"Dad, you're right, I've bound to the Wildcat Supermarket System, otherwise how could I conjure up this baguette out of thin air?" Gu Qingcheng quickly explained.
"Husband, stop doubting. Our daughter definitely has a golden finger. I told you to read more online novels, but you refused, always saying I was going down the wrong path. Now look, we need you to be educated, don't we?" Hu Lanfang felt, for the first time in her life, that reading online novels was quite sophisticated. Now she had a reason, a righteous one, to no longer feel inferior for not reading the Four Great Classics. Haha!
Gu Chaobei habitually adjusted his glasses, but his hand fell short again. He chuckled, finally dropping the pretense, and said, "Actually, I read web novels too. But I read male-oriented ones, so I understand what you mean by 'golden finger.' It seems heaven has been kind to us. With a golden finger, our family can survive this chaotic world!"
"Alright, enough talk. I'm hungry. Let's share this baguette!" As Gu Qingcheng spoke, her stomach rumbled loudly. All three heard it and burst into laughter. They were a family, after all, so there was no need for awkwardness.
Gu Chaobei, with his strong sense of crisis, said, "Let's keep half. The three of us will eat one-third of the other half first. The remaining half is for emergencies. Who knows if this Wildcat Supermarket is reliable? Golden fingers are good, but they have various conditions. If we don't meet them, we can't use them."
Gu Qingcheng heard this and thought, *Dad is indeed a seasoned web novel enthusiast. He understands it all too well.* *Hmph, so Mom and Dad were secretly reading web novels while telling me not to get obsessed! Parents are always two-faced!* But this was good, it saved her the trouble of explaining. Gu Qingcheng pouted and told her parents the system's conditions.
Hu Lanfang listened, a bit bewildered, struggling to grasp the system's requirements. She said with difficulty, "Qingcheng, these 'satisfaction points' are indeed tricky. We need to be like your father said, stock up and prepare for the worst, lest we can't buy goods without satisfaction points and starve to death. It would be a waste of the golden finger!"
Gu Qingcheng also felt that the system seemed rather difficult to please. She thought her parents' words made sense and nodded like a pecking chick. Gu Chaobei then forcefully broke the baguette in half. He hid one half in their bundle and sliced the other half into three pieces. The difference was that Gu Qingcheng's piece was particularly thick, almost two-thirds of the width. Her parents were actually sharing one-third of that one-half.
Seeing this, Gu Qingcheng quickly said she was young and didn't need to eat so much, insisting on dividing it equally with her parents. But Gu Chaobei, as the head of the family, asserted his authority. "Do you understand more or do I? I'm a doctor. You're young now, with a vigorous metabolism. Your body needs more calories than ours. Your mother and I are middle-aged, our metabolism is slow, and we don't need so much food."
Gu Qingcheng thought about it and it did sound reasonable. But then she looked at their emaciated bodies after transmigrating, and her eyes welled up with emotion. Her parents' love was silent, always attacking their children's hearts like unseen assassins. She knew there would be no way to refuse today.
At this moment, Hu Lanfang added fuel to the fire. "Qingcheng, this Wildcat Supermarket is bound to you. You need to be well so that you can continuously provide us with the supplies we need to survive. You definitely need to eat more than us." Hu Lanfang's words hit the mark. Gu Qingcheng finally stopped refusing. Besides, she knew she couldn't possibly refuse her parents; they would eventually force her to eat this baguette. Thus, the three of them began their first meal in ancient times.
They had never thought that a hard baguette could taste so delicious. The rich aroma of the bread and the scent of butter, soaked by saliva on their tongues, filled their entire mouths. The craving for food made every cell in their bodies clamor. Although not yet digested and absorbed, their entire bodily functions had already become excited, preparing for this energy-metabolizing feast.
Gu Qingcheng finished her piece of baguette, and her hunger was significantly reduced. This body had long been tormented by hunger, and this large piece of baguette was enough to appease her rumbling stomach. Gu Qingcheng patted her belly and sighed happily, "Feeling full is so satisfying!"
"Host, earned one Satisfaction Point, source: satisfaction from food." Unexpectedly, the system suddenly chimed. However, this cold, mechanical voice was incredibly beautiful to Gu Qingcheng. "Dad, Mom, I've earned another Satisfaction Point," Gu Qingcheng said excitedly.
"Oh, so earning Satisfaction Points isn't that hard!" Gu Chaobei rubbed his nose. He had worn glasses for decades, and the habit of pushing them up was hard to break, but he had now corrected it to rubbing his nose. "It seems as long as Qingcheng feels satisfied, she can earn Satisfaction Points." Hu Lanfang, a community worker who dealt with all sorts of people daily, was naturally good at analysis and summarization. Otherwise, how could she manage the mixed crowd in the community so effectively?
"That's right, Dad, Mom, you've hit the nail on the head. I'm going in to see what this Satisfaction Point can be exchanged for." Their family desperately needed supplies, especially food. So, Gu Qingcheng immediately diverted her attention and entered the Wildcat Supermarket.
Upon entering the supermarket, she found that the number of baguettes on the original shelf had not decreased after she took one. Gu Qingcheng's heart stirred. *Could this be a self-restocking shelf? Does that mean as long as I have Satisfaction Points, I can exchange for unlimited goods here?* With a thought, Gu Qingcheng used this Satisfaction Point to exchange for another baguette. *Heh, if I don't exchange for baguettes now, even one Satisfaction Point isn't enough for other food items.* As a result, as soon as she completed the exchange and held the baguette, she saw a new baguette appear on the shelf. This confirmed Gu Qingcheng's suspicion: it was a self-restocking shelf, and the goods should be inexhaustible. As for where these goods came from, that was not for Gu Qingcheng to understand. As long as she could earn Satisfaction Points, she could exchange for unlimited goods on the shelves.
Gu Qingcheng was overjoyed. She exited the Wildcat Supermarket, showed the new baguette to her parents, and told them of her discovery. "That's wonderful! We shouldn't go hungry anymore!" Gu Chaobei said joyfully. Having inexplicably transmigrated here, Gu Chaobei's greatest fear was that famine would claim his wife and child. Now that his daughter had bound to the Wildcat Supermarket, this biggest hidden worry was alleviated. Gu Qingcheng's little brain whirred. "Dad, Mom, let's cut this new baguette in half. You each keep one half. I'll just keep the one I had earlier. This way, if we unfortunately get separated on the road, we can all guarantee we won't go hungry."