The longed-for village system

Chapter 3 Mushroom House

Of course, there are no defective products from the system. This is what he got at the cost of staying at home. Of course, he still had to be modest and say, "It's alright! It can't compare to houses in big cities, but my house is still pretty good. I didn't use any other materials except wood, so it's very environmentally friendly."

As a master, he naturally admires his own work. This is not boasting, but rather a desire for more people to recognize and appreciate what he likes.

Li Qing's reminder made them realize that it was true; the furniture Li Qing was assembling had not used a single nail, and there was not a single metal object beside him except for wood.

"Wow! This is a mortise and tenon joint, right? I didn't expect you to have such extraordinary skills at such a young age, Xiao Chen."

"Old Huang is right. This technique is not something just anyone can do. To finish such a large house without using nails is truly amazing!"

Huang Shi and He Jiong couldn't help but praise it. Simple mortise and tenon joints can be done by any carpenter, but a piece of furniture made entirely with mortise and tenon joints is not something that an ordinary carpenter can do, let alone such a large house. This cannot be described simply as "amazing".

They had previously considered asking their master for help, but now it seemed that there were very few people besides him who could complete the task. The group couldn't help but become more curious about Li Qing.

"How old are you, Xiao Chen? You must have studied this skill for over ten years!" someone asked, watching Chen Qing skillfully piece together the yellow stones.

"Me? I was born in '94. I've been learning this for a while now. Actually, as long as you have a strong sense of three-dimensionality, you can visualize the pieces in your mind, break them down, and then put them back together. It's not that difficult."

Chen Qing naturally wouldn't say that this was a skill given by the system that he could learn in the blink of an eye. Of course, he also felt that it wasn't difficult at all. It was just like piecing together a jigsaw puzzle piece by piece. As long as the three-dimensional sense was strong enough, it could be done.

Even if the drawing is slightly off, it's still possible to complete the design, it will just be relatively slower.

However, his words were interpreted differently by He Jiong and the others. Listen to this, is this even human language? Sure enough, the master's thoughts are different from those of ordinary people like them.

Putting aside the house, this round table alone is made up of dozens of pieces of wood of different sizes. If any part is even slightly off, the assembly will fail. How much more so a house made up of thousands upon thousands of pieces of wood.

It seems that his previous refusal was not just politeness, but because they really couldn't help much and should do what they could!

He Jiong and Huang Shi did not stay long. After finishing their meal, they left by car, leaving the director and the rest of the staff to catch up on the schedule, as they really didn't have much time left.

The production team acted with lightning speed. The next morning, Ouyang Chenqing returned to the new house and found that there were already many staff members on site. Director Lao Wang was still there arranging cameras and shooting positions. After the two greeted each other, Li Qing began to do the final finishing work.

A week later, the crew of "Back to the Countryside" officially moved into Manyuan Village to start filming the first episode. Of course, this had nothing to do with Li Qing. What he was looking forward to was the 20 yuan rent that the crew was going to give him today. This money was very important to him.

However, there is something even more important to do today: it's his 40th day in Manyuan Village, and it's time for the lottery.

"The system has begun drawing the reward for day 40."

"Successful extraction. Congratulations, host, on obtaining a heavenly voice."

Chen Qing was speechless upon seeing the system's reward. Was the system asking him to become a music producer?
Lyrics writing, music composition, and this singing talent—that's the whole package! He sang a few lines of lyrics he liked in his past life and nodded. Although this skill wasn't exactly what he needed now, it was better than nothing. "Ding, congratulations, host, your work's unit transaction price exceeded 100,000, reward: +1 lottery draw."

"Ding! 20 yuan has been deposited into your Alipay account."

Chen Qing was startled when he heard the system's voice again, then asked happily, "What's going on with the system? Does it mean I get a reward for selling my items? Why didn't I get any reward notifications for the items I sold before?"

"Only items priced over 2 will be eligible for a prize draw. The prize amount for the same type of handcrafted item will be doubled with each draw."

Chen Qing understood the system's explanation: it was because the unit price of the things he made before was too low, only a few tens or hundreds of yuan each time, which did not meet the lottery standard at all.

However, this time he received 20 yuan in rent from the production team for the Mushroom House rental, which met the system's lottery criteria, hence the notification.

The second half of the sentence refers to the lottery standards: the first time is 10 yuan, the second time is 20 yuan, and the third time is 40 yuan. Each work can only be entered into the lottery once, even if the work sells for hundreds of millions of yuan.

This was a great opportunity for him. He originally thought that he could only get rewards by staying at home, but he didn't expect that he could get a chance to win a prize by selling or renting out the things he made.

"The system has begun drawing rewards."

"Successful extraction. Congratulations, host, you have obtained the reward of Beast Taming Technique."

Upon receiving this reward, Li Qing instantly felt incredibly lucky. This skill was definitely useful, far more practical than lyric writing or composing. He immediately began testing it on animals, and the results speak for themselves.

Meanwhile, inside the mushroom house, He Jiong, Huang Shi, and the others were preparing to go out. Having just arrived at the mushroom house, they planned to take their mentally challenged son and adorable daughter for a walk around the village to familiarize themselves with the environment, making it easier to interact with the villagers in the future.

"There's so much fruit here! I could eat it all in a lifetime!" exclaimed Pengpeng, a foodie, looking at the endless orchards on both sides of the road.

"Pengpeng, shouldn't you be worried about not being able to handle things in the future? This is where you'll be working," He Jiong said, trying to put Pengpeng down.

Pengpeng, who was initially very interested, became distressed after hearing what Teacher He said. Since Da Hua left in the third season, almost all the hard work in the Mushroom House has fallen on his shoulders.

Although his younger sister was there to help, she was a girl after all, and he couldn't ask her to do too much heavy work. Besides, she was taking the college entrance exam this year, so as her older brother, he naturally couldn't let her get tired.

"Brother Dahua, I miss you." At this moment, Pengpeng desperately hoped that another boy would come to help him with the chores.

In the end, he had to bear it all alone.

(End of this chapter)