As soon as Lao Liu finished speaking, several others rushed up, covered his mouth, and pulled him aside, grinning sheepishly at Sui Yi.

Sui Yi: "Could you repeat what you just said? Did I almost get pissed on?"

The group shook their heads in denial. Sui Yi ignored them and walked up to Lao Liu. "Come on, honest boy, tell me, whose idea was it to pee on me? Tell me and I won't hit you."

"It was the third brother who said you were possessed by a water ghost and needed to be exorcised by a boy's urine," the sixth brother said blankly.

Sui Yi grinned mischievously, clenching her fists so tightly her knuckles cracked. She walked up to the third brother, grabbed him, and started hitting him repeatedly. Of course, she didn't hit him hard; it was just for show, making it sound loud but actually hurting nothing.

"Hahahaha, ahahahaha." The system clutched its stomach, laughing hysterically inside the space, rolling around on the ground.

Sui Yi secretly made a note of it to the system, putting it all together for later settlement. Sui Yi stopped what she was doing, sat down by the fire, and invited the others to sit down as well. Looking at them, she asked, "After this incident, I think we should think of some other ways to make a living, because begging won't feed us or keep us warm; in fact, sometimes we'll be bullied."

“Ninth Sister, we’ve thought about these issues too, but when we look for work, no one is hiring us,” the eldest brother said.

Have you ever thought about making something to sell?

"How could anyone buy what we make? Once, my second brother and I carved some things to sell, but before we even got to the market, a few thugs robbed us of them."

“We tried many ways to make money, but only Lao Ba (Old Eight) managed to earn some. None of the other brothers succeeded.”

"Brother, the reason we didn't succeed is because we weren't strong enough."

“Ninth Sister is right, but we are lowly beggars, and no one is willing to teach us kung fu.”

"Brother, actually, this time I suffered, but it also brought me some extraordinary encounters. You tell me whether you believe me or not."

“You’re our sister, how could we not believe you?” the brothers said in unison.

"Then let me tell you, I didn't actually faint this time. It was because after I fell to the bottom of the lake, I met an old man with great martial arts skills. He said I looked like his granddaughter, so he passed on his martial arts skills to me. The reason you saw me rolling my eyes and my face turning red was because the old man's power was too strong, and I couldn't absorb it all at once, which caused discomfort." Sui Yi said this nonsense with a straight face.

The system was dumbfounded. As expected, its master was a novelist; no one could match his ability to lie through his teeth.

"So, Ninth Sister, have you now become a highly skilled female knight-errant?" Seventh Brother asked.

"Hmm, if you don't believe me, I'll show you." Sui Yi stood up and went outside. Looking around, she was pleasantly surprised to find several pine trees in front of the dilapidated temple, bearing pine cones. Sui Yi turned to the group and said, "Watch closely." She then focused her energy in her palm and struck a tree with a loud crack. The pine cones fell from the tree. Sui Yi looked at the group, gesturing for them to pick them up.

"Ninth Sister, what do you need this thing for? You can't eat it, and you can't use it," said the third brother.

“Who said you can’t eat them? You just haven’t discovered how. Look, this is called a pine cone, and the kernels inside are called pine nuts. Just remove the outer shell, and you can eat the kernels inside. Plus, you can use the rest to start a fire. Come on, everyone, let’s do it together,” Suiyi called out.

The third brother finished first, tried putting it at the very back, chewed it, and found it quite delicious, though there wasn't much meat. He happily picked up all the pine cones on the ground and put them in the dilapidated temple. After everyone else had tasted them, they joined the pine cone-collecting army.