With a cheat code, she travels through the 40s and hoards goods to take her motherland to new height

"Yes, thank you for your hard work, Uncle Chao. Please have a seat, Uncle Chao." The head steward of the manor grew up with Qian Chengji, and all the younger members of the Qian family call him Uncle Chao.

Ah Chao didn't refuse and immediately sat down to the right of Shu Ran, clearly used to being treated with special respect.

Shu Ran glanced around at the people standing below, estimating there to be about twenty or thirty neatly arranged: "Are all of these people going home?"

"No, not at all. About half of them want to stay and continue serving you!"

Ah Chao looked at Shu Ran questioningly.

Without even pinching her own thigh, Shu Ran's eyes instantly welled up with tears just by recalling her current situation: "No need, let them all go back and reunite with their families! As for those who want to stay, Uncle Chao, you can arrange it as you see fit."

"Cuixiu, go and get my savings box. Give everyone two months' worth of extra pay and put it in the money pouch that Cuizhi sewed a while ago."

“Miss, the master has already given severance pay, you don’t need to do this.”

"What Father gave me is what Father gave me. At least I served Mother once, so this is my way of showing my appreciation."

Apart from Qingxing, who was bribed by her scumbag father and then "sacrificed herself for her master," the rest are all here.

With an omniscient perspective, Shu Ran reasonably guessed that Qian Chengji must have been planning this for a long time. Otherwise, why would Qingxing, who had been by Shu Ying's side for nearly ten years, betray her?

There wasn't much interaction. After watching Cuixiu distribute the money pouches, he waved for the people to leave. The two months' worth of money distributed was considered compensation for diverting his scumbag father's attention.

The money pouches were sewn by Cuizhi a few days ago by Shuran. They all look exactly the same. Ever since she woke up and learned about Qian Chengji's arrangements, Shuran has been trying to create obstacles for him.

At the very least, we need to clear her name of any suspicion and shift the focus away from her.

Go ahead and investigate, it's all for nothing!

Ah Chao hadn't left yet. He stood up, bowed, and said, "Third Miss, would you like to go and see Madam's courtyard? Or should I just pack up the things and bring them over?"

"Thank you for your trouble, Uncle Chao. I'll go take another look before you finish packing!"

Shu Ran choked out her words, tears streaming down her face.

After seeing Ah Chao off, Shu Ran went back to her room with red eyes and sent everyone out, wanting to be alone.

Having spent the last few days since arriving here racking her brains to act, Shu Ran finally breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed now that she was all alone.

She simply brought up the cheat system interface, and unsurprisingly, it was still showing as loading. It had been almost five days, and the cheat was still loading. From initial anticipation, her excitement had gradually cooled. If it weren't for the progress bar slowly advancing, Shu Ran would have thought she was out of her mind and had conjured up some unfounded cheat code. But it should be almost there; it's just a tiny bit more away.

Night fell quickly, and Shu Ran lay in bed wide awake, watching as the loading progressed slowly from 99% to 100% on the semi-transparent interface that emitted a faint blue light.

Loading complete!

A mechanical voice echoed in my mind.

[The plug-in system (trial version) has loaded successfully. Customer service representative 0179 is at your service. Please read the user manual first!]

Opening the instruction manual, the empty interface was instantly filled with text, which was quite concise, listing only a dozen or so points.

1. This cheat system provides cheats to testers through random selection. Each cheat is valid for three months (calculated according to the planet's time). After three months, the cheat expires and a new cheat needs to be selected.

2. All items obtained through cheating belong to the tester and will not disappear when the cheating expires. Special items will be marked with a valid duration.

3. Please claim the cheat within 24 hours of receiving it; otherwise, you will be deemed to have forfeited your right to experience the cheat.

4. Upgradeable ability-type plugins will maintain the tester at a medium level, while management progress-type plugins will retain the tester's previous progress when drawn repeatedly.

5. This add-on system provides ten backpack slots for storing add-ons, which contain oxygen and can also store living beings. Time does not stand still.

6. Testers are obligated to submit any shortcomings or bugs found in the cheat experience to the system. Each submission will grant them permission to extend the usage time of a specified cheat (by three months). This will not affect the cheat selection process that occurs every three months.

……

After carefully reading the cheat's instructions and limitations, Shu Ran clicked the "I have read and agree" box at the bottom.

【现在时间为蓝星1948年2月1日晚21：30，请问是否开始抽取外挂？】

"Extract."

Instantly, a huge spinning wheel appeared on the dark blue interface in front of Shu Ran. The words inside were so densely packed that they were impossible to read, but the glowing button in the middle tempted Shu Ran to reach out her hand.

As the button was pressed, the "turn" character in the middle changed to "stop". Since it was already difficult to see what was inside the dense branches, Shu Ran simply stopped looking and decided to rely on luck, randomly pressing the "stop" button in the middle.

The rapidly spinning turntable gradually slowed down, finally stopping on a small branch. Then, the text on the branch slowly grew larger and stopped in the center of the screen.

It clearly displays the item-type plugin: Fragrance Spreads for Miles.

It is followed by a concise text description: It blooms precisely at midnight every day, and the flower lasts for four hours, causing all living things within a ten-mile radius to fall into a deep sleep. They will not wake up until they have slept for nine hours. It cannot distinguish between friend and foe, so please use it with caution!

She immediately clicked to claim the item, as Shu Ran was worried about how to sneak away and put Shu Ying's things away first!

As for waiting for Ah Chao to deliver it before accepting it, no way. If it really disappears in her hands, she'll probably be under Qian Chengji's surveillance for a long time, which is not what Shu Ran wants.

He was unwilling to accept it, so he would just pass it around and it would end up back in Qian Chengji's private treasury, and then immediately appear on his beloved little cousin's dressing table, or in some pawn shop outside.

She still had the task of preventing Shu Ying's belongings from falling into the Qian family's hands! It was better to take them all at once, so she wouldn't have to search for them later.

A small potted plant suddenly appeared in my hand. The plant inside was about 20 to 30 centimeters long, with crystal-clear leaves and flower buds that were about to bloom, their color pure white.

Holding the potted plant and observing it carefully, it looked no different from ordinary plants. Shu Ran was very much looking forward to the introduction it came with, and immediately decided to try out the power of this potted plant.

I found a few handkerchiefs, made them into a mask, covered my face, placed the potted plant beside me, lay down on the bed, and forced myself to stay awake until midnight.

Time ticked by, and it was 23:59 PM. It was almost time. Shu Ran woke up and, in the dim light, saw the flowers in the pot slowly blooming.