Farming? I'm making a killing with my fairytale vegetables!

Chapter 208 Rice City

The Minions, dressed in their work uniforms, looked around when they heard the voice. When they saw Xia Shiyu's clothes, they looked up and exclaimed in surprise.

Wow, he's so tall!

"Is it the Little Giant?"

"No, the little giant is taller."

"Yes, this must be an outsider."

A group of Minions started discussing what they were holding.

Xia Shiyu looked at them, bent down, and asked again, "Hello, may I apply for a job here?"

After Xia Shiyu asked this question, the few little yellow dogs finally realized what was going on and replied to her.

"You'll need to ask our boss about that."

A Minion pointed to a Minion wearing a hat, who looked like their boss.

Hearing the commotion, he came over and asked, "What happened?"

A Minion reported to him, "The boss wants to apply for the job."

The boss glanced at Xia Shiyu and asked, "Do you want a job?"

Xia Shiyu nodded. "Yes, I need money for transportation, but I probably won't be able to work for long."

After all, she only had a little over nine hours to stay here.

The Minion boss thought for a moment, then nodded in agreement, "Sure, you're so tall and big, you'll definitely work faster than us. We'll see how much work you can do and that'll calculate your wages."

"Okay," Xia Shiyu nodded.

Then they started asking, "What kind of work do I need to do?"

The boss nodded. "All you need to do is move these boxes into the warehouse."

Xia Shiyu looked at the boxes covered with labels and knew that they must be supermarket goods.

She nodded, "Okay, I'll start working now."

She picked up a worker's badge and pinned it on herself.

Everyone else was wearing work clothes, but she obviously couldn't fit into them, so she could only take a tag.

After she put on her clothes, she started working. The largest of these boxes was only the size of a washbasin, and they were very light for her.

While other Minions can only name two or three at most, she can easily name five or six, and actually more if she's not worried about obstructing the view.

She deftly carried the boxes into the warehouse. After doing so once or twice, she felt it was too slow, so she found a handcart, put a dozen or so boxes into it, and then pulled it to the warehouse.

Then these boxes can be put into the warehouse.

The other Minions struggled to carry the boxes, and were all surprised by what she was doing.

The boss was also very satisfied. Normally, it would take these ordinary Minion workers half a day to load and unload this truckload of goods, but now that Xia Shiyu has joined, it feels like it can be completed much faster.

An hour later, Xia Shiyu stopped moving, but she had already moved several hundred boxes. Satisfied with her work efficiency, the boss generously gave her 100 corn coins.

They also thoughtfully told her, "The most expensive ticket on the Corn Train only costs 40 Corn Coins, so you can ride it without worry."

Xia Shiyu gripped the bag of corn coins tightly in her hand. "Thank you so much."

After saying goodbye to the boss and the other Minions, Xia Shiyu went to the bus again, squeezed into the corn bus, and headed to the corn train station.

Fortunately, the bus was quite fast, and Xia Shiyu arrived at the farthest train station in just over ten minutes.

She stood at the entrance of the train station, observing the vast open space. Several huge corn cobs stood around it, and there was a corn-shaped statue in the square, probably of a famous person from the country or city.

She entered the ticket office in the lobby. Fortunately, the buildings were quite tall, and there was plenty of room for her.

She asked the ticket seller at the train station, "Hello, is there a train going to the Rice Kingdom right now?"

The ticket seller glanced at the ticket and replied, "Some trains to Daomicheng will depart in 20 minutes, but given your height, you can only go to the freight car; otherwise, there are no suitable seats."

Xia Shiyu nodded, "It's fine, anything is possible."

"Okay, then I'll charge you 25 corn coins."

Xia Shiyu handed over the money and received a train ticket made of corn husk.

Xia Shiyu picked up the ticket and looked at it. She found that it only had the carriage number and the location markings, which seemed rather rudimentary.

She took her ticket and went to wait in the lobby, when she suddenly remembered something and asked for help from the system.

"When I went to Rice City, the system must have had some time to stay, since I didn't have any access permits."

The system's voice came through, "If the host does not have them, the tokens in these places will remain for a default period of two hours each time, and can only be entered via the Corn Kingdom's train."

"Oh," Xia Shiyu understood. It meant that if he didn't have a qualification certificate, he could only take the train from the Corn Kingdom each time, and the journey would only take two hours.

In this way, she not only has to spend time earning corn coins, but also waste time traveling back and forth, since she can't possibly walk there.

She sighed helplessly, but there was nothing she could do about it now. All she had to do was get the rice seeds this time.

When the time came, she boarded the train. The Minion, seeing that his carriage was a cargo carriage, led her to a certain place.

"Hello passenger, this is your location."

Xia Shiyu glanced at it; although it was a cargo carriage, they had still set aside a separate space for him.

It was a slightly tall table covered with soft cushions, just big enough for her to sit on.

She nodded, "Thank you."

After speaking, he immediately sat down in the seat and waited for the train to start.

"Good morning, passengers. The corn train bound for Daogu City is about to depart. Please take your seats."

Xia Shiyu heard the announcement over the loudspeaker, and then the train slowly pulled away from the station.

Xia Shiyu leisurely watched the scenery along the tracks, originally thinking that this was similar to the bullet trains in the real world, just slowly sliding along the tracks.

After passing through two tunnels, the corn silk at the rear of the corn train suddenly flicked, the tips of the corn heads began to tilt upwards, and the entire corn train began to fly.

Xia Shiyu: "!"

Xia Shiyu gripped the table tightly in surprise, trying to stay in place and prevent herself from slipping.

Then, in amazement, they watched the train slowly rise into the air.

Good heavens, no wonder it's so fast, it turns out this train can fly!

She watched in astonishment as the train slowly ascended into the sky. Once it reached a high altitude, the train gradually stabilized and began to fly. Xia Shiyu could see the scenery from the sky from there.

Looking down at the vibrant fairytale world and the colorful clouds drifting by, she could even see buildings on those clouds.

She couldn't help but ask the system, "System, are there residents living in the sky too?"

The system replied: "Yes, the sky belongs to the Sky City, but the cities in the Sky City are quite scattered and there are also rest stops in other cities along the way, so there are many residents of the fairy tale world living in the sky."

"Wow, I see." Xia Shiyu's eyes revealed a hint of longing, hoping that she would have the opportunity to visit Sky City in the future. Although she was a little afraid of heights, the fairy tale world was still quite safe.

For example, on the train now, once it's stable, Xia Shiyu feels particularly comfortable.

The train moved slowly, passing clouds and buildings along the way. Every now and then it would fly to a fixed station to drop off a group of residents before slowly flying towards its destination.

Xia Shiyu successfully arrived in Daogu City half an hour later.

What catches the eye is a dazzling golden yellow, and upon closer inspection, one can see that it consists of individual rice stalks bearing ears of grain.

The train stopped above the rice paddies and slowly descended to the ground, accompanied by an announcement.

"Dear passengers, we have now arrived at the final destination of this train, Daogucheng. Please take your luggage and disembark."

Xia Shiyu only realized what was happening when she heard the sound and got off the bus with her money bag.

Upon arrival, after taking a closer look at the surroundings, I discovered that it was a completely different scene altogether.

First, there is a tall city wall, which is built from rice stalks. The dense wall is made up of rice stalks, and a plaque hangs on it, which also reads the three characters "Rice City".

Indeed, many strangely shaped rice grains could be seen around. The reason they were described as strangely shaped was because Xia Shiyu saw many grains with unusual shapes.

There are crystal-clear rice grains that look like gemstones, and tall, straight rice grains that are as clear as snow, growing naturally without being encased in a husk.

Even more strangely, there were rice plants that climbed up the wall like ivy.

Various types of rice can be seen here, and Xia Shiyu also observed that the residents here are quite peculiar.

They didn't have many characteristics of rice. The only similarity might be their small, white faces like grains of rice, with a few rice husks tied on their heads, which was their hairstyle. However, they were slightly taller than the Minions of the Corn Kingdom, and were tall and thin like sugarcane stalks.

As they passed by, some cast curious glances at Xia Shiyu, while others simply walked past without paying any attention.

Xia Shiyu shook his head as he looked at the rice stalks; the most urgent task was to buy seeds first.

She followed the people entering the city and was surprised to find that an event was being held inside.

"Come and see! The giant rice has been harvested in abundance. Today, everyone can get a giant rice grain for free."

Xia Shiyu looked toward the source of the sound and found that the rice people were surrounding a rice plant that was as tall as a tree. It had nothing special about it except that it was tall, and each grain of rice was the size of a durian.

At that moment, everyone crowded around, wanting to take one.

"Wow, the rice we've been cultivating for cooling off has grown! Let's go take a look."

"Wow, it's huge! It must taste amazing. Let's go try it!"

"Wow, it was successfully cultivated so quickly! I thought it would take a long time."

"Does this mean I won't need to bring water when I go out anymore?"

"Haha, maybe so."

"Let's go, hurry up, or we'll have to wait in line for a long time."

Xia Shiyu watched as the crowd headed in that direction, hesitated for a moment, and then went over there anyway, because she also saw that other people who weren't from Daogu City were queuing up, so it seemed that everyone could get one.

She overheard people talking about it on her way there, and that's when she learned that this "cool-off rice" was specially cultivated as a large roadside green plant, so that passersby could cool off under it and pick it to eat if they were hungry or thirsty.

"It seems that this rice was developed to help everyone live a better life."

Xia Shiyu was positioned relatively close to the front of the line, and there were several other people distributing the seeds ahead of him, so he planned to collect all the freebies before looking for rice seeds.

You can also ask around.

"Hello, I have a question. Where can I buy rice seeds?"

The rice man being questioned glanced at her, realizing she was an outsider, and cheerfully gave the answer directly, "Just go ahead and find any shop, but you'll probably only be able to buy some ordinary ones. There are special effects, but the selection is limited."

Xia Shiyu asked, "If I only want the taste, this should satisfy you, right?"

Upon hearing this, the rice farmer in front of him looked proud. "Of course, every type of rice we cultivate tastes exceptionally good, and every single one can meet your requirements."

"Then I'm relieved." That's exactly what Xia Shiyu wanted.

Soon it was her turn in line. When she stepped forward, the person in charge of distributing the rice simply glanced at her calmly and then asked her what she needed.

Do you want water grains or rice grains?

"Hmm? What's the difference?"

Xia Shiyu had no idea that this rice had two different effects; she thought it was just something to eat.

"Of course there's a difference. Water quenches thirst, while rice quenches hunger."

Xia Shiyu thought for a moment and said, "I'll still ask for rice grains."

After all, she wasn't thirsty; she just wanted to taste it.

"Okay," the person in front of her said, picking a plump grain of rice, as big as a durian, from a rice stalk and handing it to her.

Xia Shiyu took it and walked a few steps. She saw that the people around her were already tasting it. Since it was just a matter of peeling off the outer shell, it didn't need to be cooked at all.

Xia Shiyu also followed their example and peeled off the outer shell, revealing the tender white rice grains inside.

She took a bite with great anticipation. The rich aroma hit her nose, and the delicate, sweet taste lingered on her lips and teeth. Upon closer tasting, it was somewhat like the texture of jicama, but with more of the fragrance of rice.

Xia Shiyu's eyes lit up, "Mmm, so delicious!"

She had always heard that the famous Wuchang rice was so delicious that one could eat three bowls of rice without adding any side dishes.

She had always regretted not having tasted a similar flavor, but now she can finally appreciate the same taste.

She took two more bites before taking the seed to a shop that sells seeds.

Indeed, the person she was talking to earlier was right; if you walk along the square, you'll find several seed shops.

She randomly picked a restaurant that seemed to have a decent number of customers and went inside.