I Grow Crops with a System

”It feels like there’s so much to do, meow.”

”You can say that again.”

Ethan smiled and shook his head, he stretched lazily and returned to the field once more.

By the time he finished harvesting all the wheat, the sun was about to set.

Just as he returned to his shelter with the harvested wheat, he found several burly Minotaurs sitting at the entrance, among them was Draugor, who had helped him previously.

”Where have you been, kid?!”

Draugor immediately stood up upon seeing Ethan and asked loudly.

”I went to the field to harvest wheat, why are you guys here?”

”While we were hunting earlier, we ran into a few Canine Beastmen, we heard you were harvesting wheat, so we thought we’d come over and help out!”

He pointed to a pile of flails resting next to him, they were here to help thresh the grain.

Ethan smiled and shook his head. ”There’s no need, I can handle it by myself.”

”Don’t be polite, we’re friends, after all!”

”Since you put it that way, I’d be honored to accept, then I’ll trouble you to help me thresh this wheat.”

”Leave it to us!!”

’Looks like I can finish early today.’

Ethan laid out the animal-hide mat and spread the harvested wheat over it.

”Can we eat these wheat stalks?!” a Minotaur asked.

”Yes, go ahead and eat.”

”Then we won’t hold back!!”

The Minotaurs brandished the flails in their hands and began threshing with all their might.

”You’ve worked hard, I’ll cook some meat soup for you to drink later.”

”Then thank you very much!!”

Hearing there would be meat soup, the Minotaurs worked with even more vigor.

Pearl, lying on Ethan’s shoulder, asked, ”What are we eating for dinner, meow?”

”I haven’t decided yet, how about we roast some Honey Sweet Potatoes?”

”That sounds good, meow, I’ll go see if there’s any catch in the fish trap, meow~”

Pearl jumped down from Ethan’s shoulder and ran toward the river.

The catch in the fish traps hadn’t been good lately, Ethan wondered if they would catch anything today.

”Caught one, meow~”

A short while later, Pearl ran back with a plump salmon in its mouth.

”Not bad luck, let’s roast it together then?”

”I agree, meow~”

Ethan decided to use butter to roast the fish, he skillfully prepared the salmon Pearl had brought back while prepping the ingredients for the meat soup at the same time.

”Come over and have some meat soup.”

Once the soup was ready, Ethan called the Minotaurs over to rest.

”Thank you!”

As soon as the savory meat soup was served, the Minotaurs stopped their work and gathered around.

Night fell, under the glow of the firelight, the Minotaurs’ eyes sparkled with excitement.

”It’s so delicious~”

”The meat soup we make ourselves is never this good!!”

”How did you do it?!”

”Maybe because I put my heart into it? Or maybe because the pot I used is better?” Ethan shrugged and didn’t explain much.

’Or perhaps it’s because of my proficiency level.’

He turned to look at the fruits of the Minotaurs’ labor, the animal-hide mat was piled high with plump wheat grains, mixed in were some wheat stalks that the Minotaurs had gnawed on.

’We can rest early tonight.’

Ethan thanked the Minotaurs for their help and gifted them some pottery bowls he had made earlier as a token of appreciation.

After watching them leave, he began inspecting the threshed wheat grains.

”How about we finish the rest of the work tonight?” Ethan suggested.

”Alright, meow, let’s start milling, meow~”

”Mhm, I’ll leave it to you then.”

Pearl was in charge of milling, while Ethan would handle the rest himself.

He brought out the large clay jar he had made earlier, preparing to use it for the flour, with everything ready, Pearl began to cast the Shatter spell.

Woo — buzz buzz buzz!!

Sharp wind blades stripped away the husks of the wheat grains, in the blink of an eye, a pile of pure white wheat kernels appeared before Ethan.

He poured all the kernels into the clay jar, extended his palm, and muttered, ”Shatter.”

Following his command, the wheat kernels rapidly shattered, turning into a fine flour, before long, the clay jar was full.

He pinched a bit of the flour and tasted it.

”How does it taste, meow?” Pearl asked.

”Very fragrant, not bad.” Ethan nodded.

”Do you want me to make some pastries for you?”

”What do you want to make, meow?”

”You’ll know in a moment.”

Although he couldn’t make bread right away, making similar pastries was entirely possible.

He mixed the wheat flour, sweet potato juice, and a pinch of salt together, then added melted butter and stirred it evenly, next, he poured the batter onto a heated iron plate, spreading it into a thin pancake, and pan-fried it.

”What is this, meow?” Pearl asked.

”Wheat Pancake.”

Having used butter and Honey Sweet Potato juice, and with enough thickness, it was more than a regular crepe, so — Wheat Pancake it was.

Ethan stacked the cooked Wheat Pancakes one on top of the other, Pearl couldn’t wait to grab one and took a bite, its eyes lit up instantly.

”Delicious, meow~”

”Eating it alone is fine too, but since we’re making it, let’s make it a bit more exquisite.”

He pan-fried a few more Wheat Pancakes, then he cut open a butter fruit, mixed the cream inside with Honey Sweet Potato juice, and created a sweet, fragrant cream filling.

He spread the cream filling evenly over each pancake and stacked them layer by layer.

”Ta-da! The Layered Wheat Cake is complete!”

[Delicious Layered Wheat Cake]

[A cake meticulously made by layering Wheat Pancakes pan-fried with flour, eggs, and butter. It can be eaten layer by layer, or sliced.]

[Delicious Effect: Agility increases for one day upon consumption.]

[Delicious Effect: The lowest-level skill increases by 1 level for one day upon consumption.]

[All attributes increase by 1 point for one day upon consumption.]

[Crafting Difficulty: ★★★]

”It looks so delicious, meow~”

”Let’s taste it.”

Ethan cut a palm-sized slice and handed it to Pearl.

Pearl eagerly took a huge bite, a blissful expression appeared on its face.

”The taste of happiness, meow~”