Everything Starts With a Full Stomach

The simple dirt bed was extremely difficult to sleep on, and mosquitoes constantly buzzed around late at night, making Chen Xuan very uncomfortable.

He couldn't fall asleep for a long time.

The sudden transmigration.

The sudden Otherworld, the sudden Conceptual Ability.

Too much had happened this day.

Looking at Xiao Shitou and his mother, who were already asleep beside him, Chen Xuan quietly got out of bed.

But he didn't leave.

Instead, his gaze fell on what was in front of him.

"Set!"

His heart stirred slightly.

The next moment, lines of text appeared.

Target: Eat until full (To be determined)

Setting complete

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"Path 1: Green Mountain City's West City Pharmacy is short of a herb-picking boy. Arrive at Green Mountain City within two days, join the West City Pharmacy, and become a herb-picking boy."

Path 2: Green Mountain City's Fierce Mountain Hall is recruiting members. Arrive at Green Mountain City within twenty-four hours, offer one tael of silver to Steward Chen, and you can join Fierce Mountain Hall.

"Path 3...!"

The same text appeared again, clearly changed from the evening.

Looking at these lines of text, Chen Xuan's eyes flickered, and soon new text appeared again.

Target: Obtain food tomorrow (To be determined)

Setting complete

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"Path 1: Tomorrow evening, place a fifty-centimeter bluestone two meters from the riverbank. After half an hour, you can obtain a Black Carp."

"Path 2: At the foot of the Back Mountain in Small River Village, under the Large Pine Tree, a wild chicken will be injured by a wild wolf's attack tomorrow and fall to the ground unable to move. Arrive within an hour, and you can obtain the wild chicken."

Target

His thoughts flickered constantly. Under the moonlight, Chen Xuan kept trying out his Conceptual Ability.

Until late at night.

As the Moonlight Essence gradually fell.

Chen Xuan slowly fell into a deep sleep, feeling exhausted.

In the early morning, accompanied by the sunlight of dawn, the sun slowly shone through the cracks in the wall. Chen Xuan felt a slight itch on his body and instinctively scratched a couple of times. A greater itch immediately followed, instantly waking him up.

He flipped over and climbed out of bed.

He vigorously scratched several red, swollen bumps on his body, his gaze involuntarily sweeping across his surroundings.

When the familiar, dilapidated room came into view, Chen Xuan couldn't help but sigh.

Clearly, he couldn't go back.

"Are you up? Hurry and wash your face, it's time to eat."

Zhang Chunhua outside the door seemed to have heard the movement in the room and her gentle voice drifted in.

"Coming!"

Chen Xuan responded loudly, then quickly got out of bed and put on his somewhat damaged straw sandals.

The straw sandals were extremely uncomfortable, but after a full day yesterday, he was somewhat used to them now.

As he walked out of the inner room, he saw that his mother had already brought in a steaming bowl of fish.

"Hurry and wash your face, it'll get cold later."

Zhang Chunhua said softly.

"Guoguo, eat fish!"

His younger brother, Xiao Shitou, followed behind Zhang Chunhua, also happily speaking to Chen Xuan.

"Good boy, Xiao Shitou!"

Chen Xuan smiled and patted his brother's head, then quickly walked out of the room to wash up.

Washing up in the countryside was naturally not as complicated as in his previous life. There wasn't even a towel; he just used clean water to rub his face a few times and that was it.

As for brushing his teeth, that was out of the question.

Let alone toothpaste, even cleaning with salt was impossible.

In this era, which was similar to ancient times, the price of salt was also extremely expensive.

However, Chen Xuan thought for a moment, then went to the stove and found some charcoal. He then used the charcoal to clean his teeth, which was better than nothing.

After washing up, he returned to the inner room.

At this moment, Zhang Chunhua and Xiao Shitou were already seated.

"After you eat, Er Gou, you come with me to the bamboo forest on the back mountain. See if we can dig up some wild vegetables!"

Zhang Chunhua sighed and said softly.

"Mother, I want to go to the river again!"

Listening to his mother's words, Chen Xuan was silent for a moment before speaking seriously.

In his memory, the village suffered a great disaster this year, seemingly a locust plague.

Wild vegetables, let alone wild vegetables, even the tree bark in the village was almost eaten up.

The reason there were still fish in the river was because the fish were extremely fierce, and the river seemed very deep; no one who went down had ever come back up, which was why there were fish.

Wild vegetables that were previously seen everywhere were probably impossible to find now.

"Then, be careful, don't go into the water!"

Zhang Chunhua opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but looking at the fish on the table, she ultimately didn't say it, instead softly cautioning him.

"I know, Mother!"

Chen Xuan nodded.

The family ate slowly in silence.

Xiao Shitou also seemed to sense the atmosphere, just eating his rice in small bites without speaking.

And in this silence, the meal was quickly finished.

Chen Xuan cleared the table.

Zhang Chunhua, carrying a bamboo basket and a hoe, left the house, clearly going to dig for wild vegetables.

Seeing this scene, Chen Xuan's heart couldn't help but feel heavier.

"Hoo!"

Slowly exhaling a breath of stale air, Chen Xuan's gaze then fell upon the transparent panel in front of him that only he could see.

Target: Obtain food (To be determined)

Setting complete

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"Method 1: Place a fifty-centimeter bluestone two meters from the riverbank in the evening. After half an hour, a Black Carp can be obtained."

"Method 2: At the foot of the Large Pine Tree on the Back Mountain of Small River Village, a wild chicken will be injured today due to a wolf attack and fall to the ground unable to move. Arrive within an hour to obtain the wild chicken."

The text displayed was precisely one of the settings he had tried yesterday.

It was also what he planned to do today.

Although he had tried many things yesterday, many of the target settings had made his heart pound.

But Chen Xuan understood even more clearly that one must eat one bite at a time and walk one step at a time.

Currently, the most important thing for him was to eat his fill.

As for other things, those were matters to consider after he had eaten his fill.

He looked at the sky.

After giving Xiao Shitou some instructions, Chen Xuan also took a basket and headed out.

His destination was the Back Mountain.

That's right, the Back Mountain.

Although he could still catch Black Carp from the small river this time, the problem was that the stones had to be placed further in the middle of the river. With his small arms and legs, Chen Xuan thought about it and decided to give up.

He hadn't forgotten how his predecessor died.

Compared to the Black Carp in the river, the wild chicken on the Back Mountain was actually simpler to catch.

Although the Back Mountain was extremely dangerous, he wasn't going deep into the forest. Chen Xuan knew the location of that Large Pine Tree; it wasn't far from the village, so there was no danger.

In fact, that was the case.

In about half an hour, Chen Xuan found the Large Pine Tree.