Chapter 9 Rules
In the following time, Song Xiang spent all his time working in the future town except going back to the small shop to sleep at night.
With Hal's help, she spent seven days planting 5 acres of spinach and lettuce that grew extremely fast, and also planted 5 acres of leeks, cucumbers, loofahs, eggplants, tomatoes, and other vegetables that can be picked in many stubbles.
After these vegetables were planted, the cabbage and lettuce that Song Xiang sprinkled at the beginning had all grown up, and all of them grew green leaves as long as a palm, much fresher than the ones picked for Hal before.
But Hal was a little tired of eating cabbage all day long, "Can I eat something else today?"
Song Xiang pointed to the same batch of lettuce, "Except for the cabbage you ate before, this is the only lettuce."
Plants Although it is slightly sweet, it will still make you tired if you eat too much. Hal complained in a low voice: "This is still a plant."
Song Xiang: "Want to eat meat?"
Hal nodded.
Song Xiang looked at the young man wearing a straw hat who worked and ate. She turned a good-looking boy into a small farmer. She felt indebted in her heart. She asked the little assistant in a low voice if she could bring food to Hal from the small shop.
The little assistant emphasized the rules again: "The interstellar residents other than the host can only use or eat the things produced by the small city of A77."
Song Xiang frowned, "I can't make a profit from it?"
Little assistant: "No Oh, except for the host, no one else can use it directly."
Song Xiang was dissatisfied, "Why are you so brain-dead?" The
little assistant said aggrievedly; "This is the rule set by the system."
"Why are there so many rules?" Song Xiang snorted in dissatisfaction, but she didn't provoke the system rules, because in getting along with the little assistant and Hal, she found that this system seemed to be of a higher level than the optical brain system.
These advanced things are not what Song Xiang should explore, and she is not that curious. She just wants to complete her task as soon as possible and see her grandma again as soon as possible.
The little assistant has no right, so he can only cheer for Song Xiang: "Come on, host."
"Go to sleep, don't disturb me." After Song Xiang got a definite answer, he could only say to Hal, "You know I There is nothing here."
"I know, you are so poor that you have nothing." Hal had known for a long time that there was nothing here except a few plants and ruins, so he didn't expect Song Xiang to bring out other food at all.
Song Xiang defended, "I will be rich in the future."
"By selling this plant?" Hal asked.
Song Xiang looked at little Hal in surprise, "How do you know?"
Hal said softly, "I'm not stupid."
Although Hal is pampered, he is very smart and knows how to judge the situation to please Song Xiang. I guessed Song Xiang's plan only after I kept asking about interstellar food.
Song Xiang rubbed Hal's head, "Then you're pretty smart."
"Of course, my dad is..." Hal didn't know what to think, and stopped halfway through his words. Looking at the distant sky quietly, "I miss my family."
"Is your family not going to want you anymore?" Song Xiang had a guess before, what if people think that Hal is dead and stop looking for him?
"You're talking nonsense, they won't want me." Hal raised his voice, and he, who was always quiet, polite and well-behaved, lost his temper rarely, and glared at Song Xiang angrily, "I'm different from you."
" Okay, we are different." Song Xiang didn't argue with Hal, and continued to grow vegetables.
Hal looked at Song Xiang who was not arguing with him, his arrogance disappeared all of a sudden, and he just said with a bit of tears: "They won't want me."
"Well, they won't want you." Song Xiang laughed self-deprecatingly Laugh, there are people who want children all over the universe, but no one wants her.
Seeing that Song Xiang seemed to be angry, Hal walked over to help grow vegetables, "They are actually quite delicious, but they don't make you hungry at all."
"You eat so much and still can't resist hunger?" Song Xiang looked at the cabbage that was almost empty, and her heart ached to death. If Hal's family didn't come, who would she ask for money?
Hal didn't know either, "Anyway, I can't fight hunger."
Song Xiang didn't know that the interstellar humans are actually completely different from ordinary humans born and raised on the earth like her. Interstellar humans who have awakened their spiritual power need more food to supplement The same is true for Hal, although he feels that eating this plant makes him feel comfortable, but it is not enough to fight hunger.
"Then I can't help it." Song Xiang didn't think too much, thinking that what she is growing now is vegetables, without staple food, and it's normal not to be hungry, so she plans to plant some more staple food.
After no work in the afternoon, Song Xiang went back to the small shop, planning to buy some grain seeds online.
But she found that because there are still ten days before the Chinese New Year, the shops that sell seeds are no longer shipping, and now it takes a year to buy them before shipping.
Song Xiang, who was in a hurry to plant food, had to go to the seed shop in the town to buy seeds. She closed the door and went out.
Song Xiang, who has not been on the street for many days, found that the streets of the town are much more lively, and there are many more vehicles on the street. Most of the people who work in other places have returned to their hometowns in advance to celebrate the New Year. It is estimated that the town will be more lively by the end of the year. some.
She saw that the shops along the street were all open, presumably everyone wanted to take advantage of the crowds at the end of the year to sell more money, Song Xiang thought that in the next few days she would also open the shops in the morning and close them in the afternoon when there were no people. . I went to a shop that sells seeds, and there are basically vegetable seeds in them. There are not many grain seeds, such as rice and wheat. The grain seeds will not be delivered from the seed company until the planting season comes after spring. The boss who sold the seeds: "It's not time for planting in such a cold day, so there must be no seeds for sale." Song Xiang frowned, "Then if I want to buy them, where can I buy them?" The boss who sold the seeds: "You If you are in a hurry and don’t care about the germination rate, you can go to the elderly in the village below, they grow wheat and rice every year to store food, you can buy it and have a try.”
Song Xiang thought it made sense. She remembered Fang Fang's family and relatives living in the village, and asked later if she could buy some.
Turning back from the place where the seeds are sold, on the way to the vegetable market, I saw a tricycle full of potatoes and sweet potatoes. They are very big, and they are all good varieties.
Song Xiang felt that sweet potatoes and potatoes were also the staple food for fighting hunger, so she bought 100 catties of potatoes and sweet potatoes from the owner of the tricycle, and asked the boss to help her deliver them to the small shop at the end of the town.
After paying the money, the butcher next to him called out Song Xiang's name, "Song Xiang, you bought so many potatoes? Would you like to buy some ribs to go with it? The pig that was just killed today is fresh. " Song Xiang glanced at the boss, and thought that there was not much meat in his refrigerator, so he ordered another two catties of lean meat, and saw that the stick bones and pig's trotters were not bad, thinking that he was a little tired recently, so he could buy some back Boil soup to nourish the body, "I still need a few bones and pig's trotters." The boss weighed Song Xiang's meat and asked her: "Do you want to make sausages? The Chinese New Year is only ten days away. You haven't made sausages yet, have you? " In the past, grandma arranged for the preparation of New Year's goods every year. This year, grandma is gone, and Song Xiang has been busy transforming the future town. This matter has been procrastinating. She nodded, "Are there any ready-made ones?" The boss said: "There is no ready-made one, but I can make it for you. It will be done in a while. If you are not in a hurry, you can wait. If you are in a hurry, you can go to your business first. I will take it to your home directly when I am done." Song Xiang He nodded and asked the price, "Then let's make ten catties." The boss asked again: "Do you want spicy or sweet? " Due to physical reasons, I usually refrain from eating spicy food, and it doesn’t matter if I eat it a few times occasionally. The most important thing is that the sausage is not delicious if it is not made spicy, so Song Xiang wants all spicy food. "Okay, I'll make it for you right now." It was time for dinner, no one came over, and the boss had time to help Song Xiang make sausages first.
"Then please help me take it to the small shop later." Song Xiang talked to the butcher shop owner, and then led the potato seller back to the small shop together.
The rare day cleared up, and the long-lost sunshine shone into the town, dispelling some of the cold.
The residents moved chairs and sat in the open space along the street, basking in the sun and playing mahjong. The sun was shining brightly and they felt warm all over.
Grandma Fang and the others saw that Song Xiang was carrying big and small bags to the small shop again, "Song Xiang, what are you buying?"
Song Xiang responded casually: "I bought some New Year's goods."
Grandma Fang They oh: "Is it sausage and bacon?"
Song Xiang hummed.
"Did you buy it from outside or made in the town? The one you bought from outside may not be as good as the one made in the town? The butcher shop in the town, Old Liu, tastes good and is not short of weight. We all buy there." Fang Grandma and her group are very typical rural old ladies who love to gossip and take advantage of small things, but they don’t have too much bad intentions. Occasionally, they have conflicts and reconcile the next day, so today they are concerned about Song Xiang again. up.
There is nothing to chat with these old ladies, but because they are elders, Song Xiang still answered one by one: "I bought them there.
" I was deceived at that time." Grandma Fang sighed, and said with emotion: "At this time in the past, your grandma had already hung sausages and bacon at home, as well as marinated chicken and ducks. People envy you."
Grandma Fang paused, and then said a few more words: "Your grandma is not here this year, Song Xiang, you may only be able to celebrate the New Year alone this year, right? If you are not used to being alone, come to our house. " Everyone knows that when the old lady of the Song family picked Song Xiang home, the two sons of the Song family strongly opposed it. The relationship has not been very good, and there are few contacts in normal times. Now that the old lady is gone, there will probably be no contacts in the future. of. Song Xiang just listened to what everyone said, and didn't take it seriously, "I'm used to it."
Another grandmother said: "Okay, then just ask us if you don't understand anything."
"Okay." Song Xiang answered one by one, and when he was about to go back, he thought about the seeds, and asked Grandma Fang hesitantly, "Grandma Fang, what are you doing now?" Are there family members planting rice and wheat in the village?"
Grandma Fang who was drawing cards turned her head, "What are you going to do?"
Song Xiang was afraid that Grandma Fang would keep thinking about her like last time, so she threw a Lie, "My friend said that he wanted to buy some grain seeds that had not been sprayed with growth stimulants and take them back to grow."
Grandma Fang said, "Yes, how much does your friend want? I will ask you later."
Song Xiang thought He said, "Ten catties."
Grandma Fang: "Well, I will ask you later."
In the evening, Grandma Fang gave Song Xiang an answer that her relatives did have a lot of rice And wheat, rice is the new crop this autumn, but the wheat is left over from last year's consumption.
If Song Xiang doesn't mind, he can sell it to her at the market price, but because she doesn't want much, she may have to wait a few days to go to the market to buy new year's goods before delivering it to her.
But Song Xiang couldn't wait too long, so he asked for the address directly, planning to go there to get it in person.