After becoming rich overnight, I handed over the system.

Chapter 221 Giving Ideas

While eating chocolate, Ding Lan explained her situation, which made Lin Liu frown.

“Your family is really too poor! But you just said there are wild persimmons on the mountain?” When Lin Liu heard Ding Lan mention persimmons, he thought of a good idea.

"Yes, there are so many persimmons on the mountain, but they're not ripe yet. Sigh, even if they were ripe, the birds would have eaten them first." Ding Lan said, her mouth watering as she thought of the sweet and soft texture of persimmons.

"Now there are two ways. The first is that you can pick some green persimmons, ripen them in advance, and then sell them; the second is to make dried persimmons." This was the cheapest way Lin Liuyi could think of.

"I choose the second one!" Between persimmons and dried persimmons, Ding Lan would definitely choose dried persimmons!

Lin Liuyi was speechless. She had clearly given two options and hadn't forced Ding Lan to choose only one!

Fine, I'll let it go since she's just a child.

"You can choose either method; ripening persimmons is simpler."

Lin Liu took a look and realized that there were many ways to ripen persimmons, the most common being to put them together with apples and pears. But Ding Lan probably couldn't even afford apples.

Another method is to rub the persimmons with baijiu (Chinese white liquor), as the ethanol in the liquor can promote the ripening of the persimmons.

However, wine is also valuable there, so this method had to be abandoned.

Then there's only one way: soaking in warm water.

Prepare a basin of warm water at 40-50 degrees Celsius, and soak the green persimmons in the water for 24-36 hours. Note that the water temperature should not be too high, otherwise it will scald the persimmons and affect their taste.

The water can be changed 1-2 times during the soaking process.

This method can speed up the ripening process of persimmons. After soaking, take them out and place them at room temperature, and you can eat ripe persimmons very quickly.

"So simple? Why didn't I know that before?" Ding Lan scratched her head.

Lin Liuyi rolled her eyes at her. What else could it be? Everyone's already bought them when they're ripe. Green persimmons are astringent, who would buy that stuff and waste the time?

"Then comes the process of making dried persimmons. It involves peeling, drying, softening, and finally applying a frosty coating. I'll add the details to the group chat later so you can see for yourself. Now, I have a question: how do you do all this?"

Looking at the other person's large head and small body, Lin Liuyi felt a headache coming on.

The task I just described, no matter how simple, was not something that a child like Ding Lan could accomplish.

"Then how about I ask my older cousin?" Ding Lan thought for a moment and found a good candidate.

There was nothing he could do. He actually had two older brothers, but they both thought he was dull and never played with him. Only his eldest cousin still cared about him.

"Then you'll have to tell her yourself!" Lin Liuyi told her to go and settle things with the person first, while he went to find Princess Mingyue.

She planned to change Ding Lan's gene serum first, as the girl's small body was really worrying; many children died young in ancient times.

After thinking it over, Ding Lan felt it was feasible. They would start with a small amount, and once they made money from it, their family would take it seriously, and then they would have more manpower.

Sigh, looking at her tiny hands and feet, and her legs that were too weak to walk, she wondered when she would ever grow up!

"Big Sister!" Ding Lan slowly walked to Big Sister, who was tending the fire.

"What's wrong, Zhuzi? Are you hungry? We have to wait for Grandma to come back before we can cook!" Da Niu patted Ding Lan's little hands and pulled him over to warm himself by the fire.

"Sister Da Niu, let's go pick persimmons tomorrow!"

"Wild persimmons? They're not ripe yet! Zhu Zi, unripe persimmons are awful!"

The girl shuddered at the thought of that taste; it was astringent and sticky.

“Big Sister, I know how to ripen persimmons!” Ding Lan raised her little hand.

"Oh, really? Zhu Zi is really amazing!" Da Niu didn't take his words seriously at all and gave a perfunctory reply.

Ding Lan wanted to say more, but then her family came home.

The eldest daughter started helping with the cooking again, and Ding Lan couldn't find a chance to talk to her. Looking at her two mischievous older brothers in the yard, she felt utterly withdrawn.

The next day, they ate another tasteless wild vegetable soup. Seeing that Da Niu was going to the mountains to collect firewood, Ding Lan quickly followed her.

After his persistent pleading, Da Niu finally picked six wild persimmons for him.

Sigh, it's really too difficult. Ding Lan even wanted to wipe away her tears.

Da Niu was also helpless. She didn't know why this little boy kept pestering her to pick wild persimmons, even though she had told him that wild persimmons were terrible.

"Pillar, you can't put that in your mouth!"

After returning home, he divided the persimmons into three and tried to ripen them using the method of boiling them in warm water. In the end, Da Niu was defeated by his sweet words and cooked them for him.

As for the other three, they were used to make dried persimmons. Of course, the task of peeling them came up, and that was done by Da Niu.

He secretly put the clothes to dry on the branches of a tree behind the yard; the conditions were simple, so he just left them there.

"How's it going? Have you started?" Lin Liuyi came over to check on her.

"It's starting! There are six persimmons in total. Three are being ripened, and three are being dried into persimmon cakes," Ding Lan said happily.

"Six? Okay." Lin Liuyi felt it was a bit few, but it seemed that it wasn't easy for Ding Lan to get six.

When Lin Liuyi told Ding Lan about the gene serum he had obtained, Ding Lan was so happy she almost jumped for joy.

"Golden Finger Sister, you're so good to me!" The little guy started wiping away his tears.

"You can flatter me later. Right now, you need to find a place. This will hurt a lot, so you have to bear it. Also, the transformation process requires a lot of energy, so you need to eat something first. After the transformation, you'll need to take a shower."

"I understand, I understand!" Ding Lan had read novels before; the marrow cleansing and bone marrow tempering was a tremendous good thing, and she had to persevere.

Finally, Ding Lan sneaked to the riverbank and found a clump of reeds. Lin Liuyi first sent her some food so she wouldn't get bored later.

Ding Lan was overjoyed, clutching a pile of food; finally, she could eat her fill.

After eating and drinking her fill, Ding Lan prepared to undergo gene modification as Lin Liuyi had instructed. She took off all her clothes and trembled with fear.

He took the medicine bottle and drank it down in one gulp.

A sharp pain shot through her instantly, and Ding Lan bit her lip tightly to keep herself from crying out. It hurt so much.

As time went by, she felt as if her body was burning with flames, and she could no longer feel the cold.

After an unknown amount of time, the pain gradually disappeared.

Ding Lan stood up weakly and found that she actually had a lot more strength, but her body was covered in dirt.

She slowly walked to the river to wash herself, and then put on her clothes.

He used to feel cold even when wearing thin clothes, but now he felt extremely warm. Is this the power of the potion? It's amazing!

Seeing that Ding Lan's weak body had improved somewhat, Lin Liuyi breathed a sigh of relief.