Time always seemed to fly when he was talking with Gu Qing.

As they chatted, the ground began to bulge in several spots.

"The new sisters have arrived."

Gu Qing took a step back, took a deep breath, and shouted, "Tang Ruan, you can get the food ready! They’re here!"

Tang Ruan poked her head out of the Lord’s House.

She shouted back, "Got it, Sister Gu!"

The two worked well together.

Soon, new female villagers broke through the earth one by one, and Zhao Chi looked at their faces.

Women with an appearance score of 6 were already considered beauties.

He had never thought about it before, but it turned out there were so many different types of beautiful faces.

Besides Gu Qing’s vivid and alluring beauty and Tang Ruan’s gentle and pretty looks, there were still so many other types.

After shyly greeting Zhao Chi, the newly arrived female villagers followed Gu Qing to the river to bathe.

Just then, the previous day’s summary was also sent to the system.

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[Yesterday’s Work Summary]

[Construction] Defense Tower x1

[Forging] Iron Spear x5

[Woodworking] Wooden Spear x40, Wooden Shield x20, Wooden Bowl and Spoon x50

[Sewing] Cloth Clothing and Pants x12, Cloth Shoes x10, Leather Armor x5

Fang Li’s construction team had built a defense tower yesterday.

It was made entirely of wood.

Supported by four long, straight logs, it had a wooden platform on top surrounded by a wooden railing.

It stood five meters tall in total, with a small wooden ladder on the side for climbing up.

The top could accommodate five people.

This was just a Basic, small defense tower, mainly intended for sentry duty and observation.

Ding Dang’s Forging team made five Iron Spears. One was of standard Quality, and four were of rough Quality.

Then they ran out of Iron Ingots.

Since they had no Iron Ingots and couldn’t produce anything, they went out to search for Iron Ore.

They eventually found a small Iron Ore deposit 100 meters to the south. The ore’s quality was decent, but the deposit was a bit sparse.

But it was definitely enough for the early stages.

Ding Dang and her few female Blacksmiths didn’t hesitate, starting work right on the spot to build a mine shaft.

Even though it wasn’t their designated Profession, they could still build.

The construction Efficiency was just a bit lower.

Besides, they were idle anyway.

Today, Fang Li’s team could take over finishing the mine shaft, and they could get back to forging Iron Spears.

Li Zhu’s Woodworker team had worked at full capacity yesterday. With no shortage of wood, they had maintained maximum production.

Now, all the Female Soldiers had enough Wooden Spears and Wooden Shields to train and use them up as they pleased.

When it came time for battle, the Wooden Spears could also be used as Javelins.

Killing two birds with one stone.

They also made 50 sets of wooden bowls and spoons.

The bamboo cups were fine for drinking water, but they were a bit inconvenient for eating.

Feng Xiu’s Sewing team had already finished making clothes and shoes for today’s new female villagers.

And they had sewn five pieces of Leather Armor. Unfortunately, they were all of rough Quality.

Still, this was very good.

After all, even with Craftsmen who had such high Attributes, they could only consistently produce items of rough Quality.

Other Lords were probably churning out a lot of inferior Equipment.

"Make way, don’t get burned."

Tang Ruan came out carrying a large pot and placed it on the open ground outside the Lord’s House.

She lifted the lid.

Inside was steaming hot congee.

Tang Ruan wiped the sweat from her forehead and rested with her hands on her hips.

When she saw Zhao Chi in front of her, she couldn’t help but grin and chuckle at him.

Zhao Chi waved her over. "What are you giggling about? Come here."

"Oh, coming."

Tang Ruan happily came over, and Zhao Chi handed her a piece of Leather Armor.

"Try this on and let me see. I’ve only ever seen men wear Leather Armor, never a woman."

Tang Ruan quickly shook her hands to get the water off them.

She carefully took the Leather Armor with both hands.

"My Lord, is this Equipment for me?"

"Yes, but for now, I only have ones with rough Quality. We’ll swap it for a better one later."

Tang Ruan’s eyes crinkled as she smiled. "This one is already great. Thank you, my Lord."

"Hurry up and put it on. I want to see how it looks."

"Okay!"

Tang Ruan started pulling it on over her head.

She wasn’t known for her baby face and bombshell figure for nothing.

Leather Armor isn’t like Leather Clothing. Leather Armor goes through a hardening process, making it very tough and resistant to deforming.

Forcing it on would definitely be a struggle.

Soon, the Leather Armor was on.

"Sorry, I didn’t mean to touch you," Zhao Chi explained.

Tang Ruan’s face flushed crimson.

She nodded. "Mm, I know. Thank you for helping me put on the Leather Armor."

Zhao Chi waved his hand. "This kind of Equipment has a certain ability to self-adjust. You were just in too much of a hurry. If you go a bit slower, it has time to adjust."

Tang Ruan nodded. "Mm, I’ll know for next time."

With the Leather Armor’s automatic adjustments, it became a perfect fit for her figure.

This would make moving very convenient, without hindering her actions.

But it also left nothing about her figure to the imagination.

Zhao Chi admired the Leather Armor, and while he was at it, he admired Tang Ruan.

Tang Ruan really looked the part in the Leather Armor.

Just like a female Warrior.

However, her features were too soft; she didn’t have a trace of majesty or killing intent. He was afraid that even when she was angry, she would just look like she was pouting.

But having seen her decisively swing her blade at the Goblins, Zhao Chi wasn’t worried about her performance on the battlefield.

Tang Ruan could also see the Equipment’s Attributes.

Even though it was just a very Basic piece of Leather Armor, the more she looked at it, the more satisfied she was.

[Name] Leather Armor

[Mass] Rough

[Durability] 115

[Defense] 5

The Leather Armor’s Attributes were similar to a Shield’s.

Wearing it really could provide them with a great deal of protection.

If a blade strike failed to break through their defense, it would only reduce the Leather Armor’s Durability value.

Only after the Leather Armor was hacked to pieces would the wearer’s Body be harmed.

It was equivalent to having an extra 115 points of Life Value.

Of course, the Piercing effect from a spear-type weapon, or Special Attacks from other Weapons, could possibly damage the Body through the Armor.

Tang Ruan spun around a few more times on the spot.

"My Lord, how is it? I’m going to take off the Leather Armor now, or else its Durability might get consumed during training."

Zhao Chi nodded. "Alright."

Tang Ruan smiled and clicked on something, though she wasn’t sure what.

Suddenly, all her clothes vanished.

Including the Leather Armor.

Both Tang Ruan and Zhao Chi froze.

After two seconds of stunned silence, Tang Ruan let out a panicked cry. "Ah! My Lord, what’s happening?"

She tried to cover her body as she cried out.

Zhao Chi sighed. "Did you switch to fashion mode? Hurry and switch back."

"F-fashion mode? Oh, I thought ’switch’ meant I could take it off directly." 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Tang Ruan, afraid of getting stuck while taking off the Leather Armor again, had clicked ’switch fashion’, thinking it would let her take it off directly.

Tang Ruan quickly switched again.

The next moment, her clothes and the Leather Armor were back on her body.

Before she could say anything, laughter erupted from behind her.

"Hahaha, so our Tang Ruan knows how to tease the Lord now?"

It was Gu Qing’s unbridled laughter.

She quickly turned her head to explain, "Sister Gu, I didn’t, I didn’t know it would be like that..."

Tang Ruan was already very embarrassed, and now with Gu Qing’s teasing, even her neck turned red.

Zhao Chi said, "Gu Qing, don’t tease her. She’s thin-skinned."

Gu Qing nodded. "Sorry, Tang Ruan. I was just joking. I didn’t mean to laugh at you."

Tang Ruan covered her hot cheeks. "Mm, I know."