As soon as the mechanical sound stopped, a semi-transparent panel appeared in front of Jiang Ling.
Looking at the semi-transparent screen, Jiang Ling suddenly realized that this thing must be a dimensional mall connected to a certain time and space.
She can buy anything she wants here with copper coins, and Jiang Ling can also sell things here according to the system.
[Beep: An antique silver bracelet has been found, currently priced at 400 copper coins. Would you like to sell it?]
[Ding: Found an antique silver hairpin, currently priced at 300 copper coins. Would you like to sell it?]
The mechanical prompting sounded in Jiang Ling's mind again. Jiang Ling was secretly amazed when she heard it. She never expected that these two seemingly old-fashioned silver ornaments would be so valuable. Seven hundred copper coins were worth nearly one tael of silver.
Farmers in Lujia Village, who rely on the weather for their livelihood, can only earn two or three taels of silver a year from hard work. If they sell these two items, they and their three children will not have to go hungry for at least half a year.
But Jiang Ling hesitated for a moment before finally pressing the "No" button.
In the original owner's memories, Jiang Ling saw a few happy days, and those happy days began when the original owner's younger brother gave her these two silver ornaments.
"If you were still alive, you probably wouldn't be in such a hurry to pawn these two things!" Jiang Ling gently stroked the two silver ornaments in her hand and muttered to herself.
[Beep: Wild licorice found, priced at 10 copper coins per pound]
Just then, the system notification sounded in Jiang Ling's mind again.
The translucent panel revealed the opposite field ridge, and beside the ridge, there were plants with twinkling starlight.
Jiang Ling hurriedly ran towards the twinkling stars, and after plucking a handful of the plants that provided the clues, the mechanical voice in her head rang out again.
[Drip: Wild licorice, price 1 copper coin, for sale?]
Jiang Ling clicked the "Yes" button without hesitation. The plant she had been holding disappeared instantly, and then the number "1" appeared next to the copper coin icon at the top.
Jiang Ling tried clicking the coin icon, and with a "click," a copper coin appeared in front of her.
At this moment, the previously semi-transparent panel has undergone a new change. The original interface of the field ridge has been replaced by a wide variety of items, each with its own price.
Jiang Ling tried clicking on the mineral water on the store page, and the copper coin in her hand suddenly disappeared, replaced by a bottle of mineral water.
Jiang Ling unscrewed the cap and gulped it down. With the system's support, Jiang Ling seemed to have divine assistance, and even her speed in digging licorice root increased.
As Jiang Ling walked and dug, she soon found a lot of licorice around her. Suddenly, a soft groan reached her ears. Jiang Ling abruptly stopped what she was doing and looked around alertly.
Jiang Ling didn't see anyone in the vast mountain. She smiled bitterly, thinking that she was hallucinating from overwork. Just as she was about to continue digging hay, she heard a soft groan again.
[You have obtained one pound of wild hay. Do you want to sell it?]
Jiang Ling hurriedly sold the pound of hay she had just dug up, patted the dirt off her body, and carefully walked toward the direction from which the sound came.
After walking about ten meters, the groans became clearer. Jiang Ling finally found the source of the sound behind a big tree. A man with a flushed face and covered in sweat was slumped against the tree.
"Help...help...me," the man seemed to sense Jiang Ling's presence. He slowly opened his tightly closed eyes a crack and spoke with difficulty.
Jiang Ling frowned slightly and began to examine the man in front of her. Although he was dressed in coarse linen clothes and seemingly ordinary cloth shoes, the fabric of his clothes was indeed brand new without any patches, and even his cloth shoes were only covered with some mud.
All the signs made Jiang Ling feel that the man in front of her was not as simple as he seemed.
After thinking for a while, Jiang Ling quickly opened the shop, spent ten copper coins to buy a bottle of Huoxiang Zhengqi Water, walked to the man's side, and poured the Huoxiang Zhengqi Water into his mouth.
The effects of Huoxiang Zhengqi Water quickly brought the flush off the man's cheeks, and his tightly furrowed brows gradually relaxed.
"Thank you..." the man slowly opened his eyes and looked at Jiang Ling.
"It's very hot, don't get heatstroke. I'll be going now if there's nothing else!" Jiang Ling said this after seeing that the man was alright, and then hurriedly left.
"Sigh, I've been busy all day, but I haven't made a single penny. No, I'd better hurry up and continue digging for licorice!" Jiang Ling glanced at the numbers behind the coins in the shop, sighed helplessly, and squatted down again to dig for licorice in this area.
Just as Jiang Ling was working hard, Aunt Gu, who had come to pull weeds in her own field, also hurried over. Seeing Jiang Ling squatting in her field, Aunt Gu thought someone was stealing grain.
Sister-in-law Gu rushed forward, grabbed Jiang Ling's hand, and shouted, "Help! Thief! Someone is stealing our grain!"
When she recognized Jiang Ling, Sister-in-law Gu found an outlet for her anger. She grabbed Jiang Ling and mocked, "Oh ho, who did I think I was? It's Sister-in-law Lu! Oh, no, I can't call you Sister-in-law Lu anymore, since your man has already divorced you, hasn't he?"
Jiang Ling initially didn't want to pay attention to the voice. After all, the original owner of this body had received a lot of ridicule and mockery since marrying into Lu Family Village. If she were to curse back at them one by one now, Jiang Ling would probably be exhausted to the point of vomiting blood.
Rather than getting into unnecessary arguments with these people, I'd rather dig up some more licorice to improve my life, since I still have three children to support.
Thinking of this, Jiang Ling didn't retort, but instead planned to break free from Gu Dasao's hand and walk deeper into the area.
Seeing that Jiang Ling wanted to leave, Sister-in-law Gu stretched her neck and shouted to the surroundings, "Help! Help! Catch the thief!" Upon hearing this, the surrounding farmers quickly gathered around Sister-in-law Gu.
However, when these people saw that it was Jiang Ling whose wrist had been grabbed, they immediately showed a gloating expression.
"Oh, who am I? It turns out to be Lu Jiangshi, who can't bear a son!"
"Tsk... Has it gotten to the point where she has to steal other people's grain? No wonder Lu Youren divorced her; she really isn't clean!"
Jiang Ling didn't want to pay attention to them, but those people went further and further astray, and their words became increasingly offensive.
Her eyes turned cold, and she changed the subject, pointing at the thing in her hand and saying to Sister-in-law Gu, "Sister-in-law Gu, people say you have to catch a thief red-handed. Tell me, what grain did I steal from you? Did you grow this too?"
Sister-in-law Gu was stunned, and so were the people around her. Jiang Shi, who usually avoided them, had taken the wrong medicine today? She actually dared to talk back!
"This..." Sister-in-law Gu was speechless for a moment. Indeed, Jiang Ling was only holding some green leaves with drooping heads and clusters of small purple flowers in her hand, and these green leaves were everywhere.
"Sister-in-law Gu, isn't this a form of false accusation against me? Why don't we go find the village chief and let him judge this?" As she spoke, Jiang Ling grabbed Sister-in-law Gu and pretended to take her to the village chief's house.
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