"Received a first-class pearl necklace, 10,000 points credited to my account."
"Received a dragon and phoenix tricolor glass bottle, and 50,000 points were credited to my account."
"...Gilded Five Horses Small Silver Pot...100,000 points credited to account."
"...A large rosewood carved bed, 80,000 points credited to your account..."
Besides the house deeds, land deeds, and banknotes, less than a third of the items in the warehouse have been used, yet I already have 500,000 points, enough for a space upgrade.
Originally, it was about half the size of a basketball court; after the enlargement, it doubled in size.
After most of the antiques were replaced, the space had been upgraded three times, tripling in size.
From half a basketball court, then another basketball court, to half a football field, to the size of a football field, and up to about three stories high.
Upgrading doesn't reduce points; my total points are currently over two million.
Li Ruo looked at the points required for the items in the mall and calculated that one point was roughly equivalent to 3 yuan in purchasing power, which meant she currently had about six million.
(She strongly suspected that the system's commission was extremely high, but she had no proof.)
System: Your suspicions are correct; there's no such thing as a free lunch.
Driven by a workaholic mentality, Li Ruo didn't care about anything else and immediately used her points to buy a batch of supplies in the shop to give herself some peace of mind.
Rice: 30 tons, using 100,000 points.
Flour: Thirty tons, also requiring 100,000 points.
Meat buns: 1,000 packs, 1 dozen per pack, 10,000 points.
White steamed buns: 1,000 packs, 5,000 points.
Five-pound packs of flatbread: 1,000 boxes, 10,000 points.
Three tons of various cooking oils: a total of 40,000 points were spent.
One thousand catties of salt: one thousand points.
Chicken, duck, and goose: 1,000 catties each, 20,000 points.
Pork, beef, and mutton: 1,000 catties each, totaling 35,000 points.
Five hundred quilts, costing 35,000 points.
Five hundred bolts of cotton cloth of various colors, costing sixty thousand.
A batch of anti-inflammatory drugs, wound dressings, gauze, disinfectant, etc.: totaling 30,000 points...
The points are being spent like water flowing out of my pocket.
When the great flood comes, in addition to having enough to eat and wear, she also needs to have something to save herself.
1,000 life jackets: 50,000 points.
One small, hand-operated wooden boat with a cabin: 300,000 points!
I don't want to go for jet skis or airships for now, because they're incredibly expensive and don't have fuel.
Furthermore, the prices of building materials such as cement, sand, gravel, and bricks are unreasonably high; perhaps it would be more cost-effective to buy (or even plunder) some of them locally?
That's right, she still needs to find a place to settle down and build a sturdy house.
The book says that the great flood came very quickly, and within two days it submerged the roofs of ordinary people's homes in Yuzhou, where the average altitude is 700 meters.
Within five days, a small hill at an altitude of less than 1,000 meters, equivalent to a 100-story building above ground, can only be seen as a small mound.
If Yuzhou was like this, it's unimaginable what other low-altitude cities in Dayin would be like.
Building a Noah's Ark is unrealistic.
First, there wasn't enough time; second, the powerful figures in the military didn't care what kind of boat it was—they could rob it or sink it at will.
All the people fled to higher ground.
The most ideal location was, of course, the Western Regions. However, the Western Regions were under the rule of the Western Rong Kingdom at that time, and the ruler of the Western Rong Kingdom wished that all the people of the Great Yin Kingdom would die so that he could unify the Central Plains.
Some wealthy people got in with their money, but it turned out to be like throwing good money after bad.
On the contrary, some people who took refuge in the mountains within the country survived.
The competition for famous mountains near Yuzhou, such as Dabeishan and Qinghuashan, was bound to be fierce, and only powerful and wealthy families with many henchmen could occupy them.
Most ordinary people drowned in the flood, and half of them died fighting each other for the little land left.
Li Ruo was glad that she had known in advance that she still had time. After weighing the options, she decided to settle for the slightly more secluded General Mountain next door.
She needs manpower and building materials, which she can buy in shopping malls and locally, and then transport to the mountain using her space.
As for manpower...
Good heavens, the Li family general's mansion is almost wiped out. Apart from her, there's only an old lady who can't even gnaw on a pea, an eight-year-old boy who doesn't know the hardships of life and occasionally wets the bed, and her sister-in-law who is pregnant with her husband's child.
The family is comprised of the elderly, the young, and the sick. (She was just awakened from a coma, so she's considered a patient too.)
What to do?
This is why she didn't compete with the powerful and wealthy for the opportunity to attend Peking University's Tsinghua University.
Because Old Lady Li looks like her own grandmother and washes her granddaughter's back every day, she can't abandon them, which means she bears a greater risk.
The required points are far from enough!
Besides what the prefect's family had taken, they should get even more.
In addition, Li Ruo still had tens of thousands of taels of silver notes, which could not be exchanged for points, and after the flood, they would be worthless.
You need to find a reliable person to exchange the gold and silver, or shop directly here, or hire people.
She decided to take her elderly grandmother back to her parents' home first.
It was just dawn.
Now that Li Ruo is the head of the household, it's not unreasonable for him to call a carriage when he goes out.
Madam Xu had been pounding her chest in the side room all night when someone reported to her that the young mistress was going out in a carriage. She came over, sporting dark circles under her eyes, and despite her appearance, she still managed to smile. "Where are you all going?"
Li Ruo: "Oh, I'm all better now and don't need Grandma's care anymore, so I'm sending her back."
Madam Xu laughed and said, "I heard you went to the backyard last night too. Didn't you see how Xie Xiao and his gang of thieves moved the things away?"
Last night, Mrs. Xu thought about it all night. How could it be such a coincidence that the house was burglarized as soon as this woman took control of the household?
Li Ruo remained expressionless. "No, didn't I say that I went there after hearing about the fire, and everything was gone?"
Ms. Xu could no longer laugh.
"Now that you're in charge of the household affairs, are you just going to abandon this mess and go back to your parents' home?"
We're out of rice at home today!
The Li family has three branches, with over two hundred people in total.
Li Ruo patted her pockets and chuckled, "Sorry, I don't have any money either. My husband is so capable, he'll definitely find a way."
Just then, the prefect returned, his once handsome face now ashen.
"Son, did you get it back?"
Song Zhijing shook his head and gave Li Ruo a deep look. The whole family looked disheveled, but she alone was radiant. For some reason, she looked even more beautiful than before, especially her eyes, which were full of a sparkle that she had never had before.
Song Zhijing narrowed his eyes, his frustration growing even stronger.
He initially suspected her, but since she had been in a coma, it was impossible for her to be colluding with Xie Xiao.
"I haven't had time to see you since you woke up, let's have breakfast together." It sounded like he was doing her a favor.
Li Ruo almost threw up the abalone that had been sitting out overnight. "No need, husband, you should eat with your bride."
If there's food available.
"Oh, and also, my mother-in-law used to keep my dowry safe. Now that I'm awake, I can keep it myself, so it's time to return it to me."
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