Chapter 19: Lottery Rewards!

Xu Yang settled today's popularity value from venturing deep into the mountains for Mountain Rushing.

[Viewers of today's livestream: 5432 people, average duration: 0.8 hours, popularity value gained: 4346]

[Current Total Popularity Value: 5192]

Unexpectedly, digging for ginseng deep in the mountains today actually earned me over four thousand popularity value.

It's simply a huge profit!

Mountain Rushing not only allows me to find great stuff but also to earn through live streaming, and I can use the popularity value for the lottery.

Three birds, one stone.

The system is really handy.

Now's exactly when Xu Yang needed rewards the most, so he immediately chose to do five low-level lotteries.

[Host selects five low-level lotteries, drawing in progress...]

[Congratulations host, you obtained three Ordinary Rewards:]

[Durable Windbreaker*1: A very durable windbreaker, breathable and lightweight, suitable for wearing in the mountains.]

[Anti-odor Socks*1 pair: Socks that absolutely won't emit any smell, with a very powerful anti-odor effect.]

[Lightweight Underwear*1: Super soft and light underwear, it feels like you're wearing nothing when you put them on.]

At first glance, all the rewards are Ordinary Rewards. Seeing these prizes, Xu Yang frowned slightly.

The windbreaker is useful, as you need something to wear in the mountains where clothes get easily snagged by branches, so the tougher, the better.

But what the heck are anti-odor socks? I don't even need them.

And lightweight underwear, described as super soft? What do I need super soft for? Might as well add a leak-proof feature to it.

But they are just Ordinary Rewards, I can't expect too much.

[Congratulations host, you obtained two Ordinary Rewards:]

[Twelve God Flower Dew*1 bottle: Superb ability to repel insects, apply on the body to keep insects away, even if you sleep naked in the forest at night, insects won't come near. (Only effective for the host)]

[Special Effect Band-Aid*5: Band-Aids that can rapidly heal external injuries and also speed up wound healing.]

The Ordinary Rewards are much better.

The flower dew, in particular, is a godsend for Xu Yang!

The mountains have a lot of insects, and they're very toxic.

Especially now in the summer when mosquitoes and flies are most rampant.

Moreover, the variety of mosquitoes is complex, there are black and white ones, some with larger heads that look like mutant big mosquitoes, and the tiny ones that specifically bite people.

The appearance of the flower dew is truly a bit of relief for him.

Professional mountain people, toughened by the elements, are already immune to mosquitoes.

But Xu Yang, having just graduated from college, has smooth and fair skin, making him a favorite target for mosquitoes.

Although not a brittle-skinned college student, he's still a college student.

Mosquitoes specifically like to feed on them.

"Finally, I can take care of these mosquitoes, the most annoying things in the mountains."

Xu Yang felt unbelievably refreshed.

In the summer, after a few mosquito bites, many people develop the thought, "Why do mosquitoes even exist in this world?"

Everyone wishes mosquitoes would go extinct.

There's also a joke that a biologist who created a mosquito that could survive winter was shot on the spot by the police.

It shows how much everyone hates mosquitoes.

Xu Yang was no exception.

"The rewards are pretty good, you can't get great items from a low-level lottery. To get good stuff, you have to go for an Advanced Lottery."

"Like Skills, Special Effect Props and such."

"I need to improve the livestream and earn more popularity value," Xu Yang thought to himself.

Then, he felt a wave of drowsiness wash over him.

He had been busy all day long in the deep mountains, walking for a day, and was truly tired.

Tomorrow, he didn't plan to go into the deep mountains.

He could save up his uses of the Treasure Compass.

And use it the next time he goes into the mountains.

Thus, he slept late today and didn't need to wake up early.

As for his father, Xu Hongshan, he went to bed a bit after eight in the evening as he had to gather at six in the morning for ginseng digging.

The ordinary mountain people, mostly not wealthy, find such earning opportunities rare and tough.

The next morning, around eight o'clock,

After Xu Yang got up and washed up, he went to see the little black dog he had adopted yesterday.

The little guy was adorable, pitch black with a white chest and four little paws, making it especially cute.

Seeing Xu Yang appear, the little guy immediately bounded joyfully towards him.

Dogs are very affectionate towards humans, especially their owners.

Xu Yang found its behavior amusing.

Just then, a series of sounds came from outside the yard:

"Fresh milk for sale! Fresh milk for sale! Fresh milk for sale!"

The milk seller was passing by, with a loudspeaker attached behind his vehicle, continuously playing a recorded message.

Hearing this, Xu Yang, holding a large cola bottle, quickly ran out of the yard.

"Milk seller! Wait up!"

As he shouted, the milk seller rode over on an electric bike.

There was a large iron bucket tied to the back of the cart, filled with a bucket of milk.

Life in the village wasn't easy, some people relied on raising dairy cows and selling the milk for a living, and would cart out the milk after milking it into buckets.

This happened every morning.

There were also those selling sugar cakes and clay oven rolls.

Xu Yang really liked eating sugar cakes, and when he bought them, they were still hot.

Whether it was white sugar cake or brown sugar cake, the sugar inside was bursting out just like that.

When eating it, one could feel that the sugar was scorching hot and would flow out of the cake.

These were all made by the mountain people early in the morning before carting them out to sell.

Though it wasn't as abundant as the breakfast stalls in the city, it was still pretty good for mountain village life.

"Give me three pounds of milk."

Xu Yang always asked for a lot of milk.

He had no choice, needing it not only for himself but also to feed a little leopard and a little black dog.

"Okay."

The milk seller took Xu Yang's cola bottle and started to fill it with milk.

He inserted a red funnel into the cola bottle, then took out the milk scoop. This kind of scoop was specially used for selling milk; it was cylindrical and exactly one pound per scoop.

One pound of milk was about 0.5 liters, so a large 2 liter cola bottle was enough to accommodate three pounds.

Soon, three scoops of milk were poured in, and the cola bottle was almost full.

Xu Yang scanned a code to pay, and the milk seller continued his route through the streets with his loudspeaker, selling milk.

He usually did a round first and then waited at the entrance to the village, where more people congregated and more milk was sold.

The little black dog followed Xu Yang around like a shadow.

As for Big Yellow, he usually ran off to the shop early in the morning.

Big Yellow was raised by Xu Yang's parents, definitely more attached to them, so he mainly stayed at the shop.

Before long, the sellers of sugar cakes and clay oven rolls arrived too.

Xu Yang called him over and bought two brown sugar cakes.

Xu Yang went back home and cooked all three liters of milk immediately.

Freshly bought milk had to be boiled before it was safe to drink.

After cooking the milk, Xu Yang poured himself a bowl, added some sugar, and stirred it well.

Then, he ate two sugar cakes and drank a bowl of hot milk to take care of his breakfast.

The little black dog was on the floor, its little tail wagging rapidly, clearly in a hurry.

But the milk was still hot, so it had to wait until it cooled down before it could drink.

"Little Black, sit!"

"Sit down!"

Xu Yang watched it and gave it the command.

Hearing Xu Yang's words, Little Black actually obediently sat down.

Its little head raised high, its face full of anticipation, looking very cute.

Xu Yang poured the cooled milk into a bowl and placed it in front of it.

The little guy immediately ran over to drink.

Xu Yang held it back.

"Listen to my command, you can eat only when I say so."

Training a dog is a skill and must be cultivated from its youth.

"Sit!"

"Sit down!"

Xu Yang emphasized again.

Little Black looked at the milk in the bowl, its face full of desire but it still sat down.

Xu Yang let go of it and didn't want to be too harsh, so he said:

"Okay, drink now!"

Hearing Xu Yang's words, the little black dog immediately rushed over, burrowed its head into the milk bowl, and lapped it up furiously.

The guy was indeed full of energy.

And a real foodie too.

Xu Yang filled another bottle with milk, planning to go into the mountains to check on the leopard today.

He didn't plan to broadcast anything about the leopard.

After all, it's a nationally protected animal with the highest protection status.

Broadcasting live with wild leopards could lead to trouble.

The live streaming room could be shut down, and it might stir up controversy online.

The current online environment is too strict, and Xu Yang didn't want to take any risks.

If the villagers knew, it wouldn't matter; it wouldn't have any impact.

Thus, before the villagers, Xu Yang could say that he had rescued two leopards.

During live broadcasts, he would absolutely not mention this.

"Leopards? I don't recognize any leopards."

You must have seen it wrong.

Of course, it wasn't up to him whether the leopards would appear in the future when he was live streaming in the mountains.

It would always be broadcasted out eventually.