The next morning, Lin Qing arrived at the space as soon as she woke up.
The cabbages in all four plots are ripe, lying on the ground, fresh and green, waiting to be picked.
Lin Qing clicked "harvest with one click," and in the blink of an eye, the cabbages in the four fields had disappeared, leaving the fields clean and tidy.
Opening the warehouse, Lin Qing saw a drawer next to the rice labeled "800 cabbages." A plot of land is about five-tenths of an acre, or half an acre! That's enough to harvest 200 cabbages. Lin Qing didn't know how many cabbages five-tenths of an acre could yield in reality, but she was quite satisfied with the harvest in her spatial storage.
"Ding... Congratulations to the host for reaching level 1. You are rewarded with 1,000 gold coins and the Space Shop is unlocked."
Finally upgraded! Lin Qing quickly opened the shop.
The store module contains two sections: store and sale.
The shop only has two kinds of seeds: cabbage seeds and carrot seeds. Cabbage seeds take 8 hours to mature, while carrot seeds take 12 hours to mature! Cabbage seeds cost 100 gold coins per serving, and carrot seeds cost 150 gold coins per serving.
Lin Qing clicked on the sales module and saw that it showed cabbage was selling for 1 gold coin! This meant that a plot of land required 100 gold coins for seeds, but could be sold for 200 gold coins – double the yield! Not bad at all! Considering the relatively short planting time here.
Lin Qing replanted cabbages in the four plots of land! There were still 6 portions of cabbage seeds in the warehouse, which were given to her by the system at the beginning. A total of 10 portions were given, and she planted 4 portions last night, so she still had 6 portions left. She didn't need to buy any more seeds for the time being.
Next to the field, there is a new word for expansion. Clicking it will tell you that you need to be level 5 to expand.
In addition to expanding farmland, thatched huts and warehouses can also be upgraded!
Upgrading the thatched hut to level 1 requires gold coins! And the warehouse requires gold coins! I can't afford to upgrade it... Lin Qing sighed.
Besides, you can now exchange gold coins for points! 100 points can be exchanged for gold coins. Sigh... what an exchange rate.
After finishing planting, Lin Qing left the space and went to the living room! Her parents and third brother had already gone to work. After eating the breakfast her mother had left for her, Lin Qing put on makeup in the space! She found a set of clothes her brother had outgrown in her brother's room! Put on a wig and platform shoes! Lin Qing transformed from a 1.65-meter-tall girl into a 1.7-meter-tall young man!
Lin Qing carried the bamboo basket from home and swayed all the way to the department store!
This is a two-story shop. The first floor is filled with a wide variety of food, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, fabrics, pastries, pots and pans, needles and thread and other daily necessities!
The second floor sells ready-made clothing, bicycles, watches, and other large items.
Lin Qing checked and noted the prices one by one, then went to the grain store and the butcher shop to understand the prices of that era! Then she began searching for the black market!
Lin Qing walked along, remembering that black markets in novels were usually located in remote places and guarded by people! Lin Qing searched all morning but couldn't find a black market!
It was almost noon when Lin Qing took the money and tickets that Dong Xiulan had given her that morning and went to the state-run restaurant!
She had never seen a state-run restaurant from that era before and had always longed to, thinking that she would finally have the opportunity to experience it!
Lin Qing walked into the state-run restaurant, and the food window was right in front of the entrance! There were rows of seats in the hall next to it, but because it was still early, there weren't many people in the hall.
Lin Qing quickly went to the window to queue up. Since there were only 7 or 8 people ahead of her, it was soon her turn.
Lin Qing stepped forward and saw a wooden sign next to the window that read "For Sale Today."
Braised pork belly, pork stew with vermicelli, braised meatballs, steamed buns, rice, noodles, and steamed bread, etc.
"I'd like a serving of braised pork and a bowl of rice."
"A total of 1.2 yuan, plus half a jin of grain coupons."
After paying, Lin Qing found a seat and sat down. The food was ready in no time.
Lin Qing placed the rice on the table and eagerly picked up a piece of braised pork and put it in her mouth! The first bite was full of meaty aroma, with a hint of sweetness! It was so delicious and authentic that she couldn't stop eating it!
At that time, all the pork was raised little by little! A pig would take 7 or 8 months to grow before it was ready for slaughter, unlike the pigs of later generations that were fed growth hormones and grew to maturity in two or three months, without any meaty flavor!
A serving of braised pork and a bowl of rice—that's quite a large portion! Lin Qing ate so much she could barely lift her head! She devoured the entire bowl of rice and braised pork! Her little belly was round and full.
Lin Qing patted her round belly, couldn't help but let out a satisfied burp, and left!
Once I earn money, I'll definitely pack up a few more meals and put them in my online space.
In the afternoon, Lin Qing continued searching for the black market! But she still hadn't found it by the time it was getting dark!
With her parents about to get off work, Lin Qing had no choice but to find a secluded spot to change her clothes in her spatial dimension before heading home.
"System, check in."
As Lin Qing passed by the department store, she remembered that she hadn't checked in yet! So she checked in at the department store as well!
"Ding... Sign-in successful. Congratulations to the host for obtaining 10 jin of cotton and a thermos."
There weren't many items, but they were exactly what Lin Qing needed. She was going to the countryside, and the cotton would be perfect for her mother to make her a quilt. She also needed a thermos! Lin Qing nodded in satisfaction.
Lin Qing put the cotton and thermos into the bamboo basket and hurried home!
Just as I got home, Dong Xiulan returned.
"Qingqing, where did you get this cotton?"
"Dong Xiulan, as soon as I entered the house, I saw cotton in the room!" she asked in surprise.
You know, cotton is hard to come by these days. I spent the whole afternoon asking around and only managed to get 5 jin from someone else, which is far from enough.
“It was my classmate who gave it to me. Someone in her family works at a department store. The cotton was originally meant for her, but now that she has a job and doesn’t have to go to the countryside anymore, she gave it to me. I even traded it for a thermos.”
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