This was just a small episode and did not affect Xu Piao's mood to continue shopping.

However, after such a long time of strolling around, Xu Piao didn't exchange or buy anything at this small gathering. These things were either things she didn't need, or they were not worth buying because of the poor value for money, or things she wanted but couldn't afford. As a result, she had almost walked to the end of the street, and she still hadn't used up all the nutrients in her hand.

Sure enough, she would never be the one to pick up bargains from small stalls as depicted in various novels.

Xu Piao felt quite bored after walking around. Just as he was about to go back, he suddenly heard a weak voice coming from a place not far away:

"This cute little thorn ball from the planet Makula can photosynthesize on its own and is very easy to raise. If you like to keep pets, come and take a look—"

pet?

Xu Piao thought that in the past month since he traveled through the book, he didn't seem to see any habit of keeping pets in this interstellar world. He didn't see any cats or dogs either on third-class stars or on the star network. He became curious and followed the voice to see what the pets in the interstellar world looked like.

But before she could reach the front of the stall, she saw the owner of the stall suddenly jump up with a roar, and wave his hands desperately, as if trying to shake off something stuck on his hands.

Xu Piao looked closely and saw that the stall owner had a... well... yellow with green, thing that looked like a shelled chestnut that had just fallen from a tree stuck on his hand.

The stall owner struggled to get the thing off the stall, stuffed it into a small cage on the stall, and warned, "Behave yourself! If you keep making trouble, I'll throw you into the recycling center!"

"Chi!" The little thorny ball that looked like a chestnut in a shell made an angry cry.

The pets in the interstellar world...the style is quite unique.

This period of time was enough for Xu Piao to see clearly what the little thorn ball looked like.

Needless to say, its appearance is impressive. Its yellowish-green chestnut fur ball actually has two adorable round eyes, and it even seems to have a mouth. The stall owner just screamed because this little thorn ball bit his finger.

These thorns look quite prickly.

Perhaps because it was rare for someone to stop by this stall, the stall owner, upon seeing Xu Piao, didn't even bother to blow on the finger that had been bitten by the little thorn ball. Instead, he greeted Xu Piao warmly, "Little sister, do you want to have a pet? Come here, look at this cute little thorn ball, and its eyes. Don't be fooled by its small size, it can even prick bad guys to protect you! This kind of pet is very popular among girls now!"

It was just a sales pitch, Xu Piao didn't take it seriously. He squatted down and looked at the small thorn ball in the small cage... and the dozen or so thorn balls next to it that looked more like chestnut hair balls than the small thorn ball.

There is only one small cage on this stall, and the other fur balls have no eyes and cannot jump around, so they are just placed there quietly.

"Are these...um...little thorn balls?" Xu Piao pointed at the thorn balls that looked more normal.

"Oh...oh, these, these are asleep!" The stall owner was stumped. "Critters like these little thorn balls love to sleep. Once they start sleeping, it's normal for them to sleep for ten days or half a month!"

This was not said as smoothly as when he was selling it just now, and there was even a hint of guilt in his tone.

Xu Piao's gaze shifted slightly, and he saw a thorn ball near the stall owner's feet, which seemed to have been accidentally stepped on. The thorn ball had cracked a little, and he could see inside...

This is obviously a chestnut, right?!

The stall owner noticed Xu Piao's gaze and quickly took a step forward, hiding the chestnut ball that had been stepped on and cracked behind him.

"I saw it." Xu Piao said.

"...Okay." The stall owner gave up. "To be honest, only the one in the cage is a real little thorn ball. The others are just put here because they look similar. If you want to buy one, just buy the one in the cage..."

"Except for the living one, I want all the others." Xu Piao said directly, "How do you sell them? Or what can I use to exchange them for them?"

"Huh?" The stall owner was stunned for a moment. "You mean you want these things that I don't know what they are?"

Xu Piao nodded.

The stall owner scratched his head in confusion. "Then let's just give it fifteen bags of substandard nutritional supplements."

Fifteen bags of substandard nutritional supplements were equivalent to three bottles of normal-quality nutritional supplements. Xu Piao then handed the three bottles of normal-quality nutritional supplements to the stall owner and said, "I don't have any substandard ones. Can you exchange these for your own?"

The stall owner accepted the three bottles of normal quality nutritional supplements with some hesitation, thought about it, and finally handed the small thorn ball to Xu Piao.

"This little guy really can't be sold anymore, so let's just give it away as a gift."

Xu Piao was thinking about the chestnut and didn't even bother to refuse her unwanted pet thorn balls. After accepting the things, she asked the stall owner, "Would it be convenient for me to ask where you got these thorn balls? If not, forget it."

"There's nothing to hide about this; many people know about it." The stall owner pointed in a direction. "Go west. There's a forest between our city and another. You can often find these thorn balls there, too."

"Thank you." Xu Piao's eyes lit up slightly.

Forests, that is, they can grow and be planted, and there are a lot of them!

Because of this news, Xu Piao suddenly realized that this interstellar world might not be without food ingredients, but those things might not be considered food for interstellar people, so Xu Piao found nothing when he searched for ingredients on the star network before.

Xu Piao gave the gift of a small thorny ball with small eyes that looked very similar to a chestnut ball to 079 to carry, while she herself carried the bag of chestnut balls with great care.

On the way back, the little ball with big eyes was not quiet at all. It seemed extremely anxious. It kept jumping around in the small cage and tried to get out of the cage.

“Chi!” “Chi!” “Chi——”

079 fell behind by a few steps. Before Xu Piao was still thinking about Chestnut and turned around because of the noise, he raised the small cage and looked at the little thorn ball, and whispered "good boy".

The little thorn ball stopped jumping, Doudou Eyes and 079 looked at each other, and inexplicably became quiet.

"grumble?"

However, this silence did not last long. When Xu Piao and 079 returned to the house, the little thorn ball became anxious again for some reason. It stuck to the small cage and seemed to be gnawing at the cage with its tiny teeth, making a crunching sound.

Xu Piao didn't pay any attention to the little thorn balls. As soon as he returned to his residence, he couldn't wait to pour the chestnut balls on the ground, crush them one by one, and then take the chestnuts out of the shells.

There wasn't anything on hand that could cook the chestnuts, but that didn't matter. Xu Piao knew chestnuts could be eaten raw. She washed the chestnuts, bit into them, and tasted them. Finally, after a month in the book, she tasted something other than nutritional supplements.

The raw and crunchy texture is a bit like eating raw sweet potatoes, with that familiar chestnut flavor.

"It would be great if there was a pot to cook the chestnuts." Xu Piao sighed.

…

The little thorn ball saw the tragic death of the chestnut, which looked very similar to it, and became completely quiet. It huddled quietly in the small cage. After a long while, it let out a frightened "chi".

"Master." 079 used the address casually, lifting the small cage and shaking it. "What should I do with this?"

Xu Piao then shifted her attention a little and happened to see the little thorn ball curled up in the cage obediently. Since it was not making too much noise, she did not say to throw it away. She casually said, "Just take care of it. Isn't it said that it can photosynthesize on its own?"

"Compared to this, 079, why don't you try to make a pot with a heated bottom... that can hold things? Semi-circular or cylindrical." Xu Piao gestured.