Just looking at it brought a sense of peace and accomplishment.
With the soil turned, it was time to sow the seeds.
Kim Haru had just placed the first seed in the center of one plot when he suddenly froze.
He remembered something from the gaming section of that small streaming site he'd scrolled through in the past.
One of the content creators who played farming games mentioned doing something before planting seeds...
Oh right, fertilizing!
Kim Haru quickly opened the system panel and flipped through the options, searching for anything that looked like fertilizer.
But no matter how hard he looked, there was nothing resembling it.
Could it be...
He had to produce it himself?
Wait—didn't people say that, well, human waste could be used as fertilizer?
Kim Haru stared at the thirty perfectly dug holes in front of him, his face instantly turning green.
Right now, he really wants to curse out loud!
Kim Haru's mind was overflowing with frustration, and he didn't even know where to begin venting.
Do he have to do this right now?
Just... do it directly into the thirty holes?
And evenly distribute it across each one?
He could already picture it in his mind.
Bent over, squatting awkwardly, dropping a bit into one hole, then quickly moving to the next, dropping some more, and if it wasn't evenly spread out, he'd have to scoop it up and redistribute... Ugh!
Even if he somehow went through with this, could he ever bring himself to eat the cabbage or potatoes that grew from this?
And what about the fact that there were thirty holes now?
How could he even produce enough... fertilizer... for that?
Even if he somehow managed to get enough for thirty holes this time, what about fifty or a hundred holes in the future?
An entire field?
This was not something he could handle.
Kim Haru quickly shook his head forcefully, as if trying to throw the disturbing images from his mind.
Never mind, he'll just plant them as they are.
If they grow slowly without fertilizer, so be it.
The thirty seeds were soon nestled into their respective holes, and Kim Haru covered them up.
He grabbed his watering can, ready to pour water over them.
[ Ding! The watering can is empty. ]
Water didn't flow out of the watering can, and at the same time, the system popped up with a notification.
Kim Haru froze for a moment.
He had thought the watering can would be automated, like the hoe, refilling and pouring water by itself.
It turns out he had to do it manually.
The pond was conveniently nearby, so with just a couple of steps, Kim Haru was able to dip the watering can into the pond and fill it up.
The watering can quickly filled, and Kim Haru began watering the plants.
When it came to how much water each plant needed, Kim Haru had no idea.
Luckily, after watering two of the plots, he noticed that no matter how much water he poured, the soil always stayed in the perfect condition.