Chapter 136 - Chapter 136: Chapter 131 Mid-Level Farmer_i (2/2)

Everyone is naturally happy to reap benefits.

“The contributions you eight have made to Shuangfeng Village will not be forgotten by everyone. Once the locust plague in our village subsides, I’ll ask the village chief to erect a merit stele and engrave your deeds upon it. Now, let’s put these ducks into the buffer zone.”

After Qin Niu finished speaking, he turned to look at Wang Furen.

“Uncle Wang, please make a clear record of how many chickens and ducks each household has put in there, so it will be easy to account for them when they are taken back.”

“No problem, I can handle this task and make sure everything is recorded clearly.”

Wang Furen, having received three hundred Wen Money for his work, was now truly obedient to Qin Niu.

So many half-grown ducks with hearty appetites were being released into the area.

Upon seeing the delicious locusts, the ducks, their feathers not yet fully grown, flapped their wings madly and feasted on the pests.

Everybody watching the ducks gobble up the locusts was immensely pleased.

These harmful insects finally met their nemesis.

The surrounding villagers were all showing expressions of hope and joy, chatting and discussing among themselves.

Qin Niu had already quietly left the scene.

Two days had passed, and very few locusts were entering the village anymore. The vast majority had died in the buffer zone, consumed entirely by the ducks.

Qin Niu, along with Xiao Qing, was harvesting millet in his own field.

With each stalk of millet harvested, his Farmer Experience Points would increase by o.oi.

At the same time, he acquired a new farming skill.

Gathering, a skill for picking fruits and harvesting various crops and herbs.

Every time he broke a cob of corn from the stalk, his Gathering skill proficiency and his labor points both increased by o.oi.

So far, he had accumulated over three thousand labor points.

That’s because every time the Termites went into the field to catch insects, and each time they successfully killed one, he would also gain o.oi labor points.

Without a second thought, he directly spent 100 labor points to raise his Gathering skill from beginner to somewhat skilled.

As a result, he found that not only did his harvesting efficiency improve,

but now while picking the millet, he could gauge their internal conditions based on their weight and size through touch.

It seemed that as the Gathering skill continued to improve, it would bring even more abilities in the future.

“Xiao Qing, take these harvested millet back home to dry! I’ll let Xiao Niu carry them back.”

Qin Niu said to Xiao Qing.

“Xiao Niu, come here!”

There were now two more helpers for work at home.

Qin Niu hung a basket on the ox’s back. Then he filled the basket with millet cobs and had it carry them home.

At first, it seemed eager due to the novelty, working quite hard.

But after several trips, the lazy ox started to slack off. It lay down in the field and simply refused to get up.

Seeing that it was still young, Qin Niu didn’t have the heart to whip it and just let it be.

By the time he finished harvesting all the millet,

his Farmer level experience had increased by a total of 39.75, and his level had successfully advanced from Low Tier to Mid Tier as he had hoped.

This meant that he was officially a Mid Tier Farmer now.

In terms of farming techniques, he had actually reached this level long ago.

However, after his level went up, he found that his knowledge and experience in planting had greatly improved. Faced with different planting problems, his approaches to solving them became more diverse.

This was unexpected.

It made sense, though, since the salary of a Mid Tier Farmer was more than three times that of a Low Tier Farmer.

If there wasn’t some real skill involved, the landlord would not be willing to fork over such a hefty sum.

Qin Niu thought to himself that many people spent their entire lives stuck at the Low Tier Farmer level, but he had managed to raise his Farmer level by one tier just by planting one mu of millet this year.

This was a ‘shortcut’ for steady progress.

As long as you work hard, you can improve.

So far, he had deduced three ways to increase the Farmer level experience: sowing, transplanting, and harvesting.

Even though sowing a single plant only added 0.01 Farmer experience, the effort would accumulate over time. As long as he kept planting continuously, he could keep improving his Farmer level.

This was an advantage that no one else had.

“Now that’s great, my Farmer level has reached Mid Tier, and I can upgrade various planting skills as well.”

Previously, due to too low a level, his planting skills were stuck at somewhat skilled and couldn’t advance any further.

No need to worry about that now.

In his opinion, planting skills were just as important as the Farmer level.

Because no matter how high the Farmer level, it’s just a strong foundation.

But to actually improve crop yields, you have to rely on planting skills.

For example, even if you have reached High Tier Farmer, but your sowing technique is poor. If few plants germinate after sowing, and among those seedlings, there are diseased and weak ones, can the yield be good?