Firstly, it was to take a rest, and secondly, it was to wait until the two little ones fell asleep so that they could catch the fish, and then go to the back mountain to see if there was anything else they could exchange with Xiaohua, so that they could get rid of this life of not knowing where their next meal would come from as soon as possible.
However, after sleeping for only the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Han Yiyi sat up. Looking at the two little ones breathing evenly, she carefully went out the door and walked towards the stream behind the house. Before leaving, she also picked up Aunt Zhang's basket, thinking to herself that it would be good to pick some wild vegetables and mushrooms.
The house was already quite a distance from the other houses, and since it was just past noon and everyone was taking a nap, there was hardly anyone around. When she walked to the stream, sure enough, the fish from before was still there. Han Yiyi wondered if it was just her imagination, but she saw the fish raise its head, glance at her, and look at her with disdain in its eyes.
Han Yiyi: ...
However, this time Han Yiyi did not pounce on it directly. Instead, she turned slightly and pretended to leave. Then, out of the corner of her eye, she saw the fish raise its head slightly and blow a bubble on the surface of the water.
Han Yiyi was speechless, thinking to herself, "Could this stinky fish have become a spirit?" The next moment, she suddenly took a step forward and used the basket in her hand to scoop up the fish.
Looking at the crucian carp that was thrashing about half a pound in the basket, Han Yiyi smiled and her eyes narrowed. Sure enough, the next moment, she heard Xiao Hua's mechanical voice.
"Ding-dong, a natural, pollution-free crucian carp has been detected. The fish weighs five ounces and can be exchanged for fifty points. Host, would you like to exchange it...?" The electronic screen accompanied the sound.
Looking at the "Yes" and "No" options on the screen, Han Yiyi raised her finger and decisively clicked "Yes".
"Redeem successful"
As soon as the sound of successful redemption faded, Han Yiyi saw on the electronic screen that her points balance was 50 points.
Han Yiyi flipped through the electronic screen, wanting to see what things could be exchanged for with fifty points in the system.
When Han Yi saw that rice cost 10 points per pound, eggs cost 5 points each, pork cost 20 points per pound, and flour cost 10 points per pound, her eyes lit up. She thought to herself, "Even if I catch fish every day and sell them to this little flower system, I won't starve to death."
Besides the food, Han Yiyi browsed the electronic screen and found that the selection was quite complete, almost like Taobao.
Looking at the dazzling array of items on the electronic screen, Han Yiyi thought to herself, "This really is a cheating device. However, if I want to live a truly good life, I certainly can't rely on this little flower system alone."
After all, if you keep taking things out for no reason, it will definitely arouse suspicion over time. If you are discovered, you might be burned at the stake as a monster...
Han Yiyi searched in the stream for another half an hour, her clothes were completely soaked, and even the basket in her hand was dented, before she finally caught a fish the size of her palm. Therefore, she decisively gave up the idea of exchanging fish for other fish.
Looking at the fish in the basket that she had tormented to the point of near death, Han Yi called out to Xiao Hua about ten times, but it didn't respond at all. Just when Han Yi thought that the exchange system had broken again, she heard Xiao Hua's voice sounding somewhat disgusted.
"The fish is too small, this system will not accept it. Host, do not call for this system unless necessary. This system will naturally ask the host for anything that can be exchanged..."
Han Yiyi: ...
Hearing this, Han Yiyi simply couldn't believe that this thing was just an AI.
Looking at the dented basket in her hand and the fish inside with their eyes rolled back in their heads, Han Yiyi irritably tugged at her clothes that were sticking to her body. Fortunately, the weather was hot and they would dry in a while, otherwise she would definitely catch a cold.
Since she had been out for quite some time, and worried that her two children would be anxious if they woke up and couldn't see her, Han Yiyi decided to go back.
Before going back, Han Yi used 50 points to exchange for two jin of flour and two three-jin fish.
Han Yi didn't dare to change the rice and pork, mainly because she was worried that the two children would ask where they came from, and she wouldn't be able to explain.
As for the flour, he said it was a gift from Aunt Zhang that he hadn't finished eating. As for the fish, it's possible that the fish in the system are all artificially farmed, so they are much cheaper than wild ones. He exchanged 30 points for two three-pound fish.
Han Yiyi changed the fish for two reasons. First, her Aunt Zhang's basket was damaged, and she thought that sending a fish over would be a small compensation. Second, Han Yiyi also wanted to cook fish soup for the two children to nourish them. And fish is easy to explain; she could just say that she caught it herself.
When Han Yiyi returned to the thatched hut, she saw that the two children were still asleep. She quickly put the flour in the kitchen. Just as she put the flour down, she heard the voices of the two children coming from inside the hut.
"Sister, Mother, where is Mother? Mother is gone. Does she not want us anymore...?"
“Don’t worry, Stone, Mother won’t abandon us. She must have gone out on something…”
Hearing Shi Tou's tearful voice and Da Ya's feigned strength, Han Yi felt a lump in her throat and quickly left the kitchen, shouting as she went.
"Mother is here. You two are awake. Look what Mother caught for you..."
As he spoke, he held up the two fish he was carrying to show the two children.
When the two little ones saw that Han Yiyi hadn't abandoned them, and that she was carrying a huge fish in one hand, their eyes, which had been filled with tears, suddenly lit up.
"Mom, what a big fish! Can I touch it...?"
Seeing the two children's surprised and eager eyes, Han Yi's eyes were full of smiles, and he extended his hand forward again.
Watching the two children carefully poking the fish, Han Yiyi curled the corners of her lips and smiled as she spoke.
“We’ll take one to Grandma Zhang, and we’ll make fish soup with the other one for you tonight, okay…”
"good……".
Han Yiyi was worried that the fish would die and become stale if left out too long in the hot weather, so she put the fish in the basket and led the two children to Aunt Zhang's house.
Because Aunt Zhang's family and the Fan family were neighbors, Han Yiyi saw the old woman from the Fan family and that woman named Cuihua picking vegetables at Aunt Zhang's door before she even arrived at Aunt Zhang's door.
Both of them had smiles on their faces and were talking about something, especially Old Lady Fan, whose face was all wrinkled from laughing. But the moment she looked up and saw Han Yiyi and the two children, she immediately put on a sarcastic and mean expression.
Especially when she saw that Han Yiyi was carrying a basket, she assumed that Han Yiyi had come to ask her for food, so she started to scold her.
“You useless jinx, you’ve already been divorced by the Fan family, and now you have nothing to do with the Fan family anymore, so don’t even think about begging for food…” he said, pointing at the two children next to Han Yiyi and cursing them.
"And you two ungrateful wretches, just like your mother, are jinxes. Now that you've severed ties with the Fan family, it has nothing to do with the Fan family if you starve to death. Don't even think about getting a single piece of food from this old woman..."
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