Chapter 7: The Foxy Woman

After finishing her meal and taking a bath, Lan Mo returned to her room and entered the space, arriving in front of the display screen in the Small Wooden House.

She discovered that the wild vegetables she had planted in the afternoon had been stolen by four people: “Little Useless in the Cultivation World,” “My Family Has a Mine, No Worries,” “Cold Storage Little Dumpling,” and “Fishing Without Drying the Net.”

“Cold Storage Little Dumpling” had even kindly helped weed once.

The wild vegetables yielded three thousand catties per mu, and each person stole three hundred catties from one plot, leaving only eighteen hundred catties per plot.

Now, only sixty percent of the vegetables remained, and no one could steal them anymore.

Lan Mo quickly harvested the remaining wild vegetables and immediately sold them. Ten catties of wild vegetables earned one Gold Coin, and she made a total of five hundred and forty Gold Coins.

Her Experience Points also rose to twelve. When she reached one hundred points, she could level up to the first level, which would allow her to plant radishes, cabbage, and wheat.

Reaching the third level would allow her to purchase an additional plot of land. The first plot cost ten thousand Gold Coins. Lan Mo glanced at the one hundred watermelons in her Warehouse. Even if she sold ten of them, she would only earn one hundred Gold Coins.

Since she couldn’t take these things out anyway, she decided to sell them and save up Gold Coins to open another plot of land. Lan Mo kept ten watermelons for herself and sold all the rest.

The first plot of land cost ten thousand Gold Coins, but the second one actually required fifty thousand Gold Coins—what a rip-off. How could it be even more outrageous than the QQ Farm she played in her previous life? The third plot of land cost a hundred thousand Gold Coins, and the prices for the later plots couldn’t be viewed yet.

Reaching the sixth level would allow her to buy the second plot of land, and reaching the tenth level would let her buy the third. To level up, she had to keep planting vegetables.

Lan Mo quickly planted all three plots of land with chicory, then went to check her friends list to see whose QQ number had the little paw icon lit up.

She planned to steal some of her friends’ “vegetables” to save up Gold Coins for buying land later. It was said that unlocking the Ranch not only required reaching level twenty on the farm but also five million Gold Coins.

Surprisingly, with many friends, there were always opportunities to pick up leftovers. Soon, her Warehouse was filled with fruits, medicinal herbs, spices, and a pile of unknown flowers.

Clicking on the icons provided brief descriptions. Regardless of whether she recognized them or not, or whether they were expensive or cheap, since she had no use for them, she decided to sell them all!

She had never eaten egg fruit before, so she kept twenty catties. She also kept fifty catties each of lychees and mangoes, ten large coconuts, and ten catties each of Sichuan pepper, perilla, and bay leaves.

As for the rest, including the Ten-Mile Soul-Chasing Grass, Blazing Flame Flower, Ghost Orchid, and Gentian Leaf—she didn’t recognize any of them and had no idea about their toxic side effects, so she sold them all.

Watching the Gold Coin count continuously rolling on the screen, Lan Mo was stunned. What kind of heavenly treasures were these? Just three plants of each had sold for over a million Gold Coins.

“Little Useless in the Cultivation World,” “The Little Medicine Boy of the Supreme Lord Lao,” “Flower Fairy”—could it be that these people were truly not ordinary mortals?

Hehehe, she had hit the jackpot! In seven days, the century-old ginseng planted by “Little Useless in the Cultivation World” would be ripe. She had to set an alarm to steal a few plants.

Earning Gold Coins was secondary—this was a life-saving divine medicine!

To earn Experience Points, she helped one friend weed and another catch pests. Soon, an hour passed. Lan Mo took advantage of no one being around to harvest all nine thousand catties of wild vegetables from her three plots of land, then planted shepherd’s purse.

After planting, Lan Mo took a watermelon from the Warehouse, split it open with both hands, and revealed the juicy red flesh. Her appetite was instantly stirred, but before she could finish half of it, her stomach began to feel full.

Half a watermelon was left in the small wooden house to be eaten tomorrow. It wasn’t that she wanted to keep it all to herself, but these things simply couldn’t be taken out right now.

Lan Mo got up at 5:30 the next morning. The first thing she did was enter the space to harvest and plant vegetables, then go to other people’s spaces to steal crops.

Gold Coins were temporarily sufficient, and Lan Mo had no plans to sell the strange plants she had stolen for now. Who knew when she might need them?

At 6:30, she harvested another batch of wild vegetables, then planted the next batch. She would harvest and plant another batch at noon, and plant two more batches in the evening. At this rate, she could level up to the first tier by tomorrow.

Last night, she had steamed rice, and the leftover cold rice was used this morning for lard-fried rice. Soy sauce was added to the fried rice, but it lacked eggs and scallions.

Still, the fried rice was fragrant. Lan Mo ate one bowl and wanted a second, but unfortunately, there were many people in the household, and each person only got a small bowl.

Before leaving, Su Mei gave Lan Mo and Xiao Li’er each a piece of egg cake.

“Mom, you should save this for the nephews!”

“You two are the youngest in our family, and you’re still growing. Eat a little more to break through 170 centimeters.”

Lan Mo felt a bit embarrassed. She was already twenty years old—what growth was left? That extra centimeter was probably hard to achieve!

“Mom, I’m already tall enough. I won’t break through 170 centimeters. You should eat this egg cake!”

Lan Mo stuffed the egg cake into Su Mei’s hand, then rode off on her bicycle.

The first task at work was to follow Director Qin on rounds. Director Qin also checked on Lan Mo’s patient.

He found the patient in excellent condition, not complaining of pain today. Most importantly, the bandaging on his leg was both secure and neat.

“Comrade Xiao Lan, you wrapped a layer of gauze and cotton over the Fir Bark. Usually, when we immobilize a patient, we just use a few pieces of Fir Bark and gauze.

However, your method prevents injury to the patient’s leg. Very good!”

Huh? Shouldn’t the Fir Bark be wrapped directly without any padding for immobilization?

In her past life, she had seen patients with Fir Bark wrapped with a bit of cotton and then a layer of gauze. At least that way, it wouldn’t cause secondary harm.

But in this era, cotton and gauze were precious, so few people did it this way.

“Director Qin, cotton and gauze are precious. Next time, I’ll follow your method to ensure no waste.”

“No, no, Comrade Xiao Lan, you’ve misunderstood. I meant your method is good and worth learning. Our bandaging method might accidentally scratch the patient’s wound. It’s better to trim the Fir Bark and wrap it with cotton and gauze before using it!”

Lan Mo didn’t expect Director Qin to be so easy to talk to. The Vice Hospital Director had really done a great thing!

The salary in the Orthopedics Department was the same, but the work was much easier than in the Emergency Department. The director was amiable, the workload wasn’t heavy, and she could even sneak off to the restroom to slack a bit and plant a batch of wild vegetables.

Life like this was truly wonderful!

At noon, after work, Lan Mo took her lunchbox straight to the hospital cafeteria.

She had just sat down with her meal when Lu Zeming also walked over with his food.

“Doctor Lan, is this seat taken?”

“No, feel free to sit!” Lan Mo didn’t look up at Lu Zeming but stared at the fish pieces in her lunchbox, drooling.

The original host’s biological mother had given birth to two sets of twins in a row, so the chances of her current body having twins were likely high.

Even if not for herself, she had to save money for the sake of her future children having enough to eat. Money definitely needed to be used sparingly.

But now, with her space, she naturally felt confident. Not eating well would be a disservice to her hard work. Of course, if she didn’t have the space with her, she’d probably have to tighten her belt to get by.

“They say eating fish makes you smart. Doctor Lan, do you like eating fish?”

“It’s alright.”

“I like eating fish too, but I prefer freshwater fish. I’m not too fond of sea fish. My family is from Jingshi, and after all these years, I still haven’t gotten used to the food in your Haishi.”

The original host had been at the hospital for a year, yet she had no idea that this Doctor Lu was actually from Jingshi. Wait, why did he tell her he was from Jingshi?

And his gaze seemed a bit off—why did it feel so sticky? Could he be taking this chance to confess?

“Doctor Lu, look who’s coming! It seems to be Nurse Li from your department! I won’t disturb you two, I’ll head off first.”

Lan Mo closed her lunchbox, quickly stood up, and walked away. If she didn’t leave now, she’d have to face Li Jiaojiao when she arrived.

Seeing Lan Mo leave, Lu Zeming also hurriedly got up to go, thinking to himself: Could it be that Doctor Lan found out about Li Jiaojiao chasing after him?

This Li Jiaojiao was really too annoying. If he had known it would come to this, he would have confessed and confirmed their relationship back when Lan Mo was still an intern.

Li Jiaojiao, holding two lunchboxes, trotted over excitedly. “Doctor Lu, Doctor Lu, don’t rush off! I specially got you a portion of braised pork.”

Lu Zeming said coldly, “No need, I’m already full!”

Li Jiaojiao was quite thick-skinned and didn’t mind Lu Zeming’s rejection. She continued, “Doctor Lu, this braised pork is especially fragrant. Would you like to have a few pieces before you go?”

“Comrade Li Jiaojiao, I appreciate your kindness. But I’m not anyone to you, so you don’t need to buy braised pork for me.”

“Is it wrong for me to want to be good to you? You don’t have a partner, right? What do you think of me?”

Lu Zeming directly refused, “You? No! You’re not my type. Sorry, I have to go.”

“Doctor Lu, do you like that seductress Lan Mo? Is it just because she’s a bit prettier? I have what she has too…”

“……”

Seductress Lan Mo had no idea someone would refer to her that way. If she heard someone call her a seductress, she would definitely burst into laughter three times.

In her past life, she didn’t even have the qualifications to be a seductress. A woman’s good looks were also an asset—at least they were pleasing to the eye and brought joy to herself. Looking at that beautiful face in the mirror, her mood was incredibly uplifted.