Blinking, Su Tian thought of the free web novels she used to listen to in her past life. In that life, aside from being ruined by Guo Zhiwei—ending up childless and mocked as a hen that couldn’t lay eggs, excluded from the circles of people busy raising grandchildren—everything else was fairly decent. At least after retirement, she still had the leisure to listen to novels, keep up with trends, and knew about livestreaming. She was also familiar with all kinds of systems in novels.
Su Tian figured she had been bound to a livestreaming system.
【Bingo!】The unfamiliar voice said.
【Congratulations on binding to the livestreaming system. I am your system, Xiao Ba!】
Su Tian covered her mouth, barely stopping herself from screaming—it was real after all.
“Hello, Xiao Ba. I’m Su Tian. I’ve heard that livestream selling gives commissions. We just sold sixty‑one salted duck eggs—how much can I earn?”
Su Tian was worldly and had read all kinds of web novels, so she wasn’t unfamiliar with systems. She had already been reborn—binding another system wasn’t that surprising, okay? Being able to livestream and make money was simply too good. Even if she didn’t marry that beast Guo Zhiwei, she could still support herself. That was amazing.
Xiao Ba didn’t expect Su Tian to be so quick on the uptake. It liked dealing with smart people—less trouble. The system replied in a businesslike tone:
【There is commission. Livestream income is split fifty‑fifty. 61 times 9.9 equals 603.9. Half of that is 301.95 yuan.】
Su Tian caught the key point: “Is that 1980s currency, or from another era?”
Xiao Ba replied: 【1980s currency.】
Even Su Tian, usually steady as a mountain, couldn’t help sucking in a sharp breath.
“Th‑that much?”
If it were post‑2020, it wouldn’t be impossible—but this was the 1980s. If she livestreamed every day, she’d be a ten‑thousand‑yuan household in a month. Trying to keep her excitement in check, Su Tian still couldn’t help grinning foolishly.
“Happy cooperation. When does the next livestream start? Should we open more sessions?”
Xiao Ba rejected her coldly:
【No. Your level isn’t high enough. Current level is zero. You can only livestream once a month.】
Su Tian: “Huh?”
In her past life, people could livestream whenever they wanted. How come with her, it was only once a month? That meant she could only earn 301.95 this month? That was too little! Su Tian, determined to build a career, felt like she’d just had a bucket of cold water dumped on her.
“How do I level up?” She didn’t want to livestream only once a month—that would mean missing out on so much money.
Xiao Ba replied:
【You need to change the trajectory of your life.】
Smart as she was, Su Tian immediately understood.
“So as long as I don’t follow my past life’s path, I can level up and livestream?”
If Xiao Ba had a head, it would already be nodding.
【Correct. As long as you deviate from your life path, livestream opportunities will be unlocked according to the degree of deviation.】
“I get it. I’ll go beat up Su Lili right now.”
In her past life, she hadn’t laid a hand on Su Lili. Today, she’d just beaten her—and then she got bound to the livestream system. If beating her once meant one livestream, Su Tian would happily farm data on Su Lili, beating her again and again.
Xiao Ba warned her:
【Not advisable.】
Su Tian felt regretful—she really still wanted to beat Su Lili. She’d look for another chance in the future; this time she’d let it go. If she’d known she couldn’t swear in the livestream, she would’ve used civilized language. She’d only been live a few minutes before getting shut down—so miserable.
Su Tian asked, “How long is each livestream? Earlier you said the trial broadcast was only ten minutes?”
Xiao Ba explained:
【Trial broadcast is ten minutes. Each month you get one livestream session, starting at ten minutes. As your level increases, the duration will lengthen. You’ll be notified then.】
Su Tian understood. In the end, it all came down to changing her life path to raise her livestream level. It felt harder than the platforms in her past life. Still, no matter how hard, she would livestream—making money was the priority. Besides, she didn’t plan to walk her old path anyway. As long as she avoided her past life’s trajectory, unlimited livestreams with no time restrictions would be easy to grasp.
Just as she was rolling up her sleeves, ready to go all out, Huang Guihua suddenly shouted, “Which damned bastard stole all the salted duck eggs I pickled? Su Daguo, go chase the thief! If you catch him, chop off his dog paws!”
Su Tian: “?”
Thinking of something, Su Tian asked the system, “Those sixty‑one salted duck eggs… they weren’t from my house, were they?”
Xiao Ba admitted readily:
【Yes. You need products to livestream, don’t you? Your family is dirt poor—salted duck eggs were the only thing worth putting in the cart…】
Feeling attacked for being too poor, Su Tian went numb. Seeing her dad about to head out to chase the “thief,” she didn’t want things to blow up, so she braced herself and confessed.
“Dad, Mom, don’t panic. The salted duck eggs aren’t lost. They were…”
Before she could finish, Huang Guihua, thinking about all sixty‑one eggs being gone, got so angry she reached to twist Su Tian’s ear.
“You wastrel girl! You ate that many salted duck eggs? Aren’t you afraid you’ll die of salt?”
Su Tian nearly rolled her eyes.
“Mom, do you think I’m that stupid? I didn’t eat them—I sold them. This is the money from selling the eggs. Check if the amount’s right.”
Knowing her parents didn’t know about Xiao Ba, Su Tian communicated with it in her head.
“Can I withdraw the money from selling the eggs right now? If I can’t produce cash, I’m afraid I’ll be hung up and beaten tonight.”
Xiao Ba replied:
【Yes. Withdraw now?】
Su Tian said, “Withdraw.”
Estimating current prices, it was impossible for a salted duck egg to sell for 9.9 yuan—thirty cents apiece would already be a profit. To avoid getting beaten, Su Tian immediately withdrew nineteen yuan.
Huang Guihua counted the bills and frowned.
“The amount’s not right?”
Su Tian was about to argue that she hadn’t embezzled anything—what nonsense. But then she heard her mother say, “A salted duck egg isn’t five mao for two, right? I remember there were only sixty‑one at home. How come you sold them for nineteen yuan?”
Seeing her mother Huang Guihua’s questioning gaze, Su Tian almost smacked her thigh in regret. So it was five mao for two eggs, not three mao each—she had overcounted the price! Luckily, it was her own mother; getting extra money was better than pretending to sell them for 9.9 yuan each!
Su Tian smiled: “I sold them for three mao each, plus seven mao from my own pocket money to round it up to a neat sum, hehe!”
Huang Guihua raised an eyebrow: “Three mao each, not bad. Who bought them? Next time we pickle more salted duck eggs to sell to them. If we go to the supply and marketing cooperative, they’d only pay two mao each; selling them at five mao for two is already a high price.”
Thinking about future livestream sales, Su Tian realized that with the eggs being so expensive, she had to put them on a sales link.
“Alright, next time I’ll sell to them again. Mom, should we pickle more eggs? Next month we can sell more salted duck eggs.”
Huang Guihua, happy with the nineteen yuan, smiled and nodded. Seeing her daughter’s relaxed expression, she thought for a moment, then handed her one yuan: “Take it and buy some candy.”
Even though Su Lili’s future in-laws were well-off and her own daughter wasn’t bad, selling a few more salted duck eggs for five extra cents each could make quite a bit of money!
Holding the one yuan pocket money from her mother, Su Tian almost felt it was burning her hands. To think, she already had 282.95 yuan in pocket money. This was a huge sum!
Thinking about Su Lili still having to give her five hundred yuan tomorrow, once she got the money, she’d have over seven hundred yuan in total—not bad at all. With this money, she could buy more salted duck eggs and sell them at 9.9 yuan each in her livestream, making a nice profit.
Thinking of all this, Su Tian almost couldn’t sleep. Su Lili, on the other hand, would be completely insomnia‑stricken.