There was no time to think so much, Yan Qingyao was about to go back with Chun Bamboo in her arms, but her eyes caught a glimpse of a tree in the distance, which gave her a subtle sense of familiarity.
It seemed like I had seen it before, but it seemed like I had never seen it before. I couldn't take my eyes away for a while.
She put down the bamboo shoots in her hand, looked forward, and suddenly remembered: "Cassava tree."
Yan Qingyao's eyes lit up, she had the staple food!
When Zhao Cuihua got home, the food was already on the table. There were only two plates at home, and they were filled with her seafood. Anything that couldn't be put directly into the bowl. Two bowls and two plates could only hold them. seafood.
"Si Ya!" Zhao Cuihua's tone was filled with shock and a bit of regret: "There are so many shrimps and crabs, if we sell them, they can be worth ten cents!"
Yan Qingyao put out the firewood on the stove and brought it along with the steamer: "I sold it next to the vendor, but no one bought it."
"Alas!" Even though she already knew that it was an irreversible fact, Zhao Cuihua couldn't help but sigh. She looked at those shrimps and crabs with pity and celebrated today.
"What?" Zhao Cuihua waited for a while before hearing what Si Ya said: "You went to the beach to sell shrimps and crabs? There is no reason for a girl to go out to sell things. Naturally, no one will buy you."
Only then did Yan Qingyao understand the reason why those people looked at her and smiled strangely. Thinking about it, all the people selling seafood there were old men, and she had never seen a woman selling seafood there.
"Next time when the tide comes in, I will pick up shrimps and crabs and give them to my mother. She will help you sell them to the village chief. The village chief treats us well. No one else accepts female workers, only the village chief does. He lets me go to his house when needed. I did some farm work, picked up shrimps and crabs and bought them at half price.”
"..."
She thought it was too little at the original price, so she bought it for half the price.
Yan Qingyao picked up a piece of steamed soft and glutinous cassava and put it on her rough hand: "Mom, let's have lunch first!"
Zhao Cuihua took it and took a bite. It was soft and glutinous with a bit of sweetness, which was quite delicious.
"What is this?" Zhao Cuihua's eyes lit up, and she looked at the table again. There was no cooked rice cereal. This could be eaten as a staple food.
"This is cassava!"
"Cassava? What is it? This cassava is quite delicious." Zhao Cuihua looked out the window and saw that no one was passing by. She whispered: "No one in the village has ever eaten such delicious food. Bring it with you later at night." Candlelight, let’s go look for some more, so we don’t get discovered.”
Yan Qingyao burst out laughing after hearing this. No wonder there were so many cassava trees in the back mountains. It turned out that people in this era didn't know what they were.
"No, mother, I can just pick it myself. We are sneaky and are more likely to be discovered."
"That's right." Zhao Cuihua nodded.
After the meal, Yan Qingyao finally understood why no one picked up oysters and sea urchins.
People here call them stones and thorn balls, not knowing that they are edible seafood.
I also understood that there are no seasonings in this world except oil and salt. Except for fish, shrimps and crabs, other seafood tastes very strong and no one likes to eat it.
Then this...
Thinking about the system's mission and the first step to lead the whole village to live a good life is to get the first pot of gold in life, Yan Qingyao had another plan in mind.
"Xiao Tongtong!" Yan Qingyao opened her phone and her beautiful almond-shaped eyes twitched, and there was a hint of ill-intention in her voice.
The system's voice trembled subconsciously: "What...what's wrong?"
Yan Qingyao smiled proudly: "Can you give me some seasoning?"
"No!" the system said selflessly: "Every time a system task is completed, different rewards will be distributed. The host can actively complete the system task or directly complete the ultimate task."
"You..." Yan Qingyao remembered what the system said that morning: "You said you would give me a certain amount of assistance and support?"
"Here you go."
An interface like a black hole appeared on the phone on the system interface, and a software emerged from the black hole. After a while, the black hole disappeared, and a software called a mall appeared on the phone.
Yan Qingyao clicked on the mall. All the items that can be purchased in the real world are available in this mall. If she wants, she can directly come here to purchase.
Yan Qingyao was overjoyed. Just when she was about to place an order for some sofas, mattresses, wooden beds, etc. to directly improve the home environment, she saw the prices clearly marked on them, and her balance was zero.
This is a bit too strange!
The system continued: "One penny can be used instead of one dollar. With this mall, your actions will get twice the result with half the effort!"
"..."
The first thing is that she has to have a penny.
"Also." The system suddenly played the role of the boss again: "Thank you for coming. The store is opening today. There are special discounts. You can choose five condiments with only 0.1 points. The price is very favorable. Please don't. Missed it!”
"..."
When Zhao Cuihua came back, she had a smile on her face. When she saw her daughter, she was even more happy. After digging around in her arms for a long time, she took out ten cents and put it into her daughter's hand: "That's more than a kilogram." The grouper was sold for ten cents, our Qingyao family is so lucky, picking up some seafood on the shore is worth my mother’s day’s wages.”
Yan Qingyao did not expect an unexpected surprise. She immediately clenched the ten copper coins in her hand and saw a dialog box pop up in the air: "Congratulations to the host for completing the first task and receiving a system reward."
Yan Qingyao clicked on it and saw that it was the most indispensable fishing tool for fishermen: a fishing net.
"From now on, you go to the beach every day to see if there are any fish, shrimps, and crabs that you can pick up. After selling them, your mother will give you the money to use as your wedding dowry, so that you can have some money for yourself."
These words gave Yan Qingyao inspiration. She looked at the bamboo stool at home and asked curiously: "Mom, who made this stool?"
At noon, she took a fancy to this style of bamboo stool with a backrest. She had also seen it at her grandparents' house in the countryside. To be able to make such a good craftsmanship under these conditions must be a master.
"You don't know this, right?" Zhao Cuihua picked up the bamboo stool and said proudly: "I made this."
Her craftsmanship was learned from her grandfather, and she was praised by her grandfather for being particularly talented in this field since she was a child. As long as there was a pattern that she could draw, she could make it.
Even these days, she can't afford to eat, and women are not favored when doing business, so even if she has this skill, she has nowhere to put it to use. She was idle a while ago and had no work to do, so she went up the mountain to cut down a few bamboo trees. Made two brand new stools.
"Can you make me some cages later?" Yan Qingyao's eyes showed admiration and she quickly put forward her request while the iron was hot.
Yue Min has long days and short nights. Zhao Cuihua took a look at the sky outside and nodded: "Okay!"
She loves doing this very much.
