Chapter 110
Hearing that Old Li agreed so readily, Lin Zhen couldn't help but look at him suspiciously.
"Then I'll leave?" she asked tentatively.
"Well, go ahead and recruit more people." Old Li nodded.
Lin Zhen scratched his head and suddenly said, "That's not right. This is not your store. Why are you working so hard?"
And tempted her with candy!
"I eat the emperor's food and bear the emperor's worries." Old Li said lightly.
Lin Zhen saw that he looked like an expert, but he didn't understand what he was saying. "What do you mean?"
Seeing her bewildered expression, Old Li sighed and explained, "This is a very famous old saying. It probably means you should work for the one who feeds you."
“Ohhhh!”
Lin Yu nodded to show that he understood, then looked at him with envy: "So you can eat Xiaoqi's cooking every day now?"
"About the same."
Old Li said, "But they went to Jufeng Town. I don't know if they can make it back before the flood."
He remembered something and said, "Before they left, they said there were plenty of rooms here. If you want to move in for safety, you're welcome anytime."
Lin Zhen glanced at the towering building, thought for a moment, and shook his head, saying, "The eggs are about to hatch, so it's not easy to move them. Let's wait a few days before deciding."
"OK."
So Lin Zhen waved goodbye to Old Li and turned around to attract customers for him.
She knew a lot of people in the deserted city and had basically met them all. Although those people might not believe her, she just had to pass on the information.
After seeing Lin Zhen's figure disappear again, Old Li turned around and entered the grocery store.
The refrigerator and freezer that the two children mentioned seemed to have started working. Although the weather was very hot, when he walked into the first floor, he felt very cool.
He entered the bedroom of the suite, where some goods left behind by Tang Yu'an and the others were placed.
Among them, there is a can of rock sugar.
Old Li reached out and scooped out a spoonful of rock sugar, wrapped it in cloth, then picked up a stone of appropriate size and gently hit the cloth bag.
The rock sugar wrapped inside suddenly shattered, and one piece broke into three or four pieces.
Anyway, we didn't agree on the size of the candy, right?
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Under the scorching sun, Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi were on their way.
With the help of the light body technique, Zhou Qi moved very fast. Tang Yu'an lay on his shoulder and could only hear the whistling sound of the wind on both sides. The surrounding scenery became blurred because of their fast movement.
However, the umbrella he held in his right hand did not seem to be affected by the air current at all. It stayed steadily above them, covering all their movements.
Sure, its stability has increased, but its following ability has remained the same.
As soon as Tang Yu'an let go, the umbrella would be blown away and would be completely unable to keep up with Zhou Qi's speed.
Soon, they came to the fork in the road they had been to before.
There are some corroded and melted stones at the intersection leading to the abandoned chemical plant. It seems that someone wanted to close the road but failed.
Tang Yu'an glanced at the map. Due to the movement of Green Eyes, many areas covered by fog had been cleared.
Judging from the area marked on the map, Green Eyes would occasionally come to this path.
So could the corroded and melted rocks around the intersection be related to him?
"Brother Xiaoqi, wait a minute!" Tang Yu'an suddenly spoke.
Zhou Qi stopped in time and asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
Tang Yu'an took out two buns, put them in a plastic bag, and threw them far away towards the intersection.
After the bag disappeared into the mist, he said, "A gift for Green Eyes."
Green Eyes gave them a pound of mutant blueberries, but only asked them to talk to him, which made Tang Yu'an feel a little uncomfortable.
If he were really a human being, living in the poisonous fog all the time, it would be pitiful to think about it.
He and Xiaoqige would not risk entering the poisonous fog, nor could they help him much, so they could only send him food as a token of their appreciation.
"let's go."
"good."
Zhou Qi carried Tang Yu'an on his back and set off again.
After they left, the plastic bag thrown by Tang Yu'an still lay quietly on the ground. After an unknown amount of time, the dark green poisonous fog gradually became thicker.
When no one was paying attention, a hand covered in pus stretched out from the poisonous mist, grabbed the plastic bag, and quickly retracted it, disappearing into the poisonous mist again...
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With Zhou Qi's full speed, they arrived at the top of Jufeng Mountain at just three o'clock in the afternoon.
They had originally reached the foot of the mountain at noon, but the way up the mountain was much more difficult, so it took them longer.
But we set out from the deserted city at around nine o'clock and arrived at the top of Jufeng Mountain before three o'clock, which saved a lot of time compared to before.
On the way up the mountain, Tang Yu'an discovered that people had opened up farmland in each stronghold.
Although the planting situation was worrying, it was probably Captain Black Bear who conveyed his words to Red Carp, and Red Carp also adopted his suggestions.
All things are difficult at the beginning. I just hope Sister Hongli can continue to push this matter forward.
Tang Yu'an found a deserted, quiet corner on the map, put away his umbrella, and took out the Mountain Master Order that Hongli had given him.
Apart from blackening his face, which had turned white again, he did not make any other disguise.
Just as I was about to leave, the familiar system prompt popped up again.
[Employee Li Changqing completed a profitable transaction with a new customer, earning +58 points and +3 experience points]
Along with this prompt popping up, a series of messages followed.
[Experience value is full, merchant level +1]
[Merchant level reaches lv11. New redemption options include refined rice, assorted fruit candies, and toothpaste. For details, please visit the "Wholesale Market"]
[Plane Shop adds message function, window display time extended to 48 hours, can display goods +1]
[Portable storage slot +1, total slots: 15]
[The tele-pickup skill has been upgraded to level 10. For details, please go to "Skills"]
[Weekly Quest Refresh Card +1]
【Please select the delivery address...】
Wow! Grandpa Li is so awesome! He directly gave him a level up!
"Brother Xiaoqi, I've leveled up again!"
Tang Yu'an took a quick look at the rewards. "There's actually polished rice to exchange this time. 2 points can be exchanged for 100 grams, which is 10 points per kilogram. It feels quite cheap."
Polished rice tastes much better than brown rice, but his family already had a lot of polished rice in stock and they haven't finished it yet.
"There are also fruit candies you can exchange for, but I don't know if they taste good."
The plane store also unlocked a new function. It was discovered that another product could be listed, so Tang Yu'an listed a refreshing fruit, and the price was naturally raised to the maximum.
Then, he looked at his telekinesis skill.
Tang Yu'an said in surprise: "Brother Xiaoqi, my remote placement distance has increased to 16 meters!"
This distance is not short. If it is farther, its placement may not be so accurate.
Zhou Qi nodded and looked at his experience bar again: lv6 (5/120).
He can only obtain the authorization of remote placement after upgrading to level 7. It seems that he needs to upgrade his level before going to Jufeng Town this time.
"It seems that Grandpa Li has adapted very well." Zhou Qi said as he thought of something.
"That's right, he's received 16 guests today. I only received 17 the whole day yesterday." Tang Yu'an nodded, "I thought the effect of the drainage card would be weakened today."
After all, the influence of the drainage card will definitely radiate outward, attracting people who are close first, and those who are far away may not be radiated.
I didn’t expect there would be more today than yesterday!
Now the popularity of No.1 Store has exceeded 100. Once they accumulate more points, they will be able to unlock the function of inviting customers to stay overnight.
Tang Yu'an thought for a moment and said, "Oh right, we can take this opportunity to give Grandpa Li a nickname, so that we can show how much the mysterious businessman values him!"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Qi's body stiffened.
He looked at Tang Yu'an and asked hesitantly, "What nickname do you want to give Grandpa Li?"
"Aunt Qian?"
“…”
Looking at Zhou Qi's choked expression, Tang Yu'an laughed, "I was just kidding!"
Grandpa Li is the elder after all, Tang Yu'an doesn't dare to play like this.
He looked at the employee panel and muttered, "It seems that many people don't know Grandpa Li's real name, so why not just call him that..."
Ping An Grocery Store No. 1.
Old Li had just sent away a guest called by Lin Zhen when he saw the system prompt pop up.
Your outstanding performance has been praised by the mysterious merchant, who has bestowed upon you a new title: Evergreen.
Evergreen.
Looking at this familiar yet unfamiliar name, Old Li couldn't help but be stunned, and scenes from the past emerged before his eyes.
It has been a long time since anyone called him by this name. The person who gave him this name and the person who knew him by this name are all dead.
His life was clearly less than a hundred years, yet it seemed extraordinarily long.
Looking back on everything from childhood, it seems like an old dream that can never be returned, and his name has been forgotten in the past along with those old friends.
Now, the name has reappeared.
Old Li stared at the light screen in a daze, and after a long time he couldn't help but look back at the building behind him.
His "old dream"...
Will there be a day when it will happen again?
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After giving Old Li a name, Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi continued walking up the mountain path.
It was just past the hottest time of the day and there were not many people on the mountain road. Tang Yu'an took out an ordinary umbrella to block the sun and walked into the town in the high temperature.
They swaggered towards the guards, and finally went directly to the guard post under the escort of the guards, holding the land deed given to them by Chi Hao to demand the house.
Because of the mountain master's order, no one dared to make things difficult for them.
Soon, Captain Black Bear, who heard the news, rushed over with a very friendly attitude.
"Chi Hao has already explained everything." He said, "I'll have someone take you there."
"Excuse me, Captain Black Bear!"
Black Bear looked at the two teenagers and recalled the mountain master's analysis of them. Ever since they left, the salt merchant who had come to the market to sell salt had never appeared again...
He asked calmly, "Are you planning to settle down in Jufeng Town?"
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi looked at each other. They had discussed this issue before coming here, and sure enough, Black Bear asked them.
"I'm planning to open a store to sell things." Tang Yu'an answered truthfully.
Selling things? Black Bear suddenly realized that it was no wonder that Chi Hao chose a place with many pedestrians and a mixed crowd instead of a good location.
Thinking of something, he asked anxiously, "Excuse me, what are you selling?"
Tang Yu'an avoided the question, "I haven't thought about it yet. I'll tell Sister Hongli when I'm sure. She needs to agree."
He was afraid that if he mentioned selling salt, he would be "invited" directly to meet the mountain owner. Nothing was ready yet, so he decided to wait and see.
Tang Yu'an had already brought up "Sister Hongli", so Black Bear naturally couldn't ask any more questions.
He nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll have someone take you there."
Soon, the guards sent Tang Yu'an and the others to the destination.
This is a two-story building. It looks a bit shabby from the outside and it seems that no one has lived in it or cleaned it for many years.
When Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi walked in, they were choked by a gust of dust blowing in their faces.
They quickly covered their noses and temporarily retreated, only to see that the guards who escorted them here did not leave, but instead patrolled nearby and drove away onlookers.
Tang Yu'an opened the map and found that Black Bear had actually sent a team of guards to patrol nearby.
I remember that Hongli had sent guards to monitor them and followed them all the way to the deserted city, only leaving and returning after they were thrown off.
I just hope they're not here to spy on them again...
After putting on masks, Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi re-entered the house, closed the door, and began to explore the house.
The first floor was completely empty, without even a piece of furniture. The staircase leading to the second floor had holes in it, and you could hear the wooden boards creaking when you stepped on them, as if they would break down at any moment.
There were two rooms on the second floor, which had been emptied out just like the downstairs, leaving only some tattered hay piled in the corner of one of them.
I don’t know whether the owner of the house disposed of all the things before leaving, or whether they were stolen by someone else because he didn’t come back for a long time.
Tang Yu'an looked at the missing window sash and felt that the latter possibility was more likely.
"An An."
At this time, Zhou Qi called him downstairs.
Tang Yu'an responded quickly and ran downstairs. He found that Zhou Qi was not in the front hall. He ran to the back room on the first floor and saw him standing in the room, looking down at the floor.
"Brother Xiaoqi?"
He just shouted, and saw Zhou Qi lift up a piece of floor, revealing the hole underneath——
There is a basement under this house!
Tang Yu'an's eyes lit up, and he quickly leaned over to check. He found that it was pitch black below, and the light only illuminated a ladder leading to the underground.
This ladder is also made of wood. It has been in disrepair for many years and many steps have rotted away.
"Shall we go down and take a look?"
Tang Yu'an opened the map and found that there were no dangerous creatures below, not even many plants and animals, so he made the suggestion.
"I'll go down first, you stay here." Zhou Qi said.
Tang Yu'an couldn't help but curl his lips, but facing Zhou Qi's serious expression, he still agreed obediently.
Zhou Qi took the dagger and the flashlight, and with the help of the light body technique, he jumped down and landed lightly on the ground.
Tang Yu'an stared at the map and his panel status nervously.
Fortunately, no danger occurred.
It wasn't long before Zhou Qi reappeared below. He waved at Tang Yu'an and said, "An'an, jump down. I'll catch you."
Tang Yu'an was delighted and jumped down without any hesitation.
Zhou Qi caught him easily, allowing him to land steadily on the ground.
Zhou Qi had already lit candles in the basement. In the dim orange light, a basement of about 20 square meters came into Tang Yu'an's sight.
“It’s quite big here.”
Tang Yu'an looked up at the entrance. It was at least four or five meters deep from the ground, but the actual height of the basement was only about two meters, with a thick layer of stone in the middle.
Maybe the stone layer was thick enough, so the thief didn't discover that there was such a basement hidden in the house?
He withdrew his gaze and looked carefully at the underground room.
There were several metal boxes in the corner, covered with dust and cobwebs, and no one knew what was inside.
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi approached cautiously. After making sure there was no danger, they opened the first box and found several fur coats inside.
The second box contained some canned food, and Tang Yu'an also found a large bag of unopened dog food.
Even if it's unopened, it should have expired and gone bad, right?
The third and fourth boxes contained some miscellaneous items, which were obviously remnants from before the disaster and should have been collected by the original owner of the house.
Tang Yu'an couldn't help but look at the entrance above his head again.
He asked doubtfully, "Based on the size of this box...how did they get it down from up there?"
"Maybe he's a metal mutant, or maybe..."
Zhou Qi knocked around in the basement and soon made a discovery. He saw him lying on a stone wall and pushing forward with all his strength...
“Squeak—”
That stone wall turned out to be a revolving door!
It spun backwards, revealing a dark passage behind it that led to an unknown destination.
Tang Yu'an couldn't help swallowing, feeling a little excited and a little scared.
Zhou Qi stared at the passage for a while, then closed the door again. He then looked at Tang Yu'an and said, "Let's build a branch first."
"Don't you want to go and take a look in the passage?" Tang Yu'an asked.
"Well, we won't be going for now." Zhou Qi said, "We don't have any other choice now. Besides the employees, no one else can use the teleportation array anyway."
Moreover, this place has obviously been abandoned for many years, so it might be safer for them not to explore.
Tang Yu'an nodded. They really didn't have time to get other land deeds, and other houses might not be as good as this one. At least this basement was very suitable for building a teleportation array.
So he opened the system panel and clicked into the store to operate.
You are establishing a branch
Please specify the building
[Note: You need to own the building or the building is unowned land]
Tang Yu'an moved his gaze to the house above his head and chose to confirm.
[It is detected that the ownership of this building is already owned and meets the conditions]
[Would you like to spend 2000 points to set up this building as a branch? ]
【whether】
Tang Yu'an selected "Yes", gave the new branch a name, and clicked confirm again.
[Naming successful, "Ping An Grocery Store (Store No. 2)" successfully established]
Yes, the grocery store in Jufeng Town is called Store No. 2! He opened the store panel and entered the management interface of "Ping An Grocery Store (Store No. 2)" to take a look.
【Ping An Grocery Store (Store No. 2)】
Level: lv0
Description: A shabby, empty grocery store with no advantages other than a good location.
Accumulated points: 0
Accumulated points: 0
Branch Manager: 0/1
Employees: 0/2
Function: Guardian Barrier (not enabled), Teleportation Array (not enabled)
Next, Tang Yu'an made some operations, deducting 2,000 points to open the teleportation array, another 2,000 points to connect to the main store, and finally spent 3,000 points to permanently unlock the teleportation.
Maybe he was mentally prepared, so after spending so many points, Tang Yu'an actually felt quite calm, even a little refreshed.
And after deducting 9,000 points, he still had more than 2,000 points left.
Looking at the pentagram magic circle under his feet, he thought for a moment and said, "Brother Xiaoqi, why don't we activate the protective barrier as well?"
He could narrow the scope of the protective barrier to this basement, so he wouldn't have to worry about the basement being discovered and destroyed.
Even if there was any danger behind that stone door, as long as they temporarily closed Branch No. 2, the protective barrier could be opened 24 hours a day.
It is equivalent to them building a super safe teleportation point in Jufeng Town.
Zhou Qi listened to Tang Yu'an's words and nodded in agreement. However, he couldn't help but glance at the child and said, "Don't you feel bad? If you spend another 2,000 points, there will only be a few hundred left."
After hearing what he said, Tang Yu'an felt his heart begin to ache.
Yes, if I spend another two thousand, there will be more than three hundred left!
He hasn't been this poor in a long time!
Tang Yu'an covered his chest and said, "It's okay. I can earn more points if I lose them, but I've already spent 9,000 points on this teleportation point. I absolutely can't afford any mistakes!"
Listening to the child's sober speech, Zhou Qi nodded with satisfaction.
He touched his face and comforted him: "Well, after we finish here, we will go find Hongli and see if we can make a big deal with her."
Red Carp manages such a large market town, so it should be able to consume a lot of salt, right? If not, think of other ways.
"With Xiaocao and Grandpa Li, the points are increasing quickly now, so don't worry."
"Um!"
In fact, this is also the source of Tang Yu'an's confidence. Today, Grandpa Li brought him not only experience points, but also nearly a thousand points.
If there were so many every day, there would be no need to worry.
Tang Yu'an's eyes became firm, he gritted his teeth and clicked to activate the protective barrier of Store No. 2.
Soon, 2,000 points were successfully deducted, and his five-digit points balance directly became three digits, truly returning to the pre-liberation era.
However, Tang Yu'an did not stop the operation.
It's still daytime now, so the protective barrier hasn't taken effect yet. It will be activated after nightfall, and then the entire house will disappear in full view of everyone, which is inexplicable.
He opened the 3D map and narrowed the range of the protective barrier to the underground floor.
Then he and Zhou Qi left the basement and chose to close Store No. 2, and then observed nervously.
Because the protective barrier had been reduced to the basement level, the building above did not disappear. When Zhou Qi looked down again, he could no longer see the stairs.
He reached out to touch it and could feel a clear obstruction.
Only after Tang Yu'an gave him the right to stay overnight at Store No. 2 did his hand pass through the barrier.
"That way, nothing will go wrong!"
Tang Yu'an was happy, these 2,000 points were worth it!
I'll go back and find Lily and Kang Kang to gain points, and I can make it back in one day. Thinking of this, he subconsciously glanced at the map, but suddenly stopped.
What's going on?
Tang Yu'an anxiously dragged the map. Looking at the red dot and its location clearly displayed on the small map, he couldn't help but exclaimed in shock and anger: "Brother Xiaoqi, this is bad! A mutant creature has run into my mother-in-law's house!"
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