Chapter 139
In the attic, Tang Yu'an was studying the map with great interest.
After the boy's dream light ball dissipated, his light spot appeared on the map, and then the fog around the light spot was quickly cleared, and then one green light spot after another appeared.
The boy must be a poor homeless man. He moved quickly after waking up.
So, did he get any water?
Having learned from the lesson of the first transaction with Lao Xie, Tang Yu'an did not use a container to hold water this time, but directly traded the water.
Judging from the strange cry the boy made before he woke up, he must have been woken up by the water, right?
Although there was no profit this time, Tang Yu'an didn't think it was a big deal. After all, the thermos automatically stored water, and he didn't spend any points to trade the water.
If he used the points to redeem water at the grocery store, he would feel bad.
“This place is so far away from us.”
More than a month is just a rough estimate. We may have to take a detour along the way, or encounter other dangers. It is estimated that it will take at least two months to actually walk.
"Let's manage the area around the deserted city first." Zhou Qi said.
We can only eat one bite at a time. The transportation in the wasteland is blocked, and it is not easy to come back after going out. At least we have to get the two stores in Huangcheng and Jufeng back on track.
"Yes, we are trapped by the flood and it is difficult to get out."
Tang Yu'an marked the boy's information, threw his bottle back into the dream sea, and opened the interface of the Lucky Wheel.
"I want to draw a lottery!"
"Um."
Zhou Qi nodded calmly. Now no matter what An An drew, he could remain calm.
Finally, the turntable pointer stopped.
[Congratulations! You won the low-end tech product "Antibiotics." For details, please visit the wholesale mall.]
Wow!
"Brother Xiaoqi, we've unlocked medicine again!"
antibiotic?
Tang Yu'an had seen it in an encyclopedia and knew that it was a very powerful drug.
He opened the mall panel, shared the newly drawn products with Zhou Qi, and then studied them carefully.
"Antibiotics" is a whole category, just like "textiles". When you click it, you can see various types of antibiotics.
Generally speaking, they are divided into four categories: macrolides, cephalosporins, tetracyclines and penicillins.
By clicking on these subcategories, you can see the corresponding medicines, such as erythromycin ointment, amoxicillin capsules, etc. In addition to the price, each medicine also has the main diseases it treats, the effects it produces, etc.
Looking at the long list of medicine names, Tang Yu'an felt dizzy.
"It's so complicated!" he said, scratching his head.
Moreover, these medicines are extremely expensive, and the points required are no less than 50.
"After all, they can save lives at critical moments." Zhou Qi looked at the interface, his eyes full of smiles. "Antibiotics are mainly used to treat bacterial infections. They are good things."
Of course, they are not doctors, and these medicines cannot be used indiscriminately.
"Yeah!" Tang Yu'an nodded. "It's better to have it than not. I remember this erythromycin ointment is very useful. I'll give one to Grandpa tomorrow."
Zhou Qi thought for a moment and said, "Why not get a medicine box?"
In this way, if someone in Store No. 1 gets sick, they can go to Room 501 to get medicine and treatment. Now that the flood is raging, it should be difficult to avoid getting sick.
"good!"
Tang Yu'an went to find a plastic box and exchanged it for erythromycin, penicillin, cephalosporin, amoxicillin and other medicines that Zhou Qi barely knew the effects of, spending a total of 500 points.
Each medicine has the main disease it treats and its efficacy written on it. In addition, it also includes hemostatic powder, cotton swabs and clean cotton.
Although bandages are not available in the store, you can use cotton and linen cut into strips as a substitute.
After getting ready, he put the medicine box into his personal storage and then lay down in bed.
"Brother Xiaoqi, do you think Sister Hongli would be interested in these medicines?"
"I think so."
Tang Yu'an chuckled, feeling that he had found another way to earn points from Hongli.
“It will get better and better!”
"Um."
The next morning, Tang Yu'an delivered the medicine box to Room 501 and handed it to Old Li.
I originally wanted to explain to him the effects of these medicines one by one, but I found that Old Li seemed to be familiar with the medicines they took out.
"These medicines are good stuff!"
Old Li stroked the medicines with nostalgia in his eyes.
In the early days of the catastrophe, production had not completely stopped, and combined with their previous accumulation, they were still able to search for medicines in the wasteland in the first few years of the catastrophe.
At that time, this type of antibiotic was already very expensive.
He once fought with others for a piece of medicine.
As the catastrophe continued, the world order gradually collapsed. Without factories to produce, the inventory was gradually consumed.
After several decades, only the fortress could still produce this kind of thing, and it was rarely released and circulated very slowly.
At least since Old Li settled in the Huangcheng area, he had only seen it once or twice in Jufeng Town, and it was sold at a very, very high price, with one medicine costing one crystal.
"However, this medicine is more useful to ordinary people now," said Old Li.
Those who have been able to survive the continuous disasters until now have themselves survived the cruel law of survival of the fittest.
For those ordinary people who cannot use their superpowers, perhaps their tenacious vitality is their superpower.
Not to mention those with special abilities, whose physical constitutions are inherently stronger than those of ordinary people. Unless they are seriously injured, as long as they hold on and have high-energy food to supplement, they will be able to recover quickly.
"It's okay, just leave it in the shop and use it when needed."
"good."
After Tang Yu'an finished talking to Old Li, he ran into the kitchen again. Zhou Qi had already built a water storage pool using bricks and clay.
He cast a purification spell on the pool and then poured all the water in the automatic water storage thermos into it.
21L of water only forms a shallow layer at the bottom.
Tang Yu'an screwed on the thermos, went outside to fetch a bucket of water, and then threw the thermos in.
The thermos has a high water storage capacity. They have tested it repeatedly and found that as long as the thermos is completely immersed in water, it can be filled up in just two hours.
Old Li walked in from outside and looked at the big pool built by Zhou Qi, and nodded.
"It's good to be prepared."
He thought Zhou Qi built this pool because he was worried that one day the water in the mall would not be exchanged.
In the past, Zhou Qi did have this worry, but now with the automatic water storage thermos, as long as the environment is not particularly dry, they no longer need to worry about drinking water.
Zhou Qi and Tang Yu'an did not explain. After covering the pool with a layer of cloth to prevent dust from falling, they went to the 9th floor.
Looking out from the balcony of Room 901, you can see the yard that was cleared yesterday.
The left side of the yard was divided into two areas, rented to Granny Guo and Tiemuhua. It was not even eight o'clock in the morning, and they were already busy in the fields.
Grandma Guo is still planting potatoes. She planted five of them today. Tiemuhua is planting vegetables and it seems that she has already harvested a crop.
In addition to them, Jin Guang and Shugen, father and son, were also helping out.
Grandpa Li said that according to the agreement, after the harvest, Grandma Guo and her friends would give him 60% as rent.
When hearing the price, Tang Yu'an couldn't help but mutter in his heart about his grandfather's evil heart.
However, Old Li said that the price was already very fair.
After all, growers are not ordinary farmers. They can harvest several times a day. In such a safe and stable environment, their output is absolutely amazing.
With good varieties of potatoes and the weather not being so hot, Granny Guo is fully capable of producing hundreds of potatoes a day.
Their birth takes place under the noses of other residents. If this continues, will other residents have other ideas?
Although there are restrictions on overnight stay rules that prohibit residents from stealing or robbing, this extreme imbalance of wealth should be avoided as much as possible.
Old Li will pay commission to the residents who help him based on the amount of the 60% rent.
These commissions are naturally the potatoes and vegetables grown by Granny Guo and her friends, which the residents can keep for themselves - of course, Old Li also has plenty of ways to get them to exchange them for other things.
After all, once people are able to survive, they will begin to pursue a better life.
And now, in the grocery store of the deserted city, there are so many things that can make people live well and feel happy.
In between planting, Jin Guang and his colleagues also had to help Bashi build brick kilns and burn bricks.
They will not receive any commission for this, but they can use these bricks for free to build kangs in their houses in the future, so the residents are very enthusiastic.
"When Grandma Guo produces more potatoes, let Grandpa teach them to make potato flour." Tang Yu'an said.
Zhou Qi nodded.
Fresh potatoes cannot be stored for too long, so they still need to be processed.
"I don't even feel like I need to redeem points for food. With Granny Guo and Sister Hua here, it's more than enough to support the people in the store right now."
Thinking of something, Tang Yu'an said again: "Brother Xiaoqi, do you want to let Amu continue to hatch the chicks?"
Now that it has been proven that hatching chicken eggs is feasible, other chicken eggs and duck eggs can be arranged. After all, the growth cycle of hens is quite long, taking several months.
Zhou Qi glanced at the yard.
In Granny Guo's field, one could vaguely see a few milky yellow figures moving around. They were the three chicks hatched by Amu.
They pecked at the small insects on the ground, occasionally turning over the soil with their little claws, and making tender and crisp calls.
Amu was watching the chicks from the side, acting as a very competent nanny.
As if it had sensed the unusual gaze, it suddenly shuddered, looked around suspiciously, then flapped its wings and flew up, landing on the back of the silver coin.
Silver Coin was happily digging the soil in the ground. It stopped, looked back, saw the big parrot, and opened its mouth to bite it.
"Big bad dog!"
Amu flew to the side again and landed next to Wangcai. Wangcai glanced at it and didn't drive it away in a good-tempered manner. In return, the big parrot rubbed against him affectionately.
Looking at this scene, Tang Yu'an felt a little bit sorry.
"Well, let it live happily for a while longer." Staying in the nest to incubate eggs is quite difficult for a creature as intelligent as Amu.
"Why not make an incubator?" Zhou Qi said.
Before, they had to go out to do business all the time, which was not easy to operate. Now they have a stable environment and manpower, so they are fully qualified to study it.
"Incubator? How to make it?" Tang Yu'an immediately became interested.
"Incubating eggs requires a stable temperature, and we have a thermometer at home that can measure this."
Once the kang is built, they will have a place that can provide a stable source of heat. Although someone needs to watch over it, I believe the residents will be happy to do this job as long as they pay a commission.
"Do you need someone to watch over you at night?"
Given the climate of the deserted city, night is the time when you need to be most careful.
"Just let Amu come in the evening." Zhou Qi said with a smile.
Anyway, Amu also needs to sleep, so let it incubate the eggs at night and leave it to the person in charge of incubating the eggs during the day. This way, by taking turns working, it won't be so tiring.
Tang Yu'an thought about it and found that it seemed to be possible.
"Then let's give it a try! I'll go talk to Sister Lin later and ask her to coax Amu."
"Um."
"Who should hatch the eggs during the day?"
"How about Fireball?"
Fireball has fire-related abilities and is more sensitive to heat than ordinary people. He can better control the temperature and maintain it within a certain range.
If he can't do it now, then it's a good opportunity for him to practice in this area.
"Okay! I'll tell Grandpa later that we can build a fire pit for hatching eggs."
As they were discussing, a system prompt suddenly popped up.
[Attention! Triggering normal mission: "Emergency Rescue"]
Description: Near Ping An Grocery Store No. 1, an old customer was struggling in the flood and was in critical condition.
Mission: Help this old customer escape danger and conduct three profitable trades with him (0/3)
Rewards: Points*20, Lucky Wheel draw times*1
Tang Yu'an quickly opened the map to check and found that a golden light spot appeared near Grandpa Li's former home.
There is no name marked on the light spot, so it should be a customer developed by Grandpa Li in the past.
"Brother Xiaoqi, let's go save people first!"
If before it was more out of sympathy that people tried every means to take in these residents, now there is a new driving force besides sympathy.
They need more people to do things!
Just building a kang requires a lot of bricks, and with the current manpower, it is really too much to handle.
What's more, they will have to process potatoes and vegetables, raise chickens, ducks and fish, and open up more land for planting.
Although growers can achieve rapid growth, the consumption of soil fertility is also terrible. This defect needs to be solved, and opening up more land is undoubtedly one of the best solutions.
So we need more manpower!
Unconsciously, Tang Yu'an and his colleagues' demands for the residents of No. 1 Store have also changed.
In the past, I would calculate how much points and experience points I could get from them, but now with the stable large amount of points and experience points coming in from other employees, the dozen or so residents of No. 1 Store seem a little insufficient.
Their goals have also changed accordingly.
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi hope to build No. 1 Store better and gradually attract more people to settle in the deserted city.
Although business in Jufeng Town is good, it is Hongli's territory after all. They don't even dare to cover the entire store with a protective barrier, which is too restrictive.
So they wanted to build a base where they could make their own decisions and do whatever they wanted.
Although there is a cap on the number of people on the overnight stay list, it is far below that number now, so they can continue to attract more residents.
Anyway, the 1,000 kilograms of soybeans traded from Hongli are enough to feed these people, not to mention the daily production of Granny Guo and others.
Tang Yu'an took out a shadow-blocking umbrella and used the light body technique on Zhou Qi and himself at the same time.
They left No. 1 Store quietly.
Store No. 1 was very close to Old Li’s house, and they found the place in less than 2 minutes.
The man was holding a piece of driftwood and encountered a broken wall under the current. Now he was stuck in the corner of the wall, almost blending in with the floating objects on the water.
If it weren't for the small map accurately indicating his location, Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi would probably have found it difficult to find him.
"Is he still alive?" Zhou Qi asked.
The man lay motionless on the driftwood, looking like he was dead.
"Alive."
If you die, the light spot on the map will disappear.
Zhou Qi said, "I'll carry him back, and you'll cover me."
"good!"
Zhou Qi jumped onto the broken wall, grabbed the man's shoulders and lifted him up, pulling him out of the water.
Seeing Zhou Qi carrying the person like a chicken, Tang Yu'an couldn't help swallowing.
Brother Xiaoqi’s strength is really getting stronger and stronger!
Zhou Qi didn't care that the man was covered in filth. He threw him onto his back and rushed towards Store No. 1.
Now the water level is getting higher and higher, and the large creatures appearing in the water are becoming more and more terrifying. No one knows where they come from. Just looking at them makes people's scalp tingle.
It was undoubtedly very dangerous for him to be exposed on the water and move so quickly.
Tang Yu'an followed closely behind him.
Store No. 1 was getting closer and closer, and just when he relaxed a little, a huge figure suddenly jumped out of the water.
It was a big fish at least three meters long!
It stared at Zhou Qi who jumped high into the air and opened its mouth full of sharp teeth.
Happy Marbles, start!
Tang Yu'an was only a dozen meters away from Zhou Qi. He glanced over and the red marble accurately hit the big fish.
The big fish opened its mouth wide, flapped its tail and fell straight down.
The red marble that was shining in the sunlight flashed slightly in the air, and the next moment it returned to Tang Yu'an's hand.
At this time, Zhou Qi had already rushed into the protective barrier of Store No. 1 with his people on his back.
Tang Yu'an didn't dare to slack off any longer and was alert to the movements around him. He only truly relaxed after completely entering the protective barrier.
He recalled the scene just now, and his heart was beating violently.
But he did it! He successfully protected Xiaoqi!
Tang Yu'an smiled happily, put away the marbles and went to find Zhou Qi.
Their movements had already attracted the people in the yard.
It’s just that no one could understand what was going on. They just saw the big fish jumping out of the water and then falling down, then flapping its wings hard in the water.
The water splashed in continuously, hitting the protective barrier.
Zhou Qi put the man down. The man was wet and covered in mud, and had a beard on his face. It was hard to tell his age.
"Brother Xiaoqi, are you okay?" Tang Yu'an ran over.
Zhou Qi, who was a little nervous at first, nodded when he saw that he had returned safely, and then he looked down at the victim lying on the ground.
Shugen and Jin Guang were checking his injuries.
"There are no wounds on your body, you just drank a lot of water." Shugen put his hands on the man's stomach and pressed hard.
Old Li and Lin Zhen also rushed down from upstairs.
"Hey, isn't this A'man?" Lin Zhen said.
"Sister Lin, do you know him?"
"Yeah, I've seen him twice."
Tang Yu'an couldn't help but ask, "Is there anyone in the deserted city that you don't know?"
Sister Lin really knows a lot of people!
"Oh, we only know his name." Lin Zhen waved his hand, "So are you planning to take him in?"
Tang Yu'an nodded, "If there are people in trouble in the future, I will save them if I can."
Soon, after vomiting out all the water in his stomach, Aman coughed twice and finally woke up slowly.
He looked at the people around him and blinked blankly.
"Where is this place?"
"Welcome to the Deserted City Grocery Store!" Lin Zhen patted his shoulder and said with a smile, "Aman, you are blessed!"
"Sister Lin, please go and inform everyone that I am going to baptize the new residents. Anyone who wants to participate can come together." Tang Yu'an said.
"Wow, that's great!" Lin Zhen decisively rushed over to call for help, and the others also looked excited.
Although there are water purifiers to filter daily water, and the residents are very well-behaved and take a shower when they get dirty, the effect is still far inferior to baptism.
Soon, all the residents came out of the building and gathered in the courtyard.
The newcomer, Aman, sat on the ground, looking at everyone with a pair of eyes that were alert and a little frightened, not understanding why they looked so excited.
Fortunately, these people's eyes were not focused on him, which eased his fear a little.
Apart from him, the only person who didn't understand the situation was Pashi. He was a latecomer and had not experienced the "baptism".
"Tree roots, what are you doing?"
"There are new residents!"
"so?"
"Boss An is going to baptize the new residents, and we can take advantage of it."
Tang Yu'an stood on the stone steps and once again enveloped everyone in the light of purification. When the light faded, Bashi and Aman couldn't help but open their mouths wide.
It suddenly became so clean!
Even the dirty dogs' fur became clean and fluffy, looking completely new.
Is this young man, who radiates holy light, a god who has descended to earth?
The old residents who had already received a baptism were naturally not so shocked. They were just filled with piety and joy in their hearts, and had even more respect and gratitude for Tang Yu'an.
“I hope everyone can continue to unite and help each other to make life better and better together!”
After Tang Yu'an finished speaking, he handed A'man over to everyone and asked them to teach him the rules of the grocery store, and then he and Zhou Qi left temporarily.
The emergency rescue mission has not been completed yet, but it is not convenient to make a deal with Aman immediately in public, so he plans to wait and see.
After being baptized, Aman, under the guidance of an old resident, cut his hair, beard and nails, revealing a younger face.
Judging from his appearance, he is definitely no more than 20 years old, a young man.
Bashi looked at him and thought of how he was treated when he first arrived at the grocery store in Huangcheng. He couldn't help but curl his lips. Then he saw other people gathered in front of Aman again and started to tell him stories!
It still tells the story of how Tang Yu'an saved Old Li.
Bashi couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.
Is this Old Li’s habit, that he likes people to tell the story of how he was rescued?
Looking at the old man who nodded with satisfaction next to him, Bashi felt that he had understood!
So he quickly squeezed into the crowd and told Aman the story with exaggeration, and decided that every time a new person came, he would tell the story in the same way and tell it in great detail!
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