The most eye-catching change was the vegetable garden.
Clearly, all the fruits and vegetables had just been harvested earlier—but within a single day, everything had grown back in abundance.
Bright red tomatoes hung heavy on the vines, glossy purple eggplants shimmered in the light, green cucumbers were plump and straight, and long green beans dangled in clusters.
If not for the baskets of harvested produce still piled nearby, they would have thought they had never harvested anything at all.
“Does it really grow this fast?” Zhou Shi murmured in disbelief.
If they could sell this in the city, they would become wealthy overnight.
Harvest after harvest, endlessly repeating.
A never-ending cycle…
“It’s fortunate that things stored in the space don’t spoil,” Zhou Shi sighed. “Otherwise, we’d waste so much good food. That would be heartbreaking.”
As she was speaking, she noticed Qin Suining walking toward the river.
Looking over, she saw the river surface had been completely covered in layers of lotus leaves at some point.
Countless pink-white lotus flowers rose between the leaves—half-open, half-closed, elegant and graceful.
“Damn… this is too beautiful,” Qin Suining couldn’t help blurting out.
“The lotus leaves are huge, and the flowers are even more beautiful than the ones in our village pond.”
“That’s obvious. Your village pond can’t compare to this space.”
“Only I’m thinking about eating the lotus roots underneath? And those water caltrops look really good too…”
And indeed they were.
Half the river was covered in lotus leaves and flowers, while the other half was filled with dense water caltrop vines.
Qin Suining reached out and pulled a vine up from the riverbank. Sure enough, more than a dozen purple-brown water caltrops were hanging beneath it.
She gently pressed it open, revealing the white flesh inside.
She and Zhou Shi each took a bite.
Crisp, refreshing, with a faint sweet fragrance.
“The taste is good,” Zhou Shi said in surprise. “And the yield is much better than what the shopkeeper mentioned.”
She pulled up a few more vines—every single one was loaded with water caltrops.
The two of them were still discussing how to harvest the lotus roots when they looked up again—and noticed the distant field of grain had already turned golden.
Immediately, they abandoned thoughts of lotus roots and water caltrops and rushed toward the fields.
No matter how plentiful those were, they could not fill stomachs.
Grain was different—it was essential for survival.
The two of them ran quickly to the field edge, staring at the heavy wheat heads, smiling in delight.
“Daughter,” Zhou Shi said suddenly, “since the crops grow so fast, why don’t we stay here and farm all the time?”
Her hand gently brushed the full wheat grains. An extremely dangerous idea formed in her mind.
She didn’t want to go anywhere anymore. She just wanted to stay here, endlessly planting and harvesting.
“Once we grow enough, we can sell it. Didn’t you say Yu Fugui might work for us? We could open a grain shop and let his whole family help sell it…”
Just imagining it made Zhou Shi see piles of silver pouring toward her.
“If we farm every day, we’ll work ourselves to death,” Qin Suining laughed helplessly.
Just thinking about that endless cycle made her feel a chill run down her spine.
This space might look like paradise—but she still preferred the lively human world outside.
Zhou Shi quickly agreed after thinking it through. With just the two of them, they couldn’t possibly consume that much grain anyway.
So they decided: plant when they had time, leave it fallow when they didn’t. No overworking themselves.
At that moment, the floating bullet comments appeared again.
“The girl is so silly. Now that the space has reached Level 1, she can use mental control.”
“She’s a native ancient person, of course she wouldn’t know.”
“I remember in the original plot, the heroine never had an upgrade feature…”
“Right! The original heroine even captured laborers to farm the space…”
Qin Suining froze.
So the space had actually upgraded without her noticing.
Mental control?
She frowned, thinking hard.
After a long moment, an idea flashed through her mind.
Could it be… intention?
She focused all her attention on the crops, thinking about moving them into the storage area behind the wooden house.
At first, nothing happened.
But when she concentrated completely—mind, body, and intention aligned—suddenly, a flash of white light appeared.
When she came back to her senses—
The field was completely empty.
“…It really works?”
Qin Suining was overjoyed and immediately tried to stand up—
But the next moment, a wave of dizziness hit her.
Her legs gave out and she collapsed back onto the ground.
“Hahaha, she overused her mental energy on her first try.”
“So reckless!”
“Typical—pushing too hard too fast.”
“Rest a bit and she’ll recover.”
“You can also drink spring water—it helps restore energy.”
Qin Suining lay weakly on the ground… but she was smiling.
So that was it.
Overusing mental power just meant she needed to recover.
She took out her water pouch, drank a few mouthfuls of spiritual spring water—and the dizziness faded instantly.
She looked at the floating comments again, carefully searching for more information about space evolution.
One thing was clear now:
It was currently Level One.
And before that… it had simply been “basic.”