Chapter 45 The Sea, It's All Water "Son, wait a minute..."
"Son, don't go to work later, go to the supermarket and grab some rice." In a residential house in City C, a woman in her fifties was washing up in the bathroom when she saw her son hurriedly finish breakfast and was about to go to work, so she quickly stopped him.
The man glanced at his mother, looking bewildered: "Why are you grabbing rice? We haven't finished our rice yet!"
"Are you stupid? Didn't you see what day it is today? Today is the day that the new 01 rice is on the market! Didn't you say a few days ago that you wanted to live a long life?" the woman said reproachfully.
The man slapped his forehead, then said with annoyance, "Oh, right, I forgot. I'll call the boss right now."
"Okay, change into something neat. This is going to be a tough battle." The woman wiped her hands and came out, and the man then noticed that his mother was wearing a neat tracksuit.
"We'll split up later. I'll go to the South Hualian, your mother will go to the Haolai next door, and you'll go to Yongshang on the back street," the man's father said, poking his head out of the kitchen with a spatula in his hand.
"Okay, then you guys eat quickly, we'll go soon." The man nodded in agreement.
"By the way, have you prepared the money for the home robot next month?" the woman suddenly asked while eating breakfast.
"Ready, ready," the man nodded and said.
"That's good." The woman nodded in satisfaction before quickly continuing to eat her breakfast.
H City, elementary school classroom.
"Dear students and parents, this impromptu parent-teacher meeting is about the school lunch for our children. Since the new No. 01 rice has been put on the market, in accordance with national regulations, starting today, the school will provide nutritious meals made with the new No. 01 rice at noon," the teacher said to the parents attending the meeting from the podium.
"Then... teacher, how much do we... need to pay?" The man, whose work clothes were still stained with oil, raised his hand and asked somewhat awkwardly, glancing cautiously at his daughter beside him as soon as he finished speaking.
The girl wasn't embarrassed by her father's tattered clothes; she just looked at the teacher with some trepidation, silently trying to figure out where her family could scrape together some money for lunch.
The teacher smiled gently at the man before looking around and saying, "Parents, please rest assured that, except for those in higher education institutions, lunches for primary and secondary school students are funded by the government. You don't need to pay a single penny."
“This…” The man and his daughter looked at each other, both seeing surprise and disbelief in each other’s eyes.
"As expected of the country, they really value their children," a parent nearby remarked.
"Yes, yes." Everyone nodded in agreement.
S City, a small village nestled in the Ten Thousand Mountains.
Looking at the elderly people standing or sitting in the village committee courtyard, and a dozen or so children of different ages, the village chief smiled and said, "According to the national requirements, there are 30 elderly people over 60 years old and 12 children under 15 years old in our village, so we can receive a home assistive robot through national subsidies."
"Subsidy? How much is the subsidy? Why isn't it free?" an old man said with dissatisfaction.
"How could it be free? The girl said that thing costs a lot of money." The old lady next to him glanced at him up and down and said dismissively.
Seeing that everyone was looking at him with displeasure, the old man hurriedly explained, but his voice grew softer and softer as he spoke: "I know, I know."
"But, village chief, how much money do we still need to pay after the subsidy? We need to have our children send money home in advance." After scolding the old man, the old woman turned to the village chief and asked.
The village chief took out a piece of paper from his pocket, wiped his reading glasses, and carefully looked at it for a while before he could see the words on it. He then said to everyone, "I've calculated it. It's 30 yuan per person for people over sixty, 20 yuan per person for people with children, and 15 yuan per person for the rest."
"Why are children and the elderly so expensive?" the old man in front of me said with some dissatisfaction.
"It's 5,000 yuan in total, with a government subsidy of 20,000 yuan. Don't be ungrateful; it's mostly for children and the elderly." The village chief shook the paper in his hand and continued, "It's not much. Even if your whole family takes it, it's only 100 yuan. You can afford it."
The old man opened his mouth, about to say something more, when the old woman next to him rolled her eyes at him: "Your son sent money over a few days ago, several hundred dollars."
Seeing that few people present objected, the old man could only reluctantly shut his mouth.
Such scenes are scattered across the country, with provinces and cities entering a state of preparation, determined to deliver home robots and new rice to every household and every individual within their jurisdiction.
"Oh, the ocean, you are all water..." Sang Zhitao pinched her waist and sighed deeply as she looked at the boundless ocean.
She and the people at the base made no fewer than twenty guesses. They initially thought the time travel was based on the order in which she wrote her books, but it turned out that the second robot world was actually the fourth book she had ever written.
I initially thought it was based on completeness, and it's perfectly understandable that the robot-generated story ranked second in both completeness and completion time.
Therefore, they speculated that the world Sang Zhitao went to would be the third completed novel, "I Open a Pear Garden in Interstellar Space," based on the completion time.
Sang Zhitao even studied opera with opera masters for two months, so she can be considered a qualified amateur opera enthusiast.
However, she never expected that this world would be the fifth completed novel, "The Pirate Princess".
In the original setting of "Pirate Princess," this planet suffered a cataclysmic disaster, with seawater submerging most of the cities, leaving only 10% of the land habitable. This remaining land, resembling a blooming rose, was called the Rose Continent.
There are three powerful nations on the Rose Continent, one of which is known as the Holy Spirit Kingdom. Legend has it that the founding king saved most of the people on the land, so the Rose Continent also has a rule that no one can invade the Holy Spirit Kingdom under any circumstances.
Therefore, even though the Holy Spirit Kingdom has declined, it is still known as the safest country. The original owner that Sang Zhi Tao replaced was the future queen of the Holy Spirit Kingdom—the Holy Spirit Princess.
Because the world is mostly water, it has a rich pirate culture, and powerful pirates can even wield more power than a country's monarch.
Princess Holy Spirit has longed to be a pirate since childhood and plans to escape from the palace to become a pirate king after she comes of age.
Unfortunately, at the age of sixteen, she was mistaken for a fool and kidnapped onto a pirate ship. Although the misunderstanding was cleared up, she was unable to return home for a short period of time. With her extensive knowledge, she embarked on an adventure with the fool's fleet and eventually achieved her goal of becoming a legendary pirate king.
Looking down at her extremely luxurious, standard Clenolin-style dress, then rubbing her chest which was a little sore from the tight corset, and then looking at the dilapidated pirate ship in front of her and the boundless ocean, Sang Zhitao twitched her lips.
She never expected that she would travel back in time to the period when the female lead was kidnapped.
"Hey! Little princess, quickly write a letter to your brother and ask him to pay the ransom!" A handsome young man shouted at her from behind.
Sang Zhitao rolled her eyes behind his back before turning around speechlessly to look at him and said, "I've already told you I'm not Princess Rose, I'm Princess Holy Spirit of the Holy Spirit Kingdom, you've kidnapped the wrong person!"
The boy slung a machete taller than himself over his shoulder and replied impatiently, "The intelligence says that wearing a noble's dress makes you Princess Rose. Don't think I'm stupid."
Sang Zhitao couldn't hold back any longer. She rolled her eyes at the boy before saying, "That was a royal gathering. Everyone there was royalty, and we were all wearing standard aristocratic formal attire!"
"Oh, is that so?" The boy turned to look at the man next to him.
The man looked Sang Zhitao up and down suspiciously until he saw a rose tattoo faintly visible on her chest. He then cautiously replied, "It seems there really was a mistake. She has a rose tattoo on her body, which is the symbol of the Holy Spirit King's royal family."
The boy raised an eyebrow and walked up to Sang Zhitao.
Sang Zhitao was startled by his sudden movement and couldn't help but take a step back.
The boy ignored her actions and directly reached out to pull off her clothes, intending to get a better look.
"Slap!" Sang Zhitao slapped him across the face and shouted angrily, "You're being a pervert!"
The man was startled by the boy's actions and pulled him away before saying, "Captain, this won't do. A gentleman shouldn't act like this towards a girl!"
The boy glanced at him blankly and asked suspiciously, "Really?"
The man nodded repeatedly: "Really, really."
As soon as he finished speaking, the man turned to Sang Zhitao and introduced her: "I'm sorry, Princess Holy Spirit, we did indeed kidnap the wrong person. Let me reintroduce you. This is the Anling. I am the first mate, Baron, and this is our captain, Eureka."
Sang Zhitao took a silent breath before performing a noble salute and saying, "I am Princess Holy Spirit of the Holy Spirit Kingdom. When can I be sent back to the mainland?"
"I'm afraid that won't work. We've received a message that we need to go to the Dark Vortex. We'll have to wait for you to return to get there." Baron returned the greeting respectfully, a refined smile appearing on his pale, thin face.
Sang Zhitao nodded and said nothing more. This was a plot point written in the original book, so she wasn't particularly surprised. Her original reason for wanting to return to the mainland was because the original book mentioned a magical plant in the Holy Spirit Kingdom that could snatch people back from the clutches of death. She wanted to bring that plant back to Earth to see if it would have any effect.
However, she remembered what Baron had mentioned about the Dark Vortex, and after thinking about it, she felt that going there first would be a good idea. She remembered that there was a lot of treasure in the Dark Vortex, and perhaps she could bring some back as souvenirs for her country.
Seeing that she had no objections, Baron's smile became even more genuine. Pulling back Eureka, who was about to speak, Baron continued, "Then Your Highness, please return to your cabin to rest."
Sang Zhitao nodded and followed the other person into a room that was fairly clean.
"Your Highness, please rest. We won't disturb you any longer," Baron said with a smile.
"etc."
"What's wrong, Your Highness?" Baron asked curiously as he was about to turn around.
"Could you please find me a suitable outfit? This one is a bit inconvenient," Sang Zhitao said, pointing to the already stained, gorgeous skirt.
Baron paused, looking at the hem of the skirt. He saw that the pale purple skirt was stained with all sorts of dirt, like a delicate flower crushed in filthy mud, a truly pitiful sight. But after thinking for a moment, he said with difficulty, "It's not that we don't want to give it to Your Highness, it's just that we don't have any women's clothes on our ship."
Sang Zhitao thought for a moment and said, following the original text, "It's alright, just bring a clean set of clothes, men's clothes are fine too."
Baron was surprised that the Holy Spirit Princess was so unconventional, but he didn't say anything. He just nodded and pushed Eureka, who was looking at Sang Zhitao with curiosity, away.
Seeing the other person leave, Sang Zhitao finally breathed a sigh of relief. After thinking for a moment, she reached behind her back and rummaged around for a while before finally finding the bra strap. She pulled it outwards with all her might, and feeling that her chest was no longer stuffy, Sang Zhitao took a few deep breaths, threw herself onto the bed, and enjoyed this moment of relaxation.
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Author's Note: A new world begins, an adventure without conspiracies~
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