Chapter 244: Chapter 245: Buying Cheap Goods Chapter 244: Chapter 245: Buying Cheap Goods Delicacies from the sky?

Fu Yunhe was definitely tempted. What was that?

Nian Shutong replied with a knowing smile, “Don’t worry, you’ll definitely get your share.”

“How much are you talking about for a mecha?”

“We should buy secondhand,” Fu Yunhe said as he opened his Light Computer to show Nian Shutong the prices of the mechas.

On the clean and tidy page, images of the mechas were displayed, with price tags listed below.

The cheapest was already in the seven digits, and the pricier ones were, well, better left unsaid.

“I’ve realized that I was wrong.”

“Hmm?” Fu Yunhe was completely baffled. He never thought he’d hear the day Nian Shutong admitted she was wrong.

He had thought that day would never come in his life.

Nian Shutong pointed to the screen on Fu Yunhe’s Light Computer and said, “You’re telling me I worked hard and farmed the land, but mechas are the real deal.”

“The money for just one of these could cover everything.”

Fu Yunhe closed the page and found a secondhand trade market. It wasn’t accurate to call it secondhand, more like nth-hand.

“Mecha is the main mode of combat, primarily in the hands of the Royal Family, and it doesn’t necessarily turn a profit.”

Fu Yunhe saw Nian Shutong’s unbelieving gaze, shining bright as if to say ‘are you an idiot?’
That number, and it doesn’t make money?

“Really,” Fu Yunhe had already opened the page for secondhand mechas, explaining, “Although they sell for a high price, anyone who attends a military academy or serves more than three years in the army can obtain a mecha for free.”

“And the model of the mecha varies according to each person’s level.”

“That generous?” Nian Shutong truly didn’t expect that. That expenditure must be substantial, and suddenly, she understood why she had been taxed when she first inherited the planet.

The upper echelons needed money!

Fu Yunhe pushed the Light Computer forward so that Nian Shutong could see a bit more clearly.

“You’re quite generous yourself.”

Fu Yunhe really did think so. Although Nian Shutong wanted to save money, it was because she didn’t have that much.

“That’s true, I think so too,” replied Nian Shutong, unmodestly, as she began to pick and choose from the mechas of indeterminate hand-downs below.

She picked and picked until she had selected dozens of mechas.

So many? Fu Yunhe, observing Nian Shutong who continued to pick, remarked, “Even though they’re cheap, the cost adds up when you buy in bulk.”

“I know. I’m just looking for now–not buying. Let Rubble buy them.”

Nian Shutong stopped her selections and turned to Fu Yunhe, “Let Rubble buy the ones he can repair.”

“You’re right.”

The two of them had arrived at the small wooden house, got off the cable car, and went straight to Rubble.

“Rubble, come here!”

Rubble was busy working and nimbly avoided the various parts beneath his feet as he came to Nian Shutong’s side, waiting for her to speak.

Nian Shutong repeated the matter of buying mechas, then instructed, “Remember, I need at least three that can go underwater and a few simple ones for the kids to practice with. You can choose the rest.”

“Rubble got it,” he said, fixedly staring at Nian Shutong.

She understood and replied, “I know, money.”

“Wait a bit, I’ll sell some stuff first and then give it to you.”

“Alright, please don’t delay, Ms. Nian Shutong.”

Rubble finished urging and left.

Nian Shutong was indeed off to sell things. She sold a batch of salt for over ten million and transferred it all to Rubble.

As for other foodstuffs, they might not have enough for themselves to eat, so they didn’t sell. Even the dumplings they’d sold before were off the market now.

Lately, they had stopped making tofu, and the little shop’s income had declined.

She looked towards the distant fields, estimating that it would not be until after the third harvest that she would truly have surplus food to sell and tinker with.

In the evening, the small wooden house distributed seafood to every household, accompanied by a bit of potato.

During the livestream that night, they ate lobster.

The deluxe version of crab made many people fall in love.

As for the dinner at the small wooden house, it was even more upscale because they had shark fins.

Right after the broadcast ended, everyone went back to their rooms, and Nian Shutong walked outside to cultivate.

System Xiao Ba spoke up.

“Ding! The host has completed the hundred-acre benchmark task ten times, the rewards are as follows.”

“Rewarding ten varieties of grain seeds: sweet potatoes, peanuts, sorghum, millet, glutinous rice, black rice, mung beans, kidney beans, fava beans, and peas.”

“Rewarding ten varieties of vegetable seeds: celery, coriander, spinach, rapeseed, sweet peppers, lettuce, pumpkin, wax gourd, cauliflower, and oyster mushrooms.”

“Awarding one hundred crystal stones.”

“Please continue the good work, host, and keep striving!”

This onslaught of rewards, akin to reading off a menu, did not fill Nian Shutong with joy but made her chide in a dangerously toned voice.

“Xiao Ba?”

“Present!”

“Did you forget earlier?”

She seriously suspected that Xiao Ba, addicted to the internet, had forgotten about the rewards previously and had now accumulated them all to announce at once.

“Um–Host, nothing was missed! Xiao Ba even gave you an extra ten crystal stones, please forgive me.”

“Just this once, it shall not be a precedent.”

“Xiao Ba understands.”

Nian Shutong wasn’t truly angry, she just felt like the overburdened head of a household, with no one truly easing her worries.

It seemed only Fu Yunhe might be a little less of a concern.

However, receiving so many items still delighted her.

Especially the crystal stones, a whole hundred of them; it was practically a fortune.

In great spirits, Nian Shutong quickened her pace to her chosen spot and began her cultivation.

“Big Bird, I’m here.”

At some point, Big Bird had grown accustomed to staying by Nian Shutong’s side, cultivating with her.

Big Bird did not know why, but it felt very comfortable to be there, and so it stayed.

The human and bird began their cultivation.

The pig that Nian Shutong was holding in her arms had its dark aura gradually dissipating. It seemed as if the pig’s eyes were becoming lively, almost as if they could move.

The next day dawned, and Nian Shutong first took up her big knife and rapidly began to chop trees.

She made clearings while countless little machines continued the next steps in the process.

She had to expand the land for cultivation; with so many seeds, each variety required its own sizable patch.

Life does not cease, farming does not rest.

After Nian Shutong had cleared a significant area, she returned to the small wooden house, just in time to catch Fu Yunhe collecting his goods.

He had scheduled to go out to sea yesterday, so he set today for pickup. Several ships lay by the seaside where Rubble and Ji Sisi followed to repair them.

Today, they would still go out to sea for practice until all the Mecha and other equipment were in place, after which Nian Shutong would no longer join them.

Before setting sail, she still inquired about Dou Dou. Elder Hua had come to accept it a bit more calmly, for the strawberries were indeed delicious.

And today, five days after Nian Shutong wrote her song, the final song selections had been made, ready to be released on Star Network for the vast interstellar populace to choose from.

Nian Shutong hadn’t been following this event, but Daodao had been paying close attention. He called over Xiao Ba, ready to cast a crucial vote for Nian Shutong.

Right, the two of them had only one vote.

To be exact, counting Nian Shutong, the three of them had only one vote.