?Chapter 38: 38 Open System Mall Chapter 38: 38 Open System Mall Lin Qingmu was the first to speak, “Tangtang, don’t worry. We might not have much, but we do have strength.”
Lin Qingshui immediately followed, “There’s no trouble between siblings. Just tell us what you need.”
“As long as it succeeds, let alone doing some heavy and tiring work, even if I have to carry stones from the mountain, I won’t complain,” Lin Qingmu also made his stance clear.
As long as we can fill our bellies, expending effort is nothing.
Lin Tang nodded and said, “Okay, then I’ll have to trouble Third Brother. Let’s go move stones from the mountain tomorrow!”
Lin Qingmu: “?!”
“Move, move stones? What do we need stones for?” Lin Qingmu asked, bewildered.
“The pigsty needs fixing. It’ll last if we build it with stones.
And for the door, we’ll use wood. I’ll leave that task to Big Brother.
I think the rabbit hutch Big Brother made looks pretty good,” Lin Tang said with a smile, looking at the corner of the courtyard where the rabbit hutch stood.
The rabbit hutch was made from uniform pieces of wood, shaped into a cage.
It had a layer of dry straw inside.
A lid had been made on top that could be opened; it looked rather nice.
Lin Qingshan patted his chest, glancing proudly at his brothers.
“Good, you can rely on my work. I’ll definitely make you satisfied.”
See, his sister thinks he’s reliable!
No doubt, he is Tangtang’s most trusted brother.
Lin Qingmu looked pitiable, his gaze towards Lin Tang indescribably mournful.
Big Brother is just making a pigsty door, and he has to move stones?
He felt wronged in his heart!
Lin Tang saw this, peeled a candy, and popped it into Third Brother’s mouth.
“…um, what’s this?” Lin Qingmu mumbled as he asked.
It was sweet and milky.
It was delicious!
Lin Tang answered with a smile, “Big White Rabbit Milk Candy!”
Then, she gave one to each of the others as well.
The nephews and nieces didn’t get any more.
It was almost bedtime, and eating candy at night isn’t good for kids.
Goudan, Hutou, Niuniu, and Choudan all looked on eagerly, their little faces full of longing.
Lin Tang coaxed them a bit, and all the children simultaneously wiped their mouths, putting it out of their minds for the moment.
Lin Qingshan and Lin Qingshui couldn’t bear to eat theirs, thinking about using it to comfort the children.
They thanked their sister and carefully put them away.
Ning Xinrou felt a bit embarrassed when her younger sister-in-law gave her a candy.
“Tangtang, keep the candy for yourself, why give it to us?”
Before Lin Tang could reply, Zhou Mei rolled her eyes heavenward and said:
“Sister-in-law, just eat it if the little sister-in-law gives it to you.
Lucky us that Tangtang is so generous, keeping her sisters-in-law in her heart.”
Having something to eat is all that matters, why fuss about it.
Ning Xinrou was speechless, “…” Isn’t that taking advantage with such righteous indignation?!
Lin Tang just smiled, “No need to be polite, Big Sister. Let’s all have a sweet treat together.”
Life is hard; sometimes a piece of candy can sweeten it up.
With their conversation over, the Lin Family went to their respective beds.
Because they had meat and candy,
their dreams were sweet too.
After everyone in the Lin Family had fallen asleep, Lin Tang opened the system panel.
She signed in first and received “The Beginner’s Guide to Pig Raising.”
“…a book, too?
Tongzi, what else is there that I don’t know about?”
And it was something she just happened to need, how miraculous.
[Persistence in signing in will pay off, bread will come, and bicycles too; radios and televisions are not just a dream!]
Lin Tang scoffed in disdain,
“When have I not signed in? Not to complain, but you’re being a bit stingy, aren’t you, Tongzi?
“Opening the System Mall costs a hundred points.
I sign in and you give me a few, maybe a dozen points.
How many days do I have to save up? Can’t you be a little more generous?”
Not to mention, sometimes the sign-in reward can be an item instead, making the saving of points even slower.
The feeling of wanting items but lacking points is painfully ironic!
[That’s not bad at all, how many days have you signed in so far? You’re already very lucky, be content!]
“I’m not listening, I’m not listening!” Lin Tang shook her head. “If you can’t open the System Mall, you’re just not up to snuff!”
She was in need of all sorts of things now.
Not being able to open the System Mall was like being next to Gold Mountain but only able to eat corn bread.
Utterly frustrating!
After her tirade, the system fell silent for half a minute.
[After signing in for a full week, the host has earned a lottery spin. Would you like to spin now?]
Lin Tang’s eyes lit up, “…Spin!”
No sooner had she spoken
than that familiar wheel appeared before her eyes.
It had: soap, shampoo, meat coupons, bicycle coupons, yarn, moisture absorbers…
The variety of items was vast.
Looking at the lifelike images of various items on the wheel, Lin Tang felt conflicted.
Because she was short of everything!
After inwardly cursing her own poverty, Lin Tang decisively clicked to spin the wheel.
[Congratulations to the host for earning 666 points!]
The next second, the young girl’s eyes shone brightly.
Those starry eyes sparkled with a brilliant light, more resplendent than the moonlight outside the window.
666 points, her luck was through the roof!
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“Tongzi, can I open the System Mall now?”
Lin Tang rubbed her hands together in anticipation, bouncing up from the bed.
[Yes, opening the System Mall requires 100 points. Do you wish to open it?]
“Open!” There was no hesitation.
[Please wait!]
As soon as the system finished speaking, Lin Tang’s system panel changed instantly.
Previously it was a small transparent panel, with the lottery interface on the left and the host’s information on the right—simple and moving.
The panel, after opening the System Mall,
had a reduced version of the host’s information in the top left corner.
The entire interface was ninety percent covered with all sorts of varied products.
There was food like rice, flour, meat.
And large items like bicycles and radios, to small items like toothbrushes, toothpaste, towels, and pens.
There was even a search bar in the upper right corner.
Lin Tang’s gaze flickered, she clicked on the search bar, ready to type in ‘airplane’,
when the system spoke.
[…The System Mall supports voice input. The host doesn’t need to type manually.]
Lin Tang: “…” Why not say so earlier?
Without changing her expression, she withdrew her hand and said, “Search airplane.”
She’d search for something impressive from this era first.
To see if the system has it and what they look like; and secondly, to get a rough idea of the exchange rules and prices.
No sooner had Lin Tang finished speaking, the transparent panel flickered wildly for a moment.
All sorts of airplane styles appeared.
Big ones, small ones, too many to count.
“Wow!” Lin Tang exclaimed. “They actually have it, impressive.”
Then she saw the price—
999999 points?
Yeesh!
No more thoughts about that, no more thoughts.
If it were money, there might be a chance with a lucky break.
But this was points, how long would that take to accumulate?
Forget it, forget it, better to just focus on making a fortune.
Having dismissed the impractical idea of airplanes, Lin Tang searched for food next.
The prices for food were much more down-to-earth.
Lin Tang looked at her remaining points, 605.
She checked the prices in the Mall: white flour was 10 points per pound, coarse grains were 5 points per pound, oil was 15 points per pound, and a pack of White Rabbit Creamy Candy was 50 points.
She exchanged for twenty pounds of white flour, forty pounds of coarse grains, 2 pounds of oil, and a pack of White Rabbit Creamy Candy.
It cost a total of 480 points.
Leaving her with 125 points.
Looking at the System Space filled with goods, Lin Tang felt very happy.
She pulled up her blanket and fell asleep.