The Lucky Farmgirl
Chapter 859 - 837: Spend Points

Chapter 859: Chapter 837: Spend Points

Xiao Xiaosan could recognize some characters, but the densely packed names of medicinal herbs on the paper overwhelmed him. There were many characters he couldn’t recognize, and he felt a tingling sensation in his scalp as he asked, "Doctor Zhou Junior, do you need all these herbs?"

Manbao nodded, "Yes, only the fresh ones."

Xiao Xiaosan folded the list, deciding to take it home for his father to see.

Manbao retrieved the silver fragments from the manager, calculated the price, and paid Xiao Xiaosan. She personally escorted him to the door, then stood by the doorway, waving goodbye to him reluctantly.

Xiao Xiaosan ran off without looking back, feeling that Manbao’s gaze was particularly terrifying.

Shopkeeper Zheng held a teacup and watched from behind the counter, shaking his head, "You lass, when will you ever change this impatient habit of yours?"

He continued shaking his head, "Doing things is just like dealing with people, you have to take it slowly to ensure stability. Being too hasty, you won’t enjoy the ’hot tofu’."

"Who says I won’t? My sister-in-law makes delicious tofu, and if I don’t hurry to grab more with my chopsticks, there won’t be any left."

Shopkeeper Zheng: ...

Although that was said, Manbao did take Shopkeeper Zheng’s advice, mainly because she realized that being impatient was useless as it all depended on whether the herbalists could find the fresh herbs she needed.

Anyway, she was earning money.

Manbao packed all the newly acquired herbs into her basket and said as she lifted it onto her back, "Manager, Doctor Ji, I’m heading home now."

Shopkeeper Zheng glanced at the time and guessed that there wouldn’t be many patients coming in, so he waved his hand, "Go on, go on."

Manbao walked away with her basket.

Bai Erlang had gone out to play, Bai Shan was reading in the study guided by Mr. Zhuang, and Zhou SiLang and Zhou Lijun were preparing to go home tomorrow, so they had gone shopping today.

Manbao sneaked back into her room, took out the herbs one by one to identify them, and then handed them over to Keke for cataloguing.

It was the first time Keke catalogued items so happily, and it suggested, "Host, you might consider setting this method as the standard."

Manbao also felt this method saved effort and time, though not necessarily money.

But, what the hell, she wasn’t short of money now.

Manbao gave Keke a portion of all the herbs, her chin propped up with expectancy, "Keke, how is it? Did you upgrade?"

Keke: "...Host, I think what Shopkeeper Zheng said makes sense, haste doesn’t bring success. I just catalogued, and the entries haven’t had time to appear yet. However, Du Zhong is a known entry, just not recorded before. Based on its importance, it scores thirteen hundred points."

As soon as the words fell, Manbao heard a delightful sound of credit points being added, followed by another chime, and Keke made an additional announcement, "Commission sixty-five points."

Manbao hurriedly said, "Take more, eh? Take six hundred fifty points; I don’t mind at all."

Keke ignored her.

Disappointed by its adherence to the rules, Manbao felt quite let down.

Keke: "When the remaining points come through, I’ll inform the host."

Manbao sighed and browsed through the forum, where posts covered all sorts of questions. Unable to resist, she posted one herself, "I want my system to upgrade, but my system is always reluctant to draw more points for the upgrade. What should I do?"

After posting, Manbao was about to log out and planned to check back in the evening. Based on her experience, her posts usually took a very long time to receive responses, and most of those who replied were forum members she had business interactions with.

But unexpectedly, just as she was about to log out, she heard notification sounds ding-dong ding-dong. Curious, she clicked to check and saw that in just a short time, there were already quite a few replies under her post, and they were all from strangers she had hardly encountered before.

First floor: "Everyone come and see, there’s a fool here!"

Second floor: "I’ve only ever heard of complaints about systems taking too big of a cut, never seen someone complaining that their system takes too little. Come out here and meet us, Manbao. If you have too many points, we don’t mind helping you use some of them."

Third floor: "It’s not easy for us to earn points, but giving a share of points to the system is quite easy, such as buying stuff within the encyclopedia, all sorts of practical and impractical things."

"Or, you can buy some things through the system that are far beyond the technology of this era. The system takes a hefty cut from those deals. If not, you can still use points to bribe your own system, buy it some programs or something. I don’t believe it wouldn’t need them."

Fourth floor: "Is this a phishing post? I can’t believe someone actually wants to give points away to the system. Earning a single point is so hard, I once dug underground for three months just to get a chunk of ore, and I didn’t dare let anyone know."

Manbao asked Keke, "Can I really buy programs for you?"

Keke said, "I don’t recommend the host operate this way, because once the main system determines it’s a bribe, I could be reclaimed, and the host would no longer be allocated a system."

In other words, I would lose myself, and you would also lose the system.

Manbao just brushed this suggestion off in her mind, ignoring the skepticism, shouts, and guesses between the various levels, focusing only on the useful advice. Soon, Manbao had figured it out.

"They didn’t say, and I forgot that you also get a cut when I buy things from the encyclopedia."

Keke: "Congratulations, host, you finally remembered."

Who else could be as pitiful as it?

Its host, other than buying a particularly expensive electric shock baton from it earlier on, had mostly bought books from it since then, always choosing to buy when there was a discount sale at the encyclopedia.

The books in the encyclopedia were already inexpensive, especially the ones she liked, which were cheap to begin with. The very expensive technology books, she would glance at them once and not look a second time, let alone buy.

Therefore, over the years, the points it took from the host’s purchases had been so few that it had almost forgotten this channel of earning points.

Manbao became excited now. Earning points had become difficult, but spending points should be quite easy, right?

Manbao, full of enthusiasm, glanced at her total points and then went into the encyclopedia to read books. She immediately bought all the books she had been collecting but had been reluctant to buy, then paid to have the books transcribed in the language of her world before diving deep into picking out more books in the encyclopedia.

Keke couldn’t help but interrupt, "Host, although I also really want to upgrade, have you thought about how you are going to take all these books out? If someone asks..."

"What’s the big deal? Just keep them here for now. I’ll take out a book every once in a while and say I bought it from outside. With so many books in the world, who can recognize every one?"

Keke was relieved to hear she wasn’t planning to take out all two hundred books at once.

Because Manbao had purchased a significant amount of books, Keke received a handsome reward from the encyclopedia. Cling-clang later, Keke said, "I’ve upgraded, my scanning range is now within a thousand meters."

Manbao exclaimed, "Keke, let’s continue."

"Host, aren’t you going to check your points?" Keke said, "Although you still have quite a lot of points, I don’t recommend spending them this way. What if you face an emergency later and need points..."

"That’s true," Manbao restrained her excitement. Though slightly disappointed, she was still happy and said, "It’s great to get an upgrade, and we’ll aim for another one before the Festival in early April. When we go back into the mountains to search for stuff, our chances will have increased."

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