Xu Kun: "Hehe, I just bought this from Gu Mian! It cost me 20 pieces of wood and 20 nails!"

Zhu Zhixin: "Gu Mian? That unscrupulous businessman?"

Xu Kun: "Hey, hey, what did she do to offend you? Why are you calling her a shrewd businesswoman?"

Jiang Bai: "So Gu Mian discovered the watermelon on the island, right?"

"I'm so envious. I spent an hour cutting down trees on the island and almost died from exhaustion."

"I'm envious too. I dug for stones for an hour."

...

Gu Mian was figuring out how to cut the watermelon more evenly when she received a message from Jiang Bai.

Jiang Bai: "Gu Mian, do you have any more watermelon? Give me a slice."

Jiang Bai: "Send 20 pieces of timber and 20 pieces of nails."

Gu Mian was completely bewildered. After reading the chat channel, she realized that Xu Kun had advertised for her.

Gu Mian: "Yes, send [watermelon]."

This Jiang Bai actually spent so much on basic materials to buy an eighth of a watermelon; he's really foolish and has too much money.

There were quite a few big customers like this. More than twenty people came to her to buy watermelons, and they readily sent her the materials without even haggling!

Gu Mian sold three watermelons with a dreamy expression, earning 500 pieces of timber and 460 iron nails.

Please give her more of these kinds of tycoons!

However, there are very few people who are rich and generous; most people are more likely to haggle and bargain.

Even a small profit is still profit, and Gu Mian didn't mind, as long as she could make some money.

...

Day 8 of survival at sea, cloudy weather.

Early in the morning, Gu Mian sat at the bow of the boat fishing for supply boxes.

It's a rare cloudy day, which is a good opportunity for her to test the performance of her intermediate fishing rod.

Not long after she sat down, she felt a heavy descent on the fishing rod. Gu Mian quickly got up and forcefully pulled the supply box onto the raft.

"Wow, this has really improved efficiency quite a bit."

Gu Mian raised an eyebrow in surprise, casually opened the box, and obtained a water purification tablet*1.

[Water purifier tablets: can purify 500ml of polluted seawater into clean drinking water.]

Wuhu~

New items found!

Gu Mian immediately sat down with renewed energy and continued fishing for supplies.

Throughout the day, Gu Mian used up five intermediate fishing rods; she barely stopped fishing except for meals.

Looking at the mountain of boxes piled on the raft, Gu Mian rubbed her sore arms with satisfaction.

This was the first time she had ever fished up so many supply crates.

oops!

What a great sense of accomplishment!

Gu Mian happily finished a bag of potato chips before eagerly opening the box.

[Obtain Water Purifier Tablet *1]

[Received 1 lollipop]

[Obtain 10g of salt]

...

A total of 103 wooden crates were collected, yielding 20 water purification tablets, 10 salt (10g), 30 lollipops, 8 cantaloupes, 30 pieces of wood, 18 iron nails, 10 bottled water, and 1 smelting furnace blueprint.

After the resources are doubled, you will receive 40 water purification tablets, 20 salt (10g), 60 lollipops, 16 cantaloupes, 60 wood, 36 iron nails, 20 mineral water, and 2 smelting furnace blueprints.

[Smelting Furnace: Refines various mineral items. Requires: 10 Iron Ingots.]

Disassemble the wooden crate to obtain 103 pieces of wood and 103 pieces of iron nails.

With enough iron blocks, Gu Mian went straight to learning how to make the designs from the blueprints.

The extra blueprint was used to exchange for supplies.

Gu Mian: "[Smelting Furnace Blueprint] for weapon, DM me with price."

There were also too many lollipops. Keep a few to satisfy your cravings, and exchange the rest for supplies.

Gu Mian: "One lollipop can be exchanged for five pieces of wood or five iron nails and two iron blocks."

"I'll try another one, my mouth is practically tasteless."

Zhu Zhixin: "Isn't it a rip-off to trade 1 lollipop for 5 pieces of wood? I'll trade 2 pieces of wood for one."

"Take it or leave it. Everyone has wood, but have you ever seen anyone offer lollipops for trade?"

"I agree with the comment above. Sugar can replenish the body's energy. I don't think exchanging it for 5 pieces of wood is expensive at all. I'll take one."

Zhu Zhixin: "Holy crap, are you guys Gu Mian's simps? Why are you so eager to please her? It wouldn't do you any good if I lowered the price?"

Gu Mian: "One lollipop can be exchanged for five pieces of wood or five iron nails and two iron blocks."

Zhu Zhixin: "Gu Mian, two pieces of timber for one lollipop is about right. We're all compatriots, why do you have to make money off your fellow countrymen?"

Gu Mian: "One lollipop can be exchanged for five pieces of wood or five iron nails and two iron blocks."

Zhu Zhixin: "Gu Mian, speak up, stop spamming!"

Gu Mian: "One lollipop can be exchanged for five pieces of wood or five iron nails and two iron blocks."

"Pfft, Zhu Zhixin was completely ignored."

"A man with absolutely no presence—Zhu Zhixin."

Zhu Zhixin: "I &%% you ￥￥$ a bunch of idiots@@#￥$%"

Xu Kun: "Hey, you guys are so mean, you've made Ah Xin so angry he's practically scrambling to read the code."

puff……

You're not much better off.

Gu Mian twitched her lips, turned around, and went into the wooden house.

It's getting late, time for dinner.

Gu Mian lit the stove, then took out two pieces of pork, washed them, and cut them into pieces the size of mahjong tiles for later use.

Pour an appropriate amount of peanut oil into a wok. Once the oil is hot, add the meat pieces and stir-fry until cooked. Then add an appropriate amount of soy sauce, oyster sauce, and light soy sauce, and continue to stir-fry.

After stir-frying evenly, pour in two bottles of mineral water and start simmering the meat slowly.

Half an hour later, the pork stew was ready, and Gu Mian was completely overwhelmed by the aroma.

Gu Mian sprinkled some salt into the pot by feel, and then couldn't wait to pick up a piece and put it in her mouth.

"Ugh, it's so hot." Gu Mian breathed out, but couldn't bear to spit out the meat.

It's so delicious! It's fragrant, tender, and melts in your mouth. It's a hundred times better than any braised pork I've ever had before!

After quickly exchanging chopsticks, Gu Mian took out a steamed bun and began to devour it.

After a hearty meal, my stomach was slightly bloated.

Looking at the little bit of broth left in the pot, Gu Mian still wasn't satisfied and soaked a steamed bun in it, letting it absorb the broth before saving it for tomorrow.

After eating, the entire iron pot was shiny and didn't need washing at all!

After eating and drinking her fill, Gu Mian got down to business.

First, make two 20L wooden barrels, then fill the barrels with seawater, and finally put 20 water purification tablets into each barrel.

Soon, the water in the wooden bucket lost its black color and became crystal clear again.

[Drinking water: Purified using water purification tablets, it is safe to drink.]

Gu Mian nodded in satisfaction: "Great, we have two more buckets of clean water."

Lying in bed that night, Gu Mian was dozing off when Wang Xiaoqing sent her a message.

Wang Xiaoqing: "Thank you! [10 iron blocks] This is for you. Thank you for the watermelon today, and for the apples before."

Gu Mian immediately perked up: "You went to the island today?"

Wang Xiaoqing: "Yes, after digging stones all day, my arms don't feel like my own anymore."

Wang Xiaoqing: "I'm too tired today, let's talk tomorrow, I want to sleep."

Gu Mian: "Okay, okay, you should rest. We'll talk again tomorrow."