Chapter 101
This was the second day that A-Lian started farming, and she was weeding in the field.
These grasses are very tough. Apart from the leaves, which can barely be chewed to produce a little juice, the other parts are inedible.
The guards who came to teach us how to plant said that this inedible grass would rob the wild vegetables of their nutrients, so they had to be pulled out so that the wild vegetables could grow better.
Most people didn't listen to the guards' instructions.
With the strength to pull out weeds, they don't have to think about growing wild vegetables.
After all, isn't the purpose of growing wild vegetables to save time and effort so that you don't have to run all over the mountains to find food?
A Lian was one of the few obedient ones, not because she believed in the guards' guidance, but because she just wanted to find something to do.
After the two teenagers brought her the news of her daughter, she could no longer be depressed and wait for death like before, but she did lose the motivation to live a good life.
At this time, she happened to hear about the mountain owner's new policy, so she signed up.
She had only eaten one or two wild vegetables to fill her stomach today, and she had to do such heavy work. Her body, which had just recovered from a serious injury, naturally could not bear it.
But A-Lian couldn't stop.
Whenever she had free time, she would think of her daughter, remembering how she hadn't treated her well before, how she rarely smiled at her, and how she always looked at her with sadness...
When she thought of this, she felt like she was about to be overwhelmed by regret and guilt.
She had never realized how important her daughter was to her before, and she often wondered if her life would have been better if she had not given birth to this child.
Now A-Lian finally has the answer.
Without her daughter, her burden might not be so heavy, but she would not be happy at all, and she would still live in a muddle-headed way as before.
It was her daughter who gave her wandering and helpless heart a place to rest.
That was her own flesh and blood, the person closest to her in this world... However, she only realized this now, but it was too late.
A Lian thought again of what the two young men said.
Will she really have the chance to see her daughter again in the future? Will that person really treat her daughter well?
"thump--"
Due to the high temperature, hunger and fatigue, A Lian finally fainted.
Before she lost consciousness, besides missing her daughter and feeling regretful, she also felt relieved.
She had heard that people have souls, and after death the souls will leave the body and turn into ghosts.
She hopes to shed this useless body, transform into a ghost, and travel thousands of miles to her daughter's side, watching her and protecting her as she grows up...
A-Lian closed her eyes peacefully, and even a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
She allowed herself to pass out. Facing the possible death, she did not struggle at all, and even felt anticipation.
What A-Lian didn't expect was that she would have the chance to open her eyes again.
When she woke up from her coma, she found herself lying in a guard dormitory in the Jufeng Mountain stronghold. She didn't know how long she had been unconscious, or who had rescued her...
Could it be a guard?
As A-Lian was thinking this, she saw a strange tall figure walking in from outside the house. She was startled and curled up in the corner, trembling.
"Eat something."
Tiejin glanced at her and put the potato paste in his hand down beside the bed.
The aroma of the food made A-Lian's stomach rumble, but A-Lian didn't move. She looked at the strange man in front of her in a daze, not understanding why he saved her and gave her precious food.
Seeing how skinny she was, and the burn marks on her neck left by the poison, Tie Jin pursed his lips and said, "Do you want to eat it yourself, or should I feed you?"
He came here just to take this woman back.
If she starved to death, his trip would be in vain and Lily would be left without a mother.
"I... I can do it myself..." A Lian looked at Tie Jin approaching, waved her hands repeatedly, and said in a hoarse and dry voice.
She took the bowl and opened her mouth to eat only out of pressure, but soon, her instinct for survival made her swallow in big mouthfuls.
Tiejin looked at her wolfing down the food and quickly poured her some water.
The potato paste was very filling, but also very choking. He was a little worried that the woman would choke to death.
After A-Lian finally finished half a bowl of potato porridge with water, Tie Jin got straight to the point and asked, "Do you have a daughter?"
A-Lian suddenly raised her head to look at him.
Although the two had never met before and Tang Yu'an had never described Tie Jin's appearance to her, when Tie Jin asked this question, A Lian guessed his identity at the first moment.
"It was you... who took..." A-Lian paused, "and rescued my daughter?"
Although it had been confirmed, Tiejin still asked, "What's your name?"
"Alian." She said in a trembling voice, "My name is Alian..."
Tiejin nodded, confirming that he had not made a mistake and that no one had claimed the property.
"Well," he said, "I came here specifically to see you."
"Looking for me? What do you want from me?" A-Lian looked at him, suddenly panicking and angry, "How's my daughter? What did you do to her?"
Obviously, she was thinking of something very bad.
Tiejin was not angry. After all, he had personally experienced the situation in the wasteland, so it was normal for him to be misunderstood.
"She's fine." Tiejin said, "I came to see you to ask if you want to go back with me."
"Go back with you?"
"Yes, Lily is too young. I'm worried about leaving her at home alone, but I can't always be at home with her." Tiejin explained, "You're her mother. I'll be relieved if you take care of her."
Tiejin spoke sincerely, but he didn't look like a good person.
And A-Lian also thought his words were ridiculous.
She was more inclined to believe that her daughter might have met with misfortune, and that this man wanted to scheme against her and deceive her.
A-Lian's thoughts were written on her face, and Tiejin naturally understood what she was thinking.
It’s not her fault. If he were A-Lian, he would probably have the same suspicion.
At least this shows that Lily's mother is not stupid. If she believed everything he said, he would doubt her ability to take good care of Lily.
Fortunately, he has a trump card.
Tiejin reached into his arms and carefully took out a metal plate.
A-Lian stared at him warily, while thinking about the possibility of revenge for her daughter. The result...
"This is……"
A-Lian's eyes widened as she looked at what Tiejin took out.
What Tiejin took out was naturally the photo of Jin Lili that Tang Yu'an had printed for him.
He made two metal plates that could be snapped together, folded the A4 paper and stored it inside.
In this way, no matter how tired he was on the road, he didn't have to worry about wrinkling the precious paper.
"This is Lily, my daughter." Tiejin held the unfolded drawing carefully and looked at his daughter on the drawing with tenderness in his eyes.
But he quickly thought of something and added, "Of course she's also your daughter."
A-Lian stared blankly at the little girl in the picture, feeling both familiar and unfamiliar.
After all, it was her child who she carried for ten months and raised with great difficulty. As a mother, how could she not recognize him?
But...is this really her daughter?
Not only did she have beautiful braids and clean clothes, but her face was also clean, and her cheeks seemed to have grown a little flesh.
Is this girl really her child?
A Lian reached out to touch it, but when she saw the mud on her fingertips, she withdrew her hand awkwardly.
"I named her Jin Lili," said Tiejin.
A-Lian was still staring blankly at the little girl in the photo. Hearing this, she nodded, "Yes...it's a good name."
Seeing that it was almost done, Tiejin folded the picture again, carefully put it into the metal plate, and kept it in his arms.
Although A Lian was reluctant, she did not dare to snatch it away.
"You should believe me now, right?" Tie Jin said, "She's doing well now. I came to you just hoping there would be someone to take care of her."
A Lian pursed her lips. Although she still felt a sense of unreality in her heart, she gritted her teeth and nodded.
"Okay, I'll go back with you!"
"Let me make it clear first, I live in a deserted city, it's very dangerous there."
"I'm not afraid!"
She is not even afraid of death, so what danger can deter her?
Soon, Tiejin took A Lian and set off back to the deserted city.
He looked in the direction of the deserted city, and when he thought that he would see his daughter again soon, he couldn't help but feel eager to go home.
Lily will be very happy to see her mother, right?
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Ping An Grocery Store No. 1.
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi had been staring at Jin Lili for a while.
Although humans are also animals, they will be judged as customers in the system map and will not be displayed with light red dots.
"So Lily's ability is the simulation state?" Tang Yu'an guessed.
She played with Emerald all afternoon yesterday, so she acquired its status and became both a pet and a plant.
And now playing with Wangcai and the others has made them both pets and ordinary animals?
Zhou Qi nodded, "It seems so at the moment."
And it looked like it was triggered passively, after all, Jin Lili was still so young, but if this was her ability...
"Why can't I sense it? And her physique is still very weak."
It is not only afraid of heat but also cold, and is a very fragile human cub.
Tang Yu'an thought for a moment and said, "I remember Grandpa Li said before that not all people with special abilities will have their physiques change. Lily might be one of those people."
Zhou Qi frowned in thought, then speculated, "If that's the case, does that mean there are two ways to awaken superpowers?"
One is being parasitized, and the other is...natural awakening?
If his speculation was correct, then it would explain why he couldn't sense the presence of the parasite in Jin Lili's body.
Tang Yu'an doesn't know much about superpowers.
He scratched his head and said, "Then let's observe it a little longer."
However, Jin Lili's condition has changed, so she can continue to stay in the grocery store tonight.
Although she couldn't use the teleportation array, they still had to go out to look for emeralds later, so they could just go back to the grocery store.
The grocery store is closed now, so it's safe both day and night.
No matter what, her "superpower" is a good thing.
The remaining purple-red carpet was also exchanged by Tang Yu'an.
As for the remaining gray-blue refrigerator, emerald green container and emerald green double bed, he felt a little hesitant.
After spending 952 points to redeem the refrigerator and carpet, his points balance became more than 3,000. If he redeemed these six pieces of furniture, his points would be reduced by half again.
Tang Yu'an suddenly felt so poor!
Finally, he discussed with Zhou Qi and decided to exchange the gray-blue refrigerator. As for the other two types of Ying Green series furniture, they can wait and see later.
After all, a refrigerator is not just a refrigerator, it is also an air conditioner that does not require electricity.
In hot weather, it is a rare and indispensable good thing. If you don’t have enough points, you must use them wisely.
"Anyway, there is still time before the refresh, so let's try to earn more points in the next two days." Zhou Qi said.
They are also planning to open a branch in Jufeng Town. If that doesn't work out, they will just increase the value of the items being traded while playing the "trading game" with the two kids.
There are many ways to earn points.
Tang Yu'an responded, then exchanged for a gray-blue refrigerator, placed the two refrigerators in Room 901, and then pushed the two freezers out of the room and put them in Room 1001 on the 10th floor.
Then, they sealed the main doors and windows facing the outside of the 10th floor, leaving only some small ventilation holes.
“Huff, huff, huff—”
The rapid transfer of heat formed a wind that continued to converge towards Room 1001. After reaching saturation, it slowly weakened.
This turned Room 1001 into a huge furnace, so hot that it seemed like it could melt people. Even Zhou Qi found it unbearable standing inside, let alone Tang Yu'an.
Because the stairwell is not sealed, the heat from the 9th floor and below is also gathering towards the 10th floor.
"Boom—boom—"
The special effect of "hotter and colder" has been triggered, and the two gray-blue refrigerators are running frantically, converting the gathered heat into electrical energy and storing it.
Zhou Qi observed and was somewhat worried that the gray-blue freezer would stop working after its power storage function reached its limit.
Fortunately, until they sealed the main doors and windows facing the outside of the 9th floor, the two gray-blue freezers operated very well and did not seem to have reached their limits.
"It would be great if we could put this electricity to good use," Zhou Qi said. "Maybe we could use some electrical appliances in our branch stores."
Tang Yu'an nodded, "I'll try using the seven-day sale refresh card later."
It’s not possible now because they have too few points. If they can’t redeem them after refreshing, it would be a waste and painful.
Because there was no new heat flowing in, the heat from the 9th floor was absorbed by the 10th floor, so the temperature on this floor dropped significantly.
On the 8th floor and below, heat is still pouring up through the stairwells, but as long as you don't stand next to the passage, you will basically not be affected.
Of course, Zhou Qi still temporarily sealed off the stairwell on the 8th floor, making it smaller, leaving only enough space for one person to pass through, so as to reduce the influx of heat.
Then he began to go down the stairs and continued to reinforce and repair the 8th floor.
This is undoubtedly a big project, but if it is not reinforced and repaired, he will feel unsafe living there.
Tang Yu'an couldn't help much in this regard, so he went back to room 901 to accompany Jin Lili.
Because there was a refrigerator on the 10th floor to cool the room, he simply opened the door. The room temperature would not rise much, and it could still allow for ventilation.
And with the purple-red carpet, he could feel the comfortable temperature when sitting on it and would not feel uncomfortable at all.
Tang Yu'an continued to study the system panel.
He was very interested in the 3D image.
Opening this 3D map, he could see the entire building's structure. He quickly discovered that, in addition to the warehouse, he could also freely configure the teleportation array and protective barrier.
Yes, the range of the protective barrier can also be set. The maximum range is the entire building, and the minimum range is a single floor.
This feature seems a bit useless...
Tang Yu'an thought about it and decided that unless he lent the house to other people and left a few floors vacant, he wouldn't have to worry about the guests being sent out by the protective barrier at night.
Thinking of this, his eyes lit up.
"Yes, we can bring Granny Guo and Kang Kang to live with us!" Tang Yu'an thought excitedly.
They have so many houses here that he and Xiaoqi can't live in them all. Why don't they lend them to guests?
The living environment at Grandma Guo's place is too poor. It is really hard for an old lady like her to take care of Kang Kang and a child.
If she and Kang Kang live in the branch, they can also take care of each other.
The potatoes produced by Granny Guo and Kang Kang's mutant fruits can definitely attract a group of customers - of course, the value of a single potato is relatively high, so the specific profit model still needs to be carefully considered.
Moreover, some of their secrets are hidden in the branch. At least the 9th and 10th floors are not convenient to open to the public.
So we have to wait until Xiaoqi finishes reinforcing the 8th floor before we can consider inviting Grandma Guo and Kang Kang to live with us.
And you have to ask them whether they are willing to come or not.
However, Tang Yu'an was confident that he could convince Grandma Guo, but as for Grandpa Li and Sister Lin, he was not so sure.
Grandpa Li's place wasn't bad, but as for Sister Lin... thinking of her room full of venom and powder, as well as the cultivated poisonous weeds and mushrooms, he felt that she might not want to come over.
Just thinking about transferring these things is troublesome.
As for the Tiejin family, there is no need to consider them for the time being.
He has his own detached house in a decent condition, so it's unlikely he would move unless he has to.
"Take your time, let's finish the 8th floor and the stairs first!"
Tang Yu'an glanced at the location of the elevator on the 3D map. Is there any way to use the elevator in the future? 10 floors is really too high. It's very inconvenient without an elevator...
He shook his head, temporarily putting the idea aside, and then opened the teleportation array to set it up.
Because the 10th floor had become a "big furnace", it was not convenient to set up the teleportation array on the 10th floor, so Tang Yu'an moved the teleportation array to room 901.
Anyway, this house is 170 square meters, which is more than enough space to place the teleportation array.
He looked at his merchant level again, lv10 (90/300), and the growth of experience points was obviously slower than before.
Xiaocao seemed to have encountered a bottleneck. Today, it only brought him 16 experience points and 52 points. Compared with before, the business volume has decreased significantly. I don’t know if it is because their barbering business has been hindered.
Because he didn't know the information on her side, he couldn't send her any guidance tasks.
It all depends on whether she can get through this difficult time successfully.
No matter what, her performance is much better than Brother Chi Hao! He has not made any movement since he left Jufeng Mountain and started his journey.
Considering that he sent them another prey through his portable warehouse today, Tang Yu'an didn't say anything to him.
"Woof woof!"
After Tang Yu'an opened the door of the room, Wangcai and Yinbi ran out like dogs, then sniffed around the new branch, leaving their scent behind.
The open and spacious environment was obviously more to their liking, and the two dogs soon started chasing and playing.
Tang Yu'an looked at them with joy for a while, then took the super printing machine from the main store, put in the materials and started printing new salt tickets.
After deduction and discussion, he and Xiao Qige adjusted the exchange rate between various salt tickets.
The current exchange rate is 1:10:20.
1 platinum salt ticket = 10 gray gold salt tickets = 20 black gold salt tickets, which means 1 gram of refined salt = 10 grams of coarse salt = 20 grams of coarse sea salt.
According to the system's value judgment, 1 gram of coarse sea salt is 0.05 points, 1 gram of coarse salt is 0.06 points, and 1 gram of refined salt is 0.1 points.
If a customer exchanges a platinum salt ticket for 1 gram of refined salt, they can earn 0.9 points; if they exchange it for 10 grams of coarse salt, they can earn 0.4 points; if they exchange it for 20 grams of coarse sea salt, they will neither lose nor gain.
Because when selling salt tickets, you have actually earned experience points and points once, so when recycling salt tickets, there will be no problem as long as you ensure that you do not lose money.
Tang Yu'an put enough black cotton cloth and mutant metal to make 1,000 salt tickets into the super printing machine, and then put it aside to wait.
In fact, this special metal cloth may be better used to make clothes. It is not only fireproof and waterproof, but also wear-resistant. Once worn, it will make you absolutely invulnerable to swords and guns.
Unfortunately, the super printer can only produce cards, and the maximum size it supports is 20cmx20cm.
Moreover, this kind of metal cloth requires the production of mutant metal scissors and mutant metal needles in order to be cut and sewn, which makes processing very troublesome.
So Zhou Qi only made a small vest for Tang Yu'an to protect his heart and abdomen.
As for mass production... there is no way for the time being.
They were busy until five in the afternoon, when Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi took Jin Lili to the swimming pool.
Although they were late today, Emerald was not angry and still received them very happily.
The stench in the swimming pool has almost dissipated, which is a world of difference compared to before, but Tang Yu'an has used up the remaining purification times.
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Jufeng Town, Jade Museum.
While Tang Yu'an and the others were busy, Xiaocao sat in front of the Meiyu Pavilion, looking a little worried.
She and her brother had been setting up a stall at the market smoothly and had not been harassed, but today they encountered even greater trouble -
Someone imitated the scissors and set up a barber stall in the market, stealing many of their customers.
There was nothing that could be done about it. No matter how anxious or angry she and her brother were, it was useless. Anyone could do this business, and the terms of the deal between her and the mountain owner did not say that others could not do this business.
Her only advantage at the moment is probably that she can set up a stall at other times besides the morning market.
However, in the market town, there are only more people in the evening. It is so hot during the day that it is difficult to meet many people on the streets.
The temperature in the evening is quite cold, and customers are less willing to get their hair cut as they shiver in the cold wind, so her business is not doing well...
Wait, it's colder?
Xiaocao suddenly thought of something and stood up and ran into the house, which scared Shitou who was organizing his words to comfort her.
"Xiaocao, where are you going?" Shitou hurried to catch up with her.
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