Phi-Fic Chapter 17 Planting Area
Chapter 17 Planting Area
About 20 minutes later, Xia Shiyu arrived at the planting area.
After getting off the train, she watched as the other people from the Corn Kingdom walked forward together. After taking a few steps, she was stopped.
"Hello, you are not an employee of our planting area. If you are here for a visit, please use that passage." The little man in front of her said.
Xia Shiyu then understood. After thinking for a moment, she decided to go and take a look at the visitor area first.
However, after finding the visitor area, she discovered that admission wasn't free; she needed to pay two corn coins.
With no other options, Xia Shiyu could only hand over two corn coins. She felt a sense of crisis; although she was only staying there for 15 hours, she couldn't move an inch without money.
Looks like I need to find a way to make money.
With that thought in mind, she followed the crowd into the visitor area.
Once inside, she discovered that the main exhibits were various mature corn plants.
Moreover, the corn here comes in all shapes and sizes. Some are short plants that don't even reach her thigh, while others are the same size as those in the real world, and still others are as tall as a house. She even heard the guide next to her say that the tallest corn in the planting area is as tall as the corn on the city wall, but those are special varieties and not on display.
Of course, there are many strange kinds of corn, not only in different colors, but also in some special functions. For example, the corn that can be used to make water in the bathroom is a kind of corn with an extremely high water content. People can choose to use it as a water bottle when they go out, or they can use it directly for domestic water use, but the domestic water is generally of a lower grade.
There is also a type of corn specifically used as a building material. Its kernels are very hard and resistant to pests and diseases, and it also has good waterproof and fireproof properties. It is mostly used as a building material for houses and city walls.
In addition, there are many unusual types of corn here, including corn that can fly, corn that can produce corn oil directly, and corn with a good taste.
This is a kingdom that has taken corn to its extreme.
After seeing everything, Xia Shiyu felt like Grandma Liu visiting the Grand View Garden, finding everything fascinating, including food tastings and interactive activities.
However, trial activities are usually only for children, so Xia Shiyu went to participate in the tasting activity.
Samples were placed next to the cornfield, and an employee was actively preparing them.
There weren't many samples; most were small boxes containing a few corn kernels. Xia Shiyu went up and tried one, and it tasted really good.
There's the sweet creamy corn; when you eat it, you can feel the cream bursting on your lips and teeth—sweet but not cloying, it feels perfect for making cakes. The fruit corn is juicy, with a flavor that blends perfectly with the corn itself, making it taste like a corn-flavored apple.
There's also popcorn corn, which can be eaten the moment it's picked, requiring no excessive processing and is very delicious.
Xia Shiyu also tried the large portion of corn, which was picked from corn cobs that were as tall as houses. Each kernel was as big as a palm. Xia Shiyu took a bite and found that it tasted like a pancake, but it was quite good.
Xia Shiyu was satisfied with everything he saw during the tour; any one of the corn varieties here would be a game-changer in the real world.
After wandering around for more than an hour, Xia Shiyu had a general idea of what was going on here. With only about 12 hours left, she went directly to the staff to ask if there was any way to buy the seeds.
The staff were not surprised by her inquiry, but told her that corn seeds could not be purchased at will. They were usually managed and distributed to residents by the central authorities. It was not that outsiders like her could not buy them, but they had to go to the city hall, and the price was not cheap.
Xia Shiyu hesitated. She didn't have much money on her, so she had to find a job. Besides, she had seen the city hall earlier, which was quite far from here, and she felt it would be a waste of time to waste it.
"Is there no other way?" Xia Shiyu asked, unwilling to give up.
The staff seemed to sense her embarrassment and offered another solution.
"Yes, you can also choose to work in our planting area. You will receive payment and can also purchase seeds at a discounted internal price."
Upon hearing the proposal, Xia Shiyu nodded eagerly, "Okay, then I'll choose this method. Thank you."
"No trouble at all." Mi Wuwu shook his head and led her to the work area.
Xia Shiyu followed Mi Wuwu forward until they entered a building. She went through the building and arrived at an office.
Mi Wuwu said to her, "There will be someone to take care of you once you go inside."
"Okay, thank you." Xia Shiyu thanked her politely and then knocked on the door to go inside.
Upon entering, one sees a small figure sitting at a desk, who smiles upon seeing Xia Shiyu enter.
"You're here to do some work, right? Please have a seat."
Xia Shiyu sat down and saw the nameplate on the table that read "Mi Liuliu," so that must be the name of this little guy.
Mi Liuliu spoke, her small hand picking up a corn-shaped pen to take notes, "Do you want to do the collection work, the recording, or the research work? Recording requires at least a month of work time, while research requires you to publish some thoughts and achievements on recent special corn species."
Xia Shiyu was stunned after hearing this. The job search was quite rigorous. However, she couldn't stay as a recorder for that long, and scientific research was even more impossible. She didn't understand the corn here at all, let alone produce any results.
So she made a decisive choice: "I'll go do the data collection work. Can I only work for a few hours?"
Mi Liuli carefully noted down her needs and then asked, "Which area do you want to go to? We mainly handle small and medium-sized cornfields here, so I suggest you go to the medium-sized one."
Xia Shiyu thought about it and decided that the small corn would be the kind of corn she had seen before that was less than a meter long, while the medium-sized corn would be similar to the ones in real life. She was quite satisfied with that.
So she readily agreed, "Okay, I'll go here."
“Okay, here it’s 25 corn coins per hour. I heard you’re here to buy seeds, so you can get a 8% discount from our internal price.”
"Okay, thank you so much." Xia Shiyu was a little excited.
"Alright, come with me to the collection area." Mi Liuli registered the information and left the office with Xia Shiyu.