I just want to be a salted fish quietly Chapter 001

2015.

Xinghen Nation, Jiangzhen City.

This was Lin Xian’s third month in this parallel world.

Although it was a parallel world, the differences between the two worlds were not significant. The basic technology and historical processes had a similarity of up to 99%.

The only differences were some minor details.

The entire Jiangzhen City seemed to have transformed into a massive furnace.

The scorching sun was like fire, and the distorted hot air gave people the illusion that even the asphalt roads were melting.

Along the green belts on both sides of the road, a continuous chorus of cicada chirps rose and fell, adding to the already hot and unbearable irritation of pedestrians.

Inside a simply decorated restaurant by the roadside, Lin Xian sat behind the cashier counter, rapidly blinking his eyes.

After only a few minutes, his eyes felt sore, and the rims of his eyes were slightly red.

Despite the discomfort in his eyes, Lin Xian’s heart was filled with shock…

He could make money just by blinking?

This was too amazing!

In his mind, lines of data appeared…

Host: Lin Xian

Level: LV 1

LV 1 Privilege Reward: Each blink earns a 0.1 yuan reward.

Upgrade Experience: 0/10000 (Experience can only be gained through consumption. Money obtained through loans or earnings does not grant experience points!)

System Mall: Not yet open

Items: [LV 1 Privilege Pack]* 1

Skills: None

Amount: 23.3 yuan

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These 23 yuan were the result of Lin Xian’s rapid blinking just now.

Each blink could earn him one dime…

Lin Xian’s mind raced. An adult normally blinks once every three seconds or so. So, in one minute, they blink about 20 times. Excluding the 8 hours of sleep, a person blinks approximately 19, 200 times a day.

Let’s round it to 19, 000 times!

One dime per blink!

In other words, Lin Xian wouldn’t have to do anything and would earn 1, 900 yuan every day.

That’s 57, 000 a month, and 684, 000 a year!

Uh… it didn’t seem like much.

To be honest, an annual income of several hundred thousand yuan had no impact on Lin Xian.

This restaurant was his family’s. Because of its good location, right next to several office buildings, there was a large flow of people. Plus, his dad’s cooking was excellent and prices were fair, so business was very good every day. It was easy to earn several hundred thousand a year, to say the least.

Moreover, Father Lin was very generous with him, always giving him plenty of pocket money and endless red envelopes during holidays. Therefore, even after calculating the system’s annual income, Lin Xian was happy, but he wasn’t exactly excited…

Of course, this was only the income from LV 1.

As the level increased, the money earned from each blink would definitely increase. He just didn’t know how high the increase would be.

“Should I upgrade to LV 2 first?”

Consumption would generate experience points. To upgrade to LV 2, he needed to spend ten thousand yuan. Lin Xian had about a hundred thousand yuan saved in his private piggy bank, so he wasn’t worried about not having money to spend.

Just as he was pondering whether to upgrade to LV 2, his mother, Wang Hongmei, suddenly spoke up with concern from beside him.

“Son, why are your eyes so red? Are you feeling unwell?”

At this moment, Lin Guodong also walked out from the back kitchen, lit a cigarette, and asked, “What’s wrong? Is Little Xian feeling unwell?”

“It’s nothing, my eyes were a bit itchy just now, I rubbed them a few times,” Lin Xian waved his hand, casually making up an excuse. Seeing Lin Guodong smoking, he couldn’t help but say, “Dad, give me a cigarette!”

To be honest, although Lin Xian had a strong ability to adapt, he was still just a student who had just finished his college entrance exams. Suddenly getting a system, his heart was still unsettled, and he planned to smoke a cigarette to calm himself down.

As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Hongmei’s voice of opposition rang out: “No way!”

“How old are you, and you’re already thinking about smoking? Why don’t you just ascend to the heavens? Lin Xian, I think you’re just itching for a beating. Three days without a beating and you’ll tear down the roof. Just you wait, I’ll deal with you properly when we get home tonight.”

Listening to his mother’s incessant nagging, Lin Xian secretly pouted indifferently and turned his gaze to Lin Guodong.

Lin Guodong’s personality could only be described with two words: Buddhist.

Yes, Buddhist.

He lived a very free and easy life, not overly enthusiastic about making money, adhering to the principle that money wasn’t about how much you had, but whether it was enough.

There were several opportunities to expand the restaurant and open branches, but Lin Guodong refused them all. Otherwise, the family’s assets would have probably multiplied several times by now.

This Buddhist personality also led Lin Guodong to adopt a hands-off approach to Lin Xian’s education.

As long as you don’t do bad things, don’t break the law, and do what you should at your age, you can do whatever you like.

It must be said that this personality greatly influenced Lin Xian, allowing him to maintain a relatively calm attitude when faced with the money brought by the system, instead of shouting and screaming in excitement.

Indeed, his dad didn’t disappoint Lin Xian.

After pondering for a few seconds, Lin Guodong took out a cigarette and handed it over, saying seriously, “Little Xian is an adult now and will be going to college soon. Smoking a cigarette is no big deal. However, you are still young, and smoking is harmful to your health, so it’s best to smoke less.”

“You know it’s harmful to your health, yet you smoke so much every day!” Wang Hongmei snorted angrily.

Clearly, women’s focus points were always so peculiar.

Lin Guodong immediately became displeased upon hearing this: “What? This is the only hobby I have left, and you want to eradicate it?”

Indeed, Lin Guodong was a standard good man. He didn’t gamble, didn’t drink, and didn’t like to go out and play. His only hobby was smoking.

Seeing him pull out his trump card, Wang Hongmei could only hum, “Lin Guodong, just spoil him.”

Lin Xian took small puffs of his cigarette, smiling as he watched his parents bicker, feeling a special warmth in his heart.

He had no pressure himself. Although his studies weren’t top-notch, he still got into a second-tier university. While his family wasn’t extremely wealthy, they weren’t short on money, and he wouldn’t have to worry about a house or car after graduating from college.

Now, with the addition of a system, he could earn money just by lying down every day.

Influenced by Lin Guodong’s Buddhist mindset, Lin Xian felt that being a quiet, super-rich person wasn’t bad either.

Buy a few comfortable villas, choose a few favorite sports cars, travel when he had nothing to do, flirt with girls, and do things he liked.

Thinking of this, he couldn’t help but sigh, “Ah! The lives of the rich are often so simple, unadorned, and boring!”

…

Restaurants were usually only busy during lunch and dinner. They didn’t do business in the afternoon.

After tidying up the kitchen, Lin Guodong went to the hardware store next door, a cigarette dangling from his mouth, to chat, while Wang Hongmei occupied the cashier counter, tallying the lunch bills.

Lin Xian found a random seat, pretending to look at his phone, but in reality, he was looking at the system interface, preparing to open the privilege pack.

“Ding!”

“Congratulations, Host, for opening the [LV 1 Privilege Pack], you have gained a skill.”

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