"Alright."
The shopkeeper took out the kind of string An Ning wanted, with one red and six other colors. Buying in bulk, it was weighed by the pound, which was more economical.
Looking at these strings, An Ning wanted them all.
After paying, An Ning intended to leave.
The shopkeeper called out, "Miss, would you be willing to sell the bracelet you just wove to the shop? I’ll offer two coins, which is a fair retail price."
An Ning politely turned back, "This is the first thing I’ve woven, and I’d like to keep it."
"Oh..."
An Ning ignored the shopkeeper’s expression that seed to want her to stay, and she left on her own.
This is different from mulberry wine, where mulberries are everywhere, and it was just a one-ti deal. Even if she didn’t reveal the thod to brew mulberry wine, a few experints would lead to success anyway.
But weaving technique isn’t sothing you can master just by looking at once.
Moreover, the shopkeeper was clearly undercutting the price and wanted her bracelet, obviously planning to dismantle it for study. She wasn’t going to be foolish.
Besides, she did buy these strings with the temporary intent of weaving small things to earn money, but who to sell them to later depended on how to gain more value.
After all, she was quite short on money now.
"Hey, careful, ma’am."
The street was very crowded, and an elderly lady almost fell, but An Ning helped steady her.
"Thank you, thank you, miss..."
"Gratitude value increased by one..."
This ti, the voice wasn’t the cold chanical one, but Tutu’s voice, which delighted An Ning.
It turned out, as long as you did good deeds, regardless of size, you would receive gratitude value.
"Wishful thinking, if you want to get gratitude value, you need to genuinely help others wholeheartedly, and the person must sincerely wish to thank you to gain gratitude value." Tutu’s voice was slightly weak, but An Ning could hear it.
An Ning seed to understand, "So, last ti I completed the task but didn’t get gratitude value because I wasn’t sincere when doing good, or the person didn’t appreciate it?"
Tutu: "You’re not entirely stupid after all."
An Ning: "..."
"Don’t you think this setting is too pointless? I can’t possibly go out every day looking for people in need of help, right?" An Ning asked.
"So you need to strengthen up quickly. When you have enough resources, you can build bridges and pave roads. Those who benefit will naturally thank you, and you’ll collect gratitude value to upgrade your space, gain more wealth, and help more people in need," said Tutu.
In the end, it still boils down to needing gratitude value!
Passing by the street corner again, An Ning gave a copper coin to each beggar.
However, so allowed her to gain gratitude value, and others did not.
So, An Ning learned a lesson.
Not every ti you help soone will they be grateful, and not every good deed will earn equivalent gratitude value.
Fortunately, in this world, the vast majority of people are normal and willing to give a little. It might an nothing to them, but to her, it was very important gratitude value.
An Ning had given her basket to Shopkeeper Li, so when she returned, she was carrying a bag filled with the strings and cloth she bought.
"Ningning, did you sell your mulberries?" Yan Qiushou was incredulous.
"Yes, I sold them. A shopkeeper bought them all to make wine, so I gave him the basket as well," An Ning replied.
Yan Qiushou didn’t ask how much An Ning sold them for, because he thought, even if she sold them, it wouldn’t be for much money, as those are everywhere in the mountains.
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