Chapter 134: Brand New Seeds And Planting Corn
A new day, and a brand new ti to do so work. Elaina stretches her hands in the air as she readies herself for her daily routine. Except that this ti around, it seems the God of Farming has a new batch of seeds he wants Elaina to try.
"Only two new seeds?" Elaina asked.
"[I only made two as sumr has a lot of crops that grow frequently. In case these plants beco good to use, it might be unbalanced for
to increase more sumr-only seeds when I can just choose another seasonal seed to grow instead.]" the God of Farming explained.
"I see. You are right that there are lots of different crops that grow at a peak during sumrti while so can survive the changing seasons where spring crops can survive sumr or sumr crops that can survive autumn. I don’t mind a lot of them but since you are planning to spread out the seeds in the future once you finish your final tweaks, then you need to balance it out."
"[Which is why I wanted you to test it out if it is growing well or it doesn’t work too well. I am bound to make mistakes as well.]"
"A trial and error, huh? Well, I hope this new crop you are introducing would be much easier to know if they are already ripe or not. It would have been fine if there was so sort of indicator to know about it," Elaina complained as she had to trouble herself to test the new crops all by herself, while also determining whether the crop was already ripe for the picking or she was too early.
"[Don’t complain, Elaina. It is part of the challenge to also find the hidden side of the fruit you are eating. After all, so fruits are very good to eat while they are still not ripe while so lose their charm and taste when they beco ripe. You can say that due to the work of humanity, crops, and plants have various uses in today’s age and expanded the possibilities of cooking.]"
Elaina can’t refute the God of Farming about it. What he said is indeed true. If not for the people who tested these foods back in the day, no one would determine the exact usage of these fruits, how they are much better when they are still not ripe, and how they are much more viable to be eaten in cooking instead of eating it raw and many other things. It is all trial and error that made the food industry thrive further.
"Alright, I think I got your point. It seems I just got used to the little things where I already know when to harvest or consu sothing."
"[It’s fine. Anyway, I hope you give constructive criticism on each plant. I don’t want sugarcoated comnts, alright? The first batch of seeds I gave to you during spring was a success and so of your criticisms there are valid I can get to use that as a way to fully improve the said plant without problems.]"
"Gotcha. Still the sa thing to do if I failed to make it grow, right? Check the ledger again to deliver another seed?"
"[Yes. I didn’t change it. So bad circumstances happen from ti to ti after all. It is better to have that as so sort of backup plan.]"
Elaina nodded and carried the two seeds with her. The two seeds have a very different shape compared to most of what she knows as seeds. But before that, she decided to na the two seeds temporary nas, the seed that has a shiny, round surface that looks like a miniature marble is called the SU01. The second seed has a spiky exterior as well as so hairs growing, Elaina calls it the SU02. She didn’t forget to put the details of both seeds as well to ensure she didn’t forget which seed was which.
As usual, Elaina decided to use the forr area where she planted the previous spring’s experintal crops and let both the seeds grow there. It’s easier to find and it is one of the places that she knows where she can safely test out every single experintal plant.
Elaina had to ask the Feys for help in digging a little hole for both seeds for her to plant since it was getting harder to crouch now that her belly was growing more. After giving it so water, Elaina’s job for now with the two new seeds is done. Now, she just needed to wait for the results to co soon.
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Now that the sumr crops she had were stabilized and growing properly, Elaina decided that it was ti to grow new crops while sumr was still blazing on. With the field being cleaned, Elaina can use another plot of the area to be used for planting new crops once again.
Right now, she is currently in a little eting with the Feys. Bam and Poe are the ones who are attending while their children continue to clear out the area.
"So you plan to plant new crops in the newly cleaned-up area?" Bam asked.
"Yes. The crops we had were fine but we needed more variety of crops to grow in the process. Do you guys have any suggestions?"
"How about planting so wheat? I heard it is quite in demand to the people and it is one of the main things that people needed," Poe suggested.
"Wheat huh? It is viable indeed but I don’t think we have the ans to process wheat into sothing we can use. It would be great if we had mills that would allow us to process the wheat that is used for cooking and consumption. But since we don’t have them and lack even the money and materials to build them. It is viable but I think it is a lot better to plant sothing else that doesn’t need to be processed after and is fine as is," Elaina declined the wheat growing.
"Then what about the corn? Although it is necessary to have one as well, I think it is viable since we can still consu corn without the need for a mill. The corn is also viable as a source of fuel as well," Bam suggested.
"Corn huh? I think that was a fine idea. Corn is also good without the need to be processed in the mill. And if processed in the mill, it will have different usage as well. Not only that but it is easy to grow and the amount of stuff we can receive during harvest is not a joke either."
"Yeah. And we might even be able to convert one into popcorn!" Bam enthusiastically said.
"Aren’t popcorns cultivated to beco one? After all, not all corn can beco popcorn," Elaina breaks the news.
"Was it?" Bam frowned.
"Yeah. I had the initial thought like you before as well until I learned that popcorns ca from a different kind of corn that is specifically functioning as sothing to be used popcorn."
"Seriously? And here I thought all corn could beco popcorn. I heard it is one of the treats that humans like to eat since it is an entirely different way to enjoy corn."
"We can still plant those popcorn-specific corns, you know? We just needed to get the seeds and buy a few of them alongside the normal corn seeds that don’t beco popcorn."
Elaina’s mind also clicked after realizing it as well. If she grows the corn that becos popcorn, it will be counted as she has cooked a dish in the process and that is sothing she wanted to happen. Accumulation of dishes cooked and she will be able to fully use this chance to unlock the cooking page in the almanac as well.
"So it is the corn then? Any suggestions?"
The two shook their head. "I think it is better to have the corn only for now. We shouldn’t overwhelm ourselves and plant more than what we can chew," Poe suggested.
"You are right. We also needed to make so profit as well so I think we can use that. Then please prepare the cleaned area and start tilling the soil over there. I will be checking in the market for any seeds related to corn."
The two nodded in response. "We will relay this information to our children and start the work right away."
Elaina nodded and the two Fey went straight to work. Elaina already knew that the ledger had those seeds but she didn’t want to use them and instead decided that it was a much better choice to find one in the market. After all, she felt that it just needed to be fair and experience the usual experience of growing corn instead of sothing the God of Farming could provide easily.
"Alright. Ti to buy so seeds!"
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Morning ca and on the other side of the Darcero Kingdom, a lone boat had finally arrived from a long trip.
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