Farming Games are All About Grinding-Chapter 89: The Bronze Wine Kettle

[Mysterious Egg]: No one knows what might hatch from it—or if it will hatch at all.

[Tip: It’s best to leave it out in the sunlight. Who knows, maybe it’ll surprise you someday.]

"What is this thing?" Han Qiwu held the egg in both hands and gently shook it next to his ear.

Hmm, perfectly quiet. Couldn’t hear a thing.

"Guess I’ll just keep it for now and leave it in the yard to sunbathe when I get back." Han Qiwu didn’t think much of it. After all, it was something he’d dug up—worst case scenario, he could donate it to Zack without any real loss.

As he continued biking along, Han Qiwu suddenly had a thought.

Could this thing be a dinosaur egg? After all, it was excavated from an ancient region.

But wait, he hadn’t even finished reading *Dinosaur Knight* yet.

Did dinosaur gravity send him an early present?

Whatever, who cares? Just let it sunbathe.

When he arrived at the blacksmith’s shop, Han Qiwu knocked on the door and pushed it open to enter.

"So eager, huh?" Master Shuzi teased Han Qiwu on purpose, "What if I mess up this crafting job?"

"If it helps you gain experience, that’s its honor. I’ll go back to the mines and gather more suitable minerals to bring you." Han Qiwu replied with a straight face, and by the end of his words, even he started to believe himself.

"Haha, what are you even saying! I’d mess up on something this simple?" Master Shuzi chuckled as he bent down, retrieved the upgraded watering can from the counter, and handed it to Han Qiwu.

At first glance, the upgraded watering can had a bronze-purple hue, with a capacity much larger than before. In addition, a spout resembling the color of an old wine jug had been added next to the original spout.

[Tool: Copper-Wine Watering Can]

[Usage Instructions: When charged, can water a 2×2 plot of farmland simultaneously. Charging doubles energy consumption.]

[Special Effect: Yields for crops used in brewing—hops, rice, sorghum—are increased by 30%, and the resulting brewed products are of higher quality.]

[Note: One cup to ease a thousand woes.]

The watering efficiency of the Copper-Wine Watering Can had increased fourfold, capable of watering four plots at once. However, in terms of stamina savings, it was only a twofold improvement, given the doubled stamina cost when charging.

To put it simply, the stamina that used to water two plots could now water four, and the time it took to water one plot could now handle four.

More importantly, thanks to Han Qiwu’s sudden (and slightly absurd) inspiration, the watering can came with an extremely practical special effect: increased yield and quality!

Who would’ve thought that fusing a wine jug with a watering can would have this kind of result?

And a 30% yield increase, no less!

"So, what do you think? Satisfied?" Master Shuzi looked at Han Qiwu with a bit of pride. "Under normal conditions, a copper watering can can only water a 1×3 plot at a time. Thankfully, I installed the wine jug spout on the copper can too. While the range is reduced, the watering area is expanded."

"Satisfied, very satisfied. Thank you! I’ll make sure to go fishing diligently and bring you more crystal orbs." Han Qiwu’s gratitude toward Master Shuzi was evident. freēwēbnovel.com

Though honestly, he didn’t eat or drink—how else could one even express thanks to him?

"Don’t just bring me crystal orbs. Sometimes I’d like to experiment with geo-crystals or amethysts too," Master Shuzi said bluntly.

"Got it." Han Qiwu agreed right away.

Better to have demands than none at all; it’s when they stop asking that you should worry.

Now that Master Shuzi’s exclusive stock had refreshed, Han Qiwu decided to take a look at the new goodies.

Goodwill-Unlocked Fixed Items:

[Beginner Feed Box]: Already crafted 1

[Blocking Fence]

[Required Materials: Wood (265/5)]

[Note: Blocking Fence perfectly restrains livestock.]

Weekly Random Items:

[Spider Automaton]

[Required Materials: Wood (265/500), Any Spider Remains (0/1), Money (6629/1000)]

[Energy Source: Solar]

[Usage: Foraging/Combat]

[Note: Spider Automaton, countless uses.]

Refreshes this Sunday

"They’ve got automata now?" Han Qiwu exclaimed with pleasant surprise as he checked the crafting requirements for the Spider Automaton.

Master Shuzi’s automata were well-known in history as marvels—able to run for three years without food or water, moving and functioning like real people. Some particularly special models could even speak.

Basically, wooden AI robots.

Looking at these exclusive items only strengthened Han Qiwu’s resolve to bring gifts for Master Shuzi!

The wooden automaton army would rely entirely on Master Shuzi!

As for this Spider Automaton, for now, Han Qiwu could only admire it from afar. Not to mention the difficulty of procuring 500 wood, he had no idea where to even get spider remains.

Forget spider remains—he hadn’t even seen a single spider yet.

He’d try his luck with the traveling merchant next time, then.

"Not bad, huh? Interested?" Master Shuzi asked, a benevolent smile on his face as he looked at Han Qiwu.

"Of course I’m interested." Han Qiwu’s heart skipped a beat. Did Master Shuzi have some hidden solution?

"Interested, huh? Then go mine more and chop more wood." Master Shuzi waved him off and walked to the back.

"Master! Can I start a tab?"

"Not a chance."

"Alright, guess I’ll be leaving then."

"Don’t let the door hit you on the way out!"

"So cold-hearted!"

Leaving the blacksmith shop, Han Qiwu decided to bike home and test out the new Copper-Wine Watering Can.

As he entered his yard, the Little Prince hadn’t returned from foraging yet, but the place was far from quiet.

"Chirp-chirp-chirp-chirp!"

It seemed the six chicks in Wutong had heard Han Qiwu come in and were chirping desperately.

"Getting restless, huh?" Han Qiwu walked up to Wutong, understanding their plight.

Even with food and water, anyone would want to stretch their legs and wander outside now and then. Staying cooped up at home all day could get stifling.

"Chirp-chirp-chirp-chirp!"

Han Qiwu opened Wutong’s small gate and let the six chicks out.

"When I get more livestock later, I’ll have to buy some fences to keep them separated," Han Qiwu thought, recalling the fences in Master Shuzi’s exclusive stock.

Under the sunlight, the four larger chicks and two smaller ones happily stretched their necks and hopped about, looking thoroughly content.

With the two newest chicks for comparison, it became evident that the original four chicks had grown to three or four times their previous size.

Grow, and grow fast—that’s all that matters.

Walking into Wutong, Han Qiwu glanced at the state of the feed machine.

[Remaining Feed: 2 servings]

Perhaps because he hadn’t chopped much wood yesterday, the amount of feed left wasn’t too impressive.

Hmm, better to let the chicks out to forage from time to time.

Speaking of which, these chicks were remarkably clever—they never pecked at the vegetable plots and were always well-behaved.

While the chicks were happily foraging, Han Qiwu left Wutong, climbed up to its roof, and carefully secured the [Mysterious Egg] there with clay.

Didn’t you want sunlight?

I’ll put you here so you can soak it all in.

After climbing down, Han Qiwu decided to test the new watering can.

After filling it with water, Han Qiwu held the Copper-Wine Watering Can with both hands and gave it a powerful swing forward.

Four plots of farmland were instantly moistened.

Han Qiwu’s eyes grew misty.

By this calculation, his daily stamina spent on watering crops would now only be 98.4 points.

What a relief.