The best survival in troubled times

The moment Pearl picked up the pen, she felt that this pen was much more comfortable than the brush she used.

When I was about to write, I felt like I couldn't put down the pen, as if something was controlling my hand, leading me to write stroke by stroke.

After writing two words, Pearl was overjoyed and felt that she had succeeded.

"I can do it."

While the pearl was bleeding, another big ink dot dropped onto the paper.

Pearl took a deep breath and didn't understand why she asked.

"My IQ must be pretty high, why can't I even hold a pen well?"

It took half a day for the system to make a machine sound.

"The host's IQ is just the average IQ among ordinary people."

"So it's normal for me to be stupid."

The system never expected that its host would be so good at comforting itself.

"You'd better practice hard. Only if you pass this exam will you have a chance to succeed. Other exams will be more difficult each time. Think about it yourself."

Pearl strongly agrees with this. This is the first exam since the founding of this country, so it will be relatively relaxed.

Pearl settled down and wrote stroke by stroke all night, feeling that she could finally write a word.

At least you know what the written words are, won't they be black?

Pearl calmed down and struggled with books every day.

Pearl finally finished reading two books completely, and it was already a month later when she could write the next article.

Pearl was very happy and felt that the system could reward herself.

"How about it? I did a good job, can you give me a reward?"

"Okay, you can exchange it for the noodles you want."

"Finally, I no longer have to eat that kind of whole grain cake every day."

At first it was black noodles, then whole grain pastry, and now the whole grains are mixed with wild vegetables, and everyone starts to drink wild vegetable soup.

The adults and children looked sallow after drinking.

Some people in the village have started to go there every day. They will pluck out all the green leaves and leaves of the trees and cook them when they can eat them at home.

Pearl was also a little worried. What if everyone in this village starved to death?

If I were to escape, where would I go? I was powerless to fight. If I couldn't fight, I couldn't run, so wouldn't I just wait to die?

The village chief is also worried every day. The old man is lying on the kang and is more worried than everyone else every day.

In the evening, the pearls were finally able to be exchanged for food. I thought I must exchange them for rice. I haven't even eaten a meal of rice porridge in such a long time since I've been here.

When it was time to exchange, Pearl was in trouble. There was no rice, no white flour, and only one kind of rice.

That rice is what everyone often eats in this era.

There is also the kind of wheat that has the husk.

Everyone just eats wheat rice and never grinds the wheat to eat in front of them.

Pearl looked at it for a long time, and finally chose a person from the world of cultivating immortals to exchange it with them, thinking that she could exchange it for something delicious.

When I clicked in and took a look, the pearls clicked out immediately.

There are all kinds of Yuan-Building Pills, Qi-Building Pills, and Foundation-Building Pills, but there is no rice.

These elixirs are very, very cheap, and you can exchange them as long as you are lazy.

Pearl looked at her pitiful five points of laziness.

I thought that I finally found someone of about the same age as myself, so I could change there. At least it would be a good harvest.

When changing the rice, Pearl saw that the rice was very expensive, so she could only change it for a small handful of rice due to her laziness.

But if you want to exchange rice, how many kilograms can you exchange?

"You said that even if I exchanged these rice, my whole family would eat in vain. Do you think it's strange?"

The system didn't say a word, thinking that this speed was not stupid.

Isn’t there something that makes me….

What Pearl wants to say is, isn’t there anything I can secretly fill myself up with?

But after thinking about how good the old man, old lady and this family were to me, I decided to forget it and give them some points if I eat.

Finally, Pearl thought about it, if her family was full and people in this village were starving, wouldn't they come and rob her family?

"The host actually has another way. There is a chestnut forest on the mountain."

"Then it's already been fucked off by others. It's useless for you to tell me."

"That's not true. Those wild chestnuts are all furry. No one dares to pick them up. Everyone is afraid of pricking them. Some people have eaten them and pricked them."

"You're not going to advise me to keep my laziness points first and take everyone to masturbate, right?"

"Then think about it for yourself. Anyway, if you go, you can get through this difficult time together. If you don't go, they will starve to death. What do you think you can gain?"

"There is another thing about the host. There is another person in this era who can be an official. Do you know what it is?"

"Speak quickly and I'll listen."

"That is, if everyone recommends you, you can become an official."

"I went directly without taking the exam."

"Yes, but you have to make contributions to everyone and they must recognize you before you can go. Otherwise, you won't be able to go."

"Actually, there is one thing I didn't tell the host. Host, if you don't work hard, you may really be able to escape.

This place is a prince's fiefdom. Think about it when the country was just established. Will others hit you? Will you run away if others hit you?

If you run away, it’s a matter of whether you can live or not? "

"It's so difficult for me. I'm going to starve to death and I have to think about escaping."

"Then just work hard. You can keep your laziness points. Maybe it will be of great use in the future?"

"Can I change my technique to become an immortal?"

"No."

"Then can I have a special power?"

"No."

"Then can I become so powerful that no one can beat me?"

"No."

"Then can I take a drug and become very, very smart?"

"No."

"Then can I live forever and never die?"

"No."

"Then tell me, what can you do?"

"You can exchange grain, food, and supplies with them, but it can't be anything older than this era. If it's older than this era, you can't exchange it."

"Actually, you can exchange more books with them. Their books are very cheap. If you are lazy, you can only exchange a lot of books."

When Pearl heard this, she immediately gave up the idea. She hadn't finished reading her pile of books yet. Why, she still wanted to crush herself to death with books?

"Forget it, let me think about it again. Since you can locate the chestnut forest on the mountain, why didn't you tell me before?"

"The host never asked, why did I say it?"

Pearl thought that if he could locate it so far away, if there was any danger, he would know it first.

Thinking of this, Pearl was happy. If he took the exam, could he help him copy the correct answer?