"Hello little kangaroo, I'd like to ask if the third picture in your video is original?"

"Yes."

“This drawing perfectly matches the style of our magazine, and we would like to use it as an illustration. How much would you offer?”

"You can give me any amount of money."

The magazine editor on the other end of the line was slightly taken aback, never expecting the illustrator to be so casual. He assumed the artist was an expert and didn't dare to be dishonest: "As you probably know, a color cover for our magazine usually costs between 800 and 2000 yuan. Your travel-themed illustration is perfect for our cover, and the quality is quite good. I'll give you 1000 yuan. Also, we'd like to use your second piece; how about 2000 yuan for both?"

When it comes to selling illustrations, the range is actually very large; the higher the fame, the more valuable the work. Yun Shudai didn't expect that the few paintings she and her sister did during their travels would sell for this price, which is already a good result for a newcomer.

The reason she let him quote his own price was because she genuinely didn't know the industry and was unaware of pricing in illustration.

She was quite satisfied with the price of the illustration, which she completed in three or four days.

"Okay, no problem."

"Great! Let's add each other on WeChat so we can easily contact each other for future collaborations."

"OK."

When Yun Shudai was drawing novel covers for others, she got herself a secondary SIM card for her illustration business. She wanted to keep her two businesses separate to avoid being exposed.

If she earns 2,000 yuan a month and does 10 such transactions, her daily expenses will be no problem at all. Even if she doesn't have any acting jobs for a year, she won't have to worry about going hungry.

After this incident, Yun Shudai studied online for a long time, striving to leverage her strengths and create healing-themed scene paintings, which she believed would attract more attention.

"Old He, my paintings have been bought. Several of them sold for several thousand yuan."

"Really? That's great! Even if you leave the entertainment industry, you can still make a living with this skill."

"Old Yun, I'm moving, I can't talk to you anymore."

"Oh, you moved today?"

"Okay, hehe, I'm off now."

Actually, she was the last one to move into their backyard.

Because her kang (heated brick bed) was the last one built, it was left to dry for three days before being heated yesterday.

Today, I had Uncle Li's son bring over everything she wanted.

The room was suddenly full.

He Wan just needed to bring over the blanket she had wrapped in in the front yard.

The iron pot was something she secretly took out of her spatial storage a few days ago when she went to the commune with the oxcart.

A large pot, a small pot, and a very large earthenware jar.

The stove has three burners, the middle one being slightly smaller. I've heard that many homes have this design, and you can put a ceramic pot in the middle.

Some families who couldn't afford a pot used earthenware jars.

Earthenware pots can be used to stew soup and boil water.

He Wan plans to use this earthenware pot for boiling water, bathing, and drinking from now on, so that it won't get oily.

When Qin Zhiqing found out that Xie Meihui had a pot, he originally wanted to ask her how many industrial coupons she spent to buy it, but Xie Meihui directly bought two pots from Chen Qing.

Chen Qing spent ten yuan but didn't ask for a ticket.

They said it was sent from home.

Wang Xiaorong was so excited about this that she rushed over to ask Chen Qing, but unfortunately, Chen Qing was no longer there.

She wanted to sell it, but she didn't have enough points to redeem it immediately.

Yes, He Wan has it.

While Su Ranran and Zhang Cuicao were worrying, He Wan came over and said, "I have extra here, do you want some?"

Su Ranran's face lit up with joy: "Do you have two? How many industrial vouchers do you need? We don't have many."

"No tickets needed. I met a lady in the county town a few times recently. She works at a glass factory, and her husband's factory makes iron pots. I traded two pots for her with some local produce, five catties of brown sugar, and five yuan. I also have some glass. Do you want some glass?"

"Yes, window glass is better than paper."

"Okay, a glass pane costs two yuan, and a pot costs ten yuan. I'll go to the county town tomorrow and ask around for you."

Zhang Cuicao said, "Okay, if you have any, just buy them for us."

When Wang Xiaorong and the others found out, they also asked He Wan to bring them a set.

That evening, He Wan asked Yun Shudai to help her get some glass.

I measured the dimensions with a rope and gave it to her.

Yun Shudai went to the building materials market in the evening and had two pieces of glass cut.

The slightly thicker kind, but I wouldn't dare deviate too much.

The next day, He Wan went to the county town and secretly sold 20 jin of rice and flour in a staff dormitory of an electric wire factory on the outskirts of the town before returning home.

The iron pot was given to Wang Xiaorong, who was charged 50 cents less, and they were asked to help install the glass.

Chen Qing had been planning to find more wild vegetables in the mountains to exchange for points, but He Wan somehow ended up with so many industrial tickets.

I also bought glass.

She could exchange the glass, but she just hadn't thought of it.

This He Wan is such a young girl, yet she's so popular and knows everyone in the county.

There's not much good stuff to exchange for in the system right now. Besides mushrooms and wild vegetables, she doesn't have much grain either. Sigh, she needs to think of a way to get some food from here.

The system seems quite interested in the food here, which will make it much easier to add things to the system in the future. It's such a wise move.