Chapter 122
Lin Zhen opened the backpack to check, and his eyes turned red when he saw at least three or four broken glass bottles inside.
"Woo, woo, my bottle..."
Lan Lin opened his mouth slightly, as if wanting to say something comforting, but the last words that came out were: "Okay, it's just a few broken bottles, I'll find them for you later."
Lin Zhen glared at him in dissatisfaction, then took out a piece of cloth and spread it out to transfer the glass fragments.
"There's nothing poisonous in the bottle, right?" Lan Lin was still frightened when he thought of the scene where Lin Zhen poisoned the mutant frog.
"They are all empty bottles." Lin Zhen said gloomily.
Those packed with things had already been taken away by Tang Yu'an in advance.
Lan Lin breathed a sigh of relief.
"Look at it from another perspective. Fortunately, they are all empty, so your poison was not spilled and wasted."
Lan Lin at least said a word of comfort, and after Lin Zhen had collected the fragments, he urged, "Hurry up and leave. The water level is getting higher and higher, and we might attract mutant creatures again."
Just as he was about to help Lin Zhen lift the backpack, he heard a familiar voice from behind him.
"Sister Lin!"
Lan Lin couldn't help but shudder.
He turned his head suddenly and saw the strange yet familiar figure of the boy appear on the ice at some point. It was the brat who had used weird methods to make him laugh and suffer from psychological trauma.
Lan Lin's face darkened.
At this time, another figure fell from the sky. It was naturally Zhou Qi who used the light body technique to jump over after seeing Tang Yu'an appear.
"Xiao An, Xiao Qi."
Lin Zhen was stunned for a moment, then stood up and finally cheered up.
"Why are you here?"
"I'm here to help you move your things." Tang Yu'an said, "Sister Lin, are you okay? Are you hurt?"
"Um, what did you just see?"
"Yeah, Sister Lin is amazing! She killed that big frog in no time."
Lin Zhen smiled a little embarrassedly.
Lan Lin watched them talking, and when he saw that no one paid any attention to him, his expression became even uglier.
He snorted and was about to turn his head away when he saw Lin Zhen glaring at him angrily again, looking a little indignant.
Lan Lin felt confused.
But Lin Zhen no longer paid any attention to him. She bent down to pick up the heavy backpack, but as soon as she took a step, she cried out in pain.
Seeing Lin Zhen about to fall, Lan Lin quickly supported her, "What's wrong?"
Lin Zhen looked down at her feet. She had been so anxious to look at the bottle that she hadn't noticed. Now when she was walking, she realized that her ankle, which had been entangled by the frog's tongue, had become swollen.
"That mutant frog isn't poisonous, is it?"
Lan Lin quickly squatted down, a faint ice-blue halo appeared on his palm, and then he held her red and swollen part, allowing the low temperature to cover Lin Zhen's wound.
The pain eased, and Lin Zhen's frown finally relaxed.
"It's not poisonous, I just twisted it."
Just now she was dragged and fell to sit on the ice, and she might have been injured at that time.
"Sister Lin, let us help you move your luggage back first." Seeing this, Tang Yu'an took the initiative to say.
"Is that all? Is there anything else in the house that needs to be moved?" Zhou Qi asked.
"That's about it." Lin Zhen said, "The rest can't be moved."
For example, her insulated box, the water purification device that Zhou Qi had made for her, and other daily necessities, these heavy and bulky items could not be carried.
"Let's go and take a look at it for you. We'll move whatever can be moved."
Lin Zhen didn't want to trouble them at first, but under the insistence of the two teenagers, she nodded and agreed.
"Then I'll give you this antidote. I've sprinkled a lot of poison in the house, so you better be careful. It's best to hold your breath when you go in."
[Employee Zhou Qi completed a profitable transaction with a regular customer, earning +30 points and +1 experience point]
This small bottle of antidote is worth 30 points.
"Brother Lan Lin, I'll leave Sister Lin to you." Tang Yu'an pointed in the direction of Store No. 1 and said, "Do you see that building? Our store is right there."
Hearing the child calling him "brother" in a familiar manner, Lan Lin was obviously stunned for a moment, and then responded reluctantly.
Soon, the two young men left with Lin Zhen's luggage and disappeared into the ruins.
Lan Lin glanced at Lin Zhen.
She limped towards the edge of the ice. Seeing that he didn't move, she looked at him strangely and said unhappily, "Aren't you going to leave? Why are you standing there?"
Lan Lin couldn't help but curl his lips.
He was kind to others but fierce to him...but in the end he still walked over and squatted down in front of Lin Zhen.
"Come up."
Lin Zhen looked at his back, his expression softening, but then he heard Lan Lin say, "With your lame leg, you won't be able to reach your destination even after dark."
Lin Zhen couldn't help but slapped him on the head and said angrily: "You rotten mouth, can you say something nice?"
Lan Lin was suddenly slapped in the face and was also furious.
"Fuck, Lin Zhen, are you crazy?"
While the two were arguing, Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi had already moved Lin Zhen's things to the grocery store warehouse and turned a corner to her house.
"Brother Xiaoqi, they are arguing again."
Because he was not far away, he could see the situation of Lin Zhen and Lan Lin clearly, and couldn't help feeling a little worried.
"It's okay, this may be their way of getting along."
Sure enough, after a while, Lan Lin, who was slapped, cursed, but finally carried Lin Zhen on his back and ran on the water.
The ice road extended under his feet, all the way towards Store No. 1.
Tang Yu'an couldn't understand. He and Zhou Qi rarely quarreled, and even if they did, they would make up quickly. So he didn't quite understand why Lin Zhen and Lan Lin were always quarreling.
He shook his head, put on masks, and went into Lin Zhen's house with Zhou Qi.
Most of the bottles and jars in the house were taken away, and the poisonous weeds and mushrooms could not be taken away using telekinesis skills or portable warehouses because they were living things.
The remaining ones were basically transferred to the grocery store warehouse.
It is worth mentioning that since becoming the branch manager of No.1 Store, Zhou Qi’s remote delivery skills can only be connected to the No.1 Store warehouse.
Unlike Tang Yu'an, all stores' warehouses can be used.
Only after the transfer was almost complete did the two leave Lin Zhen's house.
This time, Tang Yu'an jumped onto Zhou Qi's back and asked him to carry her back.
"I'm always worried when I see you jumping around outside. It's safer for us to hide under an umbrella together." He said, lying on Zhou Qi's shoulder.
Zhou Qi smiled and had no objection.
When they returned to Store No. 1, Lin Zhen and Lan Lin had already arrived and were talking to Old Li.
"Xiao An has arranged a room for you. It's on the seventh floor. Can you climb up?" Old Li asked, looking at Lin Zhen's feet.
Lin Zhen naturally couldn't climb up, and in the end Lan Lin reluctantly carried her up to the seventh floor.
"This room is really nice!"
When she arrived at Room 701 and saw the bottles and jars she had given to Tang Yu'an, Lin Zhen finally felt completely relieved.
Her vision is still good, she didn't make a mistake in choosing the right person!
"The chick and Amu are at Granny Guo's place. She lives on the eighth floor." Old Li glanced at Lin Zhen's feet. "Do you want me to bring them back for you?"
"Wait a little longer, I still have to clean up the room."
Lin Zhen had already discussed the rent with Tang Yu'an before, so she directly handed a bag of insect repellent powder to Old Li.
"How many days can this pack last?"
Old Li weighed it up and said, "A week or so. It can be used to exchange for food, clothes, or something."
"Food? Any omelette?"
“No, we only sell raw materials at the moment.”
Lin Zhen was a little disappointed and not very interested in the clothes that Old Li mentioned. After all, there were very few clothes left over from before the catastrophe that fit him.
She didn't know that the clothes sold in the grocery store in Huangcheng were all made by Zhou Qixin, and came in all sizes - of course, the quantity and styles were not large.
"Then I'll take a look. I'm not hungry yet." Lin Zhen said.
Old Li nodded, looked at Lan Lin and asked, "So you want to stay too?"
Lan Lin said coolly: "I'll think about it."
Old Li glanced at the sky outside and said, "You need to make a decision before dusk."
Lan Lin frowned, but he didn't think much about it. He just thought that Old Li was worried that it would be unsafe for him to leave at night.
"I understand." He nodded.
"Well, I'm in room 501 on the fifth floor. You can find me there if you need anything."
The goods have been moved to Room 501, which is in the middle of the entire building. It is convenient for residents upstairs or downstairs to trade.
It will be like this for at least the next month. As for what will happen after the flood recedes... we'll talk about it then.
Then, Old Li left.
Only Lin Zhen and Lan Lin were left in Room 701.
"Just stay here. It's dangerous outside, and it's hard to find food."
Lin Zhen transferred the bottles from the box, which were filled with various liquid and powder medicines, so she was extremely careful in her movements.
Lan Lin glanced at her and said, "That's for you."
As a powerful ice-type mutant, he can still live well even if a flood comes.
Hearing this, Lin Zhen couldn't help but look up at him.
She narrowed her eyes and said, "Lan Lin, sooner or later I will poison you and make you mute."
Lan Lin pulled the corner of his mouth and was about to say something, but when he thought of the mutant frog with its big white belly turned up, he closed his mouth.
He shrugged and turned to leave.
"Hello!"
Lan Lin stopped and looked back, then saw something flying towards him. He reached out to catch it and found it was a small bottle.
"The insect repellent you requested last time." Lin Zhen said.
This liquid insect repellent smells better than insect repellent powder and lasts longer when applied to the body.
"You came to see me today and carried me here... Thank you."
Lin Zhen also knew that Lan Lin went to see her because he cared about her, otherwise, she would have broken up with him long ago just because of his foul mouth.
In such a doomsday, it is not easy to have a friend who cares about you.
Lan Lin looked at her, hummed awkwardly, then put the insect repellent in his pocket and left Lin Zhen's room.
Only at this time did he have the mind to observe the building.
Compared to where he lives now, this building is indeed taller and the space is spacious enough, but Lan Lin is used to living alone and doesn't really want to live with others.
but……
Is there something wrong with the temperature in this building?
Although the arrival of the flood has lowered the temperature, the continuous evaporation of water vapor has made the environment even more hot and humid.
However, after entering the building, Lan Lin did not have this feeling.
He felt the flow of heat and walked towards the stairwell. However, just as he was about to go up, he saw Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi coming down with things in their hands.
What they were holding was clearly Lin Zhen's luggage.
"Brother Lan Lin!" Tang Yu'an greeted him warmly.
Lan Lin paused, looking at the boy's bright and kind smile, he once again remembered that "joke", the "joke" that made him roll on the ground laughing.
He stepped back defensively.
"Your name is Xiao An, right?"
"Yeah!" Tang Yu'an nodded and said, "Last time I thought you were the bad guy who bullied Sister Lin, so I wasn't very friendly to you. I'm sorry."
Lan Lin didn't expect Tang Yu'an to apologize to him, and was a little at a loss for a moment.
He stepped back with a stiff face and said uncomfortably, "I was indeed bullying Lin Zhen at that time. You don't have to apologize..."
Having said this, Lan Lin suddenly stopped.
It's his business if he wants to apologize, why are you so anxious? Why do you want to take the blame?
Lan Lin was about to change his words when he saw the young man smiling and said to him, "Brother Lan Lin, you are a good person!"
“…”
Do I need to tell you this?
The words were on the tip of his tongue, but facing Tang Yu'an's smile, Lan Lin held them back.
He coughed lightly, and suddenly thought of something. He looked at Tang Yu'an and asked, "So that's your ability? To make people laugh uncontrollably?"
Tang Yu'an hesitated for a moment and nodded.
"You could say that."
Then he changed the subject and said, "We need to move Sister Lin's luggage to her room. Can you help us?"
Lan Lin didn't know why he agreed to it so confusedly.
I thought it was just a little bit, but in the end I found out...
"Did you move all the things from Lin Zhen's house here?" Lan Lin asked in disbelief.
"No, we dare not touch those poisonous plants and mushrooms."
But apart from these, everything else has been moved in! How did they manage to get so many things here in such a short time?
Lin Zhen was also very surprised.
Even the small cabinet where she kept her bottles was brought in! She had stumbled upon it among the rubble and had taken great pains to bring it home!
"Xiao An, Xiao Qi, thank you so much, you are so thoughtful."
Lin Zhen said happily, "I feel like I just want to stay here forever."
"Sure." Tang Yu'an nodded. "You can stay as long as you want. It's more lively when there are more people."
"Haha, okay."
Lin Zhen continued to pack up. This time, because there were too many belongings, Lan Lin, who had originally planned to leave, was forced to stay and help.
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi went downstairs to find Old Li.
While they were helping Lin Zhen move, profitable trading alerts from Old Li kept popping up.
The five residents basically all made three transactions with him, which brought a total of 17 points of store popularity to No.1 Store, bringing it one step closer to the 300 mark.
When they arrived, Old Li had just sat down to rest.
The old man rubbed his knees and legs with his hands, with a hint of pain between his brows. When he noticed Tang Yu'an and the others coming, he quickly restrained his expression.
"Grandpa, what's wrong with you?" Tang Yu'an asked with concern.
"It's okay. Maybe I climbed too many stairs today. I just need to rest for a while." Old Li asked, "How long until six o'clock?"
Tang Yu'an glanced at the time, "Less than an hour."
Old Li nodded and said, "Just stay in the store. Don't run out again. It's getting darker and darker, and it's getting more dangerous outside."
"Yeah, okay."
It is impossible not to go out. They have to go to Jufeng Town, but it is not very dangerous.
Tang Yu'an looked at the inventory in Room 501. In addition to sea salt and coarse salt, he also put rock sugar, millet and polished rice here.
Then there were a few pieces of clothes and a woolen quilt that Zhou Qi had made earlier, and finally matches, alcohol and hemostatic powder.
Just these things made Old Li very nervous.
"I'm moving downstairs to sleep tonight. I won't feel at ease if I don't stay here."
Although there are rules prohibiting stealing and robbery in the store, Old Li does not believe that everyone will abide by them.
After all, you will only be kicked out of the store if you are discovered, so there are many people who take chances.
Seeing the old man's tense state, Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi looked at each other, hesitated for a moment, and didn't say anything more for the time being.
"Grandpa, where do you think this light strip should be installed?" Tang Yu'an took out the green light strip.
This is the magical furniture that can be exchanged for during the seven-day sale. It will glow as long as it senses wood-type spiritual energy. The higher the concentration of wood-type spiritual energy, the brighter the light.
After hearing Tang Yu'an's explanation, Old Li was stunned.
He looked at the light strip that looked like a plant vine, thought for a moment, and said, "Is it like a mutant lantern fruit that can glow?"
"It should be." Tang Yu'an nodded.
After a moment of stunned silence, Old Li showed a happy expression, "Then use one in your room and one in 501."
"good."
The green light strip is 10 meters long and can be disassembled into sections at will. The shortest section is 1 meter, and the length can be combined at will.
After fixing the light strip to the ceiling, Tang Yu'an went to get a pot of spirit gathering grass.
Then they waited, and after about 10 minutes, the green lamp with its fruit-like bulbs actually lit up slowly.
A soft warm white light lit up in the living room of Room 501, becoming brighter and brighter as the concentration of wood-type spiritual energy increased.
Old Li stared at the scene blankly.
This light was much brighter than the mutated lantern fruit, and it made him feel as if he was seeing the brightly lit night before the catastrophe.
"Okay... That's great..."
The old man murmured, "It will definitely be brighter at night."
Tang Yu'an also likes the effect of the bright green light strip. At night, it is finally not pitch black anymore!
When he has more points, he will use the seven-day sale card to refresh and try to exchange it for more green light strips - of course, he also needs to pay more attention to the spirit gathering grass.
"If you don't want the light strip to glow, put the spirit gathering grass in the room and close the door."
Old Li looked at the pot of spirit-gathering grass and suddenly felt that the mutant giant bear might not be attracted by the mutant blue beard tree seedlings.
"I understand." He nodded in agreement.
Afterwards, Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi left Room 501 and placed another green light strip on the ceiling of Room 901 before dark.
[Employee "Xiao Cao" completed a profitable transaction with a regular customer, earning +9 points and +1 experience point]
As night approaches, the grass opens up.
Tang Yu'an glanced at the popularity of No.1 Store: 276, 24 points away from 300 popularity.
"I feel like even if we don't go to Jufeng Town, we can still generate enough heat tonight just by relying on Xiaocao!" Tang Yu'an couldn't help but say.
Zhou Qi nodded, thought for a moment, and asked, "Does No. 1 Store still have an employee vacancy?"
"Yes." Tang Yu'an responded.
The current employees of No.1 Store include Lao Li and Xiao Cao. Originally, the staff was fully recruited, but after upgrading to level 1, the number of employees that can be recruited increased by 1.
"Do you want to hire another employee?"
"Um."
Zhou Qi pulled Tang Yu'an to sit down and discussed with him, "I think we need to hire someone to stay at the Jufeng Grocery Store and have a fixed business hours."
The worst thing to do when opening a business is to fish for three days and dry the net for two days.
However, according to the current situation, it is impossible for both of them to stay in the store to do business all the time, so Jufeng Town also needs an employee like Grandpa Li to guard it.
"I want to hire Xiaocao." Zhou Qi said, "I met her and Shitou at the market this morning. She should be happy to do it."
During this period, Xiaocao has also proved her ability.
Tang Yu'an looked at him with some doubt, "Do you want to reveal our identities to Xiaocao?"
Zhou Qi shook his head.
"I mean, I want to hire her as the owner of the Jufeng Grocery Store and have her help us sell salt in the store during the day."
This way they don't have to stay in the store all the time, and they can also increase the store's popularity and points, and Xiaocao also has a fixed source of income.
"We won't reveal her identity proactively. Whether she can guess it depends on her own ability."
Zhou Qi continued, "But she sells salt during the day and braves the freezing cold to sell hot soup at night. It's really too hard, so I think we should hire another employee."
"So you want to recruit Shi Tou?" Tang Yu'an asked.
"Yeah." Zhou Qi nodded.
In this way, the brother and sister can go into business separately.
Even if they did not separate, when they were doing business together, there must have been times when Shitou was the one receiving the guests. According to the system, these transactions did not belong to Xiaocao, which was obviously a waste.
Since they now have extra vacancies, they can definitely recruit Shi Tou as an employee.
After all, after the main store was upgraded to level 2, the total number of employees that could be recruited has increased to 5, plus the space for store 2 and store 3...
The number of employees they have left to recruit has reached 9!
In this case, the assessment of employees can be relaxed appropriately, and at present, Shi Tou’s ability should not be bad.
Listening to Zhou Qi's analysis, Tang Yu'an nodded in agreement.
Then he added, "Let Xiaocao help Shitou complete the novice mission to make their bond closer!"
And Shitou may not agree to the recruitment, so guiding Xiaocao to recruit her brother as an employee may make things go more smoothly.
Do it as soon as you think of it. Tang Yu'an took out paper and pen and started writing the task.
After checking that there were no problems, he assigned a new task to Xiaocao and sent the recruitment information to Shitou at the same time.
At this time, the sky had completely darkened and it was already six o'clock.
It’s Ping An Grocery Store’s closing hours.
As the protective barrier rose, Lan Lin's figure suddenly disappeared in front of Lin Zhen, and then...
With a splash, he fell into the flood in front of Store No. 1 with a confused look on his face.
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