Cute star beast

Since she has been eating meat for two days in a row, she has started to get a sore throat.

　　Given that two field rewards occurred in succession.

　　This time, Sang Jiu chose a field and wanted to grow some vegetables.

　　When she confirmed her choice, five acres of fertile black soil appeared in the open space on the side of the wooden house. Each piece of soil was square and neatly laid on the ground, just like the land in the Farmville game. It looked like good land.

　　But all the land is uncultivated and still needs manpower to cultivate it. Sang Jiu got a headache just thinking about it because she had only planted flowers and never farmed land.

　　[Don't worry, there are many traditional intangible cultural heritage farming cultures in the system. If you don't know how to do it, you can enter the inheritance system to find help. ]

　　Sang Jiu frowned. Farming is hard work. She was not sure if she could cultivate all the land. "System, I had already realized AI intelligent farming before I was frozen. Now you want me to learn traditional farming culture and skills. Is this considered as forcing myself to do something without any hardship? I think you can provide some fully intelligent technology planting tools."

　　System: [I am a heritage system, and can only provide traditional farming tools. ]

　　After it finished speaking, a set of reclamation tools appeared at Sang Jiu's hand, including hoe, sickle, watering can and other agricultural tools.

　　"..." Sang Jiu looked at the old wooden-handled hoe and felt overwhelmed. He said to the system earnestly: "I think sometimes we still have to keep up with the times and update outdated tools in a timely manner."

　　[The meaning of inheritance is to bridge the past and the future, to pass it down from generation to generation, and to continue to thrive. Regardless of whether it is backward or not, it is a gift from time, an accumulation of wisdom, and our treasure.] The system disappeared after saying this.

　　Sang Jiu thought about his family's persistence. Some things are meaningless, but there is meaning in persistence. After a few minutes of silence, he sighed, picked up the hoe and started digging the ground resignedly.

　　Although the black soil is relatively soft, it is not an easy task to cultivate it for the first time. Sang Jiu only dug two square meters in half an hour, and even got blisters on her palms.

In the sunlight during the day, the blisters sparkled and hurt when touched. Sang Jiu carefully popped them, but there was no medicine, so she could only blow on them gently.

　　After blowing the wind, she looked at the five acres of land in front of her and sighed helplessly. According to her speed, it would take more than half a month to reclaim the land. She had to think of a way to wake up!

　　She sat on the ground holding a hoe, looking through the farming tools in the inheritance system, rice seedling horses, plows, hoe carts, fan carts, water wheels, curved plows, threshers...

　　Curved plow?

　　Sang Jiu suddenly remembered that he had seen this in a book before, so he immediately opened its introduction, which detailed the origin of the curved plow, its production method, and its important significance in the history of farming.

　　In order to speed up the reclamation process, Sang Jiu directly worked with the masters there to make an improved, simpler and more labor-saving version of the curved plow.

　　The method was very simple and took a whole morning to complete. After that, she held the curved plow and turned it twice in the black soil. The effect was quite good, but she still needed to exert force to push it later.

　　It might be more labor-saving if the front part that contacts the soil is replaced with a sharper steel shovel. Or if there is something pulling in front, it would be more effective.

　　"System, can you arrange one?" Sang Jiu thought it would be better if she could be rewarded with a mechanized plow.

　　The system did not fulfill her wish, but only gave her a reward according to the process: [Please choose the reward you want: A: Well B: Seeds, C: Fertilizer. ]

　　Seeing the well, Sang Jiu instantly perked up. She only had ten bottles of water from the food reward from the system on the first day, and she had been saving them, but today there was not much left.

　　"I want a well." Sang Jiu couldn't wait to choose A.

　　The next second, a well appeared out of nowhere next to the land where the wooden house was. She hurried over to look inside. It was full of water. A cool breeze rushed to her head, immediately dispelling the heat from plowing the land just now.

　　Sang Jiu hurried back to the wooden house, took out the small wooden bucket he had made two days ago, fetched half a bucket of water from it, and drank three bowls of water with a wooden bowl. The well water was sweet and cool, and very delicious.

　　After quenching her thirst, she used the remaining water to wash her face. She hadn't washed properly in the past few days because there was no water. She was sticky with sweat and felt stinky. Today she could finally wash properly: "System, this is the best reward in the past few days."

　　[The other rewards are also good, but you didn't choose them. ]

　　"Water is the source of life, there is nothing better than it." Sang Jiu sat on the table at the door of the wooden house with a cup of water, went into the house and took out the dried meat that she had baked two days ago as lunch.

　　While tearing dried rabbit meat, she observed the world outside the protective shield. She had been here for five days, and except for meeting a person and a mutant rabbit on the second day, she had never seen any other living creatures since then.

　　But it's normal to think about it. During the day, the scorching heat has been covering the scorched yellow ground. The hot air is steaming, and the ground seems to be deformed. Which living thing dares to come out and hang around without risking its life?

　　Luckily she had a safe house.

　　"But I feel a little lonely."

　　Sang Jiu lowered her head and tore the dried rabbit meat. The dried meat tasted dry and fragrant and tasted good. It would be even more delicious if some chili and peppercorns were added as seasonings.

　　She planned to cultivate the land and grow some spices and then some grains, as she felt a bit sick of eating meat every day.

　　Just as Sang Jiu was making her plans, she heard a rustling noise from the edge of the protective shield. She looked outside in confusion and found that the land outside the protective shield had collapsed slightly.

　　"What happened? Is the protective shield broken?" Sang Jiu asked the system doubtfully.

　　System: [No, a mutant animal tried to break through the protective shield.]

　　"It won't get through, will it?"

　　[No, all mutant animals and dangers cannot enter unless you actively invite them in. ]

　　"That's good." Sang Jiu breathed a sigh of relief, took the dried meat and walked to the protective shield and squatted down, staring at the slowly collapsing sand in confusion, a little curious about what kind of mutant animal it was.

　　Rustle, rustle——

　　Could it be a rat? Sang Jiu saw that the sand above had collapsed, slowly revealing a hole that was about one meter wide.

　　Sang Jiu held her breath, and the next moment she saw two gray ears appear in her sight first, "???"

　　Soon after, a furry head popped out. It had huge eyes, long cheeks, and clear lines, looking quite domineering.

　　The furry head also saw Sang Jiu, and its light green eyes, which were the size of a baby's fist, blinked, as if frightened, and retracted its head.

　　"Is it a mutant cat?" Sang Jiu saw that there seemed to be thick gray hair under its neck, and it looked like a Maine Coon cat. She sighed. It was 70 to 80 degrees Celsius outside, and it was wearing a big scarf. She was really worried that it would be burned to death.

　　The mutant Maine Coon certainly felt hot. It had come here following the star beast that dug the hole, and had climbed up because it found it was cool here. Although it couldn't get in, it was comfortable to stick to it, so it couldn't help but put its head on the transparent protective cover and growled, "Meow!"

　　Sang Jiu was confused: "What are you doing?"

　　[It feels the shield is cool, so it sticks to it.]

　　[The shield did not sense its aggressiveness, so it did not respond.]

　　"So that's how it is." Sang Jiu asked why the cat was fine.

　　Since it wasn't aggressive, Sang Jiu handed the dried meat in her hand to the big cat, "Want to eat?"

　　"Meow?" The big cat had been chasing in the intricate underground for most of the day and was already hungry. It unceremoniously stretched out its long tongue and rolled the palm-sized piece of jerky into its mouth. After eating it, it called out to Sang Jiu again.

　　"I want more." It was a rare opportunity to encounter a living creature, so Sang Jiu generously gave him five more pieces of dried meat.

　　The big cat wolfed down the meat, then felt a little thirsty, so it stuck out its tongue and breathed out hot air.

　　"Are you thirsty?" Sang Jiu filled a basin of water for it.

　　The big cat, who hadn't had water for the whole day, saw the water and his eyes suddenly lit up. He immediately lowered his head to drink the water, "Gululu--"

　　Seeing it quickly drank half a basin of water, Sang Jiu guessed that it was really thirsty, so she filled the basin with water again.

　　The big cat was visibly happy, and crawled its entire body out of the hole. After it crawled out, Sang Jiu discovered that it was very big, probably five meters long, with thick fur sticking to its body and lacking luster. It was obvious that it was not living a normal life at home.

　　The well water was very cool, and the big cat, who was emitting heat all over his body, loved it very much. He drank the water happily. After drinking it, he stared at Sang Jiu pitifully with his smart eyes, indicating that he wanted to drink more.

　　Sang Jiu filled another large basin with water. When it lowered its head to drink water obediently, she tentatively reached out to touch the big cat's head, "I'll give you water, let me touch it."

　　She has petted cats many times before, but never one this big, so she was eager to try it.

　　The big cat didn't react and just focused on drinking water.

　　"If you don't react, I'll take it as your consent." Sang Jiu made up her mind and touched it directly. The touch was as soft as she imagined, but also a little sticky and a little smelly. It was probably because he hadn't taken a bath for a long time.

　　Then she thought that it was so hot on Waste Star, and he was obviously short of water. It was normal for him not to take a shower. Sang Jiu silently withdrew her hand, wiped it on the hot sand on the ground, and then looked at the big cat who was drinking water: "You can leave after you finish drinking."

　　The water was cool and sweet. The big cat felt comfortable after drinking it. He pushed the empty basin to Sang Jiu.

　　"Still want to drink? You've already drunk three basins of water. If you drink any more you'll have diarrhea." Sang Jiu picked up the basin of water and planned to return to the protective shield because it was too hot outside.

　　As soon as she made a move, the big cat raised its paw to block her movement, then put its big furry head under her hand and said, "Meow~"

　　Sang Jiu asked uncertainly: "...You want me to touch you?"

　　The big cat raised its paw and scratched the water basin, shaking its huge tail from side to side and blinking its big light green eyes: "Meow~"

　　Are you being cute?

　　Sang Jiu asked uncertainly: "If I touch you, will I give you water?"

　　The big cat meowed again, its voice cheerful.

　　"You're wishful thinking. There's no water left. Let's go. If you don't leave now, you'll get crazy from the heat." Sang Jiu looked at the heat coming out of the big cat and felt himself sweating profusely.

　　The big cat was unwilling, and its fleshy paw pads gently pressed on Sang Jiu's instep. She instantly felt more than a hundred pounds of soft flesh pressing on her instep, but it didn't hurt at all.

　　Sang Jiu tried to pull her legs out, but failed after several attempts. Instead, she broke into a sweat. "You're so heavy, let me go."

　　The clever big cat knew that the water here was cool, so it was reluctant to let go and pressed even tighter, blinking its watery cat eyes, with an attitude of 'If you don't agree to me, I'll depend on you'.

　　"Why are you so shameless?" Sang Jiu pulled with the big cat for a while, but the big cat still lay there motionless. She was sweating from exhaustion. She raised her hand to fan herself and glanced at the five acres of black soil inside the protective cover. Suddenly, an idea came to her mind.

　　"You work for me and I'll give you water, how about that?"

　　The big cat meowed and rubbed her hand.

　　"Agreed? All right then, I just happen to be in need of someone to plow the fields." Sang Jiu asked the system, and only brought the mutant Maine Coon in after confirming with the system that it would expel the cat if it posed a threat of attack.

　　"Come in." After Sang Jiu finished speaking, the big cat found that the invisible barrier here was gone. It walked in tentatively. As soon as it stepped inside, it felt extremely cool. It knew that this was a good place!

　　The big cat rolled on the ground excitedly for several times, as happy as if it had inhaled catnip, "Meow meow meow~~"

　　"Don't be too happy yet. Let me see if you can do the work first. If not, leave." Sang Jiu led the big cat to the black soil, tied the curved plow with a rope and put it around its neck: "Come on, plow the land!