The Strong Female Lead Versus The Most Miserable Male Lead

Chapter 44: Chapter 44 The Pauper

“1000 Star Coins… each?”

At this moment, Nian Shutong suddenly felt she didn’t deserve to eat.

She checked her account balance; she had sold boiled corn four times and garnered ninety thousand Star Coins.

She had to buy fertilizer, and potatoes as well, so the money that had not even warmed in her hands was about to disappear.

Nian Shutong felt she didn’t even need her birthday fortune told anymore—her fate was simply being broke.

Sigh as she might, she still had to buy.

“Xiao Ba, I want to buy twenty edible potatoes and fertilizer for one acre of land.”

“Beep! Warehouse shipment in progress… Dear, we do not accept returns or exchanges, oh.”

“Twenty-two thousand Star Coins have been collected, collection completed, shipment in progress, please prepare to receive,” Xiao Ba confirmed.

Nian Shutong leaped down from the tree and rushed toward her potato field. Once there, she quickly learned how to apply fertilizer.

“What a joke, a trip for nothing.”

She had to wait for the potato sprouts to emerge before fertilizing, and considering the seeds’ special nature in the system, she estimated it would be seven days until she could fertilize.

Decisively, Nian Shutong took out the potatoes she had bought from the system and put them into her Space Button.

As soon as she did this, she realized that the Space Button’s capacity was not that large after all; it seemed money was needed for everything.

But with still so much to buy, Nian Shutong planned to empty out the Space Button—she couldn’t afford to upgrade it.

Poor!

Incredibly poor!

Yet, the setbacks continued.

Nian Shutong was about to pluck some corn when she heard something.

“Host, Xiao Ba kindly reminds you that the corn has passed its prime consumption period. It is best to wait until it is fully ripe, as eating it now will greatly affect the taste.”

Affect the taste?

Nian Shutong retracted her step; it wouldn’t do to sell something unpalatable.

What if her single address and three customers had a bad experience and ran off?

Nian Shutong was starting to get a bit of a headache. If she couldn’t eat the corn, and other crops would take at least a month to grow, would she have to keep spending money on potatoes?

“Master, master,” Daodao called out to Nian Shutong, “We can eat meat.” @@novelbin@@

Right! They could eat meat.

Nian Shutong still had a rabbit in her Space Button.

That would do for today; her Spiritual Power had just been nearly depleted, and if she were to encounter the Giant Bird creature protecting its eggs again, she wouldn’t be able to fight it off, which would be quite embarrassing.

Back to the small wooden house, to eat rabbit.

In the afternoon, she would clear the land in front of the door and plant vegetables.

With her plan in mind, Nian Shutong, covered in Spiritual Energy from head to toe, sped toward the small wooden house.

As she just crossed the brook, she shouted toward the house, “Xiao He! Come out, we’re making barbecue!”

Inside, Fu Yunhe, who was learning about live streaming techniques, waved his arm, and the virtual screen instantly shut down.

He stood up for the first time with a speed that did not match his frailty, a bit of urgency in his step as he walked out of the small house.

Fu Yunhe emerged to see Nian Shutong squatting by the creek with a Dagger in one hand and a rabbit in the other, continuously skinning the rabbit.

Having finished skinning, Nian Shutong roughly grasped a leg of the rabbit and washed the blood off in the creek with forceful movements.

Afterwards, she hoisted up the rabbit and violently skewered it with a stick right through the middle.

The barbecue was ready to begin.

Fu Yunhe, who had skillfully lit a fire while waiting, watched as Nian Shutong contentedly placed the stick horizontally over the fire.

“I wonder how it tastes? But at least, we have salt today.”

Salt? With meat?

Fu Yunhe’s saliva started to flow again.

Commander’s self-control be damned.

Now, he was just a sickly fellow, and a sickly fellow who needed to maintain his charming appearance at that.