Webnovel Author In The Apocalypse World

Chapter 124 Farming Boundaries

Go Okrim had always been someone who acted on impulse, and now, driven by his feelings, he hugged Kim Haru without thinking.

Having said what he wanted, Go Okrim didn't wait for Kim Haru's response. He letting go his hand and bounced toward his cabin with a cheerful shout: "Kim Haru-hyung, I can't wait to see what my cabin looks like!"

It was clear he had made up his mind, with or without Kim Haru's consent.

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Kim Haru shrugged his shoulder and followed him to the employee cabin.

He figured it didn't matter how Go Okrim addressed him; as long as he didn't betray him, there wasn't much difference between for him.

…Or so he thought.

That very night, Kim Haru regretted how slow he had been to respond—now he was officially Go Okrim's "Hyung." And who could've guessed how clingy he'd be with a big brother? He refused to sit across from him during meals and insisting on squeezing right next to him, even when it meant their arms were pressed so close that it was hard to move.

While cleaning up the cabin's dust from the past few days when he's away, Go Okrim always stayed nearby, poking his head over now and then to ask, "Kim Haru-hyung, what are you doing?" And if Kim Haru hadn't put his foot down, this guy would probably even insist on joining him for a bath!

"Brothers should be honest with each other," he'd say.

"Like hell I'm getting honest with you."

In the end, Kim Haru had to threaten to "disown this little brother" before Go Okrim finally quieted down.

But the very next morning, at the crack of dawn, a loud knocking echoed from Kim Haru's cabin door.

"What now!" Kim asked, exasperated, realizing that the knocking wasn't going to stop unless he answered.

Go Okrim's energetic voice called out, "Kim Haru-hyung, it's seven o'clock! It's time to get up! Shouldn't we let the two chickens out? And what should we feed them? Should I chop up those leaves over there? The soil isn't very moist—should I water it now?

Also, what are we having for breakfast? Let me come in and make breakfast for you, Kim Haru-hyung!"

Kim Haru: "…"

It's only seven!

To thinking that today Little Nugget and Sir Peckington didn't disturb his sleep, only for someone else to wake him up instead. Was he fated never to sleep in, no matter where he went? How was he, a person who barely got out of bed before noon, supposed to survive like this?

Pulling the blanket over his head, Kim Haru resolved to pretend he hadn't heard anything.

Sleep—he would keep sleeping.

…

However, He couldn't fall back asleep.

Finally, Kim Haru sighed, dragging himself out of bed. After washing up and getting himself ready, he opened the door.

"First rule of the farm: don't wake the farm owner up from his sleep." Kim said with dark face. "Do you got it?"

Go Okrim: "…Oh, I got it."

This was an officially written rule, and since Go Okrim was now a farm employee, he wouldn't be able to break it.

Now that the farm had an extra person, Kim Haru's breakfast wouldn't be enough for them both, so he told Go Okrim to handle breakfast by himself in the kitchen while he tended to the vegetable plot outside.

They'd just arrived back yesterday evening and had only done some quick tidying—storing away the bamboo pipes for automatic watering and taking a brief look at the wheat's growth—before coming back to the cabin to rest. Now that the sky was bright, he could properly plan out the vegetable garden.

The system had already unlocked ten types of seeds in total. Millet, corn, wheat, sweet potatoes, potatoes, and rice could serve as staple foods, so their planting areas could be a bit larger. Aside from the potatoes that came in the beginner's gift pack, he figured the other crops would have longer growth cycles.

Only rapeseed and garlic had short maturity cycles, so they'd quickly help him meet the system's upgrade requirement of "ten mature plant types."

In fact, green onions and chives also had naturally short growth cycles, and with the system's enhancement, they would grow even faster, making them ideal for unlocking new levels. Unfortunately, he hadn't found any on this in the last outing.

Putting his regret aside, Kim Haru looked at the two small plots of land in front of his cabin that was fenced in by wooden railings, and sighed.

This little bit of land wasn't enough to grow so many things.

Kim Haru decided to replan the entire farm layout.

First, he removed the fence. Dismantling it's quiet simple—he simply just need to placed his hand on the fence and stored it in his system backpack. In a blink of eyes, the entire fence was safely stowed in a bag slot.

He didn't fully dismantle the fence that was surrounding the wheat field, though. He only took down the side near the cabin. After counting and repositioning the fence, he reduced the original 10-by-15 plot to a 10-by-10 area.

The ten wheat plants, which were growing taller every day, continued to thrive happily in this smaller plot, which he planned to turn into a sample field.

Without further delay, while Go Okrim was still busy tinkering in the kitchen, Kim Haru grabbed a hoe and started digging.

He had to get the seeds he'd gathered planted as soon as possible.

...

Wait, what is this?

As soon as the hoe struck the ground, Kim Haru immediately noticed that something felt off. Previously, thanks to the system's hoe enhancement, a single strike would create a perfectly shaped pit, with grass roots and small stones disappearing effortlessly.

But this time, he noticed that the hoe didn't dig through smoothly; it snagged on something.

Lifting the hoe, he saw a thick, grayish-brown root, about three fingers wide, in the pit.

Curious, he pulled out the root, finding it looked fresh, with a cross-section that didn't seem naturally broken and didn't look like it had been chopped by his hoe either.