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Su Yang's heart tightened, but his face showed just the right amount of shyness and a little confusion.

He brandished the bow in his hand, his tone carrying an innocent "Is this so difficult?" tone: "Nobody taught me, I just... went by feel. I saw them there, and my hand just shot. Hmm, and this bow is quite handy."

He downplayed the issue, attributing everything to vague and unreal feelings.

His greatest secrets are his cheat ability and time travel, and he must never reveal even a fraction of them.

"Feel?"

This sounded far-fetched, but Yu Feng believed it. He was a soldier, and there were countless sharpshooters in the army, but even those sharpshooters couldn't teach apprentices like them.

Many people ask why sharpshooters are so good at marksmanship, and most of them say it's just a feeling.

To put it simply, it's about talent.

He gave Su Yang a deep look, then didn't press further. He simply patted Su Yang's shoulder with considerable force: "Good lad! You're getting interesting! Keep up this 'feeling,' or you'll have a bright future!"

Su Yang grinned, revealing his neat, white teeth: "Thank you for the compliment."

Having said that, he tucked the reward coupon into his pocket, carried the wooden bow on his back, and squeezed through the crowd under the complex gazes of the people, quickly walking towards the consumer cooperative.

The saleswoman, who was also watching the spectacle, remarked after exchanging the 17 reward coupons for cash for Su Yang, "If only my son had half your talent."

Su Yang smiled but didn't respond.

He stood on tiptoe and peered at the counter. "Auntie, do you still have any large pieces of meat?"

"Yes, but..." The sales clerk lifted the white cloth covering a small bamboo basket on the counter.

"Only grade C meat is left."

Su Yang glanced at it and saw that there was only one piece of lean meat left in the bamboo basket.

These days, people's diets lack oil and fat, so they prefer to buy fatty meat, which they can render into oil to make the dishes taste better.

Pork is graded based on the thickness of its fat layer.

Meat with more than three fingers of fat, or three layers of pork belly, is undoubtedly Grade A meat.

The pork rump and the neck meat, which is now disliked by everyone, are classified as Grade B meat.

The hind leg, elbow, and tenderloin are classified as Grade C.

As for lean meat, it's considered "grade D" meat, which everyone dislikes.

"Although the tenderloin here isn't very oily, the meat is tender and the price is cheap, only 4600 per catty," the saleswoman couldn't help but explain.

"This is it! Please weigh it for me!" Su Yang said with a smile.

"What?! You want this whole piece of meat?"

The sales clerk couldn't help but confirm again, as people usually buy meat in small quantities, like a few ounces or half a pound, and rarely buy so much at once.

"What? You won't sell it to me?"

"Sell! Sell!"

The sales clerk quickly hung the piece of lean meat on the scale.

"It's almost two pounds, do you want me to cut some off for you?"

"No need! Let's leave it like this!"

Su Yang waved his hand dismissively, watching the saleswoman tie the meat with straw rope for him. She was muttering something under her breath, and Su Yang vaguely heard her say, "What a spendthrift."

Pretending not to hear the sales clerk's rambling, Su Yang took out a 1 yuan bill and handed it over.

The cashier had just given him the bill, and now she had taken it back herself.

She quickly tapped the abacus a few times.

"This meat is priced a little higher at 1 jin (15 grams), and I'll round it down to 8910. Here's your change..."

Su Yang then noticed a glass jar on the counter filled with colorful candies. He pointed at the jar and laughed, "Keep the change, use the rest of the money to buy candy."

The sales clerk sighed, counted out 22 more candies from the glass jar and handed them to Su Yang, saying earnestly, "I don't see that you two siblings have any relatives helping you here, so you still have to be careful with your money."

"Thanks for reminding me, see you later!" Su Yang grinned at him, picked up the pork and candy from the counter, and lifted the curtain to go out.

I caught 17 rats today, and earned a reward of 13600!

In Su Yang's view, spending 10,000 yuan to improve his life is not excessive.

And most importantly, he upgraded!

His character panel now looks like this:

Name: Su Yang

Race: Human

[Class]: Hunter (Level 2)

[Attributes]: Strength 5, Agility 6, Stamina 5

[Experience Points]: 6/120

Strength, agility, and endurance each increased by 1 point, and he could clearly feel that his body was stronger than before.

The experience required to level up is 20 more, just like in the game, where each level up requires 20 more experience than the previous level.

This tangible improvement made Su Yang somewhat addicted.

Today's preparations were insufficient; too few arrows were made.

He will now intensify his efforts.

The rats shot dead today were all fatter than the last, clearly because they were backed by a flour mill, ensuring they had plenty of food.

There's still so much snow in the fields outside, yet they managed to catch 17 mice.

Once the snow melts and the temperature rises, Su Yang can hardly imagine how many rats he can kill.

He returned home feeling quite pleased with himself.

Judging by the time, it's almost lunchtime. I told Wu Xinxue last night that she should come home for lunch.

Su Yang didn't delay any longer and started fetching water to wash vegetables, cutting meat, and cooking.

.......

With a smile on her lips and a copy of "Basic Training Manual for Announcers" tucked under her arm, Wu Xinxue returned to the family compound with light steps.

"Have you eaten, sir?" she greeted the old man Xie at the door with a smile.

Old Xie waved his hand and said, "Go back and eat right away. By the way, your family has a delicious meal today."

Good food?

Wu Xinxue was somewhat puzzled.

She suppressed her doubts and quickened her pace toward Building 3.

This morning she went to work with a heavy heart, afraid that she would not do her job well and let others down.

Unexpectedly, everyone in the office took good care of her.

Xu Hongyan even personally taught her how to use the broadcasting equipment.

When it was lunchtime, she declined Xu Hongyan's invitation to eat in the cafeteria, wanting only to return and share her joy with Su Yang.

"Wow! It smells so good!"

The wooden door creaked open.

Wu Xinxue came in wrapped in the cold air, her nose red from the cold, but her eyes shone as brightly as if they were filled with stars.

"Su Yang! What's that smell? It smells amazing!" She rushed to the stove, staring at the pot full of glistening, fragrant pork, cabbage, and glass noodles, swallowing hard. "You bought meat? And so much!"

Only then did she realize what Old Man Xie meant when he told her to go home quickly.

"Wash your hands and eat first. Today we're treating ourselves to something special to celebrate Comrade Xiao Wu's official start of his new post!"

Su Yang picked up the thermos and poured some hot water into the washbasin in the corner.

After washing her hands, Wu Xinxue suddenly remembered something. Her peach blossom eyes looked at the pot, then at Su Yang, as if she wanted to say something but stopped herself.

She wanted to advise Su Yang to stop spending money so extravagantly, but she was afraid of upsetting him, so she pondered how to bring it up.

Su Yang keenly sensed her thoughts, took out a wad of cash from his pocket, slammed it on the table, and said, "Count it."

The two of them agreed last night that Wu Xinxue would go to work, and Su Yang would temporarily manage the money and be responsible for cooking.

Therefore, Wu Xinxue only had a few dollars in her pocket for emergencies, and Su Yang carried the rest of the money.

Wu Xinxue carefully observed Su Yang's expression for a while before counting the money.

"Huh? How come there are several thousand more dollars than before?" At first, she thought she had miscounted, so she quickly counted it again and found that there was indeed more money.

"Of course I earned it..."

Su Yang raised his eyebrows smugly and recounted how he made money catching rats that day.