Tan Jingrui followed her gaze and looked up. Although his eyesight wasn't as good as Li Xin'er's, he had been there before.

"That's the trading street in the safe zone, where you barter. The base allows us to trade privately."

Li Xin'er raised an eyebrow slightly upon hearing this, as if asking if they were allowed to trade privately.

"Are these all small stalls? Are there any shops, inside storefronts?"

Tan Jingrui nodded and pointed to a shop not far from them, which wasn't even on that trading street in the distance.

"It's a wealthy businessman who rented a storefront next to the mission site and sells outdoor tools."

The boss was lucky; his family's company before the apocalypse was in the outdoor camping business, and the warehouse happened to be within the current safe zone.

Aside from some tents and raincoats that were taken by the base, there are still many other items left. They may seem useless, but they can actually be used when going out.

He gathered the rest and opened his first shop in the safe zone.

Li Xin'er looked in that direction, but she couldn't see anything from that spot, though she had soul power.

He went over to check the situation in the shop, and then asked Tan Jingrui.

Are there any shops still available for rent in the safe zone?

When Tan Jingrui heard her ask this, a possibility occurred to him, his eyes lit up, and he nodded hurriedly.

Yes, there are many.

Very few people think about starting a business these days. In safe zones, most rentals are for accommodation. These shops are not only expensive, but they're also on the ground floor facing the street.

Moreover, many of them have glass doors or roller shutters, which make you feel unsafe at all. So, apart from some teams renting them to store supplies, almost no one rents them.

Li Xin'er stroked her chin, then glanced at Hong Li, Tong Hui, and the others who were not far behind him, constantly looking over expectantly and furtively in their direction.

"Would you like to do business with me?"

Tan Jingrui didn't even think about it this time, without the slightest hesitation.

"want!"

Li Xin'er pointed behind her, "They're together too."

Tan Jingrui turned to look at Hong Li and the others, and became even more excited and happy.

"good!"

When Hong Li and the others saw the two looking over, they, who had been lounging together, unconsciously straightened up and stood upright.

What are they saying?

What are they looking at us for?

Are you saying my hair looks like it's been chewed by a dog?

Each of them had their own guesses, standing there feeling awkward and anxious.

Li Xin'er acted immediately on her ideas, waving to Carl who was waiting by the car.

"Carl, cassowary, come here."

Lu Jin'an stood quietly in place, continuing to wait.

Carl and his companion approached. "Sister Xin."

Li Xin'er directly instructed: "Rent a storefront at the base and exchange supplies for crystal cores."

"Leave the shop's affairs to them."

As she spoke, she pointed at Tan Jingrui.

Tan Jingrui extended his hand to Carl and introduced himself, "Tan Jingrui."

Since it was Li Xin'er's arrangement, Carl certainly had no objections, and he also knew that they were not suited to work within the safe zone.

Every time they enter the safe zone, they attract a lot of attention. Furthermore, the base's people treat them with disrespect. Having people from China run the shops is perfect.

He reached out and shook hands with him, "Carl."

Tan Jingrui nodded, then extended his hand to the cassow, who in turn introduced himself.

"My code name is Cassowary."

Seeing that they knew each other, Li Xin'er spoke up:

"Now that we've gotten to know each other, I'll leave the rest to you. I hope that when I come back, the shop will be operating normally."

Since the goal is to earn crystal cores, we must not neglect the major profits, but we also cannot underestimate these minor gains.

With so many people in the safe zone, even scattered here and there, you can earn quite a few crystal cores every day.

Tan Jingrui was somewhat surprised that she planned to go out.

Are you going out?

"Okay, it won't delay your business. Just contact Carl if you need anything."

Tan Jingrui pursed his lips and said, "Okay."

Actually, he wasn't worried about that; he just felt it was quite dangerous to go out now, but he didn't say it out loud.

Li Xin'er was about to leave when Carl made an appointment with Tan Jingrui to meet him later. The group then left the base again.

In the car, Li Xin'er patted the back of the passenger seat and instructed Carl:

"Let's find a place and leave you some more supplies."

"Okay, cassow, go to the Wanxing Building."

Carl and his team are familiar with this area because they're out and about every day. As soon as she mentioned it, they had a target in mind.

Li Xin'er didn't try to hide Lu Jin'an's intentions and directly arranged a series of things for Carl.

"You take people to guard the warehouse and deliver supplies to Tan Jingrui's store every day. His people can use it freely, and if there are any problems, just deal with them."

"The supplies can only be purchased with crystal cores, and the price can be doubled according to the price list I gave you before."

“Once the store opens, there will definitely be many people who want to become resellers. We don’t need to manage or limit that.”

"If we don't have enough manpower, we can ask Qiao Ruoyun from the base."

Carl listened attentively, answering questions and asking questions from time to time.

Lu Jin'an, sitting next to Li Xin'er, remained ramrod straight, his eyes fixed straight ahead.

He had a backpack at his feet and was still wearing his black combat uniform, fully equipped, looking like he was about to go to the battlefield.

Even with many guesses in his mind, he remained silent and stayed still, like a wooden stake.

Because of its well-developed muscles, it was like a thick wooden stake.

The place Carl found was originally a warehouse of a courier company. It was big enough that Li Xin'er took out a lot of supplies and put them there.

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