Cheat: Only children make choices! I want them all

Seeing Ye Lingtian standing there in a daze, Yulina showed a puzzled look on her face and asked, "Sir, is there something wrong with the food? Or is it that the food doesn't suit your taste?"

"Ah? Not really. These foods are very nutritious and there's nothing wrong with them."

The food was indeed nutritious, but the overall quality wasn't particularly rich. However, Ye Lingtian naturally couldn't say it out loud, because he guessed that this might be the best food the Yulina family could offer him...

Compared to Yulina's concern, the blonde girl Anna was much colder towards Ye Lingtian. After all, no one would like a guy who kept staring at you the first time they met, right? Especially when it came to a pure and conservative girl like Anna...

So after she came down from upstairs, she walked straight to the sofa in front of the dining table, sat down, picked up the bread and started eating, with no intention of paying any attention to Ye Lingtian at all.

Ye Lingtian didn't care too much about these, so he joined the eating team directly, picked up a piece of bread, and started eating it in big mouthfuls.

Having said that, although the food wasn't rich and the cooking method was simple, after Yulina's careful baking, the bread wasn't as hard to swallow as she had imagined. Instead, it had a fresh aroma from the grains and a slight sweet aftertaste, so the taste wasn't bad at all...

However, the potatoes were quite ordinary. After all, there were no additives, not even salt. They were completely original in flavor, so Ye Lingtian just took a bite and put it aside.

"Sir, I wonder how long you plan to stay with us?"

While eating, Anna suddenly turned her head to Ye Lingtian and asked with an expressionless face.

Upon hearing this, Ye Lingtian paused his chewing motion, glanced at Anna, then licked the remaining food crumbs on his lips with his tongue, swallowed all the food in his mouth completely, and after lowering his head in thought for a moment, he raised his head, looked at Anna, and replied to her, "Well... probably about three days. It may be longer or shorter. The specific time depends on how well I gather supplies..."

"Oh? Then I wonder what kind of supplies you need to collect, sir? Perhaps we can help you..."

This sentence was said by Yulina. She looked at Ye Lingtian with some curiosity and sincerity in her eyes. It seemed that she really wanted to help him collect supplies.

Ye Lingtian thought for a moment and said to Yulina, "I need to buy some tools..."

"What kind of tool? A tent? Or a compass?"

Anna also became curious at this time and asked.

"Not really!" Ye Lingtian shook his head, denying Anna's answer, and then continued: "I need a workbench and a pickaxe, preferably an iron pickaxe. In addition, if possible, I would also like to purchase some iron ingots and other ores..."

Facing Anna and her daughter's questions, Ye Lingtian realized that he might be able to change his approach to acquiring these special items! So, he brought up the idea of ​​buying a workbench and a pickaxe.

"Huh?" x2

Anna and Yulina looked at each other, and saw a hint of shock and confusion in each other's eyes, and the expressions on their faces looked extremely strange.

They both turned their heads and looked at Ye Lingtian as if they were looking at a fool.

"What are you surprised about?"

Seeing the shock on Anna's and her daughter's faces, Ye Lingtian couldn't help but feel a little puzzled, not understanding why they had such expressions.

"Sir, please forgive us for being so out of control, but your ideas really shock us!" Yulina calmed herself down, looked at Ye Lingtian, and explained the reason to him: "I regret to tell you, sir, that the materials you want to buy cannot be easily traded..."

"Items like workbenches are only owned and used by the instructors at the Imperial Academy! They are beings blessed by God! So even if ordinary people get a workbench, they won't be able to use it. It requires the user to possess powerful and magical divine powers..."

"And the pickaxes you mentioned, especially the iron ones, are only available to those with advanced miner qualifications. They are tied to the user's identity information. Otherwise, privately crafting and using such tools will be considered a crime of stealing national resources by Imperial law enforcement officials, leading to arrest and severe criminal penalties!"

"Iron ingots are used as war materials and are strictly controlled by the state. Ordinary people are not eligible to purchase them..."

"Huh?" This time it was Ye Lingtian's turn to be shocked. He hadn't expected that this real world of mine would be so different from the game world! (All settings are based on this book, and the final right of interpretation belongs to the unscrupulous author!!!)

The workbench, iron ore and iron tools are actually strictly controlled. Doesn't that mean that his plan to obtain iron ore and workbench by exploring villages and purchasing them is completely ruined?

This... This was really hard for Ye Lingtian to accept, and his mood immediately became depressed...

But he still didn't give up. He raised his eyes again, eyes full of hope, and looked at Yulina. His throat uttered a slightly hoarse voice and asked, "Why is there a blacksmith shop in the village? Does he have the qualifications to forge and use iron tools?"

Seeing that Ye Lingtian hadn't given up on his previous idea, Yulina shook her head and reluctantly explained, "The blacksmith shop doesn't belong to the village. In fact, the blacksmiths are selected by the Empire from people in various villages. After learning smelting skills at the Imperial Academy, they are stationed in various villages and towns. They only obey the orders of the Imperial government. The purpose of opening blacksmith shops in various villages is simply to help the Empire collect iron ore, smelt it into iron ore, and then send it to the town. As for the tools they forge, they are actually just various farm tools issued by the Imperial government. They don't know how to forge tools, but can only use anvils to repair damaged tools..."

Hearing this, Ye Lingtian's heart finally gave up. He sighed helplessly and his spirit suddenly became weak.

Wow, when Ye Lingtian saw the village blacksmith hammering something on the anvil, he thought he was forging tools, but he didn't expect that he was just using the anvil to repair damaged farm tools.

This result is really disappointing...

Is this the end of my grand plan to make a fortune? I'm so unwilling to accept this!