Without hesitation, Jiang Qinyu immediately closed her eyes and imagined herself inside the shopping mall.
When she opened her eyes again, she was standing in front of the cashier.
Jiang Qinyu reached out to touch the things around her, and she could actually feel them!
She looked at her hands and then pinched her calves; she could feel the body temperature even through the fabric.
Jiang Qinyu jumped up and down a couple more times in excitement; the feeling of being grounded made her feel reassured.
Previously, she always felt that being able to enter the system by consciousness was too unreal, as if she could be taken back at any time. But now that she can actually touch the things here and stand on this floor, the feeling of shopping in a modern supermarket has returned.
Currently, apart from the cashier, Jiang Qinyu has only unlocked the grain and oil section and the aquatic product section. Therefore, only the passageway from the cashier to the grain and oil section and the aquatic product section is open. The other places are still shrouded in a hazy fog, and it is impossible to see what is inside.
Jiang Qinyu strolled from the grain and oil section to the aquatic products section, looking and touching everything. Anyone who didn't know her would think it was her first time shopping at a supermarket.
She had already looked at the data provided by the system in the grain and oil section before, so she was just glancing at it casually. Jiang Qinyu hadn't had a chance to look at the aquatic products section in detail yet, so she took this opportunity to study it properly.
The entire aquatic products area is divided into several major categories: fresh aquatic products, dried aquatic products, frozen aquatic products, and shellfish. There are also many subcategories within these categories. Jiang Qinyu did not look through them one by one, but instead simply called up the system data.
The area with fresh seafood is teeming with life, while the rest of the area is very quiet.
Jiang Qinyu went to the back of the freezer. She remembered that there was a water pipe connected here, but she didn't know if it would work.
If it works, it will be much more convenient for her to take a bath and so on.
While she was thinking, Jiang Qinyu had already turned on the tap.
The sound of rushing water filled the sink, which was soon half full. Having experienced water shortages here, Jiang Qinyu now cherished water resources and immediately turned off the tap upon seeing this.
It would be great if there was water, especially if the water here could be piped out through the tap...
[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have triggered a hidden quest!]
[Mission: Please collect ten different types of ore, ten kilograms of each, to unlock access to supermarket items outside the system!]
Jiang Qinyu was stunned at first, then her heart was filled with excitement. Had the system heard her thoughts?
However, it's too early to be happy. After all, she can now take things out of the system and use them. We still need to see how she can use them after unlocking this permission.
But since they're all hidden missions, shouldn't they all have something special about them?
Completing the task of collecting the ten types of ores is no problem. Putting aside the map hints, she had already seen no fewer than ten types of ores on their way from the cave of the wild goat's water source to the underground river. She just needed to find an opportunity to collect them.
Although there was no shower here, Jiang Qinyu still quickly washed herself.
What surprised and delighted her most was that the staff's work area in the seafood section not only had some daily necessities, but also a complete set of kitchen utensils. Although they were all small, they were all usable.
Seeing that it was almost time, Jiang Qinyu came out of the system and casually picked up two fresh grass carp.
She wanted to conduct an experiment. The system would reset the data she consumed. But what if she only ate a part of a live fish?
"Yu'er, are you behind the bamboo grove?"
Just as Jiang Qinyu was thinking about it, she heard Old Man Lu's voice.
Just as she was about to respond, Village Chief Li's voice rang out, "Niece, just say the word if you need anything!"
“Dad, Uncle Village Chief, I’m here. It’s alright, I’m coming out now,” Jiang Qinyu said quickly.
It seems that these men, out of consideration for her, ultimately didn't get a proper wash.
"Oh my, you even brought two fish?" Village Chief Li's eyes lit up as soon as he saw what she was holding.
Jiang Qinyu pointed to the bamboo grove and said, "There's a puddle over there. I don't know why there are two fish in it. I checked, and there are only these two. There aren't any others."
There are indeed puddles, but there's nothing in them.
Sure enough, Village Chief Li was still uneasy after hearing this. "How can there not be? I'll go check again!"
After he finished speaking, he rushed behind the bamboo forest. A short while later, Jiang Qinyu saw him come out sighing.
"How come you can only see fish? I didn't even catch a snail or anything!"
Jiang Qinyu said innocently, "Maybe I'm just lucky?"
"Haha..." Village Chief Li laughed loudly upon hearing this, "That's right, your luck is better than ours!"
Old Lu smiled and said, "It's getting late, let's go back to the cave first."
Jiang Qinyu was fine, but the others were unsettled when they saw the fish in her hand. Liu Erleng insisted on going back into the lake to catch more fish.
"What nonsense are you spouting?" Village Chief Li scolded sternly. "It's getting dark soon, and who knows what kind of big monsters might be lurking in this valley? Are you out of your mind?"
After saying that, he looked at everyone and said, "Hurry up and take your things back to the cave. We have to get up early tomorrow morning and bring back all the food we found earlier."
Previously, Chen Shao and his group couldn't possibly take any food with them when they brought back the game, so Zheng San and his group came over to bring back whatever they could get their hands on first.
Liu Erleng scratched his head at what he was being told, but he was always obedient, so he immediately stopped making a fuss.
When the group returned to the cave, it was already 7 PM.
Zheng San and his group brought some freshly made, softer dry rations, as well as porridge in bamboo tubes, which they shared with those who wanted some.
Jiang Qinyu quickly set up a rack with Meng Tianze's help, cleaned the fish, made several cuts on its body with a knife, sprinkled some coarse salt on it, and started grilling.
"Sister-in-law, why do you add salt first?" Meng Tianze humbly asked for advice.
He used to roast food often in the mountains, but he would add salt after roasting it.
As Jiang Qinyu rubbed salt onto the fish, which had been chopped into eight large pieces, she said, "Sprinkle some more on it after it's grilled so it'll be more flavorful."
There wasn't enough time to marinate it, so this is the only way.
However, there were about seventy people here, and these two fish together only weighed a dozen kilograms, which was not enough to share.
Fortunately, some people didn't like eating fish and had already avoided it, while others were too embarrassed to share the food. In the end, only about twenty people shared the two fish.
"Let me say something," Village Chief Li said as the fish was almost cooked, "Let my eldest niece have a piece by herself, and we can share the rest, okay?"
“What’s wrong with that? It was A-Zheng’s wife who discovered it in the first place,” someone immediately chimed in.
No one objected, and Jiang Qinyu got a quarter of the fish all to herself.
Although only salt was used, and it was coarse salt at that, the two fish tasted especially delicious when grilled tonight, and Jiang Qinyu ate them with great satisfaction.
After everyone had eaten, Village Chief Li arranged for everyone to go into the cave to rest, but Jiang Qinyu said shyly to Old Man Lu, "Dad, could you come with me to that cave with water?"
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