"Brother, aren't we being a little too mean to the ox..."
At noon, Jun Mo woke from his cultivation meditation and went to the Mountain Peak, where he found his Big Cat waiting obediently.
Then he went with Ye Fei to the current worker settlement to check on Old Yellow Ox's plowing.
What they saw was actually quite good!
Black Lao Qi had tucked away the round ears on his head. The tall, burly man held the plow while Old Yellow Ox pulled it ahead of him, leaving overturned, fertile soil across the uncultivated land.
"Look how happy he is. We originally thought we were punishing him with work, but he came running over all cheerful and even taught Hei Mo how to use these tools. As for this tool, who knows when he crafted it? He'd been keeping it all this time, just waiting for a chance to use it..."
Ye Fei sat cross-legged on Big White's back with Two Little Foxes nestled in his arms. He tilted his head at Old Yellow Ox plowing the fields, then sighed and shook his head. He couldn't see how this counted as punishment at all.
Still, Old Yellow Ox being so diligent and hardworking was a good thing for them.
The Planting Workers, who stayed far away and dared not approach, had already noticed how convenient it was to plow with an ox. They were discussing making a farm tool in a couple of days to try it themselves.
Besides developing farming methods, there was also the land Old Yellow Ox had plowed. It all belonged to the workers' Planting Area, and as long as there were enough workers going forward, planting would take much less effort.
By that reckoning, there weren't quite enough workers, so he might as well buy