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Chapter 3
The administrator paused for a moment. She had been a manager for ten years, and plenty of people had come to exchange things with her. While the items exchanged weren’t particularly rare, they were definitely sought after outside because they couldn’t be easily obtained.
However, nobody had ever come to exchange for coarse grains like this before. She even doubted if she misheard.
“We don’t have corn, but sweet potatoes are available. How many industrial vouchers do you want to use for exchange? And how many pounds do you want?” The administrator asked with a tone of skepticism, wanting to give it a try.
Ning Shu wasn’t sure about the value of industrial vouchers, but she knew the value of sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn. After all, the original owner of the body didn’t work in the brigade but bought grains with money.
In the brigade, coarse grains like sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn were priced at 5 cents per pound, while rice was priced at 15 cents per pound.
“How many pounds of sweet potatoes and potatoes can I get for one industrial voucher?” Ning Shu inquired.
The administrator calculated, “One industrial voucher is worth 30 cents. Sweet potatoes and potatoes are priced at 6 cents per pound, so you can exchange for 5 pounds.”
Although the sweet potatoes and potatoes here were one cent more expensive per pound than in the brigade, Ning Shu thought it was reasonable. The sweet potatoes and potatoes obtained at 6 cents per pound could be sold for several times the price on the U-Taste Food App.
Having been a group leader for several years, she was well aware of the prices of these agricultural products.
“I have 30 industrial vouchers and I want to exchange them all for sweet potatoes. Auntie, do you think it’s okay?” Ning Shu quickly calculated the value of sweet potatoes and potatoes. The group purchase price for potatoes was 3 pounds for 5 yuan, while for sweet potatoes, it was 3 pounds for 15 yuan. With the same purchase price, she naturally wanted to exchange for sweet potatoes.
The administrator was speechless, shocked by the proposal. Exchanging 30 industrial vouchers for 150 pounds of sweet potatoes? Seeing the bandage wrapped around the person’s head, she couldn’t help but wonder if they had damaged their brain.
“Are you serious?”
“Yes, if you think it’s okay, bring the sweet potatoes to my room, and I’ll give you the industrial vouchers,” Ning Shu affirmed, pulling out a handful of industrial vouchers from her bag to prove her capability.
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Administrator said “Alright, I’ll bring them to you tonight. Although we trade goods for goods, having 150 pounds of sweet potatoes during the day is too conspicuous.”
Ning Shu nodded in understanding. “I’ll go back to my room then. Please come by tonight.” Despite the lingering pain in her head, Ning Shu’s drive to earn money remained undeterred. As an orphan, she was determined to earn a living.
Back in her room, Ning Shu continued to browse the U-Taste Food App. There were plenty of group-buying items available, but the prominent zero balance reminded her that she could only look and not purchase. However, she didn’t mind. It was almost four o’clock, and evening would come soon. Once she sold her sweet potatoes, there would be nothing she couldn’t buy.
Around six o’clock, Ning Shu’s stomach growled with hunger. However, she didn’t want to go out with a bandage wrapped around her head. In fact, she felt too lazy to even step outside. She decided to wait until she sold the sweet potatoes before buying food.
Close to eight o’clock, there was a knock on her door. “Comrade, are you there?”
Upon hearing the administrator’s voice, Ning Shu’s eyes lit up. “Yes.” She swiftly got out of bed to open the door, unaffected by the injury on her head.
Upon opening the door, Ning Shu saw the administrator and a young woman standing there, with two baskets of sweet potatoes in front of them. The administrator spoke, “This is my daughter-in-law. Comrade, all 150 pounds of sweet potatoes are here.”
Ning Shu stepped aside. “Could you please pour them onto the floor? Once I’m healed, I’ll have my family come to pick them up.”
“Sure.” The administrator and her daughter-in-law quickly poured the two baskets of sweet potatoes onto the floor. Some of them rolled out, but Ning Shu blocked them with her foot.
After they poured out the sweet potatoes, Ning Shu handed the administrator the 30 industrial vouchers she had prepared. “Here you go, Auntie. Please count them.”
The administrator counted the vouchers in front of Ning Shu. “Exactly 30. If you need to exchange other vouchers in the future, you can find me.”
“Alright, it’s a deal,” Ning Shu said, even though there might not be a next time. She would be leaving in a few days, but Ning Shu didn’t close the door on future opportunities.
After the administrator and her daughter-in-law left, Ning Shu gathered the scattered sweet potatoes and took a photo, editing it: “Sweet and sticky sweet potatoes grown by my hometown uncle.”
There was something magical about the U-Taste Food App she brought with her through time. While operating it was different from real-life apps, after she took the photo, a screen popped up on the app displaying the information: “Sweet and sticky sweet potatoes grown by my hometown uncle, total weight 150 pounds, divided into () portions, each portion () yuan | () pounds.” It was highly automated.
Ning Shu filled in the numbers, dividing it into (30) portions, each portion priced at (20) yuan for (5) pounds. To sell them quickly, she priced them at 4 yuan per pound, a big discount.
Once she confirmed the numbers, the sweet potatoes disappeared from the floor, and her store displayed the sweet potatoes. At the same time, a notification popped up on the app interface: “First-time use of the U-Taste Food App, Level 1. You can only list one product per day. Upgrades for the U-Taste Food App are as follows:
Level 1 to Level 2: Requires 10,000 RMB, allows listing two products.
Level 2 to Level 3: Requires 100,000 RMB, allows listing three products.
Level 3 to Level 4: Requires 1,000,000 RMB, allows listing four products.
Level 4 to Level 5: Requires 10,000,000 RMB, allows listing five products. …
Ning Shu frowned. What did this mean? She had been using the U-Taste Food App for so many years and had never encountered such a situation. Was this a special setting unique to the U-Taste Food App she brought with her through time?
Ning Shu only hesitated for a moment before shaking off her doubts. No matter how much she thought about it, it wouldn’t change anything. She then opened her store, which now only had one group-buying product listed:
Sweet and sticky sweet potatoes grown by my hometown uncle: 30 portions.
She had been a group leader for several years, with three groups, each with 500 members. As soon as the 30 portions of sweet potatoes were listed, they were sold out within ten minutes.
Of course, the fast sale wasn’t just because she had many customers; many of the 1,500 members were inactive. The sweet potatoes sold quickly because modern people liked to eat them.
Sweet potatoes were good for making porridge, were a staple for people trying to lose weight, and her price was competitive.
After selling 30 portions of sweet potatoes, her balance was 600 yuan. She had money now. The first thing to do with money, of course, was to buy food.
But there was a problem. The Youtuan Gourmet app she crossed into was different from the real one. On the Youtuan Gourmet app she crossed into, the group-buying products were limited. You couldn’t search for the products you wanted. Today, the mall only had 5 products:
Korla fragrant pears: 29.9 yuan per box, 10 kilograms per box, 26 pears per box, with 4 boxes left.
Beef bones: 38 yuan per portion, 3 kilograms per portion, with 13 portions left.
Papaya with milk: 27 yuan for 3, a total of 5 kilograms, with 0 portions left.
Handmade fresh meat dumplings (cooked): 25 yuan for 2 boxes, 12 dumplings per box, with 40 portions left.
Handmade egg dumplings (raw): 18 yuan per box, 10 dumplings per box, with 35 portions left.
Ning Shu felt speechless. There were 0 portions left for the papaya with milk. What’s the point of showing it then? Was it just to tease her? Or maybe this crossed-over app wanted to tell her that if she didn’t buy the product earlier, it would be sold out?
Also, Ning Shu wasn’t sure if the modern packaging would appear after purchase. Just in case, she decided to buy a portion of the handmade fresh meat dumplings (cooked) first to test the waters. After all, even if the packaging appeared, it would be a transparent box, which was easy to deal with.
Ning Shu clicked on “Buy” behind the handmade fresh meat dumplings (cooked) and bought 1 portion. Then the word “Pick Up” appeared behind the handmade fresh meat dumplings (cooked), and Ning Shu clicked on it again.
Continuing on, two packages emitting a fragrance and warmth appeared in front of her. Without needing to think, she knew they were the handmade fresh meat dumplings (cooked).
What was worth rejoicing about was that these appeared dumplings were not packed in modern transparent boxes, but wrapped in oil paper typical of this era.
So, buying things on the app wouldn’t result in items that didn’t match this era.
To verify, Ning Shu immediately purchased the Korla fragrant pears. After picking them up, a sack appeared in front of her, and the contents of the sack were self-evident.
Ning Shu smiled; this app was quite interesting. Although this unfamiliar era made her somewhat uneasy and anxious, having this crossed-over app as company seemed to make her feel a bit more at ease.
Ning Shu opened the sack, took out a pear from inside, and without bothering to wash it, she wiped it a few times on her clothes and took a bite. The sweet taste filled her mouth, stimulating her taste buds. She finished the pear in three bites. It wasn’t that her mouth was big; it was just that the pear was small.
Next, Ning Shu opened the oil paper wrapping. Since she didn’t have chopsticks, she simply picked up the dumplings with her fingers and ate them. Although the dumplings emitted steam, they weren’t too hot.
The warmth was just right, and she finished a box of 12 dumplings in one go. She couldn’t eat the remaining box. However, it was September now, and she wasn’t sure if they would spoil by tomorrow.
They would definitely cool down, and cold dumplings weren’t tasty. As someone with a golden finger, why would she eat cold dumplings when she could choose to eat good food?
Ning Shu wasn’t having any of that. But how to deal with it? She hadn’t figured that out yet.
Having earned money and eaten her fill, Ning Shu’s whole body felt relaxed, and she felt like sleeping. However, she still needed to freshen up. But here came the problem: the original owner’s luggage only contained spare clothes, a toothbrush, and a towel. There was nothing else.
Without toothpaste, how could she brush her teeth? Without a basin or tub, how could she bathe?
Oh yes, the original plan of the previous owner was to sleep over at her friend He Ling’s house after returning, so she hadn’t prepared those things. But what to do now? Should she just make do? It was September, still a bit hot, and her body had just gotten off the train today.
Moreover, she had been knocked down by a bicycle and lay on the ground before. Not bathing was definitely not an option.
In the end, Ning Shu went to find the administrator, the same one from the daytime. She exchanged the remaining 12 dumplings for a new tube of toothpaste and borrowed a basin and an electric kettle with a ten yuan deposit.
With the relationship established through 30 industrial tickets and 12 dumplings, the administrator was quite happy to lend them. The administrator wasn’t curious about these warm dumplings; perhaps this comrade’s family or friends had brought them when she left.
The next day, upon waking up, Ning Shu didn’t even bother to freshen up. She first checked the group-buying products on the app. As expected, the group-buying products on the app had refreshed, but they were no longer the same as yesterday’s.
Ning Shu wanted to curse at the heavens. She was bitten by a snake while picking DaFeng honey oranges, and now the app was showing DaFeng honey oranges again.
Wasn’t this intentional to disgust her? Was there anyone playing such tricks? She cursed the app in her heart, but her hands were still fast. She checked her balance; she spent 54.9 yuan yesterday and had 545.1 yuan left.
So without hesitation, she bought a box of mini packets of pickled cabbage with shredded pork (cooked). Actually, she wanted to buy cherries too, but when she remembered she still had half a sack of pears, she resisted. It’s just 600 yuan, not easy to earn, must save.
However, the opportunity to earn money was in the countryside. After returning to the countryside, she had to collect all the sweet potatoes from the villagers.
No, no, no, there were also farm eggs, wild vegetables, bamboo shoots… Ning Shu’s heart pounded, and her money-making little hands waved at her.
So, Ning Shu stayed at the guesthouse for two days. All three meals a day were settled in the guesthouse. By the third day, she had 495.1 yuan left on her app, and of course, half a sack of pears remained.
She tidied up her things, went to the hospital for a reexamination. The result of the reexamination was that the wound had healed well. With the doctor’s assurance that she could travel by train, Ning Shu checked out of the guesthouse, bought a train ticket for the afternoon, and left!
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Chapter 3
The administrator paused for a moment. She had been a manager for ten years, and plenty of people had come to exchange things with her. While the items exchanged weren’t particularly rare, they were definitely sought after outside because they couldn’t be easily obtained.
However, nobody had ever come to exchange for coarse grains like this before. She even doubted if she misheard.
“We don’t have corn, but sweet potatoes are available. How many industrial vouchers do you want to use for exchange? And how many pounds do you want?” The administrator asked with a tone of skepticism, wanting to give it a try.
Ning Shu wasn’t sure about the value of industrial vouchers, but she knew the value of sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn. After all, the original owner of the body didn’t work in the brigade but bought grains with money.
In the brigade, coarse grains like sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn were priced at 5 cents per pound, while rice was priced at 15 cents per pound.
“How many pounds of sweet potatoes and potatoes can I get for one industrial voucher?” Ning Shu inquired.
The administrator calculated, “One industrial voucher is worth 30 cents. Sweet potatoes and potatoes are priced at 6 cents per pound, so you can exchange for 5 pounds.”
Although the sweet potatoes and potatoes here were one cent more expensive per pound than in the brigade, Ning Shu thought it was reasonable. The sweet potatoes and potatoes obtained at 6 cents per pound could be sold for several times the price on the U-Taste Food App.
Having been a group leader for several years, she was well aware of the prices of these agricultural products.
“I have 30 industrial vouchers and I want to exchange them all for sweet potatoes. Auntie, do you think it’s okay?” Ning Shu quickly calculated the value of sweet potatoes and potatoes. The group purchase price for potatoes was 3 pounds for 5 yuan, while for sweet potatoes, it was 3 pounds for 15 yuan. With the same purchase price, she naturally wanted to exchange for sweet potatoes.
The administrator was speechless, shocked by the proposal. Exchanging 30 industrial vouchers for 150 pounds of sweet potatoes? Seeing the bandage wrapped around the person’s head, she couldn’t help but wonder if they had damaged their brain.
“Are you serious?”
“Yes, if you think it’s okay, bring the sweet potatoes to my room, and I’ll give you the industrial vouchers,” Ning Shu affirmed, pulling out a handful of industrial vouchers from her bag to prove her capability.
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Administrator said “Alright, I’ll bring them to you tonight. Although we trade goods for goods, having 150 pounds of sweet potatoes during the day is too conspicuous.”
Ning Shu nodded in understanding. “I’ll go back to my room then. Please come by tonight.” Despite the lingering pain in her head, Ning Shu’s drive to earn money remained undeterred. As an orphan, she was determined to earn a living.
Back in her room, Ning Shu continued to browse the U-Taste Food App. There were plenty of group-buying items available, but the prominent zero balance reminded her that she could only look and not purchase. However, she didn’t mind. It was almost four o’clock, and evening would come soon. Once she sold her sweet potatoes, there would be nothing she couldn’t buy.
Around six o’clock, Ning Shu’s stomach growled with hunger. However, she didn’t want to go out with a bandage wrapped around her head. In fact, she felt too lazy to even step outside. She decided to wait until she sold the sweet potatoes before buying food.
Close to eight o’clock, there was a knock on her door. “Comrade, are you there?”
Upon hearing the administrator’s voice, Ning Shu’s eyes lit up. “Yes.” She swiftly got out of bed to open the door, unaffected by the injury on her head.
Upon opening the door, Ning Shu saw the administrator and a young woman standing there, with two baskets of sweet potatoes in front of them. The administrator spoke, “This is my daughter-in-law. Comrade, all 150 pounds of sweet potatoes are here.”
Ning Shu stepped aside. “Could you please pour them onto the floor? Once I’m healed, I’ll have my family come to pick them up.”
“Sure.” The administrator and her daughter-in-law quickly poured the two baskets of sweet potatoes onto the floor. Some of them rolled out, but Ning Shu blocked them with her foot.
After they poured out the sweet potatoes, Ning Shu handed the administrator the 30 industrial vouchers she had prepared. “Here you go, Auntie. Please count them.”
The administrator counted the vouchers in front of Ning Shu. “Exactly 30. If you need to exchange other vouchers in the future, you can find me.”
“Alright, it’s a deal,” Ning Shu said, even though there might not be a next time. She would be leaving in a few days, but Ning Shu didn’t close the door on future opportunities.
After the administrator and her daughter-in-law left, Ning Shu gathered the scattered sweet potatoes and took a photo, editing it: “Sweet and sticky sweet potatoes grown by my hometown uncle.”
There was something magical about the U-Taste Food App she brought with her through time. While operating it was different from real-life apps, after she took the photo, a screen popped up on the app displaying the information: “Sweet and sticky sweet potatoes grown by my hometown uncle, total weight 150 pounds, divided into () portions, each portion () yuan | () pounds.” It was highly automated.
Ning Shu filled in the numbers, dividing it into (30) portions, each portion priced at (20) yuan for (5) pounds. To sell them quickly, she priced them at 4 yuan per pound, a big discount.
Once she confirmed the numbers, the sweet potatoes disappeared from the floor, and her store displayed the sweet potatoes. At the same time, a notification popped up on the app interface: “First-time use of the U-Taste Food App, Level 1. You can only list one product per day. Upgrades for the U-Taste Food App are as follows:
Level 1 to Level 2: Requires 10,000 RMB, allows listing two products.
Level 2 to Level 3: Requires 100,000 RMB, allows listing three products.
Level 3 to Level 4: Requires 1,000,000 RMB, allows listing four products.
Level 4 to Level 5: Requires 10,000,000 RMB, allows listing five products. …
Ning Shu frowned. What did this mean? She had been using the U-Taste Food App for so many years and had never encountered such a situation. Was this a special setting unique to the U-Taste Food App she brought with her through time?
Ning Shu only hesitated for a moment before shaking off her doubts. No matter how much she thought about it, it wouldn’t change anything. She then opened her store, which now only had one group-buying product listed:
Sweet and sticky sweet potatoes grown by my hometown uncle: 30 portions.
She had been a group leader for several years, with three groups, each with 500 members. As soon as the 30 portions of sweet potatoes were listed, they were sold out within ten minutes.
Of course, the fast sale wasn’t just because she had many customers; many of the 1,500 members were inactive. The sweet potatoes sold quickly because modern people liked to eat them.
Sweet potatoes were good for making porridge, were a staple for people trying to lose weight, and her price was competitive.
After selling 30 portions of sweet potatoes, her balance was 600 yuan. She had money now. The first thing to do with money, of course, was to buy food.
But there was a problem. The Youtuan Gourmet app she crossed into was different from the real one. On the Youtuan Gourmet app she crossed into, the group-buying products were limited. You couldn’t search for the products you wanted. Today, the mall only had 5 products:
Korla fragrant pears: 29.9 yuan per box, 10 kilograms per box, 26 pears per box, with 4 boxes left.
Beef bones: 38 yuan per portion, 3 kilograms per portion, with 13 portions left.
Papaya with milk: 27 yuan for 3, a total of 5 kilograms, with 0 portions left.
Handmade fresh meat dumplings (cooked): 25 yuan for 2 boxes, 12 dumplings per box, with 40 portions left.
Handmade egg dumplings (raw): 18 yuan per box, 10 dumplings per box, with 35 portions left.
Ning Shu felt speechless. There were 0 portions left for the papaya with milk. What’s the point of showing it then? Was it just to tease her? Or maybe this crossed-over app wanted to tell her that if she didn’t buy the product earlier, it would be sold out?
Also, Ning Shu wasn’t sure if the modern packaging would appear after purchase. Just in case, she decided to buy a portion of the handmade fresh meat dumplings (cooked) first to test the waters. After all, even if the packaging appeared, it would be a transparent box, which was easy to deal with.
Ning Shu clicked on “Buy” behind the handmade fresh meat dumplings (cooked) and bought 1 portion. Then the word “Pick Up” appeared behind the handmade fresh meat dumplings (cooked), and Ning Shu clicked on it again.
Continuing on, two packages emitting a fragrance and warmth appeared in front of her. Without needing to think, she knew they were the handmade fresh meat dumplings (cooked).
What was worth rejoicing about was that these appeared dumplings were not packed in modern transparent boxes, but wrapped in oil paper typical of this era.
So, buying things on the app wouldn’t result in items that didn’t match this era.
To verify, Ning Shu immediately purchased the Korla fragrant pears. After picking them up, a sack appeared in front of her, and the contents of the sack were self-evident.
Ning Shu smiled; this app was quite interesting. Although this unfamiliar era made her somewhat uneasy and anxious, having this crossed-over app as company seemed to make her feel a bit more at ease.
Ning Shu opened the sack, took out a pear from inside, and without bothering to wash it, she wiped it a few times on her clothes and took a bite. The sweet taste filled her mouth, stimulating her taste buds. She finished the pear in three bites. It wasn’t that her mouth was big; it was just that the pear was small.
Next, Ning Shu opened the oil paper wrapping. Since she didn’t have chopsticks, she simply picked up the dumplings with her fingers and ate them. Although the dumplings emitted steam, they weren’t too hot.
The warmth was just right, and she finished a box of 12 dumplings in one go. She couldn’t eat the remaining box. However, it was September now, and she wasn’t sure if they would spoil by tomorrow.
They would definitely cool down, and cold dumplings weren’t tasty. As someone with a golden finger, why would she eat cold dumplings when she could choose to eat good food?
Ning Shu wasn’t having any of that. But how to deal with it? She hadn’t figured that out yet.
Having earned money and eaten her fill, Ning Shu’s whole body felt relaxed, and she felt like sleeping. However, she still needed to freshen up. But here came the problem: the original owner’s luggage only contained spare clothes, a toothbrush, and a towel. There was nothing else.
Without toothpaste, how could she brush her teeth? Without a basin or tub, how could she bathe?
Oh yes, the original plan of the previous owner was to sleep over at her friend He Ling’s house after returning, so she hadn’t prepared those things. But what to do now? Should she just make do? It was September, still a bit hot, and her body had just gotten off the train today.
Moreover, she had been knocked down by a bicycle and lay on the ground before. Not bathing was definitely not an option.
In the end, Ning Shu went to find the administrator, the same one from the daytime. She exchanged the remaining 12 dumplings for a new tube of toothpaste and borrowed a basin and an electric kettle with a ten yuan deposit.
With the relationship established through 30 industrial tickets and 12 dumplings, the administrator was quite happy to lend them. The administrator wasn’t curious about these warm dumplings; perhaps this comrade’s family or friends had brought them when she left.
The next day, upon waking up, Ning Shu didn’t even bother to freshen up. She first checked the group-buying products on the app. As expected, the group-buying products on the app had refreshed, but they were no longer the same as yesterday’s.
Ning Shu wanted to curse at the heavens. She was bitten by a snake while picking DaFeng honey oranges, and now the app was showing DaFeng honey oranges again.
Wasn’t this intentional to disgust her? Was there anyone playing such tricks? She cursed the app in her heart, but her hands were still fast. She checked her balance; she spent 54.9 yuan yesterday and had 545.1 yuan left.
So without hesitation, she bought a box of mini packets of pickled cabbage with shredded pork (cooked). Actually, she wanted to buy cherries too, but when she remembered she still had half a sack of pears, she resisted. It’s just 600 yuan, not easy to earn, must save.
However, the opportunity to earn money was in the countryside. After returning to the countryside, she had to collect all the sweet potatoes from the villagers.
No, no, no, there were also farm eggs, wild vegetables, bamboo shoots… Ning Shu’s heart pounded, and her money-making little hands waved at her.
So, Ning Shu stayed at the guesthouse for two days. All three meals a day were settled in the guesthouse. By the third day, she had 495.1 yuan left on her app, and of course, half a sack of pears remained.
She tidied up her things, went to the hospital for a reexamination. The result of the reexamination was that the wound had healed well. With the doctor’s assurance that she could travel by train, Ning Shu checked out of the guesthouse, bought a train ticket for the afternoon, and left!
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This chapter repeats.
im sorry, thanks for reminding. 🙂 have fun reading.