Su Tao was making plans quickly and asked Ma Dapao to buy her two seven-seater commercial vehicles. Together with her own RV, there would be enough space for the group of 13 people.

It seems that I have to build a large underground garage for Taoyang when I come back.

That night, Su Tao took over the training ground that Xu Qi mentioned.

It consumed 14 of her crystal cores, which happened to be the ones she had saved up before.

The rest were the 84 crystal cores that Shi Zijin brought back.

According to Mr. Mei's plan, he suggested that she first take over the remaining 7,200 square meters of land of the Maternity and Child Health Hospital.

There is a primary school and a comprehensive school here, the same kind that Shi Ziyue and the Sheng sisters attended.

There are children under the age of eighteen inside.

Su Tao consumed 72 crystal cores without even a thought or frown, and incorporated this piece of land into Taoyang's territory.

She really didn't feel any pain at all.

These crystal cores were obtained by Shi Zijin and his men through bloody hunting, and should have been invested in the homeland that he had protected all his life.

It was when she was building the shield that she hesitated.

It would cost her 7.2 million federal coins to build a protective shield for the entire 7,200 square meters.

After buying the car, her total assets were only over 7.4 million.

If all of this were built, she would almost go bankrupt.

She couldn't bear to do that.

Moreover, she wanted to buy some practical things at the trade fair or auction when she went to Xindu.

So Su Tao stood at the door of Shi Zijin's room and sighed.

When Shi Zijin went out in the morning, he saw the little girl with her hands behind her back, looking up at the sky at a 45-degree angle with a sad face.

"Why--"

Shi Zijin leaned against the door and listened to her sigh, but did not take the initiative to ask.

Su Tao sighed louder and louder: "It's so hard for me."

"It's been hard for me."

“I’m so poor.”

After shouting three times, Su Tao saw that he was still indifferent and began to glare at him.

Shi Zijin pressed his lips together and said nothing.

Su Tao was shameless, she jumped in front of him and stretched out her little hand:

"The remaining land of the maternity and child care hospital has been acquired. You have to give me some investment. Without money, we can't build a protective shield. Also, I see that the primary school teaching building is in a terrible state and needs to be rebuilt. The dormitory of the comprehensive school has been there for many years and is almost decrepit. It also needs to be demolished and rebuilt. Everything costs money."

Shi Zijin smiled with his eyes curved: "Okay, how much do you want?"

Su Tao thought for a moment and said, "A conservative estimate is 10 million federal coins."

"Okay, I'll apply for you."

Su Tao showed a row of small white teeth, and said with a gloomy face: "Major General Shi is really considerate."

Shi Zijin teased her, "Why do I feel like you're always short of money? It's been half a year, and your finances are still so tight."

Su Tao sighed: "Who told me to have a conscience? I don't take black money. I don't make much, but I spend a lot."

Shi Zijin felt that this was true.

In fact, even if she raised the rent by two times, there would still be people rushing to rent it.

And those supplies are still in short supply even if the supply is tripled or quadrupled.

But she didn't.

This is just to give ordinary people as many opportunities as possible to rent a good house and have enough food to eat.

Shi Zijin paused for two seconds, then suddenly sent an account and password to Su Tao.

Su Tao saw the message and was confused.

Shi Zijin explained, "This is my personal savings. There's about 13 million in it. You can withdraw it whenever you need it."

Su Tao was speechless, and immediately refused after reacting:

"No, no, no, I can earn it myself. It's just a matter of time. You should keep this money well. Even if you don't use it yourself, you have to save it for Ziyue."

Shi Zijin looked at her with his eyes downcast, and suddenly said:

"It will eventually be handed over to you in the future."

Su Tao blinked and didn't respond.

"You don't need to worry about Ziyue. She gets subsidies for her internships with her teacher, and she's saved quite a bit. After graduation, she'll join the army, so she'll have even less to spend money on. There's no need for me to save money for her. Just think of it as keeping it for me."

Su Tao felt that the string of account numbers and passwords suddenly had weight.

She didn't refuse anymore, but she wouldn't really use it.

She is not a fool.

Since Shi Zijin came back this time, he seemed to be much more proactive towards her, even handing over his personal account to her for safekeeping.

Shi Zijin smiled and patted her head: "Don't stay here, someone will bring black sesame seeds over later, go and take a look."

Su Tao's eyes lit up, and sure enough, in less than half an hour, a small captain of the pioneer army drove the black sesame seeds to Taoyang in person.

Heizhima saw Su Tao from afar, jumped out of the car, ran straight to Su Tao, and threw himself into her arms.

Su Tao rubbed its little head and sucked it for a long time. She found that it had become stronger and had grown a lot taller. It looked much healthier than the fat guy Bai Zhima.

Shi Zijin greeted the team leader and said a few words of thanks.

The team leader stood at attention and saluted. It was all right to do seriously. Besides, Black Sesame had helped them avoid zombie attacks several times, saved a second lieutenant and two majors, killed bandits, and robbed supplies. He was a special cat who had made genuine first-class merit.

Su Tao was stunned: "Really?"

The team leader nodded. "Yes, we don't know how it found me. It suddenly started circling me, barking abnormally. I tried to touch it, and it pestered me south. Sure enough, not long after we left, zombies appeared in the same area. Luckily, we evacuated quickly, otherwise we would have had a fight."

As he spoke, he took out a box from the car, which contained a military medal.

Su Tao was so shocked that she couldn't speak while holding the black sesame in her arms.

Her pet has grown so big in less than half a year since leaving home.

It turned out that it was the right decision to let it go.

Its uniqueness is destined not to be confined to Taoyang.

The team leader finally said embarrassedly: "Boss Su, if there is a need in the future, can we still ask it to travel with the army?"

Su Tao rubbed Heizhima's head and said with relief:

"I can do it if it wants."

The team leader happily agreed. With Black Sesame scouting the surrounding environment, they could greatly reduce the frequency of head-on confrontations with zombies, effectively avoid them, reduce casualties, and increase their marching speed.

"But it has to go to Xindu with us this month," Su Tao added.

The team leader was a little disappointed, but he soon accepted it. After all, Boss Su was the real owner of Heizhima, and they were just borrowing his cat to do their work.

When he got home, the silly Bai Zhima was so scared when he saw his brother that he acted like he didn't recognize him. He crawled under Xue Dao's belly.

Xue Dao just lifted his eyelids to look at Hei Zhima, yawned and continued to sleep.

Black Sesame was like a mountain king patrolling his territory. He held his head high and surveyed the room, and finally slept on White Sesame's favorite mat.

Bai Zhima was angry but dared not say anything. He circled around Su Tao and cursed her for a long time, trying to get Su Tao to seek justice for him.

Su Tao selectively ignored both seeing and hearing.

When Qiu Yin came to visit, she liked Heizhima very much, but was a little afraid of this clever and proud kitten. After finally getting familiar with it, she tried to touch and pat it. Heizhima didn't resist at all, but enjoyed Qiu Yin patting its butt.

Qiu Yin felt something was wrong while patting it. Looking at its raised butt, she was stunned for a moment and asked:

"How old is it?"

Su Tao thought for a moment and said, "Seven or eight months."

Qiu Yin's expression was a little complicated. She had a cat at home when she was very young, so she knew a little about it.

At this age, it seems that she is about to go into heat.