The Lucky Farmgirl
Chapter 318 - 307

Chapter 318: 307

Datou didn’t ask the guest what they had traded with the young miss, and upon hearing this response, he actually felt it was normal.

I mean, who would use money to buy this kind of thing?

Manbao gave the items to Keke, who dispatched all the goods. By the evening, the points had all been credited to the account, totaling 25,800 points. Keke took a ten percent commission, and after deducting its own share, what remained in Manbao’s account were her points.

Manbao gleefully looked at her points balance that had broken through the five-hundred-thousand mark, feeling joyful.

This was the most points she had ever had since she obtained Keke. Clenching her fists ambitiously, she thought, with two more species as precious as the tree sparrows, she could afford to buy her mother medicine.

Keke reminded, "Host, you still have one target item that hasn’t been settled, and the bonus points for it are likely to be no less than those for the tree sparrows."

Manbao was even happier, "So I just need to find one more species? No, if I could sell the Wisteria and Azalea twenty times like I did this time, that would be enough too."

"True, but it seems there aren’t many buyers left."

After all, most are focused on research and cultivation, and those in tech just need a few branches. After some research with some breeding soil, large-scale cultivation in the future shouldn’t be a problem.

Not everyone is a biologist, and not all biologists are interested in these two flowers.

Keke felt that the host could trade in a larger variety of species, "Perhaps you can list the species you have now that are already catalogued, and if anyone wants them, they will naturally place an order with you."

Manbao thought this was a good idea. She logged out of the system, took a glance outside, then stealthily lit an oil lamp and started to write and draw on a piece of paper.

Keke could help her upload it and find pictures, but it couldn’t replace her in posting threads and summarizing these matters.

The humans who designed them believed that doing so would make people lose their intelligence.

So Manbao had to do it herself.

In the entire Old Zhou residence, there were only two oil lamps, one in the hands of Old Zhou, and the other naturally in the hands of the only scholar in the house, Manbao.

After more than three years, Manbao had recorded quite a few biological species, mostly plants. First, she excluded those with only one point reward, as she knew such things would be common in the future and not particularly rare.

So she focused on those things worth ten points or more, and those worth hundreds would be even better.

Among them, the easiest to find were plants like the Indian pennywort, roseleaf bramble, and caterpillars—these were the best because they were easily obtained regardless of the season.

Manbao finished the list and had Keke scan it, then she posted it on the forum. A long thread was quickly up.

Manbao tagged everything as ’ancient’, knowing the older the item, the more valuable it was.

The Shan family had a multi-treasure shelf with many treasured items on it; some had been passed down for hundreds of years and were quite valuable.

Furthermore, there were many people on the forum seeking to buy ancient books and antiques. Manbao was always good at spotting and summarizing these things.

After posting the thread, Manbao extinguished the oil lamp and lay in bed. The next morning, instead of getting up to wash up and eat breakfast, she first checked the thread in the system.

Then she found that her post was gone.

The interface was full of colorful distractions, but her thread was noticeably absent, leaving Manbao dumbfounded.

Keke said, "There are so many people posting that it has sunk to the bottom."

"Should I post it again?"

"That would be too troublesome, and if the same thread is posted too many times, the encyclopedia will ban it."

"Then what should I do?"

Keke suggested, "The host could consider buying a front-page slot. That way, your post will always appear on the front page, and anyone entering the forum will see your thread first."

"How many points?"

"Ten points per day."

Manbao thought it was too expensive and instead asked, "Do we have any orders?"

Keke said heavily, "None."

"Then forget it, I’ll just post it myself." Manbao thought for a moment and said, "It must be because it was too late last night; everyone was asleep, so they didn’t see it. I’ve decided to post it again at early morning when there should be plenty of people on the forum."

Keke, looking at her confident host, heavily informed her, "No, early morning is when the forum has the fewest people. In contrast, the peak traffic was last night when you posted."

Manbao was skeptical, "In the middle of the night, don’t they sleep? And at early morning, I have already finished my morning class, that’s when people are most alert..."

How could Keke tell her that the future night was as bright as day due to constant lighting, so nine o’clock in the evening was just the start of the night life, and at eight in the morning, many might still be asleep.

"Now, the forum is just getting started, and many hosts from other worlds haven’t caught on yet, but this is when the demand from research institutes and researchers is at its highest. Our target items’ points are not too high, so they make for a good test case." Keke continued, "So if there’s ever a time for our items to be in high demand, it’s likely within these next two days. I think it’s essential for the host to increase visibility during this period, and it’s only for two days anyway, twenty points."

Manbao glanced at her account, trying not to think about how twenty points equaled twenty bags of sugar, which could be converted to at least one to two thousand in money.

Finally, Manbao nodded, "Alright, I’ll listen to you."

Manbao was somewhat distracted all morning, unable to help but immerse herself in the system to check if any orders had come through.

Bai Shanbao kept watching her, and after catching her spacing out again, he couldn’t help but nudge her elbow and asked, "What’s wrong with you?"

Manbao snapped back to reality and shook her head.

But Bai Shanbao didn’t believe her and pressed, "Did something happen at home?"

Manbao continued to shake her head and wanted to ask why he thought so, but Bai Shanbao said, "If nothing’s wrong, why are you so distracted? The master is going to start a new lesson today."

Jolted by the realization, Manbao internally exclaimed, "Oh no," realizing she had forgotten to preview the material the day before.

Seeing her expression, Bai Shanbao understood immediately and couldn’t help but laugh, quickly lending her his notes and whispering, "I took notes during yesterday’s preview. Take a quick look."

Grateful, Manbao immediately pulled out her textbook and read through it twice, marking unfamiliar characters and asking Bai Shanbao for help with the ones she couldn’t recognize. For the somewhat familiar ones, she briefly checked Bai Shanbao’s notes and quickly got the gist from his explanations.

Of course, before that, she had Keke turn off the notification tone; she decided not to check the system’s backend until after class.

The ancient books, no, the posterity was correct, "The source of my distraction brings many worries today," so to have a peaceful day, it’s better to keep the source of distraction out of sight.

After all, today was the day for the new lesson.