Elf: I Am a Farmer

Chapter 83 Planting

After arriving at the artificial lake, Chiba Kaede first determined the direction of expansion, planning to continue expanding towards the deeper side.

Although the length and width of the artificial lake will be similar to the previous one, he plans to make the newly expanded area a deep water area, with a depth of at least 3 meters, which will greatly increase the capacity of the artificial lake.

With such depth, the mosquito coil population can certainly live more comfortably, and it can also meet their survival and reproduction needs for a relatively long period of time.

After Chiba Maple demarcated the digging area, Sandslash couldn't wait to use its claws to start digging, and soon it had dug out a small mound.

Then, Heracross, Mosquito Coil, and Arm Strength took shovels and began filling the basket with soil.

These three Pokémon are all quite strong, and shoveling dirt is a piece of cake for them. However, since their wrist strength is only left in one arm, they can only hold the shovel with one hand, which will undoubtedly consume more of their energy and make it difficult to use their strength.

However, WristStrength didn't complain. It felt that this was a good way to train, allowing its arm to be trained more fully and its left arm to control its strength more precisely.

Under the command of the giant swallow, the proud swallows orderly used their claws to lift the baskets and fly away into the distance.

Actually, if we're being honest, they have the biggest workload. But luckily, there are quite a few of them, so they can take turns resting, which prevents them from getting exhausted.

Since today is the first day of excavation, Chiba Kaede is involved throughout the entire process.

Besides helping to fill in the soil from time to time, his main job was to direct the Pangolins to first dig out an outline of the designated area, so that they could handle the work here later.

As darkness fell, Chiba Kaede announced that the day's work was finished, and the exhausted elves cheered in unison; they were truly worn out today.

"Thank you for your help, shuttlecock flowers!"

Chiba Kaede addressed the shuttlecocks that were eager to try.

With the use of the Grassy Terrain skill, the Pokémon, who had been feeling heavy and extremely tired, were instantly invigorated and immersed in the joy of life energy cleansing their bodies.

After they finished their treatment, the elves had recovered most of the fatigue from a day's work. All they needed to do was replenish their energy and get a good night's rest to fully recover.

Given the Pokémon's ability to continuously improve their physique, as long as they are given sufficient energy, it is believed that once the artificial lake is expanded, the Pokémon involved in the expansion will also see a significant increase in strength.

Time flies, and it's already the morning of the third day.

After getting up, Chiba Maple, as usual, observed the development of the three plant seedlings. He found that the seedlings had grown to the point where they needed to be transplanted. He needed to transplant them to the land he had cleared in the backyard as soon as possible, otherwise the petri dishes would no longer be able to support the healthy development of the seedlings.

Chiba Kaede has now completely relinquished control of the expansion work at the artificial lake, with Daiou Yan taking over the overall coordination. Chiba Kaede doesn't know if it's just his imagination, but he feels that Daiou Yan is more efficient than him.

After a simple breakfast, Chiba Kaede took the seedlings to the backyard. Not only that, he had also summoned three shuttlecocks and a mosquito coil plant beforehand.

Chiba Maple took these three plants very seriously and dared not be careless in the slightest. Therefore, he made all the necessary preparations in advance to ensure that there were no mistakes or omissions.

Then, Chiba Kaede took a small hoe and dug three pits of suitable size and depth in the very center of the planting area.

After that, he placed the only three resurrection grass seedlings into the pit, covered them with soil, and completed the transplanting.

Next, the seedlings of the vital root and the seedlings of the Gracidia flower were planted in turn, until all the seedlings were planted on this newly reclaimed land.

Chiba Kaede could sense that the resurrection grass seedlings, after being removed from the petri dish, were consuming life energy at an accelerated rate in order to maintain their vitality.

At this rate of consumption, without any other replenishment, the resurrection plant's own life energy will be exhausted in a few days, causing the seedlings to wither.

"Jumpweave, use a grassy field!"

"Mosquito Coil, use the Rain Dance!"

Since the seedlings have just been transplanted, they are at their most vulnerable moment. Chiba Maple immediately had all three Shuttlecocks use the Grass Field skill at the same time.

Instantly, the newly cultivated land was enveloped in emerald green light, and the seedlings that were originally consuming their own life energy began to absorb the life energy from the external environment.

At this moment, a light drizzle began to fall, nourishing this fertile land.

I don’t know if it’s just my imagination, but Chiba Kaede feels that these seedlings are becoming more and more vibrant, and they no longer have that feeling of impending death that they had when they were first transplanted.

"Alright, Mr. Mosquito Coil, there's enough rain now. You can dispel your rainmaking spell!"

Seeing that the soil was already sufficiently moist, Chiba Kaede immediately told Mosquito Coil to stop its rain-making skill.

Upon hearing the trainer's words, Poliwag also stopped controlling the weather. Instantly, the dark clouds in the sky dissipated, and a ray of sunshine shone through the clouds onto the ground, bringing a touch of warmth.

Now that the most important step has been completed, Chiba Maple only needs to calculate the total amount of life energy required by these seedlings in one day.

Currently, the grass field released by the shuttlecock flower can be maintained for about 10 minutes.

During this period, the energy of the grassy area will not dissipate and can be spontaneously absorbed by elves or plants, restoring their vitality or promoting plant growth.

In the following days, Chiba Kaede devoted all his energy to the seedlings in the backyard. He felt a great sense of accomplishment as he watched the seedlings stabilize and begin to grow.

Through several days of observation and research, Chiba Maple discovered that simply releasing a grassy area with a shuttlecock every 8 hours is enough to maintain the healthy growth of resurrection grass seedlings.

Of course, if you want to speed up the growth of the resurrection grass seedlings, you can also use the Grassy Terrain skill more often to allow the seedlings to absorb more life energy.

As for Vitality Root, it only needs Grassy Ground once a day to meet its survival needs. Therefore, using Grassy Ground three times a day will allow Vitality Root seedlings to grow faster.

Gracidia 'Glasitia' is arguably the best-growing of the three seedlings. It can grow simply by being planted normally, and at most requires more careful care.

Planted in the backyard by the Thousand Leaf Maple, they can absorb a lot of life energy every day, which greatly promotes their growth and development.

In response, Chiba Kaede plans to plant the seeds separately once she has enough seeds, instead of intercropping them together as they are now.

This plot of land in the backyard is actually an experimental field, allowing him to explore how to cultivate these plants.

"Boss, it's time to eat!"

Terada Yuri came to the backyard and greeted them.

"Okay, I'll be right there."

Chiba Kaede glanced at the sky and realized it was already noon. After cleaning himself off the mud, he went to the hall.

"How are things? Are the big milk tankers still getting used to using that milking machine?"

After taking a sip of soup, Chiba Kaede asked.

Just the day before yesterday, the department store in Kaina City delivered the milking machine for the large milk tanks to the farm, and Terada Yuri has been teaching the large milk tanks how to use the machine in the past two days.

"The milking machine works very well. Yesterday I had to teach the older breastfeeding mothers how to use it, but today they can all use the machine to express milk on their own. Moreover, I found that they are quite satisfied with the machine."

Terada Yuri answered happily after Chiba Kaede asked about the breast pump.

With this large milking machine, she can indeed save a lot of time, which means she has more time to make energy cubes and can also focus on her studies, since she recently acquired several valuable books on animal husbandry.

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