Chapter 116
After hearing Xiao Hailan's words, Tang Yu'an thought for a moment and asked, "How much salt do you have at home?"
Xiao Hailan's father dried the new salt, and he had no way of estimating the amount of salt stored in her home.
"I, I don't know either..." Xiao Hailan said embarrassedly.
"Yeah, it's okay."
Tang Yu'an looked at the ball of light and said tentatively, "I'll trade you 15 kilograms of refined rice for 10 kilograms of salt, is that okay?"
Polished rice is much tastier than brown rice and is easier for children to digest.
"Yeah, sure."
Although she didn't know what polished rice was, Xiao Hailan agreed without hesitation.
As long as it is given by the mysterious merchant, it must be a good thing!
You completed a profitable trade with a Dream Wisher, earning +110 points, +6 experience points, and +1 dream fragment.
[You received 10 catties of crudely processed sea salt, please select the delivery address]
[1. Ping An Grocery Store Warehouse]
【……】
Originally, one pound of sea salt was worth 25 points, and one pound of refined rice was worth 10 points. The final net profit should have been 100 points. What happened to the extra 10 points?
Tang Yu'an took out the salt he had just traded and took a look at it, and found that the quality this time was much better than the first time!
It seems that Xiao Hailan's father not only dug a pit to dry salt, but also listened to their advice and filtered the sea salt during the drying process, instead of simply drying seawater as before.
In this way, he and Xiaoqige would not need to do any further processing, which could save a lot of trouble.
Tang Yu'an happily praised Xiao Hailan.
I received two dream bottles today and got a total of 1,092 points, 5 earth crystals and 10 kilograms of sea salt, which is a very good harvest.
Perhaps because there were too many transactions, Xiao Hailan’s dream still did not disappear after the transaction was completed.
"We need to dry more salt."
Tang Yu'an said to Xiao Hailan, "The more salt you have, the more things you can exchange for."
"Yeah! Okay!" Xiao Hailan nodded vigorously.
This nod woke me up.
She opened her eyes from her sleep, the mysterious merchant's last words still echoing in her ears: "Polished rice is the same as brown rice, just cook it with water and eat it."
"Hai Lan, did you dream about that person again?" The voice of father Hai Jing sounded beside him.
Xiao Hailan turned her head and saw a pile of white rice grains beside her, which seemed to be glowing in the moonlight coming in from outside the house.
"Um!"
She nodded happily, pointing to the pile of polished rice and said, "You can boil water and eat it."
Haijing stroked the rice grains with a look of piety on his face. Looking at his daughter's lovely smiling face, he couldn't help but smile too.
"Dad, why are you crying?"
"It's okay, just sand in my eyes."
"Then I'll help you blow it."
Hai Jing stopped his daughter from moving around and asked her to stay in the duvet and not come out. It was late at night and it was very cold outside the quilt. He didn't want his daughter to catch a cold.
Then he calmed down his excitement and went to get a container to collect the rice grains.
He checked the salt in the salt tank and found that some of the salt was indeed missing, but not all was gone.
"Did that mysterious adult say anything to you this time?" Hai Jing crawled back into bed and asked his daughter in a low voice.
Xiao Hailan was still excited about dreaming about the mysterious businessman again and did not fall asleep again. After hearing this, she thought about it and nodded.
"The adults asked a lot of questions about our town, but I couldn't answer any of them..."
"I said I'll ask Dad first and then tell Him next time..."
"The adults praised Daddy's salt for being clean!"
"I need lots and lots of salt. I can exchange it for other things! Lots and lots of it!"
After listening carefully to his daughter's story, Hai Jing nodded. It seemed that he had made the right bet this time.
He looked at the container of rice. This time there was twice as much food as last time, which should be enough for him and his daughter to eat for ten days to half a month.
This time he wants to dry more salt and try to exchange it for more things so that he can live a good life with his daughter!
There was a strange glint in the whale's eyes.
He felt his body warming up, then he held his daughter in his arms and closed his eyes peacefully.
For them, the future is finally beginning to look promising.
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After completing the deal with Xiao Hailan, Tang Yu'an threw her message in the bottle back into the dream sea and fell asleep with Zhou Qi.
"Brother Xiaoqi, you are awesome today!"
Tang Yu'an rubbed against Zhou Qi, hugged his arm, and whispered, "It's great that you are not injured..."
Hearing the relief and fear in his voice, Zhou Qi turned sideways and stroked the boy's forehead with his hand.
"I don't have a fever!"
Tang Yu'an pulled his hand down and muttered, "I'm not that fragile, don't look down on me..."
Tang Yu'an had a fever after returning from the battle with the female lizard, so Zhou Qi was naturally worried.
"I don't think less of you."
Zhou Qi hugged the sulky child into his arms, touched his back, pinched his cheek, and said, "I just feel that you have lost weight recently."
Tang Yu'an's attention was diverted at once, and he said happily: "That's because I'm starting to grow up!"
"Mom said this is called growing thin. You were like that before, too. Thin and skinny, like a bamboo pole."
He also reached out and touched Zhou Qi randomly.
"Look, you've gained weight and become stronger now."
Zhou Qi dodged his hand. Although his face could not be seen clearly in the dark, Tang Yu'an could sense his embarrassment.
"Hahaha, Xiaoqi brother, are you shy?"
"No, it's just a little itchy."
Tang Yu'an stopped moving around, covered the quilt that had been accidentally lifted, and then snuggled up to Zhou Qi, feeling completely at ease.
Just when Zhou Qi thought the child had fallen asleep, he heard his cautious voice.
"Brother Xiaoqi."
"Um?"
"Were you afraid when fighting that mutant giant bear?"
Zhou Qi was silent for a moment, then he said, "I'm scared."
In front of such a giant monster, he could deeply feel his own insignificance. Every swing of the giant bear grazed his back. If he was touched once, he would be beaten into a meat patty.
So how could I not be afraid? But...
Zhou Qi put his arms around Tang Yu'an, lowered his head and sniffed the fragrance of his hair, feeling relaxed and happy.
“After overcoming my fear, I can feel that I have become stronger,” he said. “So I am very happy.”
"I will also work hard to become stronger."
Tang Yu'an reached out and hugged him back, with a noticeable cry in her voice, "I will never let you face danger alone again."
Listening to the boy's heartache for him, Zhou Qi felt soft in his heart.
He chuckled and said, "Why are you crying again?"
"I'm not crying!" the boy said angrily, "I just... I just... Wuuwuwu, Xiaoqi brother, I'm so scared that you'll be beaten to death by the giant bear... Wuuwu..."
Zhou Qi patted his back lightly and rubbed his chin against the top of his head.
After the child calmed down a bit, he said gently, "I'm fine here, right? I'm not hurt."
Tang Yu'an sniffed and hummed in a muffled voice.
"Didn't I tell you before?"
Zhou Qi stroked his back gently, his voice soft, "Think positively about everything, because our An An will always get what he wants."
Tang Yu'an nodded again and listened to him continue.
"And you did a great job today too. After I lured the giant bear away, you rescued Po Po and Kang Kang."
"Knowing you'll be there to clean up the mess, I can focus on fighting the giant bear."
Zhou Qi lifted the boy's face, gently wiped away his tears, and said to him seriously: "So An An, your role today is also crucial."
If Granny Guo died today, if he was still a step too late...
"Brother Xiaoqi, do you really think so?"
"yes."
Tang Yu'an burst into laughter and couldn't help laughing.
Yes, although he didn't fight the giant bear directly, he was not completely useless!
He was crying in a depressed mood just now, but now he was coaxed into calming down. The boy buried himself in Zhou Qi's arms like a puppy, rubbing against him and acting coquettishly, which helped Zhou Qi to get out of his sad mood.
"Brother Xiaoqi, I like you the most!" Tang Yu'an said happily.
Zhou Qi paused, then curled his lips, rubbed the boy's head vigorously with his palm, and said, "Go to bed quickly, you have to get up early tomorrow."
"Well, good night, Xiaoqi brother!"
"good evening."
The attic finally became quiet, and the two teenagers fell asleep in each other's arms again, spending an ordinary and comfortable night.
A dreamless night.
The next morning, when Tang Yu'an woke up, he saw a long list of system prompts.
[Seven-day sale (remaining refresh time: 6 days)]
1. Intermediate Healing Bandage (2/2): 200 points/roll
Description: Magical item
Function: Each scroll can be used 10 times, each time restoring 20% of the user's health (ineffective when the user has full health)
2. Intermediate Healing Potion (2/2): 400 points/bottle
Description: Magical item
Effect: Each bottle can be used 10 times. After drinking, it will restore 2% of the user's blood volume every 30 minutes, which lasts for 4 hours. It can also slowly heal the user's injuries and enhance the effect of bone recovery.
(Drinking multiple times at the same time can add up to 3 times)
3. Gray-blue Freezer (2/2): 288 points/unit
describe:……
effect:……
Special Effect: Purchase has a chance to trigger "Hotter, Colder"...
4. Green Light Strip (2/2): 288 points/strip
Description: Level 1, Yinglv series magical furniture created by the furniture elf Yaya, with permanent warranty. If there is any problem, you can summon the elf for repair at any time.
Function: It can absorb the surrounding wood energy and emit light. The more wood energy it has, the brighter the light will be.
5. Purple Carpet (3/3): 188 points/sheet
describe:……
effect:……
"Wow! Intermediate healing bandages and intermediate healing potions!"
Tang Yu'an, who was still a little dazed after just waking up, suddenly woke up after seeing the items for sale in the seven-day sale.
He quickly shared the seven-day sale interface with Zhou Qi.
“The effects have all improved!”
A bandage still has 10 uses, but each use restores 20% of your health, and the effectiveness of healing potions is also doubled.
The health recovery rate has increased from 1% every half hour to 2% every half hour, and the recovery effect on bones has also been enhanced.
"Is this a refresh based on Granny Guo's injuries?"
Granny Guo’s right leg was broken, and she didn’t know if it could recover. Now that she has the intermediate healing potion, she doesn’t have to worry about this problem!
Of course, the effect is doubled, and the price is also doubled.
"New options have also been added to the magical furniture." Zhou Qi said.
"Emerald green light strip?" Tang Yu said happily after looking at the description of the light strip, "This furniture goes well with the Spirit Gathering Grass!"
Spirit Gathering Grass can increase the concentration of wood-type spiritual energy in the environment, and this type of light strip relies on wood-type spiritual energy to emit light, so they are simply a perfect match.
Speaking of Soul Gathering Grass...
Tang Yu'an quickly opened the plane store, and in the window collection, he saw that Gu Qianli had put another spirit gathering grass on the shelf.
I guess it’s because the sales of the Soul Gathering Grass are good, so the price has been raised this time, but... 60 points per plant.
It only increased by 10 points!
So this Gu Qianli still didn't read the rules? It's rare to find such a conscientious businessman.
Tang Yu'an quickly bought the spirit gathering grass.
Then he looked at his balance.
Withdrawable points: 1000
The two mutant lantern fruit trees he put up for sale yesterday have sold out! And Joanna left him another message.
[I need mutant lantern fruit, the more the better]
Tang Yu'an couldn't help but feel sorry because he only had one left.
After hanging up the remaining mutant lantern fruit, Tang Yu'an hung up the mutant spider leg and lowered the price slightly to 450 points.
Hope it sells out this time!
Then he withdrew his points, and after deducting the handling fee, he had 900 points left. Then he started shopping on the seven-day sale interface.
I bought them all and spent a total of 2916 points.
There was no way around it. The products in the seven-day sale were simply released according to his needs, and he had no choice but to be controlled every time.
Not to mention the medicines, the gray-blue freezer, the green light strips and the purple-red carpet are all things he really needs now. Since he has enough points, he might as well buy them all.
In addition to the seven-day sale, weekly tasks have also been refreshed.
This time the content is the same as last time, except that the number of transactions and the number of old customers cultivated have increased, and one drainage card is used.
"After the store opens today, the traffic card will last for another four hours." Tang Yu'an said, "I hope we can attract more customers!"
"Well, I'm going to Jufeng Town to attend the market first. You can go to Store No. 1 and continue setting up."
Taking advantage of the large number of people at the morning market, Zhou Qi wanted to increase the popularity of the store and unlock all the barrier functions of No. 1 Store as soon as possible.
"OK."
The teleportation array is convenient for traveling back and forth, and is not prone to danger, so after breakfast, the two of them felt at ease and went their separate ways.
Kyoho Grocery Store.
Zhou Qi came out of the basement and clearly felt that something was wrong in the store -
A lot of people must have visited their grocery store last night, and he could smell the scent lingering in the house.
He walked out of the grocery store.
When the guards guarding the door saw him, they couldn't help but look as if they had seen a ghost.
"When did you come back?"
You should know that those guards who did not discover the criminals sneaking in last night have already gone to the guard post to receive punishment, so those who were sent to guard later have to be on high alert.
But they really didn't notice when the boy entered the grocery store!
Zhou Qi didn't answer, but just asked: "Did anything happen last night?"
The guard explained.
"Don't worry, those people have all been arrested. You can ask Team Bear for details."
This Bear Team should refer to the black bears, right?
Zhou Qi thanked him, then took a jar of salt and went directly to the morning market. After setting up the stall, he hung a sign next to it that read "Jufeng Grocery Store".
He had Tang Yu'an's mountain master's order with him, and most of the guards had seen him, so guards soon came to help him maintain order.
Soon someone came with wild vegetables to exchange for salt.
While doing business, Zhou Qi also promoted the grocery store so that customers could go to the store to buy salt when they needed it.
Shitou Xiaocao, who came to set up a stall early in the morning, naturally noticed him.
In fact, they knew the news yesterday, but it was the busiest time for selling hot soup, so they didn't go to Kyoho Grocery Store to check the situation.
"The little doctor doesn't seem to be here."
"Maybe he didn't come because of something. I heard from Xiao Ba and the others that the little doctor was here yesterday."
Xiaocao nodded and didn't go over to disturb him for the time being.
The other side.
Tang Yu'an came to Store No. 1 through the teleportation array, and then saw the three little ones coming to greet him warmly.
"You guys are awake!"
Tang Yu'an reached out and touched their heads. Maybe they had eaten less bear paw meat last night, so they didn't hibernate for too long.
Of course, it may also be that Wangcai and Silver Coins have become stronger, and they no longer go into hibernation after eating a lizard egg like before.
Tang Yu'an first went next door to see Old Li.
He was quite surprised to find Black Pearl also curled up in the bed. It seems that he can also provide Black Pearl with a emerald green double bed, so that it may be willing to stay in No. 1 Store.
Tang Yu'an left the room quietly without saying a word, opened the 3D map, and began to install doors and windows in the rooms of Store No. 1 - mainly on the eighth and ninth floors.
One wooden door costs 80 points. Excluding Room 901, the remaining nine doors cost a total of 720 points.
Maybe because he had spent too many large points recently, Tang Yu'an actually felt that it was quite cheap.
Windows are more expensive, so he mainly arranged windows 901, 902 and 801, a total of seven windows, spending 700 points.
After this renovation, his points balance was still over 6,000.
However, as Zhou Qi's business opened, his points balance has been slowly increasing, jumping up by 20 or 30. By the time the morning market ends, it should not be a problem for him to earn one or two thousand points.
It’s great to earn points!
Tang Yuan happily closed the page, and then moved Kang Kang's plant friends to Room 801 again.
The newly installed wooden door is very sturdy and comes with a door lock and key, which is inserted in the door.
Tang Yu'an took out the key and pushed the door open.
Granny Guo and Kang Kang were placed in the bedroom, which was smaller and warmer at night.
As soon as he came in, he saw Kang Kang had woken up and was looking at him with his little head raised.
Tang Yu'an walked towards him, made a gesture to him to keep quiet, then came to Granny Guo, took out the intermediate healing potion, and fed her a drop.
The old man's frown relaxed slightly.
Tang Yu'an put away the medicine and was about to take Kang Kang out for breakfast when Grandma Guo woke up.
"Xiao An..."
"Grandma!" Tang Yu'an greeted her cheerfully, "How are you feeling?"
"Much better."
Granny Guo said weakly, "Yesterday... if it weren't for you, Kang Kang and I wouldn't have survived."
Although she had been mentally prepared for the danger of the giant bear after living in the wasteland, she was still filled with despair and unwillingness when the giant bear appeared.
It doesn’t matter if she died, but Kang Kang is still so young, how can he die like this?
Fortunately, Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi appeared.
One of them lured away the giant bear, and the other rescued them from the collapsed house. Old Li told her all this yesterday.
"I really don't know how to repay you..."
There were tears in Grandma Guo's eyes, and Kang Kang couldn't help crying too.
"Don't say that."
Tang Yu'an was a little at a loss. He thought for a moment and said, "You and Kang Kang are doing well. Planting more useful plants in your free time will be the best reward for us."
His eyes lit up when he talked about the mutant blue beech tree seedlings.
"If we can plant a forest, we won't have to worry about the huge temperature difference between day and night, and everyone can live a better life."
"You need to get well soon. There are still many things you need to do."
Granny Guo nodded, then said with some disappointment, "It's a pity that I didn't bring out the potatoes I planted."
Tang Yu'an was about to comfort her when she saw her take out a small cloth bag from her arms, and then said with relief: "Fortunately, it was not lost."
"What's this?"
"The rice I cultivated," said Granny Guo, "is slightly more drought-resistant than the original variety."
Unexpectedly, after having potatoes, Granny Guo did not give up the cultivation of upland rice. Tang Yu'an smiled and said, "That's great."
Afterwards, Tang Yu'an gave Grandma Guo a few potato seeds so that she could feel at ease.
After having breakfast with them, I went to wake up Old Li.
Seeing Tang Yu'an, the old man was obviously surprised: "Didn't you go to Jufeng Town?"
Tang Yu'an couldn't help but pause, not knowing how to explain to him.
But Old Li had already given him a reason: "Is it the power of the mysterious businessman again?"
"Uh-huh, yes."
Then Old Li didn't ask any more questions, which made Tang Yu'an breathe a sigh of relief.
When Old Li saw the extra brand new wooden doors, he was not surprised. But when he heard that Tang Yu'an had exchanged them for points, he quickly reminded him not to waste the points.
"I'll take care of the remaining doors," the old man muttered. "Points should be saved for future use."
Tang Yu'an responded with a smile.
After opening at 8 o'clock, several customers came one after another.
Compared to the two or three kittens here, Zhou Qi's business in Jufeng Town can be described as booming.
During one morning market session, he received more than 70 customers, which brought nearly 150 points of store popularity to No. 1 Store and his points reached 1,600 points.
Moreover, these customers do not include the guards of the garrison. As long as all the salt tickets issued yesterday can be recovered, the store’s popularity can be increased by at least another 100 or 200 today.
By night, perhaps the conditions for upgrading the protective barrier will be met!
After the morning market ended, Zhou Qi did not return immediately, but wandered around Jufeng Town, seemingly looking for new business opportunities.
Tang Yu'an stayed in Store No. 1 and received guests with Old Li.
As the temperature rose, the freezers and refrigerators on the 10th floor started working, and the heat from downstairs was slowly absorbed upwards, so the temperature on the 1st floor remained at a tolerable level.
While waiting for guests, Tang Yu'an took the crossbow that Old Li had given him and practiced shooting in the lobby on the first floor.
At a certain moment, Tang Yu'an suddenly felt something was wrong.
“Clatter-clatter-clatter-clatter—”
He vaguely heard the sound of water, and at this time Old Li also walked in quickly from outside and began to ask him to move the goods on the first floor.
"The flood is coming!"
Flood? Tang Yu'an looked at the scorching sun outside in confusion. There was no rain, so where did the water come from?
He quickly ran to the door of Store No. 1.
I saw water coming from somewhere quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it had already reached my ankles.
"Don't just stand there, move your things upstairs and take shelter!"
Tang Yu'an came back to his senses after being reminded by Old Li, but he did not move things. Instead, he opened the 3D map, purchased a wall, and directly blocked the gap.
In the absence of heavy rain, the wall that rose from the ground directly blocked the surging water outside.
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