[Chapter 60: Chief Chef of Winter Village]

After asking Laura to get a full set of Warcraft-related things, Winter Village was very peaceful in the next few days.

David’s most arduous work every day is to help Mark harvest various crops.

Chinese cabbage, Chinese cabbage, leeks, green onions, and cucumbers have all been successfully harvested. In addition to the huge amount of potatoes that the eight contract farmers are constantly harvesting, Winter Village is not only not short of food reserves, but also has many varieties to enrich the menu.

“That’s great!”

Looking at the various foods piled up next to him, David couldn’t close his mouth and was always smiling. Even if the growth of several crops did not meet expectations, David was not disappointed.

Mark also mentioned a very important discovery: “Now the land near the interior of the village is much more fertile than it was at the beginning, and the land a little further away has also become better than when I first came.”

“Are you sure?”

“I’m sure, I’ve been observing the condition of the land… To be honest, have you secretly used some strange spell?” Mark observes the condition of the farmland every day. No one knows the condition of the land in Winter Village better than him. He is very sure that the land in Winter Village has become much more fertile than when he first arrived: “The most vivid example is, haven’t you noticed that the potatoes in these fields are bigger and more numerous than the potatoes in the distant farmlands?”

“There have been a lot of things going on recently, so I haven’t paid much attention to the situation of crops.” He often took a look when he was free before. A lot of things happened recently, and it happened to be the harvest period, so he didn’t notice these situations: “But this should be a good thing.”

“Of course, a more fertile land not only allows crops to grow better and produce more food, but also does not have too many restrictions on planting.”

Mark then popularized various knowledge to David. For crops like potatoes, continuous cultivation is not recommended under normal circumstances. Generally, after a harvest, the land where potatoes were planted will be planted with other things. Because continuous planting will lead to a decrease in yield, the reason is that the nutrients in the land that are useful for potatoes have been consumed in large quantities.

However, the land where Winter Village first planted potatoes has been planted for three consecutive rounds. Not only has the yield not decreased, but it has increased, and the land itself has even become more fertile. This situation is not scientific at all.

The most reasonable reason Mark can think of is David, the magical village chief. After all, this village chief can “call people” from various worlds, so it is not surprising that he can make the land fertile.

“Hehe, actually I don’t know why!”

David laughed awkwardly to deal with it, but in fact he already had the answer in his heart: Mark Watney is the fundamental reason why the land has become more fertile. If there is no accident, as his relationship with Mark gets better and better, the land in Winter Village may become more fertile.

In that case, crops that cannot survive at present may be successfully planted and bear fruit in the future. The agricultural prospects of Winter Village are many times better than he originally thought.

He originally thought that the village could only survive on crops such as potatoes. If he wanted more kinds of vegetables and food, he could only go to Iron Tree Castle to buy them.

“After harvesting these crops, what should we plant next?” Mark didn’t dwell too much on why the land was fertile. He wanted to continue testing what could be planted on the land.

“Let’s plant potatoes!”

“Potatoes have been tested…”

“No, it’s not far from autumn now. I’m afraid we can only plant crops with a shorter growth period, such as potatoes, in the remaining time.”

“The crops I tested don’t have a long growth period.”

“Oh, then it’s up to you.”

Mark certainly considered the climate problem of Winter Village. As the top (self-proclaimed) botanist on Earth, he couldn’t make such a low-level mistake. He had asked David about the general climate conditions of Winter Village in various periods and estimated the appropriate planting time.

Finally, while there was still some time before autumn, Mark decided to plant some radishes and shallots to make the menu of Winter Village more abundant.

While Mark and Laura continued to work on the fields, they suddenly came to find David.

“Something?”

“Yes.” Laura did not shy away from Mark. Ever since she knew that she could bring people to Winter Village, she had this idea: “I have a good friend who I want to bring to Winter Village to live. He used to be the chef on the Endurance.”

“Chef?” David hadn’t reacted yet, and Mark almost jumped up: “This kind of talent must not be missed. I think the newly built canteen just needs a chef to take charge.”

Mark was talking about the new building not far from the farmland under his feet. On the surface, it looks a bit similar to the previous temporary wooden house. In fact, both the structure and the interior decoration are much more refined than the hastily built wooden house.

This canteen with a wide hall, which is enough for all the people in Winter Village to eat at the same time and even has many empty seats, was built some time ago. Recently, various improvement work has been carried out, but it is scattered and intermittent without a system. Every time you think it has been done, someone will find that something is missing. This situation is because there is a lack of someone who is good at this job.

“What’s the name of that friend?”

“Jonah Maiawa, I think he will like this place very much.”

David thought to himself, it was indeed this person, and then nodded to Laura: “If that Jonah is willing to come to live in Winter Village, of course I would be more than happy.”

In the new version of Tomb Raider trilogy, Jonah is the only character besides Laura who appears in all three works. He is Laura’s most trusted partner. Jonah did not live up to Laura’s trust and always firmly supported Laura to complete those adventures.

David certainly had no reason to refuse such a person with trustworthy character and certain fighting power, not to mention that Winter Village really lacked a chef.

With more and more people in the village, Mark could not always be asked to be a part-time chef. After all, Mark also had his own work to do. Just now, he heard that Mark had arranged the planting plan for the year after next: Mark was going to try some crops with a longer growth period and plant some fruits by the way. He

continued to work hard. After the work was completed, David carefully cleaned up his personal hygiene, changed his clothes and came out, and saw Laura taking a strong man to visit the village.

“David! This is Jonah.” Laura was originally pointing at various buildings in the village and introducing them to Jonah. When she saw David coming out, she immediately introduced them to each other: “This is David, the village chief of Winter Village.”

“Hello, I’m Jonah-Maiawa.” Jonah is a strong man who looks very honest and always has a friendly smile on his face, which makes people like him easily.

“Hello, I’m David.” Reaching out his hand to shake Jonah’s, David welcomed Jonah: “Welcome to Winter Village.”

Laura should have introduced Jonah to the specific situation. After getting to know each other, Jonah sighed that since he met Laura, his worldview has been reshaped, and he has seen all kinds of strange things.

“Now we have come to another world.” Although it looks no different from the earth, since Laura told him that he had come to another world, he must have come to another world: “It looks beautiful here.”

Jonah looked around and sighed at the environment of Winter Village: to the west is a vast river, flowing from north to south and then turning west to the west of Winter Village; to the north is a dense forest, and looking further away, you can see the mountains standing in an unknown distance. Standing in Winter Village, you can see the mountains covered with snow. There are plains to the

east and south. Looking to the east and south, there are large tracts of verdant green grass, which are waving with the wind, as if it is a green ocean.

“Yes, it’s beautiful here.” If it weren’t for the beauty of this place, it would not have been chosen by the pioneering team at first sight and chosen to build a village here. At that time, no one thought that under this beautiful scenery, there would be such a harsh living environment.

Fortunately, with David awakening the golden finger and making some efforts, Winter Village has obtained the qualifications to survive in this place for a long time.

“Do you want to go see the canteen?” Jonah was brought here just to make him the chef in the canteen.

“I also want to see where I will work in the future.” Jonah was also very curious about his future work environment. An early visit would also allow him to determine what he needed earlier and then go to purchase as soon as possible.

“There should be a lot of problems, so the village really needs professionals like you.” Taking Jonah to visit the canteen, Jonah was very satisfied with the environment of the canteen. Such a canteen built purely of wood had a unique aesthetic, but he didn’t know how to comment on the environment in the kitchen, so he could only smile and deal with a few words.

David knew that Jonah was embarrassed to say anything bad, so after taking him on a tour, he let Jonah study it himself.

Jonah was not polite, and directly took out a pen and a small notebook to count the various tools in the kitchen and determine the various tools he wanted to buy.

Turning his head to look at Laura, she was winking at him.

Followed Laura out of the canteen and stood outside the canteen door and chatted.

“Speaking of which, what kind of compensation should I offer this Jonah?”

“Actually, Jonah doesn’t care about these things, but he has always wanted to open a restaurant of his own.” Laura glanced at the cafeteria in front of her: “This cafeteria won’t exist for too long, right?”

She knew some of David’s subsequent plans, and knew that David would not let Winter Village remain in this small village state for a long time.

“Yes, it won’t be long before this place will be transformed into a restaurant… or an inn.” Facilities like the cafeteria, like the water system, are just overused facilities, and will slowly be upgraded or eliminated.

At the same time, David also understood what Laura meant, and let Jonah be the owner of the inn at that time. For a talent with certain combat effectiveness and very guaranteed character, this reward is really not high.

(End of this chapter)