Novel Bin Chapter 1: Traverse
Chapter 1: Traverse
Beside the river, a ten-year-old girl picked up a fishing rod and caught a grass carp that was ten inches long.
The fish jumped around and bent the fishing rod slightly.
Xiaoxiao glanced at the woman who had been staring at her for the whole morning while pretending to sunbathe. She smiled and asked, "Second Aunt, how long do you want to look at me?"
The woman snorted and left.
The few old men who were watching could not help but ask.
"We've been sitting for the entire morning. Xiaoxiao, why do only you have bait?"
Xiaoxiao revealed a smile. Her round eyes were very cute. "Maybe I'm fated with water?"
As the sun rose, she wiped the sweat from her forehead and waved goodbye to the old men around her. Updat𝒆d fr𝒐m nov𝒆lb(i)n.c(o)m
However, after walking around a tree and seeing no one around, she put down her fishing rod and reached to wave in the small wooden bucket.
One of the three fish in the bucket was instantly gone, and a familiar notification immediately sounded in her mind.
[Ingredients were collected successfully. Points obtained 10.]
[Master, do you want to braise or steam it today?]
Xiaoxiao rubbed her chin and thought for a moment. [Let's get a pickled fish.]
The gourmet space emitted a cheerful electronic voice: [Okay, sure. This dish has never been recorded before. We will get a lot of points.]
Xiaoxiao nodded in satisfaction and looked at the bucket with a gratified gaze.
If travelling to ancient times and space was a chance for her to live another life, then the food space was a gift.
She collected ingredients and delicacies to obtain points. Then, she used the points to exchange for the items she needed in the Space Mall, such as the bait that had just been hung on the fishing hook.
She was confident that she would be able to bring her family out of poverty and become rich soon.
Suddenly, there was a flapping of wings above her head. Xiaoxiao looked up and saw a white shadow among the branches. With a flip, a small slingshot appeared in her right hand.
The white pigeon fell to the ground. Ning Xiaoxiao weighed it in her hand and estimated that it had five taels of meat.
She skillfully broke the wings and tied the pigeon's waist with thatch.
She could slaughter it and make soup while it was fresh when she went back home. It was suitable for her father, who still had injuries on his head, to drink. She had gained a lot today.
With this thought, she bent down and recorded the other fish, leaving only the largest.
Keeping the fish in the space so that others would not take advantage of her since she could not finish it.
However, why would there be pigeons in Fortune Village?
She had never heard of anyone raising such a thing.
Carrying the bucket and the bird, Xiaoxiao stopped thinking about the doubts and continued to walk home.
On the way home, she would pass by a forest. She habitually went around to see if there were any ingredients to collect.
Although she had almost turned over all the ingredients, she could see during this period. Mosquito legs were still meat, and the wild vegetables she had collected could also replenish the points needed to exchange for bait.
If that did not work, it would be better to take it home and make a vegetable dumpling than to eat wild vegetables.
Looking at her swaying back as she entered the mountain, the villagers along the way could not help shaking their heads.
"How can Old Madam Ning bear to do that?"
"She's a stepmother, after all."
Not long ago, the eldest son of the Ning family was injured at work. There was a bowl-sized hole in his head. The doctor said that he needed ginseng to survive.
Old Madam Ning immediately refused to be treated. No matter how the villagers and neighbors persuaded her, she refused to take a single cent.
Eldest Brother Ning's wife was not to be trifled with either. She immediately said that she wanted to split the family assets. Then, she decisively used a small portion of the family assets as consultation fees.
The bad things came again and again. On the day of the accident, Xiaoxiao, the daughter of the eldest family, suddenly disappeared. She was curled under a slope when found, her face burning red.
Although she was lucky to be alive, her family, who had not received much before, was at the end of their rope. They were about to run out of food.
After waking up, she began thinking about how to make a fortune to fill her stomach.
Fortunately, Fuyuan Village was beside a mountain and a river. It was a good place with a lot of ingredients.
Over the past few days, she had taken advantage of the sunny weather to wander around the village and stuffed a lot of ingredients into the space to exchange for points.
This was the first bucket of gold in the truest sense.
Ning Xiaoxiao hummed happily as she followed Little Spoon's instructions and dug out the wild fungi and vegetables hidden in the cracks of the rocks.
Thinking that she finally did not have to eat wild vegetables tonight, she was excited and walked deeper without paying attention.
After realizing she was far from safety, she did not panic.
Anyway, with Little Spoon around, she could not get lost.
It was still sunny, so she decided to take things as they came. Ning Xiaoxiao ensured no one was around by smelling the fresh scent of plants. With a wave, she put the bucket in her space and focused on picking up the mountain goods.
It had rained a few days ago, so the ingredients in the mountains were growing well.
She had picked up several types of fungi, and one of them was her first time collecting it.
Xiaoxiao happily found a large leaf and wrapped up just enough for one meal. The rest was exchanged for points.
The mission for today was completed. She turned around and was about to return when she passed by a few people.
One of the youths stepped on something and tilted his foot, coincidentally bumping into her.
She did not overthink it. She helped him up, nodded, and left.
However, after she walked far away, the young man behind her chuckled. "There's no need to wait. They can't find us."