roccoschili Chapter 192: Year of Ebony
Chapter 192: Year of Ebony
"I do not guess you guess guess?"
Time is limited, and there is such a big project waiting for her. Song Anning casually replied with a "Xiangxiang" and bought a manual on excavator operation from the mall and began to read it carefully.
"Oh, Master, please cooperate..."
"But I can't guess what surprise Xiangxiang is going to give me?"
Number One stood next to Song An Ning, holding the flashlight blankly, with no emotion in his empty eyes. Song An Ning looked up at Number One and asked Xiang Xiang helplessly.
"Hmph, perfunctory! Master, don't forget that Number One is an all-round puppet who can do anything! Just let him operate it directly."
"Huh? Is there such a good thing?"
She admitted that she had looked at Number One with a bit of hostility earlier. She could even use an excavator and was so skilled, so why would she need a bicycle? A misaligned flashlight wasn't a big deal...
"Number One, operate the excavator and dig out the submerged wood in the swamp!"
"Yes!"
After receiving the task, No. 1 jumped onto the excavator very skillfully, without even needing a light, and started operating it directly.
This is a depression with relatively flat terrain, where the excavator can be fully utilized.
At this time, Xiangxiang had already analyzed the best position and drove the excavator over with the control of No. 1. The roar of the engine echoed in the valley. Song Anning looked around and asked Xiangxiang to pay more attention to the movements around her.
Although no one comes to this deep mountain during the day, we still cannot let our guard down. If we are seen, it will be a big deal.
"Master, don't worry. Xiangxiang's detection range now extends to a radius of 1.5 kilometers. If there is any situation, I will notify you immediately and put the excavator and No. 1 into the backpack."
"That's good. Thank you for your hard work, Xiangxiang."
As they were talking, No. 1 had already dug a lot of soil. Xiangxiang said that he would not stop until he dug out the wood. After watching for a while, Song Anning ignored him, walked forward a few dozen meters, and started shoveling from the edge of the swamp.
Different plants will grow in different environments. The plants on the edge of the swamp are all water-loving plants, and many plant species can be unlocked.
"Ding, I bought back ten kilograms of sleeping vegetables, and the amount was two hundred coins."
"Ding, I collected 15 jin of cattail pollen, and 600 coins were credited to my account.
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Song Anning shone the flashlight on the plant in his hand and carefully wrote down what Xiangxiang said.
The system recycles so many plants and herbs. Xiangxiang rarely explains much about them during recycling. She just mentioned it specifically, and she felt a little uncomfortable with it.
After Xiangxiang's detailed scientific explanation, Song Anning realized that such an inconspicuous plant actually has so many benefits.
She now has a lot of slots in her backpack. If she digs up more cattail pollen, she will put it in the backpack first. Maybe it will come in handy.
"Ding, I'm buying 50 kilograms of water hyacinth, also known as water hyacinth, for one tael of silver."
"Wait a minute, Xiangxiang, you should also collect the water hyacinths. You'd better be careful with them. They have a strong reproductive capacity and can damage the water quality."
"Hahaha, the master actually knows this."
Xiangxiang was very happy. Although her owner was a little money-grubber, as long as she knew about this destructive plant, she would definitely remind herself.
"Master, water hyacinth does have some uses. It can be used as medicine, as feed, and even for making paper...
Moreover, the environment in Xiangxiang's world is so bad that even water hyacinths can't grow, so the owner just harvests them as much as he can, and there's such a huge area..."
"Hehe, I only know that water hyacinth is harmful, but I don't know anything else.
Then I can collect it without any scruples, hahaha..."
She is now a little distance away from No. 1. The puddle in front of her is not big, but it is densely packed with water hyacinths. Although the unit price is not high, there are too many of them.
"Master, come on, number one has already dug half a meter. There's no one around, so you can continue."
Water hyacinth is an organism that floats in water, so Song Anning doesn't need a shovel, he can just pick it up directly. Plus, it's wet and quite heavy.
After picking up for a while, you can collect twenty or thirty kilograms.
"Ding, I collected 30 kilograms of water hyacinths, and received 600 coins..."
"Ding, I collected 60 kilograms of water hyacinths, and the amount I received was 1200 wen..."
"Ding... Stop it, Master. We've dug over one meter on the number one side and have stopped."
"Huh? Why did you stop?"
Song Anning hurried over and shone the flashlight, and saw that No. 1 seemed to have completed the task and was standing next to the excavator and shutting down.
"There's wood, Master, look!"
The land was dug up beyond recognition by No. 1, but fortunately the excavation area was very large. Song Anning put on a one-piece waders and went down to the deepest part, one step deep and one step shallow. He shone a flashlight around and found a piece of wood exposed in the mud and dirty water.
"Is this what you're talking about? Then take it..."
She touched the wood in front of her with her foot and suddenly felt a little sorry for the eight hundred taels of silver she had spent on the excavator.
If it were this deep, she and Number One could dig it out in an hour, without even needing an excavator...
"Ding, I collected 100 kilograms of thousand-year-old ebony, and received 300 taels."
"As expected of a thousand years, a pound of wood costs three ounces of silver."
After Song An Ning muttered something, he was about to jump up, but as soon as he raised his foot, he found that he seemed to be sinking little by little.
It’s over. I was just thinking about the wood and forgot about the mud.
"Master, move your legs quickly and create a gap between your legs and the mud. Do it quickly..."
This was the first time Song An Ning encountered such a thing, and she was a little flustered. Although she didn't know the meaning of Xiangxiang asking her to do this, she still did as she was told.
"Hey, this is an empty bottle. Before the mud closes up, quickly put the bottle mouth downwards into the gap, squeeze the bottle body, and pull the leg out!"
"Huh, Xiangxiang Encyclopedia, your method is quite useful."
"Hey, sorry, Master. It was Xiangxiang's negligence. There's a wooden plank behind you. Let Number One pull you up quickly."
"it is good."
By the time she climbed up, she had become a typical mud monkey, with her hair and face covered in smelly mud. But being able to get out of the swamp was already good enough, so what did it matter if she was a little dirty?
"Okay, Xiangxiang, now that we've harvested the wood, can we move on to picking the water hyacinths?"
"No no no!"
Xiangxiang suddenly shouted in her mind, very excitedly saying: "It's just a small piece of wood. The real valuable thing is lying underneath."
"Anything else?"
Song Anning wiped her face with a wet towel and focused all her attention on the patch of mud. Even if she could dig it out ten meters deep, could she go down and collect it? Or should she spend more money and let Xiangxiang collect it from the air?
"Of course, if it's just for this, then buying an excavator is a complete waste. Xiangxiang is a thrifty and good girl."
"Okay, I was just worried about the money, hehe... Then let number one continue, and we'll get on with it!"
"Okay!"