Chapter 3 Grandpa

An hour passed quickly, and the optical computer Xiao U told the time exactly, reminding Yun to go to bed.

Little U was a birthday gift from Grandpa to Yun Xiang for her 12th birthday. It was a low-level intelligent computer, and it cost almost all of Grandpa’s savings.

It is really not easy for ordinary people to make money, let alone support an awakened person.

Children who are 12 years old or above can log in to the Star Network independently, bind their identity, bank card and other related information, and conduct personal online and offline transactions.

Therefore, every child will go to StarNet to register with real name when they reach the age of 12. Even ordinary children will go as long as they have the conditions.

StarNet is like a small world, with its own shops, playgrounds, virtual courses, exchanges, auction houses, etc. It has almost everything you can think of.

Back then, Yunxiang's mother met Yunxiang's father through the Star Network, and eventually they had a "Cinderella"-style marriage.

Yun Xiang rubbed his aching cervical spine, got up and took a hot shower, picked up a tube of nutrient solution, thought about it, sighed, drank it, and climbed into bed to rest.

Before she was 9 years old, the Yun family would send her ordinary nutrient solution every month, and every two months they would also send her a few tubes of low-level energy solution for her to practice.

But after he turned 9, the amount of nutrient solution sent to him gradually decreased, and there was no energy solution at all.

Later on, the nutrient solution was not delivered on time. Sometimes it was delivered once every two months, sometimes once every three months, and the longest time was half a year, and the amount delivered was barely enough for half a month.

My grandfather got angry several times because of this and sent countless letters, but in the end, all of them fell into the sea.

As for the communicator, he didn't even leave a number, so where could he broadcast it? Yun Xiang thought that he just didn't want to maintain it and wanted to default on his debt.

Apparently, grandpa thought the same thing and began to plan the expenses for the two of them. He never drank the nutrient solution before going to bed again.

Awakened beings and those with special abilities must consume nutritious food or liquid nutrition. Ordinary food will weaken their bodies, making their energy complex and unstable.

Not only is advancement difficult, but even worse, energy can erupt, rendering one crippled, or even fatal. Nutrient fluid is also extremely beneficial for ordinary people, replenishing nutrition, strengthening the body, and even prolonging life.

In order to make grandpa drink the nutrient solution before going to bed, Yunxiang acted like a spoiled child, played tricks... and did a lot of extraordinary things, but grandpa still didn't change his mind.

So she also secretly hid the nutrient supplements. Grandpa's fiery eyes were as sharp as Sun Wukong's, and soon she had nowhere to hide. In the end, Grandpa unilaterally started a cold war for a week, and Yun wanted to compromise.

Whenever it was late at night and everyone was asleep, Yun Xiang would always think of her grandfather, and wonder if the outcome would have been different if she had persisted a little longer.

After he turned 12, Yun Xiang never received anything sent by the Yun family again and was completely abandoned.

When she was 14, her grandfather, who loved her dearly, passed away. The man she thought would be with her for a long time was gone. From then on, she was left alone in the world.

She clearly remembered that winter was extremely cold, almost suffocating. She was actually very afraid of death, but sometimes the more afraid you are, the faster it will come.

My grandfather, who had worked hard all his life, could not survive the cold winter and did not even wait for the birthday gift she had carefully prepared for him.

The old people often say that people die around their birthdays. This is fate. The day is counted when they come and when they go.

My grandfather's funeral was organized with the help of the neighbors. It was a very grand occasion. The lower the social status of the people, the more human touch there was.

Unfortunately, no one from the Yun family came, including her mother, who didn’t even come to see the old woman off for the last time, and the mother-daughter relationship ended there.

Yun Xiang has no obsession with her love for her biological mother. She traveled through time with the memories of her previous life and enjoyed the love of her original family. She knows better how to love and who deserves to be loved.

Her mother in this life was not worthy of being loved, at least not worthy of her and her grandfather's love.

At 6 o'clock in the morning, Yun wanted to get up on time. This habit had been going on for countless days in past and future lives.

After washing up, she ran to the backyard for a day of physical training. This yard was built by her grandfather before he died, otherwise she would not even have a place to live.

Chaihe Star is vast and sparsely populated, so this type of courtyard is extremely common, mostly inhabited by ordinary people. The courtyard is large, divided into the front and back yards by the house.

A small shed was built on the west side of the front yard, facing the sun and providing good ventilation, specifically for storing wood. My grandfather made a living by his cooking skills, so he definitely couldn't save on this.

I've opened up half a acre of land in the east, where I used to grow food to supplement my food supply. As for vegetables, I can go to the plantation and pick up what's left after the goods are shipped.

My grandfather’s birthplace on his ID card is Chaihe Star. As a resident of this planet, he can be allocated 2 mu of vegetable land and 1 mu of fruit forest from the plantation. Unfortunately, Yunxiang is from Mercury and cannot get any.

My grandfather took good care of their family's farmland, so after paying the annual quota, there was still some left.

My grandfather would use these leftover fruits and vegetables to exchange for grain seeds from people at the market, and then plant them in the front yard.

After my grandfather passed away, their land was reclaimed. Without the fruits and vegetables to exchange for seeds, the land in the front yard became barren.

The plantation distributes seeds in two batches every year, in March and August respectively, and each household receives a fixed amount of seeds.

The interstellar planting industry is underdeveloped, and the seeds used are almost all collected from the wild. These unprocessed wild seeds cannot germinate if planted directly, and must be specially processed by scientific research institutes.

The germination rate of processed seeds can reach 70%, the germination rate of the first-generation seeds is less than 30%, and the second-generation seeds basically do not germinate.

Seeds are hard to come by, and naturally, they are not suitable for breeding. Even if Yunxiang wanted to buy them, he couldn't. The interstellar soil is severely degraded and extremely barren. Plants have mutated, and the regions are gradually blurred, which promotes more species mutation.

Coupled with climate change, the year has become 16 months, and the summer and winter have become longer. The summer starts in April and lasts until September, a full 6 months.

The average temperature is over 43 degrees Celsius at its hottest, and the winter is extremely cold, often accompanied by heavy snow for a full eight months, with the coldest temperature reaching minus 40 degrees Celsius.

March in spring and October in autumn have become the symbol of the transition between summer and winter. Fortunately, the interstellar people are all in good physical condition. After a long period of baptism, they have gradually adapted to this climate.

This change lengthens the plant cycle. Plants that used to mature in 2 months may take 3 months, and plants that used to mature in 3 months may take 5 months to mature. Plants that used to mature in one year may take two years, and plants that used to mature in two years may take more than 3 years, or even 4 years.

What's worse is that many edible plants have become just roots, stems, branches and leaves, and no longer produce flowers or fruits.

Therefore, the vegetables and fruits grown not only have low yields, but also have a bad taste. They always have an astringent taste and require a lot of ingredients to eliminate this strange taste. Therefore, most of the nutritious ingredients grown are made into nutritional supplements and are finished in one go.

On the contrary, wild ingredients are not astringent, delicious and nutritious. Unfortunately, the quantity is very small. Every time the hunting team collects ingredients, they are sold out.

Yun Xiang also likes it, but unfortunately he is short of money. He just hopes that he can get enough ability to go out of the safe zone to collect.

(End of this chapter)