Chapter 11 Life is getting more and more promising
When Ning Xuan saw the message from Lin Yuhan, she guessed that the copper coins should fetch a decent price. She currently had 11 copper coins left. In recent transactions, apart from one time when she gave a jade bracelet, Wang Erya had given her copper coins every time.
Sometimes it's 2 coins, sometimes it's 1 coin, so she's saved up about ten coins now.
Ning Xuan doesn't plan to sell the bracelet for now. If supplies become less scarce later, she can keep it and sell it to accumulate some initial capital.
Judging from the current situation, trading copper coins can get her quite a few things, which should be enough for her needs.
Ning Xuan replied, "Yes, but I need quite a few things."
Lin Yuhan thought that as long as it didn't exceed her purchasing power and she could still make a profit, she could do it.
She asked Ning Xuan to state her needs.
Ning Xuan came up with the following ideas:
[I can buy some other types of food. I don't have the facilities to cook for myself right now, so I need food that can be eaten directly, such as dried meat, bread, biscuits, and cooked rice. The more variety, the better.]
Then there's clothing and other necessities. For clothing, we need clothes in styles common in the 1970s. Let's start with three sets each of summer, autumn, and winter clothes. We also need underwear, which should be understated, rustic, and in line with the era.
Get two quilts, one weighing 6 jin and the other 10 jin. The quilt covers should be the simple, rustic kind, like blue or green.
Next, let's get a whole box of sanitary napkins, both day and night types.
Ning Xuan could only think of these things at once. She also knew that it would take time for the other party to buy these items. Anyway, there were transactions every day, and she could ask for more information if she thought of anything else she needed later.
After a while, Ning Xuan thought of Wang Erya again. She originally wanted Lin Yuhan to help prepare milk powder, but then she thought that the milk powder smelled very good and that the smell would attract attention on Wang Erya and the others' way of fleeing famine, so she decided against it.
Let's wait until she comes up with a safe solution before we talk about it, otherwise it would be bad if her good intentions backfired.
Lin Yu-han said she could buy food and sanitary napkins first, but she would need to take time to prepare clothes.
Lin Yuhan planned to shop online, as it's almost impossible to find such old-fashioned clothes and quilts offline these days, so online shopping would be much more convenient.
Then Lin Yuhan went to the supermarket and bought sanitary napkins, specifically a well-known brand.
Then I bought some biscuits, pastries, dried meat, milk candy, and when I saw fruit, I asked Ningxuan if she wanted some.
Ning Xuan nodded frantically. Absolutely! She was still in survival mode, so she had forgotten about fruit. She hadn't eaten fruit in a long time.
Lin Yuhan thoughtfully bought grapes, raisins, and bananas that are easy to eat, don't need to be peeled, and are quiet to eat with little smell.
For main meals, Lin Yuhan bought several boxes of deluxe fast food, and then bought sushi and rice balls. Although the latter two were not as delicious, they were convenient to eat and had a milder flavor.
Ning Xuan was very grateful for Lin Yuhan's thoughtfulness when she received it.
There are only 3 trading slots in total, and you can only trade 3 items at a time, but there is no limit to the quantity of the same type of item.
Lin Yuhan packed all the sanitary napkins into one bag, the fruit into another bag, and the food into a separate box, thus dividing them into three categories. The system only counted the outer packaging as one item.
These things may not sound like much, but they actually add up to quite a lot. Ning Xuan traded them for two copper coins.
Then Ning Xuan thought about it and decided to ask Lin Yuhan from the modern world for help.
I actually want to buy some formula and bottles for my 3-month-old baby, but it's inconvenient to take them out, and I'm also worried about the strong smell. Could you help me find some formula with a milder taste?
There was a maternity and baby store near where Lin Yuhan lived. She had been excited all day after binding herself to the system, so she suggested that she go and ask the people at the maternity and baby store.
When we arrived at the baby store, the staff said they had formula with a milder taste that was closer to breast milk, but it was a bit more expensive than other brands.
Lin Yuhan thought for a moment and asked for a small jar first, then bought three relatively inexpensive baby bottles, which cost only 30 yuan each.
After returning home, Lin Yuhan sent a message to Ning Xuan.
The shop assistant said this brand has a very mild flavor. I'll prepare it here and put it in your baby bottle so you can drink it directly. It shouldn't have much taste that way.
Ning Xuan was overjoyed. This method was good. Although there would still be a taste, and people who have been hungry for a long time are very sensitive to the taste of food, the taste should be controlled to some extent with such a small hole in the nipple.
Then Li Yuhan, a young woman in her early twenties who was unmarried and childless, began to carefully prepare the formula after boiling water, following the instructions given by the shop assistant and the instructions on the formula can.
For convenience, she filled all three 160ml bottles to the maximum capacity, since she could put any leftovers back in the storage room anyway.
This time, Lin Yuhan only accepted one copper coin, and said that if that was acceptable, she would make a few more bottles of milk powder for Ningxuan during the next transaction.
After receiving the prepared milk powder, Ning Xuan secretly took it out and poured it on her wrist. The temperature was just right, not too hot. She noticed that the milk smell was indeed very faint, with a slight fishy smell. She licked it and found it wasn't very sweet. Ning Xuan thought this should be suitable.
Then Ning Xuan sent it to Wang Erya and taught her how to use it. Basically, you just put the nipple in the baby's mouth and let the baby suck.
Seeing such a magical and convenient thing, Wang Erya was even more grateful to Ning Xuan, and gave her a copper coin as a reward for the bottle of milk powder.
Wang Erya originally only had a few dozen copper coins, but she received some more after the last bandit raid, so now she can afford to spend two or three copper coins a day.
Ning Xuan told her to secretly give the baby a little to drink first to see if there was any adverse reaction. If not, she could continue to give the baby the milk, and she could return the empty bottle to her next time.
It was also thanks to the fact that other people's systems were different from Ning Xuan's. Other people had a limit of 3 times a day, but their systems had not been upgraded and could only connect to one dimension.
Ning Xuan's system is upgradable and can connect to multiple dimensions simultaneously, with the number of transactions increasing as the system is upgraded.
After the milk powder transaction was completed, Ning Xuan felt a little more at ease, hoping that Wang Erya and her child could safely get through this famine.
It wasn't until just before going to bed that Ningxuan remembered that she could actually drink milk powder to supplement her nutrition.
This body is severely malnourished. Recently, she almost fainted several times while working. She forced herself to eat more whole grain biscuits and cornbread, which made her feel a little better, but only a little. She still gets dizzy easily and feels unsteady when walking.
Ning Xuan decided to talk to Lin Yuhan again tomorrow and ask her to get some adult-grade formula for her. Then, instead of using a bottle, she could just use a cup to make it for her.
She also bought calcium supplements, iron supplements, vitamin tablets, etc., because her body was severely depleted. She only remembered today when she was talking about buying sanitary napkins that the original owner's period was also very irregular. She didn't get her period until she was 16 years old, and each time it only lasted for 3 days with very little flow and abdominal pain.
It's like the buffs are stacked up to the max; it'll probably take a while to fully recover.
However, after connecting to the modern world, Ning Xuan felt that her life was becoming more and more promising.
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