Points Received

On the side, the two girls looked on with amusement, while Feng gave them a stern look and immediately advised Manbao, "Little sister, our baskets are not easy to sell." Adding flowers and plants to the products will make them even more appealing to sell. These flowers and plants are abundant in the mountains. Who in our village is in need of them?

"But I saw that they clearly liked them." "When I offered them just now, they all accepted," Manbao felt that they were just being stingy and unwilling to spend money.

"Of course, they will accept free items, but when it comes to paying, it's not worth it."

Manbao thought for a moment and came up with her own idea, "No, if the flowers and plants don't look good, even if they are free, no one will want them." So, we need to find some generous individuals to showcase our beautiful flowers and plants. "They will definitely buy them."

Feng said, "But the people at the market are all stingy."

Manbao slumped her shoulders and said, "Well, then we won't sell today." "We'll just give them away for free and wait until we find some generous people to donate them to."

Feng was satisfied and allowed them to decorate the baskets with the flowers and plants they had brought.

The two girls immediately pitched in to help.

Surprisingly, once decorated, the baskets appeared much more attractive and stood out prominently in a row, immediately capturing everyone's attention.

Even those who didn't need baskets at home stopped to take a closer look, and those who did need them came up to ask for the price.

The prices at the market had remained unchanged for years, and their baskets were priced similarly to others. Zhou Erlang's craftsmanship was also commendable. Customers selected items they liked and either paid for them or exchanged goods for them.

The items that could be exchanged at the market usually included eggs, cloth, and grains.

Cloth was expensive, and they had to hand over a certain amount of cloth as taxes every year. Most of it was exchanged for eggs and grains from their own homes.

Of course, some people used money, but it was rare.

After a trip, Feng collected a lot of grains and eggs, neatly sorting them into baskets and backpacks.

As the sun grew hotter, Feng anxiously gazed toward the end of the street, where her husband and elder brother had not yet returned.

Seeing that the children were starting to look listless, she knew they were hungry. She took out two cakes from her backpack and tore them apart to share with the group, saying, "Here, have some with water." "When your elder brother and father come back, we can go home."

Zhou Erlang and Zhou Rang also took half a cake each from their sister-in-law and nibbled on them, squatting down and sighing, "It must be hard to sell." "The autumn harvest has just passed, and no one is lacking food at home."

"Fie, fie, fie, children's words are without restraint." May the wind blow them away. "I'm sure your elder brother and the others will be fine," Feng said. "Uncle Wu, you should speak more auspicious words."

"Auspicious words?" Can't I say them? "I make wishes to the God of Wealth every day in my dreams, hoping for our family to be wealthy and prosperous, but it hasn't come true," Zhou Erlang said.

Manbao was very interested and asked the system in her mind, "Keke, is the God of Wealth in the sky? Can you see it?"

System: "No, and there probably is no God of Wealth in this world."

"How can there not be?" "We worship it every year, and there's also the Kitchen God, the Land God…"

System: "The people of the future are firm atheists; they believe there are no immortals in the world."

This was exactly the opposite of the stories Manbao had heard since she was a child. She was stunned for a while, then quickly figured it out and exclaimed excitedly, "It must be because there are no immortals in your world." "They must have come to our world."

System: "It's not a bad thing that you think that way."

Manbao asked, "Can immortals be more powerful than you?" Can they make things disappear with a snap, and then make them reappear, and fulfill my wishes with a snap?

"I fulfill the host's wishes only after they complete the tasks I assign, so there are no free gifts in this world."

Manbao nodded thoughtfully, "You are just like an immortal." I think immortals must think the same way. But immortals don't talk to me. How can I know what their tasks are?

The system remained silent.

Manbao thought to herself and soon had an idea. She shouted in her mind, "I know!"

Then she grabbed Zhou Erlang and said, "What you're doing is not right." "When you make a wish at night, it shows that your heart is not sincere." "You have to help the God of Wealth so that it can fulfill your wishes."

Zhou Erlang asked, "What should I do to help him?"

"Like cleaning for him, serving him tea and meals," Manbao reasoned, "that's how I treated Mr. Zhuang." I cleaned for Mr. Zhuang, and he taught me how to read. I served Mr. Zhuang tea and meals, and he gave me the papers he had finished writing. "You have to treat the God of Wealth the same way."

Zhou Erlang laughed heartily and asked Manbao, "Where is the God of Wealth?"

The group looked up at the blue sky and sighed in regret, "He's in the sky."

Feng listened to their childish conversation with a blank expression, diligently sorting out the things they had exchanged. But the nearby villagers who were setting up stalls couldn't help but envy her and praised her, "Big sister, your children are really smart."

Their children would never think about such things or say such words. Every day, they either played with mud or went to the mountains to find wild fruits to eat.

Feng smiled at them and said, "Children, they are used to it every day." No one knows what they are thinking in their little heads.

Everyone laughed and said, "That's true." "We couldn't understand what they said before they turned three."

Feng didn't eat the cake; instead, he intentionally saved one for Zhou Dalang and Zhou Erlang. Seeing Manbao nibbling on a small piece of cake with relish, but unable to finish a whole piece, she realized that she wasn't accustomed to eating sweets.

After all, she had never traveled far from home, and when she was at home, she always ate hot food.

After some thought, Feng asked Zhou Erlang to watch the stall, and she took out two eggs, intending to go to a household in the village to boil the eggs for her little sister-in-law.

Upon seeing her depart, Manbao promptly retrieved an item from her pocket, which she had actually borrowed from Keke.

Upon opening the cloth, I found candies wrapped in oil paper. This time, the reward for completing the task was quite substantial because this thing had become extinct in the future. The information was documented in the encyclopedia with accompanying photos, but there were no actual specimens.

Manbao not only documented the fruit but also a young seedling, so the encyclopedia generously awarded her fifty points for the first time.

Keke deducted her historical debt, which was the points she had used to buy candy to motivate herself to mow the grass in the past, totaling eighteen points.

In the end, Manbao had thirty-two points left, the most she had ever received in her history. In the past, it took several types of plants to earn one point.

It was all thanks to Keke and the encyclopedia. The plants she had previously documented were already included in the encyclopedia and still existed in the future.

One point was an encouragement.

But Manbao thought the term "encouragement" sounded quite nice, and she was proud of it. Every time she earned a point, she exchanged it for candy, and she never considered repaying Keke's debt.

This type of candy is the most affordable option for children. One point could buy a large bag, which probably contained about a hundred pieces. Keke had mentioned that it was sold by weight at a wholesale price and was very inexpensive.

There were all kinds of colors.

At first, Manbao especially liked the brightly colored candies, but for her safety, Keke always bought her the ones that were slightly yellow or red, similar to the colors of the candies now.

Keke had bought herself a separate bag for the brightly colored candies so that she could savor them slowly.

Most of the other candies had been given away by her because she was a generous and kind child.

Manbao never hoarded her candy; she would occasionally share a piece with her brothers, nieces, and nephews.

As the eldest and second eldest sisters, who were closest to Manbao, they ate the most candy.

Furthermore, Zhou Dalang, Qian, and several sisters-in-law always accepted her candies, causing her to digest them especially quickly.

Last night, when the points were credited, she bought a bag of candy and then redeemed many pieces in the system. She also unwrapped the oil paper wrappers that her second brother had brought back for her every time he bought candy and added an extra layer today.

Upon seeing her sister-in-law leave, Manbao quietly took out the candy and whispered to her friends, "Let's sell these candies."

When Zhou Erlang and the others saw the candy, they couldn't help but salivate and asked, "Manbao, I remember that the candy we bought from Second Brother at the market last time was all eaten by us." "Where did you get these?"

Manbao had just connected Keke with the immortals, so she was particularly mysterious and proud when she said, "The immortals gave them to me."

None of her friends believed her because she had previously claimed that a friend named Keke had given them to her. Before that, she had mentioned that they were passed down by her ancestors, and she had also stated that a person named System had given them to her.

So everyone completely disbelieved her little sister's words.

Although they didn't believe her, they still asked as usual, and then started staring at the candy. "There are so many; it might not be easy to sell." Should we eat some first?

"Yes, it's not easy to sell," Big Head also encouraged Manbao, "Let's eat some first." "It will be easier to sell if there are fewer."

Manbao wasn't stupid; she declined the candy, explaining, "No, our family is currently facing challenges, and we need to learn to endure hardships, so we won't have any candy for now."

Everyone lowered their heads in disappointment.

Manbao comforted them, "It will be fine when our family has money." At that time, I won't sell my candy; I'll give it all to you to eat. Right now, we have to buy medicine for our mother.

Indeed, Manbao was eager to sell the candy to buy medicine for her mother. Yesterday, Qian's medication had run out, and she had been wheezing for half of the night. Manbao had been sleeping soundly at first, but when her father got up to pour water and comfort her, she woke up and sneaked into the room to unwrap the candy.

She felt that nothing was more important than buying medicine for her mother at the moment.

Everyone was very obedient, and upon hearing this, they immediately agreed and said they would work hard to sell the candy.

So, everyone started looking for suitable buyers who had to be accompanied by children and dressed slightly better.