Chapter 125
"I met a demon child"
"Add his parents, three of them, a family of murderers." Bei Qiao curled his lips: "And they killed an unarmed child."
And what they did was definitely more than that. Killing people to silence them was probably to cover up something. This was no small matter, otherwise the constables would not have been silenced and refused to reveal any information in the forum, only saying that those people were dead.
"It's hard to hear that. No wonder you didn't eat much tonight." Qiao Lin raised his hand and touched his daughter's head: "Relax, evil people will be punished."
"Well, they're dead, absolutely!" Although he didn't feel that his appetite had decreased, Bei Qiao still nodded seriously.
The next morning, Bei Qiao woke up as usual, ate, and logged on. Li Qingqing would be back from work that day, and there was work to be handed over. After that, Bei Qiao planned to take a few days off. Whether it was traveling or hiking, he needed to get out and about; he couldn't just stay home all the time to exercise.
Speaking of which, after Bei Qiao found the official Chamber of Commerce, the people of Yuanshan Village also wanted to try to do the Chamber of Commerce tasks, but after Li Qingqing repeated the content and rewards of some Chamber of Commerce tasks to them, they felt that these tasks were too trivial and not worth doing.
"They say they can make more money selling secondhand items at home than completing Guild of Commerce missions." Li Qingqing, who had taken the dried fish from Yu Qian's hand, opened the sack and took a peek inside. "What kind of fish is this? It feels like a brick, gray and hard."
"I don't know. I just bought it randomly. I didn't check the variety." Bei Qiao, who had just come online, walked all the way from the backyard to the front and opened the door. Seeing Li Qingqing standing opposite, he closed the door and walked over to say hello: "I didn't look closely when I gave it to someone. I just took whatever I could get. Oh, you picked this one out in advance."
"Thank you, boss!" Upon learning that this fish wasn't a leftover, Li Qingqing's lips curled up a little more. "How was your trip? I've been to several places this month and met all kinds of people. It's really giving me a lot of inspiration for my paintings!"
"I was worried something might happen, so I kept walking on the main roads and staying in official inns. The people I met weren't particularly complicated. There was the dude who tried to blackmail someone morally when his courtship failed, but was poisoned by his clansmen and nearly died. There was the guy who pretended to be crazy about love and kidnapped people who had faked their deaths. There was the guy who secretly tried to seize power but had his property confiscated. And..." Bei Qiao hugged his arms and recalled what he had encountered before: Well, it was just as ups and downs as the plot in a novel, with all kinds of twists and turns.
"Are you sure you call this uncomplicated?" If Li Qingqing hadn't been busy with other important matters, she would have wanted to take out some melon seeds and let Bei Qiao elaborate: "You can write a complete novel by picking just one of them!"
"Fortunately, the two people I just mentioned are from the same family, but now this family is gone and their property has been confiscated." Bei Qiao took the account book handed over by Li Qingqing and quickly flipped through it.
"Can I write this down in my storybook?" Yu Qian pulled out a pen and paper from her bosom. "These characters sound well-designed and can be used directly as villain templates."
"I don't mind, but their house was raided only about a month ago. You'd better change the content when you write it down." Bei Qiao closed the account book. "Where's Zhong Tian?"
"He's working hard at home. He said he wants to finish all the work so he can take his wife and children on a trip during the National Day holiday." Li Qingqing handed another account book to Bei Qiao: "This is his."
"I see. What about you?" Bei Qiao took the account book: "Are you planning to go back and rest for a few days during this National Day?" Although there are no legal holidays in the other world, players are usually accustomed to resting on legal holidays, because at that time family and friends are also on holiday, and everyone can find time to get together.
"No, there are too many people on statutory holidays." Li Qingqing shook her head: "I've taken on a few painting jobs. I'll rest after the holidays."
"Okay, then I'll have to trouble you to return the account book to Zhong Tian later."
"No problem, so when can we have a bookkeeper or bookkeeper lady, boss?"
"We don't have much business right now, so why hire someone? Just to get paid to sit there and do nothing?" Bei Qiao flipped through the account book in his hand. "By the way, have you heard of the Shura Beauty?"
"You know that artist who's so good at painting beauties! He's our idol!" Li Qingqing's eyes practically turned into money. "He can become rich just by painting a portrait. How come I can't have such a good thing?"
“You’re short of money.”
"Out of stock! Absolutely out of stock! The better the paint, the more expensive it is. I have a lot of paints I want to buy, but I just can't afford them. Sigh!" Li Qingqing looked depressed when talking about this: "It will be better in reality... Boss, how did you know about the Shura Beauty?"
"I saw it on the wanted list. It's also at the city gate. It's posted in a perfect spot, so you can see it at a glance." Bei Qiao opened his backpack with one hand and examined the stones inside. "The Shura Beauty portrait has now become a special tourist attraction in the city. Keep up the good work! Who knows, maybe one day a wealthy person will come to you with precious pigments and ask you to paint for them?"
"Thank you for your good wishes! Hey boss, where are you going?"
"I picked up some stones and was going to the bank to open a blind box." Taking unfamiliar materials to the bank for identification is equivalent to opening a blind box, there is nothing wrong with that.
"Ha, then I wish the boss good fortune."
"Thank you, I also hope to get rich." Turning to the last page of the account book, Bei Qiao saw a prescription: "What is this?"
"Oh, that's a prescription that Zhong Tian asked someone to prescribe for constipation."
"There are also fellow villagers who can be constipated." Bei Qiao thought his ears were malfunctioning: "Don't players' bodies have that function?" The toilets in the yard are just for decoration.
"Hey, no, this is a prescription he got for a client."
"Constipation treatment." Bei Qiao re-confirmed the prescription: "Isn't this from Azhi?"
"Of course not. Qi Zhi is very strict. Aside from the most common cold, she never prescribes medicine for other ailments without seeing the patient. No matter who comes to her, it won't work... Is this prescription wrong?"
"It's likely that the condition will get worse the longer he takes it." Bei Qiao folded up the prescription, stuffed it back into the account book and handed it to Li Qingqing: "Remind him later and ask him to take the prescription to Azhi for review." Common Chinese patent medicines are not difficult to buy, but he still asked someone to write a prescription for him. What was this customer thinking? Senna leaves are obviously very cheap.
"Okay, no problem."
After handing over her work, Bei Qiao walked quickly towards the bank. Today, she planned to deal with the stone and then go to Linjie City to see the house she hadn't visited since she got the deed.
Moving is impossible for the time being. The offline environment in other places cannot be compared with the Novice Village. If you want to build a residence as safe as the Novice Village, the cost will probably be more than buying a house, and the confidentiality cannot be compared with the Novice Village.
System: Otherwise, it would be very troublesome to clear the memory of the natives one by one. It would be better to hide the players deeper and leave the rest to deception and imagination.
Bei Qiao walked into the bank, a place she hadn't visited for a month, and saw no staff. But that didn't matter; she didn't need any help anyway. Coming down to the underground, she placed the stones she'd gotten from Mingquan City on top. The appraisal revealed that the stones were classified as traditional Chinese medicine, worth some money, but not much.
"Change it into cash and consider it as this month's salary." Bei Qiao made the decision.
Some of the knickknacks in his backpack had been given to the natives, others had become souvenirs. Now, after emptying the stones, only a small whistle remained. Bei Qiao patted his backpack and returned to the surface. He walked out of the bank, hesitated for a moment at the street corner, then turned and walked towards the village chief's house. "There's no rush for the house. Yesterday, the village chief said something big had happened in the village, and everyone had to go to his house to read the latest notice. So, let's finish this first."
"Good morning, Qiao Qiao!" Xian Yu, who had just walked out of the village chief's house after reading the notice, lazily lay on the tricycle and raised his hand to greet Bei Qiao.
"Good morning." Bei Qiao looked at Xian Yu, then at the native uncle pushing the wheelbarrow. He said, "You could say Xian Yu is lazy, but he came here in person. You couldn't say he's lazy, but he came here lying down." One could only say that the name fits the person; the very moment he named himself, he revealed his true nature.
Making way for the wheelbarrow, Bei Qiao walked sideways into the village chief's house, picked up the notice from the table, and stood beside it to read it quickly.
"Opening a war preparedness test field, oh my, why am I a little proud?" Bei Qiao touched his chin.
The Warfare Test Field is a facility that can only be opened after a Novice Village has reached a certain level of upgrade. A Novice Village is eligible to apply for access to the Warfare Test Field only after all infrastructure is fully operational, operating normally for at least one month, and all personnel have no criminal records.
The so-called war preparations are just for show. Whether in the other world or in reality, there has been no war for a long time. If you ask why, it is because everyone is busy opening up wasteland in the other world to obtain resources. After all, the resources on Earth are limited, and opening up wasteland is more profitable.
War criminals who tried to start a war and ended up getting their accounts locked for life: "If you've got the guts, just kill me! It's the 25th century, and you're cutting off my internet! You might as well kill me!"
The prison guards said, "Everyone, line up! These are the few remaining war criminals from the last century. Please view the exhibition in an orderly manner and refrain from making loud noises." "Huh? Why aren't they executed? Because they caused no casualties, only significant property damage. Since they can't afford to compensate for the damage, and others are unwilling to help, after much deliberation, they've been allowed to exhibit themselves publicly and use the ticket sales to gradually repay the damage."
The prison guard guarding the war criminals said: The executed war criminals are on display in the next hall. The elderly, children and people with heart disease are not allowed to enter... Dear tourist, please do not use your laptop to tease the war criminals. Put away your camera. Video recording is prohibited in the hall.
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