Reality could be a beautiful and soft girl who lets you experience everything good. It could also be a fat and fierce woman who crushed you until you could not breathe. This depended on how much savings you had.

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The scorching sun in August made people restless.

In Youcheng County.

It was a lousy place with an average salary of 3 to 4,000 yuan and an average house price of 12,000 yuan.

In a small fruit and vegetable shop, Qin Lin handed the vegetables in his hand to a middle-aged woman with a smile. “Auntie, your vegetables. Please come again.”

After sending off the guests, he looked at a few annoying flies and had to pick up the fly swatter to chase them away.

After the chaotic battle, a few mosquito corpses were cut down.

Qin Lin sat on the recycling table and picked up his phone to open a new nostalgic game, “Range Story.”

This was a game developed by farming. It was very open and did not require too much technology. It could kill time for the people guarding the shop.

It had been a year since he graduated, but he had still achieved nothing. Instead, he was selling fruits and vegetables as a tourism management major. Reality always left him with no choice.

His family had been poor for three generations. A few years ago, his grandfather had gotten sick. Before he passed away, his father had relied on this fruit and vegetable shop to wake up early and work late to maintain his grandfather’s medical expenses and family expenses.

However, God was joking with their family. After Grandpa passed away, his father was also diagnosed with cancer a year ago because of his long-term fatigue.

It was almost impossible for his mother to survive with this small fruit and vegetable shop. Even after selling the house and borrowing hundreds of thousands of yuan from everywhere, she still could not save his father.

His mother also had health problems because of her hard work. Her various checkup data were not very good and she needed someone to take care of her.

Therefore, even if he had the chance to stay in a big company after graduation, he had to come back to take care of his mother and inherit this small fruit and vegetable shop, including his family’s external debt.

If most people’s starting point was 0, his was negative hundreds of thousands.

There was no fairness in life.

It was not that he had not thought of looking for opportunities while watching the shop, but as a graduate, not only did he lack social experience, but he also did not have the funds.

With the income of this shop, the maintenance of expenses and his mother’s nutritional expenses, and the fact that he has to repay a little external debt every month, his card balance was less than 4,500 yuan.

He did not even have the right to go to the hospital for a cold.

After all, he could not earn 100,000 to 1 million yuan a month on a certain sound platform with a 30 square meters fruit shop. It was a magical place with a per capita of 100 million yuan.

Before his mother’s health improved and he did not need anyone to take care of him, he could only stay in this small shop and maintain his survival.

He sighed and controlled his game character to walk out of the door. In front of him was the six plots of watermelon land. He had only opened these six plots not long after he started the game.

Weeding and watering!

After a while, the watermelons on the six squares also indicated that they were ripe. The time flow in the game was always different. Watermelons that took a few months to mature in reality could mature in the game in more than ten hours.

Every piece of land could produce 15 to 20 watermelons.

Qin Lin was about to control the game character to pick watermelons when an electric current suddenly shot out of his phone, instantly numbing his entire body.

A power leak?

Qin Lin subconsciously wanted to curse.

This was not a third-rate phone. How could a leak be so powerful?

“Ding! Special game channel activated. Lock in the game “Range Story.” Please wait a moment…”

“???” Qin Lin patted his head.

How could he have hallucinations from touching electricity?

“Ding! Special game channel connection successful. You have connected to the game “Range Story.” Is this the first time the host has entered the game?”

A very psychedelic scene appeared in Qin Lin’s mind at the same time. It was a pasture with mature watermelons lying on the ground.

Was this a game scene from “Range Story”?

The game character was still standing in front of the watermelon field. It was the same character he had controlled to pick the watermelon just now.

What was even more unbelievable was that with a thought, the game character went forward and picked a watermelon.

Could he play games with his mind?

Then, Qin Lin found a special notification option at the top of the screen: Do you want to enter?!

“Yes!”

Qin Lin thought of the notification from before and found it unbelievable. He tried to make a choice.

A strange suction appeared. Almost instantly, the scene in front of him changed.

In front of him was a green watermelon field.

There was a special fragrance of watermelon in the air. Furthermore, he was holding a watermelon in his hand, as if he had replaced his game character.

“This isn’t an illusion?” Qin Lin was in disbelief. The feeling of the watermelon in his hand was abnormally real. Furthermore, there was a message floating in it.

[Seedless Watermelon: Quality 1]

[Remarks: Although it’s not a special type of watermelon, it’s produced by the game. It’s the best among ordinary watermelons.

Delicious +1, sweet +1, taste +1.]

The fruits planted by this Ranches Story had quality. The higher the quality, the more delicious they were, and the higher the price.

However, this remark was different from the game. There was actually an attribute enhancement.

Qin Lin put down the watermelon in his hand and picked a few more. Another message appeared. Every message was the same. They all had the attributes of Delicious +1, Sweet +1.

He looked around again. Buildings with windmills, storage rooms, fences…

Everything was the same as in the game.

The only difference was that the land in front of him was really wide. It was filled with watermelons, not the small modules in the game. Even the fruits planted were represented by numbers.

Furthermore, looking at the time on his phone, the time flow in the game had returned to normal after he came in.

Then, Qin Lin thought of something and hurriedly looked at the scene in his mind.

If he could not go back, wouldn’t his mother be anxious?

However, the scene in his mind changed to the scene in the fruit and vegetable shop. The notification on it changed: Do you want to exit?

This was clearly free entry and exit.

Qin Lin exited silently. The special suction feeling appeared again. He returned to the fruit and vegetable shop with a watermelon in his hand.

In order to confirm the authenticity, he took a knife and cut the watermelon into two on the chopping board. The red watermelon meat was revealed, but there was no melon seed.

This was a real watermelon!

Qin Lin took another half and cut it into a few pieces. He picked up a piece and wanted to try it, but he was afraid that something would happen. After all, this watermelon was too unbelievable.

When he reached the entrance of the shop, he saw a dirty black dog wandering in front of a trash can.

It was easy to find food in the market, so stray dogs often appeared. Even if the relevant departments caught one, new ones would come after a while.

There were too many people who could only blame themselves for raising a dog on a whim.

Qin Lin threw a piece of watermelon over. The black dog immediately pounced forward and pressed the watermelon with its claws. Then, it subconsciously looked around and only lowered its head to eat when it saw that nothing was wrong.

After waiting for a while and realizing that there was nothing wrong with the black dog, Qin Lin picked up a piece and tasted it himself.

After taking a bite, Qin Lin’s eyes lit up.

He understood more clearly what the watermelon note meant.

It was extremely fragrant, delicious, juicy, and very sweet. Furthermore, it was very refreshing.

This watermelon was definitely much more delicious than the ones he bought daily.

Was this caused by the addition of deliciousness, sweetness, and texture?

He was in this line of work, so he naturally knew that it was already good if a few watermelons of this quality appeared. It was the same for every watermelon in the game.

After finishing the watermelon, Qin Lin picked up the second piece with relish and began to eat it.

Actually, the profits from selling watermelons were not high. Although one catty had risen to two yuan, after deducting the cost of fruit farming, labor, transportation fees, and wholesale price… A wholesale catty at a small fruit and vegetable shop like his was already 1.5 yuan. There was basically not much profit.

But what if there was no cost to this watermelon? How much would it be pure profit?

When Qin Lin thought of the watermelons on the farm, his eyes lit up.

One watermelon was 10 catties, and 2 yuan per catty, which was 20 yuan. 10 watermelons were 200 yuan net profit.

As long as he sold 20 melons a day, he would earn 12,000 yuan a month. This was much more than he earned from selling fruits and vegetables for a month.

There should be hundreds of watermelons in the game, but the land in the key game could plant watermelons repeatedly. The watermelons could mature in more than ten hours.

“Woof, woof!”

As Qin Lin was thinking, a dog barked in his ear. It was the black dog squatting at the door of the shop, staring at the melon in his hand.

This dog was clearly pushing his luck?

Fortunately, he was in a good mood. He threw another watermelon to it and pulled down the shop’s shutter.

This way, the people outside could not see the situation in the shop.

He took the basket used to store goods in the shop again and entered the ranch with a thought.

What greeted his eyes was still the ground filled with watermelons. Qin Lin did not stand on ceremony and picked up the watermelons one by one and placed them in the basket.

He filled the basket with 15 watermelons in a row before returning to the shop with the basket.

Looking at the basket full of watermelons, Qin Lin’s face was filled with excitement.

He was going to be rich.

When he looked at the screen in his mind again, the number of watermelons on the ground in the game screen had already reached 0. The watermelon vines had also withered. The system notification said that he could remove them and replant them.

In the game, crops could only be picked once. It was not like in reality where it could grow again.

Qin Lin looked at the notification and thought of something. He immediately controlled the game character in his mind and picked the other boxes.

In an instant, the picking was completed.

Qin Lin entered the game again. There were no more watermelons on the ground, only the lonely watermelon vine.

He walked to the storage room beside the house and opened the door to see hundreds of watermelons stored inside.

Wasn’t he just going to bring a basket in? He was actually busy just now.

There was a message board in front of the watermelon pile.

Seedless watermelon: 90 (Quality 1).

In other words, there were 90 watermelons in this pile. From the looks of it, they were definitely more than 10 kilograms. Then, this pile was at least 1,700 yuan.

With this in mind, Qin Lin returned to the shop and entered the game with the basket again to fill the watermelon basket.

He also realized that as long as he touched the basket and exited the game with a thought, the basket of watermelons would follow him to the shop outside.

He spent some time moving out all the watermelons and filling a corner of the shop.

Including the basket of watermelons he had brought out in the beginning, there were a total of 105 watermelons.

After that, he looked at his mind again. It had turned into a game scene again. There were only watermelon vines left on a few plots of land, indicating that they could be uprooted and replanted.

He immediately removed the watermelon vines and planted new watermelon seeds.

More than ten hours later, another pile of watermelons was made.

And now, he was going to sell all these watermelons.

Qin Lin opened the shutter door of the shop again. The black dog was lying by the door. It looked up at him and changed to a comfortable posture to lick its claws.

Was this dog still not leaving?

He did not have the time to care about this dog now. He placed the basket of watermelons he had brought out on the fruit stall and looked at the price tag of 2 yuan per catty.

This was his normal selling price, but at this price, his shop could only sell a few watermelons a day.

Looking at the watermelons he had taken out of the game, he changed it to a wholesale price of 1.5 yuan per 500 grams. Anyway, watermelons without capital were easier to sell.

However, the situation was not as he had imagined. The afternoon was almost over. He had only sold a few watermelons in total. It was not that the watermelons were bad, but because these were the only people who patronized his shop and needed to buy watermelons.

Thinking about it, Qin Lin slapped his head and felt that he had found the wrong target. Since the wholesale price was already 1.5 yuan a catty, there was no need to sell them one by one in the shop.

He immediately took out his phone and logged into a WeChat group.

This was the boss group of Youcheng County’s fruit and vegetable shop. At first, no one knew who had created this group. They said that it was a simple group to understand the market and not let wholesalers cheat.

Usually, other than a few people who loved to talk, they did not interact much with each other.

Opening the group chat, Qin Lin sent a message: “Second Grandpa’s nephew’s uncle’s son planted a batch of seedless watermelon. The watermelon is sweet and juicy. It’s wholesale in the modern era and costs 1.5 yuan per kilogram. It’ll be delivered directly to your door. You’re welcome to try it.”

Youcheng County usually had two channels to buy watermelons.

One was to go to the fruit wholesale market. It was some distance to the logistics park at the other end of Youcheng County.

The other was to go to the fruit farmers in the nearby villages to buy goods.

Therefore, even if it was the same wholesale price of 1.5 yuan, the watermelon was more delicious. If it was delivered to the door, he was not afraid that no one would want it.

As soon as Qin Lin sent the message, three people appeared in the group.

“So it’s Xiao Qin.”

“Has Xiao Qin switched to wholesale?”

“Then I’ll join in the fun?”

Qin Lin knew the three people who sent the message. They happened to open shops near the market.

Seeing that no one else appeared in the group for the time being, Qin Lin arranged to meet the three of them in the shop.

At this moment.

Qin Lin also realized that a notification had appeared in the game in his mind. It was time to water the seed for the first time.

He immediately controlled the game character to enter the tool room and take out a watering can to fill it with water by the river. Then, he watered the seeds.

A moment later, the three people in the WeChat group arrived on their electric scooters.

There were two middle-aged men, Liu Dasheng and Chen Dahe. One of the women was called Ai Qioni.

As soon as Liu Dasheng entered, he said, “Xiao Qin, where’s your watermelon? I want to take a look!”

Qin Lin pointed at the pile of watermelons on the ground and said, “Brother Liu, Brother Chen, Sister Ai, look at these watermelons.”

The three of them went up to take a look.

They had been in this industry for a long time, so they could naturally tell if it was good or not.

The lines were clear and deep…

The skin was still green and very fresh.

It could be seen clearly.

These watermelons were clearly good watermelons.

“It looks really good,” Liu Dasheng said with a smile.

Chen Dahe and Ai Qioni nodded.

However, there were too many heartless wholesalers and fruit farmers now. He still had to try it.

Qin Lin naturally understood and said to the three of them, “Pick one.”

“Xiao Qin, this one then!” Liu Dasheng pointed at a watermelon randomly.

Qin Lin nodded and picked up the watermelon to cut it in half, revealing the fresh meat. It was appetizing at a glance.

Qin Lin cut the two halves of the watermelon into small slices before saying to the three of them, “Brother Liu, Brother Chen, Sister Ai, try it!”

Liu Dasheng and the other two did not stand on ceremony and picked up a piece of watermelon to eat.

“Woof, woof!”

It was the black dog’s bark again. It seemed to have seen Qin Lin dividing the watermelons and proceeded to squat at the door of the shop.

It was clinging to him.

When Qin Lin saw this, he casually took another watermelon and threw it to it.

If a dog ate too much watermelon, it would have diarrhea. He would let it experience the viciousness of human hearts. When the time came, it would know that it could not eat this thing and would not stay.

With the attributes of Delicious+1, Sweet+1, and Taste+1, Liu Dasheng and the other two had only taken two bites when their eyes lit up.

“Good watermelon. It tastes much better than what I bought previously.”

“Indeed. It’s very sweet and juicy.”

“Xiao Qin, is it really delivered to the door?”

The three of them looked at Qin Lin. This watermelon looked good and tasted better. With the same wholesale price and delivery, there was really no reason not to buy it.

Qin Lin explained, “Of course. It’ll definitely be delivered.”

The three of them nodded and immediately decided to take 30 watermelons each to try. The rest would be left for Qin Lin’s own shop.

Their shops were not far away. Qin Lin did not accept the deposit and agreed for them to pay after the watermelons were delivered.

The reason he wanted to deliver it to their doors was naturally to keep it a secret. Although his shop was not equipped with surveillance cameras, there were surveillance cameras everywhere on the market.

He had inexplicably been getting watermelons from the shop. It was fine this time, but if there were more, people would definitely notice.

After all, watermelons were coming out every day? If he was noticed, there might be big trouble.

Therefore, he had to find a secret place outside in the future.

After Liu Dasheng and the other two left, Qin Lin glanced at the black dog, who was still eating watermelon outside the door. He did not care about it and closed the shutter door from outside. Then, he went to the inner area of the parking lot and walked to a farm tricycle truck that was covered in rust. Despite being on sale for 2,000 yuan, nobody wanted to buy it.

However, as long as the tires did not burst, this car could still pull about a ton.

Qin Lin drove the three-wheeled truck to the shop and carried the watermelons into the car from the shop. He closed the door again before getting into the car to deliver the watermelons to Liu Dasheng and the other two.

Liu Dasheng’s shop was the closest to his shop. It was on Market Street. After a while, they arrived. The shop was called Dasheng Fruit Shop.

Liu Dasheng was chatting with a man holding a watermelon at the door. When he saw Qin Lin’s three-wheeler stop, he pulled the man forward and said, “Xiao Chen, come and see this melon that was just delivered. It’s definitely a fresh good melon. Pick one and I’ll cut it for you to try.”

“Okay, Brother Liu.” Xiao Chen nodded and walked to the car to pick up something.

Liu Dasheng also explained to Qin Lin, “President Qin, Xiao Chen is my neighbor from upstairs. He’s also my old customer. He likes watermelons and will buy a few at a time. We’ll calculate it together later.”

“Okay.” Qin Lin nodded.

Xiao Chen quickly picked a melon from Qin Lin’s car for Liu Dasheng.

“Xiao Qin, this melon is 11 catties.” Liu Dasheng cut it open and handed a small piece to Xiao Chen.

Xiao Chen and Liu Dasheng were old acquaintances. They naturally took it and tasted it.

Soon, Xiao Chen said in surprise, “Brother Liu, this watermelon is very sweet and very juicy. It’s much better than the ones you sold previously. What’s the price?”

Liu Dasheng smiled and said, “The same price. 2 yuan a catty. How many do you want?”