Chapter 146
Lao Mo's water bottle is a worn-out marching kettle with many dents on the surface. It is also heavy to hold, but it is still sturdy and easy to use after all these years.
Gan Lin ran back to the collapsed house where he had just hidden.
There were many people hiding in the ruins. Gan Lin carefully avoided their eyes and ears and accurately found his previous location in the dim light.
He dug the bottle of water out of the rubble, carefully filled the canteen, and hid the bottle again.
Then he ran back to where Lao Mo was hiding with the kettle and fed the water to him.
"Lao Mo, there's water, drink it quickly!"
He lowered his voice, fearing that others would hear him.
Fortunately, the old man finally moved. When he tasted the water, his eyes suddenly widened. Without Gan Lin's urging, he began to drink it up in big gulps.
While he was drinking water, Gan Lin's eyes were always on the surroundings. Fortunately, no one came to snatch their water while Lao Mo was drinking.
Finally, Lao Mo recovered.
"Good boy, where did you get the water?" After drinking the water, the old man seemed to come back to life and became much more energetic.
Seeing that he had recovered, Gan Lin breathed a sigh of relief.
He sat down next to the old man and grinned, "Hey, let me tell you, I'll have a name from now on!"
Lao Mo looked at him, "What's your name?"
"Gan Lin! My name will be Gan Lin from now on!" said the boy happily.
The old man took out a piece of cake from his arms, tore it in two, and gave him the bigger piece.
Gan Lin didn't bother to be polite with him. He took the pancake and started eating it in small bites.
"Who gave you this name?" Lao Mo asked. "The one who gave you the water?"
"How do you know this water was given by someone else?" Gan Lin said.
Lao Mo rolled his eyes and said, "Bullshit, if it wasn't sent by someone else, is it raining again?"
Gan Lin chuckled.
After he finished half of the cake, he touched his bulging belly, leaned against the wall and sighed comfortably.
Lao Mo looked at him, wanting to say something but stopping himself.
Although he really wanted to ask who was so kind to give him the precious water so late at night, he finally did not ask any more questions.
He held the worn kettle in his arms for a long time before he said, "You little bastard, do you want to enter Yanlong Castle?"
"Everyone says my name is Gan Lin!"
Gan Lin said angrily, "Who wouldn't want to enter the fortress? Isn't this incompetent?"
Then he saw the old man stretch out his hand and quietly open his palm. In his skinny palm, there lay a slightly glowing red crystal.
"fire……"
Before Gan Lin could finish his words, Lao Mo covered his mouth tightly.
After he promised that he would not call out again, Lao Mo let go and stuffed the fire crystal into his hand.
"Lao Mo, where did you get it? Was it also given to you by someone else?"
Lao Mo rolled his eyes and said, "I picked it up not long ago. Didn't I tell you that fire dragons drop fire crystals during their active period?"
Although he had heard him say that, Gan Lin had never picked one up once, so he always remained skeptical.
"Go to Yanlong Fort." Lao Mo whispered, "Take this crystal and go into the fort."
Gan Lin couldn't help but be stunned.
"Once you enter the fortress, try to stay inside. Be frugal and diligent. At least wait until the fire dragon's active period is over before being driven out..."
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“I didn’t expect this place to be a fortress.”
Tang Yu'an looked at Gan Lin's location on the map and pondered, "Yanlong Fort? I think I've heard Grandpa mention it before."
Zhou Qi nodded, "Well, I wonder what kind of place it will be?"
Large areas on the map were still shrouded in fog, so Tang Yu'an couldn't explain it clearly.
“I must go and see it when I have the chance!”
Then he threw the bottle of Gan Lin back into the sea of dreams and looked at his account.
Points balance: 26,000+
In the end, the remaining balance was 26,000 yuan.
Although it is not as good as the peak value, Tang Yu'an is already satisfied.
After all, what they gained today was much more important than the points they spent.
First, the teleportation array was opened in Store No. 3, which made it more convenient to go to the swimming pool in the future. Then I obtained the space stone and two self-priming energy-variable air conditioners.
Five hundred kilograms of soybeans, more than eight hundred kilograms of sea salt, six kilograms of mutant blueberries, three hundred mutant blue beard leaves... and a whole warehouse full of vegetables and mushrooms that Xiaocao and the others had traded.
Of course, there are also four kilometers of reusable fences and 25 new residents.
If we don’t count the two employees, Old Li and Lin Zhen, the number of residents in Store No. 1 has reached 38. If we include the two upcoming newborns, the number will be 40.
“So many people…”
I didn't feel anything when I was saving people, but when I counted them now, I found that there were indeed a lot more.
"Is our house big enough to live in?" Tang Yu'an asked.
Zhou Qi thought about it and nodded: "If each person has a small room, it will definitely be enough."
The building of No.1 Store has a total of 10 floors. Except for the 1st floor which is too humid, and the 5th, 9th and 10th floors which are not very convenient for living, there are still 6 floors.
There are 5 suites on each floor, including master bedroom, second bedroom, study, kitchen, etc., with a total of about 15 compartments. The 6 floors are more than enough to accommodate 90 people.
After all, if you make full use of it, the living room can also be used as a place for people to live.
"With so many people here, we must pay attention to hygiene issues," said Zhou Qi.
The old residents are still very disciplined. They consciously go to the "public toilet" to defecate, and the waste is collected and buried in the yard.
For people who have lived in the wasteland and endured years of dirt and stench, the job of cleaning up the dirt does not seem so difficult to accept.
Remembering what he had told Hongli about composting during the day, Zhou Qi said, "Tomorrow we'll use a fence to mark off an area and dig a few septic tanks."
"Okay." Tang Yu'an nodded.
Although I miss the original sewer system, there is no way to do it now. I can only hope that the store will be upgraded in the future and this facility will be unlocked.
"We also have to arrange accommodation and clothing for these people." Tang Yu'an said.
I have said this before. As long as you live in the deserted city home, you will have it. You must fulfill the promises you made.
“Now that we have an extra sewing machine, we can ask the residents to help out.”
"Um!"
In addition to these, Tang Yu'an also leveled up today.
[Merchant level reaches lv13, and the mall has added high-gluten flour, corn starch, and battery exchange. For details, please visit the "Wholesale Market"]
[Portable storage slot +1, total slots: 18]
[New item marking function, please visit the "Business Map" section for details]
[Teleportation skill upgraded to level 13, please see "Skills" for details]
[Weekly Quest Refresh Card +1]
The products unlocked this time are all good stuff, including batteries. It is a large category that includes various models of batteries, although the prices are different.
The range of telekinesis increases to 9 meters as the level increases, which is completely sufficient at present.
What Tang Yu'an found most novel was the item marking function. As long as he marked an item, a purple light spot would appear on the map simultaneously.
Although the light spots of items should disappear on the map after entering the fog, with the search function of the map, Tang Yu'an no longer has to worry about losing things!
He immediately marked all of his important items, especially several non-binding special items.
"Go to sleep first." Zhou Qi said, "We can get back to work tomorrow."
"Um!"
Tang Yu'an crawled into bed and soon fell asleep.
That night he had a dream. He dreamed that he returned to school and went to buy sausages after school. His sister saw him and he had to buy one for her as well.
He and the little girl finished their grilled sausages happily, and when they returned home, there was sweet soup prepared by their mother waiting for them.
Dad turned on the TV and tuned it to their favorite cartoon channel.
After dinner in the evening, his younger brother came to him to do his homework. He deliberately wrote his homework very slowly until his mother urged him, and then he went to bed crying.
And then... then Tang Yu'an woke up.
He stared at the ceiling of the attic in a daze. This was clearly his most familiar home, but he knew that when he went downstairs, he did not see the familiar figures of his family.
"An An?"
A warm hand stroked his head. Tang Yu'an sniffed, turned over and hugged Zhou Qi.
"Brother Xiaoqi..."
"Um?"
"I...I want to eat sausage."
Zhou Qi listened to his soft voice with a hint of crying, sighed slightly in his heart, then turned sideways and hugged him in his arms.
He rested his chin on the boy's head, his hand gently stroking his back.
"What flavor do you want?" he whispered.
"You have to spread lots of barbecue sauce on it, then sprinkle white sesame seeds on it, and then toast them until they are fragrant."
"Okay, I'll make it for you after class today."
Yes, we have to go to school again today.
Tang Yu'an couldn't help but sigh, hugging Zhou Qi tightly, and didn't want to get up anymore.
"It's still early, you sleep a little longer, I'll make breakfast."
"No, just stay in bed with me for a while..."
Zhou Qi felt a little helpless, but still lay down again at Tang Yu'an's request.
"Did you have a nightmare?" he asked.
"No, it was a very happy dream." Tang Yu'an said.
The days that seemed so ordinary to me before now only appear in dreams.
Zhou Qi patted his back gently and didn't ask why he was crying if it was such a happy dream.
They just lay there quietly. There were obviously many things waiting for them to do, but they suddenly wanted to kill some time like this.
Finally, Tang Yu'an came out of his homesickness.
"Brother Xiaoqi, get up! The sun is shining on your butt!" He turned over and sat up, pulling Zhou Qi up as well.
Seeing that he had regained his energy, Zhou Qi touched his cheek and said, "You fold the quilt, I'll make breakfast."
"Okay!"
Tang Yu'an picked up the blue beard leaves scattered in the attic, put them into his personal warehouse, and then opened the plane store to take a look.
The dark green spider legs he had hung up again were still there, and there was a new advertisement in the window asking for the purchase of mutant lantern fruits.
Well, it’s not that he doesn’t want to sell it, it’s just that he really doesn’t have it.
But now that the place is bigger, can we set aside an area specifically for Kang Kang to grow mutant plants?
Tang Yu'an decided to ask today.
He pulled down the dark green spider legs and then hung up the blue beard leaves.
Now that we have a stable supply of blue beech leaves, we can sell some of them. But I don’t know if the mutated blue beech tree in Lanhu Town has recovered?
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Lanhu Town.
In the early morning when it was just dawn, Lan Yunqing came to the mother tree of the mutant blue beard tree to observe the condition of the mother tree.
After absorbing all three drops of healing potion, the mother tree's condition improved significantly.
But it’s not enough.
This is certain. After all, one drop of primary healing potion can only restore 8% of health at most, and three drops is 24%.
These values are relative to humans. For a behemoth like the mutated blue beard tree, the effect will naturally be greatly reduced.
Lan Yunqing reached out and stroked the mother tree, and a green light appeared between his palms.
During this year and more, he has been practicing desperately, and only in this way can his wood-based abilities prolong the life of the mother tree.
Last night, Xiao Risheng exchanged another 1,000 kilograms of food for him.
In order to get the food, Xiao Risheng moved out of his home and lived with him.
The food delivered this time is no longer in bulk, but wrapped in strong plastic film. The vacuum packaging isolates the air and is more durable in storage.
Lan Yunqing had only seen such materials in the goods coming from the fortress.
1,000 kilograms of brown rice, with each bag containing 100 kilograms, a total of 10 bags were stacked next to the child's bed. Every time Lan Yunqing saw it, his heart was shocked.
Unfortunately, in Lanhu Town, which has a population of 10,000, these 1,000 kilograms of brown rice still could not withstand consumption.
I wonder how much more food that mysterious merchant can provide...
Lan Yunqing withdrew his hand only when the sun gradually rose higher. He came to the cottage by the lake and saw Chi Hao had lit a bonfire and was grilling fish beside the cottage.
"Do you want to eat?" the red-haired young man asked him.
Lan Yunqing shook his head and then sat down next to the campfire.
He looked at Chi Hao, wondering how to ask for more healing potion.
For such a precious potion, the price of three blue beard leaves per drop must have been too low. I wonder why Chi Hao was willing to sell it to him at such a low price...
"Do you need to contact the people in the fortress?" Lan Yunqing finally asked.
"Hmm?" Chi Hao looked at him puzzledly.
"I have a satellite phone." Lan Yunqing said.
Every town willing to submit to Qingmu Fort will receive a satellite phone powered by solar energy, which will allow for closer communication between the fortress and the towns.
Otherwise, it would take nearly four months to go back and forth, and there would be countless dangers along the way, so it would be easy to lose contact.
"If you need it, I can lend it to you." Lan Yunqing said seriously.
Chi Hao paused, but shook his head.
"I can't talk about my mission over the phone. I have to go back and report." Chi Hao looked at him and chuckled, "What? Are you reluctant to let me go?"
Lan Yunqing frowned slightly. He was indeed worried that Chi Hao only had one last drop of potion left, so he left it on the way back to the fortress in case of emergency.
He finally spoke with difficulty: "Do you still have that healing potion?"
"Is the blue beard tree still not healed?"
“It’s getting better.”
Chi Hao looked at the blue beard forest around him. He could feel that the vitality of the forest was more intense. He didn't know how Lan Yunqing did it. It was only three drops of potion, but it seemed to have an effect on the entire forest.
"Please wait a moment. I can't answer you right now."
Seeing that Chi Hao did not refuse outright, Lan Yunqing breathed a sigh of relief, and his solemn expression visibly relaxed.
Chi Hao bit the fish and looked up at him. When Lan Yunqing looked at him, he looked away awkwardly.
"Did Xiao Risheng exchange for rice again yesterday?" Chi Hao asked casually.
"Well, 300 leaves exchanged for 1,000 kilograms of rice." Lan Yunqing said with a smile.
"What are you going to do with all this rice?"
"I'm thinking of opening a food store in town and exchanging 1.5 kilograms of brown rice for a piece of blue beard leaf."
Every resident of Lanhu Town contracts at least one Lanhu tree, and everyone is responsible for watering, pest control and fertilizing the trees they are responsible for.
Naturally, the fallen leaves and fruits of these trees also belong to the residents who are responsible for their care.
Lan Yunqing planned to exchange more blue beech leaves from the residents, and then exchange them for more brown rice from the mysterious merchant through Xiao Risheng.
"With your method of exchange... aren't you afraid that someone will destroy your forest in exchange for rice?" Chi Hao asked.
Lan Yunqing shook his head. He believed that the people under his rule would not take the initiative to pick blue beard leaves in exchange for brown rice.
Chi Hao didn't know where his confidence came from. He shook his head and said, "You only have a little over a thousand kilograms of rough rice. How can that be enough to exchange for these people?"
"So there's a purchase limit. Each person can only exchange one and a half kilograms a day."
The shelf life of blue beech leaves is longer. Even in an environment with fluctuating temperatures outside, they can last for a year, not to mention in a blue beech forest.
Those families should take out the accumulated leaves, and it would be more appropriate to exchange these blue beard leaves with the mysterious merchant.
When they exchange more rice and the yield of crops they grow increases, it should be able to alleviate the residents' food problems.
Of course, no matter what, Lan Yunqing will find ways to save the mother tree. Now it is just a delaying tactic.
"Wait, you said one person can only change once?" Chi Hao's voice sounded.
"It's once a day." Lan Yunqing repeated.
Chi Hao waved his hand nonchalantly, then shamelessly sat down next to Lan Yunqing. Under Lan Yunqing's vigilant gaze, he said with shining eyes, "Can I come?"
"What?" Lan Yunqing was puzzled.
"It's this job of storing grain and collecting leaves. Can I come?"
Since the mysterious businessman is willing to trade at the price of 1 leaf for 3 kilograms of brown rice, then exchanging 1.5 kilograms of brown rice for leaves with others will definitely be profitable.
Chi Hao still understood such a simple math problem.
Lan Yunqing looked at him suspiciously.
"Why?"
"Hey, don't worry about why. Just know that this is very important to me!"
Chi Hao leaned closer to him with a flattering smile on his face. "Look, I'm leaving tomorrow, and I don't know if we'll be able to meet again in the future. I just have a small request, so will you agree to it?"
Lan Yunqing was stunned. He sat aside for a moment before saying, "You know, if you can give me the healing potion in exchange, I will definitely agree to it."
Chi Hao sighed and muttered, "This is not something I can decide..."
"Is this a product from the fortress?" Lan Yunqing asked.
"No." Chi Hao said firmly, his expression serious. "You must not ask, understand?"
Hearing the seriousness in his tone, Lan Yunqing had no choice but to nod.
He did want to ask the fortress. After all, he had a satellite phone and didn't need to travel all the way to the fortress.
"Okay, I won't ask."
Seeing his depressed look, Chi Hao scratched his head and said, "It depends on the situation. I will tell you if it is possible before I leave."
Lan Yunqing felt a glimmer of hope when he heard this. "Then I'll leave it to you. Please consider it carefully."
Looking into his beautiful blue eyes, Chi Hao was startled for a moment, then looked away again, covering it up with a smile: "What I just said..."
"OK."
Lan Yunqing still agreed. After all, he really couldn't think of what bad things Chi Hao could do through this job.
Poisoning the rice? That was too low-level, and Chi Hao had absolutely no reason to do that.
However, Lan Yunqing still warned: "But you can't do anything else out of line."
"I promise to do a good job!"
Chi Hao stood up excitedly, put out the bonfire, and pulled Lan Yunqing up.
"Hurry, there's no time to lose!"
Seeing how anxious he was, although Lan Yunqing was very confused, he still quickened his pace and began to organize people to exchange food.
After moving the 1,300 kilograms of brown rice to the grain store, Lan Yunqing had someone post a notice.
Children in Lanhu Town need to go to school and learn to read and write. The literacy rate is very high, so there is no need to worry about residents not being able to understand.
At the entrance of the store, people were beating drums and gongs to promote the store.
Lan Yunqing did not spread the news that Lan Hushu was critically ill. Instead, at Chi Hao's suggestion, he packaged this as a benefit of "improving residents' food diversity."
After all, not only is the purchase limited, but the exchange is only valid while stocks last, which really feels like a welfare activity.
So after the grain store opened, as soon as the residents heard the news, they ran home and took out their stored leaves to exchange.
Perhaps out of fear of looting, the person from the fortress who was said to have a very powerful fire ability actually sat in front of the grain store and exchanged with the residents.
So this batch of grain came from Qingmu Fort?
Amidst the discussions among the crowd, Chi Hao was grinning from ear to ear, smiling at every resident of Lanhu Town who came to exchange rice.
after all……
You complete a profitable transaction with a new customer, employee experience +1.
You completed the long-term task "Profitable Trading," points +1.
As such prompts continued to pop up, Chi Hao's experience value and points balance finally saw a rapid surge!
Look, little guy, I can reach level 10 in one day!
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In the deserted city, Ping'an Grocery Store No. 1.
The light of purification lit up and then slowly dissipated in the yard. The new and old residents standing in the light were already as clean as new.
Tang Yu'an finished baptizing everyone, and then led the two residents who signed up the fastest to make clothes upstairs.
In fact, after being "baptized", everyone's clothes became very clean, and after mending the torn parts, they should be able to continue wearing them.
However, Tang Yu'an did not accept Old Li's persuasion and insisted on providing each person with a set of accommodation clothes.
In this way, every resident can have two sets of clothes, which is convenient for changing.
At first, when the message from Chi Hao popped up, Tang Yu'an didn't pay much attention to it. He was just wondering why his profit points were all the same 32 points.
When there were more than 100 such messages, Tang Yu'an became a little uneasy.
Because each piece of information represents a new customer, and a new customer means 3 experience points, which means that in less than half a day, Brother Chi Hao has brought him 300 experience points and 3,200 points!
The most important thing is that such messages keep popping up and there is no sign of stopping!
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Chi Hao: Look at me showing off my power!
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