Chapter 194 The Deal
After putting away the gold, she continued rummaging through the trash with renewed energy. She felt that she might be having good luck today. In the next hour, she found about ten empty nutrient solution bottles and a small household robot that was missing some parts.
She had been collecting for several hours, and it was already afternoon. She checked the time and realized she had to get to Star 736 before she stopped.
Perhaps it was during her newbie protection period, but her first day of collecting trash was quite successful. She had searched for the recycling price on her personal computer, and what she collected today could be sold for about 300 star coins, which was about the same as her savings.
Xi Yue felt very fortunate. It wasn't until she boarded the public spaceship bound for Star 736 that she remembered the transaction message.
With a try-it-out mentality, Xi Yue went to the spaceship's bathroom and secretly took out the trash from the compressed package to scan and photograph it using the trading system.
I have these items that I can trade. What kind of food can I exchange them for?
Ning Xuan heard a system notification and quickly checked the message; the other side had finally replied.
Several items were sent over from the other side. Forgive Ning Xuan for not being familiar with the goods from the interstellar dimension, but she immediately noticed the two pieces of gleaming gold. Such plain and unprocessed gold, although she didn't know how high the purity was, such large pieces must be very valuable.
In fact, Ning Xuan doesn't need to worry about the purity being too low. The purification technology in the interstellar plane is extremely advanced, and a purity of 99.99% for gold is the bare minimum.
You can trade with me in gold. I have plenty of food here. Is there anything you'd like to eat, or I can decide what you want?
After sending the message, Ning Xuan also sent photos of several kinds of food, including staple foods such as meat, vegetables, rice, noodles, steamed buns, and mantou, as well as pastries, snacks, fruits, and so on.
Xi Yue's eyes widened as she looked at the dazzling array of food.
Good heavens, how come there are so many high-end foods, and many of them she has never seen before?
Especially those lush green vegetables, there were so many kinds, she usually drinks nutritional supplements.
She knew her parents would secretly buy vegetables from the Royal Agricultural Research Institute to occasionally supplement the family's meals, but each time they would send her off with various excuses beforehand, such as needing to buy something for the house, take out the trash, or pay some fixed fees.
When she got home, she could actually smell the aroma of high-end vegetables and meats in the air.
At first, she made a fuss, but after being severely reprimanded by her parents, she learned her lesson and realized that making a fuss was useless. When she got a little older, whenever her parents assigned her some chores, she would guess that there would be extra food at home.
She understood that her parents were biased, but she didn't understand why. If it was because she was less gifted, then interstellar citizens only started being tested on their mental strength after the age of twelve. But her parents had been biased ever since she had her first memories.
When she discovered that her mental strength was only at the F level, her parents not only became even more biased towards her, but also seemed to harbor a vague resentment towards her. Fortunately, the Federation's interstellar policy towards minors was very comprehensive, otherwise she might not have survived to this day.
To be honest, the day she was actually kicked out of her home by her parents and had to fend for herself, she felt a sense of relief. Finally, she no longer had to live in fear in that house.
Getting ahead of myself, the key point is that the high-end vegetables and meats produced by the Royal Agricultural Academy of the Federation's Interstellar Society have a pollution level that is almost zero, but the price is also extremely high. Leafy greens are sold by the piece, and even at 10,000 star coins per piece, the supply still can't meet the demand.
Those with money and power have priority access to buy them, while ordinary people have to queue up and grab them using their personal computer IDs.
Because they are too expensive and hard to get, most people, although they really want to try the taste of high-end ingredients, don't easily join in the fun.
The Ming family is actually quite well-off; they are considered a small wealthy family on Kowei Star. Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to buy high-end ingredients to supplement their meals from time to time.
Mingchen Xiyue's surname is actually Ming, and Chen is her mother's surname. It's very common to name children this way in the Federation Interstellar Community, so that others can immediately tell which parents' surnames the child comes from. This is especially true for children from well-off families, some of whose surnames are quite unique. Just by hearing the name, people can tell which two prominent families the child was born from a marriage alliance.
Both the Ming family and the Chen family are among the second-tier elite families on Kowei Star.
Seeing the food Ning Xuan sent, which included lots of meat, vegetables, and even rice, Xi Yue wondered if her pile of garbage could be exchanged for even a bite of green leafy vegetables or a mouthful of rice.
However, it would be better if she didn't see it, because Ning Xuan had activated the five senses sharing function, so Xi Yue could not only see what the food looked like, but also smell its aroma, which she found hard to resist.
She realized she couldn't control herself with reason, so she tried to console herself: Why not try something different? Even just a taste would be good. It would celebrate escaping that extremely biased home where she felt no affection, and also celebrate finding a way to make a living. She was lucky enough to find so much stuff on the first day, and she still had over 300 star coins in savings. Tomorrow she could try harder to collect more trash and collect it for a longer time...
After convincing herself, she realized she might want to eat something too expensive, so she didn't order anything, only saying:
Either is fine, you decide what to give~
Then, feeling guilty, she first put the two pieces of gold that Ning Xuan liked into the trading slot. For the last slot, she thought for a moment and put a home robot that was missing fewer parts, which was also of higher value.
Then she held her breath and waited for the other party to make the deal. She was even a little worried that her things were too cheap and that the other party might suddenly regret making the deal with her.
As a result, she saw that the other party's trading panel had three large boxes on it!
Is it possible to exchange so many?
Xi Yue was shocked.
In fact, Ning Xuan felt it was still too little. The two pieces of gold weighed almost ten pounds together. Moreover, when the other party put a handful of gold into the transaction window, the system automatically recognized it, and Ning Xuan knew that it was actually 999.999% pure gold, which was extremely valuable.
However, since the transaction had just begun, Ning Xuan didn't plan to use the storage ring yet. So she packed the different kinds of food into three large boxes. She would take advantage of the situation this time and give more next time.
Xi Yue watched in a daze as the transaction was completed, and then several large boxes were quietly and automatically placed into the system warehouse. She had already read the system manual and knew that they could be stored for free at first, but later she would need points. Fortunately, all her junk had earned points after being scanned, enough for her to use for the next two days.
She took out the first box, opened it, and found it filled with all sorts of very fresh fruit!
You should know that in the Federation interstellar space, fruit is more precious than vegetables and meat because it is so difficult to cultivate.
But now she has a whole box full of all kinds of fruits that she has only seen in textbooks!
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