Chapter 720: National Mining System (11)

"Yang, doesn't Dad have a gift?"

Xie Bangde stood at the doorway at some unknown time, looking at his daughter with a gaze that was kind yet carried a hint of resentment:

"Your brother hasn't done anything besides mop the floor for you, but Dad spared no effort to fall out with your Uncle Andewa and fought through the crowd to snatch a Mecha arm, intending to make a mechanical arm for you to assist with mining."

Xie Yang: "..."

Treat everyone equally, treat everyone equally!

She immediately took out another potted plant—a parlor palm, which could bloom with small yellow flowers and bear bright orange fruit in the spring.

After thinking about it, she simply took out another pot: "This is for Mom."

Anyway, no one knew what kind of treasures were opened from the Blind Boxes found; most miners didn't even know what a Blind Box looked like, and the few miners who, like her, had found a Blind Box, were too busy hiding them to ever communicate with others about what treasures they had found.

Why not take this opportunity to get some ingredients out?

Three meals of Nutrient Solution a day—even if her stomach was used to it, her mouth certainly wasn't.

Especially since the Xie Family owned such a large piece of land, what a pity to leave it empty!

If they could open up a vegetable patch to grow ingredients and dig a pond to raise Fish and Shrimp, given the current environment of the Garbage Star, they couldn't start a large Nongchang, but setting up a self-sufficient family-style small Nongchang was perfectly doable!

Thinking this, Xie Yang quickly rummaged through the stockpiled Seed Vault and pulled out a batch of improved, high-quality, high-yield grain, vegetable, and fruit seeds.

"Dad, these are treasures I opened from Blind Boxes while mining. Besides these few small potted plants, there is also a bag of seeds. The system said these are all natural food seeds, brought from a remote planet called Earth. Why don't we clear a plot of land and try planting them?"

Although Xie Bangde didn't believe these seeds could survive on the Garbage Star, especially since they were natural food. Natural food was so precious; if it could grow in soil as trashy as the Garbage Star's, wouldn't the whole galaxy be full of it?

However, seeing his daughter so enthusiastic, he naturally had to support her.

Didn't he just acquire a Mecha arm? He might as well modify it into an Excavator that could both mine and dig soil!

Xie Bangde did as he thought, dove into the tool room, and got busy.

Xie Bo roughly understood that his sister wanted to plant these seeds in the courtyard, so without a word, he followed her to the tool room and silently began acting as an assistant to Xie Ba.

"Eh, your brother actually went to the tool room?"

Su Moli thought her husband and children were all in her daughter's room, so she carried a tray to distribute Nutrient Solution to everyone.

To celebrate her daughter's safe return home, she had taken out the Star Coins she had saved by scrimping and saving over the past period and entrusted someone to buy the latest version of Nutrient Solution on the market.

Unexpectedly, only her daughter was there, and the two men had gone to the tool room. Her surprise was written all over her face as she curiously asked Xie Yang: "How did you persuade your brother?"

Xie Yang smiled and said: "Brother went on his own initiative."

Upon hearing this, Su Moli was even more surprised: "Oh my! He went on his own initiative? That's just wonderful!"

Xie Yang told her about the idea of renovating the courtyard and received Su Moli's full support.

She had always liked flowers and plants, but unfortunately, seeds from the Federal Star were both expensive and difficult to grow; cheap seeds existed, of course, but they were very hard to grow.

Recently, she had heard that the Agricultural Reclamation Star had cultivated a batch of seeds with good soil adaptability, but the price was outrageously expensive, so Su Moli could only browse the Star Net to satisfy her cravings and never thought about buying them to plant. With that money, wouldn't it be better to save up to buy a Mecha for her children?

She never expected that her daughter would find seeds while mining on the Mining Star, and they were natural food seeds that even the Agricultural Reclamation Star might not have!

Regardless of whether they could grow, there was no harm in trying!

As for the pond her daughter mentioned, that was easy!

"Mom will video call your Aunt Liya right now. Her family has a second-hand Excavation Robot, and after your dad helps fix it, it will work like new. Others might not be able to borrow it from your Aunt Liya, but since our family needs it, she will definitely be happy to lend it. We can dig the pond you want today."

Xie Yang followed Su Moli downstairs.

The family of four was immersed in the harmony of a family reunion and the busy joy of renovating their home, unaware of how lively the outside world was at this moment.

"Have you heard? Among the replacement miners this term, there's a big shot called 'X', super awesome."

"How could I not have heard! A relative of mine is on this term's list, and he said he almost couldn't finish this month's quota Task. It was only by trading a set of new-style bath products for the Gold Ore needed for the Task with X that he got this vacation. Look, as soon as he got home, he started shopping on the Star Net, saying he wanted to stock up on more permitted daily necessities so he could trade with big shot X if he couldn't meet the ore quota required for the Task next month."

"Haha! Same here! As soon as my junior sister came back, she booked a short-term trip for a day and night, saying she was going to hunt for some rare goods to trade for ore with big shot X later."

"In my opinion, that X is a big fool, right? The most expensive Nutrient Solution and daily necessities on the market aren't worth a piece of Gold Ore or Silver Ore."

"I also think this X has a problem; if they aren't a big fool, then they have ulterior motives. Otherwise, who would help people for no reason by subsidizing them? Wouldn't it be better to bring back the surplus ore and sell it for a high price?"

"Regardless of what ulterior motives X has, at least they let our family members get a three-day vacation. I support X!"

"I also support big shot X!"

"Stop arguing! Has anyone of you tasted the Octopus Balls made by big shot X? Super delicious! I guarantee this is definitely the most novel and delicious natural food currently on the market!"

"In that case, is big shot X from the Chef Association?"

"No wonder they are so generous! The benefits and treatment of the Chef Association are well known! It's a pity I was screened out during the physical examination, otherwise I could have been a colleague with big shot X! Hehe!"

"Dream on! Big shot X's skills, one look and you know they aren't an ordinary chef, at least Imperial Grade or above!"

"You're joking, right! Which of those above Imperial Grade isn't a personal chef for the Federation's top brass? How could they possibly go to a Mining Star?"

"That's true! Then who exactly is X?"

#MysteriousX#

Unknowingly, this topic had already climbed to the top of the Star Net trending list.

The popularity surrounding the topic of big shot X remained high.

Also trending were the Octopus Balls traded from big shot X.

Some people took pictures and videos of the Octopus Balls they brought home and posted them on the Star Net, attracting the attention of many Star Citizens.

They didn't hesitate to spend Star Coins to enable the sense of smell and taste, and then they commented one after another:

"Truly delicious!"

"When will the Chef Association launch this finished product? Want to buy!"

"Want to buy +1!"

"Instead of waiting for the Chef Association to launch the finished product, it's better to have the miners purchase it on our behalf!"

"I heard it's only 5 Star Coins each? I'll offer 10!"

"There's a newly opened small shop on the Star Net selling this! It's probably also brought back from the Mining Star, only 10 Star Coins each!"

"Really?"

"Stop looking, it sold out eight hundred years ago!"

"Hahahaha! I bought them all! I was curious when I saw them pop up back then, so I bought one to taste. I discovered the flavor was truly delicious, so I bought the whole lot!"

"Ahhh! I beg you to resell me one! I'll pay 20 Star Coins!"

"I'll pay 30 Star Coins!"

"Are you all crazy? For such a tiny little thing, its nutritional value to the human body isn't even as good as a 2 Star Coin tube of ordinary Nutrient Solution. It's nothing more than satisfying a craving; is it worth driving the price up like this?"

"I'm not short on money and I'm happy! Is that any of your business?"

"……"

Xie Yang, who only noticed the Star Net activity when setting off for the Mining Star again: "……"

Did she miss an opportunity to get rich?