Chapter 297: Happy Troubles!
Lin Ye arrived at the open space.
The Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls all smiled at Lin Ye upon seeing him.
After Lin Ye walked over, he naturally lay down on Ganyu’s lap again.
Ganyu looked down at Lin Ye’s face, and a sweet smile also revealed itself on her face.
Next, she picked a grape and brought it to Lin Ye’s mouth.
Lin Ye also opened his mouth slightly and ate the grape Ganyu fed him.
Looking around at the surrounding Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls, who were like birds surrounding a lone swan, he thought of the decadent rulers from Earth’s history.
“I guess it’s not entirely their fault,” he mused.
But Lin Ye thought to himself, “I’m not an emperor; I’m a chieftain. The burden on my shoulders isn’t a country, but this tribe, and the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls in the tribe.”
As long as he protected these beautiful Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls, then experiencing the life of an emperor in the future wouldn’t be so bad.
Lying on Ganyu’s lap, enjoying her feeding him grapes one by one, a cat-eared girl with orange fur, along with several Beast-eared Girls, had turned into little chefs and were cooking nearby.
With so many exceptionally beautiful Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls around, Lin Ye felt that even paradise couldn’t be better than this.
Before long, lunch was ready.
Shi brought a bowl of fragrant noodles in front of Lin Ye.
Lin Ye was still lying on Ganyu’s lap with his eyes squinted, happily eating grapes that Ganyu continuously fed him.
(I must say, Ganyu’s legs are really firm!)
When Ganyu saw Shi walking over, she gently lifted her thigh slightly and then spoke to Lin Ye, “Ye, it’s time to eat.”
Lin Ye was still waiting for Ganyu to feed him another grape.
But after hearing Ganyu’s voice, Lin Ye opened his eyes.
He met Ganyu’s gaze, seeing the gentle smile on her face. “Ye, hurry up and get up. Shi has already brought your meal.” Hearing Ganyu’s words, Lin Ye turned his head to look.
Indeed, he saw Shi standing beside him holding a bowl of noodles.
Smacking his lips twice, Lin Ye used his waist to sit up directly.
Then he reached out and took the bowl of noodles from Shi’s hand.
Seeing a boiled egg and half a smoked fish placed on top of the noodles in the bowl, a slight smile of pleasant surprise appeared on Lin Ye’s face.
Shi also beamed with a sweet smile upon seeing Lin Ye’s reaction.
Then, she and Ganyu happily went to get themselves some noodles.
“Slurp~~!”
On the side, the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls were already holding their pottery bowls and slurping up the noodles with great gusto.
After eating the noodles, all of them revealed happy expressions on their faces.
“Phew~!”
Lin Ye looked at the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls and a faint smile appeared on his face.
He then gently blew on the noodles in his bowl a few times, dispersing the steam rising from them.
Then he also started eating heartily.
Soon, the bowl of noodles was finished, complemented by a boiled egg and half a grilled fish.
Lin Ye patted his belly and lay down again.
After the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls finished eating, they immediately wanted to continue working.
But Lin Ye stopped them.
“Don’t rush, you’ve just finished eating. Rest for a while longer, otherwise, you might get sick.”
The Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls all wanted to finish building the brick house as soon as possible so they could move in.
But when they heard Lin Ye say that they might get sick, they obediently sat back down.
After eating, Sakura went to the vegetable garden to use her Talent Ability on the crops.
Upon returning, Sakura bared her teeth and said to Lin Ye, “Ye, the potatoes in the vegetable garden are ripe again. When I used my Talent Ability on them just now, they stopped growing.” Hearing Sakura’s words, Lin Ye sat up from the ground.
Seeing that the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls had also rested enough, he spoke to them, “Alright, Sakura just said that the potatoes in the vegetable garden are ripe again.”
“In the afternoon, we’ll split into two groups. Xing will lead a group to the vegetable garden to dig out all the potatoes and then plant new ones.”
“The others will continue working on the houses. Alright, let’s get started!”
The Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls were all gathered together, chatting happily.
Upon hearing Lin Ye’s voice, they all looked over.
When they heard that the potatoes were ripe again, the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls no longer felt much excitement.
The potato variety provided by the system had an excessively high yield.
It had become so much that they couldn’t even finish eating them.
However, there was no other use for these potatoes if they couldn’t be eaten.
Wild horses and unicorns preferred to eat tender grass on the ground rather than potatoes.
Xing frowned upon hearing Lin Ye’s words and said, “Ye, where will we put these potatoes after we dig them out? The cave is already out of space.” After Xing finished speaking, Shi also nodded in agreement.
As she cooked every day, when she went to the cave to get ingredients, she saw the mountainous pile of potatoes. Her initial joy had now turned into a bit of worry.
This was because potatoes, unlike dried meat, could not be stored for as long.
Dried meat, especially if properly preserved, could last for several years without spoiling.
However, potatoes, if not eaten, couldn’t be stored for long, and there was no cold storage here.
Even a refrigerator wouldn’t be sufficient for so many potatoes; it would require a large constant-temperature cold storage.
The other Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls also looked at Lin Ye in the same way.
This was the first time the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls had encountered such a dilemma.
On one hand, they wanted more food.
But now, they were starting to worry about where to store these potatoes.
The Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls were now personally experiencing this “happy trouble.”
Hearing Xing’s voice, Lin Ye also remembered that the cave was almost filled to the brim.
These potatoes really had no place to be stored.
But these potatoes were all grown by Sakura through her diligent use of her Talent Ability.
They couldn’t possibly dig them up and then throw them away.
That would also attract mice.
Lin Ye lowered his head and began to ponder again.
However, this time, Lin Ye quickly grasped the key to the problem.
He immediately thought of a solution.
Lin Ye’s eyes lit up, and he raised his head to speak to the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls, “I have a way! Go dig them out first. I need to make something.” After saying this, Lin Ye turned to Shi and said, “Shi, lead everyone in building the houses. I don’t have much cement left, so after you use it up, come over and help quickly.”
Seeing Lin Ye’s sudden burst of energy, the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls were immediately infected.
Xing and Shi’s faces lit up with happy smiles upon hearing Lin Ye’s words.
The other Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls also laughed together.
The Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls were already accustomed to following Lin Ye’s instructions.
Although they didn’t know what they were doing, Lin Ye always brought them surprises in the end.
“Alright, time is running short now. Everyone, get a move on!” Lin Ye clapped his hands and urged the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls who were standing around giggling.
Upon hearing Lin Ye’s urging, the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls were first stunned.
Then, they immediately split into two groups and began to take action.
Lin Ye first went to the mixed cement.
He took a wooden bucket and filled it with cement, then carried it towards the furnace.
Upon arriving at the furnace, Lin Ye put down the wooden bucket.
He then began to transport bricks to the area.
Lin Ye’s reinforced strength was perfectly suited for the task of moving bricks.
With both hands, he could grip more than a dozen bricks at a time.
After several trips of carrying bricks, when Lin Ye saw that he had brought enough bricks, he began to build upwards with the bricks.
He smeared cement on each brick and stacked them up.
As the bricks were stacked upwards, a hollow space, like a chimney, was left in the middle.
When the bricks were piled up to the height of Lin Ye’s stomach (abs), he began to build a small platform outwards from the stacked bricks.
After the surrounding platform was built, Lin Ye placed the bricks upright again and continued to build upwards in a wrapping manner.
Finally, he brought it back to the original shape and then added a chimney on top.
Once it was all done, Lin Ye nodded with satisfaction.
A rudimentary oven was thus completed.
