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"Can this space keep food fresh?"
Fang Yuan glanced at the vast white space and asked.
Time is stationary within the switching system space.
Upon receiving this answer, Fang Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and took out a piece of gold from her system space.
"Should we put it in that basket?"
【Yes】
She placed the gold on it, a flash of white light appeared, and the gold disappeared into the frame.
A message popped up on the screen of the switching system:
Selling 498 grams of gold, valued at 49 gold and 8 silver, plus 2 grams of mixed metals, valued at 200 copper coins, totaling 49 gold, 8 silver, and 200 copper coins. Would you like to exchange?
"No, this is clearly 500 grams of gold. This vending machine is so advanced, why does it have to be so precise in separating it for me?"
[The exchange system has not recycled the items, and this system cannot control their exchange status.]
Upon hearing the system's words, Fang Yuan knew she had no choice but to suffer in silence.
He angrily pressed the redemption button.
The system balance has changed to: 49 gold, 8 silver, and 200 copper coins.
The exchange rate for gold, silver, and copper in the exchange system is one gold coin to ten silver coins to one thousand copper coins.
Based on the conversion that 500 grams of gold is equivalent to ten taels of gold here, the price of gold in this space is approximately five times the value of gold outside.
Of course, this only applies to value; if you were to exchange it for gold coins, you would still lose money.
The gold coins here are too pure, and they charge a transaction fee.
However, she could easily exchange the items for other goods and resell them to make a profit.
Fang Yuan flipped to the special goods section and looked at the Rejuvenation Pill.
Its effects are described as: quickly replenishing blood and qi, and healing injuries.
It would suit her perfectly, but the price...
"System, can the Rejuvenation Pill be discounted?" Fang Yuan asked again, unwilling to give up.
This price is too high. Five hundred pieces, and she would need to spend ten gold bars to exchange for one pill.
After the first three worlds, her system's cubic space underwent another adjustment.
There weren't many valuable gold bars; only about twenty yuan worth.
There were also several pairs of exquisite jade bracelets, each with its own unique characteristics, several strings of large pearls, and a small box of gemstones.
The rest consisted of various precious medicinal herbs, seeds, and a small amount of her homemade sleeping potions and aphrodisiacs.
[The exchange system has not recycled the items, and this system cannot control their exchange status.]
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Fang Yuan took a deep breath, looked at the cubic meter of data in the system twice, and finally picked out a string of large golden pearls and put them in the frame.
After the pearl disappeared, another message popped up on the screen:
50 natural seawater pearls, premium quality, each worth 10 gold, totaling 500 gold. Would you like to redeem?
Upon seeing the price, Fang Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and chose to redeem it without hesitation.
At the same time, it is understood that apart from gold being a real exchange point, other items are priced according to their quality, which is generally reasonable.
With these five hundred gold coins, the gold in the space will not need to be replaced for the time being.
She bought a Rejuvenation Pill and took it.
This pill, worth 500 gold coins, is worth its price. Less than a minute after consuming it, she was fully recovered.
Even the wound on his forehead is gone.
I felt more comfortable than ever before, and my whole body was full of energy.
It feels like if she went out now, she could easily kill a bull with one punch.
"Not bad, these system items are worth the price."
Seeing that the system's gold coins were still at the initial 49, she knew that as long as she didn't buy any special items, this amount of money wasn't a small sum.
She clicked on the special offers section and bought a lot of steamed buns and mantou.
Thinking about the two children at home, no, it should be three children.
She bought ten more skewers of candied hawthorn...
While munching on her steamed bun, she looked around the medicine section again.
Medicine is not cheap in the system; a box of blood-tonifying oral liquid costs 1 silver coin, and a dose of anti-inflammatory medicine also costs 1 silver coin.
After looking around, she bought a first aid kit for five silver coins.
A flash of white light, and a security door—not a portal—emerged, revealing a half-sized box with a red cross on it.
This box is about the same size as the boxes that hold 20 or 30 kilograms at the fruit wholesale market.
I opened it and saw that it contained medicines, simple measuring equipment, wound care supplies, first aid tools, and other small auxiliary items.
Everything else is fine, the key is that there are many kinds of medicines here.
The store has a very complete selection of antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drugs, fever reducers, painkillers, cough suppressants, cold medicines, nitroglycerin pills, asthma medications, and more.
Although each medicine is only available in one dose, one dose is generally enough for a course of treatment and lasts for several days.
She felt she had gotten a good deal, as all these things only cost her five silver coins.
The steamed buns in the space tasted good, and she ate five in one go before leaving the space.
Back in the outer room, she got out of bed, took out a small cloth bag from the corner of the wall, and put it into her spatial storage.
Inside were all her belongings, and also all the belongings of this family.
Ten taels of silver plus fifty copper coins.
As for the rest of the house, apart from the bow and arrows her father specially bought for her, which were worth some money, there was nothing else.
Everything else is cheap.
Her wardrobe and dining table were both made of bamboo, which shows how poor she was.
Thinking about tonight's plan, Fang Yuan didn't go out and went straight to bed to sleep.
She needs to conserve her energy.
About an hour later, Fang Yuan was awakened by a woman's voice.
"Yuanyuan, Yuanyuan, time to eat."
The simple-minded mother carried a bowl of green porridge into the house.
"Mom, you eat, I'm not hungry."
Fang Yuan opened his eyes and looked at the silly-looking woman in front of him.
Her mother's name was Li Jingru, and she was the second legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Ding's family.
He was robbed while going out to burn incense, but was unexpectedly found by his father.
She was living a good life until two years ago when her father went to town to sell his game and was arrested and forced to serve as a male concubine.
After that, the original owner of this body took on the responsibility of supporting the family. It was precisely because she was so capable that her aunt, who had married into the Li family, began to have designs on her.
Two weeks later, other thugs who were even more severely affected will arrive here.
She didn't plan to flee with the village; she intended to leave tomorrow and go directly to the capital to find her maternal grandparents' home.
That family always remembered the mother; otherwise, Li Wan'er wouldn't have been able to successfully impersonate Li Jingru's daughter with that bronze bracelet.
“Yuanyuan, eat. Mom has already eaten.”
Although Li Jingru said that, she still swallowed her saliva as she looked at the porridge in the bowl.
It was obvious that she hadn't eaten.
Fang Yuan found it both funny and touching. "Mom, I really ate it. Oh, and I still have some good food for you, look!"
As she spoke, Fang Yuan reached behind her back, and when she came out, a large steamed bun appeared in her hand.
"Steamed buns? Why does Yuanyuan have steamed buns?"
Li Jingru looked at the giant steamed bun that Fang Yuan had conjured up and asked in surprise.
"I bought the steamed buns in town. I forgot to take them out when I was injured. Mom, you can have them. There are two more for your younger brother and sister."
She handed the steamed bun in her hand to Li Jingru, and then magically produced two more steamed buns.
"Wow, Yuanyuan is amazing! Yuanyuan can do magic tricks!"
Li Jingru clapped her hands in praise, her eyes shining as she held the steamed bun in her hand.
Fang Yuan found his expression quite amusing.
"Yes, I still have some. You eat them quickly. Give these two to your younger brother and sister. Remember to keep it a secret, or there won't be any more buns to eat later."
Fang Yuan coaxed his mentally challenged mother like a child.
"Yes, Mom knows, Mom will definitely keep it a secret. My Yuanyuan is the best. Mom will give the buns to Chengcheng and Xiaoyi now!"
Li Jingru nodded seriously, then happily took the steamed buns and went out.
Before leaving, they didn't forget to serve that bowl of porridge.
Although this simple-minded mother is simple-minded, she still knows how to protect her food, which is good, at least she won't starve to death!
Fang Yuan shook his head with amusement.
Being naive has its advantages; at least if you give her something, she won't doubt it or ask any questions.
This is good.
Therefore, she did not intend to cure her now; she would have to wait until everyone arrived in the capital before she could be treated.
"Wow~ We get steamed buns! We get steamed buns!"
Outside, the joyful cheers of the little one, Fang Yi, could be heard.
"Keep your voice down, don't let anyone hear you."
The following sounds are Fang Cheng scolding her younger brother.
Clearly, Fang Cheng had been taught before, and this girl knows how to behave appropriately.
“Yes, it’s a secret. Yuanyuan said to keep it a secret, otherwise it will be gone.” Li Jingru nodded in agreement.
"Yes, Mother, I understand."
The little boy, Fang Yi, also replied sensibly.
Fang Yuan's current mental energy can be projected to a range of about twenty meters.
She could not only hear what was happening outside, but she could also see it.
Fang Yuan couldn't stop laughing as he watched the three of them sneakily eating steamed buns.
The original owner's family was quite interesting.
As for the Li family, she had to give them a big gift before she left.
At midnight, Fang Yuan carefully got out of bed and quietly went out the door.
She stretched her limbs outside the door, then quickly descended the mountain.
The area below the mountain was quiet, without even a dog, so the journey was very smooth.
Arriving at the gate of the Li family's house, the house was indeed well-built, a large brick and tile house.
However, the room was quiet at the moment, and everyone was obviously already asleep.
She took out the remaining incense from the space and put it into the room through the crack.
After waiting for more than ten minutes, I put on a gas mask, pried open the door latch, and went inside.
First, she went to Fang Hongmei and Li Yongshan's room. Relying on Li Wan'er's memory, she quickly found the box where the money was hidden.
Unexpectedly, the couple was quite wealthy; their money box contained a ten-tael gold ingot, fifty taels of silver, and five strings of copper coins.
At the bottom of the blind man's garment, a jade bracelet and a gold hairpin were wrapped in red cloth.
The jade bracelet has excellent translucency, and the gold hairpin looks a bit old, but the workmanship is exquisite.
Fang Yuan thought about it carefully and realized that the two items belonged to her silly mother.
That wicked woman actually got her hands on everything, and she even tried to sell her mother.
Fang Hongmei perfectly embodies the saying "Every man for himself, or the devil take the hindmost."
She sneered and put the box directly into her spatial storage. Then she bought a shaving kit from her spatial storage and shaved off all the hair and eyebrows of the couple.
Looking at the hair on the ground, Fang Yuan thought for a moment and then put it into his spatial storage and placed it in the sales box of the trading system.
To Fang Yuan's surprise, the system actually accepted the gift and even gave him ten silver coins.
So she went back to her room and started packing her things—the closets, blankets, clothes, shoes…
Whether worn or not, she put everything she could into her spatial storage and sold it.
After cleaning up, two naked people were left lying on the ground; even the bed had been sold to them.
She never expected that these items would sell for ten gold coins.
The bed was the most valuable item, and the materials in the cabinet were also quite expensive.
Having tasted success, Fang Yuan began to roam freely around the house.
The main room contained tables, stools, cabinets, winnowing baskets...
The kitchen's pots, pans, rice, flour, cooking oil...
The cured meat hanging on the roof, the eggs in the urn, and even the large urn itself were all taken away without leaving a single one.
After finishing, he went to Li Wan'er's room.
They still took away all the clothes, shoes, and cabinets in the house, and didn't hesitate to take away the one or two coins of their secret stash in the corner.
She's poor right now, and she doesn't mind spending a single copper coin.
Finally, they went to Li Yuanbao's room and did the same thing. As the son, Li Yuanbao had more private money than Li Wan'er, with two taels of silver.
But she thought about how Li Yuanbao actually wanted to marry her and make her his slave, and how Li Wan'er shamelessly took her place.
She dragged the two of them out of the house like dead pigs and locked the Li family's door again.
He took the two of them for a walk around the village.
Finally, she dumped Li Wan'er, who was only wearing her undergarments, at the door of a hooligan in the village. After thinking for a moment, she pried open the door, threw her into the main room, and then locked the door.
He then turned around and put Li Yuanbao on the bed of the gossipy widow in the village.
They then set fire to the thatched roof of the widow's house and quietly left.
Unexpectedly, this gift-giving trip turned into a windfall, and Fang Yuan slept soundly all night after returning home.
As for the commotion at the foot of the mountain, she said it had nothing to do with her and she didn't want to know.
The next morning, Fang Yuan, with the blood-soaked cloth strip on his head again, went to the village chief's house.
She cried and complained to the village chief, then stuffed a hundred copper coins into his hand and asked him to issue a household registration certificate.
She put the proof in the space, and when she got home, she packed up her things.
He specially dressed the three family members in their best clothes, changed himself into men's clothing, and then led the three of them directly down the mountain to the town.
Their town was quite large and not very close to their village; it took the four of them nearly two hours to reach it.
Fang Yuan thought for a moment, then found the restaurant where the original owner often went to sell his prey, and asked for a room to stay in.
"Mother, you and Chengcheng and Xiaoyi stay here for a while, I'll go get you some food."
"Sister, why are we living here?" Fang Yi asked curiously.
This was his first time in town, and everything seemed strange and wonderful to him.
“We are going to the county town, but my older sister doesn’t know the way there, so we need to find someone to go with us. We can only rest here for the night.”
Fang Yuan explained it to the three of them.
Although she didn't plan to flee the famine with the villagers, it didn't mean she had to act alone.
While things are still relatively peaceful, she plans to travel with a security escort agency and a merchant caravan.
When she's out and about, all by herself, she doesn't want to be taken advantage of.
"What is a county town?" Five-year-old Fang Yi didn't understand.
"Is the county town big? What are you going to the county town for?" Fang Cheng asked curiously.
She knew there was a county town, but she didn't know where it was; she had only been to the town.
"Yes? Why?" Mother asked blankly.
"We need to find our father, so we have to go to the county town first, then the provincial capital, and finally the capital."
Although none of the three understood, there were some things they needed to remember, lest one of them get lost on the road and not be able to find it again.
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