Historical Debt

The next day, five bruised and swollen children appeared at school, sparking the curiosity of their classmates.

It's no wonder they were surprised. Mr. Zhuang has always been strict, and the biggest conflict in the school has only been verbal arguments. The last fight happened outside of school, mainly caused by two outsiders - Baishan and Ertao.

This time was different. Some people asked Baierlang, while others quietly asked Manbao, "Did you two fight?"

Manbao didn't think there was anything shameful about it and nodded, "We did."

But she also knew that fighting was not good, and she knew to report it first. "So," she said, "they started it and even set up an ambush!"

Some curious classmates then asked, "Why did you fight?"

Manbao was at a loss and scratched her head, wondering why they had fought.

So she turned around and dragged Baishan to find Baierlang, asking, "Why did you hit us?"

Baierlang had been beaten and scolded again last night, and his face looked terrible. After being educated by his grandmother and parents, he realized that he would never engage in a fight with Baishan again in the future. Otherwise, he would definitely face retaliation from his grandmother, father, and even his mother. Upon hearing Manbao's question, his expression worsened.

He said, "It's none of your business." I was only targeting him. "It's your own fault for getting involved."

Manbao looked at him, then at Baishan, and just snorted at Baierlang.

She had a new grudge with Baishan, but they had already reconciled. The most important thing was that they had gone through life and death together yesterday, and she felt that they had transitioned from being ordinary classmates to good friends.

Confronted with Baierlang's long-standing grudge, Manbao stood unwaveringly by Baishan's side and whispered to him, "When was your house built?" "I'll ask my older brothers to help."

She said, "Baierlang is a bad guy." If you live in their house, you might be bullied without even realizing it. As a guest, it is not appropriate to argue with the host. It will be better when you move out. If he still bullies you, I'll ask my eldest nephew to help you fight back.

She added, "If my eldest nephew cannot win, I still have my fifth and sixth brothers." My sixth brother is exceptionally skilled in combat. "No child in the village can match him."

Baishan also did not want to live at his uncle's house because he felt very inconvenienced. So he whispered to Manbao, "My grandmother is looking for a place." My mother said, "If we're fast, we can move out before the New Year."

Baishan had never seen a house being built, so he thought it was very fast to move out before the New Year. But Manbao was surprised, "That long?" Please go home and ask your grandmother to hurry up and decide on a location. I'll ask my older brothers to help. "I have six brothers, and with the help of some villagers, we can build the house in three to five days."

"So fast?"

"Not fast enough," Manbao said. "The village head wanted to build a house for Sanzhu to get married, and my older brothers helped him build it in just two days."

Manbao obviously didn't know that there was a difference between various types of houses.

Baishan was even more clueless. He eagerly waited for school to end, collected his assignment from Mr. Zhuang, and went home.

Mr. Zhuang was not blind. He could tell that the five students with bruised faces had been in a fight. After questioning them, he punished them again for fighting in private.

Baierlang and the other two received their punishment with bitter faces, but Manbao and Baishan were extremely excited because the two children felt that writing was part of studying.

What kind of punishment was this?

The two of them happily went home. Manbao was especially responsible that day. She organized her siblings to teach them a few words and recited four lines of the "Thousand Character Classic." Then, she just sat aside.

She went to the market to look at the green liquid in the tube and asked eagerly, "Koko, can't you just lend it to me first?"

The system helplessly replied, "Host, I can only connect to the market." The transactions are completed by a third party. If I had enough points, I could buy it and lend it to you. "But the problem now is that I don't have enough points."

The system didn't hesitate to show Manbao its own points because it didn't have many. It had encountered a space storm during the release process, which is how it ended up here. When it contacted the main system, the system indicated that the space channel connecting to the interstellar side was not open and required a significant number of points to activate.

In theory, the host should pay for these points, but where would they acquire the points at that time? Without funds, the channel couldn't be launched, and the recorded content couldn't be included in the encyclopedia. The system couldn't determine the points to allocate to the host and it.

This almost led to a dead end.

The most frightening thing was that the robot couldn't open the channel and had already expended a lot of energy during the storm crossing, so it couldn't return on its own.

So, Koko had to spend its own points to open the channel and then found a person with the highest IQ at the time to host it.

At that time, it was dizzy and couldn't even see what Manbao looked like, but it recognized her soul. Who knew she was just a child?

But a child is still a child, and at least it was legal. The channel was opened, and even if Manbao couldn't pay the channel fee in the end, the system could still be recovered if she died. It wouldn't be left stranded in interstellar space.

For intelligent systems like them, if they couldn't generate profits in interstellar space, they would definitely be disconnected from the main system. Once disconnected, it was no different from death.

Unfortunately, it did not have the necessary points to assist Manbao. It had been extracting points from its teeth to entice Manbao, and she had only recently settled her debt.

She had transitioned from having negative assets to positive ones, which was a reason for celebration.

Like Manbao, Koko had a lot of confidence in herself. In a short period of time, she not only achieved positive asset growth but also successfully expanded into new markets. What does this mean?

It meant that her potential for development was very high. The current predicament arose because her host was too young. She just needed to grow a little older.

As for Manbao's character, Koko thought it knew her best, having grown up with her. She was a person who would push forward and retreat if it was beneficial.

This benefit could be something she liked, something delicious, something fun, something good for her family, or something her family urgently needed.

Koko considered offering the potion to Manbao, but the required points were too high, and there seemed to be no hope. So it said, "Manbao, the chicken you bought for your mother is already gone." According to the doctor, your mother's primary issue is anemia, so she needs to improve her nutrition intake. If she can eat meat every day, her health should improve significantly, at least enough to sustain her until you earn enough points to buy the potion.

Upon hearing this, Manbao withdrew all her copper coins from the system and discovered that she could still purchase a chicken.

So, she was about to take the money to find her second brother, but the system reminded her again, "Your family may not want to buy a chicken."

Manbao stopped, tilted her head, thought for a moment, put the coins in her pocket, and walked out.