Chapter 7 Little Black: I Didn't Drink the Space Vegetable Planting Drink

Cheng Zhiyu praised himself for being so thoughtful, ensuring the puppy wouldn't go hungry, while he rummaged through the goat milk powder, went to the kitchen to get a small bowl, and poured some hot water into the goat milk powder for the puppy.

Seeing him walk towards the kitchen, the puppy assumed he was going to get the food he had just eaten, and gracefully followed behind him with his short legs.

He thought of himself as a supervisor, but little did he know that he was now more like a little tail following his master, with eyes that looked hungry.

Cheng Zhiyu tested the water temperature. He had little experience and felt that the water shouldn't be too hot to heat the milk powder, otherwise it would destroy the nutrients. Although he didn't know if his idea had any scientific basis, he still strictly followed the advice.

He turned his head and saw a small dog, about the size of his shoe, standing beside him, looking up at him with pleading eyes.

Cheng Zhiyu's heart melted instantly, and he said softly, "Don't rush, we have to wait a little while."

The puppy didn't understand why it had to wait a while. The food that the human had just eaten was right there next to it; couldn't they just serve it to him directly?

But since he couldn't speak, he could only frown and wait silently. He probably wouldn't have to wait long.

Cheng Zhiyu didn't keep him waiting too long. He quickly felt the temperature was about right, poured the goat milk powder into the bowl, and then mixed it with warm water.

The puppy must have been starving after waiting for so long. Cheng Zhiyu carried the warmed milk to the living room, and when the puppy caught up behind him, he smiled and placed the bowl in front of the puppy, saying, "Drink up."

puppy:"?"

He twitched his nose, staring incredulously at the white liquid in front of him. Although it had a faint fragrance, the taste was far worse than what humans ate.

After waiting for ages, this is what they give him to drink?

Seeing the puppy standing there blankly, Cheng Zhiyu was a little confused. He squatted down, gently tapped the puppy's head, and pushed the bowl towards the puppy: "Why aren't you drinking? Aren't you hungry?"

The puppy looked at the unappetizing liquid in front of it, and remembering what the human had just eaten, it stubbornly turned its head away and refused to eat.

Cheng Zhiyu: "?"

"Weren't you waiting very eagerly just now?" he muttered.

Puppy: This isn't what I'm waiting for.

Cheng Zhiyu frowned with some concern. Why wouldn't this puppy drink the goat milk powder? Could it be that the flavor of this goat milk powder doesn't suit its taste? It doesn't seem like it's not hungry either.

But Cheng Zhiyu has no other choice at the moment. Besides goat milk powder, he doesn't know what else to feed the puppy. What if feeding it something else might harm the puppy's health?

So, after thinking about it, he decided to wait and see. If the puppy really wouldn't eat, he would think of another way.

The puppy stood up straight with a determined look, its expression resolute, as if to say that it would not eat, but in reality, it was secretly glancing at Cheng Zhiyu out of the corner of its eye.

He thought that if he didn't eat this, the human would replace it with the one that the other person enjoyed. Instead, the other person frowned for a moment and then said, "Then you can drink it later if you want to."

After saying that, the human did exactly as he had said, ignoring him and sitting back down at the table to continue eating the rest of his food.

The puppy: "..." Aren't you going to keep it anymore?

His gaze fell on the bowl not far away. If this were before, he would never have drunk this stuff, but now, his body was too weak, his stomach was empty, and if he didn't eat something, he was afraid he would starve to death.

Even so, the puppy still didn't drink the milk in front of him. He took his short legs and went to another place. Before leaving, he glanced at Cheng Zhiyu very casually.

Then, Cheng Zhiyu finished the rest of his meal, picked up his bowl, and went to the kitchen.

The puppy: "..." So annoyed!

Cheng Zhiyu was completely unaware of the puppy's rich inner thoughts. He ate his fill, and left the remaining tomato beef in the pot for later dinner.

The feeling of having a full meal was wonderful, and it made Cheng Zhiyu realize even more that food is truly of utmost importance nowadays.

Thinking about this, he found it even harder to suppress his thoughts, and he decided to give it a try.

After leaving the kitchen, he found his backpack and pulled out a small packet of vegetable seeds he had found in the shop.

I didn't look closely before, but now I realize they are cabbage seeds.

Good cabbage seeds make cabbages easy to grow and produce large cabbages.

Holding the seeds, he entered the space with a thought.

He wasn't particularly wary of the puppy; after all, it was just a puppy, what could it possibly know?

Completely unaware of the puppy's inquisitive gaze after he disappeared from the spot.

When Cheng Zhiyu arrived in the system space, Xiao Er immediately shook his branches enthusiastically to welcome him.

He reached out and touched Xiao Er's leaves, then checked Xiao Tie's condition. Xiao Tie was indeed in worse shape, its life force only slowly increasing to 8%.

But it's great, at least things are slowly changing.

He touched the blades of the small iron plant, praised it, and then looked around.

Since he completed the beginner's mission, the land in the space has expanded from 1*1 meters to 2*2 meters, making the space much larger instantly.

Even with Xiao Er and Xiao Tie there, there are still many blank spaces.

As a Chinese person with a planting gene in my bones, how can I just stand by and watch this land go to waste? We have to plant something here.

Cheng Zhiyu knows how to grow cabbage. He and his family had grown it before. That year, his family planted a plot of cabbage in their backyard.

They didn't realize how much cabbage they were planting, but once it was harvested, they found they had far more than they could eat. However, the year they planted the cabbage happened to be particularly cheap, and sometimes people wouldn't even take their cabbage for free.

Later, many of the cabbages went bad, and we never planted that many again after that; at most, we planted a few.

Recalling the past, Cheng Zhiyu sighed. The cabbages that he used to throw away would probably become a luxury in the future.

Without thinking too much, he picked up a shovel and got to work. The chances of cabbage surviving are higher if it is first grown into seedlings and then transplanted, but obviously that condition is not available now, so he simply planted the seeds directly.

Just as he was busy, the system seemed to finally realize what he was about to do, its mechanical voice sounding somewhat incredulous: [Host, what are you going to do?]

While busy with his work, Cheng Zhiyu said matter-of-factly, "This land is just sitting there empty anyway, let's plant some vegetables."

System: [...Host, how come you're growing vegetables here?]

Cheng Zhiyu asked in bewilderment, "Why not use such fertile land?"

System: [Warning! Other plants will affect the growth of the existing plants in the space. Please do not act recklessly!]

Cheng Zhiyu paused, not expecting this to happen. He stopped, slightly disappointed, and asked, "Huh? It can't be planted?"

Just as he was about to give up, the system also felt that the host was easy to persuade. Who knew that Xiao Er suddenly shook the branches and leaves, poking the seeds in Cheng Zhiyu's hand with the leaves, as if he wanted to try to help him plant the seeds.

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These plants hate it when there are other plants around them... So, what are they doing now?

Cheng Zhiyu touched the branches and leaves of the vegetable gardener and smiled: "Does the gardener want me to grow vegetables?"

The little boy shook his branches and leaves up and down, as if nodding.

“But if you plant vegetables, it will have a bad influence on you.” Although Cheng Zhiyu really wanted to plant some vegetables, he didn’t want to do so at the expense of Xiao Er.

The waiter shook the branches vigorously from side to side, indicating that he wouldn't listen to anything about the system!

Cheng Zhiyu was still somewhat hesitant. After all, in his eyes, Xiao Er was no longer an ordinary plant, but more like a partner. He had to take the system's warning to heart.

While he hesitated, the waiter saw that he didn't move and couldn't grab the seed from his hand, so he could only anxiously dig up the soil on the ground, trying to dig a hole and plant the seed.

Cheng Zhiyu's eyelids twitched uncontrollably as he watched, fearing it might hurt him. He quickly stopped it, saying, "Stop digging! Stop digging! I have tools, I'll do it."

Xiao Er paused, shook off the dirt from the leaves, and obediently rubbed against Cheng Zhiyu.

Cheng Zhiyu sighed and patted Xiao Er, "I'll plant some for now. If you feel unwell, you have to tell me, okay?"

Xiao Er shook the leaf up and down to indicate that he understood.

The system is already numb from looking at it.

Although the waiter allowed him to plant, Cheng Zhiyu didn't dare to plant too many, fearing it might affect the waiter. He dug five holes around the area furthest from the waiter and planted the seeds.

As for Xiao Tie's plot of land, given Xiao Tie's current state of life, Cheng Zhiyu dared not plant anything there. Five seeds might not even grow. He would give it a try first.

After finishing his work, Cheng Zhiyu came out of his spatial dimension and found that the puppy was missing. He quickly started looking for it and finally found it in the kitchen.

He smiled and picked up the puppy, saying, "Why are you going to the kitchen? If you're hungry, just drink your milk."

The puppy had a somber expression; he didn't want to drink at all.

Cheng Zhiyu had no choice; he couldn't force-feed her. He could only wait and see how things went.

With nothing else to do, he started learning boxing.

The puppy sat not far away, watching his clumsy movements with disdain in its eyes. Were those limbs newly grown?

Before long, the puppy's stomach started growling again, but thankfully the sound wasn't loud, and Cheng Zhiyu was busy and didn't hear it.

The feeling of being hungry is really unpleasant. The little dog, who had just been determined not to drink, now looked conflicted.

He didn't want to drink this stuff, but... he couldn't just starve to death...

The puppy glanced at Cheng Zhiyu, who was clumsy in his movements, and probably thought it would be a bit embarrassing to go drink now, and it would be better if the other party didn't see it.

Once it was certain that Cheng Zhiyu wouldn't be looking this way, the puppy crept cautiously towards the bowl.

Without hesitation, the puppy buried its head and drank it. The goat milk smelled faintly of milk, but tasted almost nothing. The puppy felt it tasted like water. It was too hungry, and soon it finished the whole bottle.

A cheerful voice came from the side: "Wow, you drank it all!"

The little dog stiffened, raised its head, and its fur around its mouth turned white. It said, "I didn't drink it. I didn't drink it."