After the Ginseng King followed Yunxi into the space, it was overjoyed.
It had thought that being able to drink spiritual spring water every day would already be good enough. Who would have expected that now it could not only drink water, but also absorb such abundant spiritual energy every day? Was it still far from transforming into human form?
It looked at this woman and muttered to itself, This woman is really foolish. She has something so good yet doesn’t know how to use it, and still runs around searching everywhere. If she just carried this spiritual spring water with her, countless plants and animals would follow her. Why go to all that trouble? Truly foolish.
After entering the space, Yunxi set the Ginseng King aside, listed all the other ginsengs for sale, and planted the small ginsengs by the stream.
Her balance successfully reached one hundred thousand.
“Ke’er, I want to exchange for a courtyard. How do I do that?” Yunxi asked.
This time, Ke’er’s cute, silly voice responded quickly.
“Master, tap the vine pattern on the center of your palm. An interface will pop up with instructions. Just follow the prompts!”
Yunxi followed Ke’er’s instructions and tapped the vine pattern on her palm. It lit up, and a screen immediately appeared in front of her.
On the screen were several large words: ‘Welcome Back.’
Yunxi looked at the interface below. The operation felt a lot like using a computer.
Under the system’s guidance, she successfully exchanged for a siheyuan courtyard. Just as she was about to exit, a lottery box suddenly popped up on the screen.
“Ke’er, what does this lottery mean? Is it free?” Yunxi asked cautiously.
Seeing how careful her master was, Ke’er said, “Oh, Master, this is an exchange reward. In the future, every time you meet the system’s exchange requirements and make an exchange, you’ll get one chance to draw a prize. Don’t worry—go ahead and draw. It doesn’t cost any money.”
Ke’er knew its master was a complete money-lover.
As soon as Yunxi heard it was free, she became happy. “Hehe, as long as it’s free.”
She tapped ‘Start,’ and the screen began spinning. It spun so much that her head almost felt dizzy before it finally stopped.
The screen displayed: One bottle of Universal Detoxification Pills.
Yunxi clicked ‘Receive,’ and in the blink of an eye, a small porcelain bottle appeared in her hand.
She opened the lid and saw pitch-black pills inside. Some of the ingredients were familiar traditional herbs. One sniff was enough to tell they were made from top-quality medicinal materials.
After closing the lid, she put the bottle into her safe. Such a good item naturally had to be carefully stored, just in case.
Then she happily pulled Nangong An along to take a look at her new courtyard.
The courtyard was right next to the supermarket and beside the vegetable garden—they were connected.
When she opened the courtyard gate, there was nothing inside—not even a blade of grass. Yunxi felt a little disappointed. She had thought there would be flowers, trees, rockeries, and pavilions, but in reality, there was nothing at all.
There were three doors in the courtyard. They should lead to three rooms.
Yunxi walked to the first room and pushed the door open. There was nothing inside.
She felt disappointed. Could it be that the space had given her an unfinished house? That was way too stingy!
The second room was the same. But when she pushed open the third room, she was stunned.
Wasn’t this her room from the modern world?
It was exactly the same, without a single difference!
Haha, at least the space wasn’t that stingy after all.
One bedroom, one living room, and one bathroom—this was the home she had lived in during modern times, unchanged in any way. She could finally sleep comfortably tonight.
Nangong An looked around at the furnishings. None of these items existed in this era. Especially the thing in the bathing room—it could spray water. He had never seen anything like it. And in the living room, there was that strange object that showed people and even made sounds.
Xi’er said it was called a television. The women inside wore very revealing clothes—weren’t they cold? And the men didn’t tie up their long hair like people here did, but instead had clean, short hair.
Wasn’t it said that one’s hair was given by one’s parents? Why would they cut it so short?
What shocked him even more was when night came. Seeing the piece of clothing Yunxi wore—so little fabric—he couldn’t help but speak up.
“Xi’er, were people in your era very poor? They couldn’t even afford proper clothes? Look at what you’re wearing—your chest, arms, and legs are all exposed. It’s really improper!”
Yunxi looked at the cool pajamas she was wearing. Poor? This pajama set cost nearly a hundred yuan. Here, one copper coin was equivalent to one yuan, which meant this pajama set would cost a hundred copper coins.
A hundred copper coins could buy a whole bolt of cotton cloth and make several outfits.
Naturally, she didn’t say any of this—there was no real basis for comparison anyway.
Then, looking at Nangong An after he had finished bathing, she said, “Nangong An, shouldn’t you sleep in the living room? There’s a sofa there.”
Nangong An looked at her innocently. “Xi’er, we’re husband and wife. Why should we sleep separately?”
At that moment, Yunxi really wanted to slap herself. Why had she said she was his wife back then? Wouldn’t it have been better to say she was his sister?
“Husband and wife? We haven’t even gotten married. Since when are we husband and wife?”
Nangong An walked over with his long legs. “Xi’er, you were the one who said I was your husband. How can you go back on your word?”
“Alright, alright, let’s sleep. The bed is big anyway—we’ll sleep together!” She had brought this on herself, attracting a tag-along she couldn’t get rid of. She accepted it.
The next day, they continued sweeping through the mountains. Besides wild game, Yunxi also gathered some herbs for stopping bleeding.
Just by looking at the wounds on Nangong An’s body, she could tell he often got injured. Wound medicine and hemostatic herbs were absolutely necessary—she had to prepare them.
On the third day, they didn’t go into the mountains again. Instead, they drove the carriage along the official road at full speed.
By the time the sun set on the fifth day, they returned to the foot of the mountain.
The area had changed greatly. After several days of hard work, one mud-brick house had already been built, and the thatched roof had been laid. After airing it out a bit, it would be ready to live in.
The nearby wasteland had also been reclaimed, just waiting for her vegetable seeds to be brought back so they could be planted.
Seeing how much land they had cleared, Yunxi thought of the sweet potatoes planted in the courtyard inside the space.
They couldn’t plant rice yet, but they could plant sweet potatoes and potatoes. In three months, they could be harvested and would be enough to fill their stomachs.
Sharp-eyed Lin Hai saw them driving the carriage back and ran over with a big smile. “You’re back! Nangong’s wife, come take a look—how’s the house?”
Yunxi praised sincerely, “It’s very good, even better than I expected. Brother Lin, you’re amazing. You finished building a house in just a few days—that’s incredible!”
Lin Hai scratched his head shyly. “You flatter us, Nangong’s wife. The main thing is that your idea was good, and also that we had many people. We farmers don’t have much else—just strength.”
Yunxi said a bit tiredly, “Alright, let’s rest first. I brought back vegetable seeds and some other things. Tomorrow we’ll be busy again. Tonight, everyone should get a good rest.”