Chapter 13: Weeding

As the sky gradually darkened, Qiao Xi suddenly realized a question: "Ven, where do you stay at night?"

"Josh, don't worry, I'm a duck herder." Wen En pointed to the duck shed in the distance, "All my things are there, I'm used to living there."

Josh frowned: “Can you sleep in it when it’s so small?”

Wen En laughed: "Josh, don't underestimate my duck shed. It's a space device. It looks small on the outside, but it's quite big on the inside."

"Space equipment? Isn't this kind of large space equipment supposed to be..."

"Yes, we have to find a space monster every once in a while to reinforce it, otherwise the space will be unbalanced and everything inside will turn to ashes." Wen En interrupted Qiao Xi and explained to her.

"I usually go to the professional office for reinforcement when I go to the city to buy or sell things. There are house elves available for rent there."

Professional firm? Qiao Xi perked up. It was like a pillow for a sleepy person. She just needed to rent a ranger to guard the orchard.

"But there seems to be no space elves in the Elf Professional Office in Chaoyang City. I can only go to other places for reinforcement." Wen En added.

"Have you been to the Elf Career Office in Chaoyang City? What's there?" Josh asked curiously.

"Well, I've been there. Let me think, there are common house-elves there, as well as those who are willing to sell themselves. Or wild monsters that have signed labor contracts are also waiting to be hired there." Wen En seemed to know a lot about it.

"Thank you, Wen En. My orchard needs a forest ranger. I was wondering where to find Warcraft. Thank you for telling me." Qiao Xi sincerely apologized to Wen En.

Wen En scratched his head, and a look of embarrassment appeared on his face, which was tanned red by the sun. "What's the big deal? I'm just telling you what I know."

Qiao Xi smiled and said, "Thank you anyway. This news is very important to me."

"Then go and rest, Wen En."

"Yeah, okay."

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The next morning, when Qiao Xi just got up, he saw Wen En with duck feathers on his head. Wen En ran over excitedly and asked Qiao Xi, "Do you want a fresh duck egg for breakfast?"

He was woken up by the ducks early in the morning and went to drive them away early.

"Of course you can. I have never eaten such fresh duck eggs."

The ducks that Wen En herded were mainly dullard ducks, with a few tall dullard geese as well. These low-level magical beasts were difficult to communicate with humans, but they were simple-minded and suitable for herding.

Every morning Wen En would go to release the ducks and pick up the eggs of all sizes that the ducks left on the ground.

"Josh, after breakfast, I'll take you to pick up bird eggs. Now is the right time."

"Yeah, okay."

The two of them ate duck eggs with a cup of mutant giant fruit lemon tea. After finishing breakfast, Josh got dressed and prepared to leave.

"This is an iris heron's egg. Look at the brown spots on it."

"This is a moorhen egg. You can tell by its color. It's not valuable, but you can pick some up and try them."

"Look, Qiao Xi, this is a big round egg from a giant flamingo. It's very good value. I rarely find it before."...

The two men shuttled back and forth among the reeds and water plants, taking only one egg from each nest, and neither of them hesitated to take the egg, no matter how valuable it was.

There were some medium-sized monsters that wanted to attack the two, but they were frightened by the big-tailed yaks eating grass nearby.

After searching the area with dense grass near the farm, the two of them came out.

The harvest was not small, with half for each of us giving him a large basket.

Wen En produced two bamboo baskets from nowhere and gave one to Qiao Xi. Qiao Xi carefully put the eggs in, and then she heard Wen En patting his chest and assuring her:

"Don't underestimate these bird eggs. They are all monster eggs. They can be sold for at least 5,000 federal points."

Qiao Xi actually believed that anything related to Warcraft was expensive.

"But Josh, I just saw that your orchard and farmland are full of weeds. What are you going to do about it?" Wen En asked.

"I was planning to have the big-tailed yaks roll the land to roll out the grass roots."

"But won't this damage the roots of the crops nearby?"

Qiao Xi smiled bitterly: "I know, but there is no other way for now. The big-tailed yak has good control over its skills, so it shouldn't be hurt. We can only take it slowly like this."

"Haha, Josh, don't use your stupid methods. Watch me. Don't forget what your friends do." Wen En smiled mysteriously, but didn't explain clearly.

"What? Wen En, what do you want to do?" Josh was a little confused.

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Wow, looking at the orchard that had been eaten by ducks, the ground was bare with only some green grass fragments left.

Wen En drove his ducks to the orchard. At the quack command of the Mandarin Duck, the ducks began to weed the orchard, eating and defecating while applying fertilizer.

Josh had never thought that ducks could be used to weed, although ducks also eat grass, but... it's incredible.

After weeding the orchard, they went to the broad bean and taro fields. Led by the Mandarin duck, the army of ducks cleared all the weeds without missing a single one.

Among them, there were some brave ducks that wanted to steal the sprouting taro, but they were kicked by the mandarin duck. After a few times, no other ducks dared to mess around anymore.

The Mandarin duck quacked twice at Qiao Xi, telling her that her fish was not eaten in vain yesterday, as she was working hard.

Josh felt the sounds of joy coming from the orchards and farmlands. It was the plants that were cheering. It seemed that the trees had suffered enough from the weeds and barren soil.

I never heard any sound from them when I came here before, only a faint sense of death.

I was originally worried that the overly fresh duck manure would burn the roots of the fruit trees, but now that it seems like it has become a magic fruit tree, I don’t have to be afraid anymore.

As soon as he cleaned up the battlefield, Wen En was about to take his flock of ducks to the next place.

No matter what Josh said, he was unwilling to stay and rest for another night. Although he said that he would find a place to hatch the eggs after breeding, there was no place that could not be hatched. |

Wen En still felt embarrassed for disturbing Qiao Xi. Although she didn't say anything and even invited him to pick up a lot of eggs, he had nothing to give Qiao Xi in return except letting the ducks weed the orchard and farmland.

It’s better to leave early and come back to visit properly next time.

The two agreed to meet again the next time Wen En passed by here.

I was also planning to add a contact number, but unfortunately Wen En was traveling everywhere and rarely used his communicator, and he didn't have one, so I couldn't add it.

As soon as Wen En blew the whistle, a giant bird-like monster flew over from a distance, connected the bamboo shed with the buckle of its giant claws, flapped its wings and flew away, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Eh, I wonder when Wen En will come next time. He is Josh’s first friend.

(End of this chapter)