Transmigrated to the Interstellar Era to Raise Mermaids GL - Chapter 20
Hojia waited and waited, finally reaching the end of the third month, and the Administration arrived!
Seeing the brown and green small spaceship with the Mus Star System Administration’s logo land on the beach, she hurried forward to greet it.
A young man in the Administration’s uniform got off the spaceship, carrying a toolbox, and proactively greeted Hojia, “Yo, Earthling! I’m Gucha, the regular maintenance worker responsible for this asteroid belt.”
Although he was also wearing a mask, his attitude was clearly much friendlier than the Mus Star person who had brought Hojia to Cizer Planet before. Hojia’s heart, which had been suspended in mid-air, eased a little. At least it would be easier to ask him for information.
She took Gucha to the control room for him to perform the maintenance check. After Gucha finished his work, Hojia appeared in front of him with tea and snacks in time, saying, “You’ve worked hard! Sit down, have some food, and take a rest!”
Gucha looked at the brightly colored dried fruits and shrimp chips on the table and said with interest, “Then I won’t stand on ceremony!”
He picked up a shrimp chip and took a bite, immediately amazed by the crispy and savory taste. While eating, he said, “Where did you buy this snack? It tastes really good!”
“I made all of these myself.”
Hojia took out a few more bags of snacks from behind her and handed them to Gucha, saying, “If you like them, take more back with you to eat on the spaceship!”
“Oh, it’s not easy for you to make these things all by yourself. How can I take so much for free? How about this, I’ll pay for a few bags!”
Gucha knew that people willing to leave their homes to become administrators were all looking to earn more money. He took out his wallet and said, “Your snacks taste great. It just so happens that when I travel between different planets, I also deal with some material trading. How much more did you make? Sell it all to me. I can resell it to others and earn a commission!”
Hojia was waiting for this exact sentence. She repeatedly agreed and then asked, “Besides processed food, do you buy frozen seafood?”
Gucha said, “Sure, frozen seafood sells quite well on desert planets. Bring everything else you want to sell out to the front of the spaceship. As long as the price is right, everything is negotiable!”
Hojia was overjoyed to have opened up a sales channel so smoothly and quickly instructed the robots to drag the fruits of her labor over the past few days onto the beach in batches.
Salt-and-pepper dried small fish, crispy shrimp chips, spicy dried seaweed, sugar-candied coconut strips… and frozen seafood packed in insulated boxes. Dozens of crammed boxes were piled up on the beach, making Gucha stare in astonishment.
“Wow, I didn’t realize a little girl like you was so capable! Not only are you clever and skillful, but you’re also a fishing master!” Gucha gave Hojia a thumbs up.
Hojia smiled shyly, picked up a branch, and drew a line between two insulated boxes, saying, “Can we calculate the price for this pile and that pile separately?”
Gucha looked left and right and said, “Aren’t these all frozen seafood? To be honest, unprocessed products aren’t worth much. Can’t I just weigh them and calculate the total price?”
“No, no, the part over here wasn’t caught by me; it belongs to my friend.”
“Friend? Isn’t there only you, the Earthling, on this planet now? Where did you get a friend?” Gucha immediately became alert.
“My friend lives on this planet, she is…”
Mid-sentence, Hojia suddenly saw Orsha’s figure silently appear next to the spaceship.
She raised her hand and pointed at Orsha, saying, “It’s that white-tailed mermaid behind you.”
Hojia’s portable translation pen was half-way through translating when it suddenly gave an automatic shutdown prompt.
As Hojia looked down at the translation pen in surprise, Orsha quickly dodged behind Sam. Gucha turned around suspiciously, only seeing a giant brown octopus splashing circles of water with its tentacles in the shallows.
Oh, so it’s this thing!
Thinking about it, she must be too lonely here, unable to talk to people, so she can only find marine creatures!
Gucha lowered his guard, turned back, and smiled, “You’re really something, making friends with an octopus that big.”
Hojia reopened the translation pen, looked up, and saw Gucha’s look of realization. Orsha and the octopus behind them had already submerged and disappeared.
She took the opportunity to ask, “Actually, I also wanted to ask you, if I wanted to adopt her and take her back to Earth after my work here is finished, how much money do I need to pay to the Administration?”
Gucha’s gaze towards Hojia became even more peculiar. He hadn’t realized this rather cute little girl was a lover of large creatures!
But in this day and age, as long as it doesn’t violate the regulations, one must fully respect and bless everyone’s interests and hobbies!
“Ahem…” Gucha thought for a moment and said, “Not many people adopt something like that as a pet. I’ll check it for you when I get back! It shouldn’t be too expensive, probably around 3,000 Interstellar Common Credits.”
Seeing the brilliant smile instantly bloom on Hojia’s face, Gucha couldn’t help but kindly advise her, “Little girl, keeping a large creature like this isn’t as simple as just paying an adoption fee. The subsequent costs aren’t cheap either. Just buying a fish tank big enough to hold it will cost a lot of money. You need to think it through carefully!”
“I know.” Hojia nodded, saying very seriously, “I’m fully prepared. I will definitely work hard to earn money and raise her well, and absolutely won’t let her suffer! I will also save up the money she earns from this part and leave it all for her to spend in the future.”
Seeing the two piles of seafood Hojia had actively separated at her feet, Gucha felt a sliver of admiration for her and secretly increased the purchase price of the goods a little.
After loading everything onto the ship, he took out a box and handed it to Hojia, saying, “Oh, and this is the stuff you bought through the shopping hotline. But let me tell you, those people on the shopping hotline are total rip-offs, they’ll say anything to meet their performance targets! Write down my work ID. If you need to buy anything in the future, just contact me directly through the Administration. You can also avoid the middleman’s markup!”
“Okay, thank you very much!”
Hojia shook his hand with gratitude and watched Gucha’s spaceship ascend, waving, “See you next time!”
She counted the banknotes Gucha had left behind. One, two, three…
Wow!
Just from this one sale, she had earned nearly 1,000 Interstellar Common Credits. Coupled with her salary as an administrator, the cost of adopting Orsha was definitely not a problem!
The biggest worry that had been weighing on her heart for this entire time finally vanished. Hojia was so happy she almost wanted to run around in circles on the beach!
She looked up and saw Orsha reappear on the beach. Unable to contain her joy, she rushed over to her, shoved the box into her hand, and said, “I just bought you a gift, open it quickly and see if you like it!”