Farming Games are All About Grinding-Chapter 74 The Troublesome Little Prince

The Little Prince in the yard heard Han Qiwu’s voice and charged over on all fours.

"Boom boom, boom boom."

Han Qiwu, who had just stepped into the yard, almost pulled out his Thorny Shield.

"Stop!"

"Screech screech screech."

The Little Prince skidded on all fours, leaving a long braking mark on the ground, and came to a stylish drifting stop right beside Han Qiwu.

"Roar!"

Han Qiwu: "...A land battle tank that comes with drift brakes?"

[Pet Hunt: The Little Prince has returned from foraging, fullness increased by 50]

[Foraging Results: Raspberries ×6, Wild Onions ×3, Dandelions ×5, Wild Peppers ×4]

[The Little Prince, who has finished foraging, appears very happy]

"This much?" Han Qiwu was pleasantly surprised, realizing the pet gathers more than he could pick himself.

Perfect, this bear kid has nothing better to do—starting tomorrow, go pick wild veggies for me every day!

Before drying the fruit, Han Qiwu had to fix the door first.

And to fix the door, he had to chop trees because he was completely out of wood.

All the wood had been used to buy a feed box.

Lying sprawled on the side, the Little Prince stared as Han Qiwu circled around the same spot several times. After thinking it through, the Little Prince got up and began circling in place with Han Qiwu.

"Whirr whirr whirr."

Perhaps cave bears have excellent balancing abilities—the Little Prince spun on the spot like a bear tornado, spinning fast and steady, while muddy debris flew everywhere.

Just as Han Qiwu finished planning his next steps and looked up, he saw the muddy bear tornado in front of him.

Han Qiwu: "...Your learning ability’s impressive? Then come with me to learn tree chopping later!"

Based on the pet-foraging mapping system, if it can forage, it should be able to chop trees too, right?

Dodging the muddy bear tornado, Han Qiwu walked to the Wutong gate, took a basic feed box out of his storage compartment, and placed it inside Wutong.

The basic feed box looked like a tractor’s front end, with a long waste-collection pipe above the feed output chute. According to Gongshu Zi’s introduction, the pipe could also be manually fed materials.

[Basic feed box placed successfully. Waste collection in progress.]

Hearing the system notification, Han Qiwu pulled out some feed-making materials he had collected while mining earlier: [Crab Shells] and [Cave Worms].

He fed the materials into the feed tube. The feed machine let out an "emmmm" sound for a while before five bags of feed popped out of the output chute.

[Feed ×5]

"The conversion ratio’s decent, basically one-to-one," Han Qiwu nodded in approval. Next, it would depend on its ability to collect waste during yard work.

"You guys don’t need to go out anymore. Just stay inside, eat obediently, and grow up quickly to start laying eggs!" Han Qiwu grinned at the four baby chicks.

Right, now that I have extra money on hand, I’ll buy two more chicks tomorrow to fill the gap.

When they all grow up, I’ll be collecting six eggs a day!

Meat Chicken: "???? I’ve said it countless times—I can’t lay eggs! Stop counting on me!"

Leaving Wutong, Han Qiwu looked helplessly at the still-spinning muddy bear tornado.

"Little Prince, come chop trees!" Han Qiwu called out experimentally.

"Roar!" Perhaps it was tired of spinning, but the Little Prince gamely walked over.

At the edge of the woods, Han Qiwu picked up an axe and started chopping away. To set an example, he specifically selected a large tree this time.

"Little Prince, watch carefully!"

"Clang!"

[Your axe cannot chop down this tree. Please upgrade your axe and try again.]

Han Qiwu: "??? Seriously? My underling’s watching! Can you cut me some slack here?"

The Little Prince was equally bewildered watching from the side.

This guy isn’t very capable. If I remember correctly, my dad smashed a tree this skinny with a single paw.

"Ahem, this tree’s in great condition—I’ve decided to chop another one." Putting on a thick face, Han Qiwu dragged the Little Prince aside, found a smaller tree, and swung his axe at it.

[Wood ×3]

[Random Tree Seeds ×1]

[Your pet, the Little Prince, is learning logging.]

A triple blessing?

If the Little Prince could learn to chop trees, wouldn’t that lighten my workload significantly?

Keep teaching.

Fueled by motivation, Han Qiwu chopped ten more trees in one go.

But as he worked, Han Qiwu realized something strange—there weren’t any "The Little Prince is learning" system notifications anymore.

Perplexed, Han Qiwu turned his head, and his anger shot to the roof.

The Little Prince was lying on the ground digging dirt with gusto.

It casually grabbed a handful of leaves with its left paw and munched on them while its right paw pulled out grass to chew on, having a great time.

"Little Prince! Come move the wood! And let’s teach you how to open the door while we’re at it!" Han Qiwu said with a headache. At this rate, getting the Little Prince to learn logging wouldn’t happen in a day or two.

This mischievous bear needed a solid plan to stay focused on tasks.

As the Little Prince carried wood back to the gate, Han Qiwu sneakily placed an online order for five pounds of locust honey and five pounds of osmanthus honey.

Dealing with a bear like this? Intelligence is the only solution.

After all, brute force wasn’t an option he could win.

By the time they reached the gate, Han Qiwu held the Little Prince’s paw and patiently demonstrated how to open and close the door again and again.

Fortunately, Han Qiwu wasn’t worried about the Little Prince sneaking out on his own. Based on his observations, without his foraging command, the Little Prince couldn’t leave the yard.

After teaching door skills, Han Qiwu had the Little Prince help hold the nails while they worked together to fix the door.

"Got it now? If you break this door again, I’ll call you to fix it with me!" Han Qiwu said with a cheerful smile, looking at the visibly uncomfortable Little Prince.

Having worked all day, the Little Prince was itching to play. Hearing Han Qiwu’s words, it quickly roared in agreement.

"Go play." Han Qiwu released the Little Prince and turned to start making dried fruits.

"Roar!!!"

The Little Prince happily rolled around in the wasteland nearby.

After finishing the fruit-drying process, Han Qiwu hung them under the eaves one by one.

That’s the nice thing about living in a village—everything can be dried under the eaves!

Corn cobs, red peppers, cured meats, sausages, duck strips.

"Still a long way to go! There’s so much more I want to grow," Han Qiwu sighed. "Animal husbandry also needs expansion. Imagine munching on a big pork hock—how satisfying!"

After arranging the dried fruits, Han Qiwu recorded the weather forecast for the next few days.

February 15: Clear. February 16: Rain. February 17–21: All clear skies. Beyond that, it’s unpredictable.

But this is enough information!

If it rains the day after tomorrow, I’ll water the crops tomorrow morning. Then I can send the watering can to be upgraded!

The downside is that there’s only one rainy day in the next week.

Grind! Work hard!

More watering to do consistently!

Hopefully, the upgraded copper watering can will be worth the effort!

Currently, the biggest bottleneck in expanding crop production is the watering issue.

To resolve it, it looks like mining is the only way forward.

Upgrading tools requires copper ore; making sprinklers requires iron ore. There’s no way around this.

Grind! Work hard!

After working for so long, Han Qiwu was ready to rest as well.

"Little Prince! Time to sleep in the cave!"

"Roar!"