latelenovela Chapter 237 Guests are coming
Chapter 237 Guests are coming
Lu Jinyan wasn't stupid; she knew what they were thinking. She shook her head, said nothing more, and sat down at the table to invite everyone to eat.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye. During these three days, Lu Jinyan was very busy. Every day, she would go to Furong's inn to check on the sales of the dishes, and then she would secretly start selling things.
She needed to start preparing the betrothal gifts. Aunt Chun had said that betrothal gifts were usually valuable items like jewelry and spirit crystals. She did have quite a few pieces of jewelry, but they were all for girls, so they weren't really suitable as betrothal gifts.
So she selected some items, sold them at a pawn shop, then bought some new jewelry suitable for men, and upgraded everything in her space that could be upgraded.
She didn't want anyone to find out that she was selling things as betrothal gifts, so she did it secretly every day with willow catkins. But she needed so many things that she didn't dare to take too many things out each time she went to the pawnshop, for fear of arousing suspicion.
So after three days of struggling, she hadn't managed to get much money out. That night, Lu Jinyan lay in bed sighing, and the system couldn't bear to watch any longer.
"Host, stop sighing. If you keep sighing like this, the system will go crazy!"
"What's with this system acting all emo? I'm so annoyed by your host! Instead of comforting me, you're complaining about me!" Lu Jinyan said, feeling very wronged.
"It's just a dowry, what's so troublesome? It's a small problem!" The system rolled its eyes. Had the host forgotten about her?
"Hmm? A minor problem?" Lu Jinyan immediately sat up in bed and asked, "System, do you have a solution?"
"Yes, once this system is upgraded to level four, the host can convert those jewelry and clothes into items for men, so you won't have to secretly take things out to sell!" the system said, swaying its little feet.
"Huh? This thing can transform?" Lu Jinyan asked in surprise.
"Why not? But you have to upgrade this system to level four first. After the upgrade, there will be many more items in the system shop. You can also go directly to the system shop to choose betrothal gifts, and you can also barter!" The system's little eyes sparkled.
She didn't have enough points to upgrade to level four, but the host did, and together with the host's points, it would be enough.
"Damn, why didn't you tell me sooner that this was such a good thing!" Lu Jinyan cursed. If she had told me earlier, it would have been so convenient, and she wouldn't have had to go through all this trouble these past few days.
"Host, you didn't ask either?" the system said, feeling wronged.
"I..." Lu Jinyan swallowed the words she wanted to say: "Then what are we waiting for? Let's level up!"
"Not enough points!" the system wagged its tail.
"...I knew it, fine, fine. You just wait!" Lu Jinyan looked at her points with a bit of heartache. She had been saving them up and hadn't been willing to use them, just in case, but she couldn't care less about anything else right now.
She opened the system shop and selected some jewelry, clothes, pills, and other items that could be used as betrothal gifts. She bought the best and most expensive items until she had spent almost all her points. Then the system's voice came: "Host, that's enough, that's enough to level up!"
"Then what are we waiting for? Hurry up and update!" Lu Jinyan was a little impatient.
"Okay, host. This update will take five hours. Please wait patiently!"
"Ding, a friendly reminder: the system is updating, please wait patiently!"
With a gentle mechanical notification, the system panel went black. Lu Jinyan seemed to be in a good mood. If what the system said was true, she could exchange items in the shop after the update, and then she wouldn't have to sneak out to sell things every day.
The pawnshop owner always looked at her strangely, as if she were a thief trying to sell stolen goods.
Lu Jinyan originally wanted to wait for the system to finish updating, but it took too long, and she fell asleep in a daze. When she woke up early the next morning, the system had already been updated.
Lu Jinyan hurriedly took a look, and immediately her face lit up with a smile.
She exchanged all the mid-tier items for men's items, and then exchanged the low-tier items in the store, but the exchange rate was so low it made her want to curse.
Five low-tier items can be exchanged for one mid-tier item, and five mid-tier items can be exchanged for one high-tier item. This requires anywhere from ten to one hundred points.
The updated system shop also allows users to sell unused or useless items for points or demon crystals. This feature was quite appealing to Lu Jinyan, as it meant she wouldn't have to sneak around selling things anymore.
Although the system replacement was a bit of a rip-off, Lu Jinyan had plenty of stuff, so she didn't mind too much.
She prepared two identical betrothal gifts, showing no favoritism to either. Since Mo Xuan was the son of the Demon King, her betrothal gifts absolutely could not be too meager. So, after breakfast, Lu Jinyan, unusually, did not go out but returned to her own courtyard.
Then he entered the space and started exchanging and buying things. Low-level items were not presentable, and high-level items were too expensive, so most of the betrothal gifts were mid-level items. However, the system had said that a mid-level item provided by the system could be worth as much as a high-level item in the outside world.
So Lu Jinyan had some psychological comfort. She changed everything she could think of—surgery, clothes, items, weapons, pills—anything she thought looked good and was acceptable in the system.
In the end, the entire space was filled with dozens of boxes of various sizes. Lu Jinyan also filled more than ten boxes with demon crystals. Looking at her masterpiece, Lu Jinyan was very satisfied.
After leaving the space, she originally planned to go and try to improve her relationship with Ruohan and Lingyuan as usual, but then she saw Chuchu walking towards her in a hurry.
"Yanyan, you've come at the perfect time! I was just about to look for you!"
"Chuchu, why are you in such a hurry! What happened?" Lu Jinyan asked, puzzled.
"No, nothing happened, don't worry, it's Uncle Mu and Aunt Chun who are here!" Chu Chu pulled Lu Jinyan's hand and headed towards the front hall.
"Uncle Mu and the others are here?" Lu Jinyan asked in surprise. Why are they here? Didn't they say they didn't like traveling far?
"Yes. Sister-in-law Furong came with Uncle Mu and the others. They're having tea in the front hall right now. Let's hurry over!" Chu Chu pulled Lu Jinyan and left in a hurry.
Lu Jinyan didn't refuse and let her pull her towards the front hall. In the front hall, Uncle Mu, Aunt Chun, and Furong were drinking tea and waiting for Lu Jinyan to come over.
When Mo Xuan and Ruo Han heard from a servant that guests had arrived at the mansion, they hurriedly headed towards the front hall.