Chapter 17: Galaxy A77, Which Specializes in Strange Systems

As soon as she woke up this morning, the thought of yesterday's frustrating events instantly chased away all her sleepiness.

With a single thought, she opened the download progress bar and saw that it had successfully loaded.

Since it had loaded successfully, why hadn't it notified her? Song Suisui felt a bit puzzled.

So, she called out softly, "System, are you there?"

【FF Farm welcomes the Host! *Throws flower petals!*】

Song Suisui: "..."

Why were all the systems she encountered so abnormal?

But what on earth was FF Farm?

Song Suisui quickly opened FF Farm to take a look. The initial level of the farm only had four plots of land.

And those things—the friend list, the warehouse, the fish pond, the pasture—why did they look so familiar?

Thinking carefully, wasn't this just the Penguin Farm she used to play when she was a child?

"You're not going to make me steal crops, are you, System?"

【Correct, Host! Given that you are the first Host to bind with FF, you are gifted 100 friends!】

Next, FF introduced her to the gameplay and various functions of FF Farm.

Without even thinking, there wasn't much difference from the old-school Penguin Farm gameplay.

"Then this thatched hut can be upgraded, right?"

【Of course, but that will depend on the Host's own hard work.】

"Are you also a system produced by the A77 Galaxy?"

FF transformed its voice into a sweet, milky tone and said: 【That's right!】

Song Suisui desperately wanted to complain, but she didn't even know where to start.

Having experienced three systems, she seriously doubted whether the A77 Galaxy was a wholesale galaxy for systems.

There truly were all types of systems, and their functions were incredibly uncreative!

However, a "golden finger" was better than nothing.

As for this farm, Song Suisui hadn't decided how to arrange things yet.

It was getting late; she had to go to work first!

She would deal with the rest in the evening.

...

"Why are you so listless so early in the morning?" As soon as Song Tong came out of his room, he saw Song Suisui brushing her teeth with a drooping head and a desolate expression.

"Didn't... sleep... well..." Song Suisui replied indistinctly through the toothpaste.

Hearing this, Song Tong teased her with a laugh, "Oh~ so you actually have times when you don't sleep well!"

He was then met with a pair of massive white eyes from Song Suisui.

After brushing her teeth, Song Suisui gave him a huff and walked back with her head held high to put away her toothbrush cup.

"Tsk~ her temper is growing!" Song Tong said amusedly.

The family of six finished breakfast and headed out to work one by one.

Upon arriving at the factory, after the morning meeting, Director Zhang told Song Suisui to follow the procurement officer opposite her to the outskirts to purchase some fresh ingredients.

Since the spring seeds had only just been planted, there weren't many vegetables on the market, so the procurement department occasionally had to go out to source ingredients for the canteen.

Thus, Song Suisui went to the rural areas under Xinghai City with Brother Zhang.

Naturally, the two of them couldn't walk there. The factory had a medium-sized truck, so they drove it out for the procurement.

This was Song Suisui's first time riding a vehicle from this era.

Although it was a medium truck, in this era, it was already considered a luxury in the eyes of ordinary people.

Song Suisui naturally couldn't squeeze into the passenger seat with Brother Zhang, so she could only climb into the back cargo bed to sit.

Brother Zhang's surname was Zhang, so naturally, he was related to Director Zhang.

Although the others in the office rarely chatted with her, Song Suisui had already gathered information about everyone in the procurement department from Yu Fengyuan.

Brother Zhang was Director Zhang's youngest son. He was 25 years old this year and had a fiancée; it was said he would get married within the year.

The other two were veteran employees: one named Old He, thirty-seven years old.

The other was Old Qiao, thirty-three years old.

Both were men in the prime of their lives.

Because Song Suisui was a girl and the others didn't have particularly lively personalities, combined with the age gap, it was normal that they didn't care to talk to her much.

After all, in this era, early marriage and early childbirth were common; by calculation, Old He was old enough to be Song Suisui's father.

If you were to ask Song Suisui how the experience of a 1970s truck was, she would tell you one thing: it jolted so much her stomach felt like it was going to come up.

Especially on certain poorly maintained road sections, the bumping made her feel like she was about to fly into the sky!

By the time she got off the vehicle, her legs felt so weak she nearly fell over!

The villages Brother Zhang brought her to for procurement were all villages that cooperated with the machinery factory.

Before setting off, they had already called the village committees to notify them.

So, when they arrived, many villagers were already waiting with their collected mountain goods, eggs, and other agricultural products.

Brother Zhang let Song Suisui be in charge of the recording. She nodded, took out a notebook, and began recording them one by one.

After recording for a while, Song Suisui realized this village was quite prosperous.

Although they hadn't entered the village itself, looking at it from a distance, the houses in the village all had tiles; there were no thatched huts.

Since it was currently the spring season, which was the perfect time to eat wild vegetables, they collected quite a lot of wild greens during this procurement.

While Song Suisui was busy recording, a group of teenage boys and girls nearby were gathered under a large tree, watching the commotion.

"The city is so nice. Look at the style of that girl's clothes, they're so pretty."

"Her hair is braided beautifully too."

The girls whispered among themselves about Song Suisui's clothes and appearance.

The boys, on the other hand, were interested in the truck.

They huddled together, gossiping while simultaneously envying the truck drivers.

Song Suisui was both fast and accurate with her calculations, so it didn't take long to finish. After loading the goods onto the truck, they had to continue to the next village for more procurement.

They visited a total of three villages before heading back home.

By the time they returned to the factory, it was already past six o'clock. After tidying up her things, Song Suisui hurried home.

The last bus had already passed, so Song Suisui had no choice but to walk back on foot.

Since she couldn't move out, should she buy a bicycle?

As she was thinking about this while walking out of the machinery factory gates, she heard the voice of her eldest brother, Song Bai.

"Suisui."

"Big Brother, why are you here?"

"Look at the time. There are no more buses at this hour. Mom sent me to pick you up."

Song Suisui chuckled and then hopped onto the back seat of the bicycle.

"What's that smell on you? Did you go out today?"

Hearing Song Bai's words, Song Suisui's face darkened. She slapped Song Bai on the back and said, "Do you know how to talk?"

"Sis, we have to be realistic. You really do have all sorts of smells mixed on you. I truly can't say anything pleasant."

Song Suisui rolled her eyes at him. "Then just don't say anything."

Speaking of which, Song Suisui felt quite depressed.

When the truck went out, the cargo bed was empty, but when it came back, it was packed full, including some unslaughtered chickens and ducks.

She had ridden in the cargo bed on the way back, huddled together with a pile of vegetables and chickens and ducks; naturally, the smell wasn't pleasant.

Upon returning home, Song Suisui didn't even eat; she went straight to the kitchen stove to fetch a bucket of hot water.

Only after taking a comfortable bath did she start eating.

By the time she was eating, the rest of the Song family had almost finished.

"Did you go procurement today?"

"Mhm..." Song Suisui nodded while eating.

"I went to the countryside to procure some ingredients."

Once they understood, no one spoke to Song Suisui anymore, letting her eat in peace.

(End of Chapter)