59: Chapter 59 New Ways to Make Money

[Simulation Day 3, you took Yingzi to harvest barnacles again... Today, you harvested a whole willow basket full.]

[Simulation Day 4, you and Yingzi went to the small town again to sell the barnacles. Today, Yingzi was in charge of keeping watch. You two siblings successfully sold all the barnacles, earning 132 wen. Yingzi took you to the medical clinic to get your head checked and the wound re-stitched, costing 80 wen.]

[Simulation Day 5, three or four people started appearing on the beach to dig for barnacles, but there were plenty of barnacles, so you still managed to fill a whole willow basket.]

[Simulation Day 6, three or four people selling barnacles like you started appearing in town. Someone was selling them for three wen per jin, so you had to adjust your price and also sell them for three wen per jin, but you still earned 115 wen.]

[Simulation Day 7, early in the morning, over twenty people appeared on the beach to harvest barnacles. Neither you nor Yingzi knew how the news had leaked out; perhaps someone from the village saw you when you were selling in the small town. Today's yield decreased, and you only harvested about twenty jin.]

[Simulation Day 8, you and Yingzi arrived at the town very early, but there were no stalls left... There were people selling barnacles everywhere, and some were selling them for two wen per jin...]

[Simulation Day 9, you and Yingzi arrived at the beach at the crack of dawn to harvest barnacles, but there were still a few people who got up earlier than you and had already occupied the advantageous spots. By the time the 'Bright Sun' came out, the number of people had increased to over fifty, and by noon, there were over a hundred...]

[Simulation Day 10, the price of barnacles in the small town dropped to three wen for two jin. The twenty jin of barnacles you and Yingzi barely managed to harvest yesterday only sold for fifteen wen.]

[Simulation Day 11, the beach was crowded with people harvesting barnacles on every large rock, as if the entire village, young and old, had turned out... Today you worked hard for the whole day, but only managed to harvest ten jin while following behind the adults.]

[Simulation Day 12, the price of barnacles in the small town dropped to one wen per jin. Both you and Yingzi were a bit lost. You thought about whether to go to the county town to sell them, but the county town was too far; with your two short legs, it would take a whole day to walk there, so you thought better of it... Today's income was ten wen.]

[Simulation Day 13, Yingzi came to wake you up early in the morning...]

"Brother, let's go harvest barnacles!"

"We're not going today. I've thought of a new way to make money!"

After saying this, Su Fan took out a piece of gauze he had bought from the town market yesterday, picked up a wooden bucket, and walked toward the beach.

Yingzi had her hair styled in two pretty braids, and she was still holding a stick in her hand, following behind Su Fan. Her eyes were fixed on her brother's figure, which appeared very tall and sturdy to her, and she subconsciously sniffed her nose again...

"You don't have a runny nose... why do you keep sniffing?"

Under the 'Bright Sun', Su Fan turned around and glanced at Yingzi.

Yingzi laughed, revealing a set of small white teeth: "I'm used to it... Brother, I promise I won't sniff anymore!"

Before a minute had passed, she started sniffing again.

"..."

Su Fan really wanted to correct her again, but after glancing at her frail body, he couldn't bear to do it.

Sigh, let her sniff if she wants to...

These past few days, thanks to earning some money and eating better, the sallow complexion of her face had gradually turned yellowish and started to show some color.

The two siblings had lost their parents two years ago and had no elders to rely on; to have survived until now was already not easy at all...

It's just sniffing snot, what child doesn't sniff snot...

Let her sniff.

Arriving at the beach, Su Fan dug a pit in the sand. Yingzi looked at him, full of confusion, "Brother, what are you doing?"

Su Fan lined the pit with the gauze, secured the four corners with large stones, and then went into the sea, carrying bucket after bucket of seawater to pour onto the gauze in the pit...

Yingzi squatted by the pit, watching her brother do all this with a face full of confusion.

She didn't understand what her brother was trying to do.

Why ignore the barnacles on those large rocks and dig a hole and pour water here instead?

Could it be that her brother wanted to take a bath here? Or... did he want to play in the water with her?

But, those barnacles...

Looking at the people harvesting barnacles on the large rocks, Yingzi's eyes held a trace of resentment. She hated these people for snatching away the Treasure Trove that belonged to her and her brother.

She bit her silver teeth together, biting her lip hard...

Then, she waved the stick vigorously, seemingly venting her anger.

Just at this moment...

Unnoticed by anyone, even though she was just waving the stick randomly, thin blades of True Qi whistled through the air, like razor blades, shooting out in all directions with astonishing power.

And within her body, there was unexpectedly hidden a rare True Qi Spiritual Root...

...

Su Fan continued to pour water into the sand pit.

Seeing her brother sweating profusely from exhaustion, Yingzi wanted to help, but was refused by Su Fan.

Yingzi sat by the sand pit, recalling these days since her brother had his head smashed. These days were the happiest she had felt since she was born; every day she could eat good food, and her brother would even bathe her, comb her hair, tie her braids, and also...

"This little jade pendant is so pretty..."

She took out the little jade pendant from her neck to take a look, then carefully put it back, as if it were some kind of treasure, afraid that someone else might see it.

"Done!"

When she heard her brother say this, she saw that he had already filled the sand pit with water, and then lay down on the beach, basking in the light of the 'Bright Sun', wondering what he was thinking about...

She also lay down, leaning against her brother's side, looking at the 'Bright Sun', when suddenly she saw a figure under the 'Bright Sun' and pointed at the sky: "Brother, look quickly, there is someone flying in the sky!"

Su Fan rubbed his eyes and didn't see anyone in the sky, so he thought Yingzi was joking.

While tickling Yingzi's armpit, Su Fan said: "Are you teasing me? Are you teasing me!?"

"Hehe...!"

Yingzi laughed, tickled by him. She looked up again, but the figure in the sky was gone. She rubbed her eyes again, and apart from the light of the 'Bright Sun' and the blue clouds, there was nothing else in the sky. She also thought she had just seen it wrong...

The siblings lay shoulder to shoulder on the beach playing like this, and the seawater in the sand pit was drying up bit by bit, with water vapor drifting away leisurely.

Until the 'Bright Sun' was about to set, Yingzi felt she had spent a happy day, but when she saw the villagers carrying willow baskets home, a sense of annoyance arose in her heart...

The barnacles had all been harvested by these 'bad people'!

Hmph! These 'bad people' are really annoying!

At this moment, Su Fan came to the sand pit, looking at the fine white crystals on the gauze. He reached out, dipped his finger into them, tasted it, and then nodded with satisfaction...

Seeing her brother make this gesture, Yingzi also imitated her brother's manner, reached out her finger to dip into the white crystals, and tasted it...

Then, her pair of distinct black and white eyes suddenly brightened. She stuck out her tongue and said joyfully: "Brother! This is salt!?"