After leaving the village, Lilian's expression returned to her usual soft and adorable demeanor.
Seeing her like this, Lin Fan couldn't help but laugh helplessly.
"You really only behave properly in front of strangers, huh?"
"Of course. Some things are meant only for Master to see," Lilian replied sweetly, her golden twin braids swinging cutely.
Hearing this, Lin Fan's face turned slightly red.
Should he tell Lilian that in his world, such words would be considered flirting?
Watching Lilian bouncing around cheerfully, Lin Fan smiled wryly.
"Let's find a spot close to water. Let's go." Lin Fan pushed those thoughts aside and led Lilian in the direction they had come from.
Not far from the village, they found a small water source, surrounded by a grove of oak trees.
"Plains, forest, and water—all here," Lin Fan said, satisfied as he surveyed the area. He decided this would be the spot to settle down, at least temporarily.
He wasn't planning to build a house just yet—he and Lilian just needed a temporary place to live.
He chose not to stay in the village because he had many things to do. He disliked being surrounded by people and preferred avoiding unnecessary entanglements.
After deciding on the location, Lin Fan took out a stone shovel and dug a 1x2 hole in the ground, then continued digging downward.
"Master, what are you doing?" Lilian asked curiously.
"Building a house," Lin Fan replied without looking back.
After digging down from the 1x2 hole, he began expanding horizontally.
"Why are you digging underground to build a house?"
"Because in our world, lots of people come to places like this. If we live above ground, our things might get stolen. So we live underground," Lin Fan explained.
Lilian frowned slightly.
"If anyone dares to take anything, I'll kill them."
"Alright, alright, but don't go around talking about killing all the time. Come help me out," Lin Fan said with a smile.
Together, Lin Fan and Lilian excavated a 12x12x4 space beneath the dirt layer. It wasn't a huge space, but it was more than enough for the two of them to live in.
If they needed more room in the future, they could always expand outward.
Once the size was determined, Lin Fan removed the top layer of dirt and replaced it with cobblestone.
This was a habit he'd developed from playing Minecraft in his previous life—everything had to look neat and tidy.
He couldn't stand the thought of having dirt on one layer and stone on another—it just looked messy.
After finishing the living space, Lin Fan placed a furnace and crafting table from his backpack into a corner.
He then took some oak planks out of his backpack and crafted them into sticks.
Arranging the sticks in an "H" shape, he made a ladder.
With the ladder ready, Lin Fan placed it on the wall near the entrance, allowing them to climb in and out of the room.
He also reduced the 1x2 entrance to a 1x1 opening.
With the ladder in place, the next thing they needed was a door.
Since their house wasn't on the surface, a regular wooden door wouldn't work.
For this kind of house, only trapdoors could be used.
Trapdoors were easy to make—Lin Fan took six oak planks from his backpack and crafted them into trapdoors.
Unlike regular wooden doors, which take up two blocks, trapdoors only take up one.
The size of their entrance was just right for a trapdoor.
Lin Fan installed the trapdoor at the entrance and climbed out of the house.
With their nighttime shelter sorted, it was time to address the food situation.
Because he didn't have any iron ore, Lin Fan couldn't craft an iron bucket.
Without a bucket, he couldn't freely choose a spot for farming.
So, he had no choice but to plant crops near the riverbank.
Lin Fan took out a stone hoe from his backpack and tilled the soil around the edge of the water.
He then planted five potatoes and five carrots in the tilled farmland.
The remaining five potatoes and five carrots were reserved for dinner, especially since he had been working all day and had already lost three hunger points.
Lin Fan ate a piece of rotten flesh to stave off hunger and handed the five carrots to Lilian.
"Have some carrots for now. I'll roast the potatoes later for your dinner," he said.
"Okay." Lilian nodded obediently, taking the carrots and munching on them.
Although Lin Fan was tempted to taste the carrots himself, he knew the crops in the field would take time to grow. To ensure Lilian wouldn't go hungry, he decided to temporarily rely on rotten flesh for sustenance.
In reality, normal people didn't require such a large amount of food.
For those who came to this world, if they didn't move much, they would lose only four or five hunger points a day. Cutting down a few trees and eating a couple of apples would be enough to fill their hunger bar.
At night, when staying in a confined space without walking around, hunger points would drop even less—just one or two bars the entire night.
So, food wasn't a significant concern for most people.
However, for someone like Lin Fan, who worked continuously throughout the day, he might need over 30 baked potatoes just to stay full.
For now, he would have to settle for rotten flesh to keep himself going.
After planting the crops, Lin Fan decided to collect seeds from the surrounding area.
The grassy terrain was covered with weeds, which could be broken by hand to occasionally drop wheat seeds.
Wheat seeds could be planted to grow wheat, which could then be crafted into bread—a common food source in Minecraft.
After breaking grass for half the day, Lin Fan managed to gather just 15 seeds. Meanwhile, his hunger bar dropped by another two points.
He sighed in frustration but planted all 15 seeds in the farmland by the river.
After finishing all this, Lin Fan finally took a deep breath.
"Let's go back," he said, patting Lilian, who was still munching on a carrot nearby.
Lilian glanced at the newly planted crops.
"This is practically half of our total assets. Aren't you worried someone might steal it?"
"This spot is pretty secluded; I doubt anyone will come here," Lin Fan replied wearily.
"And even if someone does steal it, we can't just sit here guarding the crops, right?"
Lilian finished the carrot in her hand and thought about it.
Lin Fan indeed had a lot of things to do, and she also needed to help him out.
Even if someone did steal their crops, they couldn't afford to waste time standing guard.
Besides, the crops wouldn't grow overnight. Staying here to guard them would be a complete waste of labor.
Realizing this, Lilian stopped worrying and followed Lin Fan back home.
Once they returned to their underground house, Lin Fan tossed some oak logs into the furnace and produced 12 charcoal.
He placed five pieces of charcoal at the bottom of the furnace and then put the potatoes inside to roast.
The hunger points restored by raw potatoes and baked potatoes were vastly different.
Raw potatoes only restored one hunger point, while baked potatoes restored three. To maximize efficiency, roasting potatoes was a must.
After setting the potatoes to cook, Lin Fan started digging a mining tunnel in the corner of their house.
He had been in this world for a while now but hadn't gone mining yet.
It was finally time to head underground and start gathering resources!
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