Two hours later.
Fifth Sister Shi Yuying said to Lao Liu Shi Lin with some fatigue:
"Lao Liu, how about we go back first? We don't have any more bags to put things in even if we keep digging. Jin Yi (Golden-ringed Hornet) hasn't found anything else, so let's come back next time to dig."
The hornet Jin Yi (Golden-ringed Hornet) was like a beehive detector, leading the two of them to continuously dig up 4 beehives in two hours!
Adding the two they dug up at the beginning, they have now dug up 6 beehives, and the three bags they brought are almost full.
Although each bag can still hold a little more, it's not easy to carry too much!
The two of them had been digging beehives for over three hours straight, consuming a lot of physical strength, and were both a bit tired.
"Okay, I'll finish the last bit of work, and then we'll go back."
Shi Lin nodded, agreeing to Fifth Sister's suggestion.
After re-covering the sixth beehive they had just finished digging, as expected, the system prompted again.
【Ding! Congratulations to the host for digging up a beehive, obtaining 3 beast servant points.】
This was the sixth time such a system prompt had appeared, and Shi Lin was not surprised at all.
This kind of prompt appears once after each beehive is dug up.
Open the system panel.
【beast servant points: 22】
【Beast Servant: Jin Yi (Golden-ringed Hornet)】
Seeing the number 22 behind the beast servant points column, Shi Lin smiled.
Not bad, it's increasing quite quickly.
In the few hours they had been out, his beast servant points had increased from the original 12 to the current 22, a gain of 10 points.
He found that the system would reward beast servant points every time a beehive was dug up,
but the beast servant points given by the system had no pattern; similar beehives sometimes gave two points, sometimes one point, and sometimes three points.
At the same time, he also discovered another function of the beast servant Jin Yi (Golden-ringed Hornet): finding bees!
He didn't know if all hornets were particularly good at finding bees, or if Jin Yi (Golden-ringed Hornet) was unique, but it was super good at finding bees.
Whether a beehive was hidden in the ground, in a tree hollow, or in a pile of dead grass, it could not escape Jin Yi (Golden-ringed Hornet)'s sharp eyes!
Just after leading Shi Lin to finish digging the sixth beehive, Jin Yi (Golden-ringed Hornet) transmitted an excited emotional fluctuation again, wanting to lead them to dig up the next one.
"......Never mind, Jin Yi (Golden-ringed Hornet), let's stop here for today. We don't have any bags to hold the honeycomb, so let's bring a few more bags next time and then we'll come back to dig."
Shi Lin smiled wryly as he comforted Jin Yi (Golden-ringed Hornet), and at the same time, he reached into a bag and grabbed a bee to feed it as a reward.
However, as he held the bee in his hand, a system prompt popped up in front of him again.
【Contracting a worker bee requires consuming 1 beast servant point. Do you want to contract?】
Ah?
Shi Lin's hand, which was about to feed the bee to Jin Yi (Golden-ringed Hornet), stopped abruptly.
Does this system have special care for bees? Why was the first contract prompt for a hornet, and the second for a bee?
This system isn't trying to make him a beekeeping expert, is it?
Shi Lin did not contract directly, holding the bee in his hand, and reached into the bag again to grab another bee.
【Contracting a worker bee requires consuming 1 beast servant point. Do you want to contract?】
The system prompt appeared again, clearly corresponding to the bee he had just grabbed.
Shi Lin frowned, still not contracting, and held this one in his hand without letting go, continuing to grab in the bag.
Oh, he quickly discovered a pattern: every time he held a bee, the system would prompt whether to contract it.
Ah, this......
Shi Lin suddenly felt that he might have misunderstood.
The system didn't have a special preference for bees; instead, the condition for the system's contract might be that the object to be contracted must be held in his hand!
Before, when he contracted Jin Yi (Golden-ringed Hornet), the system prompt also appeared when Jin Yi (Golden-ringed Hornet) was held in his hand.
Previously, he thought that when a suitable contract object (child of destiny) appeared, the system would automatically prompt him.
Now it seems that's not the case.
If that's the case, then he needs to reconsider the next contract object.
"What's wrong? Is there anything else?" Fifth Sister Shi Yuying asked when she saw him standing still.
"No, nothing. Let's go, we'll go back first. I'll carry these three bags, you take the sickle and hoe."
Saying that, Shi Lin waved to Jin Yi (Golden-ringed Hornet), preparing to carry the three bags on his shoulders and go down the mountain.
However, as soon as he exerted force, he discovered a serious problem: these three bags were very heavy!
He had to struggle to carry all three bags at once. If it were only dozens of meters or a hundred meters, he could grit his teeth and persevere.
But if he had to carry these three bags and walk down the mountain for half an hour... he couldn't do it!
The three bags, each containing thirty to forty jin of honeycomb, added up to over a hundred jin. Carrying this weight down the mountain was truly difficult for him, who had basically never done physical labor.
At this moment, Shi Lin was thinking, it would be great if he could contract a large beast servant.
With a large beast servant, why would he be so troubled?
At the same time, he also secretly decided to step up his physical training starting tomorrow.
Although he was 21 years old and very young, he had basically never done physical labor, didn't have much strength, and his endurance was insufficient.
"Give me two. It's normal that you can't carry them since you haven't done physical labor. I'll carry two, and you take the tools and carry one."
Shi Yuying saw Shi Lin's predicament, put down her tools, and came over to help.
If this situation happened normally, her Fifth Sister might have mocked him a bit, but today Shi Lin's performance satisfied her, so she spared the mockery.
"......Fifth Sister, you carry one and take the tools. I can't carry three for too long, but I should be able to carry two."
Shi Lin thought for a moment and gave one bag to his Fifth Sister to carry.
Seeing him insist, Shi Yuying didn't say much, put on a bag, took the tools, and walked ahead easily and casually.
And Shi Lin... even carrying two bags, after walking for a while, he still felt a bit difficult.
After all, the two together weighed seventy to eighty jin, which was really tough for his body that had never done physical labor since childhood.
Especially on the section of the road less than a kilometer from his home, he almost rested every fifty meters.
Seeing him determined to grit his teeth and persevere, Shi Yuying wasn't in a hurry and just walked slowly with him.
Today's Shi Lin truly surprised her again and again. If his appearance hadn't changed, she would have almost thought he was a different person.
Her lazy younger brother, who only knew how to eat, today showed unprecedented tenacity, diligence, and effort...
Seeing Shi Lin carrying two bags of honeycomb, dripping with sweat, Shi Yuying thought to herself:
'If he can keep this up, he might even be worthy of an educated girl from the city, but I wonder how long you can last?'