There was a small water vat placed in the ground. Their family used it to store water they carried from the river. Even if they didn’t have the time to transport water, they still have a water reserve.

Currently, it was still half-full. Since they were going to use the water, anyway, they didn’t pour the water on the wooden buckets to the water vat. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

"Water!" Xiao Qingya slowly walked toward the water on the ground, taking a quick sneak at her older siblings.

"Little Ya, wash it like this." Xiao Yuyan already appeared beside her, nearly making her little heart jump out of her chest.

She took a deep breath. Trying to sneakily put something in the water put her heart in unease. There was this feeling of guilt, as if she was doing something bad.

"Wash it until all the dirt is gone," Xiao Yuyan’s soft voice snapped her back to her senses.

She slowly nodded, as though she wasn’t dozing off a moment ago. Raising her head, she told her second sister in her childish voice. "I can do it... myself."

Xiao Yuyan smiled. "Little Ya is so smart. Sister believes in you."

She pointed to the spot beside Xiao Fenghao, who didn’t seem to mind dirt sticking to his hands and feet at all. "I will sit beside our Second Brother. Let Sister check how well Little Ya washed her hands later."

Xiao Qingya was surprised. Her heart was a little puzzled. She was trying to find a way to drive her sister away for a few minutes, and unexpectedly, Xiao Yuyan already did it herself before she could even think of a way.

It was as if her sister could read her mind!

Xiao Yuyan coughed softly, and she hurriedly stood up, walking toward Xiao Fenghao with brisk steps.

As soon as she left, the little one focused her attention on the five wooden buckets in front of her. One of them had become muddy since Xiao Yuyan used it to wash her hands earlier.

She tried to cover what she was doing with her small figure, her back facing her two older siblings.

The System began to talk in her mind.

[One spoonful of pesticide per water bucket. You can use the bottle cap for this, Host.]

As soon as she heard that, Xiao Qingya snorted. [System, it’s so easy. Don’t treat me like a one-year-old. You made me worried when you say I have to put the correct amount or it won’t work.]

System: ...

Yeah, whatever you say, Host!

[Remember you have to put the pesticide on the new wooden buckets from your mother and eldest sister too, or the pesticide won’t be spread evenly to every crop in the fields.]

She scrunched her little nose, sighing slightly. Her baby life is so difficult! She lamented in her mind.

Although her figure was small, she was quick in giving each wooden bucket a capful of pesticide liquid. She stirred the pesticide into the water, playing with it the way a mischievous baby would.

She smacked on the water surface then stirred it, and some water splashed into her clothes and the surroundings. The water in the wooden bucket had become all muddy.

The System had made sure that the pesticide was harmless for humans before letting her do such a thing.

It was unknown where this type of pesticide had come from. The System guessed that it was from some kind of cultivation world, so its efficiency was more or less guaranteed.

"Look who has gotten all wet." Xiao Yuyan was about to pick her up from the ground, but Xiao Fenghao beat her into it.

She glanced resentfully at her brother, who was grinning widely. Xiao Fenghao hadn’t washed his hands and feet yet, so the mud from him smeared on to Xiao Qingya’s skin again.

Upon seeing this, Xiao Yuyan’s eyes flashed and she said nothing.

Their little sister could use the same excuse to play with the water in the wooden buckets from their mother and second sister later.

The three siblings didn’t wait long for the rest of their family members to appear. Zhou Anran and Xiao Yuxi brought four wooden buckets each.

Xiao Fenghao, who was in the fields uprooting some wild grass, jumped to the field path. He walked over and helped them to place the wooden bucket filled with water into the ground.

[System, help me calculate it. Is it enough if I put more pesticide liquid into the eight wooden buckets?]

The System immediately scanned the pesticide bottle and made an estimation.

[It should be more than enough, Host. However, to be able to completely water the field of the nearly mature grain heads, your family needs to bring eight more wooden buckets of water and spread the water evenly.]

Normally, such a small amount of water wouldn’t be enough, but fortunately, they were using the water sparingly. The System guessed they came to the fields only because of Xiao Qingya’s request.

The pesticide’s effect would spread on its own within certain range once it touched the soil.

[But don’t worry about it. The pesticide will still be enough. You will also even have some pesticide liquid left. Use it to water the other fifteen mu of young rice plants. Even a little is enough to ward off some small pests.]

It proceeded to tell Xiao Qingya about the formula for the young rice plants. A quarter of the amount she used on the nearly-mature grain heads. She decided to just use the water in the water vat later.

Xiao Qingya listened attentively, and so did her family members. Once the System was done talking, she picked up Xiao Qingya and let her wash on the clean water they just brought.

"I wash myself!" She told her mother, shaking her little head fiercely.

Xiao Yuyan helped her little sister, giggling. "Little Ya can wash herself clean now, Mother."

Xiao Qingya nodded seriously, her eyes sparkling.

"Alright, alright, I won’t disturb you." Zhou Anran pretended to be helpless.

Earlier, Xiao Fenghao had explained what Xiao Qingya had done, so she was aware of the little one’s scheme.

While Xiao Yuyan was uprooting the grass near Xiao Qingya while keeping an eye on her, others had jumped to the field and uprooted the other grass growing there.

Soon, Xiao Qingya finished and joined her second sister, getting dirty again.

When Zhou Anran and Xiao Fenghao returned from the river, she made all the water muddy again.

As she was pondering about life, all of a sudden, she heard a familiar notice again.

[Mission Triggered!]