The next morning, upon hearing the sound of Liu's mother cooking, he quickly got up. As soon as he went out, he saw Liu's mother cooking sweet potato porridge in the kitchen, and he dragged her inside.
"Mom, my classmate's family still has cabbage and radishes, do you want some? It's only one cent a basket."
It's February now, not long after the Lunar New Year, but radishes are almost out of season, and there are only a few kinds of green vegetables left.
But everything is lacking in the city, there's no way around it. Unlike the countryside, where things aren't so strict yet, every family has their own plot of land. If a family is hardworking, they might eat better than most people in the city.
“Okay, you take half a basket.” After saying that, she took out a dime from her pocket and stuffed it into Liu Yun’s hand. One dime for a basket, and a basket could hold about ten kilograms, so Liu’s mother did not hesitate at all.
Liu Yun took the 10 cents and went to help serve the porridge. At this time, 10 cents was already very valuable. Over the past year, she had spent all the money she earned from her mother-in-law on buying chickens, ducks, and rabbits. It wasn't until the chickens and ducks started laying eggs and she brought back a chicken and a duck for the New Year that she managed to break even. But now all her savings amounted to only 8.4 yuan. With this 10 cents, it was 8.5 yuan, which was already a huge sum of money.
After the family of six finished eating, some went to school and others went to work. After school, Liu Yun went to her homeroom teacher's office, where she was alone.
"Hello, Ms. Yuan, are you free right now?"
"Liu Yun, is something the matter?"
"Here's the thing, I don't plan to take the college entrance exam this year. I'll just look for a job after graduation. I don't know much about this, so I'd like to ask you, teacher, if you have any suggestions?"
Upon hearing this, Teacher Yuan put down her pen and began to patiently advise, "With your grades, you may not necessarily get into a top university, but with some effort, you still have a chance at a junior college. Your progress over the past year is evident."
“I know, teacher, but my family’s circumstances may not allow me to continue studying. My grades are also very good, and the chances of me passing the exam are extremely slim. My family will never let me repeat a year, and I have already discussed it with them.”
There's really no way around it; she's overwhelmed by politics and Russian, especially Russian.
“Alright, but you should think about it with your family again!” Yuan Ping also understood that in this day and age, it was already quite good for a girl to graduate from high school. It would be a bit of a stretch for Liu Yun to get into university. She was good at Chinese and math, but her subjects were too unbalanced. Her politics and Russian were really bad.
"Thank you, teacher. This is just a small token of my appreciation. Please don't refuse it." After saying this, she took out a bag of eggs from her schoolbag and placed twenty eggs on the table.
"Okay, I'll let you know when I get any news." Yuan Ping thought that even high school students needed connections to get a job, so she didn't refuse. She decided to use the bag of eggs as a stepping stone.
Having finally resolved a major issue, Liu Yun breathed a sigh of relief. She still couldn't understand how the original owner of the book had gotten so lucky to find a job.
The original owner had no connections, and her grades were really just average. Although her job wasn't as sought-after as it would be two years later, it was still very competitive. How she knew about it and passed the exam can only be explained as a plot device.
Carrying a bag of radishes and cabbages home, Liu Yun cooked rice—sweet potato rice again—and waited for her mother to come home and stir-fry the dishes. With no one else at home, Liu Yun began to plan what to do next.
The original owner's grades were probably not good enough to get into university, so she would find a job this year or next. Judging from Liu Aiguo and his mother's appearance, Liu Aiguo would probably get married this year, so the original owner would get a job this year.
The eldest sister will get married at the end of this year. Now that Liu Yun has taken over, she definitely won't be able to contribute her work, so we might not be able to live in this house anymore. We'll have to save more money. If the original owner didn't have a job, then given Liu's mother's personality, Liu Jing's wedding date might be brought forward.
The book mentions that the local female protagonist, Xu Hongxing, got married in the spring, and she was in a hurry to get married. So the original owner should have passed the exam for a job not long after, and then she should go out and try her luck more.
Judging from the homeroom teacher's attitude today, there shouldn't be too much of a problem with finding a job after graduation. By then, Xu Hongxing will have already married into the family, so the pressure on her to find a job will be less. However, Liu Jing's wedding might be brought forward.
Once the situation was clear, Liu's mother returned; she heard voices even before seeing anyone.
"Have you bought the groceries? Is the rice cooked?"
"It's cooked. You just need to stir-fry a side dish. The side dish is in the cupboard."
Liu's mother walked to the cupboard, rummaged through the bag, and then weighed it in her hand. "Hmm, this dish looks good."
A month passed in the blink of an eye. The little quail in the space had started laying eggs after half a year of feeding, and the chicks and ducklings had grown quite a bit.
For the past month, Liu Yun has been squeezing in time every day to grow vegetables and grains in her online space, and she has been doing the same thing for the past year and a half.
The only problem is that the animals raised in the space now have increased these demands. Fortunately, most of them are free-range, so you just need to throw them some food every day.
This makes us have to acknowledge the superior performance of the space. Although it doesn't have the skills of high mountains and flowing water, cleansing the marrow and rejuvenating, or one-click harvesting, it can purify itself. There's no need to worry about the dirt and stench from farming, and the things grown won't rot as long as they're not placed on the ground.
Liu Yun bought a rack to dry vegetables. Vegetables and wild greens that she picked would be dried in a couple of days instead of rotting.
That day, Liu Yun returned home carrying a basket of wild vegetables. Sure enough, her mother had already prepared the meal. She glanced at the basket in Liu Yun's hand but said nothing. If this had happened when she first transmigrated, she would never have dared to return home before mealtime, or she would have been scolded to death by her mother, who might even have hit her.
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