Chapter 138
[Employee "Lin Zhen" completes a transaction with a regular customer...]
Looking at the system prompt, Tang Yu'an couldn't help but laugh.
Under Grandpa Li’s training, Sister Lin also started to get the hang of it!
Tang Yu'an opened an employee panel for her and unlocked two products: glucose and alcohol.
Sister Lin likes sweet food. As for alcohol, I feel like she might need it to make medicine or something, and the alcohol comes in a glass bottle, so she will definitely like it.
After completing the settings, Tang Yu'an closed the interface and then opened the forum in the personnel section.
He upgraded today and got a pseudonym account, which can only be used in the forum, but it is very useful to him.
After all, when he appeared on the message board, he had to use the administrator title of "Anonymous".
Others may not know, but those who are familiar with him will definitely guess that he is the administrator after a while.
Now that I have a vest account, it’s much more convenient!
"What name do you want to give your pseudonym?" Zhou Qi asked curiously.
Tang Yu'an chuckled and said, "You'll know when you look at the message board later."
So Zhou Qi opened the message board.
Soon, a new message popped up on the message board, which had been silent all day.
【Message Board (Public Channel)】
【东土大糖】：Good evening everyone!
“…”
Zhou Qi paused, then slowly began to laugh.
Tang Yu'an, who was standing next to him, saw him smile, then leaned slightly towards him and said, "How about my name?"
Zhou Qi smiled and nodded, "It sounds very powerful when read."
"Hey, does it match yours?"
"Um."
Zhou Qi was also popping up on the message board.
[Handsome Porridge]: Good evening.
[Panshi]: Good evening!
[Pu Wei]: Good evening, everyone.
[Pu Wei]: A new name appears!
[东土大糖]: I’m a newbie, please give me some advice!
Seeing Shitou and Xiaocao appear, Tang Yu'an started chatting with them.
[Panshi]: It feels like there are so few people here.
[Panshi]: No one paid any attention to me when I spoke yesterday.
Indeed, after all, excluding Tang Yu'an, there are only three employees with a full level 5.
[Liangzai Zhou]: This may be because using the message board requires employees to reach level 5.
[Rock]: Is it difficult to reach level 5?
[Rock]: I achieved it in two or three days.
It was accomplished in two or three days?
Lanhu Town, in a cottage by the lake.
Chi Hao looked at the conversation on the message board and his back teeth were about to break.
So this Panshi is a newcomer who just opened the trading system, and he reached level 5 in less than three days?
Chi Hao glanced at his employee level: lv2 (18/30).
He was busy today and spent the whole day to make more than twenty profitable trades!
He was really almost exhausted. He felt that practicing Buddhism was not as tiring as doing business.
How did this rock rise so quickly? Any tips?
Chi Hao really wanted to ask, but due to the limit of his level, he couldn't speak at all and could only stare at the message board.
[Dongtu Datang]: It may be because you live in a crowded place, which makes it more convenient to do business.
That’s right!
Chi Hao nodded involuntarily, but he quickly realized that he was also in a large gathering place, and the population was not small...
Of course, it is indeed much easier to make a deal than when he was on the road.
But he could only stay for two more days at most and then he would set off back to the fortress. He couldn't stay in Lanhu Town forever.
It's really sad...
By the way, this "Eastern Earth Big Sugar" is Xiao An, right? He appeared one after Xiao Qi, pretending to be the newcomer...
Big sugar, big sugar, so cute.
Chi Hao thought so and took out a lollipop from his pocket and put it in his mouth. It was chocolate flavored...
So what is the difference between chocolate and chocolate?
He didn't understand, so he shook his head and thought about continuing to use glucose to cheat tomorrow... no, to make a deal with the children.
There is no shortage of salt in Lanhu Town, but the food is too bulky, and it would be difficult to explain if he took it out of thin air. He could only exchange it for glucose.
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Night is gradually approaching.
Shop 1, Room 702.
Tiejin put the produced metal bars aside, wrapped them with a piece of cloth, and then stretched.
"Would you like some water?" A-Lian's voice came from the side.
Tiejin turned his head to look.
The windows of the grocery store in the deserted city are all made of glass, which is not only windproof and soundproof, but also allows the moonlight outside to shine in even at night.
In the dim light, A-Lian handed him a clay cup.
"Where did this cup come from?" Tiejin took the cup and asked.
They took very little with them when they went out, and they were very short of all kinds of utensils.
"You were making the water purifier this afternoon. I saw some clay dropped in the yard, so I collected it and made this..." A-Lian replied.
Tiejin frowned slightly.
Seeing this, A-Lian pursed her lips awkwardly, "Is there something wrong?"
"Although this clay fell in the yard, everything in this shop should belong to Xiao An and his friends."
Tiejin said, "I'll talk to Lao Li tomorrow and exchange the metal for the clay."
"You should be more careful next time. We can't lose Xiao An and the others' trust because of such a small matter. You want to live here forever, right?"
A-Lian opened her mouth slightly, but finally nodded to show that she understood.
She used to live in a cave and had never lived in such a spacious and tidy house. She asked Fireball today and found out that the residents downstairs each had a small room.
The reason why they were able to live in an entire house together was not only because Tiejin could afford the rent, but also because of the friendship between Tiejin and the two teenagers.
It was just a small thing for her to pick up clay and make a cup, but if someone brought this up to talk to Mr. Li and caused him to have a bad impression of Tiejin, that would be really bad.
A Lian knew that she and her daughter already owed Tie Jin a lot and didn't want to drag him down any further.
At this time, Tiejin gulped down the water, and then realized that something was wrong.
"Isn't this water for Lily to drink?"
"She's young and can't drink that much in a day."
Seeing Tiejin hesitate to speak, A Lian said, "We agreed that I'll take charge of the food, don't worry about it."
She took the clay cup from Tiejin's hand and carefully took it into the kitchen and put it away.
At night, Tiejin covered himself with a new quilt, while A Lian hugged her daughter and covered herself with the old one.
Although it was still a little cold to sleep on the hard concrete floor with only a woolen blanket, this environment was much warmer than the previous one in the cave.
And after yesterday's "baptism", they were all clean, even their hair was fresh and clean. Sleeping in the same clean quilt was really an extremely comfortable and enjoyable thing.
Room 401 downstairs, second bedroom.
"Gurgle--" Jin Guang couldn't help but open his eyes when his stomach growled.
He touched his belly and felt a little hungry.
He was busy cleaning the yard and making a water purifier today, so he didn't hunt any prey. Although the grocery store provided two meals, he didn't eat enough.
Jin Guang climbed up carefully.
Looking at the door of the room, his eyes flickered.
There should be food at Shugen and his son's place. In the afternoon, the fruit-growing lady on the 8th floor dug up a basket of yellow lumps, not knowing what she had planted.
He saw with his own eyes that Granny Guo's grandson gave two to Fireball.
Jin Guang swallowed his saliva. The store did have a rule prohibiting stealing, but as long as he did it secretly, he shouldn't be discovered, right?
Hunger prompted him to leave the room.
He quietly sneaked into the master bedroom next door because there was no door, which allowed him to move unimpeded.
Moonlight shines in through the glass window.
The wind was very strong tonight, blowing away the clouds and making the moonlight exceptionally bright, which undoubtedly facilitated Jin Guang's actions.
Tree Root and Fireball were both sleeping soundly, probably because the safe environment of the grocery store made them relax.
And the two yellow lumps still covered with mud were placed at the feet of the fireball.
There was greed in Jin Guang's eyes, and he reached out to take it, but... his hand stopped in mid-air, and he could no longer move forward.
What's going on?
The greed in Jin Guang's eyes was replaced by fear.
He felt as if someone was controlling his body, freezing him in place, but fortunately, he regained his mobility when he gave up stealing Fireball's food.
What's going on? How could this happen...
Jin Guang tried again and found that the strange situation just now happened again. The feeling of being unable to control his body was really terrifying.
He quickly gave up the idea of continuing to steal, then turned around and slipped out of the room of Shugen and his son.
Jin Guang stood in the corridor, feeling his heart pounding. He was even more nervous and frightened than when he was stealing.
He finally understood why the grocery store had a rule against stealing and robbery but didn't arrange patrols at night.
It’s not because there are not enough people, but because there is no need at all!
As long as you stay in the grocery store in the deserted city, you cannot help but abide by the store's rules, because it is basically mandatory.
Jin Guang let out a breath slowly. After realizing this, he didn't dare to stay outside any longer and ran back to his room in a panic.
What he didn't know was—
When he turned around and left the room, Shugen opened his eyes in confusion and looked at his fleeing back. After making sure that he was really gone, he put away the dagger in his hand.
Just now, if Jin Guang dared to continue, he would have swung his dagger and stabbed him.
Although he might not be able to be hurt, as long as the matter was made bigger and Mr. Li was called in, Jin Guang would be thrown out of the store.
But Shugen didn’t expect that Jin Guang would stop halfway?
He was a little sad at first, after all, the relationship between these residents is pretty good now, and it seems that everyone wants to live a good life.
If Jin Guang caused such a scene, things would probably go back to the first night and everyone would be in danger.
It was unexpected that Jin Guangken stopped halfway.
Shugen thought about it and didn't chase after him. He just held his son and continued to sleep.
As long as it doesn't really harm his interests, then he will turn a blind eye. Surviving in this apocalyptic world is not easy for anyone...
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After taking a shower and drying her hair, Tang Yu'an climbed up to the attic.
The green vine that had been entangled in his hair had been untied by him and was now soaking in a glass, with the vine leaves slowly rolling up.
Tang Yu'an added some water to it, then looked at the remaining points with a very happy look on his face.
Although he spent another four or five thousand points today, his points balance not only did not decrease, but increased a little, and now it is more than fourteen thousand.
"Brother Xiaoqi, I want to go to the swimming pool tomorrow, so I'll turn on the teleportation array function."
Tang Yu'an looked at Zhou Qi and said to him, "If we don't feed the fish in the pond, they will probably starve to death."
Zhou Qi frowned slightly, "It's too dangerous..."
"I have a shadow umbrella and light body skills, and now I can also fly. It's okay!" Tang Yu'an rubbed against him and acted pitifully, "Brother Xiaoqi, just let me go..."
Zhou Qi raised his hand and touched the bruise on his face.
Tang Yu'an couldn't help but cry out and covered his face with his hands.
"Your flying skills are not up to standard yet."
“There has been progress!”
Zhou Qi sighed, thought for a moment and said, "Let's talk about this issue tomorrow."
Tang Yu'an had no choice but to nod.
Zhou Qi stroked his fluffy hair and said, "Do you want to draw the lottery first or retrieve the message in the bottle?"
"Get the bottle!"
Tang Yu'an stood up and walked to the window, opened it and looked out, and then found that the bottle of the little boy in Lanhu Town appeared again!
He hesitated for a moment, but still fished out the little boy's bottle.
"Food... I want lots and lots of food... Mysterious merchant, come and trade with me!"
Hearing the little boy's words, Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi couldn't help but look at each other.
They had just exchanged 30 kilograms of brown rice yesterday, so why did they have to exchange it again today? They all felt something was amiss.
"Didn't you just change it yesterday?" Tang Yu'an asked.
"Mysterious businessman! You appear again!" The little boy's joyful voice sounded.
Seeing that his dream was relatively stable, Tang Yu'an repeated the previous question.
"I gave all the food from yesterday to the lord," the little boy said honestly. "The lord said he'd reward me if I could exchange it for more food!"
Lord!
Tang Yu'an was shocked. This kid actually handed the traded grain directly to the lord of Lanhu Town?
Zhou Qi was also surprised.
He asked aloud, "What's your name?"
"My name is Risheng, and soon I'll be called Lan Risheng!" said the little boy happily.
"Tell me, how did you explain it to the lord?"
"Explain what?"
"Explain where you get your food?"
"Just say you exchanged it with a mysterious merchant in a dream!"
Hearing the little boy's answer, Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi were both very surprised.
"Does your lord trust you just like that?"
"Hmm!" Xiao Risheng said happily, "The lord gave me 100 leaves and said he would continue to exchange them for food with you, mysterious merchant, let's make an exchange!"
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi looked at each other again.
Xiao Risheng's carefree personality is really different from the wastelanders they have come into contact with. It seems that the customs of the people in Lanhu Town are very simple?
At least, this lord should be more approachable, otherwise Xiao Risheng would not have shown such an attitude.
I think this lord will not do anything bad to this little boy.
Tang Yu'an couldn't help but touch his chin. In other words, they are actually making a deal with the lord of Lanhu Town?
Through Xiao Risheng's dream, not only would their identities not be exposed and their safety not be threatened, but the trouble of a long journey would also be avoided.
It’s safe and efficient, and feels better than opening a store in Lanhu Town!
Of course, this is only suitable for large-scale transactions. After all, the only person they are connected to is Xiao Risheng, and they have no way to contact other people to gain more experience points.
Therefore, it is still necessary to open a store in Lanhu Town in the future.
Tang Yu'an gathered his thoughts and focused on the present, then he paid attention to the number Xiao Risheng had just mentioned -
"100 blue beard leaves?"
"right!"
Oh, I’m rich, I’m rich!
Tang Yu'an couldn't help but want to use the points doubling card, but when he thought about the date when Hongli would deliver the soybeans was the day after tomorrow, he held back.
"Okay, I'll give it to you at yesterday's price."
“That’s great!”
So, Tang Yu'an used his points to exchange for 300 kilograms of brown rice, and then the system prompted that the transaction was completed.
You completed a profitable transaction with a Dream Wisher, gaining +3500 points, +6 experience points, and +1 dream fragment.
As the transaction was completed, the little boy's ball of light also dissipated.
Seeing 100 pieces of blue beard leaves entering the portable warehouse, Tang Yu'an couldn't help but smile. This is a good thing!
But soon he frowned.
He had never done any large-scale transactions before, and the items being bought and sold were basically already available in the grocery store, so he didn't feel anything yet.
Now that the amount was large, he discovered the problem——
"Did the system deduct my points twice?" Tang Yu'an asked angrily.
One blue beard leaf is worth 50 points, 100 leaves should be worth 5,000 points, and 300 kilograms of brown rice is worth 1,500 points.
After deducting costs, he received 3,500 points, which seemed about right.
But the problem was, he had already spent 1,500 points to buy these 300 kilograms of brown rice! So, his points balance had increased by 2,000 points from this transaction!
After he said this, Zhou Qi also discovered the problem.
"Indeed."
The coarse salt they traded with Hongli before came from Xiao Hailan, so it was not obvious, and they only discovered this pit now.
"It seems that we still need to develop more local suppliers in the future and not rely too much on system exchanges." Zhou Qi said.
Tang Yu'an nodded vigorously.
Then he took out the 100 pieces, together with the ones he traded yesterday and the ones Chi Hao gave him, a total of 119 blue beard leaves.
As soon as these leaves appeared, Tang Yu'an clearly felt that the temperature in the attic had become warmer.
Because the green heating container was given to Granny Guo, the nights at the main store became cold again.
But they had three purple carpets that they put together as mattresses, so they weren't afraid of the cold.
Now with so many blue beard leaves that can regulate temperature, it feels like even the air in the attic has become warmer.
"Wow, this is so comfortable!"
Tang Yu'an lay back and felt that he wouldn't be cold even without the quilt.
Zhou Qi nodded. These blue beard leaves are indeed very useful, but perhaps no one would be as extravagant as them to spread more than a hundred blue beard leaves in the room to regulate the temperature, right?
He picked up Xiao Risheng's message in the bottle and threw it back into the sea of dreams.
"Brother Xiaoqi, please pick up the second bottle as well." Tang Yu'an lay lazily on the purple-red carpet, not wanting to move.
Zhou Qi looked towards Meng Hai.
Although he also obtained the permission to use it, unlike Tang Yu'an, he could not tell which of the bottles was brighter.
So he reached in and grabbed one at random.
"for you."
After Tang Yu'an took it, he opened the cork and watched a ball of light float out from inside, followed by a strange voice.
It’s the new dream wisher!
"Water... I want to drink water..." The voice was very weak, sounding like a teenager.
Where there is a shortage of water?
That shouldn't be in the deserted city area.
Tang Yu'an glanced at the map. Only after the transaction was completed would the location of the dream wisher be lit up on the map.
So he cleared his throat and said, "I am a mysterious businessman. I can give you water, but you need something in exchange."
"Water...drink water..."
Unfortunately, the boy seemed to be a little unconscious and was unable to respond to Tang Yu'an.
But with their previous experience, this was no longer a problem for them.
Tang Yu'an took out the automatic water storage thermos. The water inside was just half full. He poured in cold water to neutralize the temperature.
Then he said to the ball of light, "I will exchange the water in this thermos for the most numerous item in your home. You only need to give me a quarter."
"If you say 'water,' you agree to the deal."
When Tang Yu'an finished speaking, the other party had not yet regained consciousness.
"Water..." the boy murmured again.
Then, Tang Yu'an's system prompt popped up -
[You completed a loss-making transaction with a dream wisher, experience points +6, dream fragment +1]
As the water in the thermos disappeared, the boy suddenly screamed, and the ball of light in his dream shattered and dissipated.
Tang Yu'an looked at the system prompt and couldn't help scratching his head.
There is nothing?
A bare house couldn't possibly have nothing on it, right? Even a few planks of wood? Could it be that... he'd used the wrong qualifier, and this young man had no home?
Tang Yu'an opened the map.
Although there was no profit, a new big light spot was lit on the map.
The distance was much farther than he expected. It was at the lower left corner of the map. From the deserted city, the distance was five or six times longer than to Xiao Hailan.
They went to Linhai Town for a week, so it would take them more than a month to get to this place?
So what place could this be?
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A desolate ruin.
The boy who fainted on the ground suddenly screamed and was awakened by the water poured over his head.
He looked around blankly at first, but when his cracked lips tasted the sweetness of the clear water, he instantly woke up.
It's water! Did it rain?
The Fire Dragon is active this month, so why is it raining?
Water came from nowhere and formed a small puddle under him. He quickly lay on the ground, licking and sucking the sweet rain that fell from the sky frantically.
At this moment, footsteps were heard nearby and someone pushed him away.
The boy sat down on the ground, looked at the man who pushed him away, then looked at the other people who were alarmed and came over. He quickly got up and ran away.
Before being caught, he hid in a collapsed house, took off his wet clothes, and wrung out water to drink.
Through the dilapidated window, one can see a fortress standing on the horizon in the distance. Several long dragons made of flames are flying in the air, illuminating the land as bright as day.
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