The lettuce had actually grown enough to be harvested again after just one night!
Shen Qingyao wasn’t in a hurry to harvest it. Instead, she first went to check the traps around the area. Perhaps because there were still bloodstains from the wolf pack, nothing had triggered the traps overnight.
Shen Qingyao extended the fence to cover about one-third of the path. When she tried to continue, she found that she didn’t have enough fencing materials left.
After steeling herself, she headed toward the river.
It seemed like the water had risen last night, washing away the maze. She didn’t bother rebuilding it. After all, she no longer cared much about those tiny fish and shrimp.
After picking up nearly 2,000 stones, she washed her face and checked the wound on her left arm.
It had indeed already scabbed over!
After washing away the blood, she felt a little regretful. If she had worn her combat uniform after dinner and her bath yesterday, this wouldn’t have happened!
Once she had cleaned the blood off her body, she collected some water and headed home.
She made another twenty sections of fencing, extending them halfway along the path.
Then, on the trading market, she put up 2,000 stones for sale and exchanged them for large amounts of wood and other supplies.
Because stones were practically worthless where she was, she basically agreed to any trade as long as someone wanted to buy them.
After a series of transactions, she discovered that she had accumulated all sorts of strange things:
【Folding Fan ×1, Socks ×1, Straw Hat ×1, Unknown Seeds ×12, Cabinet ×1, Table ×1, Hemostatic Herb ×1, Cold Medicine ×1, Slippers ×1】
There were also many other items that she hadn’t even bothered to examine carefully.
Remembering that she still hadn’t claimed yesterday’s points reward chest, she immediately took it out.
“Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have obtained a Golden Treasure Chest!”
First place meant a Golden Treasure Chest?
That was great!
Then she would strive for first place again today!
When she opened the chest, a dazzling golden light greeted her eyes:
【Shelter Heart ×1, Random Seed Bag ×1, Fertilizer ×12, Spirit-Tier Sickle ×1, Anti-Inflammatory Medicine ×5, Basic Healing Potion ×6】
A Shelter Heart!
This was one of the materials required to upgrade the shelter to Level 4. She had never seen one before!
She had thought it would take a long time to collect, but apparently, one could appear in a Golden Treasure Chest?
There was also fertilizer—the very thing she desperately needed!
And a Spirit-Tier Sickle. Did that mean harvesting would be much faster now?
There was also medicine for injuries. She now fully understood just how important it was to keep some medical supplies on hand!
Even a homebody like her could get injured!
What could cure one’s worries?
Only getting rich overnight!
Just one Golden Treasure Chest had already put her in an excellent mood.
After walking out the door, she began harvesting the lettuce.
The Spirit-Tier Sickle really was useful. Before, she had to cut the lettuce one plant at a time. But now, with a single swing of the sickle, all the lettuce in an entire plot fell neatly to the ground!
“Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have obtained Mortal-Tier Grade 2 Lettuce ×1,689!”
“Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have obtained Mortal-Tier Grade 3 Lettuce ×187!”
“Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have obtained Mortal-Tier Grade 2 Lettuce Seeds ×5,427!”
“Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have obtained Mortal-Tier Grade 3 Lettuce Seeds ×377!”
“Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have obtained Mortal-Tier Grade 4 Lettuce Seeds ×124!”
“Congratulations, Host! Your farmland has been upgraded to Level 3!”
“Ding! Congratulations, Host! Your adzuki beans have matured!”
“Ding! Congratulations, Host! Your tomatoes have matured!”
After two upgrades, the adzuki beans had finally ripened!
The tomatoes were ripe as well!
With a single swing of her sickle, Shen Qingyao harvested them all at once!
“Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have obtained Adzuki Beans ×23,346!”
“Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have obtained Mortal-Tier Grade 2 Adzuki Bean Seeds ×1,643!”
Finally, she had a staple food!
Perhaps it was time to try that recipe for Basic Nutrient Solution as well!
“Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have obtained Mortal-Tier Grade 2 Tomatoes ×234!”
“Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have obtained Mortal-Tier Grade 2 Tomato Seeds ×576!”
“Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have obtained Mortal-Tier Grade 2 Tomato Seeds ×109!”
At last, she had fruit to eat!
She definitely wasn’t going to sell these. She would keep them for herself and eat them slowly. After all, she was a huge fruit eater!
After storing all the harvest in her warehouse, she began tilling the land again.
It wasn’t until late morning that she finished preparing the fields and planted the lettuce again.
This time, she discovered corn seeds in the seed bag.
This was another type of grain!
She marked out a small plot of land and planted the corn.
She only used a little fertilizer on the corn. She couldn’t bear to use it on the lettuce.
She already had enough lettuce, so she could afford to let it grow slowly.
At noon, she didn’t feel like eating meat. She ate two tomatoes raw and stir-fried some gray-green wild vegetables.
The midday sun was too intense, so as usual, it was time to rest.
Inside the house, she produced a batch of Basic Nutrient Solution.
“Basic Nutrient Solution: One bottle is enough to maintain the body’s nutritional needs for an entire day!”
This stuff was an absolute necessity for the hunting crowd!
The first person Shen Qingyao thought of was Wang Guodong. He probably needed this kind of field ration very badly.
However, she couldn’t have just one customer!
So, she opened the rankings and noticed someone named Qin Lie on today’s points leaderboard.
Shen Qingyao noticed him because the emblem of Zhonghua was displayed next to his name as well.
She tried to send him a friend request, only to discover that he had disabled friend requests!
Well then!
What a pity!
She continued looking and found another person with the Zhonghua emblem. This one was a woman, and the creature she had turned in today was a wild boar!
That meant she was most likely part of the hunting crowd too!
Shen Qingyao immediately sent her a friend request.
To her surprise, it was accepted almost instantly!
The woman named Li Hanyue immediately sent her a private message:
“666, Boss! Did you need something from me?”
Uh…
Being called a boss by a real big shot—why was that making her blush a little?
“Oh, I’ve got a very useful kind of nutrient solution here. Want to see if you need it?”
She pasted the description of the nutrient solution.
“I do! I do! I knew it—Boss, you really are a tycoon! You can even get your hands on something this good! I’ll take as much as you have! How about trading for beast meat? Right now, I only have Mortal-Tier Grade 4 wild boar meat!”
Li Hanyue was excited too!
She knew all too well what it felt like to go hungry while out hunting!
Shen Qingyao hesitated for a moment before saying:
“Sure. This nutrient solution contains grains, vegetables, and meat, so I want one jin of Mortal-Tier Grade 4 meat for each bottle. Can you accept that price?”
“Yes, yes, yes! How many do you have?”
Shen Qingyao continued:
“I currently have ten bottles left. If you need more in the future, you can place an order with me. The price will remain the same, while beast meat of other grades will be adjusted accordingly.”
Li Hanyue became even more excited!
There would be more in the future!
So it wasn’t a one-time thing!
That meant Shen Qingyao had a blueprint and could make it herself!
“No problem! Oh, right—can you sell me some vegetables and fruit too? I can never manage to grab the ones you put up on the trading market!”
There was a hint of grievance in Li Hanyue’s voice.
Shen Qingyao recalled that, in order to exchange for wood as quickly as possible, she had indeed set the prices rather low.
But surely they weren’t that hard to get?
Oh, well. A sale was a sale, no matter who she sold to.
She readily put up some Mortal-Tier Grade 2 lettuce, as well as some gray-green wild vegetables and adzuki beans. She even included two tomatoes!
Li Hanyue was quite tactful as well. She put up exactly what Shen Qingyao urgently needed—wood.
And when Shen Qingyao saw the amount she had offered—
2,000 pieces!
Shen Qingyao was extremely satisfied.
She felt that this was the kind of trading partner she should definitely keep in touch with in the future.