Farming Together Chapter 271: “I do.”

Chapter 271: “I do.”

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: GaeaTiamat

“First of all, the top three village residents who won the Mushroom Village’s cauliflower weight category are Li Bai, Feng JiuJiu, and Fierce Tiger Descends the Mountain. Let’s congratulate these three village residents and invite them to the stage to receive their awards!” The Village chief led the applause and added, “Village resident Li Bai’s cauliflower also came out on top among all the villages’ children and won first place!”

Bai Li and the other two players got on the podium under the envious eyes of the crowd, received flowers from the Flower Lady, and got their respective medals and prizes big gift bags from the Village Chief’s Wife.

At the same time, the same as the Chief had previously said, the cauliflowers they had submitted were also displayed. Three huge cauliflowers, and everyone could clearly see with the naked eye that Bai Li’s was larger than the other two. The green-colored leaves of the cauliflower’s chassis were spread on the ground and were huge, with a visual estimate of the diameter at nearly two meters.

The audience looked stunned, and when they came back to their senses, they couldn’t help but stare blankly and murmur about it.

“This cauliflower is too big, right? I thought my 30 pounds had reached the limit. I didn’t expect LiLi to submit a cauliflower that is almost twice as big as me. When did the cauliflower grow like this…?”

“Hiss…! Such big cauliflowers! With the three together, it’s enough for all of us in the village to have a small barbecue, right?”

“LiLi is really worthy of being the person who made this game. I’m really not surprised that he could grow such a big cauliflower! However, I have a bad feeling…LiLi won’t get first place every time, right?”

“Well, I don’t think so. Going from the previous activities, LiLi seems to be quite particular in avoiding suspicion in that area, and won’t do something like rewarding the whole thing to himself. When the Village Chief finishes the announcements, we will be able to see the ranking results of all the crops. Then we will see!”

After they discussed it for a while, many people finally remembered to take a photo, so then they scrambled forward and took photos together. The scene got a bit chaotic.

Feng JiuJiu and Fierce Tiger Descends the Mountain enjoyed a rare moment in the spotlight and were very cooperative during the photo shoot,as they proudly recited their acceptance speeches then finally added that they would continue to work hard to grow bigger a cauliflower at this time next year!

Bai Li hadn’t yet learned how to reject the overly enthusiastic crowd, so it was Wen XingYao who saved him from the crowd as he held back his laughter. As for the cauliflower that won him first place in the whole game, it was left in the crowd, as there were many players waiting to take a picture with the giant cauliflower!

“Oh my God! It’s the first time I’ve thought that there are so many people in the village. Before I thought 5,000 people was just right!” Bai Li wiped the sweat from his forehead in shock, then looked at Wen XingYao with a smug face. “How about it? I’m great! 55.5 pounds of cauliflower, and I immediately took first in the whole game. Haha!”

After he said those words, he held up the large gift bag he hadn’t yet put into his backpack in front of Wen XingYao to show off.

Wen XingYao pinched his face. First he congratulated Bai Li, then he smiled bitterly, “It seems that in this event, my biggest competitor is you.”

No wonder they bought the scales and he told him to go and weigh his items separately, since he was waiting to ambush him here.

Bai Li took his fingers away from his face, then nodded and shook his head, “You’re half right, and half wrong. I’ll tell you straight. I didn’t submit all my prepared crops, but divided them into three equal parts and chose one at random when I submitted them. If I remember correctly, I didn’t divide the cauliflower and potatoes into the same share. So…Congratulations, Admiral Wen, at least I won’t be your competition in the potato weight category.”

He had only divided the crop category, the other three were submitted normally.

Wen XingYao’s heart caved in softly. The man in front of him could always take everything into consideration, and made it impossible to say anything wrong. No matter if the “random” in Bai Li’s words was really random, he felt the love that came from the other man.

He could only hope that another strong and powerful competitor like Bai Li was non-existent.

The three huge cauliflowers were quickly removed, and then it was the turn of the white radish. The appearance of that snow-white, slender, jade-like vegetable drew numerous eyes. The white radish was divided by Bai Li with the other two that weren’t submitted, so he had nothing to do with this award. Wen XingYao, on the other hand, won first place in this category. Unfortunately, he was ranked 57th in the whole game, so it wasn’t as exaggerated as Bai Li’s cauliflower.

The Mushroom Village folk gradually lost interest in the outcome of the whole game competition and turned to waving the flag for Wen XingYao.

“Admiral also won first place, is this a double gold medal with LiLi’s husband? The Village Chief will announce the ranking of the potatoes later. I hope the first place is still the Admiral. Everyone understands!”

“Admiral, go for it! As long as you become a success, we are not only the mother’s family, but also the in-laws when the time comes to organize a banquet for you!”

“I found out the truth of this event. That is, to witness the historic scene of the Admiral’s successful marriage proposal! Although the Admiral’s proposal declaration in the forum was a little bit corny, it is also a unique romance belonging to the planters!”

“I’ve decided! If someone wants to propose to me in the future, they have to bring more than 100 kg of fish, meow~”

“…” WIth Wen XingYao’s auditory acuity, he heard a number of words related to him, and his ear tips, inevitably reddened. Fortunately they were covered by his hair, and weren’t noticed. Damn! This group of players, why do they like to talk about him? The topic had extended to whether to find the Fortune Teller to calculate which date was more suitable for their wedding…

“Finally, I’d like to announce the top three village members who won Mushroom Village’s potato weight.” The Village Chief paused for a few seconds, “Demon Xing, Strikingly Handsome, and What Are You Playing? Obviously, the potatoes of Demon Xing, our village citizen, far surpassed the potatoes handed in by all the village citizens of the other villages, and deservedly won first place, so let’s congratulate these three village citizens together!”

At the end of the speech, the 166-pound potato referenced by the Village Chief appeared in front of everyone. This was an extremely beautiful potato. It had smooth skin, very few pits, and was as round as a large ball. However,  in front of the weight of 166 pounds, that all became worthless.

The potato was almost as tall as a person. Who didn’t feel a billion points of toothache when they looked at it?

Wen XingYao went on the stage for the second time to receive his award under the eyes of the crowd, and the same village players felt that his expressionless face held a little bit of spiritedness. However, even without that discovery, the image of the Interstellar Admiral squatting next to a large potato almost as tall as an adult was also very comical.

After he announced the ranking of the potatoes, the Village Chief left for a while, and a complete list was sent to each player, with a search function thoughtfully included.

Players then found that of the hundreds of crops ranked, only a third of them had Bai Li’s name, and the remaining two-thirds were untraceable. However, just that third alone gave him a great harvest, 15 firsts in the whole game, 47 firsts in the whole village, and his other rankings were also relatively high. If they counted all the rewards he would get, the players had tears of envy flowing down from the corners of their eyes.

Some even said, “Thank you, LiLi, for not participating in every category. Let me pick up the weight of an all-village award!”

However, soon someone else threw a pot of cold water, “Hey, wake up! Although LiLi didn’t participate in all of them, don’t forget that he has the crazy Admiral Wen with him! He submitted a copy of every crop. Although the quality isn’t as good as LiLi, the quantity is still very advantageous. If you look at the statistics as to who will get the honor, he’s only one or two less than LiLi in the top 100 of the whole game!”

The crowd of players calmed down, “Well, that seems to be right. What are we so happy about?”

So, these people stopped advocating and began to treat the next three hours of the competition with normal hearts. They even quietly bet on whether the piggy submitted by Wen XingYao would be the fattest piggy in the entire game.

“Guys, I went to the Admiral’s house for you, and his yard…How can I put it? It has expanded to the point where you can’t see the end of it! Without transportation, it would take about 20 minutes to walk from the fence gate to the entrance of the house. If he decorates the yard properly, it will probably be comparable to the Village Chief’s large garden~”

“Hiss! I’m sure he’s a man who’s determined to reclaim the most land. He’s rich, willful, and he’s a man of action!”

“Now that the land is open and the biggest potatoes have been planted, the last step is the fattest pig. If I had known that it would only take three simple steps to marry LiLi, I would have been on it!”

“What are you dreaming about in broad daylight? Putting aside the rest, first of all, you have to be rich. Second, you have to be rich. Finally, you still have to have money! You think it’s easy to do these three points? In my eyes, they are all fed with piles of money!”

“Okay, okay. Stop arguing. It’s almost 21:00 and the results will be revealed soon.”

At around 20:50, the players who had been wandering around outside the village returned to the village’s central plaza one after another.

At this time the square was brightly lit, and not far from the fountain a huge bonfire had been set up. To the left of the bonfire was neatly placed a large number of fireworks. Also on the left was the show of the players’ love of business stalls as they spontaneously formed a food court. As the cool evening breeze blew, the aroma spread out, and hooked players greedily went all out.

When the Village Chief started to announce the ranking of the biggest and heaviest chickens in the village, players had a handful of kebabs or an iced drink. There were not many types of livestock, and after the village player’s vote, the public awards were given to the level 5 chickens, as well as the larger pigs and cows.

This time, there was a different kind of commotion at the award ceremony compared to the previous three. Unlike the crops, fruits and fish which didn’t move much when they were displayed, the livestock, right, was really overly lively.

The first three little chicken keepers were forced to hold firmly to the fat bodies of the big hens that belonged to them, and had to keep saying threatening words in order to prevent them from moving around.

“Put away your wings! You can’t fly anyway! What good is fluttering doing you? Move around any more and I will stew you into chicken soup to drink!”

“Don’t run! Don’t run! Your chicken claws don’t want it, right? I’ve been craving lemon boneless chicken claws for a while, and I don’t know if the chicken without claws can still survive properly.”

“Oh, you are really a fat chicken, a fighting chicken. Why do you keep clucking? It’s not helping…Oh, today’s eggs have just been laid…” Skilled Target, the number one chicken farmer in Mushroom Village, was dumbfounded as he held a hot egg in his hand.

Onlookers were also dumbfounded, and said things like, “My friends and I are stunned,” “Holy crap, that’s even possible,” “Those eggs are so big. They look so complementary,” “How come the first place chicken laid a normal egg? It should have been a golden egg,” and so on. Still, they didn’t forget to take a screenshot, and it was one of the famous scenes of the Harvest Festival!

The awards were given at a rate of about 20 minutes a round. The Village Chief was about to announce the top three pig weights when the players stopped him and asked if he could announce the cows first. This wasn’t impossible. There was only a 20-minute difference with that switch, so the Village Chief readily agreed to announce the top three cattle weights first.

In just under a minute, Wen XingYao’s mood became like a ride on the most terrifying roller coaster. Originally he thought he would be immediately faced with a choice of fate, and then he was informed that fate would arrive 20 minutes late.

This kind of soreness, no one else could feel.

At that point, he heard his name and Bai Li’s name from the mouth of the Village Chief. With a difference of 1.2 pounds, Bai Li’s name came in front of his. Dazed, Wen XingYao went up to the stage to receive his award, and only after being reminded by others, he took out a handful of grass and fed it to the obviously anxious bull. Then Wen XingYao was able to calm down.

After he calmed down, he glanced at Bai Li next to him and found that the other was also looking at him. He quietly winked at him twice, the corners of his mouth curled up in a good mood. Bai Li asked silently, as he mouthed the words, “Are you nervous?” 

He wasn’t referring to this award, but the one to be announced later. After all, he had beaten him in the cattle breeding project, but it wasn’t guaranteed that the pigs would also weigh a pound more than his little one.

Wen XingYao shook his head hard and slowly. Nervous and afraid, but I’m not going to say it.

The moves between the two of them were seen by everyone. The female players excitedly covered their mouths and whispered frantically about something. Male players, guided by Mo Song, ran to open up the betting board.

The bet was on whether the pig raised by Wen XingYao could become the number one in the whole game or not.

Finally, the last item came. The Village Chief’s demeanor was also visibly relaxed and full of the joy of his upcoming work. It wasn’t at all obvious that what he was going to announce was very important to some people.

“Okay, okay, everyone can quiet down. Now, we will announce the last public announcement of this Harvest Festival villager’s top three list. The top three village people for the weight of their village pig are: Li Bai, Demon Xing and Gray Scales! It’s a little bit unfortunate that Demon Xing’s pig lost to Li Bai by only 0.1 pounds, but these two are still the two heaviest pigs submitted by all village people in the game, so let’s congratulate these three village people!”

When the results were announced, the plaza was silent. No one expected that the final result would be so dramatic. With a difference of 0.1 pounds, Wen XingYao, Admiral Wen, lost his dream.

They reacted by searching for Bai Li and Wen XingYao, the two figures in the crowd, and sure enough, they saw the latter’s face had become momentarily pale, followed by the spread of bewilderment and anxiousness.

After a period of farming and the game of various musical instruments, the heart of the raging male and female players had become soft. This time how could they not help but sympathize with the unlucky Admiral Wen. How come was he only short by 0.1 pounds? If the pig had been submitted after feeding on a meal, the results would be completely different.

After missing on this try, the Admiral didn’t know when he would succeed in his proposal again.

Bai Li was also surprised by the result, which was followed by a headache. 0.1 pounds…This was a little bit difficult, ah.

On the contrary, for Wen XingYao, although it was a little difficult to accept at first, after a short period of loss and sadness, he was the fastest to recover. He gently breathed out, took Bai Li’s hand, gave him a reassuring look, and said with a smile, “It’s okay. I can find another suitable opportunity to propose to you.”

Bai Li was all question marks. He opened his mouth to say something, but was interrupted by a sudden shout from not far away.

“Wtf! When did this pig run up to me? Ah, ah, ah, ah! You do not come over, ah! I have no past grievances with you recently, no hatred! It’s something about your master! Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah! You, you, you want to eat the bombing squid in my hand? If you say so, here you go, take it all! Eat it, then hurry up and leave my side! It’s too oppressive, oooooh!” The player cried and cried and offered a complete string of deep sea big squid to the big fat pig who had suddenly rushed up.

Fresh from the frying pan, with a crispy veneer hanging from the tops, it bit down and there was a soft crunching sound together with a rich aroma. The big fat pig who had been hungry for five or six hours ate with relish and didn’t want to lift its head for a while.

It took about four or five seconds before someone asked a weak question, “That…Whose pig is this? Can we take it away first?”

“I think it’s Admiral’s!” Another person excitedly shouted. “Such a big bunch of squid! It should be more than 0.1 pounds, right? Village Chief, Village Chief, now this pig’s weight must have increased! Can you re-weigh it? Please, it’s good for our Admiral… Oh no, this is very important for Demon Xing!”

The Village Chief had a complicated look on his face, “That’s…There’s no precedent for this…”

Who would have thought that the entry items would be cooked on site for sale as a way to increase their owners’ gold stores? The players woke up from the dream and chose to rush straight to champion for the sake of Admiral and LiLi’s happiness! So all sorts of persuasion went on.

“Rules are meant to be broken! If you haven’t had one before, you can have one today! And the Harvest Festival isn’t completely over. It’s reasonable to say that the competition should take the peak weight of the entries and re-measure the weight to be fairer ah ~”

“Dear Village Chief, you see how hard this piggy, in order to let their master win, actually made such a surprising behavior! In our old home, such a smart piggy should be sent to school!”

“No precedent has been set because no piggy or other animal has ever dried rice on the spot before. This is not something we forced it to do, everything was its initiative! Besides, the award has not been officially given yet. It’s just a matter of switching the first and second place. It should still be very easy!”

The players, while they desperately tried to persuade the difficult Village Chief, also threw apologetic looks towards Bai Li. Oooooh, sorry LiLi, it’s just that the Admiral’s expression killed us. We want to work for your happiness again!

In the end, the Village Chief was bowled over by the players’ insistence and opened a full-service poll with Bai Li’s tearful acquiescence. At that time, the other villages’ players, either through the game live broadcast, or through the forum, had built up a tall building and learned of this scene that was more dramatic than a drama. They saw Admiral Wen and the dry rice piggy shedding tears of emotion, and chose the “agree to re-measure weight” option.

The result was obvious. The piggy who ate a whole bunch of big squid gained 0.7 weight from its original weight and successfully surpassed Bai Li’s piggy, then stood the fattest position in the whole game. Thus, Wen XingYao successfully reached his goal with a dumbfounded expression, and in a way that would never be forgotten.

The players had all the produce they had submitted returned to them after the competition, so Wen XingYao looked at his “life-saving” pig with a fond eye and put it back into his backpack temporarily, and decided to keep it in the future.

It was half a matchmaker anyway…No, it’s the matchmaker.

The award ceremony ended there, and the remaining two hours were left for everyone to party.

Wen XingYao and Bai Li quietly walked away, but the players were captured by the sudden super high flames in the bonfire and let out excited cheers. The Village Chief also gave them a special reminder. Regarding the fireworks, the village people could take as many as they wanted since there was be a special person (system) to replenish them. That way, the players could enjoy the last two hours of the Harvest Festival.

By the time Bai Li and Wen XingYao returned to their yard and climbed to the top of their house, which by now had been upgraded several times and boasted a superb terrace, bright golden light burst through the night, and lit up the starry sky along with other smaller fireworks.

Wen XingYao took Bai Li by the shoulders and let him lean against him as they quietly admired the fireworks for a while. “Bai Li,” Wen XingYao murmured softly. “I’ve accomplished three of my goals now. Would you like to help me with the last one?”

“What’s the last one?” Bai Li asked knowingly.

“To marry the most lovely you.” Wen XingYao looked him in the eyes and said seriously.

Bai Li smiled and met his eyes. This time, instead of running away like before, he gave his answer, “Of course, I do.”

Almost at the moment Bai Li agreed, Wen XingYao’s lips and tongue were eager to cover his.

With a bang, another bunch of silver fireworks rose from the ground and blossomed silver flowers in the night sky. In the corner where others could not see, two overlapping figures disappeared from the game world in a hurry.