Siheyuan: A Very Happy Era

Chapter 2: God rewards hard work, and every effort will yield tenfold rewards

"Well, Uncle, I suddenly feel a little dizzy. I want to go back to the house and lie down to rest for a while. How about you come back and teach me your fishing experience next time when you are free?"

As he was anxious to understand the situation of the golden finger, Li Guoqiang had to find an excuse to interrupt Yan Bugui's preaching.

When Yan Bugui heard Li Guoqiang say he felt dizzy, he immediately became nervous, then hurriedly nodded and agreed, "Okay, then you should go back to your room and have a rest, but don't get tired!"

After saying that, without waiting for Li Guoqiang to reply, he immediately ran away like a rabbit running for his life.

After a while, when he ran all the way back to his home, he patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, he patted his forehead in annoyance and complained to himself in a low voice: "Oh, I really lost my mind. How could I set my sights on this sickly guy Li Guoqiang? If something happens to him, his father Li Dawei will definitely fight me to death with a knife, right?"

After saying that, he hurriedly sat down with the help of the back of the chair and poured himself a glass of boiled water to calm himself.

On the other hand, Li Guoqiang was not interested in what Yan Bugui was thinking. After Yan Bugui left, he immediately turned around and went back to the room. Then he sat on the edge of the bed, closed his eyes and carefully checked the information that suddenly appeared in his mind.

Not long after, he suddenly opened his eyes, revealing an irrepressible excitement in his eyes.

Haha!

Now I am finally saved!

Moreover, perhaps I can still have a wonderful life in this world that I could only dream of in my previous life.

After a while, when Li Guoqiang calmed down, he began to verify his golden finger.

In fact, he didn't know whether his golden finger should be called a system or something else.

Because his golden finger is just a life buff that rewards hard work, and it also comes with an infinitely large and absolutely static storage space.

Among them, the effect of the life buff of "God rewards hard work" on him is very simple. As long as he puts a certain amount of energy into working hard to do something, he will be able to gain rewards, and the rewards will be tenfold.

In other words, you gain tenfold if you work hard.

In addition, more importantly, this kind of harvest includes not only tangible items, but also intangible experience, knowledge, skills, strength, physique, spirit, etc.

It’s like if he chooses to go fishing, he can not only get ten times the fishing experience and ten times the physical fitness training effect, but also ten times the fish.

The accompanying storage space is used to store the various additional items he obtains.

Li Guoqiang was quite satisfied with the role of Jin Die, although the storage space could only be used to store the extra items for the time being, and once these items were taken out of the storage space, they could not be put back.

But, for a time traveler like him, this is already powerful enough!

What's more, Jin Dad didn't completely block this path. He just said that when he could improve all the attributes of his body to the standards of a normal person and master an L6 skill, he would be able to use his own efforts to create a small world in the storage space with the land, water, air, plants, animals and other things he harvested in reality, in the form of a tenfold reward.

At that time, he will not only be able to plant and raise crops in the small world, but also store materials freely through the small world. It will be simply awesome.

In addition, the only bad thing is that the intangible gains brought by the life buff of God’s rewards for hard work are difficult to quantify.

For example, he had verified it by patiently listening to Yan Bugui sharing his fishing experience just now. Apart from the fact that a little new fishing knowledge suddenly appeared in his mind, he didn't feel anything else.

This is not conducive to his planning of future tasks, nor does it enable him to achieve the greatest results in a short period of time.

Just as he was thinking about how to improve it, a tablet-like screen suddenly appeared in his mind, with all his basic information written on it.

Name: Li Guoqiang
Age: 19 years old
Strength: 4.11 (adult male average 8)

Physical fitness: 3.28 (average for adult males: 7.5)

Mental: 6.69 (adult male average 6.5)

技能：钓鱼L2（68/100）；厨艺L2（98/100）；书法L2（35/100）；电竞L2（91/100）；语文L3（68/100）；数学L3（21/100）；英语L2（76/100）；物理L2（82/100）；化学L2（11/100）；市场营销L4（12/100）；公关管理L4（23/100）；编程L1（68/100）；摄影L1（68/100）；唱歌L2（33/100）；跳舞L2（7/100）；开车L3（18/100）；口技L3（15/100）；床.
Items: None
At first glance, Li Guoqiang was instantly stunned by his own versatility.

But the next second, when he learned that L1 to L9 respectively stood for apprentice, junior worker, intermediate worker, senior worker, technician, senior technician, special technician, chief technician and industry master, he suddenly felt embarrassed.

It turns out that he had been struggling for more than 30 years in his previous life, but in the end he couldn't even become a technician.

Looking at those skills, eighty to ninety percent were at the apprentice level, and he suddenly realized that there was a reason why he had been mediocre in his previous life.

But, it's different now.

With Jin Dad as his backer, he is destined to reach the pinnacle of his life.

Afterwards, he pondered for a moment, and then with an idea, he instantly hid all the skills that were temporarily useless to him, and finally only left ten skills that might be helpful to his current situation.

其中包括钓鱼L2（68/100）；狩猎L1（32/100）；骑术L1（7/100）；厨艺L2（98/100）；种植L2（13/100）；养殖L1（56/100）；中医L1（59/100）；制药L1（73/100）；养生呼吸法L1（86/100）；真五禽图功L1（82/100）；
Some of these skills were brought over from his previous life, while others were acquired from the memories of his previous life, which also gave him some surprises.

He didn't expect that his predecessor not only had some knowledge of Chinese medicine and pharmaceutical manufacturing, but also had learned a health-preserving breathing method to strengthen the body, nourish the kidneys and consolidate the essence, as well as Hua Tuo's authentic Five Animals Exercises to strengthen the body and prolong life.

Although these two techniques are only at the entry-level, with the life buff of "God rewards hard work", he does not have to worry about not being able to improve the realm of his techniques, thus completely solving the problem of his current body being weak due to congenital deficiencies.

This is really awesome!
If it weren't for the fact that the old imperial physician who taught his predecessor these two skills and Chinese medicine knowledge suddenly disappeared after teaching him for more than half a month, he would have wanted to visit him again to see if he could learn some more amazing skills.

After calming down his emotions, Li Guoqiang immediately sat down cross-legged on the bed and concentrated on practicing the health-preserving breathing method.

However, when he finally completed a cycle of the Qi with all his strength, he suddenly became listless and his face became paler.

It seems that there is a reason why my predecessor, after learning this health-preserving breathing method, had practiced it for more than ten years but was still at the beginner level.

The main reason was that his body was too weak. He could only complete one cycle a day at most and could not even practice every day.

In this way, it naturally cannot play any role in strengthening the body, which is equivalent to a waste of effort. However, for Li Guoqiang now, this is nothing more than a little troublesome.

Soon, he said silently in his heart: Dad Jin, it’s time to pay the salary!

The next moment, a subtle warm current suddenly emerged from his dantian, and then gently brushed across his whole body like a soft and warm little hand, making him involuntarily squint his eyes and reveal an intoxicated look on his face.

At the same time, some experience and skills of practicing health-preserving breathing method suddenly appeared in his mind, which made him very confident that he could complete half to one more cycle of the Qi in the next practice of health-preserving breathing method.

This immediate improvement made him instantly happy.

Afterwards, he carefully felt his physical condition and found that his originally sluggish spirit suddenly became fuller, and his body seemed to have become a little stronger.

Then, he closed his eyes again and checked the changes in his personal attribute panel in his mind, and soon found that it was different from before.

Name: Li Guoqiang
Age: 19 years old
Strength: 4.11 (adult male average 8)

Physical fitness: 3.29 (average for adult males: 7.5)

Mental: 6.69 (adult male average 6.5)

技能：钓鱼L2（68/100）；狩猎L1（32/100）；骑术L1（7/100）；厨艺L2（98/100）；种植L2（13/100）；养殖L1（56/100）；中医L1（59/100）；制药L1（73/100）；养生呼吸法L1（87/100）；真五禽图功L1（82/100）；其余省略；

Items: None
In addition to the 0.01 point increase in physical fitness, the experience value of the health-preserving breathing method also increased by 1 point.

In this case, even if you can gain so much every time, don’t you still have to practice more than 400 times to make your physical fitness reach the average level of adult men?

Thinking of this question, Li Guoqiang's heart sank slightly, and the smile on his face slowly disappeared.

You know, in a week he will have to take a train to the distant three northeastern provinces. Where would he have so much time to improve slowly?
Fortunately, the situation has not reached the point of desperation. According to the skill experience points he just gained, as long as he can practice the health-preserving breathing method for another thirteen or fourteen times, he will probably be able to reach the level of a junior worker.

By then, the benefits he could gain from practicing the health-preserving breathing method each time would surely be greatly improved, and perhaps it wouldn't take that long before he could barely reach the average level of adult males.

Moreover, in addition to this health-preserving breathing method, don't forget that he also has the real Five Animals Diagram.

He didn't believe that a two-pronged approach wouldn't be enough to help him get through the little difficulty he faced.

As the saying goes, strike while the iron is hot. Soon, while he still had enough energy, he continued to sit on the bed and practice the healthy breathing method.

As for other skills, he didn't dare to say how good he was, but when it came to liver, he was really good.

Not long after, he completed another circulation breathing exercise, thereby gaining 0.01 points of physical fitness and 1 point of skill experience.

Then, he continued working hard until he began to feel a little uncomfortable in his internal organs. Only then did he stop with a feeling of unfulfilled desire.

At this time, combined with the gains from the previous two times, he gained a total of 0.05 points of physical fitness and 5 points of skill experience.

Just as he was thinking of finding a quiet and open place to try to practice the True Five Animals Diagram, his stomach suddenly growled and a sour feeling welled up in his throat.

Although he only needed to put in one point of energy to gain tenfold benefits each time he practiced the health-preserving breathing method, he had just practiced it five times in a row, so the energy he needed to put in was also very great.

The most direct consequence was that he was hungry and his body felt a little tired.

If it weren't for the fact that his soul had traveled from the modern era and absorbed the soul fragments left over from his predecessor, causing his mental power to be slightly higher than the average adult male, he probably wouldn't have been able to practice so many times in a row.

This also made him suddenly realize that in the next week, in addition to improving his physical fitness as much as possible, he also had to find a way to get some food, meat, vegetables and other supplies.

Otherwise, when he arrived in the three northeastern provinces, he would be unfamiliar with the place and it would be difficult for him to get enough supplies in a short period of time.

What's more disappointing is that the life buff of "God rewards hard work" is only effective when he puts in the effort to do something, and the items obtained must be ownerless in order to get an extra ten times the amount of items.

For example, you cannot obtain an extra ten times the amount of items by spending money to buy things, bartering, accepting gifts, helping others harvest crops, helping others slaughter chickens and cows, eating and drinking, and other daily life behaviors. The most you can get is ten times the experience.

In other words, if he wanted to get some supplies and then secretly take them to the place where he was being sent to work, he would have to find a way and put in the effort to get some unowned items.

How to do it?

What items are ownerless and happen to be what he needs?
Thinking of this, he immediately thought of going fishing outside the city and hunting in the surrounding mountains and forests.

However, he quickly rejected these two options.

Not to mention whether his body could withstand such running around, even if he could catch some fish, hunt some rabbits and pheasants, he still lacked the most important supplies: food.

Would he then be asked to take the fish and rabbits to the black market and exchange them for food?

You know, the storage space that comes with the Heaven's Reward for Hard Work cannot be used to store things from the outside world.

In this case, even if he successfully exchanges for food, how much can he get at a time?

Moreover, he might be caught as an example before he even gets to carry the food back home!
Oh, that's not right!

I seem to remember that the original body once heard his father Li Dawei say that if there is a sudden surprise inspection in the black market, many people will throw their things on the ground in order to get away safely.

In this way, can't I go around and pick up some things that others don't want?
When the time comes, when Daddy Jin rewards me with ten times the extra items, I will just throw away the things I picked up, and then everything will be done, right?

The more he thought about it, the more Li Guoqiang felt that this method was worth a try.

Just as he was thinking about which black market would be best to stake out tonight, he suddenly heard footsteps outside the door, and then he saw a young and beautiful figure pushing open the door and walking in.

(End of this chapter)