Chapter 4: The System Is Late but Arrives

Until the voice came from the room, Jiang Jinshi stood up, patted the clothes on his body, and walked toward the room.

"Mother, eat something! Don't worry about the grain. I will solve it."

These words made Jiang Li roll her eyes secretly. Just you?

Relying on gambling to win grain?

In front of her mother, Jiang Li didn't say the words in her heart, but it was clear she didn't believe what Jiang Jinshi said.

On the contrary, Liu Yu was very excited when she heard this, and a smile appeared on her face. What she hoped for most was that her son could turn over a new leaf and take on the responsibility of the family like a man.

"Good! Good! It's enough that you have this heart. Mother isn't hungry, you two eat! You two eat!"

Jiang Jinshi saw that he couldn't persuade her, so he helplessly took the bowl from Jiang Li's hand: "Little Pear, go eat! I'll feed Mother."

Jiang Li widened her eyes, looking at this somewhat strange big brother in disbelief, unable to believe that such words came from him.

Hearing this, Liu Yu hurriedly supported her body and leaned against the head of the bed, saying: "My feet are just useless, my hands are still fine! I can eat by myself, you two siblings go eat quickly!"

Jiang Jinshi didn't force it. As long as Mother was willing to eat, it was fine. He turned around and went out of the room with Jiang Li.

Picking up the bowl and blowing twice, he couldn't wait to suck in a large mouthful of barley porridge. The fragrance of barley was completely non-existent; he only felt his throat being scraped painfully.

Under the current conditions, it was good enough to have barley porridge to drink. One had to know that Jiang Li had never drunk barley porridge since she could remember; most of the time it was amaranth porridge or bean rice.

This barley was exchanged by Jiang Li for wild vegetables like shepherd's purse, barnyard grass, and purslane. A full back of wild vegetables could only be exchanged for half a catty of barley. She just wanted her sick mother to eat something slightly better.

Nowadays, every household was preparing to rely on barley to survive this famine year. Any wild vegetable in the field had been plucked clean, and Jiang Li hadn't had a harvest for several days.

Because Da Jiang Cun was located in the north, most of the fields were planted with millet or beans, but due to the continuous drought, only barley, a crop that could overwinter, had a small harvest.

Swallowing the barley porridge in two or three bites, he finally suppressed the hunger in his stomach.

After the meal, Jiang Jinshi still sat on the mud floor thinking about a way out.

Distilling white liquor?

This place was not far from the northern border of the Da Qian Dynasty, and wars were constant all year round. Even as a tool for wound disinfection, there was no worry about sales, but he didn't think he could keep this sky-high wealth. It might only accelerate the death of his family.

Soap, a must-do for transmigrators?

No capital, no connections. Even if he overcame the capital difficulty, once the soap entered the city, it might not be surnamed Jiang anymore. One had to know that in this era, and in such a remote area, those big shots basically wouldn't set foot here. The County Magistrate was like a local emperor.

Copying some Tang poems and Song lyrics to sell?

In the original owner's memory, he didn't study for long, and his grades were always at the bottom. His classmates looked down on him.

Without anyone to vouch for him, others wouldn't believe him if he said he had good poems. If he handed over the poems without getting the silver, it would probably be like a meat bun hitting a dog—never to return.

Thinking of this, Jiang Jinshi felt somewhat irritable. It was said that everyone had three wallets.

The first wallet is how much money you actually have, the second wallet is how much your credit is worth, and the third wallet is how much others think you have.

Now all three wallets were empty. What else could he do?

Jiang Jinshi secretly complained in his heart: was he going to be a mountain bandit and do business without capital?

Neighbors hoard grain, I hoard guns; the neighbor is my granary?

Ding~

Keyword detected, Mountain Bandit System is activating... Please wait!

The sudden mechanical sound in his mind made Jiang Jinshi daze for a moment, and the next moment he covered his face and cried: My system, you finally came!

I said how could the must-have item for the transmigration army be missing from me, but the Mountain Bandit System sounded a bit indecent.

After waiting for the loading to finish, a blue screen that only Jiang Jinshi could see appeared in front of him.

First, he saw three major sections: Personal Information, Tasks, and Recruitment.

Clicking on Personal Information, the panel changed.

Host: Jiang Jinshi (An ordinary useless teenager)

Territory: None

Points: 0

Combat Power: 5

Population: 1

The panel was very simple. After seeing it, Jiang Jinshi expressed confusion.

"System, what are points used for? How to get them?"

"Brother System, are you there?"

"Hey? If you're not there, say something!"

Jiang Li, who was washing bowls on the side, fell into deep thought as she watched her big brother crying and laughing for a while, and now even talking to himself.

She said why was her big brother so strange today! It turned out he was stupid.

Sure enough, she shouldn't have taken a gambler's words to heart.

Shaking her head and throwing what Jiang Jinshi said before to the back of her mind, she began to think about how to earn more grain, and her mother's body...

Jiang Jinshi didn't notice the look his sister gave him, focusing on the recruitment interface in front of him.

The recruitment interface was divided into five levels: SSR, SP, S, A, and B.

According to the instructions, recruitment could randomly summon the souls of famous civil officials or military generals in Chinese history.

The recruited souls could be fused into people of this era, but only those loyal to him could fuse. As for the effect, it was unknown for now.

Recruitment required consuming points. The higher the level, the higher the points consumed.

Jiang Jinshi suddenly thought, if he recruited the souls of Liu Bang and Xiang Yu at the same time, would the two people after fusion fight?

If they really fought, he would just be on the side mediating!

Forget it~ Forget it~

You can't beat him!

Thinking of this, Jiang Jinshi was full of joy. He could now be considered a cheater. It was just that he didn't know the way to get points yet. This system wasn't smart at all; he could only explore it step by step.

The task panel was easy to understand. After Jiang Jinshi clicked in, the mechanical sound triggered in his mind again.

【Doo! Ordinary useless teenager, as a mountain bandit, how can you not have robbed anyone? Complete the first robbery and get a Novice Gift Pack*1】

Looking at the only task in the panel, Jiang Jinshi's mouth twitched. What useless teenager, do you want to give me a fiancée breaking off the engagement too?

As for this task, Jiang Jinshi thought for a while and thought it wasn't difficult, so he immediately got up to look for tools to carry.

One had to know that he had been fatherless and motherless since childhood and didn't know how many fights he had fought. Although this body's constitution was a bit poor, he thought it wouldn't be a big problem.

Finally, Jiang Jinshi set his target on the rusty firewood knife. Looking at the "tetanus blade" in front of him, he nodded with satisfaction and got up to walk outside.

Jiang Li asked casually: "Where are you going with the firewood knife?"

"Going to rob!"

"Oh! Come back early, don't let Mother worry."

Without waiting for a response, Jiang Li looked up and only saw Jiang Jinshi's departing back, then continued to clean up nonchalantly.

Anyway, Jiang Jinshi had no money or grain on him. She was too lazy to care where he went. She didn't think he had the guts to commit crimes...

Eh! Just now he seemed to say he was going to rob?

...... ===== CHAPTER 5 =====