“Lizheng, this is bad!” Gan Fanren knocked on the door of the Lizheng’s house.
“I just observed the sky; I’m afraid the water will rise tonight. We must lead the villagers up the mountain to seek shelter immediately.”
Hearing Gan Fanren’s words, Gan Tian babbled in agreement.
[My daddy is so amazing to be able to see that. As expected of my daddy.]
Hearing Gan Fanren’s words, the Lizheng furrowed his brows in disagreement.
“It’s just a drizzle. Even if it rains all night, it’ll barely dampen the soil. How could the water possibly rise?”
Lizheng’s Wife chimed in, “Ah-Ren, you’re a scholar. When it comes to books, we can’t compare to you, but when it comes to reading the weather, you can’t compare to us.”
“Just put your heart at ease; the water won’t rise.”
Gan Fanren believed his daughter’s words. The sky, which had been cloudless just a moment ago, had suddenly started to rain.
This proved his daughter was right.
He advised earnestly, “Lizheng, you must believe me. If the flood doesn’t come, everyone will have simply walked a few extra steps. But if the flood does come, it will save the lives of the entire village!”
The Lizheng hesitated for a moment before looking at his son. “Go, knock on every door and explain it clearly to everyone. Whether they go or not, let them decide for themselves.”
[A Lizheng is basically a village chief, right? Grandpa Village Chief is such a nice person; my dad ran over here so abruptly, yet he’s still willing to believe him.]
[Sadly, good people don’t live long.]
[Yawn, so sleepy. I want to go to sleep-y. A human baby like me has to endure too much.]
[Oh, right, I haven’t checked my Golden Finger yet.]
The little one struggled to open her eyes and gestured wildly in the air.
Gan Fanren couldn’t see the transparent screen in front of her, but he could guess she was looking at the treasure given by Lady Meng Po.
[Car shop, pet shop, mall, supermarket, sushi shop, BBQ shop, hotpot shop, jewelry shop, weapon shop, and even coal, iron, gold, and all sorts of mineral resources. As long as I unlock them, I can use all the resources inside as I please. Meng Po is way too nice! Will she be punished for giving me such a massive Golden Finger?]
[Sigh, Meng Po is a deity who has lived for tens of thousands of years; she shouldn’t make rookie mistakes. This world is a novel, and everything is fictional. Even if something that doesn’t belong in this world appears, it probably doesn’t matter.]
[In a famine, the thing lacking most is food. I should unlock the supermarket first.]
Gan Tian excitedly reached out her chubby little hand to tap on the supermarket, but to her surprise, the system prompted that it required Gold Coins.
Isn’t this just a management game?!
The infant was shocked.
[Help! Unlocking the supermarket actually requires Gold Coins? Where would a human baby like me get Gold Coins from? This is bullying! Pure bullying!]
[The system has free fields to farm and earn money, but the problem is there are no residents in the system right now, so there’s no one to farm!]
[And there are no system tasks, so I can’t even earn Gold Coins.]
The little one’s brows knitted tightly together as she let out angry howls, cursing the Golden Finger for being inhuman.
Stormy waves surged in Gan Fanren’s heart.
His daughter’s Golden Finger was simply too powerful.
Although he didn’t understand what a “supermarket” was, he understood that her Golden Finger could manifest weapons, gold, coal…
If the officials found out about these things, he feared they would think his family was planning a rebellion.
[What’s this? A top-up portal?]
[One tael of silver equals 1,000 Gold Coins. Ten thousand Gold Coins are needed to unlock the supermarket, which means ten taels of silver.]
[I’ve read the book; although my family had a small amount of property before the flood, it was all gone after the flood. We probably can’t produce ten taels of silver, right?]
[Sigh, I really want to unlock the supermarket. There’s fragrant and soft bread, sweet drinks, icy cold ice cream, and milk powder inside…]
[I want to drink milk. I haven’t had a single drop of milk since I was born.]
[So hungry…]
Hearing his daughter say she was hungry, Gan Fanren hugged her tightly with heartache.
“Tian’er must be hungry. Daddy will take you home right now.”
[Daddy, you really are my real daddy. Our hearts are truly connected.]
Gan Fanren chatted briefly with Lizheng’s Wife and prepared to leave.
As he passed the Wang family home, he saw Wang Lishi grumbling and pulling at the Lizheng’s eldest son.
Upon seeing Gan Fanren, she burst into a tirade of abuse.
“Some people pass a scholar’s exam and their tails wag in the sky; they dare to spout any kind of nonsense.”
“I’ve been farming for over twenty years and have eaten more salt than he has eaten rice! Could I not tell if the water is going to rise?”
“What does a young lad like him know?”
“I think he just sees how well we’re living and is deliberately trying to stir up trouble. No wonder he gave birth to a liability; it’s all retribution!”
The Lizheng’s son looked at Gan Fanren awkwardly. “Big Brother Gan…”
Gan Fanren looked coldly at Wang Lishi. “Life and death are determined by fate, and wealth is decreed by heaven! If you’re seeking your own death, I won’t stop you.”
“You’re the one who’s going to die! Your whole family is going to die, especially that one in your arms. She looks like a jinx at first glance; she’ll kill your whole family sooner or later.”
[You old hag! No wonder you die early. What’s wrong with being a girl! The great leader of my home country once said that women hold up half the sky.]
[You’re a woman yourself, yet you belittle women so much. My daddy won’t save you! Just go die.]
The anger in Gan Fanren’s heart dissipated after hearing his daughter’s childish inner thoughts.
His daughter was watched over by the gods above; she was clearly blessed.
Perhaps in the future, she could follow the example of Empress Wu and become an Empress herself.
Gan Fanren didn’t want to waste time; he only wanted to get home as quickly as possible to give the silver to his daughter to unlock that whatever “supermarket.”
Ten taels of silver was almost half of the family’s assets.
But if his precious daughter wanted it, forget ten taels—he would give away the entire family fortune.
He wanted everyone to see that his daughter, Gan Fanren’s daughter, was born for a life of wealth!
As for his two sons…
Those two brats could earn whatever they wanted themselves.
The money he earned was for his wife and daughter to spend.
The soup wasn’t finished yet, and he didn’t know if his wife was awake or if she would be hungry when she did.
With these thoughts, he quickened his pace.
The first thing he did upon arriving home was to find all the family’s silver and place it in his daughter’s wooden cradle.
“I’m afraid the water will rise tonight. I must take out all the valuables so I don’t get into a panic when we leave.”
“How much silver does our family have? Forget it, I’ll add wood to the fire first and count it in a moment.”
He muttered to himself, adding firewood to the stove while secretly observing Gan Tian.
His words put Gan Tian at ease, and she flashed a toothless grin.
[My daddy is so muddled; he doesn’t even know how much silver he has. It just so happens to benefit me.]
[Daddy, oh Daddy, I have no choice either.]
[The supermarket is very useful to us. With the supermarket, we won’t have to worry even if there’s a decade-long drought.]
Gan Tian clicked on the top-up and reached out her tiny hand to touch the silver beside her. Ten taels of silver vanished in a flash, and ten thousand Gold Coins appeared in the system.
She impatiently unlocked the supermarket.
She clicked it open and found that while the items in the supermarket could be taken out, the goods inside still required the activation of their respective zones.
For example, if she wanted ice cream, she needed to unlock the frozen section; if she wanted towels and other daily necessities, she needed to unlock the daily sundries section.
All of these cost money.