Very soon, the trade was completed.
[Compass -1, Bronze +20, Silver +10, Spirit Stones +5, Rice Grain +1]
What Ethan was really after was that rice grain.
He had been here for three or four days and hadn't eaten white rice at all.
Normally if he skipped one or two meals, he didn't feel much.
But several days without rice made Ethan crave it badly.
He always felt that eating only meat every meal was completely different from having meat, vegetables, and a bowl of rice every time.
Very quickly, Ethan opened the warehouse and looked at the rice grain he received.
The rice grain was packed in a burlap sack, just a small bag, about one kilogram. One look and you could tell it came from a treasure chest.
Otherwise in this cursed place, who would find such a nice sack just to pack rice in?
Ethan calculated a bit and decided to hull 800 grams of rice grain to eat, leaving the remaining 200 grams as seeds for planting.
Otherwise, the next time he wanted white rice, who knew how long he would have to wait.
Gululu~
The moment he thought of white rice.
Ethan's stomach started growling loudly.
He had been out the whole day and only ate a bit of meat before leaving in the morning. Now that he finally sat down, he instantly felt starving.
He had originally been considering whether to upgrade the villa first or cook first.
But once he thought about how upgrading the villa would take quite a bit of time.
After all, waiting for the system to build the villa also took time.
Previously the stone house took about half an hour to build.
Now that he wanted to build a villa with a pool and a garden, it would definitely take longer than the stone house.
So after thinking about it again and again, Ethan decided to eat first.
He took 100 grams of rice grain.
Then, from the tool station, he found a "huller", a tool used to remove husks from rice grains.
This so called huller was basically a wooden stone mill, specifically used to remove rice husks.
[Wood -1, Bamboo -10, Stone -5]
[Crafting successful!]
A flash of golden light, and a huller appeared in front of Ethan.
The huller was about one meter tall, with something like a woven bamboo basket on top, and a stone base underneath. There was also a long handle on it, which was probably used for pushing.
No doubt, this huller took up a lot of space.
Because now the interior space of the stone house had become even smaller.
Sure enough, once there were too many things, the stone house, which wasn't even 100 square meters, became absolutely insufficient.
Ethan finally understood why ancient homes were so large for one family.
And why modern homes of forty or fifty square meters could be enough for a whole family.
The key was that modern utensils and daily items had become smaller and more compact.
Like back then, cooking needed a stove, plus a place to store firewood.
Even raising chickens, ducks, and pigs required a large space.
Even taking a bath needed a fairly big bathing area.
And large tools like stone mills even needed a yard to store.
But modern people, they only needed a living space, a bed, a toilet, and a computer.
Whatever they needed could be obtained with a few taps of the finger. Delivery would bring food to them, and for entertainment, they could just lie in bed and look at their phones.
It saved space completely.
Unfortunately… Even though Ethan was a modern person, the game settings forced him into an ancient lifestyle, which was a huge headache.
Thinking about it… Ethan finally dumped all 800 grams of rice grain inside.
Grinding it separately would waste too much time, so he might as well grind it all at once.
He just needed to keep 200 grams for planting later when he had a garden.
"Gugu~ Gugu~"
While Ethan was grinding rice, the wild pheasants beside him kept chirping nonstop.
"Are you hungry?"
Thinking this, Ethan threw some of the husked rice shells into the chicken cage.
Sure enough, the wild pheasants lunged forward immediately when they saw the rice shells.
Their pecking got faster and faster, almost like woodpeckers.
The white eagle and Daji watched Ethan feed the other animals, and their eyes instantly lit up. One by one, they all wanted food.
"Alright, alright, you all get some!"
After grinding the rice, Ethan grabbed some of the husked shells and fed them to the white eagle.
But the silly big thing took one bite, then shook its head, indicating it tasted bad, then refused to eat more.
"Oh ho! So picky!"
Immediately after, Ethan saw several exclamation marks pop up in the pet panel.
[White Eagle: Carnivore and food containing spiritual energy. Status: Half full]
[Young Bee: Needs honey to be fed. Status: Hungry]
[Queen Bee: Needs honey or food containing spiritual energy, can speed up egg production. Status: Hungry]
[Catwoman: Needs meat and food containing spiritual energy. Status: Half full]
'What the heck!'
'This whole group of debt collectors are going to eat me poor!'
Every one of them either wanted meat or spirit stones.
Even a rich landlord wouldn't survive being drained like this, right?
Ethan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
He put the polished rice into a bamboo tube, then placed the bamboo tube on the fireplace to heat.
While Ethan opened the warehouse to check what he could feed this group of debt collectors, he suddenly felt like he had a house full of hungry little children.
But since having them made it easier to fight monsters and scout the surroundings, he had to pay their wages.
[Scare-box Blood Chunks 20 pieces: Cooked blood, bad texture! But can feed pets, increases stamina. Freshness: 50 percent]
[Nightmare rat meat 120 portions: Ordinary rat meat, but tastes good. Special effect: Sleep quality +1, freshness: 80 percent]
[Nightmare rat blood 2400ml: Ordinary blood, slightly metallic and salty, not very tasty. But pets love it, an essential iron supplement for pet care. Special effect: Loyalty +1 percent, freshness: 50 percent.]
[Basic Evolution Pill (3 Pieces): Can speed up pet evolution. A pet's first consumption of it will directly level it up.]
These three kinds of items were all in large supply.
But the blood's freshness was already low.
Ethan decided to just feed all the blood to the pets, since it increased their attributes and was very useful.
And he also found the three evolution pills he got today from the silver treasure chest.
He hadn't expected those pills to actually speed up pet evolution, and the first feeding would level them up immediately.
No question, they were great items.
Ethan didn't hesitate. He mixed both kinds of blood with nightmare rat meat and one evolution pill, made three bowls, two big and one small, and fed them to the three pets.
The white eagle's bowl was the biggest. That dumb bird alone got 10 scare-box blood chunks, 1000 ml of nightmare rat blood, five pieces of nightmare rat meat, and one basic evolution pill.
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