Chapter 141
Linhai Town, Guanyu Village.
While Tang Yu'an was building a fish pond, Hai Jing was also digging a pond by the sea.
The scorching sun was high in the sky, and the fierce sunlight made his dark skin red, but he seemed unaware of it.
There were several young children around him.
The oldest of these children is only ten years old, and the youngest is only five years old. Among them is the starfish who had previously said he would come to help.
They were on a mudflat, which was much more difficult to dig than a sandy beach, but unlike sand, it would not be destroyed by the waves, and it was also safer on the mudflat.
There are several huge stones scattered around them, on which are placed several simple devices made of plastic bottles.
The device contains seawater, which evaporates quickly under the scorching sun. When the water vapor hits the plastic cover, it condenses into water droplets, slides down along the curve of the cover, and is collected by the container below.
This is the drinking water that the fishermen drink when they go out to work, and it is a method that has been passed down since the early days of the Cataclysm.
Finally, a new pool was dug. Haijing wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked at the children behind him.
"Drink the water, and then go home."
The sun at the seaside is much more intense than inland, especially at noon. These children are young and will get sunburned or sick if they stay there any longer.
The children responded obediently, drank the water in the container one gulp each, and then went back to the village together.
The whale watched their backs go away, drank a few sips of water, and continued to reinforce the pool.
This pool is close to the sea. When the tide rises, the sea water will fill the pool. When the tide goes out the next day, the remaining sea water will be exposed to the sun in the pool.
Under such scorching sun, white salt grains will condense in the pool in just one day.
According to the method provided by the mysterious merchant, he would start collecting salt grains when the sea water was only one finger deep.
The salt prepared at this time is whiter and of better quality than when the seawater is completely dried.
After repeated attempts, Haijing found that this method was the best and most efficient.
All he had to do was dig a pond a day and collect the salt from the pond—of course, the place he was looking for was a relatively secluded beach.
If people from other fishing villages or towns saw him drying salt on a large scale, they would easily think that he was doing business with salt merchants.
It will definitely cause trouble. In Linhai Town, everyone wants to do business with salt merchants, but they must have the strength to do so.
Therefore, Hai Lan can make deals with the mysterious businessman in her dreams, but she must not expose it under any circumstances.
Now that he is in the light, my daughter will be safer...
Haijing worked hard, but his nerves were actually always tense.
Because the closer it is to the sea, the closer it is to danger. At a certain moment, the whale suddenly grabbed the long fork next to it and stabbed it behind it.
"bite--"
The sharp knife tied to the top of the long fork makes a crisp sound when it hits hard objects.
A crab that was more than one meter long appeared silently behind the whale. It mistook the whale for prey and attacked him with its claws that were bigger than a human head.
There are many mutant creatures that appear on the beach, and this big crab is one of the frequent visitors.
They often hide in the sand, with only their two eyes exposed to observe outside. When the beachgoers let down their guard, they will suddenly pop up and attack.
Therefore, you must always be careful when going to the sea. It does not mean that you are absolutely safe if you stay on the shore and do not go out to sea.
The whale has lived by the sea since it was a child and is accustomed to fighting with these mutant creatures. It has long developed instincts and quickly avoided the attacks of the big crabs and ran nimbly to the farther coast.
The crab chased it for a while and then gave up.
The whale looked at the crab's huge claws with greed in his eyes.
These huge claws are terrifying and can easily cut off a human arm, and they are not even afraid of metal. However, the part where the claws connect to the crab's body is also very fragile.
If his fork had been harder, he would have been able to get a hold of the crab's claws and forcibly remove it.
Unfortunately, his fork was made of ordinary wood and metal, and it was no match for the huge crab.
It would be great if there were weapons made of mutant metal... Hai Jing couldn't help but think.
When he was a child, he once ate the claw meat of a big crab, which his mother picked up accidentally on the beach. He never forgot the taste after eating it once.
But after all these years, he still hasn't succeeded in removing a single claw from a crab.
Finally, the whale reluctantly withdrew his gaze.
He returned home covered in mud. Seeing his daughter sensibly bringing him water to wash his hands and wipe his sweat, he smiled and said, "Lanlan is so good."
Compared to his childhood, what is the hardship he is going through now?
Tsunamis haven't occurred for a long time. The mutated creatures that had been marching into the sea in large numbers because they couldn't survive there have also retreated back to the sea...
Thinking back to the disasters he had experienced over the years, Haijing shook his head and didn't want to think about it anymore.
At this time, there was a knock on the door.
Haijing picked up his weapon again and stood up to open the door. In the morning, those orphans and widows had come to exchange for rice, but now it was other families in the village who came.
"Brother Haijing, I heard from Uncle Oyster that you can exchange rice here. Everyone can exchange, right?"
Haijing looked at the young man standing outside.
The young man was about seventeen or eighteen years old. His skin was tanned like charcoal, and when he grinned, you could see a row of big white teeth.
Although he smiles naively and even a little shyly, he is already the pillar of the family. He can go out to sea with his father on a fishing boat and bring back enough food for the old and young in the family.
He was still thin, but stronger than most villagers, and the muscles that represented his strength could be seen on his exposed arms.
Facing the whale's gaze, Shuisheng's head gradually lowered.
In fact, he didn't want to come here. His father insisted that Haijing had made a fortune and had a kind of food called brown rice at home that could be exchanged.
Since others could exchange it, his family could naturally exchange it as well, so they chased him over.
If a family of six could exchange all of their rice, they could get more than a kilogram of rice a day. Although they still couldn't have enough to eat, at least they had other income.
The food at home originally lasted for three days, but with the extra rice, it can last for six days, so the number of times we go out to sea can be reduced.
Too many people died in the village this year, so his father was naturally afraid. Shui Sheng could understand his father's fear, but when facing Haijing's dark eyes, he couldn't help blushing.
"Can."
Shuisheng was stunned when he heard Haijing's reply, then raised his head in surprise.
"Brother Haijing, can I really change?"
"Well, I said everyone can change."
Hai Jing said calmly: "But how many people in your family want to change it? They need to come by themselves, and each person can only get a maximum of 200 grams."
He showed the water liter how much 200 grams was.
It is the hottest time of the day at noon, and most of the fishermen have returned to the village to rest.
Many people saw what happened in front of Haijing's house. First, Shuisheng came with salt to exchange for rice, and then Shuisheng's father, mother, and several brothers and sisters came.
"Shuisheng's father is so shameless! He has two strong men who can go out to sea, but he actually comes to Haijing to exchange for this life-saving food."
"Hey, he's always been thick-skinned, you know that."
"I'm worried that if all the rice in Haijing's family is exchanged, how will the six families in the village survive without able-bodied men..."
Some people were worried that Haijing's family didn't have enough reserves, while others were ready to take action.
"I think Haijing must have done a big business with that salt merchant, otherwise he wouldn't be so generous. How much food do you think he has stored at home?"
The person who said this quickly became the target of public criticism.
"Don't have any bad ideas. Do you know how many people in the village rely on Haijing for their livelihood?"
"Since Haijing is willing to give us the grain, we owe him a huge favor. No matter how big the business he does with the salt merchants is, it's all due to his skills."
"That's right! As long as the whales are here, there will be an endless supply of food to exchange. No one can ruin the livelihoods of those orphans and widows!"
Being criticized by everyone, the man smiled awkwardly at first, but after being patted on the head by an elder, he gave up the idea.
The traditions passed down in Guanyu Village have brought everyone together closely, and no one wants to watch other families die out.
However, the man still grumbled, "If the Shuisheng family can make a change, so can I. Haijing can't be partial!"
With that, he got up and went home, and soon went to find the whale with the salt in his arms.
Everyone was worried about Haijing’s inventory, but Haijing accepted everyone.
He traded with each villager in three installments, giving each person only 200 grams of brown rice, regardless of whether they were old or weak, or young and strong.
Although the transaction seems cumbersome and ridiculous in three parts, whoever has milk is the mother, and those who want to exchange for rice are very cooperative. Basically, whatever Haijing says goes.
Looking at the ever-growing points balance, Haijing's eyes became brighter and brighter.
He no longer went into the house to exchange salt every time someone came. Instead, he spent 25 points to exchange 5 kilograms of rice at a time, and then sat at the doorstep to collect salt.
Gradually more and more villagers gathered around to watch.
After a while, some villagers who couldn't wait any longer went home and brought back some salt.
Time passed slowly, and when the sun was not so hot in the afternoon, almost everyone in the village came.
The originally dull and dead fishing village suddenly became lively on this day. The villagers brought their families and salt and lined up in a long queue in front of Haijing's house.
In the end, every villager got rice from Haijing, even children aged one or two.
There are 18 households in Guanyu Village, with a total of 76 villagers.
By the time the sun was hanging above the horizon, Haijing had sold 30 kilograms of brown rice and 1 kilogram of polished rice in exchange for more than 700 kilograms of salt.
He himself gained 228 employee experience points, and his level jumped directly from lv3 to lv6.
So, on the fourth day after being hired as an employee, he successfully unlocked the right to speak on the message board.
What makes him most happy are the items that are unlocked after each upgrade.
Now, in addition to brown rice, polished rice and wheat, the items that can be exchanged in his mall also include glucose, hemostatic powder, alcohol and... textile cloth.
Seeing the dazzling array of fabrics in the textile shop, Haijing's eyes lit up.
Just looking at the high prices of woolen cloth and down, and seeing that he only had a little over a hundred points left, Haijing closed the interface.
To exchange such a good thing, it would be more appropriate to exchange it with salt and the mysterious merchant.
Then he opened the message board again, thought for a long time, and tentatively sent a message.
[Yunying]: Hello everyone, I’m a newbie.
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In fact, Tang Yu'an had already given the sea whale a name.
But he didn't expect that Haijing would unlock the message board function so quickly, and his level even surpassed Shitou in one fell swoop.
The trading reminders from Haijing never stopped throughout the afternoon.
"Sea Whale is back in business!"
At first, when Tang Yu'an saw the transaction reminder from Haijing, he didn't feel much.
Because Xiaocao and Shitou also sold salt in Jufeng Town, and their messages never stopped, Tang Yu'an had become numb.
However, he soon discovered something wrong with his points balance.
"Haijing's transaction points are so high!" Tang Yu'an said.
Each transaction can bring him fifty or sixty points, and there must be three successful transactions, which can directly turn new customers into old customers.
He wouldn't be selling one pound of brown rice at the price of several pounds of salt, right?
However, judging from his exchange records, he probably sold it at the price of several kilograms of salt for 100 grams of brown rice.
Around three o'clock in the afternoon, Tang Yu'an felt that something was wrong. He opened the map and moved to Linhai Town, where he found a long line of light spots outside Hai Lan's house.
These green spots of light are rapidly turning into gold.
After Tang Yu'an did a quick count, he was dumbfounded: "It seems like the whole village has come to Haijing to exchange rice!"
"Brother Xiaoqi, Haijing has already earned 3,000 points! Do we really not need the Points Doubling Card?"
These 3,000 points, doubled, would be 6,000, and looking at the remaining green dots, it is easy to imagine that there will be a large amount of points to be earned in the future.
Zhou Qi hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Use it!"
Therefore, Tang Yu'an made a prompt decision and used the 12-hour points doubling card.
In the next hour, his points balance skyrocketed at a rate of 100+ points per minute!
“This is so cool!”
I earned seven or eight thousand points in just one hour!
Tang Yu'an was extremely excited, and Zhou Qi was naturally happy, but he remained calm.
He had thought of many plans for the points doubling card before. Although it was used in advance, it could still come in handy now.
"Now that we've used the Points Doubling Card, we need to maximize the benefits!" Zhou Qi said, "Let's go to Jufeng Town."
"good!"
Tang Yu'an quickly packed up his things and immediately boarded the teleportation array with Zhou Qi.
At around four o'clock in the afternoon, they arrived at the Jufeng Grocery Store, and Tang Yu'an successfully opened the last 24-hour drainage card -
Despite this, when Tie Jin's family was attacked by mutant piranhas, Zhou Qi used a cat toy to capture dozens of piranhas and completed the task of [Eliminating Dangerous Creatures (2)].
So they also have a 48-hour drainage card.
After this 24-hour drainage card was used, it soon showed its due power in Jufeng Town.
Almost everyone who passed by the Jufeng Grocery Store would be attracted by the store, and the surrounding townspeople would also spontaneously gather here.
The drainage card is extremely powerful when used in Jufeng Town, which has a population of thousands.
The Jufeng Grocery Store, which had been doing good business to begin with, was soon surrounded by the influx of townspeople. If you looked down from a high altitude, you would see that the townspeople who had been looking for food in the mountains were also setting off to return to the market town.
At this time, which should have been relatively quiet, Jufeng Town has already started to become lively.
The crowd is still gathering.
"What's going on? Why are there so many people suddenly?"
Shi Tou and Xiao Cao soon faced the busiest moment in their history. They were a little scared, but fortunately, the arrival of Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi calmed them down.
With the little miracle doctor around, there’s no need to worry about running out of stock, and there are guards to help maintain order, so the more customers the better!
Faced with such a grand scene, Zhou Qi and Tang Yu'an naturally joined in to help.
Because the guards helped to manage the situation, there was no major chaos. The effect of the drainage card was suspended after six o'clock and would not take effect again until 8 o'clock the next morning.
But the place had already heated up, so it naturally didn't end so quickly, and the customers who were outside exchanging salt did not disperse.
Of course, the townspeople who came back from the mountain road did not continue to gather here.
At this time, transactions on the Haijing side also stopped.
Tang Yu'an glanced at the remaining points, and after a moment of hesitation, he was so excited that he almost jumped up in front of everyone.
The more than 700 kilograms of sea salt that Haijing had profited from brought Tang Yu'an a total of more than 18,000 points. After he used the points doubling card, it became a full -
30,000+ points!
Because I used the doubling card halfway through, I lost five or six thousand points, but compared to the huge amount of points, this is not a big deal at all.
Looking at the suddenly skyrocketing points balance, Tang Yu'an was so excited that he couldn't control himself.
He still remembered that when he woke up in the morning, his points balance was less than 15,000. He spent 6,000 points to build the teleportation array for Store No. 3, and then spent nearly 5,000 points to build a wall for the expansion of the fish pond.
After these deductions, the remaining points were only 4,000.
Who could have imagined that by evening, his points balance would increase, not decrease, and soar to 46,000?!
That’s right, in addition to the 30,000 points from Haijing, there are also 12,000 points earned by Xiaocao and Shitou!
Now as the business of Jufeng Grocery Store continues, the points balance is still climbing at an extremely high speed.
Remembering something, Tang Yu'an opened the panel and withdrew the balance from the plane store again - he had sold several dark green spider legs these days, and the withdrawable balance was 1,800.
After deducting 10% handling fee from 1800, there are 1620 points left. After doubling it, it becomes 3240 points!
As a result, his points balance reached 50,000!
Tang Yu'an was grinning from ear to ear. He pulled Zhou Qi to the back room and said to him excitedly, "Brother Xiaoqi, we have fifty thousand! It's fifty thousand! Fifty thousand!"
Zhou Qi smiled and nodded. Seeing that Xiaocao and Shitou could handle it, he took Tang Yu'an and left the Jufeng Grocery Store.
They went straight to the guard post and found Hongli.
"Deliver soybeans in advance?"
Hongli was very confused when he heard their purpose. "After tonight?"
"That's right!" Zhou Qi answered firmly.
The points doubling card can only last for 12 hours. After withdrawing points from the plane store, he understood that the rules for using this card must be different from those of the drainage card.
Sure enough, after six o'clock, they found that the effect of the drainage card had been suspended, but the profit points still had the effect of doubling.
That is to say, at about 3 am, this doubling card will expire.
If Hongli's soybeans were not delivered until tomorrow, there would be no doubling effect, so they came to the guard post in advance and discussed it with Hongli.
Hongli frowned.
"You know, business requires integrity," she said. "We agreed to deliver it tomorrow."
Zhou Qi pursed his lips and said, "To express our apology, we can give you an extra pound of salt."
Hongli looked at him and Tang Yu'an, his frown not relaxing.
"Can you tell me why you're so anxious?" She stared at the two teenagers. "Are you planning to leave Jufeng Mountain overnight?"
Hongli didn't know about the existence of the teleportation array, so naturally he thought that Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi had not left Jufeng Town during this period.
"You should know that there's a flood raging down the mountain. If you want to leave, I'm afraid you won't be able to."
The flood coming from the direction of the deserted city has submerged the foot of the mountain, and the water level is still slowly rising. Various creatures fleeing from the deserted city have already run up the mountain.
Although these creatures supplemented the increasingly scarce food in Jufeng Mountain, they also brought huge crises.
Now a large number of guards have been sent to various strongholds and defense outside the town. The guarding pressure has doubled, and Hongli has not been idle these two days.
Before Zhou Qi and the others came over, she had just cleared out a mutant pig near the mountain road in front of the town and had just sat down.
Of course, she also did not neglect her surveillance of the Jufeng Grocery Store these days.
So she was sure that the 500 kilograms of soybeans she traded to the two teenagers must still be in Jufeng Town, but were taken away by the two teenagers by some means.
Therefore, apart from the fact that the two young men wanted to leave the mountain overnight, she really couldn't think of any other reason.
Zhou Qi frowned slightly. They really needed to give a reasonable reason, otherwise it would be too suspicious.
"He is leaving." Zhou Qi said.
Hongli stared at Zhou Qi, "Are you talking about the salt merchant who came with you?"
"Yes." Zhou Qi nodded.
Hongli raised an eyebrow. "The road is blocked by floodwaters now. Are you sure he can still get there?"
"If we delay any further, I'm afraid we won't be able to leave."
Hongli nodded. This made sense, but...
"Do you remember our agreement? We'll trade 100 kilograms of salt a month," she said, squinting her eyes. "The flood may not recede in a month."
The flood in this area of the deserted city could last as little as a month, or as long as three months...
"Don't worry, in one month, Jufeng Grocery Store will definitely deliver 100 kilograms of salt to the garrison." Zhou Qi said confidently.
Seeing his confident look, Hongli finally nodded.
"Then I'll trust you this time."
Anyway, soybean production is only during the morning and evening. It used to be four hours a day, but now that the temperature has dropped, it has been extended to six hours a day.
So she said, "After the sun completely disappears, I will deliver the remaining 500 kilograms of soybeans. According to the agreement, you must deliver 51 kilograms of salt."
In fact, it’s almost time. In about half an hour, it will be completely dark.
By then, the points from 500 kilograms of soybeans will double to 25,000 points. Adding to the current points, Tang Yu'an's points balance will reach a historic level.
75000+!!!
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