Though Ding Yun felt the golden finger she had randomly drawn this time was rather useless, believing it wouldn't be needed in an era of material abundance, she couldn't return it without trying it out. How else would she write the trial report?
So, in the next second, she bound the sign-in device.
And then, she clicked to sign in.
[Beep, initial sign-in bonus, congratulations on obtaining one hundred jin of refined rice, one hundred jin of refined flour, five hundred jin of coarse grains, fifty jin of pork, fifty jin of beef, fifty jin of lamb, ten chickens and ducks each, one hundred jin of fish, and one thousand eggs.]
[Congratulations on obtaining ration coupons... Detecting that the era the host is in no longer uses ration coupons and other vouchers, rewards are being replaced, congratulations on obtaining ten ten-gram goldfish.]
[Congratulations on obtaining the skill 'Strong as an Ox', a must-have skill for educated youths sent to the countryside. From now on, you will be the most beautiful, capable, and farming-savvy educated youth in the villagers' eyes.]
Perhaps because it was the initial sign-in, the sign-in device's rewards were quite good. Decades ago, it would have been considered a massive fortune. Before the original host's luck changed, it would have been a small windfall. Now, only the 'Strong as an Ox' skill held any real value for Ding Yun.
Ding Yun did not extract the food or the gold bars, but kept them stored in the sign-in device's built-in storage space. She only extracted the 'Strong as an Ox' skill. As this skill was successfully extracted, a mighty surge of power suddenly appeared within her, rapidly transforming her body's muscles and bones. Simultaneously, it also healed the injuries that hadn't been fully repaired by taking elixirs earlier.
In a short while, Ding Yun had completely recovered and felt truly strong as an ox, possessing immense power.
The only downside was that she was now extremely hungry.
Hungry to the point of stomach cramps.
Although there was plenty of food nearby, Ding Yun didn't touch it. Instead, she took two bottles of Qi and Blood Pills from her soul space. Having her body modified to be strong as an ox definitely consumed energy. The skill replaced some of the energy, but her body also needed to expend energy. Replenishing solely with food would take an unknown amount of time. Qi and Blood Pills, however, were different; they were specifically for replenishing Qi and blood energy.
After downing two bottles, Ding Yun was no longer hungry.
Then, of course, came cleaning up the mess.
She swept up the shattered glass bottles, set aside the unbroken ones, and removed all the wet sheets and bedding, placing them on the balcony to dry.
Fortunately, with her newfound strength of an ox, these tasks were quite easy. She finished them smoothly in no time. However, after finishing, she had nowhere to sleep. The original host had stockpiled many other things, but not extra sheets or bedding; she only had one set, which was now wet and unusable. Moreover, having just integrated the 'Strong as an Ox' skill, Ding Yun felt full of energy and wasn't sleepy at all.
So, Ding Yun decided not to sleep.
She immediately began a thorough reorganization overnight.
Her upstairs and downstairs neighbors, either hadn't sold their places yet or had sold them but hadn't started renovations.
She had paid in full, so her simple renovation was the fastest.
Therefore, she didn't need to worry about disturbing anyone.
Time quickly passed as Ding Yun continued her reorganization. By around 8:30 the next morning, Ding Yun had sorted, categorized, and integrated all the items in her home. Many things were recently purchased by the original host, some still in their unopened快递 boxes, simply piled together. Ding Yun's task was to open all the快递, remove all unnecessary packaging, and then neatly arrange everything by category.
Even snacks needed to be sorted: puffed snacks in the puffed snack area, dried fruits in the dried fruit area, and preserved dried fruits in the preserved dried fruit section, making them easier to find.
Of course, ease of finding wasn't Ding Yun's primary goal. Her main objective was to categorize them and see which items were in excess, so she could find ways to sell them quickly. Otherwise, how long would it take her to eat them all? Furthermore, some items had short shelf lives, and the quantities the original host bought were so large that they would expire before she could finish them.
Wouldn't it be a waste not to sell them?
Especially the hand-peeled oranges, originally priced at a thousand yuan and bought for five hundred yuan after a discount. There were over two hundred jin of them. Eating ten jin a day, it would still take over half a month to finish.
Not to mention the large pile of other fruits at home.
Most importantly, Ding Yun discovered that the sign-in device's attached space could not store external items; it could only hold items obtained from sign-ins. Ding Yun didn't want these items to take up space in her soul space.
Therefore, finding ways to sell them was naturally the best option.
After breakfast, Ding Yun still didn't take a nap. Instead, she moved the two hundred-plus jin of hand-peeled oranges that the original host had painstakingly brought upstairs back downstairs. Then, she found a small shop in the first phase of the neighborhood, which had already been built and was fully occupied. In exchange for a box of hand-peeled oranges, she borrowed their three-wheeled vehicle. With the remaining twenty-odd boxes of hand-peeled oranges, she headed out to sell them.
Her neighborhood was considered a school district area in a tier seven or eight city. Within a kilometer to the left was an elementary school, and within a kilometer to the right were a middle school and a high school. Coupled with the numerous nearby residential areas, there were plenty of unlicensed street vendors. Ding Yun was just one more. Soon, she reached the area with the most unlicensed vendors and began to hawk her wares:
"Hand-peeled oranges for sale, fresh hand-peeled oranges! One yuan each, regardless of size! One yuan each! Come early to pick the big ones! Come early to pick the big ones!"
Ding Yun had opened a box earlier to check. A box, weighing about ten jin gross, contained about twenty hand-peeled oranges. Some might have one or two more, some might have one or two less.
The margin of error was small.
At the original price, the average price was about two yuan per orange. But the original host had used a five-hundred-yuan discount coupon, and Ding Yun wasn't expecting to make much profit from this.
So, she decided to sell them at half price.
The sooner she sold them, the better, as she still had a lot of other things at home.
As expected, as soon as she shouted her price, people became curious and gathered around. Some even picked up the boxes to feel the weight of the hand-peeled oranges inside, thinking that two hand-peeled oranges might not weigh a jin, but three definitely would. Overall, at over two yuan a jin, it was quite a bargain, much cheaper than the fruit shop next door.
The cheapest fruit at the fruit shop was over six yuan a jin, and the larger ones were over ten yuan a jin.
While the appearance of these oranges wasn't as good as those in the fruit shop, they were undeniably cheap.
Therefore, people soon began to carefully select the hand-peeled oranges from Ding Yun's boxes, primarily picking the larger ones. Since they were being sold by the piece, it was natural to pick the big ones.
No one was foolish, and no one wanted to lose out.
Who wouldn't want to take advantage of a good deal?
After picking from one box and not being satisfied, they proceeded to open the remaining unopened boxes one by one to pick. In a short while, Ding Yun's two hundred-plus jin of hand-peeled oranges were mostly picked by dozens of customers. What remained in the boxes were basically the very small ones.
But Ding Yun was too lazy to take them back.
So, she quickly launched another promotion, changing the price from one yuan each to two yuan for three. After all, they were smaller now. As expected, with the price reduction, more people quickly started picking. This time, all the hand-peeled oranges, except for the rotten ones, were finally sold.
Then, Ding Yun threw away the rotten ones, packed up the cardboard boxes, sold them to a nearby scrap collector, and quickly rode the three-wheeled vehicle back. She had to go back and move more snacks.
It wasn't yet time for students to finish school, nor was it the busiest time of day. Naturally, she wanted to sell as much as she could while she had the chance, otherwise, she would have to borrow a three-wheeled vehicle again next time.
Quick Transmigration Maniac reminds you: Please remember to collect after reading.