Chapter 16

Large farmer: "A few years ago, someone here sold me a 150-year-old ginseng that went for 3 million yuan at the time. Of course I need to make some profit, so I can only sell it to you for 2.6 million yuan. But you have to guarantee that the ginseng is of good quality without any defects that could impact its medicinal value."

"That's a given." The price offered by the large farmer was a bit higher than An ZhiXia had expected.

The deal was made, and An ZhiXia directly sent him a list of items she needed.

What she asked for were all very ordinary things, like pairs of various livestock, and the rest were food and household items. She also asked the farmer to help her procure a batch of supplies appropriate for this time period.

This money was as good as free money to her, so she didn't feel bad spending it. Although An ZhiXia could currently enter the space, she could only move freely within this house. Once she stepped out of the house, she would be affected by the accelerated time in the space and rapidly age.

Worried that she might get carried away someday, she had locked the door from the inside as a precaution against accidentally wandering out.

Fortunately, she could completely control everything in the space with her consciousness, and didn't need to do anything manually.

An ZhiXia used her consciousness to dig up some ginseng. She didn't know much about it either, just going by feel in her selection.

The trading device had 10 storage slots that could be used to store items, with unlimited stacking of identical items. An ZhiXia first stored the ginseng in a slot, then initiated a trade, sending the ginseng to the large farmer.

"By the way, do you have anything that can be used to pack stuff?"

The large farmer had just received the ginseng in hand and was examining it carefully, although he didn't know much about it either.

But he had too many of the things An ZhiXia asked for. Without even replying, he directly sent over 10 foam boxes and a stack of cardboard boxes, along with some rolls of clear tape.

An ZhiXia picked a few of each type of fruit, and fished out some seafood from the ocean. She filled two foam boxes to send to the other party. "These are some of the items I have. I'm sending you some to try. If you need more, you can also initiate a trade!"

The large farmer was probably embarrassed by the gift and also sent some things over. "Thank you. These are a pig and a cow I just slaughtered from my farm. Although they are not as precious as your emperor crabs, you can still have a taste."

Wealthy lady from the 70s: "Thank you too."

So much meat, she was overjoyed.

Large farmer: "You're welcome. But I have a question - it's still the 1970s over there for you right, before the Reform and Opening Up? I see you asked for the animals in pairs, are you planning to secretly raise them?"

Wealthy lady from the 70s: "I plan to secretly raise them in the mountains." Of course she wouldn't tell others that she had a space besides the trading device.

Large farmer: "I see, then you'd better be careful. The items you asked for are quite miscellaneous, so I'll need some time to prepare them. How about I send you a batch of what I currently have tonight, and the rest that needs sourcing tomorrow afternoon?"

Wealthy lady from the 70s: "That's fine with me."

An ZhiXia also asked about how to obtain star coins, but was told it was extremely difficult.

He heard from another friend that only items containing special energy could be collected by the trading device, and those items could only be found in special planes.

For ordinary plane merchants like them, obtaining star coins was as difficult as climbing to heaven. The small amount he had was obtained with great effort - how could he possibly use it to buy these ordinary items?

The large farmer went to prepare the trade items owed to An ZhiXia. She tinkered by herself for a while, and dug up a thousand-year ginseng from the medicine field to test.

This was the most valuable item in the entire space. If even this couldn't meet the trading requirements during the trial period, she was afraid she would be stuck with just this one friend for life. Of course, she could also go out to look for mineral deposits with energy, like how the large farmer did it.

But these things were few and far between, relying entirely on luck, and likely requiring significant sacrifice to obtain.

Fortunately, while 100-year ginseng didn't qualify, the thousand-year ginseng did contain some energy.

When she stored it in a slot, the planar trading device displayed: "Special energy detected in thousand-year ginseng. Can be sold for 1,000 star coins. Does the host wish to sell?"

An ZhiXia decisively chose to sell, and received 1,000 star coins in her account.

But 1,000 star coins could only buy one merchandise display cabinet. Adding an ordinary plane friend cost 10,000 star coins, while adding a friend from a plane with special energy cost 100,000 star coins.

An ZhiXia fell completely silent. This meant adding one ordinary plane friend would require ten thousand-year ginsengs, while adding a special energy plane friend would need a hundred thousand-year ginsengs.

No matter how accelerated the time was in her space, the thousand-year ginsengs were limited in number. While there were many hundred-year ginsengs, there would still be consumption during the growth process, so it was impossible for every seedling to fully mature.

She'd probably have to sell them all just to afford adding one special energy plane friend!

As an ordinary plane herself, even if she did manage to add a special plane, they might not even look upon her favorably, and there were huge risks involved.

Moreover, if she could add someone from a cultivation plane for example, as an ordinary plane human, she wouldn't be able to cultivate even if she somehow obtained a cultivation technique through affinity.

So it seemed rather meaningless, though cultivation plane star coins were probably easier to obtain.

Oh well, she was just an ordinary person. Being able to transmigrate and obtain this space and planar trading device was already heaven-defying enough. As for anything else, she would just let nature take its course.

An ZhiXia chose to sell ten thousand-year ginsengs. The trading device even displayed merchandise she could purchase with star coins - she could buy merchandise display cabinets, expand her residence, and some items she couldn't even recognize or understand - those were probably the things containing special energy.

The more An ZhiXia looked, the poorer she felt. She simply closed the page and chose to add a friend instead.

This time it was a post-apocalyptic plane, but the avatar was dim, showing they were offline. She heard someone knocking on the door outside, so she hurriedly exited.

"ZhiXia, dinner is ready." Liu Ling's voice came from the door, along with a tender, childish voice babbling, "Auntie, eat dinner..." as if calling out to someone, and also muttering to herself.

"Coming." An ZhiXia responded and opened the door to exit.

The little one was leaning with both hands on the door. As she opened it, the toddler stumbled forward a step right into her legs.

Liu Ling was startled and moved to catch her, but saw that An ZhiXia had already picked her up.

"Little one, were you calling me for dinner?"

An ZhiXia smiled and pinched her cheek lightly.

An WenQing became shy and reached out for Liu Ling to hold her.

Liu Ling took her into her arms, and she immediately nestled against her mother's shoulder. Then she peeked up at An ZhiXia.

Finding An ZhiXia was also looking at her, she broke into a beaming smile and kicked her legs excitedly, before burying her face in Liu Ling's shoulder again to hide.