kvmb Chapter 161 The Young Widow 12
Chapter 161 The Young Widow 12
After Linruan fixed the bug, the system tried to leave. It was unsure, worried that headquarters would discover its manipulation. Instead, headquarters simply scanned the source code, fixed the bug, and left.
When it returned to the space, it turned into the lively little Seventeen again.
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Lin Ruan pretended not to notice the system's antics and said, "Okay, okay, don't rush, I'll check you again."
"Okay," the system readily revealed its source code once again. Lin Ruan's gaze locked on the reset section. Moving his gaze forward, he saw a string of code that looked like garbled text. But how could there be garbled text in the source code?
She pulled out a code translator she'd prepared long ago from her StarCraft collection and entered the garbled code into it, but the result was still just garbled code. Lin Ruan had no other options, so she had to insert a termination code before the garbled code—as the saying goes, "force defeats skill." No matter what conspiracy this garbled code had, if it couldn't run, it meant there was no conspiracy.
However, there are still too few things to learn in one interstellar world. I still need to visit a few more high-tech worlds in the future, Lin Ruan thought.
The system lost its source of anxiety and finally became interested in looking through Lin Ruan's life during this period. "Huh? Lin Ruan, who do you think this Lin Cuilan is?"
Lin Ruan lay in the jacuzzi, eyes still closed, and asked leisurely, "Who is it?"
The system smiled and said, "It's fate. Lin Cuilan is the old woman you sent to the hospital when the world was formed."
Lin Ruan smiled. She had guessed long ago that Lin Cuilan could predict the future a little. It turned out that the reason why she took such meticulous care of her was because she still had that memory.
No wonder.
The system laughed and said, "We've finally found a treasure. The newly formed circular world has the most energy, but it's just an ordinary world. If it were a world of immortal cultivation, it would be a real jackpot. Let me leave a few more anchor points in this world. When the time comes, we'll give half of the absorbed energy and keep half. I'll split the remaining half with you."
Lin Ruan rolled his eyes and said, "Why would I want this? Just to blow up space within space?"
The system said: "After traveling through so many worlds, you still don't know what's good. Tsk tsk [?ヘ?], your soul can also absorb this energy, which can enhance the strength of your soul. For example, this time, if I hadn't used the energy of an energy ball to protect you, do you think you could still be as lively and energetic as you are now?"
Lin Ruan became interested when she heard this. She sat up straight and said, "So amazing? Fine, I'll try to get you to help as much as possible. But let's make a deal: you pay half and I keep half, and we'll split the rest in half. So, what you stole this time, we'll split in half as well."
The system cried out, regretting it deeply. If only it had absorbed the energy again before telling Lin Ruan, now that Lin Ruan knew, it couldn't absorb any of the energy stones without Lin Ruan's consent.
But when I think about it, I still can’t bear to let it go.
"One tenth, oh no, one third is okay? Lin Ruan~Master Host~My dear master~Please leave some more for me~"
Lin Ruan was also curious and asked, "You told me that absorbing this energy can increase the thickness of my soul. Why do you need so much energy?"
System: "Of course it's useless normally, but if we encounter space-time turbulence again, or if the energy we've collected isn't enough for the next time we travel, wouldn't this energy be very useful? You don't know, energy collection isn't that fast. This energy was absorbed from the first world we traveled through."
"Okay, okay, I'll give you two-thirds and I'll keep one-third. But didn't you say this pile of stuff is unstable and prone to explosion? I can't just keep piling it up in my space forever, right?"
The system laughed and said, "Hey, I just had an idea. Xiao Sui, you don't use it much, so I want to convert it into an external subsystem with storage function. When the time comes, I can just store the energy in it."
After hearing that the system had a plan, Lin Ruan stopped trying to stop it. She just lay on the bed, absorbed an energy ball under the guidance of the system, and fell into a deep sleep.
When she woke up the next day, she felt that the world was clearer than the day before.
"Ruanruan, are you awake? It's time for breakfast." Lin Cuilan was knocking on the door outside.
"I'm coming, I'll get up right away." Lin Ruan responded, quickly tidied herself up, washed up, and sat down at the dining table.
This morning they had noodles. Lin's mother went to the state-owned restaurant early and bought two meat buns. These days, meat buns are very large. With a bowl of noodles each, the two of them could be very full with just one meat bun.
At the supply and marketing cooperative, she wiped the counter in front of her while listening to the other salespeople chatting. They were talking about the things they had just received when the supply and marketing cooperative arrived, or the things they had reserved in advance using their in-app purchase quota.
After Lin Ruan became a formal employee of the supply and marketing cooperative, she also had quotas for these things. However, she didn't want too many of these things in her space, so except for the ones in the space that were of very good quality and therefore difficult to take out, she transferred the rest of the quotas to other salesmen. On the one hand, it could bring them closer together, and on the other hand, it could exchange them for some money in this world.
Coming to this world was an accident, and she didn't have any missions, so she just treated it as a vacation. So, she didn't want to do things like scavenging at scrap yards or selling goods on the black market.
She just wanted to slack off in the supply and marketing cooperative before taking the college entrance examination, and be taken care of by Lin Cuilan after returning home.
By the time Lin Ruan finished cleaning up and sat down, they had already started chatting about all sorts of family matters, such as eating meat at home and making new clothes. Seeing Lin Ruan come over, no one minded. An older sister named Wu Fang even handed Lin Ruan a handful of sunflower seeds.
A few days ago, the supply and marketing cooperative had a batch of defective kettles. Lin Ruan didn't want the quota and gave it to Wu Fang. Although Wu Fang gave her money, she also accepted her favor and was particularly enthusiastic towards Lin Ruan.
Wu Fang nodded at the saleswoman who was frowning as she spoke, and whispered to Lin Ruan, "Xiao Lin, don't move any closer. Just listen here. Wang Pandi's sister-in-law is about to give birth, and her mother asked her to bring back two kilograms of brown sugar from the supply and marketing cooperative without paying or receiving a receipt. If you get too close, be careful or they'll borrow money from you."
Wang Pandi was the saleswoman who was speaking with a frown on her face. Her name suggested a strong preference for boys over girls in her family. If her sister-in-law hadn't been pregnant and needed a replacement, Wang Pandi wouldn't have gotten the job. She was only a replacement, but she kept all her paychecks and receipts at home, leaving her with nothing.
Everyone knew clearly that even if they said it was a loan, once it was lent, it would be like throwing meat buns at a dog and there would be no return, so everyone just offered verbal comfort. No matter how Wang Pandi conveyed the message, no one responded.
Lin Ruan smiled at Wu Fang and said, "Don't worry, Sister Wu. Even if she asked me, I don't have any extra money to lend her. My mother-in-law said I'm too young to save money, so she saved it all for me. I spend it as I need it. I don't have a penny in my pocket normally."
She spoke in a high voice, so Wang Pandi could hear it, and she gritted her teeth inwardly.
She knew everyone looked down on her, after all, everyone else was a regular employee, and she was the only one working as a substitute. But they had all been working together for several months, and she figured they should have some respect, but to her surprise, no one was willing to lend her a penny.
Lin Ruan came in after her. I heard that she was a martyr's family member, had lost her husband, and lived with her mother-in-law. I thought that since Lin Ruan changed into new clothes every now and then, it was obvious that she was well-off. If she couldn't borrow money from others, she could ask her for help. But who knew that she was just a donkey dung egg, smearing oil on her face.
Wu Fang was unaware of Lin Ruan and Wang Pandi's subtle thoughts and smiled, "That's good, that's good. By the way, I have a relative who works at a textile factory. She heard that a batch of defective cloth will be delivered to us tomorrow. If you want to buy it, remember to bring money tomorrow."
Lin Ruan smiled and thanked her, "Thank you, Sister Wu, for telling me in advance. My mother-in-law always saves her cloth coupons to make clothes for me. She hasn't had new clothes in years. If I find something suitable tomorrow, I'll buy her a few feet of cloth that's suitable."
The next day, when Lin Ruan arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative, no one was there. It was probably because the defective cloth had arrived, so everyone was in the warehouse.
Lin Ruan also walked towards the warehouse. Inside, there was a commotion, and bolts of cloth were stacked against the walls. Lin Ruan took a closer look and saw quite a lot. There were bolts of Dacron and pure cotton for summer, polyester and plain cotton for spring and autumn, and corduroy and twill for winter. There were several bolts of each.
Wu Fang saw Lin Ruan coming in and called out, "Xiao Lin, Xiao Lin, here, here. Come quickly, I'm saving a seat for you."
Lin Ruan quickly squeezed over and thanked Wu Fang.
The director of the supply and marketing cooperative struggled to maintain order, shouting, "Don't rush, don't rush. We have them all. Regular workers above section level are limited to 15 feet, regular workers below section level are limited to 10 feet, and temporary workers are limited to 5 feet. No receipts are required. If you want to buy, go to the accountant and register the type and size. Then, bring your receipt and come to the warehouse to collect them."
Everyone, already knowing what cloth they wanted to buy, swarmed towards the accounting office. Lin Ruan also obediently lined up, registered the cloth she wanted, and returned to the warehouse with the receipt.
She bought 10 feet of white corduroy and 5 feet of brown corduroy out of a 5-foot purchase limit, spending a total of 3 yuan. Not only did she not need a ticket, she also paid the internal price.
After buying the cloth, Lin Ruan sat behind the counter, pretending to be in a daze, her consciousness long since submerged in space. She found the same cloth and entered her and Lin Cuilan's body measurements into the machine. By the end of the night, she had made a set of autumn clothes for herself and Lin Cuilan, a cotton coat. The tops were both made of corduroy, but hers was white, while Lin Cuilan's was brown. The bottoms were made of black twill cotton fabric.
After finishing, Lin Ruan asked Wu Fang to help her watch the counter. She carried the cloth and returned home before Lin Cuilan got off work. She took out the clothes prepared for Lin Cuilan from the space and placed them on the kang in Lin Cuilan's room.
What she took out were naturally not the newly made ones today, but two sets of autumn clothes that she took out from the space for Lin Cuilan based on the previous batch of defective cloth. One was a gray-black Lenin suit, and the other was a set of black pants with a white plaid lapel shirt.
When Lin Cuilan came back from get off work, she pushed open the door and saw Lin Ruan's bicycle. She was still wondering why Lin Ruan came back so early when she saw Lin Ruan walking out of her room.