The system spared no effort in promoting its animal feed.
Jing Yin felt that this animal feed had a lot in common with that financial product A. They were probably both useless junk products that existed merely to fulfill some quota and that nobody wanted…
However, this “Rapid Cultivation Pill” the system mentioned seemed like a good thing.
(What does it do?)
【Host, after taking this ‘Rapid Cultivation Pill,’ for the next ten days, one day of cultivation will be equivalent to one hundred days of normal cultivation. In other words, it is equivalent to three years of normal cultivation.】
Now that was a good thing~
Jing Yin was instantly tempted.
No matter when or where, powerful martial strength was always the best capital for staying alive.
(But you know, I only have this many points. We’ve already eaten all the food we have. If I use up all my points, how am I supposed to survive…)
Jing Yin sighed pitifully.
For the sake of meeting its quota, the system gritted its teeth.
【As long as you complete one more mission today, I’ll double your rewards! Points excluded!!!】
(Thank you, System.)
Jing Yin happily nodded and agreed.
If she hadn’t known that the system was just as poor as she was, she definitely would have squeezed it for more.
She spent ten points to purchase ten pounds of animal feed from the system.
The system quickly placed the “Rapid Cultivation Pill” into her storage space.
The system met its quota, Jing Yin got her pill, and everyone was happy.
They still had to travel during the day, so Jing Yin didn’t take the pill immediately.
She would wait until they stopped to rest at night.
The Jing family was packing their belongings again.
Before setting off this time, everyone went through all the food they had and took stock of their supplies.
After subtracting what they had eaten, there were four strips of dried meat left from the meat Jing Yin had taken out.
Each strip weighed an entire pound.
If they hadn’t been eating meat porridge over the past two days, they would have had even more left.
There was about half a pound of pearl rice remaining, enough to cook two more pots of porridge.
The two pounds of eggs originally amounted to twenty eggs, and fifteen remained.
Half of the wild chicken Tangyuan had dragged back was still left, which had been dried along the way.
They had also been lucky enough to find some bitter greens.
Although they tasted rather bitter, having even a little vegetable to eat was a luxury in these times.
Besides, bitter greens had relatively good heat-clearing and detoxifying properties.
They could also be dried and boiled into water.
Four strips of dried meat, half a pound of pearl rice, fifteen eggs, half a dried wild chicken, and a handful of dried bitter greens made up all their food supplies.
The day before, they had also come across a pond that hadn’t completely dried up yet and filled all their empty water bags.
After organizing their supplies, the Jing family finally set off.
They remained extremely cautious along the way.
When there was no one around, Jing Yin grabbed a small handful of animal feed and held it out to Tangyuan.
Tangyuan cautiously tried two bites before immediately falling in love with it.
It quickly finished the small handful of animal feed.
After eating it, it rubbed itself affectionately against Jing Yin’s leg, clearly wanting more.
Jing Yin bent down and picked it up, gently stroking its fur.
It had only been with her for a few days, yet its fur had already undergone a dramatic change.
It was smooth and silky, most likely because of the Spirit Spring Water.
She had heard that foxes shed their fur when the weather was hot.
Yet this fox hadn’t shed at all.
Its fur had actually become even better.
Could it be because it had become the spirit fox the system talked about?
Tangyuan enjoyed itself for only a short while before remembering the animal feed.
It called out twice and rubbed its head against Jing Yin’s hand, trying its best to curry favor with her.
“Tangyuan, are you a good boy?”
Jing Yin smiled gently.
Tangyuan immediately nodded.
“You are a good boy, but we’re not eating any more.”
Tangyuan: “……”
Its little brain seemed to finally understand why it hated dogs so much.
During their noon break, Jing Yin continued following Jing Zhao and learning how to read.
Over the past few days, she had already learned how to write quite a few characters.
Even little Erdan could recite some simple sentences.
However, to prevent others from coveting their food, they didn’t eat anything at noon.
Each person only drank some water before they continued on their way.
As the sky gradually darkened, the group grew extremely hungry.
Before the last traces of daylight disappeared, they stopped in a river channel beneath a stone bridge.
The river channel had long since dried up and cracked.
Aside from them, there were also some people hiding there to escape the wind.
Farther away, they could vaguely see the faint glow of scattered campfires.
Jing Da gathered some dry branches.
Zhao Xiao’e took out the clay pot and added some water.
Grandma Jing put several pieces of dried bitter greens inside.
She didn’t dare add any dried meat, afraid someone might come over and snatch it.
The small jar of coarse salt they had obtained earlier now had only a thin layer left at the bottom.
Grandma Jing couldn’t bear to use any more and hadn’t taken it out for two days.
However, she secretly put seven eggs into the pot.
The women busied themselves boiling the water.
Grandpa Jing, Jing Da, and Jing Zhao guarded the surroundings, protecting the family’s safety.
Jing Yin took the opportunity to scan the area, looking for anything that might trigger a mission.
Her system seemed to favor all sorts of crafting and rescue missions.
For some reason.
Just as Jing Yin was silently complaining about it, her gaze suddenly froze on something.
She saw something flying around several dead trees.
“Birds! There are birds!!!”
A series of excited cries rang out nearby.
Quite a few people rushed toward the dead trees.
They had obviously noticed the birds too and wanted to catch them and eat them.
Amid the hoarse cries circling around the trees, the crows eventually landed on one of the taller trees.
Several people hurriedly began climbing the tree, only to be dragged back down by others behind them.
A few women even lay on the ground, frantically digging through bird droppings, hoping to find a few grains of food.
Jing Yin narrowed her eyes.
She picked up several stones from the ground and walked forward.
She weighed the stones in her hand twice before suddenly putting some force behind her throw.
“Caw—!”
Hoarse cries rang out one after another.
Three crows fell from the tree in succession.
All three were still alive, but their wings were injured, leaving them unable to fly.
The other crows flew away in panic.
Before anyone could react, Jing Yin had already quickly picked up all three fallen crows.
Countless pairs of hungry, predatory eyes immediately turned toward the three crows in her hands.
Seeing that she was a woman, two large, burly men immediately pushed through the crowd.
Their eyes burned with greed as they stared at the birds in her hands.
One of them was even holding a kitchen knife.
“Hand over the birds! Otherwise, don’t blame the two of us for being rough!”
The others naturally didn’t dare fight these two men for the birds.
After all, they had a knife.
Jing Yin merely glanced at them indifferently without reacting.
“Are you deaf? I’ll fucking kill you!”
The man holding the knife charged at her impatiently.
Jing Yin threw the three birds toward Jing Zhao, who was running over.
Then she kicked the charging man squarely in the stomach.
The man let out a miserable scream and fell flat on his back.
Jing Yin stepped on his wrist, snatched the knife from his hand, and then kicked him several times in the stomach.
Her gaze was cold and fierce.
The other man swung his fist, roaring as he tried to punch Jing Yin.
Jing Yin swung the knife directly at his fist, slicing it open and leaving it covered in blood.
“Little Sister!”
“Silver!”
Jing Zhao arrived with the half-dead birds in his hands, followed closely by Jing Da and Grandpa Jing.
Jing Yin’s beating had already made most of the people around them give up on the idea of taking the birds.
When they saw that she also had three grown men behind her, no one dared target their family anymore.
Still, many people’s eyes remained filled with unwillingness.
Jing Yin didn’t miss the resentment in their eyes.
She took two of the birds from Jing Zhao and threw them onto the ground.
“I know you’re all starving too. Times are difficult, and I’m not an unreasonable person.
“We’ll only keep one of the three birds.
“As for these other two, if you’re willing to pay silver, I’ll sell them to you.”