Chapter 104
In order not to wake up Jin Lili, Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi went outside the grocery store and then released the two little ones from the pet compartment.
Because they are in their juvenile form when they enter the pet compartment, they naturally look like kittens and puppies when they come out.
As soon as it landed, Black Pearl shook its head and then its body quickly grew larger.
Its fur is darker and shinier than before, without any stray hairs, just like silk, very beautiful.
The pair of golden eyes seemed to be more transparent than before, and when they looked back, they were intimidating.
"The black pearl seems to have grown a little bigger?" Tang Yu'an looked at Zhou Qi.
Zhou Qi nodded, his eyes always fixed on Black Pearl. He could feel that Black Pearl's aura was even stronger than before, and had reached the same level as the female lizard.
Its body has grown a lot, but its figure has become more smooth and stylish, full of powerful beauty.
However, only it itself knows to what extent it has evolved.
He looked at Black Pearl, and a hint of red gradually appeared in his eyes.
Black Pearl, who was looking at Zhou Qi eagerly, suddenly paused, then turned away as if somewhat bored, and her gaze fell on Yuanbao.
Yuanbao was not to be outdone. He ran a few steps and then turned back into his original form.
Compared with the black pearl, its shape has not changed much, it just looks smoother and tighter.
At this moment, a dark golden light flashed.
It was a piece of mutated metal, attacking the four-eyed giant dog at an extremely fast speed, cutting directly into its body.
No, that's not right. The piece of metal penetrated the body of the four-eyed giant dog and fell to the ground, while the four-eyed giant dog standing in the same place was still intact.
Tang Yu'an also felt that he might be dazzled, because he seemed to see a giant four-eyed dog appearing not far away, slowly walking towards him.
The original four-eyed giant dog was disappearing quickly.
"It's an afterimage." Zhou Qi said solemnly.
Yuanbao's speed increased again, so fast that it left an afterimage on the spot, which was very confusing.
If he and An An had encountered such an ingot at the beginning, he would probably not be able to avoid its attack at all, nor would he be able to wait for An An to open the umbrella.
Black Pearl stared at Yuanbao and bared her teeth warily.
The attack it just made was just a test. Obviously, its metal manipulation also gained speed, but it was still no match for Yuanbao.
If they really fight, it will probably be a 50-50 fight.
The two pets looked at each other and saw fear in each other's eyes.
At this time, Tang Yu'an said in time: "Great, you have all become more powerful!"
The young man smiled and said, "You must be hungry after sleeping for a few days. What would you like to eat? How about milk and meat pancakes? Or do you want some barbecue?"
After hearing Tang Yu'an's words, the two men, who were originally on the verge of a fight, finally calmed down.
Black Pearl swung its long tail behind it, expressing its joy.
Yuanbao turned back into a four-eyed puppy, and when Yinbi and Wangcai ran out happily to find him, he slowly walked towards them.
The "battle" between the two pets suddenly disappeared into thin air.
Tang Yu'an prepared milk and meat pancakes for them, with a bowl and a plate for each. Black Pearl was also very considerate and shrank its body to become a kitten to enjoy the food.
The eggs used for meat omelets are still lizard eggs. After evolution, even the weakest silver coins will no longer enter hibernation after eating lizard eggs.
After breakfast, cleaning the house and watering the plants, Tang Yu'an brought his pets to the branch through the teleportation array.
Zhou Qi ran over with Jin Lili on his back——
It will only take about ten minutes anyway. At his current speed, ordinary mutant creatures can't catch up with him at all, so there is no need to worry too much about safety issues.
"From now on, we will stay here during the day." Tang Yu'an said to the pets, "We will go back to the grocery store to sleep at night."
"There might be guests coming. If they are friendly guests, you should just stay as you are now."
"If they intend to rob or steal, or show any ill will towards us, you can just transform back into your original form and scare them away..."
After explaining the current situation to the four children, Tang Yu'an finally said, "If you like, you can choose a floor to live on."
"But except for this floor and the ten floors above, the other floors haven't been reinforced yet, so they're not suitable for living for the time being."
Then, he began to study the teleportation array.
Logically speaking, if the teleportation array can be authorized to employees, it should also be authorized to be used by pets.
Otherwise, they would be running around too much!
Soon, Tang Yu'an found the authorization button. He originally thought that this button would be on the pet panel like the employee panel, but he didn't expect it to be on the branch teleportation array panel.
Just change the status of the teleportation array to open to pets.
Tang Yu'an was just about to teach his pets how to use the teleportation array, but after he set it to open, Black Pearl and Yuanbao seemed to sense something and ran to the top of the teleportation array one after another.
Immediately afterwards, the light of the teleportation array lit up, and the two little ones disappeared on the teleportation array.
Wangcai and Yinbi were shocked.
"Woof woof!" Silver Coin ran to the teleportation array, looked at the patterns on the ground in confusion, and jumped around in surprise.
Because Tang Yu'an had previously put them into the pet box and then used the teleportation array to transport them back and forth, this was the first time that Yinbi and Wangcai had seen this function.
In comparison, Wangcai is much more stable.
It ran to the teleportation array, looked left and right and sniffed, then looked at Tang Yu'an, its eyes showing eagerness to try.
Tang Yu'an patiently taught it how to use it.
At this time, the teleportation array lit up again - Yuanbao had returned.
As for Black Pearl...
Tang Yu'an looked at the map and found that it had run to the abandoned parking lot again. He was used to it. After all, it was normal for cats to not like playing with dogs.
After several attempts by Yuanbao, Wangcai finally mastered the method of using the teleportation array, but the silver coins...
Although it has evolved, using the teleportation array is still too advanced for the puppy, so it did not learn it as expected.
"It's okay, just learn slowly."
Tang Yu'an touched the fluffy head of Silver Coin, and the puppy, who was originally in a low mood, suddenly became cheerful.
“Woof woof woof!”
Seeing it grinning, Tang Yu'an also felt in a good mood. Just as he was about to teach it slowly, he saw a green dot appear on the map.
It’s a new customer I haven’t met before!
The man was wandering outside the building. Tang Yu'an immediately became alert, cast a light body spell on himself, then took out a shadow umbrella and happy marbles, and then jumped down to the first floor.
The height of the ninth floor looked quite scary, but with the help of the light body technique, Tang Yu'an was also very brave.
He landed lightly on the ground holding an umbrella.
From a distance, I saw a man dressed as a hunter approaching the building cautiously.
The man looked strange, but judging by his attire and experienced demeanor, he should also be a resident of the deserted city, making a living here by his own ability.
Tang Yu'an took a detour to the back door and deliberately made some noise after re-entering the first floor.
The man immediately retreated alertly and found a stone outside the building for cover.
"Who are you?" Tang Yu'an called him out directly.
At this time, Zhou Qi also arrived with Jin Lili.
He saw this scene from afar, but did not rush to show up. Instead, he quietly slipped into a suite through the window, then went to the exit and protected it secretly.
Although he wanted to protect An An all the time, An An was not without the ability to protect herself now.
Zhou Qi didn't want to deprive him of the opportunity to grow, so he chose to wait and see. Jin Lili, who was curled up in the backpack, also curiously poked her head out to look outside.
As he moved, the hunter slowly emerged from behind the rock.
Seeing that only a short, thin and pretty boy came out of the building, he couldn't help but let down his guard.
"Who are you?" The man looked at Tang Yu'an and said, "You look unfamiliar. Did you just come to the deserted city?"
Tang Yu'an nodded, "This is my house."
The man paused, then looked at the ten-story building again, a hint of surprise on his face. "You live alone in a building like this?"
Perhaps noticing the outer walls and floor, he asked, "Have you asked Brother Pashi to reinforce them?"
Tang Yu'an nodded.
Judging from the man's actions just now, he seemed to have noticed this building, so he declared his sovereignty in advance.
Sure enough, the man said, "There are quite a few rooms in this building. How about giving me one?"
Tang Yu'an shook his head, "Sorry, it's not open to outsiders for the time being."
The man looked at him, seemingly unwilling to give up just like that, and said, "How much did you pay for the reinforcement of Pasig? I can give you part of it."
Tang Yu'an refused again: "I'm sorry, this is not a question of compensation."
Just as the hesitation in the man's eyes gradually turned into fierceness, a figure appeared behind Tang Yu'an, pacing.
The man's expression froze.
The mutant giant dog with four eyes stared at him with its terrifying huge vertical pupils, as if it would pounce on him immediately if he made any unusual movement.
This is not over yet.
Following the four-eyed giant dog was a giant dog with golden hair. Its dark green eyes seemed to emit a faint light, and saliva was secreted from its mouth and dripping onto the ground.
Finally, when a giant snow-white dog appeared, the man's psychological defenses finally collapsed.
He fell back to the ground. Not to mention his fierce look, at this moment he was only filled with panic and fear. He wanted to escape but found that his legs were weak and he couldn't even get up!
Oh my God, facing three mutant giant dogs at once, there is no chance of survival!
Tang Yu'an also noticed that the pets had followed him. He patted Yuan Bao soothingly, then said to the man, "It's okay. As long as you don't do anything out of line, they won't hurt you."
The man couldn't help swallowing as he watched Tang Yu'an standing calmly among the three mutant giant dogs.
He had already been frightened out of his wits, so how could he dare to do anything out of the ordinary?
"What's your name?" he heard the boy ask.
This time, the man answered very cooperatively: "My name...my name is Jin Guang."
"Jin Guang? Do you have gold-related abilities?" Tang Yu'an asked.
Jin Guang nodded.
Tang Yu'an stepped back calmly.
He had just seen the Black Pearl's hard-to-defend-against metal pieces, so he didn't dare to take it lightly.
Jin Guang had no desire to attack. Playing tricks under the watchful eyes of three giant mutant dogs, wasn't that like an old man hanging himself because he thought his life was too long?
He hesitated for a moment, then put down the straw basket on his back.
In the straw basket was the prey he had hunted that morning. It was really hard for him to give it up, but saving his life was the most important thing. He would be lucky if he could leave here safely today.
"This is the rabbit I just caught. It's still fresh..."
Tang Yu'an immediately understood what he meant. He smiled and said, "You don't have to be like this. I told you that as long as you don't do anything out of line, my friends won't hurt you."
Jin Guang swallowed and guessed that the boy's special ability was probably beast taming. He was very glad that he didn't attack him directly just for the sake of fighting for territory.
He asked cautiously, "Then... can I leave now?"
Tang Yu'an could actually feel Jin Guang's ill intentions before Yuanbao and the others appeared.
But in such a fiercely competitive doomsday environment, there was no way around it. At least he didn't take action right away, so there was still a possibility of cultivating him into a customer.
So Tang Yu'an said: "It's possible, but..."
The boy's sudden change of heart made Jin Guang's heart tighten. "But what?"
"But don't you want to change something before you leave?" said the boy.
Jin Guang looked at him in confusion, "W-what?"
Ten minutes later.
When Jin Guang left with 10 spoons of coarse salt wrapped in leaves and 5 black gold salt tickets, he still looked confused.
The rabbit in his straw basket has lost a pound of meat.
Yes, he just exchanged a pound of meat for 10 spoons of coarse salt (about 100 grams) from the boy. This amount is enough for him to eat for at least 1 month!
Jin Guang felt like he was dreaming, and his steps were floating.
Moreover, the young man said that their shop would continue to operate in the deserted city. As long as there was a demand, he could come to them to exchange at any time, and the price would still be the same.
The five black gold salt tickets he gave could be exchanged for half a spoonful of coarse sea salt - a salt of lower quality, but much better than what he usually eats.
This coarse sea salt can only be exchanged for salt tickets. 5 black gold salt tickets can be exchanged for half a spoonful. Exchanges will start tomorrow.
Also, this kind of black gold salt ticket will only be given away this month. If you want it again in the future, you will have to exchange it for something.
Jin Guang didn't understand why anyone would want to exchange the salt ticket. After all, the shop also accepted physical objects in exchange for salt, and the salt could be exchanged for better quality salt.
Although the material of this salt ticket is quite special, you can’t eat it while holding it in your hand, right?
Jin Guang decided to exchange the money for salt tomorrow. Salt feels more solid in his hands!
No matter what, it is a happy thing to get half a spoonful of salt for free!
He held the white coarse sea salt in his arms, and when he finally realized that all this was real, he couldn't stop smiling.
You don’t have to worry about salt for the next month!
Fortunately, I didn’t attack the young man just now. I have to worship him like a Buddha in the future. He is a salt merchant... and a big salt merchant at that!
Although it was quite scary to have three mutant creatures guarding him, Jin Guang became braver when he thought of salt.
Of course, the most important thing is that the boy did not attack him. He really let him change the salt and then let him go.
You know, he could have just snatched his rabbit away!
However, Jin Guang soon became active.
The store called Huangcheng Grocery Store has just opened, and he is the only one who knows about it. He has exchanged so much salt that he cannot finish it in the short term.
So, could he take out half a month's supply and exchange it for something suitable?
And if he comes over tomorrow, he can definitely exchange for some more salt. After all, one pound of meat is enough for a month, so he can just go hunting again.
When Jin Guang thought about the good things he could exchange for salt, his eyes lit up and he felt hopeful about his future life.
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Tang Yu'an was also very happy.
Unexpectedly, we successfully received a new customer on the first day of opening and converted him into a regular customer.
In this transaction, he obtained a total of one pound of fresh rabbit meat, 9 points and 6 experience points. Although the points were not many, this was a business that came to him!
After Jin Guang left, Zhou Qi walked out of the suite carrying Jin Lili on his back.
"Brother Xiaoqi!"
Of course Tang Yu'an knew that Zhou Qi had come a long time ago, but he still pulled him aside and excitedly shared the good news with him.
Zhou Qi pinched his cheek, smiled and nodded: "An An is really amazing."
Tang Yu'an chuckled, then carried Jin Lili over, took out a purple carpet for her to sit on, and played a trading game with her using mutant blueberries and mutant lantern fruits.
Finally, I successfully got 1,038 points!
I'll go find Kang Kang later and try again!
Thinking of something at this moment, Tang Yu'an said, "That's right, Brother Xiaoqi, how about I make you the branch manager of No. 1 Store?"
Although I don’t know what the role of a branch manager is, I feel that his rank is a little higher than that of an employee.
Zhou Qi thought about it and nodded: "Okay."
So, Tang Yu'an opened the interface and operated.
[Should employee "Zhou Qi" be appointed as the branch manager of "Ping An Grocery Store No. 1"?]
Tang Yu'an chose "yes".
[Zhou Qi's employee level is lv5, meeting the requirements, appointment successful!]
As this prompt appeared, Zhou Qi’s name was suffixed with the title “Branch Manager” on the employee panel.
In terms of responsibility, the branch manager needs to lead employees to complete the monthly performance requirements, and Tang Yu'an naturally set the lowest level for this.
In terms of rights, the branch manager can recruit employees and assign them tasks for management - of course, the mysterious businessman's authority is at a higher level, and Tang Yu'an can lay off and directly appoint branch employees.
Employee levels are still retained, but the difference is that for every profitable transaction completed by a branch employee, the branch manager can also gain 1 experience point!
In this way, his upgrade speed will definitely be greatly improved.
In addition, the number of slots in the portable storage that could be authorized to him was increased to 5, so Tang Yu'an naturally filled it up for him.
Zhou Qi also received a system prompt.
Because of your outstanding work performance, the mysterious businessman has decided to appoint you as the branch manager of "Ping An Grocery Store No. 1". Please keep up the good work and keep it up!
Tang Yu'an also wanted to transfer Xiaocao to the branch store - now the branch store can recruit two employees. With Xiaocao here, Xiaoqige's employee experience value will definitely soar.
However, Zhou Qi stopped him.
"I know you want to be nice to me, but Xiaocao is our best employee right now. Only with her can we maintain the popularity of the main store."
The upgrade of the main store requires store popularity and transaction volume. With limited resources, they naturally have to focus on upgrading the main store in order to unlock more powerful functions.
Excellent employees should still stay in the main store.
"When we find a more suitable candidate in the future, we will transfer Brother Chi Hao to the branch." Zhou Qi said.
Tang Yu'an had no objection at all.
Chi Hao is still on his way back to Qingmu Fort. We can't count on him for at least two months, so transferring him to a branch won't have any impact.
At this time, a system prompt popped up.
[You have successfully appointed a branch manager. You can assign the following side quests to the branch manager to complete]
[Side Quest 1: Make a sign for the branch]
[Side Mission 2: Reach 1,000 transactions at the branch]
[Side Mission 3: Cultivate 10 regular customers for the branch]
[Side Quest 4: ...]
Tang Yu'an shared these side quests with Zhou Qi.
After research, they found that the rewards Zhou Qi received for completing these tasks were not the points and item card rewards that Tang Yu'an had seen.
What Zhou Qi gains is merchant satisfaction, which has an initial value of 60 and will decrease over time. It can only be increased by completing side quests, profitable transactions, and increasing popularity.
When the satisfaction score is lower than 30, the branch manager's position will be automatically eliminated, and when it is higher than 90, a salary commission of 500 points will be received every month.
These 500 points were naturally paid by Tang Yu'an.
The system is really a stingy one.
But Tang Yu'an didn't care. After all, he and Brother Xiaoqi were one and the same, so giving him salary was just a transfer from one hand to the other.
As for the other branch managers? Since they haven't appeared yet, I won't think about them too much for now.
While it's still early, they plan to make the sign first so that it will look more like a store. Even though there are not many literate people in the wasteland, it will still be more recognizable.
While they were busy creating a signboard, a new customer came in -
It turned out to be Granny Guo who brought Kang Kang to visit.
Tang Yu'an was very surprised and quickly welcomed them in.
"Your place is indeed close. We can get there in a short walk." Grandma Guo looked at their house and nodded with a smile.
The three pets had already turned into young animals and were playing with Jin Lili on the first floor.
Jin Lili accepted the sudden addition of a puppy very well and quickly became good friends with Yuanbao.
Of course, it was one-sided on her part.
The four-eyed puppy was so small that Jin Lili hugged it in her arms and rubbed her face against it.
Yuanbao had a helpless look on his face the whole time, but in the face of Jin Lili's enthusiasm, he did not struggle and showed great patience with the child.
And now, there is one more Kang Kang.
Kang Kang first looked at Jin Lili in confusion, as if he didn't understand why she was not a plant again, but his attention was soon attracted by the three dogs.
Yinbi and Wangcai were relatively large in size, and he was a little afraid of them, so the petite Yuanbao became his target.
He and Jin Lili hugged the four-eyed puppy on the left and right, laughing foolishly.
Yuanbao's expression became even more helpless.
Granny Guo watched this scene and looked at the three dogs with some uncertainty. Although they looked harmless, she did not dare to underestimate them.
Then, she watched two teenagers making a sign.
After giving some guidance, she left Kang Kang here and prepared to leave to plant potatoes.
"You should also stock up on more food."
Granny Guo looked serious. She looked at the sky outside and warned, "I can feel that the flood is coming."
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