It cost 5,000 points to draw once, and Shen Wei still felt a bit heartbroken about it.
The System recently stopped rewarding points, so all her daily points came from exchanging online reputation.
She earned only a few hundred points per day, and this draw cost the equivalent of 10 days' worth of reputation.
Moreover, her kindergarten had already established a solid online presence, and her base was fixed.
She had created a miracle in the kindergarten field, but online, video sites could not promote her forever. Her traffic was declining, affecting her point acquisition.
Now there was only a 50% chance of winning a prize in the draw.
But she had no choice but to spend, as drawing was still better than redeeming from the points mall.
Shen Wei had drawn once before, successfully obtaining a 50-pound bag of fertilizer.
She still had one free chance remaining. So she locked herself alone in her room, feeling a bit nervous - draws always had an element of mysticism!
She immersed her entire mind and soul into it, clicking the draw button once.
Her heart leaped up.
Soon, she felt a slight tremor in the mall, followed by a flash of golden light, and the System's calm electronic voice sounded.
"Congratulations, Shen Wei has won one 50-pound bag of fertilizer."
With her current land area, she still needed 8 more bags.
This fertilizer could thoroughly improve the soil environment, isolate heavy metals, and completely change the soil quality. Otherwise, it would take at least 20 years for natural metabolism and decomposition!
She had to buy it, and the System offered no discounts.
There was only a 50% chance, and she wouldn't be so lucky every time.
Shen Wei felt a bit anxious.
The pressure of the remaining 8 bags weighed heavily on her heart. With a slight tremor and the familiar golden flash, she drew another one successfully.
Her free quota was used up, and she spent a hard-earned 5,000 points.
Now she only needed 7 more bags.
Shen Wei's confidence inexplicably increased, so she chose to do a 10-draw.
She had played card games before, and a 10-draw had a higher probability.
She directly recharged 50,000 points.
After the System successfully deducted the points, Shen Wei felt a pang - she had used up a quarter of her points just like that.
Shen Wei thought that as long as she drew 7 bags in these 10 draws, it would be enough.
She had already obtained 3 bags and wasn't greedy - she only needed enough for herself.
She clicked the 10-draw, and this time the tremor was even stronger.
Flashes of light flickered in Shen Wei's mind, accompanied by the shaking of the entire points mall. Shen Wei couldn't contain her joy, but when she looked at the result, she was dumbfounded.
She drew 6 bags, and 4 times it was "Thank you for your patronage."
Only one bag was left.
Shen Wei had a bad feeling, as if this was the System's trick to lure more spending.
It was always like this in previous paid games - the closer you got, the farther away it seemed.
Rationally, Shen Wei thought she could make do with the 9 bags of fertilizer first.
She could try again when she felt particularly lucky, but she couldn't resist.
After all, she was just one bag short.
Even though she knew there might be a trap ahead,
Shen Wei's OCD kicked in, and she clicked heavily, only to get "Thank you for your patronage" again. She had already spent 60,000 points.
The points mall used to be quite friendly.
Shen Wei had never redeemed anything too expensive before, but now she had spent so much, and her heart was bleeding.
Just one bag short, and dawn seemed so close.
So she clicked again, silently praying that if this didn't work, she would take the 9 bags of fertilizer to improve the soil and leave some land for other uses.
This time, she felt a tremor and her heart leaped with joy.
She looked over eagerly and anxiously, and indeed a golden light flashed: "Success!"
The System's cold voice said: "Congratulations, Shen Wei has successfully obtained one bag of fertilizer."
A total of 10 bags of this high-tech fertilizer cost 65,000 points.
Regardless, Shen Wei had resolved this issue.
The fertilizer was currently stored in her private space.
After the last upgrade, the space was now 20 square meters.
She called someone to transport it to the vegetable garden next door.
Workers were loosening the soil.
Shen Wei instructed them to mix the 10 bags of fertilizer with the soil in the proper proportion and spread it evenly over the land to nourish it.
These former farmers were experts at the task Shen Wei assigned them. They finished it quickly and skillfully.
They were paid promptly, and the work was light.
When they were done, they were reluctant to leave. The foreman said, "Call us if you have any more work in the future. We'll definitely give you the best price."
Shen Wei noted down their contact information.
After they left,
Liu Chef came by after getting off work.
He had always taken a keen interest in this small vegetable garden.
It was his words that initially prompted Shen Wei to spend a fortune buying it.
Seeing the 2 million investment about to go down the drain, Liu Chef would get furious and develop large mouth ulcers every day.
But today, for some reason, as soon as he entered, he felt something different. The formerly dry and barren land had suddenly become rich and moist.
Although he didn't know what had happened, he was inexplicably excited.
The land had turned fertile again, and there was hope for the vegetable garden.
