The wicked female is extremely fierce, but she's pampered by her seven beast husbands.

Chapter 65 Can't Bring It Up
In April, the hills along the river in the northern wilderness are lined with neat rows of earthen ditches.

Yu Shaochen carried a basket in one hand, with a layer of large leaves underneath, and in his right hand he held a handful of wood ash, which he sprinkled evenly into the dug trench.

Behind him were two orcs carrying large bamboo baskets, and a smaller one who was responsible for placing the diced potatoes mixed with wood ash into the ditch one by one, with each potato seed about 20 centimeters apart.

Yu Shaochen glanced back at the potato seedlings in the ditch and reminded them, "Remember to keep the cut side facing up and the sprouted part facing down."

The wood-type beastman in charge of placing the potatoes is called Taishan. He was originally a wandering beastman, but was later accepted by the Stone Forest. He usually learns medicine from the old witch doctor.

However, his talent in medicine was average, but he was quite talented in controlling plants. When he heard the chieftain say that he needed wood-type beastmen to help plant potatoes, he volunteered to help.

Taishan followed Yu Shaochen's instructions strictly, but still asked with great curiosity, "Why should the side with the bud be facing down? Shouldn't the side with the bud be facing up to ensure the budding rate?"

After scattering the basket of wood ash, Yu Shaochen looked back into Taishan's eyes and calmly explained, "I took a few potatoes last night to accelerate their growth and did some experimentation."

"With the cut side facing up, the germination rate is higher, and after germination, the fruit will start to grow from the bottom."

"If the buds are planted facing upwards, they will easily emerge from the soil later on, and the fruit will also easily turn green."

After saying that, he walked barefoot onto the ridge of the field.

Taishan looked at him in shock: "You figured all this out in one night?"

Yu Shaochen nodded: "My wife entrusted me with the task of planting potatoes, so I have to do it well."

The planting methods that Ling Chengen taught him were already extremely detailed.

For example, the distance between potato seeds, why to coat them with wood ash, how to cut potatoes into pieces, and how many buds to keep on a single potato seed...

But he was still worried about things going wrong during the later stages of planting.

The potatoes produced from this land in the future will be crucial to the food supply for many people in the tribe.

No amount of caution is ever too much.

So after dinner yesterday, he started working on getting the potato seeds planted.

After personally planting the plants, my superpowers were completely depleted, but the results were excellent.

All thirty potato seeds that were encouraged to grow sprouted within a short period of one hour.

However, due to differences in planting depth and the placement of buds, potato yields varied.

After his powers were restored this morning, before dawn and before everyone else got up, he tried it one more time before he was finally at ease.

However, the aftereffects of staying up late and getting up early were that he was so sleepy at breakfast that he could barely keep his eyes open and almost buried his face in his bowl.

"Wow! You are amazing!"

Tai Shan is about the same age as Yu Shao Chen, just turned sixteen this year. He is a blue-eyed golden monkey beastman, whose beast form is smaller than Yu Shao Chen's, but he is very agile.

His specialty is growing fruit, and then putting the uneaten grapes and other fruits into tree holes. After a period of time, he can get very sweet fruit wine.

However, he produces very little fruit wine each year. Most of the fruit wine is taken by the orcs in the tribe to the trade market to sell and exchange for goods. The rest is used for tribal sacrifices and prayers, as well as celebrations of victory. Even he himself rarely gets to drink fruit wine.

He had some experience in growing fruit, but he wasn't as professional and precise as Yu Shaochen.

Have you ever grown potatoes before?

"No, I only recently learned from my wife that this thing can actually be used as food."

Yu Shaochen took the basket handed to him by someone else, filled it with wood ash again, and began to teach the other beastmen on Tianlong how to plant.

After the orcs of the Cold Mountain tribe had learned enough, he finished planting the last two rows of potatoes, then looked at Chongzhen who had appeared out of nowhere, patted his dirty hands, and walked over to him with a basket: "Cover the potatoes in the ditch with soil, but not too thickly."

Yu Shaochen raised his hand to indicate the approximate thickness, and Chong Zhen nodded and smiled, saying, "No problem, this is not difficult."

He knelt on one knee, pressed his hands firmly to the ground, and quickly spread the loosened soil next to him onto the potatoes.

After finishing his work, Ling Chengen came over and saw the soil being filled in. He immediately stopped him, saying, "This won't do. Didn't I tell you before that we need to build high ridges? We must leave drainage ditches."

"Otherwise, this field will definitely be flooded when the rainy season arrives."

The rainy season in the Beast Plains is characterized by torrential rains, causing the water levels in all rivers to rise dramatically.

Therefore, she didn't dare to cultivate the most fertile river valleys.

Before the construction of high embankments and dams, planting in the river valley was very impractical.

Chongzhen looked at her innocently: "I was just about to ask you how to make the ridges today, but you ran away, didn't you? You didn't even answer me when I called you."

Ling Chengen glared at him fiercely: "Next time you come to me, talk about serious business first."

It's all because he always starts by saying flirtatious things, which has given her a bit of PTSD about him.

Chongzhen didn't dare argue with her on this issue because he did bear some responsibility.

Under Ling Chengen's supervision, he went back to work again, ridging the potato field with ridges and even making drainage ditches.

Ling Chengen took the shovel, which the metal-type orc had refined from metal, and compacted the loose soil on both sides of the drainage ditch. He then handed the shovel to Chongzhen: "This is yours. Remember to teach them."

"Drainage ditches are very important. If rain causes water to accumulate in the fields, it is essential to drain the water in a timely manner."

Chongzhen took the shovel with one hand, gripped the smooth, polished wooden handle, casually stuck it in the ground by his feet, and said with a nonchalant smile, "I've got it, I've got it! If you're worried, you can supervise from the side."

Looking at his nonchalant demeanor, Ling Chengen said in a cool tone, "Stop grinning like that, you're never serious."

Chongzhen rested his left elbow on the top of the wooden handle, his palm against the side of his face, and his right hand on the handle of the shovel beside him. He tilted his head and asked, "Was this made especially for me?"

"If you think so, then so be it," Ling Chengen said with a smile, his arms crossed in front of him.

Chongzhen looked at the shovel at her feet, then her gaze returned to her face like ripples on water: "I think so."

"My wife, you are so considerate to me."

Ling Chengen said blankly, "...Stop disgusting me."

Chongzhen suddenly leaned forward, his lips lightly brushing against her earlobe, and said in a low voice, "If you were more considerate to me and less bossy, I would actually be happy to be your slave."

Ling Chengen pinched his ear, lifted him up, and sneered, "Who told you to talk like that?"

"Maintain a safe distance, understand?"

"Even if I'm not considerate and gentle with you, you're still a beast of burden and have to work."

"Have you forgotten who you are? Spoils Number One!"

Chongzhen covered his ears, his handsome face contorted with rage, and he bared his teeth, yelling, "Let go! Let go!"

"I'm not flirting with you anymore, so please stop right now!"

Ling Chengen released his grip, amused, and said, "You call that flirting? You call that hitting me!"

He's having a crazy seizure!

Zhong Zhenzhen was terrified of her claws, so he quickly grabbed the shovel and walked away, keeping a certain distance from her. He chased her away with a look of disgust, saying, "You better leave now, seeing you hurts my ears."

Ling Chengen snorted coldly and turned to leave.

Foolish fox!
The system, lying in her mental domain, witnessed the entire event and nearly went insane.

"You're such a hopeless, hopeless straight woman!"

"You should have hooked your arms around his neck and shoved your lips right in! Right in, you know? Show him the right way, that's what flirting is all about!" Ling Chengen said with a forced smile, "Did I not spank you for three days? Did you think today was another day to climb on the roof and tear the tiles off the house?"

The system suddenly became silent.

"I'm trying to help you! Energy points! You need energy points!"

"Look at your meager energy points. Even if the cross-frequency shop opens, what can you possibly buy with your meager savings?!"

"I'm not going to boost your performance unless you change those stupid tasks in your task list, like 'One Pregnancy, Three Babies' and 'Seven Times.' Give up, Little Huang."

With his bow and arrows on his back and one hand on the bone blade, Ling Chengen plunged headfirst into the dark, sunless forest.

System: "Shichijiro is so great, Sanpo is so great! Why can't we be like him?"

"If you're so capable, then you do it." Ling Chengen replied with an attitude of utter indifference.

System: "I really wish I could personally take to the battlefield!"

Sometimes, it really hates that it's just a system!

If it had a physical body, it would have already charged forward for its doomed host!

Ling Chengen wandered around in the dense forest for a long time, and even the system had no idea what she was trying to do. Finally, it couldn't stand it anymore and asked, "What are you looking for? Just give me a kiss when you get back today, and I'll find whatever you're looking for!"

Ling Chengen: "Crops that can be used as staple food."

System: "Wheat? Rice?"

"There is no rice in the northern wilderness, but there should be in the southern wilderness, but the rice yield is very low. The high-yield rice of later generations was cultivated through continuous selection and hybridization."

Ling Chengen: "Where's the wheat?"

"You tell me first, if you want to do the task, will you give me a kiss?" the system said eagerly. "Even if it's just a light touch, pretending it was accidental, I'll still count it as you completing the task."

Ling Chengen: "Are you going to challenge me?"

"That's right, chastity is precious, but energy is even more valuable! If it's for shopping, chastity can be thrown away!" the system said.

Ling Chengen: "..."

Ling Chengen ignored it, but Little Yellow couldn't hold back any longer. It paced anxiously in her mental domain, finally gritting its teeth and saying, "Fine! I'll block the Three Treasures and Seven Times missions! Can we do the others?"

“Okay.” Ling Chengen didn’t push his luck.

Most of the tasks in the taskbar are not difficult.

But she didn't like it.

It's natural to have close contact with someone you like.

But doing these tasks with people you have no feelings for is no different from torturing yourself.

In all her lives, she only had a crush on one boy when she was about to graduate from high school.

Before she could even confess her feelings, the other person's relationship collapsed.

That guy was two-timing, and on graduation day, he was beaten up by both of his girlfriends, making him infamous throughout the city's universities.

After the scumbag boyfriend was proven guilty, she decisively climbed over the wall and ran away.

Since then, I haven't been attracted to anyone.

None of the three beastly husbands in her house were her type.

So completing the tasks is really quite difficult.

Ling Chengen couldn't help but sigh, but he still encouraged himself in his heart.

Love, to her, had nothing to do with it.

It's okay, it's just flirting... she can handle it.

……

As it turns out, when it comes to flirting, she's not as good as that fox, Chongzhen.

Ling Chengen looked at Yu Shaochen, who was exhausted after a long day and had finished washing up by the stream, and was even too weak to greet her. She couldn't bear to torment this diligent little panda.

So she decided to let him go, and let herself go too.

As for Su Weihua... his face hasn't healed yet, scars are still everywhere, and his demeanor is similar to that of a male ghost.

I can't bring myself to eat this either.

Ling Chengen walked out of the cave with a complicated expression and bumped into Chongzhen, who had just finished taking a bath.

Chongzhen stood on the rocky beach, tilting his head and wringing his wet hair. His gaze fell on her, and he raised an eyebrow slightly, asking in a flippant tone, "Why are you looking at me like that?"

Ling Chengen sat down by the fire next to him, looked away in disgust, and shook his head with a pained expression.

Even with that talkative fox, she couldn't bring herself to bite her.

It seems that obtaining the wheat isn't absolutely necessary.

Ling Chengen comforted herself, it's okay... She can achieve her goal sooner or later by mobilizing the strength of other people in the tribe. She should go out more often when she has time, maybe she will make new discoveries.

Chongzhen used his superpower to dry her long hair. Seeing that her hair was still dripping wet, he squatted down behind her, held the ends of her hair with both hands, and used his superpower to dry it little by little.

Ling Chengen snapped out of his daze, feeling the warmth on his back. He turned his head slightly, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes: "Thank you."

Chongzhen dried the top of her hair and sat down on the rock next to her: "You've been acting strangely tonight. You shook your head at Yu Shaochen, then went inside to see Su Weihua and sighed, and now you're staring at me blankly and sighing, with a look of disgust on your face... I didn't do anything to you tonight!"

"Tell me, who offended you?"

Ling Chengen touched his hair, which was now mostly dry, took the bamboo stick he usually used to tie his hair from his waist, casually put his long hair up in a bun, and said sullenly, "Do you even know what wheat is?"

"what is that?"

"Like potatoes, it is a plant that can be used as food."

Chongzhen shook her head: "I definitely wouldn't know your name. The words you use are always strange. If I hadn't heard them for a long time, I might not have been able to understand them. Why don't you just tell me what you look like? That would make it easier for me to remember."

After Ling Chengen's description, Chongzhen was still confused: "I really don't know. I feel that most of the grass on the wasteland actually looks like what you described."

"In a couple of days, when we go to participate in the trade fair, we will head south and pass through a grassland."

"You can stop and take a look then; you might find what you're looking for."

Although Chongzhen didn't know anything about wheat, he still analyzed rationally: "The kind of food that can fill your stomach doesn't grow very tall, so it's probably not in the dense forest. It's more likely to be found in the plains of the south and east."

"However, near our Yaoluo tribe, there is a giant plant called Tianjia."

"It is also something that can be eaten, but it tastes terrible when eaten raw, so we generally don't eat it unless food is scarce."

"I'll take you to see it after the trade fair ends."

"Perhaps you know its use."

(End of this chapter)