The legend of the Crimson Demon clan started from Suqing

The corn harvest was quite good, with nearly 500 jin harvested per 100 square meters!

Seriously, that's already a lot.

Based on his twenty years of farming experience, the harvest in the Celestial Dynasty is about 6 tons per hectare. The small island nation of Nippon, with its poor and acidic soil, only yields a little more than half of that. Only the beautiful country, with its exaggeratedly fertile land, can reach 11 tons per hectare. The difference is immediately apparent.

Converting it, the land in "Konosuba" yields 25 tons per hectare!

Hey, that's too much!

Didn't the planting system have a BUG!?

As expected of another world!

And after harvesting so much grain, Megumin received a full… fifty jin.

Seriously, that's already a lot.

You have to know that Zun Zun did everything himself, from clearing the land to cleaning, planting, and maintaining it. Megumin only came to help two and a half months before the harvest. One-tenth of the share is already quite high.

The little loli was very happy, even a little apprehensive about receiving so much grain.

"Is it okay to give me so much?"

"If you think it's too much, you can give it back to me."

"No way! This is the result of my hard work!"

Megumin threw herself on the big bag of corn.

Speaking of which, the little loli is unusually fixated on food. When Zun Zun said he was going to burn the harvested corn stalks, she actually hoped to take them back as food.

If it weren't for her sister, Set-up Sister, strongly dissuading her, saying that eating these would hinder the growth of magnificent chest muscles, she probably wouldn't have given up. Even so, when she saw the corn stalks thrown in the field, she still showed obvious regret.

That night, the little loli struggled to drag the bag of corn, weighing fifty kilograms, back home.

Zun Zun and Set-up Sister offered to help, but she was unusually excited and said she could do it herself, then walked away, wobbling.

Fifty jin is still too heavy for a mere six-year-old child.

…Eh, is it really that heavy?

Zun Zun picked up one of the corn bags placed at the door, and it wasn't as heavy as he had imagined.

Recalling how he cleared the land and planted it alone, and also did most of the work during the harvest, his strength was completely different from other children of his age.

Oh, so I'm not an ordinary child anymore.

"Q-Quickly put it down, Zun Zun!"

Seeing a child constantly tossing up and down a bag of corn that adults would struggle to lift, Set-up Sister covered her cheeks and exclaimed. He never thought that he would see the famous painting "The Scream" on her face.

Megumin has food now, so she shouldn't go hungry anymore.

Just as Zun Zun was thinking this.

The next day—

"I said, why are you still here? Didn't I give you a lot of food?"

"Set-up Sister said I can eat breakfast here, so I came."

"That was just a polite remark."

Looking at the little loli who was sitting at the dining table as usual, completely at ease, Zun Zun didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

She really doesn't treat herself like an outsider.

Thinking about it carefully, Megumin seems to have been living here every day since she was brought home by him.

During the day, she goes to work in the fields with him, and at night, she sleeps with them, becoming a child of the Zun Zun family. They even have a warm feeling of being three sisters together… What three sisters? I'm a boy!

"Alright, alright, you're also happy that Megumin is here, aren't you? Aren't you best friends?"

Set-up Sister walked out of the kitchen with breakfast.

Recently, there have been too many ingredients at home—mainly corn. Set-up Sister wants to try out her own recipes and also asked Zun Zun to teach her how to make delicious food. Zun Zun taught her, but the effect was minimal. After all, even he doesn't know how the food he makes becomes delicious.

Looking at the little loli, who was unceremoniously and without any restraint, picking up the rice bowl and devouring it, Zun Zun shook his head.

Forget it, it doesn't make much difference.

It's just one more person's ration.

Honestly, Zun Zun is quite happy to have Megumin around, mainly because Set-up Sister is happy.

Suddenly, he thought of a problem.

"By the way, have you taken proper storage measures for your corn at home?"

"Storage measures?"

"You need to know that it's only the end of August now, and the weather is still very hot. If many foods are not properly stored, they will rot in a few days, and then they can't be eaten."

If it were winter, there would be no need to worry. As long as it's buried in the ground and covered with snow, it can be preserved for the entire winter.

But now it's still hot summer. No matter what kind of food it is, it will ferment and rot quickly when placed outside. This is the law of nature.

"What, how could this happen!"

The little loli panicked immediately.

She worked hard for two and a half months, and finally got a little bit of food, but before she could even eat it, it's going to rot. Who could stand that?

"What should I do? What should I do?"

"Don't panic. I expected this situation a long time ago. Coincidentally, there is still some time before the September potato planting, so let's take corresponding storage measures before that."

This was what Set-up Sister reminded him of yesterday.

At first, Zun Zun didn't think about these things. After all, whether in his previous or previous life, he only took care of planting and harvesting. Things like storage were done by his grandparents and servants. And in this life, with Set-up Sister around, he doesn't need to worry about these things. He is not responsible for the aftermath.

But Megumin, whose parents are not around and has no relatives at home, has no way to do it.

And the method Zun Zun thought of was simple and crude.

The most time-saving and labor-saving method among rural methods is to create a large ice cellar. The only problem with this method is that it is a bit expensive and labor-intensive. After all, ice is not so easy to get in rural areas.

But don't forget that this is the Crimson Demon Clan!

Everyone is a great mage of the Crimson Demon Clan! Isn't creating ice a piece of cake?

Arriving at the foot of a relatively remote mountain in the Crimson Demon Village, there is a lonely house. No, that house is already too dilapidated to be called a house. It's more like a few wooden planks stuck in the ground, barely making a shelter from the wind and rain.

Megumin pointed to the house and said, "That is my home."

"Oh, oh…"

"Huh, that's strange. Every time someone comes to my house, they point to the house and say, 'Megumin, is this your stable?' or 'Megumin, your warehouse is a bit old, it should be repaired.' But when I tell them that this is my house, their expressions become very strange… That's right, it's almost the same as your current expression."

"Then do you want me to say something like that too?"

"No, although this is the truth, this is still my home. I'm still a little angry when others say that."

"…You're really awkward."

Zun Zun glanced at the little loli.

Suddenly, the corners of his mouth rose, and he said mischievously, "But I still want to say—the house is no good."

"Mmm."

The little loli pouted, but she didn't show any anger, after all, what Zun Zun said was the truth.

"Don't waste time, let's start working."

"Okay."

The so-called cellar is not that high-end, or rather, it doesn't need to be that high-end.

A good cellar is designed to keep ice from melting for a long time, so as to keep food refrigerated at low temperatures, but in the Crimson Demon Clan, where archmages are as common as dogs and great mages are everywhere, ice is the least valuable thing.

So Zun Zun dug a pool-like space two meters deep and five meters wide behind Megumin's dilapidated house, which was no different from a stable.

Then, he found a reliable Crimson Demon Clan adult and asked him to use ice magic to create ice blocks. In this way, a simple ice cellar was made.