Hungry Hungry Store

Ye Miaomiao gave the man's address to Hu Mifeng. After taking it, he left the port and planned to go there in person as a courier through another entrance.

But even if he rode as fast as he could, it would still take some time.

After Ye Miaomiao said goodbye to him, she stopped a carriage driven by an NPC on the side of the road, paid 5 points, and arrived at the E E E shop in a moment.

The store had no merchandise and no staff, so it was located at the end of Kouan Road and was almost deserted. However, two or three figures were lingering at the door, presumably having just arrived from the Xishan Valley Store.

Ye Miaomiao greeted them, opened the dusty shop door and walked in.

The shop is only about 30 to 40 square meters, about the size of a bedroom. There's a cash register at the entrance, and three wooden shelves in the middle and on either side of the room.

There was nothing left except the dust and cobwebs that filled the room and the broken hard bark on the walls.

Hiring an NPC doesn't require many points, but Ye Miaomiao recalled the shop assistants in Xishan Valley and felt that while an NPC might be able to collect payments, they might not be able to fulfill the duties of a shopping guide.

She first spent points to place an NPC "cashier" at the checkout counter, assigning him to clean. She then posted a message in the community group, detailing the job description: "cleaning, learning about the store's various products, etc." Then she waited for the shopping guides to sign up.

Before opening the store, all kinds of goods must be put on the shelves.

Ye Miaomiao first put the food that was about to expire in the cabinet on one side.

Besides eating, there are many other ways to consume food in the territory. For example, berries, which are most likely to expire, can be made into wine and jam. The large amount of raw meat produced daily by the chicken coop, pig pens, and cattle and sheep pens can be made into bacon if it is not eaten. Eggs and milk can also be made into sesame eggs and butter...

But even so, there will still be a small amount of untransformed food left over, which will begin to rot and turn into dust when the expiration date expires.

Ye Miaomiao saw it all and felt the pain in her heart.

The first shelf is used to store the leftover food from the kitchen that day; the second shelf is used to store raw meat and vegetables; the third shelf is used to store cow's and sheep's milk and fruits.

Suddenly, the dazzling array of items looked very well presented.

At the same time, the people who had come earlier saw the store door open and finally walked in happily.

"There's so much food!" one of them exclaimed. He quickly walked over to the shelf and picked up the raw meat in the middle. "Only 1 point per piece! And it still has two days of shelf life!"

You know, the shelf life of regular raw meat is only 5 days, and it's worth just over 2 or 3 points. This raw meat still has 2 days of shelf life, so it's still pretty fresh, and yet the price is more than 50% off.

She smiled and nodded: "Not many, only a few thousand copies."

The shelf life was too short, so I couldn't redeem points by putting it on the task board. This was originally a product that was destined to be destroyed, but after deducting the import and export taxes, Ye Miaomiao could still earn a few cents in points.

"Thousands of copies, that's not a lot!" The man was even more surprised.

You should know that meat-based foods are much more effective than vegetables and fruits! Therefore, meat is generally consumed faster.

But only in territories with livestock could one have meat every day. The rest of the time, it depended on the hunters' luck. Besides... even with livestock, it wasn't certain that they could produce enough meat to feed everyone.

They actually sold thousands of copies at once! What a wealthy family!

"Although there are thousands of them, most of them are chicken, and beef, mutton and pork account for a relatively small proportion." Seeing his surprise, Ye Miaomiao said vaguely.

How could she explain that ever since the Brindle Chicken transformed some of its chickens into white-feathered chickens, the territory had been full of chicken every day. It had even reached a point where no one wanted to eat it.

This person didn't care what kind of meat it was. He quickly counted the number of people and cleared out all the raw meat on the shelf. The other person didn't want to be left behind, and the two of them bought all the thousands of pieces of raw meat in a flash.

As if they had tasted the delicious food, the two of them turned to look at the hot dishes and rice below, exclaimed "Oh!" twice again, and after buying them all, they went to look at the milk and fruits and vegetables.

With an NPC to take care of the checkout, Ye Miaomiao didn't have to worry too much and went to tidy up the middle shelf with a smile.

Except for the weapons and the limited tools stored in the territory, Ye Miaomiao placed the extra iron tools on the shelves one by one.

The food was not that much, but the iron tools were truly too numerous to count.

Because of the emergence of dwarven technology and steam engines, the efficiency of each step, from mining, casting ore, to making tools, has increased several times.

Even though there are two buyers, Storm Territory and Yunshen Yuanshun, Ye Miaomiao is still worried that there are too many ironwares in the territory and they cannot be stored.

Not long ago, there were too many ironware, so she specially gave some shares to make iron daily necessities, such as iron basins, iron cans, iron locks... These were particularly popular among residents, and no extra ones were sold.

Finally, there were the shelves on the other side. Ye Miaomiao had originally wanted to sell some local specialties to increase traffic to her shop, but then she thought, things like life potions, down, and sesame eggs are all good things with long shelf lives. She could use them sooner or later. Wouldn't it be a waste of time to sell them just to increase traffic?

So they left the last shelf empty and left it for residents to sell their own daily necessities.

However, the iron rack in the middle has already caused enough of a stir.

The last person was watching the two people fighting for food nonchalantly, and wanted to leave with a lack of interest.

Suddenly, he saw a neat row of ironware arranged by Ye Miaomiao. His foot, which had originally stepped forward, turned, drew a circle, and actually came back.

He hurriedly checked the properties of various iron tools and was shocked to find that the properties were clearly displayed. They were all brand new iron tools that had not been worn!

His territory was in great need of ironware, and the main purpose of his visit to the border port was to obtain it.

However, after a brief tour, he discovered that many of the territories were selling worn-out, second-hand ironware. While these items could be repaired and used, there was a limit to how many times a piece of iron could be repaired, and the price was quite high...

The man's heart paused for a moment and he immediately checked the price of the product.

He recited word by word: "Exquisite Iron Axe: 40 points!"

Ye Miaomiao looked at him nervously, and then saw an ecstatic expression on his face. Like a wolf smelling meat, he threw dozens of iron axes into his shopping cart.

"It's so cheap! It's so cheap!"

It seems that the price is about right, Ye Miaomiao breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, relative to the cost, this price is extremely high. Firstly, she has solid ore, so one piece can be used as two, which reduces the cost significantly. Furthermore, with the steam engine, labor costs are extremely low.

Selling it yourself in the territory only gives you 25 points, and selling it to Hu Mifeng only gives you 30 points.

The standard price for selling third-level tools on the task board is 30 points, but Ye Miaomiao was greatly inspired by the "honey cake" with a sky-high price of 200 points.

The quest board only measures the value of items. Who says they're only worth 30 points when you need them? Look, 200 points can only buy one piece of honey cake!

After deducting taxes and fees, Ye Miaomiao earned 30 points with tears in her eyes. She happily placed more tools on the counter. The look in her eyes when she looked at this customer was extremely kind.

"How many thousands are left?" He looked at the number of remaining goods in shock, quickly opened his light screen, and started calling his friends.

"I found brand new, cheap ironware. Come quickly! You'll regret it if you don't come to this territory before the price goes up!"

At that time, several of Ye Miaomiao's interns also came.

Some of these people looked unfamiliar, while others looked familiar, but they all wore the clothes of their own territories, making them easy to recognize.

"Is it easy to find? The store is a bit at the back, and you have a lot of points for taking the bus, so I'll give you the points." Ye Miaomiao spent a few points to buy an "Iron Weapons" sign to hang outside the door, and also bought a few aprons and handed them to a few people.

"It's so easy to find a lord!" One of the girls took the apron and hung it around her neck like a crown. "It only cost two points, you gave me a lot!"

It seems that the thousands of transactions just now have pushed the territory's ranking up a lot.

Ye Miaomiao understood and said nothing more. However, several people quickly transferred the extra points back, leaving her in a state of confusion.

Just as she was instructing a few people about their work, a few more people rushed in from outside the door.

These people were not like the one the man just called to look at the iron tools. They walked into the store in a group, laughing and talking happily.

As soon as he entered the store, before he had time to look at the shelves, his eyes were fixed on several shopping guides, without blinking, and he couldn't move his eyes away.

The girl shuddered and shrank behind Ye Miaomiao.

Ye Miaomiao: "?" What are they doing? She protected the girl and looked at these people warily.

Realizing that there was a misunderstanding, several people quickly looked away.

One of them hurriedly asked, "Are you the lord?" Seeing Ye Miaomiao nod, several people's eager eyes turned to Ye Miaomiao: "We are here to see your shopping guides. Why are they all wearing... down jackets?"

So that's why.

The weather has been getting colder these past few days, and the need for thicker clothing has increased dramatically. Several people were wearing the clothes they brought with them, but it was summer before the apocalypse. Some wore thick coats made in the territory, but they were no match for down jackets!

As soon as I came in, I saw several shopping guides in the store wearing down jackets, which is why I showed this expression.

"Down jackets are not for sale." Ye Miaomiao said without waiting for him to ask.

"Oh, I see." They didn't seem sad, but they were surprised how down jackets could be produced and even ordinary residents could wear them.

It's still late spring, are the people in this territory so afraid of the cold?

However, they came in searching for the sign for "iron tools", so they were surprised for a moment, then put it aside and went to look at the iron tools again.

Exclamations of surprise came from around, and several shopping guides breathed a sigh of relief and helped to introduce the products.

Ye Miaomiao frowned——

The next disaster was the "frozen snowfield" incident, which apparently no one knew about except her and Hu Mifeng.

Although preparation may not be useful, if there is no preparation, more people will definitely freeze to death this cold winter.

Ye Miaomiao didn't want to see such a scene.

It wasn't that she had suddenly become kindhearted, but with so many people dead, human civilization would inevitably decline for a period of time, if not a complete collapse. It was hard to say whether the border crossings would still be as prosperous as they are today, and whether she could still make money...

Ye Miaomiao remembered that the virus blocked "coal" technology and increased the use of wood, and suddenly understood its "good intentions".

Isn't heating the most important thing in winter? Without coal, people can only use the most primitive wood. But at this time, the amount of wood used has also doubled... Wouldn't that freeze people to death?

This is clearly a deliberate targeting!

Ye Miaomiao frowned, notifying residents that they could consign their excess daily necessities and setting permissions on the shelves, while thinking about asking 001.

Just when I was about to send a message, a text message from Hu Mifeng came -

"I found out, it's actually honey! Also, thanks to Lord Ye's guidance, I've been promoted to a mid-level courier. Now I can open a special channel to buy and sell things!"

Ye Miaomiao suddenly had an idea!

The items in the Hungry Hungry store have been roughly arranged. The goods that meet the listing conditions will be automatically put on the shelves. There are NPCs to collect money, and there are several shopping guides to watch over the store and manage it.

Ye Miaomiao left the store with peace of mind and returned to the territory to look for Hu Mifeng.

At this moment, Hu Mifeng was standing in shock in front of a small tin house with the words "Yun Shen Yuan Shun" hanging on the roof.

The territory's mining industry was underdeveloped, and this house had almost consumed all the minerals in the territory. Hu Mifeng was about to take a look at what kind of building this "intermediate courier" had automatically gifted him, but when he saw the layout and furniture, his eyes almost went dark.

Isn’t this the first Cainiao Express Station he opened when he first started his business?

In the cramped room sat an iron table and chairs, with a few iron shelves squeezed behind them, filled with bags filled with wicker baskets. The most outrageous thing was the two iron carts in front of the door, which were exactly the same as Hu Mifeng remembered.

He blankly introduced Chen Hu behind him to the job building, only to hear Chen Hu's surprise: "Lord, how come I have a courier job, and this..."

He pointed at the helmet that appeared inexplicably on his head, and the iron cart that was suddenly associated with him, and was very surprised.

Hu Mifeng: “…” That’s right, absolutely right. At that time, he sent all these equipment to the entire university town.