Do More Good Deeds

Eight households lived in two hundred square meters. Even divided equally, that was only about twenty-five square meters per family.

In reality, the rooms varied in size. Households with more people got slightly bigger ones, while those with fewer got smaller ones.

Liang Xin lived alone, so the neighborhood committee had assigned him the smallest room, just over ten square meters.

Everyone else's rooms were around twenty or thirty square meters.

The largest was only about forty square meters, and the smallest were about the same size as his.

Sister Xiao Zhu, whom he had just seen, was crammed into a little room about the same size as his with her husband and newborn son.

For Liang Xin living alone, a single room of just over ten square meters felt adequate.

But once he married and had children, his whole family would most likely have to live here for a long time.

Then it would be cramped.

But there was nothing to be done about that.

Food was in short supply for everyone, and living space was tight too.

After all, this was the capital. With so many people, it was only natural that there weren't enough homes to go around.

And when Liang Xin said he wanted to sell eggs and He Ting helped ask around, she hadn't simply chosen people based on how close they were to her, as he had assumed.

These three were all in somewhat special circumstances.

Grandpa Zhou and Grandma Zhou, for instance, were elderly and really did need more nourishment.

Besides, Grandpa Zhou usually did a great deal to look after everyone.

Then there was Aunt Song, whom he had just met. Her husband was ill and urgently needed extra nourishment too.

And Sister Xiao Zhu had just had a baby and wasn't producing enough milk. She needed eggs to help with that.

In any case, they were all having a somewhat hard time.

Their difficulties were all physical.

They had nothing to do with money.

At this time, everyone was a worker. Supplies were scarce, but very few people were actually short of money.

If someone really had been short of money, He Ting wouldn't have helped ask on their behalf.

What, was Liang Xin supposed to give eggs to struggling households for free?

Liang Xin couldn't afford to give them away either!

That was no way to help people.

Liang Xin realized that He Ting had deliberately stayed behind to explain why she had approached those people.

She was also teaching him a few principles.

Though He Ting herself might not have known what words to use to describe what she was saying.

But Liang Xin summed up the central point of her words.

She was telling him to do more good deeds.

Within his means and without hurting himself, he should do his best to help people in difficulty.

Liang Xin agreed with that!

It was also the prevailing spirit of the times!

The people here were simple and kindhearted!

He liked these harmonious relationships!

They made him feel at ease!

So he let go of his annoyance at Grandma Zhou's earlier attempt to get a little extra out of him.

Forget it. Why haggle with a little old lady?

After seeing He Ting off, Liang Xin held the ten yuan in his hands and laughed out loud like a fool.

"Why the hell should I keep working? I made five yuan just by reselling them! And I did several good deeds along the way!"

"I even farmed some experience!"

"Right, experience!"

The system notifications weren't loud, and it was easy to miss them when something else was going on.

He had vaguely heard several system notifications earlier, but he'd been busy and hadn't had time to pay attention.

When he checked now, his heart burst into bloom with delight.

Aunt He had bought two jin of eggs from him a couple of days ago, so selling her three jin this time didn't seem to have surprised her as much.

She had only given him three experience points.

When Grandma Zhou left, her face had been calm and unruffled, and she had even seemed to thank him perfunctorily.

But she had still given him five experience points!

For the sake of those five experience points, little old lady, I forgive your attitude!

Huh, Big Lei-no, Sister Xiao Zhu did well! She gave me seven experience points!

Were you that pleasantly surprised?

Hmm, it probably had something to do with the extra jin I gave her afterward.

Oh, my dear Aunt Song! You actually gave me nine points?

Don't worry. I, your big nephew, will sell you a few more jin of eggs in a couple of days!

I'll make sure Uncle Song gets his health back as soon as possible and throws himself back into socialist construction!

You can count on it!

The four women had given him three, five, seven, and nine experience points respectively, for a total of twenty-four.

Added to his previous experience, which had passed eighty points,

he saw that he had accumulated 106 experience points!

He was just short of the combined number of the heavenly spirits and earthly fiends!

[Enough experience accumulated. Upgrade?]

Seeing the message that had just popped up, Liang Xin was instantly overjoyed.

I can upgrade already?

That's faster than I expected!

I've only been reborn for a few days. Isn't this a little too fast?

You're so fast that it almost feels unreal!

This happiness came too suddenly!

What benefits will I get after upgrading? Can my daily check-in amount go from one yuan to ten?

Oh, it would be even better if I could get a hundred yuan from checking in every day!

Go ahead and surprise me all you want. I've got a strong heart, so I'm not afraid!

Liang Xin had already begun to fantasize about his wonderful life in the future!

"Upgrade. Upgrade immediately!"

He had thought he wouldn't save up a hundred experience points until tomorrow, when he could try to see whether he could upgrade.

He hadn't expected that, because he was short of money, buying and reselling some things to earn a little cash would let him save up a hundred experience points ahead of time.

And as an unexpected bonus, he had learned that upgrading required a hundred experience points!

What a happy occasion!

[Please make a wish]

"A wish? What am I supposed to wish for?"

"Are you Aladdin's Magic Lamp?"

After recovering from his surprise, Liang Xin asked cautiously,

"Can I really make a wish?"

"Then I want to go back!"