Chapter 19: Planting Potatoes

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nTL: Hanguk

nDay 154 of being stranded, morning.

nSwoosh.

nSejun got up and drew a line on the cave wall.

nAt that moment

nBuzz.

nWhizz.

nThe sound of wings from behind. The poisonous honeybees were already up and sucking honey. They had been collecting honey diligently lately, as it seemed like the poisonous honeybee queen had started laying eggs again.

nAs Sejun was watching the poisonous honeybees,

nPeep!

nSqueak!

nBang!

nThe rabbits energetically greeted him and lined up out of the burrow. In their hands, each held a carrot that they had left unfinished from yesterday’s meal.

nThe carrots were about the same size as the rabbits, so the rabbits had eaten half of a carrot until they were full yesterday. It was amazing how they could fit that much in their stomachs.

nHowever, as the rabbits looked at the remaining carrots, they felt a sense of regret that they wouldn’t be able to eat them all at once. They carried the carrots back to their burrow and brought them out again in the morning.

nThe size of the carrots they brought out seemed to have decreased significantly since they went in, so they must have eaten them at night as well.

nHop. Hop.

nThe rabbits that came out of the burrow rubbed their eyes and began to finish off the remaining carrots from yesterday.

n“Is it really that good?”

nWhen Sejun looked at the black rabbit as if scolding it.

nBang!

nThe black rabbit nodded its head towards Sejun.

nThanks to that, Sejun was swept up in the atmosphere and had a simple breakfast of cherry tomatoes and carrots before starting his morning farm work.

nSejun had a lot to do today. From harvesting cherry tomatoes to harvesting carrots.

nBut today, the poisonous honeybees and rabbits were busier than Sejun.

nThe poisonous honeybees became busier as the distance they had to travel increased due to the blooming flowers in the newly planted cherry tomato field.

nAnd the rabbit couple sent their children out of the cave.

nPeep!

nSqueak?!

nThe children were made independent. The six rabbits who were kicked out of the house started to make their own burrows.

n“Why do you have to be independent?”

nCould it be?! Are they up to that again?!

nSejun prayed it wasn’t so.

nSince the grade of cherry tomatoes drops quickly if the harvest time is missed, Sejun quickly harvested the cherry tomatoes first.

nThen, after finishing the cherry tomato harvest, Sejun went to the carrot field and began harvesting carrots.

nSwoosh.

nAs expected, the carrots came out easily.

nYou have harvested a well-ripened Agility Carrot.

nJob experience increases slightly.

nHarvesting Lv. 2 proficiency increases slightly.

nYou have gained 12 experience points.

nLuckily, it was an E grade carrot from the beginning.

nSwoosh. Swoosh.

nSejun began to harvest carrots in earnest.

nBang! Bang!

nAs Sejun diligently pulled the carrots and stacked them beside him, the black rabbit carried a carrot on each shoulder under the pretext of strength training and moved them to the storage.

nThe carrot storage had been prepared yesterday by digging a neat square pit next to the cherry tomato storage and laying down some dried green onion leaves.

nSigh…

nThe black rabbit went back and forth about ten times, and its speed suddenly slowed down as it seemed to be running out of energy.

nThud. Thud.

nRolling.

nThe black rabbit tried to sneakily kick the carrot with its feet to move it to the storage but was caught by the mother rabbit and scolded.

n“Hehehe. I knew you would do that.”

nSeojun watched the black rabbit getting scolded and laughed.

nYou have acquired 1mL of Cherry Tomato Flower’s honey.

nBeekeeping Lv. 1 proficiency has increased slightly.

nYou have acquired 1mL of Cherry Tomato Flower’s honey.

nBeekeeping Lv. 1 proficiency has increased slightly.

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nThe poisonous honeybees filled the water bottle with honey.

nAnd then,

nYou have acquired 1mL of Cherry Tomato Flower’s honey.

nBeekeeping Lv. 1 proficiency has increased slightly. .𝒎

nBeekeeping Lv. 1 proficiency has been filled, and the level has increased.

nSeojun’s beekeeping skill level had increased.

nHe looked at the upgraded beekeeping skill.

nThere wasn’t much change in the options. It changed from a slight increase to a small increase. To be honest, it was ambiguous how much it changed with the word ‘a little.’

nHowever, one thing had definitely changed. The number of beehives he could own changed from (1

/1) to (1

/2), increasing by one.

nIt’s not yet, but when the poisonous honeybees later branch out, he would be able to own two beehives.

n“Good job.”

nSeojun praised the poisonous honeybees, who had worked hard to collect honey, by patting their plump tails.

nWobble wobble.

nIn the meantime, the black rabbit, who had been scolded by its mother and returned depressed, noticed Seojun patting the poisonous honeybees’ tails.

nBlink?! Blink!

nThe black rabbit also stuck out its buttocks to Seojun, as if saying, “If it’s a plump buttocks, I’m not losing either!”

n“Alright.”

nSeojun patted the black rabbit’s buttocks, and they had a brief healing time together.

neating carrots.

nAnd then,

n“Where are you going?”

nAfter the break, Seojun caught the black rabbit, who was sneakily trying to escape to the pond, and made it carry carrots again.

nAs Seojun was getting fired up for carrot harvesting again,

nYou have harvested a well-ripened Agility Carrot.

nJob experience has increased slightly.

nHarvesting Lv. 2 proficiency has increased slightly.

nYou have gained 10 experience points.

nYou have leveled up.

nYou have acquired 1 bonus stat point.

nSeojun’s level had increased to level 10. He raised his health with the bonus stat point. As his health increased, his body felt a little lighter.

nA quest has been generated.

n“What’s going on?! Don’t you see I’m busy?”

nSeojun complained to the tower administrator without checking the message content.

nThe tower’s administrator feels unfairly accused that it’s not him.

n“Huh?! It’s not you?”

nSejun checked the quest message more carefully.

nJob Quest: Expand the farm by more than 50 square meters.

nReward: Level 11, 10 Tower Coins, 1 additional job trait

nCome to think of it, it seemed familiar. The job quest at level 10. He needed to pass that quest to gain a new job trait and move on to the next level.

nOther hunters’ quests usually involved hunting down a few monsters, but his quest was different since he was a farmer.

n“Expanding the farm should be easy.”

nIt wasn’t difficult for Sejun, who had already expanded the farm several times. It just meant more work.

nThe tower’s administrator says he’s disappointed.

n“Sorry. I’ll make cherry tomato juice for you later.”

nSejun appeased the tower’s administrator.

nThen he hurriedly finished harvesting the carrots and started making a new field.

nAs the rabbits dug with their shovels, Sejun planted cherry tomatoes. He ended up planting too many cherry tomatoes, but since cherry tomatoes were the only thing he could plant at the moment, he had no choice.

nHe barely finished planting the cherry tomatoes just before bedtime. He planted 1,000 cherry tomato seeds. Since he was doing it, he went a little overboard, and the scale increased slightly.

nThe quest has been completed.

nYou have reached level 11 as a quest completion reward.

nYou have acquired 1 bonus stat.

nYou have acquired 10 Tower Coins as a quest completion reward.

nYou have acquired 1 job trait as a quest completion reward.

nWith this job trait, you can gain experience points every time you create a 1-pyeong field or paddy field. (TL: 1-pyeong = 3.3 sq m or search on google for your localized measurement unit)

nSo far, he had only gained experience points when harvesting crops, but now he could gain experience points by creating fields or paddies.

n“Nice, isn’t it?”

nSejun was satisfied with his newly acquired job trait.

nThat night, as Sejun predicted, the rabbit couple prepared for their mating ritual.

nHowever, an unexpected disturbance appeared while the rabbit couple was creating a passionate atmosphere for the ritual.

nGrrr. Grunt.

nGrrr. Grunt.

nSqueak?!

nThud?!

nHearing the strange noises echoing in the cave late at night, the rabbits thought a monster had invaded and rushed out of the burrow.

nAnd then

nGrrr.

nPhew.

nRealizing that the noise was Sejun’s snoring due to his exhausting labor, they had to return to the burrow.

nInadvertently, Sejun had interrupted the rabbit couple’s mating ritual.

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nDay 155 of being stranded.

nToday was an important day when the seed store opened again. As soon as Sejun woke up, he drew a line on the wall and went to the pond to wash his face.

nSqueak…

nWhine…

nWail…

nThe rabbits came out with tired faces, as if they hadn’t slept well.

n“What’s wrong? What did you do without sleeping?”

nSqueak!

nWhine!

nWail! Wail!

nAt Sejun’s words, the rabbits became furious. Especially the rabbit couple, who were burning with anger because it was his fault!

n“Hahaha. Sorry.”

nSejun appeased the angry rabbits by offering carrots, which calmed their anger.

nThen he started his morning farming.

n“Hum, hum, hum.”

nAs Sejun hummed and focused on harvesting cherry tomatoes for a while,

nThe seed shop is now open.

nThree types of seeds available for purchase today will be shown randomly.

nYou can only purchase seeds once every 30 days at your current level.

nThe seeds available for purchase today appeared.

nSeed potatoes 100 – 5 Tower Coins

nStrawberry seeds 100 – 0.5 Tower Coins

nLettuce seeds 1000 – 0.1 Tower Coins

n“I’ll pass on the lettuce since there’s no meat.”

nThe remaining options were seed potatoes and strawberries. Since he had a lot of money, he didn’t consider the price.

n“Ah, it’s hard to decide.”

nSejun imagined scenes of eating potatoes and strawberries while trying to decide which to buy.

nWhen you wrap the potato in foil, roast it, and peel it while blowing on it, the fluffy texture and subtle saltiness of the steaming hot potato flesh…

n“Grr!”

nJust imagining it made his stomach feel warm.

nHow about strawberries? When you pick a ripe, bright red strawberry and take a bite, the unique flavor of the strawberry, combined with the sour and sweet taste as if sprinkled with sugar, fills your mouth.

n“Slurp.”

nSejun wiped his drooling mouth while looking at the seed shop window.

n“What should I buy?”

nAfter a long hesitation, Sejun tearfully chose seed potatoes.

nHe had been craving carbohydrates lately.

nYou have purchased 100 seed potatoes.

n5 Tower Coins have been deducted from Sejun’s seed bank account.

nYou have earned 50 seed Shop loyalty points.

nYou now have a total of 56 seed Shop loyalty points.

nThank you for using the seed shop.

nYou can use the Level 1 seed shop again in 30 days.

nThump.

nA bundle containing 100 seed potatoes appeared in front of Sejun.

n“Great.”

nSejun hurriedly finished harvesting cherry tomatoes and carrots and began planting seed potatoes.

nSince he had asked the rabbits to prepare the fields in advance, all he had to do was plant the seed potatoes.

n“Cut it like this.”

nSejun asked a rabbit with a sickle item to quarter the seed potatoes. He could see the sprouting spots, so all he had to do was cut it so that part was included.

nSejun planted the quartered seed potatoes.

nYou have planted seed potatoes.

nDue to the effect of Seed Sowing Lv. 2, the probability of seed potatoes sprouting increases.

nThe proficiency of Seed Sowing Lv. 2 increases slightly.

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nSejun planted all 400 seed potatoes in just an hour.

nHe had now become completely proficient in his work.

nSwoosh.

nThe rabbits with watering cans watered the potato field, and the potato planting was completely finished.

n“Ah, I’m proud.”

nWhile Sejun was proudly looking at the field where he planted 400 seed potatoes,

nYou have created a 10-pyeong potato field.

nYou have gained 10 experience points.

n1 experience point per pyeong. It wasn’t much, but it felt like extra income.

n“Isn’t it amazing? My farming technique, planting 400 seed potatoes from just 100?”

nBbang?!

nAs Sejun boasted, the black rabbit looked at him with contempt. Where’s the farmer who doesn’t know that?!

nHe only got ignored for speaking out of turn.

nOn Day 155 of being stranded, potatoes began to grow on Sejun’s farm.

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nThis content is taken from 𝘳.𝑐𝘰

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