The morning light was faint.
A pale strip of fish-belly white appeared in the east.
The clamor of insects and frogs that had lasted all night receded like the tide.
With a creak, the door of the wooden house behind the Spirit Fields was pulled open.
Xu Changqing carried the Greenwood Water-Dividing Hoe on his right shoulder as he walked out step by step.
Wangwang curled up in its warm doghouse and tilted its head when it heard the movement.
Seeing that it was its master, it immediately crawled out of the doghouse.
Its tail wagged with all its might.
At the same time, it wriggled and stretched lazily.
Then it trotted after Xu Changqing with an especially fawning grin.
As for the Pearl Chicken, it was still curled up in its coop, sleeping soundly.
Ever since it had laid two eggs, it had been sleeping longer and longer.
Xu Changqing watched in surprise. "Wangwang is still growing because it hasn't reached adulthood, but why has this chicken gotten bigger too?"
Compared to when it had first arrived, its body had at least doubled in size.
It was an enormous lump.
Without its head showing, it practically looked like a football.
Though puzzled, Xu Changqing did not delay his daily work.
He took off his shoes and stepped into the Spirit Fields with the Greenwood Water-Dividing Hoe in his right hand.
Wherever water needed diverting, he immediately used the hoe to dig out a channel.
Wherever weeds grew, he swept them away with a wave of his hand.
After all, he had already been farming for three consecutive years.
His experience and techniques had therefore grown increasingly proficient.
Once the first step was done.
He began today's second step.
Xu Changqing put away the Greenwood Water-Dividing Hoe, then summoned the