Chapter 346 - Uncle Tofu and Wishing Lantern


    Su Ming was eagerly anticipating the fruits of hisbor. After a quick meal at a nearby shop to satisfy his hunger, he returned to find that his crops were still not ready for harvest. Undeterred, he hopped onto his tractor and diligently tilled the entire three-acre plot gifted to him by the Xiao family. He knew he couldn''t afford to squander thisnd.


    ?With time of the essence, Su Ming focused on nting crops to earn points, which was his primary goal. But what to nt? He pondered for a moment, scratching his head in slight confusion. Pulling out his phone, he browsed through his virtual warehouse for inspiration. That''s when it hit him: melons!


    Selecting the option to extract, a bag of seeds materialized in the warehouse next to his thatched hut. Su Ming then extracted some fertilizer, and several bags appeared just as magically. The System''s recent update had made his life incredibly convenient: no more trips to the store, as everything he needed was now just a click away.


    With practiced ease, Su Ming nted his crops, followed by watering and fertilizing them. A chime sounded in his mind, “Ding! Melon sessfully nted! Harvest time: 48 hours!” He nodded in acknowledgment, ustomed to such alerts.


    ?”Master, Yuvyuv reminds you that the rice is ready for harvest,” chimed in the familiar voice. Su Ming, who had been meticulously weeding the edges of the Xiao family''snd, froze upon hearing the message. The rice was ripe, and his first batch of points was within reach!


    Excitedly, he stood up and dashed to the fields, slipping off his shoes and stepping barefoot into the muddy paddy. But what he saw left him dumbfounded. Instead of the expected rice stalks, something bizarre met his eyes: an oddity beyond words. The rice nts had no grains; instead, atop each stalk dangled a line with several white, cubic solids, reminiscent of candied fruit skewers.


    “What on earth is this?” Su Ming muttered, reaching down to examine one of the peculiar objects. As he did, the System announced, “Ding! Congrattions, Host, you have obtained Mabaca Tofu. Consuming it will render you unbeatable!”


    Su Ming nearly choked in disbelief. All this time, he had been expecting a valuable treasure, not… tofu.


    ?Was the System ying a joke on him?


    Why would the System choose such an odd name?


    Besides, he had no use for this feature.


    He didn''t have a girlfriend or a wife at the moment.


    And even if he did, he was quite confident in himself!


    This seemed a bit perverse.


    Su Ming mentally ranted and raved.


    Clearly, there was something off with the System.


    Yet, Su Ming had started to discern some patterns.


    This acre could support nearly ten thousand rice nts.


    The denser the rice nting, the more average the quality of the mature rice seemed to be.


    The rarer something is, the more valuable it bes.


    Take thest time, for instance: the ck plum was nted sparsely and ended up transforming into Yuvyuv, earning him shares in 100panies.


    That was incredibly cool.


    “Bang!”


    Something suddenly struck Su Ming''s ankle, startling him.


    “What''s that?”


    Looking down, Su Ming was taken aback.


    Damn!


    He hadpletely forgotten about the carp in the field.


    But it wasn''t a carp that was swimming around now.


    It was antern!


    It wasn''t particrlyrge, roughly the size of a volleyball.


    Thentern was entirely red with long tassels hanging from it.


    It glowed warmly from within, looking quite stunning.


    The tassels swayed to and fro, moving through the water like fish.


    What on earth was this?


    Curiosity piqued, Su Ming reached out and lifted one.


    As soon as thentern was out of the water, it became motionless.


    Thentern he held was light, covered in red silk with bamboo framing inside.


    At the base of thentern, a cluster of slender bamboo rods crisscrossed to support a tform where a candle burned brightly.


    “Ding! Congrattions, Host, you''ve obtained a wishingntern!”


    “Ding! With the wishingntern, the Host can write a wish on paper, ce it inside thentern, and light it with the candle. Your wish stands a chance of being granted instantly!”


    “Ding! The simpler the wish, the greater the likelihood it wille true!”


    Hearing the System''s alerts, Su Ming was thrilled. It was like having his own wishing well!


    In the Seven Dragon Pearls, just one wish could be fulfilled by the seven pearls.


    He now had a total of 500 wishingnterns.


    Awesome!


    Haha!


    This was a real treasure.


    Feeling ted, Su Ming began to tidy up.


    He first retrieved all 300nterns from the three-acre plot.


    He pocketed thenterns and took them back to the vi.


    He decided to hold onto them, as they mighte in handyter.


    Next, he harvested all the Big Wave Tofu.


    The method was straightforward.


    He simply drove the tractor over them and reaped the harvest.


    With the System''s protection, these items wouldn''t spoil.


    Su Ming busied himself for four hours before he finished cleaning up the three acres.


    Then, he moved on to the original two-acre plot.


    Thisnd was also nted with rice, withnterns floating in the water.


    Using the same technique, Su Ming fished out thenterns and pocketed them, then harvested all the rice.


    “Ding! You have sessfully harvested crops. Obtained 50,000 experience! Additional Experience Points: 10,000!”


    “Ding! You have sessfully harvested crops. Obtained 5,000 experience! Additional Experience Points: 1,000!”


    The sound of sessful harvests echoed in Su Ming''s mind.


    One notification was for the rice, the other for the carp.


    Su Ming nced at his data panel; his experience was nearing 390,000.


    Large-scale farming really paid off!


    His nting area had now reached a vast eight acres!


    Although he had unlocked several other areas and features,


    farming remained his top priority. His ntation area was thergest, yielding the most experience.


    “Yuvyuv! Recycle all the tofu! Exchange for points!”


    “Master, are you certain?”


    “Yes, I''m sure!”


    Su Ming confirmed with a nod.


    “Ding! Recycling… Recyclingplete. Congrattions, Host, you''ve earned 2,000 points!”


    “How many points?”


    Su Ming was momentarily taken aback.


    Fifty thousand Big Wave Tofu, and all he got was 2,000 points?


    That seemed far too low.


    Currently, his ntation area consisted of Level Onend. To upgrade to Level Two, he needed 8,000 points.


    With only 2,000 points to his name,


    it meant he could only upgrade two acres.


    Su Ming''s attention returned to thenterns.


    “Yuvyuv, retrieve antern.”


    “Ding! Retrieving… Congrattions, Host, you''ve earned one point!”


    One point?


    That high?


    Su Ming once used 50,000 Big Wave Tofu to trade for just 2,000 Additional Experience Points.


    Could a singlentern really be worth one credit point?


    It seemed that the denser the ntation area, the more mundane the yield, and consequently, the fewer points he got from the exchange.


    The System hadn''tid out any specific regtions regarding this, but Su Ming wasn''t new to farming; he had managed to deduce this pattern on his own.