Chapter 40

Shen Cui looked Mu Er Pang up and down, making him unable to eat breakfast anymore. He asked awkwardly, “What are you looking at, Mom?”

Shen Cui grunted, “Nothing, I was just thinking that our academy is also completed, and we need to make school uniforms. You guys don’t worry about it, finish eating and go about your own business. I’ll figure it out myself.”

After saying that, Shen Cui picked up her bowl and finished the porridge, then went back to thinking about making the uniforms.

Speaking of which, she had been responsible for cooking as the head. This time, the system was relatively conscientious, only asking her to sew uniforms for the two “students,” which was not unexpected.

But the trouble was that the task had a deadline of only one day.

When the Lunar New Year had just passed, she had taken Mu Er Pang to have spring clothes tailored. At that time, the old tailor said they were lucky. When they made the reservation, they would be ready to wear them in the spring.

It was unknown whether the old tailor had many orders or whether it took so long to make a piece of clothing.

The original owner had never sewn before, and Shen Cui had no experience in this area either. After thinking for a while, she went to ask Mrs. Zhou how long it would take to sew a set of clothes.

Mrs. Zhou was washing clothes in the yard and thought for a moment before replying, “If it needs to be well-fitting and nice-looking, it will take a short time, three to five days at least, and as long as half a month.”

Shen Cui thought about the school uniforms she wore in her previous life, which were only available in standard sizes and didn’t require much fit or style. She continued to ask, “What if it’s loose-fitting and just needs to be wearable?”

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“That’s good then, we can make a set in a day,” Zhou Shi said, thinking about what Shen Cui had just said about making uniforms for the two children and tentatively asking, “Does Mother-in-law want me to help?”

Before, she had wished she could split herself in two to do more work and earn more for the family. But ever since she started working here, she had saved a lot of time by not having to fetch water and had more time on her hands.

It was a bit embarrassing, but she used to be so frugal that she barely ate white rice or noodles, mostly just eating bean noodles with a simple vegetable dish. She lacked strength and sometimes felt dizzy and lightheaded.

But now that Shen Cui ate with her every meal, although she felt embarrassed to eat more, the fine food nourished her well. Eating better improved her energy and spirit, making her work more efficiently.

She wanted to contribute to the household expenses, but Shen Cui, her mother-in-law, refused to accept any money from her.

Today, with the opportunity to help, Zhou Shi naturally did not refuse.

With Zhou Shi, a capable person, helping, the efficiency of making the uniforms would naturally increase significantly.

However, since the system required her, as the head, to sew them, Shen Cui could not pass the task to someone else. She declined Zhou Shi’s offer and asked her to continue with her own work.

Shen Cui thought about the matter and walked from home to the outside of the academy.

As soon as she entered, her mind became much clearer—

Although the system was tricky, the deadlines for tasks were always ample—finding a master across levels was given three days, establishing the academy was given ten days, so there was no reason to make the daily tasks so difficult for her.

At most… at most, it was just a little dissatisfaction with her for not upgrading the support line and seeing that she was recently well-off, wanting to cheat her shopping points.

With a casual thought, Shen Cui opened the system’s store to take a look!

Well, it’s directly available on the homepage!

【Item Name: Academy Uniform】

【Item Description: Made of interstellar materials, the fabric, color, style, and logo can all be designed by the host, and the size can be modified after recycling. Fireproof, waterproof, and highly durable, keeping warm in winter and cool in summer, lasting for years. Wearing it enhances physical attributes slightly.】

【Item Price: 200 points】

After reading this, Shen Cui clicked on her own sewing panel.

With a level 0 sewing skill, the recommended items for sewing were only small items like forehead towels, wallets, and handkerchiefs. In other words, even if she spent dozens of shopping points to buy the system’s output to make them herself, it would probably be considered a cross-level by the system, and then raise the evaluation standards, causing some kind of “ultimate failure product” situation.

She had originally thought the system was being generous today, giving the academy an effect she had never seen before.

“Isn’t it something to wait for her here!”

Shen Cuiyu suddenly laughed and called out to the system.

“[Brother System, this is really unfair. Zhou Shi, who is used to doing this kind of work, takes two days to tailor two sets of school uniforms. But you only give me one day, isn’t this equivalent to forced buying and selling?]”

“I’ve long advised the host to upgrade the supporting tasks. If the host’s female red level is now at level 2, then one day is definitely enough. And I’ve reminded the host before, selecting famous teachers, seeking classmates, and building a school, according to the system’s original timeline, these tasks will be released a year later. So sometimes the host may feel overwhelmed by the tasks… This is the price of crossing levels.”

It’s true that the System’s Blue Star knowledge wasn’t in vain, and it spoke with great reasoning.

“But that’s not right, the task requires me to sew it myself, how can it be considered buying in the system?”

“The school uniforms produced by the system can be designed in style and logo by the host, which means that the manual steps are completed in the host’s mind, so it is still made by the host!”

Shen Cui laughed: “Then I understand, I’ll spend a little more money, find two skilled craftsmen, and ask Zhou Shi to help me cut the fabric, set the pattern, and finally, the remaining steps of sewing the clothes, I’ll do it myself, it’s still considered that I sewed it myself! Isn’t this more participatory than directly buying the finished clothes from the system?”

“You…” The system was again left speechless.

Shen Cui had already walked lightly towards the village entrance, “It’s not my fault. I can indeed afford 200 points for a school uniform, but I can’t afford you digging into my pocket every day. I just lost 30 points yesterday, if I spend 400 points today, and you only give me 50 points daily, then I’ll lose 350 points? This… poverty is hard to overcome! I can’t make myself penniless by crossing a level!”