Chapter 10: The Gift from the Little Good Grandson

While Lu Yaoyao’s family was still running around trying to find her a job, Lan Mo was leisurely going to work and casually growing vegetables to level up her Myriad Realms Farm Space.

Over the past two days, she had stolen quite a few medicinal herbs, fresh flowers, and fruits from other people’s spaces, selling them for over a million Gold Coins.

Wheat yields a thousand catties per mu. Planting day and night, repeatedly cultivating those three mu of wheat, she now had over thirty thousand catties in her Inventory in less than three days.

Wheat doesn’t sell for much in the space, and she didn’t plan to sell it there anyway. Once her farm reached level ten, she intended to find a way to sell this wheat to the purchasing station.

As for selling it at high prices on the black market? She had no idea where the black market was or how to sell there. Besides, her father was a public security officer leading the crackdown on speculation and profiteering—she couldn’t knowingly break the law.

Although the purchasing station offered low prices—they bought husked wheat at fourteen cents per catty and likely sold it to the public for sixteen cents per catty—it was still a safer option.

She heard that wheat on the black market could sell for thirty to forty cents per catty, but you couldn’t sell much at once. Carrying baskets back and forth to sneak into the black market was more trouble than it was worth—better to just wholesale it to the grain purchasing station.

Private trading wasn’t allowed now, but farmers could sell surplus grain and vegetables to the purchasing station.

Of course, during the busy seasons of summer and autumn harvests, the purchasing station would send people to the countryside to make purchases. By the end of the year, there were even specialized personnel sent to purchase live pigs.

Lan Mo preferred rice over wheat-based foods. Now that she had finally reached level two and could plant rice, the first thing she did after returning home from work was to harvest the rice and plant the next batch.

Darn it, just being a little late cost her four hundred catties from one plot. In total, she lost twelve hundred catties from the three plots.

It was that “Home Has Mine, Heart Not Panicked” again. If your home already has a mine, why steal others’ grain? After having her crops stolen for several days in a row, Lan Mo decided to have a good chat with him.

[Big Mine Owner, are you there?]

[Little Pitiful, what do you need from your big brother?]

Hearing him call her “Little Pitiful” made Lan Mo so angry she felt like vomiting blood. What was pitiful about her?

[Little Pitiful? Are you talking to me?]

[Isn’t your name Era Little Pitiful? Look, I’m level fifty, and you’re only level two—no wonder you’re called Little Pitiful! Hahaha! Era Little Pitiful, which era are you in? I’m in 2022!]

Hmph, 2022… If I hadn’t taken a rock for someone, I’d be living large in 2022 too.

[I’m in China, 1965. Believe it?]

[I believe it. One of my friends even said he’s in ancient times! Little Pitiful, how many friends from myriad realms do you have? Let me tell you, I definitely have fifty friends from myriad realms. Impressed, right? That guy in ancient times only has twenty friends!]

Getting so cocky over fifty friends from myriad realms?

A sly smile curled at the corner of Lan Mo’s mouth as she quickly typed on the screen: [Yeah, I envy you being in 2022. I only have five hundred friends from myriad realms. My level is a bit low, just reached level two… It’s a bit worrying. All I steal are those messy Spiritual Medicines grown by the big shots, but unfortunately, I don’t recognize any of them.]

Over on the other side, “Home Has Mine, Heart Not Panicked” felt his face fall the moment he heard Lan Mo had five hundred friends from myriad realms. Comparing people really could make you angry.

And she called herself Little Pitiful? With so many friends from myriad realms, she could just lie flat and do nothing!

[Big Sis, how can you call yourself Little Pitiful with that? You don’t even need to farm now—you can just lie flat.]

[“Why did you call me ‘uncle’? I’m only twenty this year, I’m a female comrade.”]

[“Oh, a female comrade, then I’ll call you Auntie! Even though you’re only twenty now, you were born in 1945, older than my late grandmother…”]

Can it even be calculated that way? Is this guy a fool? Such a clueless straight man, probably still can’t find a girlfriend at thirty!

In 2022, she was only twenty-eight, two years younger than him!

Damn it, he actually dared to call her Auntie, and even said she was older than his grandmother. It really pissed her off.

Since that’s the case, she might as well do him a favor and accept this good grandson.

Hehehe!

Lan Mo sneered, [“Little grandson, you’re thirty and still don’t have a partner, right?”]

[“Auntie, you’re so sharp! Partner? You mean girlfriend, right? I really don’t have one. Hahaha! But I do have five or six wives… South African girls are a bit dark, but they’re hardworking! Well, what can I say, my family owns a mine!”]

Looking at his smug expression, Lan Mo suddenly felt her mentality shatter. Damn it! In her previous life, she died without ever having a partner. What a waste!

If she had known she would die young, she should have just taken over a fishpond back then…

While others were dating during her school years, she was diligently studying. When she started working, she was too busy with her job. She wasn’t bad-looking either, so why didn’t she ever have a partner?

That guy not only has a mine at home but also six wives. It’s really a case of some dying of thirst while others drown in water.

In this lifetime, she must at least have a partner. Otherwise, if she dies again, she might end up as a lonely ghost in the next life and never get reincarnated.

[“Little grandson, I heard South African diamonds are very famous. Does your family happen to own a diamond mine?”]

[“Auntie, South African coal mines rank among the top five in the world. My family owns a large coal mine there, and we also have a small coal mine back home in China. In the sixties, coal supply was insufficient, right? Do you want me to send you eight or ten tons of coal?”]

Not taking advantage of an offer that falls into your lap is just foolish. This guy always targets her, the fat sheep—her vegetables and grains have all been stolen by him, and he never misses a chance.

[“Little grandson, how do you send it?”]

[“Auntie, you just need to move the gifts you want to send from the Warehouse to the Gift Box, then click ‘send.’ But the system will deduct some Gold Coins as a delivery fee.”]

Wow, you can even send gifts? Better latch onto this opportunity first. She won’t lack coal in this lifetime, and she might even make some money.

[“Little grandson, if you send me coal, I don’t have anything good to send you in return.”]

[“Auntie, I heard White Rabbit candy from your era is really pure. How about sending me a few pounds of White Rabbit? Hehe… hehe…! And maybe two cans of Malt Extract Milk Powder? Also, how about two pounds of pea cakes? You know, I’m mining in South Africa now, and I really miss the food from back home.”]

His demands are really high. What “missing food from back home”? He’s not short of money—isn’t there international mail?

She has money, but she doesn’t have enough ration coupons! Maybe she can ask her colleagues at work tomorrow to exchange some?

[“Little grandson, even though I don’t have that many coupons, since you really want to eat them, I’ll try to figure out a way to get them for you. Consider it making a friend.”]

[“Thank you, Auntie. Then I’ll send you ten tons of coal and ten thousand coal briquettes! Auntie, your land has such high yields. Could it be that one plot is an acre? Ah, my plots are only six meters long and six meters wide. Ten of my plots can’t even match one of yours. You’re going to make it big!”]

Hmph, no wonder you can only be a grandson!

Lan Mo finally felt psychologically balanced. So what if she had traveled to the resource-scarce sixties? She was someone with a space too—she had grain when she needed grain, land when she needed land.

Beep, beep, beep—a big gift package appeared on the screen. Lan Mo was so excited her hand trembled, and ten tons of coal along with ten thousand coal briquettes quickly entered the Warehouse.

【Dear little grandchild, thank you for the gift you sent me. Tomorrow I’ll go buy you some candy to eat!】

【Okay, Auntie, I’ll be waiting! Auntie, since you have a lot of land, I’ll visit your space more often in the future. Auntie, you should grow more vegetables; don’t plant so many fruits. I’ve eaten so many fruits from South Africa I’m sick of them. Next time I’ll send you some of our local exotic fruits to try.】

【……】

After chatting with “Home Has Mine, Heart Not Panicked,” Lan Mo was just about to go steal some crops from other friends when someone knocked on her door.

“Momo, Momo, come out and help Mom kill the fish.”

Ah, better steal the crops later. Lan Mo quickly exited the space.

Su Mei wasn’t as meticulous as Lan Mo when it came to tasks. Several times while killing fish, she had broken the gallbladder, making the cooked fish taste bitter.

The original Lan Mo had scored full marks on every anatomy exam during her medical studies at school, and her hands-on skills were exceptional.

During every practical class, whether it involved small frogs, white mice, rabbits, or ducks, she had never let a single one go.

Last year during the New Year, Su Mei had handed Lan Mo a large grass carp weighing over ten jin to prepare.

In the end, Lan Mo perfectly dissected that big grass carp—head separate from tail, skin peeled, flesh sliced, bones extracted—creating five different dishes from one fish.

Fish head tofu soup, sour fish offal soup, steamed fish slices, pan-fried fish bones, and the remaining grass carp skin used for a cold salad.

“Mom, did you buy a big carp today?”

“Yes, I went too late and only a few unwanted carp were left, so I bought one. Momo, the day after tomorrow you’ll be twenty years old. How about we host two tables at home and invite your colleagues over for a meal? We can also invite your grandfather and uncles.”

“Mom, I’m only twenty. Let’s not celebrate and waste the money. We can host a gathering when Grandfather and Grandmother turn seventy!”

Lan Mo also knew that the original owner of this body was treated like a little princess in this family, with everyone doting on her especially.

Every time someone came to visit Grandfather and Grandmother, half of the fruits and nutritional supplements they brought ended up in the original owner’s stomach.

Su Mei explained, “But I’ve already told your grandfather and the others. They’ll come over for dinner the day after tomorrow.”

“Mom, if Grandfather and the others are coming, that’s fine, but I won’t invite my colleagues. Times are tough for everyone right now. If I invite them over for a meal, they might think I’m trying to take advantage of them or expecting gifts. It wouldn’t sound good if word got out!”

Most importantly, she had only been interning at the hospital for a year and wasn’t very familiar with those people. Even if she were familiar, she wouldn’t host a gathering—she wasn’t the original owner, after all!

If those people found out there were several meat dishes on their table, wouldn’t they be green with envy?

“Alright, I understand. If they’re not coming, I’ll prepare fewer dishes. I’ll take a day off the day after tomorrow.”

“Mom, I’ll also arrange for someone to cover my shift and take a day off. Then I can go grocery shopping with you and come back to cook.”

“You should take a proper day off on your birthday. I’ll boil a few extra eggs for you then…”

Lan Mo’s eyes turned red, tears welling up in them. This aunt of the original owner was even more caring than a biological mother!

She missed her mother from her previous life too.

Ah, it’s a shame I can’t go back, but I should still treat this Mom well now!