Chapter 37 The Job Posting Laid an Egg

Lin Nanxing squatted beside the chicken coop, and the four-leaf clover spirit on his shoulder curiously peeked out.

It saw a group of chicks and ducklings fighting over a little feed and shrank its leaves in disgust.

Plants are better; they can survive as long as there is water and soil, and they don't have to fight for food like this.

The next morning, Lin Nanxing was awakened by a loud rooster crowing.

The rooster's crow startled everyone in the Star Territory. By the time Lin Nanxing rushed to the farmland, her breeding area was already surrounded by people.

Squeezing through the crowd with difficulty, Lin Nanxing's gaze fell on the place everyone was looking at, and he was somewhat surprised.

The chicks in the coop grew larger overnight, their feathers changing from downy yellow to warm gold, with some black mixed in.

There was only one rooster in the coop, now surveying its territory with great spirit. It was the one that made the commotion earlier. There were even five eggs in the egg collection box next to it.

"Look at that rooster, it's enough to make a big pot of soup!" In the crowd, a middle-aged man rubbed his hands together, his eyes fixed on the chicken coop.

His companion next to him swallowed hard: "I haven't eaten fresh eggs in ten years."

“Who wasn’t?” Someone nearby overheard their conversation and remarked, “Before the Star Territory appeared, let alone meat, there wasn’t even anything decent to eat. Everyone had to eat nutritional mud.”

Everyone agreed with this statement.

After watching for a while, someone tentatively reached out to take the eggs, but was blocked by an invisible barrier.

[You do not have permission to enter the aquaculture area; you are prohibited from touching this area.]

At the same time, a sign appeared in front of all the onlookers: "The poultry are not yet fully mature. Please do not disturb or damage them."

"We can't eat it yet," everyone said, pursing their lips and quickly losing interest.

In the Star Territory, such magical things are commonplace, so they're no longer surprising. Having satisfied their curiosity, no one lingered long.

"It's just a few immature chickens, how can it compare to the taste of green grapes?"

"Let's go, let's go! The water park will open soon, I'm going to have a blast today."

The crowd quickly dispersed.

After the last few onlookers left, Lin Nanxing slowly walked into the breeding area.

She bent down and picked up the warm egg; the shell was slightly hot in her palm, as if it had only been laid recently.

"System, are there any fertilized eggs in this batch?"

[...] The system resigned itself to its role as the egg inspector. [Don't worry, host, these chickens aren't mature enough to hatch fertilized eggs.]

Can an immature plant be fertilized but still lay eggs?

This doesn't make sense, does it?

Fortunately, Lin Nanxing didn't dwell on this issue. The system could conjure up a bunch of chicks out of thin air, so what was a little early egg-laying? However, he would have to wait a while longer to get fresh meat.

The three piglets in the neighboring pigpen had grown to be half a person's height and were grunting and rooting around their troughs, which immediately attracted Lin Nanxing's attention.

"No wonder they're piglets, they have a huge appetite." Lin Nanxing glanced at the feeding trough, which was so clean it looked like no feed had ever been put in it, and clicked his tongue in amazement.

There were fourteen live poultry in the chicken coop next to them, and there was still more than half of the feed left in the trough, but these three piglets had already finished eating it all.

After grumbling to himself, Lin Nanxing resignedly filled the feed trough and the chicken coop with feed, hoping that the expensive feed would be worthwhile and the meat would taste good.

Lin Nanxing held the five still-warm eggs and began to think about how to distribute them.

There are five in total. As the one who unlocked the livestock module, Shu Yi naturally deserves two.

As an employee benefit, Sister Lan had to give one, and Aunt Li had to give one more, leaving only one in total.

That's fine. One boiled egg is enough for breakfast. Lin Nanxing isn't greedy.

However, if the chicken coop can only produce five eggs a day, it's a bit too few, not enough for the whole family. Maybe she should buy some more chicks?

Just then, I heard footsteps behind me.

Lin Nanxing turned around and saw Hu Ba and the other three still standing outside the fence, their eyes fixed intently on the eggs in her hand.

"Little sister," Hu Ba tried to soften his rough voice as much as possible, "can you tell your brother why you were allowed to go in and get the eggs?"

Lin Nanxing blinked, and lied without batting an eye: "Because I'm an employee of Star Territory."

"Do you want the eggs I have?" She tucked the eggs into her bosom and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, the current output is still too small to sell. Once the farm reaches a certain scale, all products will be available in fresh food supermarkets. You are welcome to come and buy them then."

After saying that, he winked, turned around and left, leaving the four advanced players looking at each other in bewilderment.

After leaving the breeding area, Lin Nanxing could still vaguely hear the conversation behind him: "I heard that only registered residents can buy the ingredients in this fresh food supermarket. Does that mean we won't be able to eat them?"

"The benefits for official residents of this Star Territory are really numerous," the only female voice remarked.

When this breeding area was first designated yesterday, Hu Ba and his friends gathered around to watch. At that time, there were only a few chicks in the chicken coop, but in less than a night, they even started laying eggs.

At this rate, they won't have to worry about not having meat to eat in the future, but they won't be able to get eggs?

Lin Nanxing listened to their discussion, a slight smile playing on his lips. "Great, the matter of the advanced player is settled."

When Lin Nanxing knocked on Shu Yi's door, she was surprised to see a scene she had never seen before.

Shu Yi, who is always impeccably dressed, was rubbing her sleepy eyes, her pajamas slightly open at the neckline, revealing her somewhat sexy collarbone.

This was the first time she had seen Shu Yiqi, who was even later than her.

Lin Nanxing paused in handing over the eggs, then blurted out, "Didn't that loud rooster crowing wake you up?"

You should know that this mature rooster crows precisely at the crack of dawn, waking up most of the people in the territory.

Shu Yi wasn't annoyed at being disturbed from his sleep. He pointed to the earplugs by his ear, his voice still hoarse from the morning: "My sleep quality isn't very good, so I usually wear earplugs when I sleep."

After saying that, Shu Yi seemed to realize something and his expression turned serious. "Has something happened outside?"

He knew Lin Nanxing's schedule well. It wasn't even eight o'clock yet, so what could make her get up must be something important.

Even the rooster's crowing couldn't wake him, so how come knocking on the door woke him up?

A hint of doubt flashed through Lin Nanxing's mind, but she didn't think much of it. Instead, she touched her slightly numb ears and handed the egg in her hand to Shu Yi again.

"Don't worry, it's nothing serious. The eggs you gave me back then have hatched into chicks and laid eggs today. These two eggs are for you."

Shu Yi looked at the two fresh eggs and frowned slightly: "This is too precious."

He gave her the eggs without expecting anything in return, and looked at the freshly baked eggs in Nanxing's hand with a somewhat hesitant expression.

"Oh, don't worry, you're not special. You're not the only one with this. I have it too. My breakfast today is eggs."

Lin Nanxing keenly sensed Shu Yi's thoughts. Before he could refuse, she stuffed two eggs into his arms and turned to leave.

She got up too early today and hasn't had enough sleep (ten hours) yet. She needs to go back to sleep for a while.

Shu Yi frantically caught the two eggs, almost breaking them in the process. He watched Lin Nanxing's departing figure, feeling both amused and exasperated.

After sleeping in until the sun was high in the sky, Lin Nanxing leisurely enjoyed his brunch of boiled eggs and sweet potatoes, finishing it in a few bites before heading to find Lin Qiulan.

"Sister Lan, what's the fastest way to spread news from Yunpei Town?"

Lin Qiulan was sorting through the recycled bracelets when she heard this and thought for a moment. "Small messages are basically relayed by people. For big messages, Yunpei Town has a bulletin board. It was set up by the town mayor when Yunpei Town was first established and is used to publish announcements and advertisements."

Is there a fee?

Lin Qiulan nodded: "It's collected. It seems to be 100 game coins a day. It's not expensive, but it's not cheap either. Nanxing, why are you asking about the bulletin board?"

Lin Nanxing clicked his tongue in amazement. The mayor of Yunpei Town was quite shrewd in business. 100 game coins were still a bit expensive for ordinary people.

However, this amount of one hundred was nothing to Lin Nanxing.

"Sister Lan, I have a piece of paper here. Could you please give it to Brother Mao and ask him to post it on the bulletin board for me?"

Lin Qiulan took the paper and was somewhat surprised after reading its contents: "A job posting? Does the territory need to hire so many people?"

"Hmm." Lin Nanxing nodded. She had drafted the job posting last night. "The territory is growing bigger and bigger, and we can't handle it all by ourselves. I don't have that many magical plants to work with right now, so we have to hire people."

Lin Qiulan knew the importance of the matter. She carefully folded the job posting and put it into her backpack: "I'll have Qin Dong take care of it right away."

"Of course, if you have any suitable candidates, Sister Lan, you can recommend them to me. I have great confidence in your judgment."

Lin Nanxing recalled how Aunt Li managed the milk tea shop all by herself, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously turned up.

The notice board that Lin Qiulan mentioned was actually a simple wooden board, but it was placed at the entrance of Yunpei Town, in the place with the highest traffic flow, making it very conspicuous.

After the apocalypse game arrived, people had very few forms of entertainment. Every time they passed by a bulletin board, they would subconsciously take a look to see if there was anything new.

Zhou Qisheng was one of them. As a level 30 assassin, his daily earnings from hunting demons were only enough to feed his family of three for a day.

His talents were useful in the early days of the apocalypse, but now that the town's operations have stabilized and he is no longer needed, coupled with his wife's monthly visits to a priest for treatment, his family's life has become difficult.

Today, Zhou Qisheng returned home exhausted after hunting as usual, only to find the entrance unusually bustling.

Only a minority of players can afford to spend 100 yuan on advertising, so the bulletin board has never had much content. But today, this board was surrounded by layers of people.

The crowd was chattering away, though it was unclear what they were discussing.

Driven by curiosity, Zhou Qisheng pushed his way through the crowd and slowly moved to the front, where he discovered it was a job posting!

[Starry Territory Job Posting]

Job openings:

Livestock breeders (3 positions)

Farmland planting workers (2 positions)

Fresh food supermarket stock clerk (1 person)

Receptionist at Xingxing Hotel (1 person)

Water park lifeguard (1 person)

Milk tea shop employee (1 person)

Restaurant chefs (3 positions)

Restaurant waiters (2 positions)

Salary and benefits:

- Daily salary of 100 points (including room and board)

- Monthly contribution points reward

- Quarterly salary adjustment mechanism

Special note:

The workplace provides temperature-controlled accommodation, daily fresh fruits and vegetables, and full-time employees can purchase a limited amount of food.