The familiar sense of blurriness came over. When Wen Chuyan's vision refocused, she found herself in the familiar wilderness. There was a group of people there, and at the head was Xie An in light armor. Xie An's eyes lit up and he told his men to put the things on the ground.
Then he started huffing and puffing as he carried them inside without sparing any effort.
"Miss, you've come."
Wen Chuyan watched as the once elegant young man now looked valiant.
She pointed at the bags of rice and flour behind her and said to Xie An,
"You can use that small cart. It's a free gift."
Wen Chuyan trusted Xie An very much. After all, a man of considerable wealth, who was generous and cared about his soldiers, couldn't be a bad person.
Moreover, his jade pendant was still in her hands!
With the help of the small cart this time, Xie An quickly transported all the rice and flour out.
The large boxes he had brought were neatly placed on the cashier counter.
Even without checking them personally, Wen Chuyan could feel the small light dot of the system changing colors constantly beside her eyes.
The system was extremely excited.
"Host, you're so amazing!"
"Host, do you want to exchange these things for system coins?"
"As long as you put them into the system, your novice trial will be completed immediately, and you can reach the peak of your life!"
"Host..."
"Host..."
Wen Chuyan was silent. What on earth did Xie An bring that could make the system so excited?
Ignoring the excited system, Wen Chuyan returned the wooden box containing the jade pendant.
She watched as Xie An carefully took the pendant.
"You can also trade with me using copper coins, gold or silver. You can do it this time."
Xie An was taken aback.
Did this miss think that what he had given was not enough?
Xie An thought for a while, apologized, and then walked out of the small store. He took all the coins from his followers.
Wen Chuyan looked at the various wuzhu coins in her hand. Since the system didn't give any excited prompt sound, she knew that the exchange rate of these coins for system coins might not be very high.
But Xie An wasn't at a loss. Because this time, Wen Chuyan had specially stocked up a lot of coarse grain vermicelli, as well as boxes of fruits and vegetables.
This transaction was a special purchase by Wen Chuyan for Xie An. The small store, which was originally neatly arranged, now had boxes piled up in the corners.
In modern society, with the use of pesticides, fertilizers and new crops, the yield of fruits and vegetables had increased dramatically, and their taste was also very sweet.
Xie An followed Wen Chuyan.
He watched as the ordinary-looking cartons were filled with all kinds of novel things. Although he was a young master from a noble family, he had only recognized a few of them, and there were many strange things on them.
There were pomegranates, grapes, plums, apricots... both local products and tributes from the Western Regions. The rosy and plump Chinese pears were so regular that even he had never seen such perfect ones. There were a few light yellow spots on the peel, like tiny stars sealed in red amber. With a gentle sniff, a sweet and slightly sour aroma would enter the nose.
In addition to these, there were also corn, sweet potatoes, vermicelli and so on.
Wen Chuyan wasn't sure if she would come back here after completing the next test task.
She just blindly led Xie An around.
The flatbed cart was already full of boxes again.
Wen Chuyan's voice was a bit reserved.
"Some of the food has soil on it. In fact, you can plant it in the soil. The yield is very high, even higher than that of rice and flour. Some people even use it as their staple food."
Xie An couldn't help but tremble.
"What!"
His hand unconsciously grabbed Wen Chuyan tightly.
"Yield higher than rice and flour!"
"Can be used as staple food!"
At this moment, Xie An didn't care about his awe of Wen Chuyan. He just wanted to confirm whether this news was true, which boxes contained the seeds, and where they could be planted.
Wen Chuyan looked at Xie An and pointed at the boxes containing sweet potatoes and corn.
"These two boxes. Just find a piece of land and plant them. They're not picky about the soil."
"The yield of corn is about six dan per mu, and that of sweet potatoes is twenty dan."
Xie An was breathing heavily. Although he wasn't a farmer, he still knew about the output of the manor. The output of the best paddy fields was only about three dan per mu. And this year, there had been both drought and flood, so the output per mu had decreased by half a dan.
If the yield of these things was really that high! Then why would the common people become refugees because of the lack of food, and the soldiers in the army could only eat one meal of dry rice a day!
Xie An bowed deeply to Wen Chuyan.
"Thank you, immortal. These are things that have never appeared in our dynasty. They're related to the lives of countless common people. I really don't know how to repay you."
Wen Chuyan subconsciously dodged.
"I'm not an immortal."
Xie An subconsciously nodded. Right, the immortal didn't want to expose their identity. He mustn't anger the immortal.
As they walked, Wen Chuyan put all the food, including instant food and snacks, on the flatbed cart for him.
"What's this?"
Xie An was shocked.
In the smiling packaging bag, there were pure granules. With the incomplete characters, Xie An tried hard to recognize them.
Wen Chuyan picked up a few packs and stuffed them into Xie An's arms.
"Table salt. This is iodized salt."
Xie An stood still.
"No wonder it's the item used by the gods. This is a gift from heaven."
The white granulated sugar even made Xie An's hands tremble.
Wen Chuyan originally wanted to give Xie An some modern handicrafts, whether it was glass water cups or plastic ornaments.
But Xie An refused without hesitation.
"Miss, the things you've given me are already enough. I can't ask for more. Those exquisite works must be the works of the immortals. I only need these seeds."
Wen Chuyan was a bit helpless.
How could she make Xie An believe that these were just mass-produced in factories and even cost only three or five yuan on Pinduoduo?
At the cashier counter, Wen Chuyan checked out the items one by one.
At this time, the price meter wasn't displayed externally, but on the light screen in front of her.
After all the items were sold, the balance of the 300,000 system coins hardly changed.
Xie An watched Wen Chuyan's almost miraculous operation.
The food he had brought back last time had allowed the whole army to have a full meal for the first time. And this time, these things gave him hope.
Xie An watched Wen Chuyan's operation and asked,
"Will the miss come here again?"
He secretly hoped in his heart that the immortal asked him to exchange things because the immortal might like these pearls and calligraphy and paintings, even firewood or marbles would be fine.
Moreover, the things the immortal brought every time were all rare treasures in the world.
Wen Chuyan was a bit silent.
After all, after this transaction, she would surely be able to collect enough system coins for the trial period. But she didn't know what would happen after the trial period.
The small light ball seemed to sense what Wen Chuyan was thinking.
Suddenly, a few lines of words appeared on the light screen in front of it.
"The trial period is in the easy mode! This is a completely safe small world!"
"Once the host passes the trial, the system will be officially activated. If the host achieves certain achievements in the future, they can return here!"
The small light ball's voice was full of temptation.
"Host, don't you want to see the rewards after completing the trial?"
"Moreover, if the host puts the things into the system, the trial will be automatically completed."
"Even if the host doesn't put the things into the system, the total value of the small store will be automatically calculated at dawn, and the trial will also be automatically completed."
Wen Chuyan was taken aback. She looked at Xie An, who was still looking at her expectantly.
"I can't come anymore. As long as you cultivate the things I've given you well, within ten years, the common people will surely have enough to eat. You will surely be able to get through these difficult times smoothly!"
Xie An's voice was firm.
"Thank you, immortal. The court will surely promote these new crops."
The sky was gradually getting brighter.
Xie An left the small store with the things in his arms.
But when he looked back, there was nothing behind him.