"Qingqing, I'm really going crazy," Gu Yunshu sighed with a worried expression.
Xia Qingqing hurriedly asked, "What's wrong? What happened?"
She was genuinely surprised. Gu Yunshu was usually a composed person, and it was rare to see her so devastated.
Gu Yunshu drooped her eyebrows helplessly: "I finally opened up access to the third dimension, but it matched me with an ancient dimension."
"An ancient world? That sounds pretty good. There are lots of delicious foods in ancient times, and the clothes and jewelry are beautiful too," Xia Qingqing imagined the period dramas she had watched.
Traveling to an ancient world is unlikely, but making trades with people from that world is quite possible.
"What's so great about it? That ancient plane was already suffering from a severe drought, and now several forces are fighting each other to the death. The host is currently on the run," Gu Yunshu said, feeling frustrated and needing to vent.
Xia Qingqing was stunned. Could it be that she was really that unlucky?
Her first reaction was to wonder if the other person was poor. If they were poor, then it would really mean they had nothing and they had wasted a matchmaking opportunity.
"He's not poor, I heard he's the young master of a wealthy merchant. This is the gold he used to change my medicine," Gu Yunshu said, directly transferring a gold ingot to Xia Qingqing.
Xia Qingqing took out the gold from the system warehouse, held it in her hand and weighed it. It was a five-tael gold ingot, weighing more than two hundred grams.
Gu Yunshu continued, "Nobody picks up gold that falls on the ground here. If it weren't for the fact that you like gold, I wouldn't even bother with him."
Let's go back an hour.
Liya has recently become somewhat addicted to spicy snacks like hot strips. She's already finished the stock she got from her last trade with Gu Yunshu, so she's come back to trade with Gu Yunshu again.
Although Gu Yunshu already had a lot of weapons and potions, she didn't mind having too many of these good things and readily traded a bag of snacks with Liya for a few bottles of healing potions.
I received a system notification to upgrade as soon as the transaction was completed.
Gu Yunshu was overjoyed when she heard the notification sound. Xia Qingqing had been leveling up for quite some time, while she hadn't met the leveling requirements because she had fewer transactions than Xia Qingqing. Now, she had finally gotten her turn.
Gu Yunshu pressed the match button with great anticipation, and soon received a notification that the match was successful.
[Congratulations, host, you have successfully matched with a host from an ancient world. Would you like to add them as a friend?]
Is there even a question? Of course, it's added.
Gu Yunshu's plan was sound. Before the apocalypse, she had watched many ancient dramas. Although ancient technology was not advanced, there was still a lot of delicious food, so she didn't dislike this ancient world at all.
While waiting for her friend request to be accepted, she was also thinking about what kind of food she wanted to trade with the other person.
She had always wanted to try those fancy pastries that frequently appeared in TV dramas and novels from ancient times. It would be even better if they were from a dynasty like the Qing Dynasty, as she wanted to taste the Manchu Han Imperial Feast.
Fortunately, she didn't have to wait long before a notification popped up on the system panel:
You have successfully added "Wu Li" from the ancient world as a friend. You and "Wu Li" can now start chatting and trading.
Gu Yunshu immediately sent a video call invitation.
The next second, a sallow face appeared on the system panel.
For a moment, Gu Yunshu thought she was seeing ordinary people in the D district of the base. People who are always hungry are usually emaciated and pale like this.
Wu Li knelt on the ground excitedly: "Fairy, are you a fairy? Please, please give me some medicine, my mother can't hold on much longer."
Gu Yunshu said calmly, "I'm not some fairy. If you want medicine, you have to exchange it for something. It's impossible for me to give it to you for free."
If it weren't for the fact that the other person's clothes were relatively clean and they seemed to still be in a carriage, she would have wanted to end the video call immediately.
"I...I have gold. May I give you gold?" Wu Li took out a pouch from her sleeve and then took out a gold ingot from the pouch and handed it to Gu Yunshu to see.
In this world, even gold can't buy food and medicine. He looked at Gu Yunshu expectantly, hoping that this fairy would agree to change his medicine.
Gu Yunshu pouted in disappointment, but considering that Xia Qingqing liked gold and that gold could be used to buy food from the modern world, she didn't directly reject the man.
"What illness does your mother have?"
Upon hearing Gu Yunshu's question, Wu Li respectfully knelt on the ground and replied, "Your Majesty, my mother caught a cold a couple of days ago and is currently suffering from a persistent high fever."
Gu Yunshu nodded knowingly. This was just a fever, but in ancient times, a cold and fever were indeed considered serious illnesses.
She took out some fever reducers and cold medicine from her spatial storage and sent them to Wu Li, also telling him how to take them and how many each time.
"I've given you the medicine, now give me the gold," Gu Yunshu patiently taught Wu Li how to teleport items and retrieve things from the system warehouse.
Seeing the strange pills in his hand, Wu Li kowtowed to Gu Yunshu again to express his gratitude.
He had no doubt about the authenticity of the medicine. The strange clothes the woman was wearing clearly indicated that she was not from their country, and all these signs further proved that the woman was extraordinary. She was the only one he could ask his mother for help.
After Gu Yunshu hung up the video call, Wu Li quickly arranged for a water bag to be taken out and the medicine to be fed to her mother.
"Li'er, what did you feed your mother?" Master Wu had just heard his son's voice inside the carriage and thought that his wife had woken up, so he rushed over to check. He found his son feeding his wife.
"Father, it's medicine, the fairy gave me medicine." After feeding him the medicine, Wu Li was no longer in a hurry and recounted what had just happened to Master Wu.
Fearing he wouldn't believe her, she even put the purse into the system's inventory and then immediately took it out again.
Seeing his son's miraculous abilities, Master Wu was overjoyed: "My son has truly encountered a deity! This is a great blessing!"
After saying that, he immediately covered his mouth tightly. This matter must not be heard by anyone else. If it were spread, Li would be doomed.
The Wu family was originally a wealthy merchant family in Jian'an City, with businesses spread throughout the town. Even a severe drought did not affect their lives because the Wu family had a large amount of stored grain.
Unfortunately, the world fell into chaos, and the Wu family had to flee. Their plan was to head north because Wu Li had an older sister who had married into the capital. They could seek refuge with Wu Li's eldest daughter in the capital.
Unfortunately, there were too many refugees on the road, and the journey that should have taken a little over a month took them two months to complete.
If it weren't for a team of loyal guards protecting them all the way, their family would probably be gone long ago.
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