Chapter 2: The Gold Finger was Developed
After a slight dizziness, Lin Hao finally came to his senses. According to the system prompt, he had arrived in the world of "Love in the Courtyard".

Looking around, I found myself standing in a room. The room was a bit old. It was about 30 square meters and was divided into two rooms. There were not many furnitures, just an old table and bed, and ~.

Alas, there is nothing left!

Fortunately, he came here as a soul traveling through time and space. You have to know that it is not easy to survive in this era. Without a job, without a letter of introduction, you can't even have a hot meal. Now it's okay, at least you don't have to worry about identity issues and you have fewer troubles.

Now we need to determine the time and the relationship between the characters.

From memory, I know that it is now the end of 1965. My name is also Lin Hao. I am a third-generation hired farmer and I am 22 years old this year. My father died of illness three years ago. Lin Hao took over his job and became a worker at the Third Steel Rolling Mill. I have lived in this house all this time.

Although he knew that this was a case of soul traveling, Lin Hao still found it magical that they had the same name and surname.

I looked at myself in the mirror. I was OK. I was 1 meters tall, which was quite tall in this era. My appearance was acceptable, and I was above average. The key was that I was young and energetic, and I was very hot-tempered!

At first, Lin Hao thought that he would travel through time and become a fool!

It seems that he might have traveled through time and space and became an unimportant character in the play.

He first counted his current assets and searched his memory to find out where the money was hidden. He took out the wooden box that was upside down under the bed. After a careful count, he found a total of 362 yuan, part of which was the money his father left him, part of which was saved in the past three years, and some tickets and the like. Oh, there was even a bicycle ticket.

These things are not a small amount of money. Lin Hao dares to guarantee that most of the residents in the courtyard are not as rich as he is. After all, he is the only one in his family, and he spends very little on food and drink. He is also very frugal, so he can save so much money.

It is different for other families in the courtyard. For example, Qin Huairu's family, like Lin Hao, is a top shift worker and is currently a third-level apprentice with a salary of 27.5 yuan and has to support five people. For example, the third uncle Yan Bugui is an eighth-level primary school teacher with a salary of 5 yuan and has to support six people.

Most of the other residents in the yard are in a similar situation.

Of course, uncle Yi Zhonghai and uncle Liu Haizhong are exceptions. Yi Zhonghai is an eighth-level worker with a salary of 99 yuan, which is enough for two people. Liu Haizhong is a seventh-level worker with a salary of 2 yuan, which is enough for five people.

Sha Zhu is an exception among exceptions. He is an eighth-level cook with a salary of 35 yuan and a squad leader subsidy of 2.5 yuan. It is just for the two of them. As for why he is not as rich as Lin Hao, the reason is clear to everyone.

Almost forgot about the system tasks.

Hurry up and open the system to see what the task is.

Name: The Destiny Changing System

Bound host: Lin Hao
Current world: Love in the Courtyard

Mission: Change the fate of the characters in the story
Time: Unlimited
Reward: Destiny Points
Ability: solidification skills

Skill: Traceless Stretch Spell

Note: Each story world has only one chance to enter; during the mission, you can return to the main world at any time; the mission settlement is calculated based on the principle of more work, more pay combined with the degree of change in destiny.

It seems okay and the task is not difficult. It just changes the fate of the characters in the plot. It does not say whether it will change for the better or for the worse. This leaves enough room for maneuver.

However, without a clear goal, it seems that I don’t know where to start!

Don't worry about the solidified skills. You probably can't use them in this world since you don't have any destiny points now.

The only spell I can use now is the Traceless Extension Spell. This requires careful consideration. I read the skill description carefully.

Traceless Extension Spell: Expand or shrink the original space of an object. This skill description is simple, but how to use it?
After thinking about it, he found an empty wine bottle in the room, filled it with water, and Lin Hao began to use the Traceless Stretching Spell on the bottle.

Suddenly, Lin Hao saw that the water in the bottle was reduced by half in an instant, and every time he used the Traceless Stretching Spell, the amount of water in the bottle dropped a little. After using it five times, the water was gone.

Lin Hao knew that the water in the bottle did not become less when it reached the bottom, but rather that the space inside the bottle became larger and the water level dropped, so it appeared to become less.

After observing the wine bottle, it was found that every time the Traceless Stretching Spell was used on the wine bottle, the water inside would be reduced by half.

According to this calculation, it means that each time it is used, the internal space of the wine bottle doubles on the original basis. So using it 5 times means that this white wine bottle can hold the amount of 32 bottles of water.

If this is the case, then this skill is quite useful. I just don't know what the upper limit is.

However, I still wanted to try my inference first, so I fetched a bucket of water from outside.

He found another wine bottle of the same size in the room, filled it with water, and poured it into the wine bottle that had been used with the Traceless Stretching Charm.

You need to understand the effect of the Traceless Extension Spell and the specific functions of the skill in order to use it effectively.

Sure enough, just as he had guessed before, after drinking 31 bottles of water, the wine bottle was full. Together with the original bottle of water in the wine bottle, the total was 32 bottles.

Through experiments, it has been determined that each time the Traceless Stretching Spell is cast, the internal space doubles in size.

Turn the bottle upside down and the water will flow out.

Then send out the thought of stopping, and the water will stop flowing down when it reaches the mouth of the bottle. It seems that the entry and exit of objects can be controlled by thought.

Suddenly, an idea flashed in my mind.

"Hmm~ As expected."

When Lin Hao held the wine bottle in his left hand, he suddenly had an idea: could he access the contents directly without going through the bottle mouth? Then a pool of water appeared in the palm of his right hand and flowed to the ground.

Lin Hao then reacted, picked up a cup nearby, and thought of putting the wine bottle into it. The cup disappeared from his hand and reappeared in the wine bottle. He then put all the bottles and jars in the room into it. He could really take and put anything he wanted.

After thinking about it, I decided to test the hardness again. I picked up the bottle and threw it on the ground. With a "bang", the bottle bounced to the side intact. Under normal circumstances, the bottle would be broken, but now that the traceless stretching spell has been used on the bottle, it has become stronger than before. I just don't know how much pressure it can withstand.

Obviously, according to the system's description, the Traceless Stretching Spell, after being "solidified", has been separated from the original power system and has become a complete entity in its own right, and its functions are naturally different from before.

Lin Hao had almost forgotten the original function of the Traceless Stretching Spell, and it was more than ten years ago that he watched the Harry Potter movie.

Now this wine bottle seems inconvenient to use! Space equipment must be carried with you. This wine bottle, um~, it seems that this skill can also shrink it!
I tried the shrinking function and sure enough, the space in the wine bottle immediately became smaller and the water inside sprayed out. I quickly took out the things inside and poured out the water, then restored the space in the wine bottle to its normal size.

Lin Hao knew that the potential and application scope of this skill might be greater than he thought. Anyway, this skill would not disappear, and there was still a lot of time. Sooner or later, he would fully explore its functions!
The reason why Lin Hao stopped the experiment was because he heard people arguing loudly outside.

All I heard was Sha Zhu's angry voice, "Ouch! Come on, come on, come on!"

"Xiao E, hurry up and call someone." Xu Damao was also shouting.

"Just by hearing these few sentences, I know that I've caught up with the right time. It's a famous scene, and a chicken-stealing incident that can't be avoided!" Lin Hao couldn't help but sigh.

(End of this chapter)