Chapter 21: Chapter 021 Bountiful Harvest
Time slowly moved forward, not stopping for anyone. Two days passed, and it was now the 6th day after planting wheat, which was also the day for Shen Xingyan to harvest.
On the fourth day, with the appearance of the fourth Little Skeleton, the maintenance of this acre of wheat basically no longer required Shen Xingyan's participation; the four Little Skeletons could completely handle it.
Shen Xingyan also began to have a lot of rest time, and with time becoming more abundant, he started to re-plan his daily schedule.
On the fourth and fifth days, he would use his talent Skill and Professional Skill in the Professional Space, and then go to sleep.
After sleeping for seven hours in Star Origin World and getting sufficient rest, Shen Xingyan would choose to return to the real world and begin to exercise his body.
The previous attribute increase motivated him, making him particularly enthusiastic about exercising in reality to improve his attributes, which was also the only way for him to become stronger now.
Without the accumulation of resources, even if his Farmer level increased and he gained attribute points from leveling up, he did not have the financial means to extract the Star Origin World's attributes into the real world. At least, this idea was not feasible at the current stage.
After two days of exercise, Shen Xingyan's attributes did not show a pleasant surprise like on the third day; his physique attribute was still 11 points, and other aspects remained unchanged. It was likely that the previous attribute increase was the result of accumulation before awakening.
Although this result disappointed Shen Xingyan, it did not diminish his desire to exercise, because after each workout, he would feel a subtle growth in his body. Although very slight, it was indeed present.
This feeling could not be wrong. Although it was not reflected in the attribute points, he believed that over the long term, it would eventually yield a satisfactory result.
However, one thing gave Shen Xingyan a headache: due to the increased exercise time over the past two days, the originally planned food consumption also increased, leading to signs of food depletion.
Looking at the little food left in the kitchen, Shen Xingyan truly understood the feeling of 'a penny can stump a hero'.
But fortunately, today was the day of harvest. According to the wheat growth observed yesterday, the plump grains in the wheat ears would have fallen to the ground if not for the strong stalks supporting them.
Shen Xingyan was full of anticipation for the yield of this acre of wheat, even thinking about it while sleeping and exercising.
Seeing that there were only a few minutes left until harvest time, Shen Xingyan cleaned up the last bit of food in the kitchen, then quickly returned to his room, connected his consciousness to his star origin card, and entered Star Origin World.
When Shen Xingyan opened his eyes again, it was still the familiar Professional Space, without any surprise.
His eyes involuntarily looked at the acre of golden wheat field in front of him. The scene of the wheat field, clearly a bountiful harvest, would greatly surprise anyone who saw it.
This was because it was completely different from the wheat fields in their impression; compared to each other, they were not even on the same level.
If any Farmers insisted on comparing their wheat field to his, the result would be predictable: only envy to the point of covering their faces and weeping.
As Shen Xingyan appeared, the six Little Skeletons also appeared around him. From their positions, Wangcai, the captain, was naturally closest to Shen Xingyan, while the other five Little Skeletons were clearly positioned slightly behind.
At this moment, Shen Xingyan's talent Skill and Professional Skill were still on cooldown, so he did not use both Skills as usual. Instead, he gently stroked Wangcai's skull beside him, quietly waiting for the prompt that the wheat field was ripe.
As time slowly approached, a somewhat anxious Shen Xingyan couldn't help but step forward to check the current situation of the wheat.
And Star Origin World did not make Shen Xingyan wait too long. As this acre of wheat field officially entered its maturity period, the Star Origin World's prompt sounded in Shen Xingyan's ear:
"Congratulations, your first agricultural product has matured. You are rewarded with one sickle. Please complete the harvest as soon as possible. Xingyuan will reward you with corresponding experience points based on your final yield."
This mechanical prompt sound, to Shen Xingyan at this moment, was nothing short of a heavenly melody. It made him, who was originally squatting to check the wheat ears, suddenly stand up, and his eyes naturally noticed the icon above the wheat field, indicating that it was ready for harvest.
"It's finally time!" Shen Xingyan excitedly clenched his fists.
Looking at the constantly moving prompt icon, as if tempting him to harvest quickly, he moved his mind, quickly took the sickle rewarded by Star Origin from his backpack, and checked the sickle's attributes:
Item: Sickle
Attribute: Attack +1
No level requirement, no durability limit, an essential tool for the Farmer profession.
The attributes were identical to the previously rewarded hoe, only the shape was slightly different. Both were items that could be passed down as heirlooms.
Shen Xingyan excitedly prepared to start harvesting, but then suddenly thought of his capable subordinates.
Turning around, he found them looking up at him. They shook their skulls in confusion at this unfamiliar icon, as if they couldn't work according to Shen Xingyan's previous instructions.
Shen Xingyan couldn't help but slap his forehead. This kind of harvest icon was appearing for the first time, and even Wangcai didn't know how to handle it, let alone the other skeletons.
Shen Xingyan looked at the five Little Skeletons in front of him, but he only had one sickle in his hand. He wanted to equip each skeleton with one, but his empty pockets made it impossible.
The Xingyuan Mall did sell sickles, but even the cheapest one cost 10 copper coins, which Shen Xingyan could not afford at the moment.
In his helplessness, Shen Xingyan could only tell them to pull out the wheat directly by hand and gather it in one place for him to process. Although this method was somewhat inefficient, there was nothing else he could do.
However, one advantage of Star Origin World that Shen Xingyan found very considerate was that it did not require actions like threshing after harvesting wheat, unlike in the real world.
One only needed to use their mind to store the harvested agricultural product into the backpack space, and it would automatically be separated according to Shen Xingyan's wishes.
Taking wheat as an example, after being stored in the backpack space, it could be separated into wheat and wheat stalks. This was incredibly friendly for Farmers, saving them a significant amount of time!