Chapter 80: Farming

’If time permits, perhaps I can try planting crops here.’ After all, Fairy Beans were a crop native to the north, so the environment here should be suitable for their growth.

"That doesn’t really matter... but you want to farm here?"

"Yes, is there a problem?"

"No, there shouldn’t be any problem." After all, it wasn’t a big deal.

"Then it’s settled, shall we go?"

Under Lana’s lead, Ethan arrived at the accommodation arranged for him — a small earthen house on the outskirts of the Fox Beastman village, compared to his own wooden cabin, it was much cruder, but perfectly fine for eating and sleeping.

After setting down his luggage, Ethan took out the Trisel scale blade he had brought along.

"You brought that thing again?"

"Who knows when it might come in handy?" The Trisel scale blade he had received from Vargan earlier had always been useful, until he could forge Pure Iron farming tools, this blade would still serve, he carried it with him wherever he went.

Pearl jumped onto his shoulder. "Where are you going, meow?"

"First, we need to find a suitable place to clear a field, right? Mr. Walter, you should rest for a bit!"

"I’ll go with you, though I don’t know if I can be of any help." Walter smiled and joined them.

The three of them searched the area around the Fox Beastman village and found a suitable spot.

"Meow! This place is very close to the river, it should be great, meow!"

"Oh, good job! Then let’s start here!"

"Are you going to plant on a large scale, meow?"

"No, this is just for test-planting the Fairy Beans and medicinal strawberries, I won’t plant too much." He didn’t have many seeds of either.

Pearl nodded and jumped down. "Then we need to clear away the rocks first, meow! Walter! Let’s do it together, meow!"

"Alright."

Pearl and Walter began moving the rocks that were too difficult to dig out with a hoe, meanwhile, Ethan swung his hoe, turning over the hard earth, the ground, trampled solid over a long time, revealed soft soil underneath with every stroke.

"What are you guys doing?!"

A little Fox Beastman girl’s voice rang out.

It was Lyra, holding a basket in her hands, she looked at Ethan’s group’s actions in confusion.

"We want to try farming, what are you holding?"

"I heard you were going to stay here... so I brought some meat over." Inside the basket was red meat, Horned Rabbit, by the look of it.

Ethan looked at the meat in the basket, then looked at the hard-working Walter and Pearl, seeing that the tillable land was getting larger and larger, Ethan felt it was time to take a break.

"Come have something to eat!"

"Meow~!"

"Haha, it’s been a long time since I’ve sweated so refreshingly."

"Haha, it’s been a long time since I’ve sweated so refreshingly." The two finished their work and walked over, Ethan opened the bag he had prepared earlier, inside were Honey Sweet Potatoes.

"You want some too?"

"Can I?"

"There are plenty, it’s fine."

"Then... hehe, thank you!!" Lyra sat down happily.

Looking at the three sitting together, Ethan used the Cauldron of Blessing to boil the Honey Sweet Potatoes.

While staring at the bubbling pot, Lyra examined the plowed land. "What are you going to plant?"

"I want to try planting Fairy Beans and medicinal strawberries."

"So the seeds you collected last time were for farming here?"

"Yeah. What’s wrong? Are you interested?"

"If you can harvest a lot of medicinal strawberries, of course I’m interested! Um, if I bring medicinal strawberries over, can they be planted too?"

"Of course, but I heard the village’s supply isn’t enough either, are you going to run outside to pick them again? If Big Sister Lana finds out, you’ll be scolded."

Even though she had been scolded last time, Lyra just chuckled, didn’t take it to heart at all.

Ethan shook his head, but before he could say anything, Lyra pulled a few medicinal strawberries from the pocket behind her and held them out.

"Here, these are for you too!"

"Huh? Where did you get these?"

"They’re leftovers from what I picked last time!!"

"Didn’t you say you were giving them to your mom?"

"Mom said she received a lot from others, so I could eat these!!"

So that was it, looking at the grinning Lyra, Ethan helplessly reached out his hand, after taking the medicinal strawberries, he pulled out his knife and began extracting the seeds.

"Meow, what can we do with the rest, meow?" Pearl asked, curious about the deseeded strawberries.

Ethan smiled and shook his head, they were still useful. "The Honey Sweet Potatoes are done boiling, you guys eat first, I’m going to prepare something."

"What are you going to prepare, meow?"

"There are many options, but right now the only thing I can make is strawberry juice."

Ethan poured the Elven Yogurt he used for making Moonlight Tomato juice into a bucket, he chopped up the deseeded strawberries, added them in, and tossed in some ice cubes, to increase the sweetness, he added beet sugar, and finally activated the pulverizing function.

The ice cubes and strawberries began to blend, as they mixed, the liquid inside the bucket turned a beautiful pink.

Ethan poured the liquid into cups.

[Delicious Medicinal Strawberry Yogurt]

[A beverage blended from medicinal strawberries, Elven Yogurt, sugar, and ice cubes. Sweet and sour, incredibly delicious.]

[Delicious Effect: Eliminates all diseases upon consumption.]

[Delicious Effect: Increases Willpower for one day upon consumption.]

[Crafting Difficulty: ★★★]

"Is it because it’s made with medicinal strawberries? It actually has the effect of eliminating diseases."

Not bad at all, this way, if he got sick in the future, he could just make this to drink, and recovery should be very fast.

Ethan memorized the recipe, then handed a cup to Lyra. "Here, have a taste."

"Wow! It’s so pretty!!" The pink liquid in the pure white cup was, just as Lyra said, beautiful.

Lyra stared at the strawberry yogurt, seemingly reluctant to drink it, but the boiled Honey Sweet Potatoes had made her thirsty, or maybe it was curiosity.

She took a small, careful sip.

"Waaah!" Her eyes lit up after just one taste.

’Seems it tastes good.’ Ethan nodded in satisfaction.

Pearl nudged Ethan’s leg with its front paws. "We want to drink too, meow~"

"Here you go."

"Gulp... Meow?! Sweet and sour, ice cold,** it’s so delicious, meow~!"