Through the memories of her original body, Ding Yun quickly learned that she was currently on a green-skinned train. Considering that the original body had died of illness, she didn't need to worry about immediate danger.
Therefore, after sorting through the memories, she didn't immediately open her eyes.
Instead, she decided to continue with her eyes closed and extract her golden finger.
Soon, a virtual page appeared in Ding Yun's mind, labeled "Interdimensional Clearance Inventory Sales Network."
Before Ding Yun could examine the specific content, a pop-up window flashed on the page, prompting her to register an account. Ding Yun wanted to register directly, but it was useless. The user agreement in the middle of the registration page was constantly flashing, requiring her to read it completely before she could register.
In short, everything had to be done according to its rules.
Ding Yun had no choice but to read it, treating it as a system user manual. For her, having a manual was much better than not having one.
With a user manual, she wouldn't have to figure things out herself.
She wouldn't have to take detours.
Everything could be done according to the instructions.
Fortunately, the user agreement for this golden finger was relatively concise, not using deliberately convoluted language to confuse readers or set traps. Thus, Ding Yun quickly finished reading and extracted the key points.
In summary, it was quite simple. The website was established to prevent waste in various aspects, hence the special placement of interdimensional clearance inventory and unsold products for low-price sales.
Different dimensions had different requirements and rules.
Dimensions with greater material wealth and higher levels had higher freshness requirements for food and other daily necessities.
Some dimensions were so strict that they would not allow food to be sold for consumption if it had less than six months until its expiry date. The most extreme dimensions even destroyed anything produced on the same day that couldn't be eaten immediately.
This was because their material resources were extremely abundant.
They didn't lack that little bit, nor did they fear waste.
However, the creator of this golden finger felt that such behavior undoubtedly caused immense waste. Those destroyed items were actually not bad at all; they were merely less fresh than when they were just produced. They were perfectly fine for normal consumption and use, and in lower-level dimensions, they could save countless lives.
Thus, He specially created this golden finger.
Its purpose was to utilize the food and items wasted by high-level or extremely resource-rich dimensions to help people in lower-level or resource-scarce dimensions improve their living standards, or in other words, to help save lives.
This was the initial intention written in the user agreement.
The latter part contained specific regulations.
The regulations were also quite simple. The most crucial point was to avoid waste, followed by specific selling prices and transaction methods. The selling prices were generally very low, some even falling below the cost price of raw materials. The transaction method was primarily online shopping.
As for the most important transaction currency.
Real currency, merit, or luck could all be used. If there were a considerable amount of clearance or inventory products, they could also be sold directly to the sales network.
In short, there were already many transaction methods.
After reading this, Ding Yun immediately registered an account and officially logged into the Clearance Inventory Sales Network. The website then displayed "Price adaptation in progress" for a few seconds before resuming, and the prices of the items changed to Yuan.
For example, overnight steamed buns, fifty for one Yuan.
Overnight rice, thirty jin for one Yuan.
Scraps of near-expiry cake, three jin for one jiao.
...
Clearly, the so-called "price adaptation in progress" was adapting to this world, changing the original prices to the currency of this world, and even this country.
Seeing this, Ding Yun felt like cursing the creator of her previous golden finger again. How well was this golden finger made? Unlike the previous "Elf Ball Manufacturing Master System," which didn't adapt directly and required her to find substitute raw materials.
How much trouble did that cause her?
How much time did it waste?
After complaining internally for a while, Ding Yun finally began to recall how much money the original body had.
And to consider what items to buy on the sales network.
Her original body's father was truly ruthless. Apart from allowing her to take her own belongings, he didn't prepare a single cent or item for her. So, apart from clothes and bedding, the original body had nothing else for this trip to the countryside.
She had less than ten Yuan on hand.
Even this was not given by her father. Her mother, after knowing that her father remarried and worrying about her child suffering, secretly gave the original body thirty Yuan, telling her to use it sparingly for stationery and other things, and to call her if she was wronged.
After two years, less than ten Yuan remained.
This was already considered frugal.
But even though money was worth more back then, less than ten Yuan was indeed very little, not even half a month's salary for an ordinary worker. Therefore, Ding Yun immediately felt that the first thing to consider might not be what she needed to buy.
But rather, she had to find a way to save some money first.
Once she had money, she could buy whatever she wanted.
Excuses were also relatively easy to fabricate. After all, she would be far from home in the countryside, and no one would know what relatives she had. Moreover, the items she brought out were not new products, but just clearance inventory.
In this era, what factory worker's relative couldn't bring back inferior soap or defective products at a low price?
She had relatives who could exchange scraps or near-expiry items.
This was quite reasonable at the time.
People might even envy her.
With these thoughts, Ding Yun immediately stopped worrying about her upcoming life in the countryside and soon became engrossed in browsing the products on the Clearance Inventory Sales Network. Useful items were added to her shopping cart, items she absolutely couldn't afford for now were added to her favorites, and those that were interesting but of uncertain use were added to another favorites list, just to pass the time.
In this era, there were no mobile phones or internet.
Browsing shopping websites was also a good choice.
Anyway, she didn't have much money, so she could just browse without buying. Browsing didn't necessarily mean buying, just like going shopping didn't necessarily mean buying something. What was wrong with just browsing and not buying?
It wasn't illegal.
After browsing the website for several hours until Ding Yun was hungry, she finally placed an order and spent one jiao to buy three jin of cake scraps. At the same time, she chose her personal bag as the delivery address. A few minutes later, when the goods were shipped and confirmed to have reached the pickup point.
Ding Yun slowly opened her eyes.
She rummaged through her bag and took out an enamel cup to fetch water.
Eating cake would definitely make her a little dry. It was better to fetch a cup of warm water beforehand and drink it while eating, rather than waiting until she was parched or choked to find water.
However, the process was actually a bit difficult.
Because the train was truly packed, with no consideration for overloading and many large and small items. Ding Yun's trip to get some hot water felt like going into battle.
After much effort, she squeezed back.
The bag she was carrying, which had just contained the cake scraps for a short while, was mostly flattened by the crush. Its already unappealing appearance was now even more pathetic.
But Ding Yun wasn't that picky. She calmly took out the crushed cake scraps, ate a few pieces, took a sip of water, and quickly filled her stomach.
Even this made several people nearby very envious.
Some even swallowed their saliva.
Then they continued to eat their own coarse grain buns or wild vegetable dumplings, just to fill their stomachs.
There was no way around it. At this time, many people didn't even get to eat white flour buns regularly, let alone cakes with eggs and sugar. Even if they were scraps, scraps didn't affect the taste or aroma.
Seeing that Ding Yun had quite a few cake scraps in her bag, some people even became restless, wondering if they could trade for some.