[Note: Feed for cows.]
Not bad—it was only 10 gold more expensive than chicken feed, so it was just about acceptable.
Han Qiwu bought twenty portions in one go, spending a total of 1200 gold.
After buying the feed, he especially sought out Yang Yangyang to ask for tips on raising cows.
Yang Yangyang was very enthusiastic and even gave Han Qiwu a guidebook on cattle raising.
Unfortunately, since he hadn’t purchased a cow from Yang Yangyang, the book wasn’t currently recognized as a system item.
Resigned, Han Qiwu could only head home to feed his red cow.
He’d have to come back next time when he had more money.
Entering [Jilei Mountain], Han Qiwu tore open a bag of cow feed and poured it into the feeding trough.
This cow feed looked like specially processed grass, lush green and exuding a fresh fragrance.
Upon seeing the feed, the red cow trotted over eagerly and started munching away.
Watching this, Han Qiwu couldn’t help but feel a bit embarrassed.
"Sorry for the trouble."
"I’ll provide the grass, you provide the milk."
After feeding the red cow, Han Qiwu returned to the yard and took out the tiger spot he’d caught yesterday to reward Little Shui.