“Wow, it’s so delicious. I’ve never had such delicious soup before.”
“Husband’s cooking is incredible—far better than ours, I don’t even know how many times better.”
“I want another big bowl.”
…
After tasting the delicious fish soup with fishy grass, the women became like people who had discovered a new addiction. One by one, they began drinking more and more, eating quickly and eagerly.
Qiu Huang sat beside them, occasionally picking up some fishy grass and eating it with fish and bee pupae. He really enjoyed this kind of life—preparing food with his wives, cooking together, and enjoying the meal together.
However, this kind of life was not completely without worries, because hunting was too unstable. Even in the deep mountains, it was not always possible to find prey. Today they might catch something, but tomorrow they might find nothing at all.
After all, he did not have the “idiotic TV drama” ability where someone could hunt 1,500 jin of meat a day, and 45,000 jin a month, as if prey in the forest automatically respawned.
So, he needed to develop new and more stable ways to make money.
In this world, the most stable way to earn money was undoubtedly buying land and becoming a landlord. It carried little risk and had stable income—almost guaranteed profit.
Of course, besides that, there were other ways too: opening restaurants, inns, brothels; starting textile factories, leather factories, wood workshops; or even joining the army and going to war.
So, when it came to making money, Qiu Huang actually had many options. The key was how he would choose.
…
“Husband, I want to tell you something.”
Suddenly, Shan Feng looked at Qiu Huang and spoke.
Qiu Huang turned to her: “What is it?”
Shan Feng thought for a moment and said, “Husband, during the day, Yuewei, Roujun, and I discussed it. We want to rent one or two weaving machines, weave some cloth, and sell it in the town to earn money and help with household expenses.”
Their family was basically supported entirely by Qiu Huang now, and their income source was also very single—only hunting. However, the downside of hunting was obvious: it relied too much on luck. When luck was good, they could find prey; when luck was bad, they might find nothing.
So, they also wanted to work and earn some money to support the household. They were idle most of the time anyway and had nothing much to do.
“Weaving? That is indeed a good option.”
Qiu Huang nodded. From what he had seen in web novels, many protagonists started by hunting, while the female leads usually began with weaving. After all, in this era, “men farm and women weave” was the standard. Women basically had no other major skills besides weaving.
“Husband, you don’t object?”
The women were surprised. They originally thought Qiu Huang would oppose it.
“Oppose? Why would I oppose? If you have things to do and want to earn money to support the family, I’m happy rather than against it.”
For his women, Qiu Huang was 100% supportive. Whatever they wanted to do, he would support them.
“Husband, you’re so good.”
The women looked at him with deep affection. Qiu Huang was absolutely the most open-minded man they had ever seen. Being able to marry him was truly a blessing from several lifetimes.
“Tomorrow we’ll go to the town and look for two weaving machines to rent.”
However, Qiu Huang shook his head: “No need to go through so much trouble. I’ll just make a few weaving machines for you directly.”
“Make them? Husband knows how to make weaving machines?”
The women were shocked.
“Of course.”
Qiu Huang nodded. With the system cheating for him, there was nothing in this world he could not do.
The women looked at each other, seeing shock in each other’s eyes. Just what kind of existence was their husband? It felt like there was nothing he did not know—he was practically omnipotent.
…
“System.”
Qiu Huang immediately called out in his mind.
System: “Host, what cheat do you want this time?”
This guy kept asking for cheats, so the system had already become numb to it.
Cough.
Qiu Huang coughed awkwardly. System, could you not say it so directly? He still had pride.
But he still asked: “System, do you have the method to make weaving machines?”
【Yes.】
The system answered very directly.
“Great! How do I obtain it?”
Qiu Huang was full of expectation.
【Ding! Congratulations, host. You have obtained the blessing of the God of Machinery and acquired the weaving machine manufacturing method. 】
Immediately, countless pieces of information flooded into Qiu Huang’s mind.
“System, didn’t you say you had rules that prevent unfair gain without effort?”
Qiu Huang was shocked, because this time he had done nothing at all, and the system directly gave him a cheat.
System: 【This system has already modified its rules. There are now no restrictions. 】
He could still do that?
Qiu Huang was once again shocked. Previously, the system would still pretend a bit when giving him cheats, making him do a little work to justify it, claiming it was to prevent “free gain without effort.”
But now? Even the last bit of pretense was gone. It was openly giving him cheats.
If there were no rules anymore, did that mean he could open cheats whenever he wanted, and whatever cheat he wanted?
System: 【Correct, Host. From now on, if you want any cheat, just tell this system. I will give it to you. Whatever cheat you want, I will open it for you. I guarantee you will feel extremely satisfied. 】
Wow… it was actually real.
“I love you, system.”
Qiu Huang was extremely happy. His system was truly amazing—unlike other systems that were stingy and full of restrictions, making people feel suffocated and frustrated.
Suddenly, he thought of something else.
“System, since you already changed the cheat rules, why not also modify the data values? For example, archery and construction levels.”
System: 【……】
Host, do you still have any shame left?
It had already been exhausted from giving him cheats so frequently that it even removed the rules entirely. And now he still wanted more—he even wanted to modify skill levels too.
【Ding! All data values have been modified. Archery, construction, and cooking are now max level. The proficiency system has been removed. From now on, any skill the host acquires will be max level immediately, without needing training. 】
With a host like this… the system felt exhausted.