Grandma Gan was silently preparing for the 'battle' for her daughter, while Gan Li was completely unaware of this. She was still looking at the newly unlocked container in front of her, her face full of joy.
Maria, floating beside her, looked at her with a puzzled expression:
"Host, we've finally accumulated some merit, and you're using it to unlock these mundane things? Isn't that a bit of a waste..."
"What do you know?" Gan Li retorted, "This isn't just about oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar; it's my life!"
Since arriving in this dynasty, Ganli's diet has become very bland, not because she has become averse to worldly desires, but because she has been forced to do so.
During the Great Jing Dynasty, seasonings were very scarce, consisting only of oil and salt.
Only wealthy families or restaurants can use other ingredients to complement their dishes, making the flavors more diverse.
However, ordinary households only have oil and salt as seasonings, so no matter what they cook, it's always just clear broth and water.
As far as she knew, the reason why Baifulai's braised lion's head meatballs became a specialty was because the person who first created the recipe accidentally added a little bit of soybean paste, which unexpectedly added a rare flavor that amazed diners and thus became Baifulai's signature dish.
Ganli also realized from this that the people here are not against pork dishes, as long as they are cooked well.
Once she figured this out, she instantly became excited. There were no seasonings here, but her supermarket had plenty! Not to mention anything else, just MSG alone could probably drive the people here crazy!
So she had already decided that once she had accumulated enough merit points, she would definitely unlock the condiment container first!
So, after everything was completely settled at Baifulai today, she didn't hesitate to use her newly acquired merit points to unlock the condiment shelf.
only……
"Last time unlocking that container only cost twenty merit points, but this time it costs forty? That's more than double! Are you trying to rip me off?" Gan Li asked, dissatisfied.
Seeing that she actually doubted its quality, Maria was so angry that she leaped into the air and shouted:
"Of course not! The merit points you get are different for each person you help, let alone these containers?"
The previous display case had only a limited selection of goods, but look at this shelf—it's packed with so many items! Naturally, it's more expensive; how can you compare them?
Indeed, the previously unlocked shelves only contained milk, yogurt, and cheese. But this shelf, besides oil and salt, also had soy sauce, light soy sauce, chicken bouillon, oyster sauce, hot pot base... In short, all the seasonings I had in my previous life were here!
Thinking about it this way, spending forty merit points was still worthwhile.
Ganli dispelled her doubts and cheered up again: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have doubted you."
This sudden and sincere apology made Maria a little embarrassed, and she said hesitantly:
"Since you've apologized, this elf will generously forgive you! However, your task completion speed is far too slow. In such a large mall, you've only unlocked two containers so far!"
"Do you think I want this?" Gan Li said helplessly. Didn't she want to complete more tasks and unlock more containers?
She's also really short on merit points, you know!
For example, just now, after unlocking the shelf containing the seasonings, she also wanted to unlock the women's products section, since even though she had transmigrated, she still had to receive her 'relatives' every month.
Women in this era had their own methods for welcoming their period. They typically used cloth bags filled with cotton and wood ash. However, cotton was expensive, and most families couldn't afford it, so wood ash was the most common method…
Ganli felt a chill run down her spine just thinking about it! She couldn't accept either of them, so after unlocking the condiment shelf, she wanted to ask how many merit points were needed for the women's hygiene shelf.
But Xiao Ma told her that unlocking that area would require sixty merit points!
Sixty!!!
At such a high price, Ganli couldn't help but suspect that the company was rigging its prices.
However, Maria's reason was similar to the one she had given before. The reason for the high price was not only the variety of products, but also whether they were urgently needed. Obviously, that thing was something Ganli urgently needed, so it was expensive.
Okay, it's confirmed, this lychee is being sold at inflated prices!
But Maria was also innocent: "These were all decided by the Systems Planning Bureau, there's nothing I can do about it."
Gan Li: "..." Forget it, we're both working people, let's not make things difficult for each other.
Fortunately, when she transmigrated, the original owner had just finished entertaining relatives, and now ten days have passed, so she still has at least half a month.
She has figured out the reward mechanism of this system. Although it is said that the 'price' is determined by the person's contribution to the world, everyone has a starting price.
The starting price for an ordinary person is ten merit points. For example, when she solved the troubles that Granny Lü was looking after and brought Gan Tian out of the Chen family, she received a total of twenty merit points.
This time it was forty-five. She guessed it was because she helped the Gan family escape the fate of being sold, and the Gan family had exactly four women, so it was forty merit points.
As for the remaining five... Gan Li thought of the five men in the Gan family and laughed in anger.
It turns out that Fat Lychee said there would be rewards for helping men, but less than for helping women—is that really a little?
Men are so worthless!
However, since helping a woman can earn ten merit points, she can easily accumulate sixty merit points by helping more women.
Thinking of this, Gan Li cheered up again. Remembering that the Gan family was waiting for her to come and celebrate, she quickly picked out several items from the shelf.
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