I travel back and forth between ancient and modern times, hoarding goods to raise my grandchildren a

"How is this going?"

"How come there's food and water?"

"This rice...this water..."

The Minister of Revenue was still holding a handful of rice in disbelief. This rice was even whiter and more fragrant than the tribute rice in the imperial palace.

A servant came over and said, "Master, the person who delivered the rice also gave me a letter. He asked me to give it to you and Madam, and you will know what's going on after you read it."

Upon hearing this, the Minister of Revenue quickly took the letter from his hand.

After opening and glancing at them, the Minister of Revenue gestured and said, "Move all these things to my study."

After saying this, he pulled Madam Tao along to his study.

"What's going on? Why are you looking at the letter so suspiciously?"

Mrs. Tao was somewhat puzzled.

The Minister of Revenue did not answer her, but instead asked her a question.

"You said yesterday that Xinran went back with the people from the General's Mansion? They even promised to let Xinran take a bath?"

When Tao Xinran's matter was mentioned, Madam Tao frowned and nodded.

"Yes, it was their third son who came with me yesterday to tell me. I thought their third son looked clean and tidy, so I believed them. But now I'm a little worried."

"That girl from the Yu family has been mentally unstable for so long, how could she suddenly get better?"

"If she doesn't get better, do you think Xinran will be able to eat at their house?"

Two days have passed. If she doesn't give Xinran anything to eat, won't Xinran starve?

"Sir, perhaps we should send someone to bring Xinran back."

"It's also my fault. Why didn't I think more about it at the time? I just saw that their third son was all clean and tidy, so I really believed what they said. If something had happened to Xinran in their house, then... then I would have gone to be buried with Xinran."

Seeing that Madam Tao was so excited that she wanted to bang her head against a pillar, the Minister of Revenue handed her the letter in his hand.

"We were talking about Xinran, why did you give me this letter?"

Despite her complaints, Madam Tao instinctively opened and read the letter as it was handed to her.

"This...this...did the little girl from the Yu family really encounter a deity? Did the deity also give her this grain?"

While she was reading the letter, the Minister of Revenue had already picked up a bottle of mineral water, fumbled to open it himself, and then tilted his head back to take a sip.

He was startled the moment the sweet water entered his throat.

He handed the water in his hand to Madam Tao: "You should try some too."

Madam Tao followed his example and tilted her head back to take a sip.

With a face full of admiration, she exclaimed, "This water is so sweet! It's even sweeter than the well water we used to drink. And this bottle is transparent and feels soft to the touch. What material is it made of? I've never seen anything like it before."

Could this really be something only gods could possess?

Madam Tao looked at the Minister of Revenue with surprise.

The Minister of Revenue pondered for a moment, "Besides being given by a deity, I can't think of any other reason."

"Thank God! God protects us!"

Mrs. Tao was so excited that she bowed to the sky again.

"Madam Pei said that this matter is only known to us and she does not want us to spread it."

Madam Tao read the contents of the letter and immediately said confidently, "Don't worry, I know what to do."

After saying that, she stuffed the letter back into the Minister of Revenue's hand and then ran out.

When she returned, she was carrying a small box.

"My lord, what do you think of this set of jewelry? This jade jewelry was personally prepared for me by my mother when I got married. Do you think Old Madam Pei will like it?"

After learning that Yu Wanwan could contact the immortals, Madam Tao, like the Minister of Revenue, naturally began to call her "Old Madam".

And they didn't find it strange at all that they were calling an eighteen-year-old girl "old lady".

The Minister of Revenue frowned and said, "This is your favorite set of jewelry. Keep it for yourself. I have a few other items that the Emperor bestowed upon me. Just take those and give them to her."

The following day, Yu Wanwan did not go out.

Because she realized that having Zhou Nan and the others deliver food to others yesterday was an incredibly wise choice.

This can be seen from the constant notifications from her system since she woke up this morning.

Those who took her food were probably starving, so they got up early to cook. In just a short time, she earned two hundred points.

Adding the forty points from the eight children in the General's Mansion, the total points earned this morning amounted to two hundred and forty.

The current balance is 520 points.

[Ding-dong, your system points are sufficient for an upgrade. Please choose to upgrade or cancel the upgrade.]

Yu Wanwan chose to upgrade without hesitation.

[Ding dong, the system has been upgraded to LV2, with a balance of 220 points. The next upgrade requires 500 points.]

[Ding dong, congratulations on your successful upgrade. Please select your upgrade reward: Option 1: Stay in modern time for one more day; Option 2: Expand your spatial volume to six cubic meters.]

Without a doubt, Yu Wanwan chose the latter.

[Ding dong, host has made selections. Space volume has expanded to six cubic meters.]

Having learned from the experience of the extra reward last time, Yu Wanwan waited a little longer.

Then I was disappointed.

Disappointed, she could only complain that the system was really stingy.

Even though I accumulated more upgrade points, the upgrade reward remained the same—only an increase of one cubic meter.

"Madam, someone from the Ministry of Revenue's residence has arrived."

The servant's voice interrupted Yu Wanwan's rant.

Having learned from the experience of the previous visitor escaping while waiting for the gatekeeper's message, this time the gatekeeper brought the person directly to Yu Wanwan.

The visitor was the steward of the Ministry of Revenue's office.

When Tao Xinran saw him, she sweetly called him "Grandpa Butler".

The housekeeper also saw Tao Xinran, and a relieved smile appeared on his thin, wrinkled face: "That's great, Miss Xinran is clean and tidy again."

After catching up with Tao Xinran, he didn't dare to delay his business and quickly presented the four boxes in his hands to Yu Wanwan.

"Madam, these are sent by my master and mistress. Please accept them."

Yu Wanwan had long guessed that the Ministry of Revenue would send her something.

She took the items with both hands.

Looking at the thin, hunched-over old butler, he turned and instructed Zhou Nan, "Take Butler Tao downstairs for breakfast."

After saying that, he turned to Steward Tao and said, "Steward Tao must have come so early in the morning and hasn't had time to have breakfast yet. So please have breakfast at the mansion before you go back."

Butler Tao should have refused, but he was really too hungry.

Although the Minister of Revenue had to cook rice with the rice and water given by Yu Wanwan early in the morning because there was too little water to cook porridge, he had someone use the rice and water given to him by Yu Wanwan to cook rice.

However, when cooking rice, each person can only get two or three mouthfuls.

It's a little better than before, but we still can't get enough to eat.

Butler Tao's physical instincts prevented him from refusing Yu Wanwan's kindness.