Becoming the Villain's Discarded Wife
Chapter 541: Trading Mall

Chapter 541: Chapter 541: Trading Mall

He decapitated the monster, speared the head with his sword, and flung it over the city wall. Only then did Shen Wenchen swing his knife towards the next beast.

"General, everything is ready!"

Liu Jie shouted from the side. Shen Wenchen waved his hand, and a flag was raised beside him.

Flags were hoisted high all across, and the city’s defenders pushed down the beasts from the city walls.

The monsters looked puzzled, but their bodies instinctively tried to climb upwards once again.

The biogas spread along the conduits, beginning to fill up from the bottom of the city wall.

A fireball dropped from above and exploded the instant it touched the biogas.

The monstrous flames swallowed everything, causing unbearable pain to the monsters. They howled out in agony and fell.

The strong smell of burnt flesh filled the air, making people want to retch.

"General, a few of them escaped."

Liu Jie gestured for everyone to close the valves and pointed to the figures disappearing into the forest.

"Prepare yourselves, follow me into the mountain."

Shen Wenchen wiped the blood from his sword with a rag, his eyes darkening.

The burnt corpses scattered underneath the city wall appeared eerily strange.

"Let’s go."

Leading a fully armed squad, Shen Wenchen headed towards the forest.

The group cautiously rode their horses through the forest.

Perhaps due to the recent activities of the monsters, numerous trees had been broken and toppled, which somewhat facilitated their movement.

"Everyone be careful."

Shen Wenchen whispered.

If they could take them down directly without using fire, it would be the best choice.

Otherwise, if a large fire broke out that couldn’t be put out, the consequences would be severe in these continuous mountains.

"Understood."

They all braced themselves, carefully advancing along the trail left by the monsters.

Under the city wall, the Lin Family debated whether or not to inform Nanzhi.

The city had run out of food.

The Residence, too, had only over sixty pounds of coarse grain left.

Nanzhi was currently in confinement after childbirth, and they should ideally not worry her.

"No, we cannot inform her about this," Mother Lin decisively rejected.

Without food, telling her wouldn’t change anything.

The Residence still had over sixty pounds left. If everyone tightened their belts, they could go a few more days.

It wasn’t as dire as everyone starving to death tomorrow.

"Mother."

Lin Ercheng started to speak, but Sun Cui quickly tugged at his sleeve.

Lack of food right now was normal. It was right to be concerned about their sister-in-law.

Any words spoken now should reflect the mutual care for the family.

Though he had intended to argue on behalf of his wife, seeing the state of the family, Lin Ercheng ended up not saying anything.

They couldn’t eat the fish from the river anymore and had to rely on the eggs laid by two old hens every day for their meat.

But even if the hens could consistently lay eggs, there were so many children in the family that not much was left after distribution.

"We have to go fishing. We can boil for longer if we need to. We can’t starve to death."

After a while of contemplation, Father Lin finally spoke.

"But Fat Ya said..."

Lin Yicheng wanted to argue, but considering their situation, he shut his mouth.

Even if there was the risk of some parasite in the water, they could just boil it longer. They couldn’t let the whole family starve.

Seeing the green sprouts that had grown into seedlings, Ming Qin felt tears welling up again.

[Host, why are you crying?]

The System’s voice remained mechanical.

It couldn’t understand why its Host was upset when the crops were growing healthily.

"System, are there any grain seeds in the mall?"

Gathering her emotions, Ming Qin asked.

[Yes. There are 271 varieties of grain seeds in the mall. The most suitable seeds for current planting are potatoes and pumpkins. The crops from the system mall grow faster and yield twice as much as those in the ancient times.

However, due to her low current level, the Host can only purchase one of these.

10KG of potato tubers cost 3 system coins, and currently, Host has 1 system coin.]

Mature potato varieties take just over two months from sowing to harvest, and according to the System, the System mall’s potatoes may only need over a month or less than two months to harvest the first batch of potatoes.

Moreover, its yield will be doubled.

As long as she can plant extensively, the food crisis in Yan City would be solved in a month and a half.

But even if she could afford the potato seeds, where would she get the land for farming?

Currently, the soil she was using was brought by Nanzhi.

If she wanted to plant at a massive scale, the current soil would not be enough.

"System, what does it take to earn system coins?"

Ming Qin decided to take it one step at a time.

[The Host can get system coins by trading in the Trading Mall.]

Ming Qin furrowed her brows and clicked on the gray button in the lower-left corner. When the Trading Mall did not open, she was about to ask again when the System’s notification chimed in again.

[It costs 1 system coin to open the Trading Mall. If the Host wants to proceed, please click on the ’Confirm’ button.]

Ming Qin chose to proceed without hesitation, and as expected, the gray screen lit up in the next second.

Noticing that there was only one slot in the trading section, she roughly understood the situation and casually took off the silver hairpin from her head and placed it there.

Sure enough, the next second, a message appeared in the Trading Mall.

An anonymous trader was willing to purchase it for 100 system coins.

Ming Qin didn’t hesitate and promptly clicked on the trading button.

One hundred system coins quickly fell into place, and Ming Qin could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"System, do you have anything that can purify the soil?"

[Yes, but the Host probably can’t afford it.]

The System paused before answering truthfully.

"How many system coins do I need?"

Ming Qin knew that such an item would not come cheap, but she was curious when the system suggested it would be unaffordable.

[The Host needs to upgrade to level 5 and spend 100,000 system coins to buy a bottle.

A bottle of purification potion can purify soil in an area of 1000×1000 square meters.]

The System finished speaking, and Ming Qin fell silent.

Alright, it indeed seemed too challenging at the moment.

Nanzhi laid on the bed with her newborn, almost going crazy.

This period of confinement was just too dull.

She was especially worried about what was going on outside the city, and Nanzhi couldn’t sit still any longer.

Just as she was thinking about sneaking out to the courtyard to get some sun with her baby, she bumped into Shen Miaomiao, who was coming in.

"Sister Nanzhi, what are you up to? Didn’t Auntie say you couldn’t leave the room?"

Shen Miaomiao looked at her with suspicion.

"My dear Miaomiao, please just let me go out into the courtyard for a walk. If I don’t move around, I’m going to mold."

As Nanzhi said this, she handed her sleeping baby to Shen Miaomiao.

The infant, unaware that his mother had just ’sold him off’, slept peacefully.