After being jilted, the entire neighboring village was filled with deep regret.

Chapter 76 Time-Space Transfer Station for Oil Extraction

"Although we have a lot of money together, it's nothing compared to the Zhu and Bai families, or even the Ma family in town. We still need to make more money."

Master Ma owns thousands of acres of fertile land in Fufeng Township, and the rent he collects each year amounts to several thousand taels of silver, several times the size of his family fortune. No wonder he can be so arrogant.

Shen Yi pondered for a moment and said, "I will go to the ferry after the busy farming season in early spring."

This was originally his profession, and it was the longest-lasting livelihood he could think of.

Su Tai stared at him with wide, hopeful eyes, "How much do you earn in a day?"

Shen Yi pondered, “It depends on the situation. If the weather is good and it’s market day in Dahe Town, I can make two round trips a day, picking up ten people each time. At two coins per person, that’s eighty coins. Normally, I only make one round trip a day, waiting until the seats are full before I leave.”

Compared to other villagers who toil in the fields for a living, he was already very content.

Su Tai propped her chin up and started doing the math. "There are three big markets a month, which can earn 240 coins. At other times, it adds up to a little over 1,000 coins. That means the ferry can earn a maximum of 1,300 coins a month. If you deduct two busy farming months and more than four months of severe cold a year, that's 7,260 coins. And that doesn't even include bad weather, right?"

Shen Yi took a sip of water, paused, and said, "That's true."

He originally thought the ferryboat earned quite a bit, but after his wife calculated it, it didn't seem like much. After all, their family could earn several hundred taels a year just from the income from the land.

Su Tai sighed and shook her head. "The effort and the reward are disproportionate, and there are risks involved. It's not good at all. But I know that this skill has been passed down through generations. I'm afraid you wouldn't be willing to give it up. How about I catch the fish, and you take them to Dahe Town to sell?"

Shen Yi wanted to refuse, but when he met Su Tai's pleading eyes, he couldn't bring himself to say anything against it.

Seeing his hesitation, Su Tai pressed on, "Don't worry, I've gained experience, and I'll definitely arrange things in an orderly manner next time. Besides, you said it yourself, the fish here are hard to catch, so I won't catch too many. Just one net a day, which will earn me a little money. Then I'll think about making some food to sell on the boat, how about that?"

Shen Yi was both amused and exasperated. "Are you trying to push the ship to its limits?"

"Absolutely!" Su Tai shook her head proudly.

After Shen Yi went to tidy up the kitchen, she took the three fish that Shen Zhuang had given her into the transfer station. She was shocked to find that her virtual currency balance had suddenly decreased by five points. Could it be that catching a fish would deduct one point? What about putting a fish in?
To verify her hypothesis, she put one of the fish into the lake, and sure enough, her cryptocurrency balance increased slightly.

After understanding the rules of fishing, she gritted her teeth and rented a fully automatic fishing boat, taking the remaining bait she had used to bait the fish with her to the Water Time Space.

The fishing boat we rented earlier is still quietly moored by the water, its nets still tangled and untied.

She quickly fixed the fishing net, tied the two boats together, and sailed to her destination.

After baiting the fishing spot, she casts the net and then ties it to the fishing boat. She then leaves on another fishing boat and goes back in to retrieve the net when it's almost time, so she doesn't have to stay trapped in the water space-time.

When Su Tai returned to her room, Shen Yi had almost finished his business.

The two washed their faces and feet before going to bed.

The warm quilt kept out the harsh autumn chill.

Su Tai closed her eyes comfortably, clung tightly to Shen Yi's arm, and asked, "How much oil do we have left?" Shen Yi pulled her into his arms and said slowly, his Adam's apple bobbing, "Use as much as you want. If it's not enough, I'll go to town to buy more."

"Oil is so expensive! It's not cost-effective if I need a lot! Don't we still have a lot of peanuts and soybeans at home?" She suddenly looked up, intending to meet Shen Yi's gaze in the darkness, but instead bumped into his chin, which hurt so much that tears welled up in her eyes.

Shen Yi quickly reached out and gently rubbed the peanuts and soybeans, his tone full of doting and helplessness, "The peanuts and soybeans haven't been touched. Our family's harvest is about 200 jin more than others, and I've been hiding them. We've saved up more than 1,000 jin each of peanuts and soybeans. You can use them however you want."

Overjoyed, Su Tai gave Shen Yi a big kiss, saying, "You're really amazing."

The man's gaze gradually deepened, and before Su Tai could react, he pressed down on her.

After a restless night, Su Tai woke up the next morning feeling sore and aching, but she had no choice but to grit her teeth and get out of bed for the sake of her money-making plan.

When she finished tidying up and opened the door, she found that Shen Yi had already placed several bags of peanuts and soybeans by the corner of the wall, which saved her a lot of effort.

After transporting the soybeans and peanuts to the Time-Space Gate transfer station, she rented a fully automatic oil press from the media tool vending machine. This machine didn't even have an instruction manual, and it was extremely easy to operate. Just put the raw materials in, and the machine would produce oil after running for half an hour. The oil residue was so dry that there wasn't a trace of oil left, which showed how high the oil yield was.

In the end, 500 jin of peanuts yielded 250 jin of peanut oil, while 500 jin of soybeans yielded 125 jin of soybean oil. No matter how you look at it, peanuts are more cost-effective.

The pressed oil is temporarily stored in a large medium vat. To take it outside, we need to buy some oil jugs.

Su Tai ran to Shen Yi, "I need some oil jugs, the bigger the better."

Shen Yi stood up, dusted himself off, and calmly asked, "How much oil was produced?"

"Two hundred and fifty catties of peanut oil and one hundred and twenty-five catties of soybean oil," Su Tai said.

Shen Yi was so surprised that he swallowed hard, but he didn't ask any more questions. He took the loose silver and drove the donkey cart out the door.

As soon as Shen Yi left, Su Tai didn't rest either. She made another trip to the Water Dimension to retrieve yesterday's fishing net. Perhaps because it had been left for too long, there was only one large grass carp, two carp weighing about three pounds each, some small fish, and a large hole in the net.

Su Tai's heart ached so much that she kept clenching her teeth. She stared at the hole for a long time, gesturing at it for a while, wondering if there was a monster in the lake. Such a big hole looked really strange.

Unfortunately, she couldn't come up with a solution after thinking for a long time, so she could only take the fish and the broken fishing net back to the transfer station. The broken fishing net was a medium tool, so even if she took it out, no one would see it, let alone use it. She didn't know how to repair it herself, so she could only sell it to the automatic trading cabinet for secondary recycling.

The automated trading desk scanned the device and gave a price of twenty virtual coins, an outrageously low price.

Suta cursed inwardly but had no choice but to agree to the sale, spending another hundred virtual coins to buy a new fishing net.

After noon, Shen Yi returned pulling a donkey cart full of oil jugs, followed by his second aunt, Xu Shi.

Xu was still holding her own oil bottle when she saw Su Tai and immediately said with a smile, "Shen Yi said your family has received a batch of soybean oil and peanut oil. I came to buy some from you so I don't have to go to town in this cold weather."

Su Tai took the oil bottle and asked, "Second Aunt, would you like soybean oil or peanut oil?"