I traveled through the Cretaceous period and farmed with the ever-changing dog egg.
Chapter 8 Dog Egg No. 3
"Am I turning into an electric boy?" She looked at her body crackling with lightning, and the shocks as she washed her face reminded her of the cartoons she watched as a child.
As the first rays of sunlight streamed into the room at dawn, Lin Chaoyan opened her eyes, yawned, and slowly stretched. She gently rubbed her sleepy eyes, her large, watery eyes blinking.
Upon arriving at the first-floor washroom, I felt a sudden surge of power within me that was released unconsciously, leading to the scene described at the beginning.
[An extremely domineering lightning elemental root; I thought you'd be water, wood, or perhaps earth type.]
"That's true, it's convenient for farming." Now that I'm this awesome, I'll chop down anyone who bullies me. Thinking of this, Lin Chaoyan wanted to find a dinosaur to chop down.
This world has no spiritual energy; all your power comes from your own cultivation and practice. Use it sparingly until you obtain a cultivation technique.
"Okay! Let's make breakfast." She rinsed the rice twice, put it in a large pot, added water, covered the pot, added two thick wooden sticks to the stove, and poured some oil into another pot to make a stir-fry of dried ferns and cured meat to eat with the porridge.
Lin Chaoyan stirred the rice pot from time to time. When the rice grains popped, she filtered out most of the rice and put it into a rice bucket. She then put it in another pot to steam for lunch. The remaining rice was used to cook porridge over low heat until it became thick before serving it.
Lin Chaoyan held a bowl of rice porridge, blowing on it as she sipped it. She sighed inwardly, marveling at how thick and smooth the porridge was, cooked in a traditional stove, with a rich aroma of rice. She ate three bowls of it with the stir-fried fern and cured meat in front of her.
After eating and drinking her fill and cleaning up, she put on a hat and started digging again, shoveling away. Fortunately, the soil was in excellent condition and not compacted, otherwise she would have been exhausted just from digging and loosening it.
"It's definitely different now. Normally, it would take me at least half a month to cultivate these three acres by myself." Lin Chaoyan had intentionally raised the surrounding area of the three plots of land, forming an inverted "目" shape.
Two plots of land were divided into two sections, with a half-meter-wide ditch dug between them for drainage and water supply. After all, she planned to plant one acre of wheat and rice.
Lin Chaoyan tied the two ends of a plastic bucket with a rope, slung it across her waist, and began scattering seeds by hand. Along with the flying wheat seeds came her sweat.
After sowing the rice seeds, the land needed to be carefully raked to prevent the seeds from being exposed. Watering was then time-consuming and laborious. By the time everything was finished, it was already past 12:30.
Lin Chaoyan put away her tools, listening to the rumbling in her stomach, and sighed thoughtfully. "It really is true what they say, working at sunrise and resting at sunset! I'm hungry again."
She went into the kitchen, put on an apron, and eagerly scooped up a spoonful of the already cooked rice, stuffing it into her mouth. Her eyes narrowed with satisfaction. "Thank goodness the rice was cooked in advance; otherwise, we'd never have time to eat it again."
"Groundhog meat, this meal is yours." Lin Chaoyan swiftly sliced the semi-dried meat strips into pieces, preparing a stir-fried pork with dried chili peppers.
As the oil in the wok heated up, scallions, ginger, and garlic were added and sautéed until fragrant. The moment dried chilies hit the pan, the entire room was filled with a pungent, spicy aroma. Lin Chaoyan deftly poured a plate of marmot meat into the wok and stir-fried it. She added two spoonfuls of fermented bean paste, a little rock sugar, and a splash of cooking wine. Just before serving, she sprinkled salt on top. Lin Chaoyan had never eaten marmot meat before and didn't know what it tasted like.
The taste made her mouth water uncontrollably.
Adhering to the principle of avoiding waste, Lin Chaoyan picked up a piece of meat and put it in her mouth regardless of whether it tasted good or not. The flavor immediately exploded in her mouth. "Wow! The meat is so tender and delicious!" This roasted pork, along with the chili and broth, made her eat three bowls of rice.
While I was digesting, I also planted chili peppers, eggplants, green beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, bok choy, and Chinese cabbage.
It was already 3 PM when I finished. Then I took out the buckets of salt soil that had been soaking for a day and a night and put them in a pot to boil. It wasn't difficult for someone with only a junior high school education. I washed the river sand clean and filtered the brine with bamboo charcoal.
Then add wood ash to absorb and settle the impurities. After that, pour the brine into a container, repeating the process until all the brine has been used. A row of sun-dried brine will then appear in the yard.
Looking at the three basins of salt water in the yard, Lin Chaoyan couldn't help but feel a little sad. She had also been pampered by her parents since childhood, and most of the farm work was done by her grandparents while she sat in the fields watching them do it. They would only ask her to help occasionally, and she basically never lifted a finger around the house while she was with her parents.
[Host, Gou Dan died again, but he's alive again.]
"It's dead again? It's a Tyrannosaurus Rex! It's dead after just a few days?" At this moment, countless images of Gou Dan's life and death flashed through Lin Chaoyan's mind: being chased, being surrounded, ...
She immediately darted out and rushed to a field, anxiously calling out to Dog Egg No. 3. (The earliest monotremes fossil was the hard-toothed platypus discovered in the Cretaceous strata of Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia, 1.12 million years ago.)
"Dog Egg! Dog Egg! Dog Egg!!" It's alive again? What is it this time? How did it die? It was only at the top of the food chain for a couple of days before it was gone? Lin Chaoyan was completely unaware that a platypus was chasing her at her feet.
"Wasn't it resurrected? Where did it go?" Just as Lin Chaoyan was deep in thought, she saw a platypus pawing at her... She tentatively asked.
"Dog Egg? If it's you, then say something." Lin Chaoyan noticed that Dog Egg's intelligence increased slightly each time he died.
"Quack, quack, quack..."
"...Stop! I know, I'm telling you, Dog Egg! Are you Martin the Transformer? Where is your own body? Can you take this all the time?" Lin Chaoyan plopped down on the ground, her face full of worry as she hugged Dog Egg and stroked him.
Let out a soft, comfortable "mmm" sound!
"What happened to you? I was just planting crops and you were gone?" Dog Egg is clearly still a baby now, how will he survive? Lin Chaoyan is really worried that tomorrow will be another day with a different Iron Mouth.
At this moment, Gou Dan rolled over and landed on the grass. He took two steps forward and then looked back at Lin Chaoyan. His adorable appearance, turning back every three steps, amused her.
"Let's go, let's go!! I'll go with you."
Lin Chaoyan followed it across the field to a wetland. There, she saw Tiezui struggling to pry open a pile of grass.
"I'll do it!" Lin Chao thought to himself, "Could there be a corpse of Dog Egg No. 2 hidden inside?"
When she opened it, she found no corpse inside, but three eggs lying there. Lin Chaoyan lowered her head slightly, her delicate back bent, her eyes slightly moist, and her voice was so low it was barely a whisper.
"You went to steal eggs again? Did you die because you stole eggs for me?" Tears streamed down her face uncontrollably. Lin Chaoyan waved her hand to take the egg, then hugged the dog egg and went to the grass to mutter to herself.
"I was planning to get stronger and avenge you, but before I could even do that, you died again. What are you thinking with that little head of yours?..."
The confidence that had been hard-won vanished from Lin Chaoyan at this moment, leaving only dejection and self-blame.
"Can't we really take it with us? It's still a baby, how will it survive?" It had been so good to her, Lin Chaoyan couldn't bear to see it die.
[Host, he currently lacks the capacity for judgment. The important thing isn't that he becomes human, but that he regains consciousness. He's young and impetuous, full of passion for his work; neither you nor I can guarantee that when that day comes, he won't hand you over to the Time-Space Court for judgment.]
"I know! It's been so good to me, risking its life for me time and time again. I don't want it to die. I thought it would be safe once it turned into a Tyrannosaurus Rex, with few natural enemies able to harm it. I never expected it to die for me again after only a few days of wearing its new skin." They say a drop of kindness deserves a spring of gratitude! But compared to her own safety, Lin Chaoyan hesitated.
You'd better get used to it. Even if he becomes human, he'll still die. His life isn't long; he'll experience birth, aging, sickness, and death, accompanying you forever as a passerby. This is his choice. If he had even the slightest unwillingness, he wouldn't be here right now.
The words He typed were cold. Lin Chaoyan was self-aware; kindness was acceptable, but not when it came to herself. She had no interest in playing the saint!
From then on, Lin Chaoyan would meet Tiezui every day and catch fish with him. She had always thought Tiezui was weak, but she was surprised to find that he was incredibly strong in the water. Every time they parted, she would specifically remind him not to steal eggs.
Then they would dig up salt soil to refine salt, and hunt marmots...
[Host! The Late Cretaceous period is coming to an end, and the Paleogene period is about to begin!]
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