Cheng Shuili listened patiently, and the more she heard, the more she felt that bringing Yu Bing and Zhou Zhuxing to the manor was an absolutely correct decision!
But what she cared about most was: "When can these crops that have been planted be harvested?"
Zhou Zhuxing had naturally calculated this. She raised her hand to brush her cheek with her wrist before answering: "The batch in Group A is the fastest; it should take about half a month to harvest. The remaining two groups will take the normal amount of time, which is about thirty days."
Thirty days?
Cheng Shuili nodded slightly, feeling satisfied with that number.
As long as it wasn't like reality where there were only two harvests a year, it was fine. If it were truly that slow, by the time the first harvest came around, the opportunity would have long passed.
Having obtained a satisfactory result, Cheng Shuili followed Zhou Zhuxing for another tour of the fields before returning to her vehicle, feeling quite content.
Qi Wanyi always kept her word. If she said she was making braised pork for dinner, it was braised pork!
She hadn't made this dish in a long time. After Cheng Shuili received her portion and smelled the aroma, tears of gratitude practically streamed from the corners of her mouth.
Paired with rice cooked to perfection, this dinner was absolutely delicious!
But speaking of rice...
Cheng Shuili narrowed her eyes, trying hard to recall when she had last purchased any.
It must have been a long time ago.
Was there really still some left?
She opened a private chat with Qi Wanyi to ask this question.
【Wanyi】: Don't worry... during this time, it shouldn't run out.
That sounded strange, no matter how she looked at it.
Calculating the days, the rice Cheng Shuili had bought should have been finished long ago.
If there was new rice, Wanyi should have just said so. What was the meaning of putting it that way?
Cheng Shuili frowned, feeling that this person was hiding something from her.
She didn't have any evidence. If asked why she felt this way, it was probably just a woman's intuition.
Just as Cheng Shuili intended to ask again, Qi Wanyi confessed on her own.
【Wanyi】: I've opened quite a few replication cards lately... I used them all on the rice. One card can yield 20 kilograms, which feels quite worth it.
So that was it.
Cheng Shuili nodded, though she felt a bit puzzled.
If she used them, she used them. Why was the other party feeling guilty?
Cheng Shuili frowned, looked at their chat history again, and upon confirming that the person was indeed feeling guilty, she couldn't help but curve the corners of her mouth.
Qi Wanyi stared at their chat box, finding it more and more awkward the longer she looked.
Her relationship with Cheng Shuili had always been good.
Although the other party was the boss, they got along more like friends.
It was all Wanyue's fault... for causing such a scene. Now that a friend had suddenly turned into a life-saving benefactor, Qi Wanyi didn't even know how to face Cheng Shuili.
She had even said something particularly cringey like "my life belongs to you"...
Actually, that wasn't the issue. What made Qi Wanyi feel awkward was that she had just felt it was inappropriate to use the replication cards without asking for Cheng Shuili's opinion first.
But these were clearly her own items...!
Qi Wanyi raised her hand to cover her face, not wanting to think about it any further.
It didn't matter if she wasn't used to it. Once she got used to not being used to it, she would be used to it.
Cheng Shuili had a rough idea of what was going on.
The other party clearly felt that their relationship had changed, so their mode of interaction should change too, right?
That was unnecessary.
Cheng Shuili had saved her because Qi Wanyi possessed abilities that made her indispensable.
If Cheng Shuili herself had Qi Wanyi's masterful culinary skills, she wouldn't have known this person, nor would she have made a special trip to the town central hospital for her.
Therefore, Cheng Shuili saved her not because she was inherently good, but because Qi Wanyi was worth it.
Cheng Shuili didn't say anything more.
Their chef was also a smart person. It didn't matter if she was currently confused; there would come a day when she could think things through clearly.
And until then, Cheng Shuili didn't mind being the "life-saving benefactor" who held a special place in her heart.
For Cheng Shuili, the past few days had been quite peaceful.
After Qi Wanyi's injuries healed, their meals immediately returned to normal levels.
Moreover, several people in the team had become diligent lately. For some reason, they suddenly wanted to climb the mileage leaderboard, reporting their daily progress in the group chat.
If it weren't for the fact that Cheng Shuili had Su Rui, a top-tier worker, and her own vehicle's speed was much higher than theirs, their daily mileage would have truly surpassed hers.
With more distance covered, they opened more supply crates, and naturally, they encountered more monsters.
Ailin's training of these few individuals finally began to show success.
Xinxue and Liang Shanbo—one a netizen who only knew how to surf the regional channel, and the other a mascot who did a little bit of everything but nothing well—had actually started fighting monsters.
To put it more bluntly, these were two combat deadweights who had implemented an anti-war policy after following Cheng Shuili, yet they had actually started fighting.
Every time they killed a monster, they would post an acceptance speech in the small group.
"Thanks to the organization for the cultivation! Thanks to Mentor Ailin for the guidance! Thanks to Boss Crow for summarizing the bestiary! Your help and motivation gave me infinite courage; standing here today..."
The bestiary wasn't summarized by Cheng Shuili...
It was summarized by Zhu Xuan and the others.
But of course, there was no need to explain such things.
Moreover, Xinxue and the others always sent voice messages, and Cheng Shuili's ears were truly growing calluses from listening.
She twitched the corners of her mouth, unable to understand what these young people were so fired up about.
Cheng Shuili sighed. Tomorrow... would be the sixth day of the acid rain.
That meant it was time for the first team dungeon to open.
She stood up and stretched. Although she was a little curious, she certainly felt no pressure at all.
Before, Cheng Shuili would have worried about the safety of Xinxue and Liang Shanbo, because in a dungeon, no one could guarantee another person's safety 100%.
Even Cheng Shuili couldn't make such a bold claim.
Now that both of them had stood up for themselves, she felt much more at ease.
And over the past few days, Cheng Shuili had certainly not been idle.
Although 001 was intelligent, it was ultimately a system product, and its understanding of humans was truly hard to compliment.
Even though Cheng Shuili had been mentally prepared for a long time, she couldn't help but feel disappointed when she actually started using 001.
Rather than waiting for this artificial idiot to keep calling her to handle transactions, Cheng Shuili simply took over the entire process of making friends with other players.
Because of this, she hadn't even had time to use the radio batteries.
It was fine for her to be responsible for these, but the tasks of operating the workstation and shipping goods had to be left to 001!
Otherwise, wouldn't her 60 energy stones have been spent in vain?
Cheng Shuili recalled the particularly stable, painful life of working from eight to ten over the past few days, and she couldn't help but raise a hand to cover her brow.
No... she couldn't frown anymore.
It was already bitter enough! It would be too pathetic if she frowned so much that she developed wrinkles...
The hard work was real, but the game coins earned were also real!
Cheng Shuili wished for more days like this. Making money—getting a little tired was normal!
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