After finishing the design, she bought the special lighting fixtures and other materials the shop needed from the system and put them in Song Qi's space. When she went out with him tomorrow, she would find a chance to take them out somewhere else and transport them to the shop.
Seeing that there was nothing else to do, Song Qi wanted to go out for a walk and get some exercise. Shen Moxi did not go, since she still had something important to take care of, and let him go out alone. There was hardly anyone nearby anyway.
Once Song Qi had gone out, Shen Moxi took off her shoes, climbed onto the kang, and called Xiao Tao to ask about the auction results. This little thing really was exhausting. She had to ask about every auction herself; it was so unhurried that it never said anything unless asked.
"Xiao Tao, have the things I gave you been auctioned off yet?" Shen Moxi stretched, then stood up to walk around.
Xiao Tao immediately came online. "Master, they have. You came just as I finished processing everything."
Shen Moxi could only roll her eyes. It had an excuse for everything, and she could not see how they operated anyway. She sighed. "How much did they sell for altogether?"
"Master, the four secret manuals and two medicinal herbs sold for forty-six million in total." Xiao Tao added the auction proceeds to the system balance.
Shen Moxi asked in surprise, "Are you sure there wasn't a mistake? Why so little?"
Xiao Tao nodded like a person. "There was no mistake. The two medicinal herbs were worth more. The manuals were for cultivation, so they weren't practical in the interstellar world. They were resold to other planets, and the handling fees in between were very high, so... you understand."
Shen Moxi: ...I don't understand.
Ugh, I want to cry. T﹏T
"Fine, fine. You're the big shot, so you call the shots. Enable sharing for the farm and ranch. I'm going to start using them in a bit." Shen Moxi no longer wanted to say anything. This was so exhausting.
"All right, Master. Sharing has been enabled. You can select items to plant and raise from the farm shop and ranch shop," Xiao Tao replied.
Shen Moxi opened the farm, clicked on the shop, and looked through the crop seeds. There really were plenty of varieties: Chinese cabbage, potatoes, eggplants, green beans, cucumbers, tomatoes, cauliflower, round cabbage, peppers, and more. There were all kinds of flower seeds too. What a complete selection.
She chose seeds suited to the season and planted them. The farm had twenty small plots available, with each plot taking one seed and growing one crop. After choosing for quite a while, she planted five plots of eggplants, five of green beans, five of cucumbers, and five of tomatoes.
"Ugh, isn't this way too little?" Shen Moxi felt glum.
"Master, you've got the wrong idea. Farm crops mature in three days, and animals raised on the ranch mature in five days. That's much better than in your outside world." Hearing her dissatisfaction, Xiao Tao immediately popped up to explain.
Shen Moxi's eyes lit up. "Really? Why didn't you tell me? Your service attitude needs work. You're so careless."
Xiao Tao: ...
"Master, I didn't forget. I just hadn't had time to tell you yet. You looked so happy keeping busy just now that I wanted to wait until you were done."
Shen Moxi simply rolled her eyes and ignored it. It had an excuse for everything.
She opened the ranch and looked at what she could raise. There were quite a few animals to choose from, and the ranch could hold twenty.
The options included cattle, sheep, pigs, dogs, chickens, ducks, geese, donkeys, and seafood such as fish, shrimp, and crabs.
I should choose something practical first. After looking through them, she finally chose five cattle, five pigs, five chickens, and five geese.
As she looked at the little creatures, a tableful of delicious dishes appeared before her eyes: braised beef, beef brisket with tomatoes, beef jerky, pork belly, dried pork, roast chicken, roast goose...
"No, I can't keep thinking about it. Wait, just be patient a little longer. It's only five days. I can do this." Shen Moxi closed the interface and shook her head to calm her foodie heart.
When Song Qi returned from his walk, he saw Shen Moxi sitting on the edge of the kang, frowning one moment and shaking her head the next. Amused, he walked over and waved a hand in front of her eyes. "Little girl, what are you doing?"
Shen Moxi looked up and saw that Song Qi was back. Still feeling quite disgruntled, she told him about the auction.
After listening, Song Qi smiled and stroked her head. "What's there to be upset about? Those secret manuals were indeed good, but that was on the cultivation continent. In an ordinary place without spiritual energy like yours, they're just useless scraps of paper. It's already good that they had a way to pass them on to someone else."
"Ah, all right, I get it. I thought they'd at least sell for eight or nine million so I could unlock my storage function at the same time. Who knew they'd sell for so little?" Shen Moxi sighed and lay down on the kang.
Song Qi raised his eyebrows at that. So that was it. The auction had brought in too little to unlock her storage space.
Sitting on the edge of the kang, he sent his divine sense into his space. He remembered collecting a great deal of jewelry in the past, all acquired while punishing villains and rooting out evil. Some had been collected by his subordinates too, but he had no use for it, so it had been piled in another corner all this time. After so long, he had forgotten about it.
He went to the most out-of-the-way room and opened it. Inside, it was filled with spirit stones, jewelry, and a great deal of gold.
He did not know what would fetch a higher price in her system, but that luminous pearl had clearly sold for a great deal. He still had quite a few, but he did not intend to auction off the rest. Since the little girl liked them, he would keep them.
He picked out a chest of jewelry at random, took it out, and set it beside Shen Moxi. "Little girl, take a look and see which of these would fetch a better price at auction. You can have them."
Shen Moxi opened her eyes to look at him, then saw the large chest beside her. Startled, she immediately sat up and looked at him. "What's in here?"
Song Qi smiled and reached out to open the chest. "Some treasures I collected in the past. See which ones are worth the most and take them to auction. There's no use leaving so many sitting around. Just keep the ones you like."
Shen Moxi leaned closer and drew in a breath. "Wow, there are so many good things! Pearls, agate, jadeite, amber, red coral, and so many beautiful sets of jewelry!"
"Yes. I collected them in the past, then left them in a corner and forgot about them. I have no use for them, so take them." Song Qi smiled and stroked her head.
Sob, sob, I'm so touched...
Shen Moxi excitedly hugged Song Qi and gave him a kiss. "I love you so much, Brother Song. Thank you."
After kissing him, she hugged the chest and started picking through its contents, completely failing to notice that Song Qi had frozen beside her.
As someone from ancient times, when had he ever experienced anything so uninhibited? Shen Moxi had been so excited just now that she had completely forgotten this.
Song Qi coughed awkwardly. "Go ahead and choose. I'll go out and wash up."
"Mm-hmm, go ahead." Shen Moxi waved without even looking up.
Song Qi walked out with red ears, his steps a little unsteady.
Shen Moxi was discussing with Xiao Tao in her mind what would fetch more at auction, so she could exchange the proceeds for points and upgrade her storage space.
In the end, she sent a few top-grade black pearls, red coral, and icy jadeite to auction. They should probably fetch a little over four million.