She walked to the kitchen doorway and took out the thick sugarcane from her space.
It was so long that it stretched across both the kitchen and the living room.
Su Yue’s eyes shone with excitement.
She placed her hand on the sugarcane and activated her ability.
Soon, the sugarcane was completely purified.
A hint of joy flashed in her eyes as she used her fingernail to mark lines along the cane.
“Big brother, bring the electric saw and cut along these lines.”
“Okay.” Su Yi responded and followed her instructions.
The electric saw worked well. Under Su Yue’s guidance, Su Yi quickly cut the sugarcane into ten sections.
The cane was full of juice, and sweet liquid splashed out during cutting.
Su Yi accidentally tasted some while working, and his eyes immediately lit up.
After that, he became even more enthusiastic.
Once the cutting was done, Su Yue kept ten sections and stored the rest back into her space.
After chewing some of the pulp produced by the saw, she had Su Yi continue working, this time peeling the ten sections.
By the time they finished peeling, the saw was already running low on energy.
To conserve power, Su Yue stopped using it.
Instead, she had Su Yi bring a kitchen knife for the next step.
She planned to cut the sugarcane into strips to sell.
That way, no one would be able to tell the original size of the cane.
Su Yi was skilled with his hands. Soon, he produced a large number of sugarcane strips about ten centimeters long and two centimeters wide and thick.
Su Yue found several large plastic bags. While filling them with the strips, she sorted out the irregular pieces, eating some and cutting others into smaller chunks for sampling.
The siblings worked while eating, full of energy.
Half an hour later, the work was finally done.
Su Yue then had Su Yi clean up, gathering the waste so she could store it and dispose of it outside the city later.
Meanwhile, she took out the smallest potato from her space.
After purifying it, she cut off a portion, peeled it, sliced it into strips, and blanched it in water.
Then she fried it with oil and seasoning, making fried potato strips.
Well… not exactly crinkle-cut, but close enough.
Once the potatoes were ready, lunch was served.
“So tasty… this potato is really tasty…” Su Yi stuffed his mouth, not caring that it was hot.
Su Yue, on the other hand, ate more gracefully and had a more refined palate.
The potatoes were delicious, but she knew they could be even better.
The seasonings at home were synthetic, not derived from natural plants.
They slightly affected the flavor of the natural ingredients.
Even so, she didn’t mind at all.
After eating synthetic food and nutrient solutions for so long, this meal was already a feast.
In the end, they finished an entire pot of potatoes.
For the first time since arriving on DQ008, they felt truly full.
“Hic.” Su Yi suddenly burped.
Then came a few more.
Su Yue laughed.
Su Yi laughed along foolishly.
After a while, Su Yue stood up and had him help clean the kitchen.
Once everything was tidied, she stored most of the packaged sugarcane strips in her space.
She placed a smaller portion into two baskets and some into a basin.
She also took a stack of packaging bags.
Then the siblings set off together, carrying the baskets.
Su Yue led the way toward the commercial street.
It would take at least an hour to walk there. It wasn’t that she didn’t want to take the hover bus, but her account balance was already zero.
Even if she wanted to, she couldn’t.
The safe zone they lived in was called Wubian City, the largest city on DQ008.
It housed exiled criminals, locals, and mercenaries who came to hunt or train.
Where there were people, there was consumption.
The commercial street was the most prosperous area, frequented by the wealthy.
After an hour, they finally arrived.
The streets were wider and cleaner, and the people looked more relaxed.
Most were well-dressed, far better than the siblings.
Avoiding patrol drones, Su Yue led Su Yi to the front of a department store.
After checking their surroundings, she uncovered the basin and began calling out.
“Natural sugarcane! Fresh natural sugarcane for sale! Three-star coins per piece, not sweet means no charge!”
“Sweet and juicy natural sugarcane! Only three-star coins each! Not sweet, don’t pay!”
“Three-star coins per piece, don’t miss it!”
Her clear voice quickly attracted attention.
An elderly woman holding a child walked over.
She looked at the sugarcane in the basin.
It was clean and pale yellow, clearly high quality.
“Is this really natural sugarcane?” she asked.
“Absolutely. You can tell with one bite. Try a small piece. If it’s not natural or not sweet, you don’t have to pay.”
“Little one, you can try too.”
Su Yue handed a small sample to the child using a plastic-covered hand.
The grandmother wanted to stop it, but the child had already taken it.
“It’s delicious! Grandma, I want sugarcane!” the child said excitedly.
The grandmother frowned, then took a piece herself and tasted it.
Her eyes lit up.
“It really is natural sugarcane.”
She looked at the basin again.
“Three-star coins each, right? Give me ten… no, make it twenty.”
“Make it fifty-star coins for twenty pieces?”
Su Yue’s smile stiffened slightly.
“That’s a bit too low. This is fresh natural sugarcane. The cost isn’t cheap…”
“Then fifty-four-star coins,” the woman said.
“I’m buying a lot; you should give some discount. Otherwise, I won’t buy.”
The child tugged at her again.
“Grandma, I want sugarcane!”
The grandmother pulled him away.
“All you think about is eating. It’s expensive, we can’t have it every day.”
Su Yue knew she was saying it on purpose.
She sighed softly and put on a helpless expression.
“How about this. Sixty-star coins, and I’ll give the child two extra pieces.”
The grandmother immediately smiled.
“Deal.”
Su Yue smiled at the child, then began counting the pieces.
Twenty pieces were quickly counted.
Then she added two extra pieces in front of the woman.