Chapter 151
Faced with Hongli's initiative to increase the stakes, Tang Yu'an naturally agreed.
There were not many soybeans left in the warehouse. After counting, they found only 243 kilograms, so Hongli exchanged them for 160 meters of cotton cloth and 83 kilograms of cotton.
[Employee Zhou Qi completed a profitable transaction with a regular customer, gaining +1 experience and +3645 points]
Tang Yu'an looked at the remaining points and happily wrote an IOU to Hongli.
After he finished writing the IOU, the system determined that he had made a loss-making deal, so he did not get any experience points this time.
Hongli looked at the piles of cotton cloth and cotton in the warehouse and couldn't help but look at the two teenagers and asked, "When are you going to come and pick them up?"
Her moral standards are actually not very high, otherwise she would not have arrested Jin Fu without thinking twice when something happened.
But when it comes to his own people, Hongli protects them.
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi had obviously been included in her group.
Not to mention that they saved Chi Hao, even high-quality seeds like soybeans have given her a foundation for survival, not to mention the salt and cotton that will come later.
She will remember this favor no matter what.
"Let's wait and see after the grocery store reopens." Zhou Qi said.
The red carp has been "squeezed dry" by them, and it will take some time for her to recuperate and accumulate more new soybeans.
Therefore, they probably won't make deals with her again in the short term.
"Okay, come to the guardhouse and get it when you need it. I will tell my men."
"Yeah, okay!"
At this time, a system prompt popped up.
[Employee "Chi Hao" completed a profitable transaction with a regular customer, experience +1, points +940]
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Lanhu Town.
Chi Hao packed his luggage and prepared to leave Lanhu Town and continue his journey back to Qingmu Fort.
Zhou Qi gave all the 6 drops of primary healing potion that he had put into his personal warehouse to Lan Yunqing, and exchanged them for 20 blue beard leaves from him.
Although Lan Yunqing prepared 100 blue beard leaves, Chi Hao still calculated the price based on 3 leaves for 1 drop and only asked for two more leaves.
"You can keep the rest and exchange it for food with the mysterious merchant." Chi Hao said.
Lan Yunqing looked at him, "Are you really leaving?"
"Yes, we can't delay any longer."
Chi Hao was also reluctant to leave. Lanhu Town was indeed a good place, a rare paradise in the end times. Unfortunately, with the changes caused by the mutated Lanhu tree, no one knew where it would go in the future.
"What have you considered? How to obtain the healing potion..."
Lan Yunqing stared at him, "As long as you tell me, I can agree to anything."
Chi Hao scratched his hair, looked away, but couldn't help but look at Lan Yunqing.
After some struggle, he finally told him the answer: "Mysterious businessman."
"What?" Lan Yunqing was stunned.
"My partner got the healing potion from a mysterious merchant. I don't know the exact price. You... decide for yourself."
Lan Yunqing clenched his hands and nodded excitedly.
In other words... even if Chi Hao leaves, he will still have channels to obtain primary healing potions!
"Chi Hao, I will always remember your kindness to my Lanhu Town."
As Lan Yunqing spoke, she took off a necklace from her neck. The necklace was connected to a blue gem.
Although it is only the size of a fingernail, it sparkles brightly in the sunlight.
"This is the crystal gem of the mutant Blue Hu tree. Carry it with you. As long as you hold it, you will always be a friend of us Blue Hu people."
Lan Yunqing said seriously, "If one day you or your descendants need help, just bring out the gemstone, and Lanhu Town will mobilize the entire clan to help you once."
Chi Hao took the necklace in a daze, a blush appearing on his face for some reason. He coughed lightly and said, "After I help you, do I have to return this necklace to you?"
"It's natural."
"That day will never come."
Chi Hao put the necklace around his neck, then took out a piece of metal from his pocket and put it into Lan Yunqing's hand.
"I guess it's unlikely we'll meet again, so I'll leave this for you as a souvenir," he said. "If you encounter any difficulties you can't resolve, you can take it to Jufeng Mountain to find the administrator there."
"Once she sees the token, she'll know you're my friend. As for whether I can help, that depends on how you discuss it."
Chi Hao also knew that his sister was not doing charity, and it was not a life-saving favor, so she didn't bother to care.
Of course, with this relationship, things will be better in the end.
"Okay, I'm leaving now."
Chi Hao waved his hand in a nonchalant manner. Although he was sad, he turned around and left firmly.
Lan Yunqing stood there and watched him go.
It was not until Chi Hao's figure disappeared on the hillside that he put away the metal piece with Chi Hao's aura and walked towards the location of the mother tree.
The grain store's promotion of exchanging brown rice for blue betel leaves has started again.
The grain exchange was good yesterday. If he hadn't stopped it in time, the 1,300 kilograms of brown rice would probably have been sold out.
However, considering that Xiao Risheng might not be able to summon the mysterious merchant every day, Lan Yunqing stopped in time.
Sure enough, the mysterious businessman did not show up last night.
So Chi Hao was right. They couldn't rely too much on the mysterious businessman. They still needed to cultivate the land and grow more food.
This is something the Lanhu people have never attempted before, and they have already opened up two plots of land near the lake.
One piece of land is used to grow brown rice, and the other piece is used to grow wild vegetable seedlings collected from other places. Whether the planting will be successful still needs to be explored slowly.
Thinking of this, Lan Yunqing looked up at the mountains in the distance.
That is Mount Kyoho. I heard there is a fairly prosperous market town on the top of the mountain. I wonder if the growers there are very experienced?
As the manager of the town, with Qingmu Fort behind him, he should also have a satellite phone, right?
It's a pity that he didn't know the manager's contact number, otherwise they could have a conversation...
Thinking of this, Lan Yunqing realized something and quickly took out Chi Hao's metal piece again. He turned over the back and saw a string of numbers engraved on it.
He smiled with joy, but the smile soon faded.
Lan Yunqing turned back to look in the direction Chi Hao had left. The wasteland was fraught with danger, and every farewell could be a farewell forever, so...
Will they really never see each other again?
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Zhou Qi took out the blue beard leaves that Chi Hao had put into his personal storage and gave them to Tang Yu'an for safekeeping.
"We have more and more blue beard leaves!"
"If what Brother Chihao said is true, then we should be able to have more leaves next time."
Tang Yu'an nodded, thought for a moment and said, "I wonder if Gan Lin would be interested in blue beard leaves besides water?"
The reason why it is dry near Yanlong Fort is because of the high temperature. If the temperature can be lowered, perhaps the water can be preserved from being lost.
"Well, blue beard leaves might also improve his survivability."
If the body temperature can be maintained at a normal level, the water consumption will not be so great and water can be saved.
"Hehe, I hope the Fire Stone can really come in handy."
This way they don't need to redeem charcoal, saving points and avoiding over-reliance on the system.
"It's time for class." Zhou Qi looked at his watch and said.
They hadn't studied yet in the morning because they had to deal with the Kyoho Grocery Store. Now that they had some free time, they naturally had to make the most of it.
"All right……"
Tang Yu'an nodded obediently, went to the study room in Room 901, took out the printed color textbooks and exercise books and placed them on the table, then clicked to enter the course.
He chose the younger version of Teacher Xiaotong.
This "Teacher Xiaotong" is about 25 years old. He has a bright smile, a lively personality, and his lectures are particularly vivid and interesting.
Compared with the same-age version of "Teacher Tongtong", the content of his lectures is more in-depth and the difficulty is also increased.
As for Zhou Qi, he chose the veteran teacher version of "Professor Tong".
From his title, you can tell how difficult this old professor's lectures are. He quotes from classics and talks about a lot of relevant extracurricular knowledge.
After they study seriously, they often forget that the person teaching them is actually a holographic image, not a real teacher.
From this point of view, the course fee of 10 points is really a good deal.
While studying, two hours passed by unknowingly.
After concentrating for two hours, Tang Yu'an finally couldn't help but start to daydream. After he was distracted three times, Teacher Xiaotong stopped teaching.
Tang Yu'an scratched his head and decided to take a rest first.
He casually opened the map and took a look, then he found something wrong.
Turning his head to look at the door, he saw Kang Kang squatting there at some point, sticking his little head out and looking at him.
Tang Yu'an glanced at Zhou Qi who was concentrating, then stood up and tiptoed to the door.
He made a gesture to Kang Kang to keep quiet.
Kang Kang covered his mouth with his little hands.
Tang Yu'an pointed in the direction of the living room, then tiptoed towards the living room. Kang Kang, who was lagging behind, also followed his tiptoeing ways.
The two of them came to the living room with a sense of stealth, and then they relaxed.
"Kang Kang, what do you want to talk to me about?"
I took him and Lily upstairs to play a trading game before, and after lifting the ban on them, I didn't reset it, so Kang Kang and Lily could both come to the 9th floor.
Kang Kang ran to the door and brought over a small flower pot.
"Liangliang Nuannuan, I'm hungry... I need soil! Lots of soil!" He tried hard to express his meaning.
Tang Yu'an looked at the blue beard seedling in the flowerpot. Only then did he react and asked, "Liangliang Nuannuan, is that the name of this little guy?"
"Yeah!" Kang Kang nodded.
“…”
Although it is quite appropriate, this name... is indeed unexpected.
Tang Yu'an thought for a moment and said, "How about we call it October from now on?"
"October?" Kang Kang looked at him confusedly.
"Yes." Tang Yu'an nodded with a smile, "October is the golden autumn, a season of cool and warm weather."
Although Kang Kang didn't quite understand, he thought the name sounded nice, so he nodded vigorously: "Yeah! October! I like it!"
Tang Yu'an touched his head and looked at the blue beech tree seedling in the flowerpot.
"If it needs soil, can it be planted in the yard?"
After all, October is a tree. It will not grow big if planted in a flowerpot. It can only thrive if planted in the soil.
"Okay." Kang Kang also agreed.
So Tang Yu'an said something to Zhou Qi on the message board, then went downstairs holding the flowerpot in one hand and Kang Kang in the other.
There is strength in numbers. The 1,000 square meters of land that was opened up in the morning has now been cleared and planted with potatoes.
It rained last night and there were a lot of clouds in the sky. It was gloomy but there was sunshine, which was exactly the weather that Potato liked best.
Looking at the lush potato sprouts, one feels happy.
The brick kiln has started operating, with wisps of green smoke wafting out. Around the kiln, several earth-type mutants are constantly converting ordinary mud into clay.
Ordinary people without special powers add the clay and mix it, then quickly put it into the mold and compact it.
After demolding, it was handed over to several fire-type psychics. After they dried all the moisture in the clay and turned it into bricks, they carefully placed it aside.
The entire assembly line has a clear division of labor and is quite efficient.
Tang Yu'an also saw a fireball among them. His control over the flames was obviously not as good as that of the new adults, but he still tried very hard.
This might be a good way for him to practice.
Tang Yu'an didn't go over to disturb them. He took Kang Kang's hand and walked to the other side. After turning the corner, he saw the land that had been opened up before.
Because of the great consumption of fertilizer, it has been temporarily shelved. The fermented feces have been buried and it is currently recovering.
They continued walking forward and after turning another corner, they saw a landscape pond that had been converted into a fish pond.
Kang Kang let go of Tang Yu'an's hand, ran to the edge of the pond to look at the fish in the water, then pointed at the lotus leaves and said, "Yuanyuan!"
It seems that he has also given this green lotus a name, but I don’t know if this lotus will mutate in the future.
"Once Yuanyuan grows for a year, we will probably be able to eat lotus roots." Tang Yu'an said with a smile.
"Lotus root? Delicious?"
“Of course it’s delicious.”
After getting a positive answer, Kang Kang's eyes lit up and he looked at the lotus leaves of all sizes on the water with anticipation.
Finally, they planted the blue hu saplings on the land next to the pond.
Tang Yu'an surrounded the blue beech tree seedlings with a fence and then set it as a restricted area. No one except him, Zhou Qi, Kang Kang and Grandma Guo could enter.
He originally wanted to use a brick wall, which would also block other people's sight.
However, Kang Kang said that it was not lively enough and Shi Yue didn't like it, so he had to replace it with a fence.
The blueberry seedlings that were transferred to the soil have their leaves spread out, swaying gently in the wind, exuding a joyful mood.
Kang Kang watered it, then squatted beside it, watching with a smile, and muttering something to the sapling.
Tang Yu'an listened curiously for a while, but really didn't understand, so he took out a small stool and sat next to it.
There is a gentle breeze, and it is rare to feel such a pleasant temperature during the day.
He pulled out a piece of grass and made a grasshopper for Kang Kang. Then he looked at the blue beech sapling and asked, "Should we move Liangliang and Qingliangguo outside as well?"
Kang Kang shook his head.
"Liangliang wants it dark, Guoguo wants it hot!"
Tang Yu'an thought about it and roughly understood what he meant. That is to say, the mutated lantern fruit likes dark environments, and the cool fruit likes warm or even hot environments?
This may be related to their growth environment.
The house where Granny Guo and Kang Kang used to live had no windows and the indoor light was very dim, so the glowing mutant lantern fruit was born.
The cooling fruit was cultivated by Kang Kang to resist the hot weather, so it is normal for it to like heat and warmth.
Tang Yu'an thought about it and said, "Then let's plant Liangliang on the first floor."
Since no one lives in the rooms on the first floor anyway, one of them can be used as a cultivation room for mutant lantern fruits. All the windows can be sealed to create an environment that the mutant lantern fruits like.
"Well, okay!" Kang Kang happily agreed to Tang Yu'an's proposal.
So they left the yard and went to the first floor to choose, and soon found a house that satisfied Kang Kang.
Tang Yu'an set up a ban on this house as well, and then removed the cement floor to expose the underground soil layer.
After transferring the mutated lantern fruit into the soil and burying its roots, Tang Yu'an sealed the windows in the room.
Because it was cloudy, the light was not very good, and after closing the windows, I could only see the outline of things.
Tang Yu'an glanced at the lonely mutant lantern fruit tree and couldn't help asking Kang Kang, "Will Liangliang be too lonely? Should we plant some more plants to keep him company?"
Kang Kang shook his head again.
"No, Liangliang likes to be alone!"
So the mutant lantern fruit is a social phobia? Tang Yu'an smiled and said, "Then let's go out."
"good!"
Kang Kang waved to the mutant lantern fruit, then left with Tang Yu'an.
In the dim light, the mutated lantern fruit stretched out its branches and leaves. It had been wilting since it arrived at Store No. 1, but now it finally stood up.
It greedily absorbed nutrients from the soil, repaired its previously damaged body, and slowly sprouted new buds.
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Linhai Town, Guanyu Village.
Under the scorching sun, the whale collected the white crystals from the last salt pit into a clay pot, and then carried the salt pot on its back.
In addition to the children who had been there before, there were two or three more adults around him, who were digging a hole on the ground.
"Haijing, are you going back?"
"Well, it's too hot, you should go back too." said Haijing.
"Okay! I'll bring the kids to you later to exchange for rice!"
Hai Jing nodded without saying anything else and walked towards the village in silence. Before he reached home, he saw his daughter sitting at the door waiting for him.
A smile appeared on his face, and his heavy steps became lighter.
"dad!"
"Well, are you hungry? Daddy will go cook."
He put down the salt shaker, went to the yard to get some dried goods that were drying in the sun, and then went into the house to cook porridge.
These dry goods are naturally exchanged for brown rice.
He now opens his shop every afternoon to let people exchange things, so as soon as they finished their meal, someone came over with a salt shaker.
Haijing glanced at the salt tank in the corner.
These two salt jars, each of which can hold about 200 kilograms of salt, are now completely full. There is really no more room, so I had to take a piece of plastic film and stack it next to it.
This plastic film is obtained from dismantling down quilts. It is of very good quality and can be recycled.
Haijing could only pray that the mysterious merchant would appear in his daughter's dream again tonight, otherwise his house would be unable to hold so much salt.
He decided to charge less salt per person today.
Before, he collected about ten kilograms from each person, but now he only collects half of that - after all, he collects it per person, and a family with a large number of people has to take out fifty or sixty kilograms at a time, and he probably doesn't have that much stock.
Anyway, it's still profitable as long as we collect five kilograms of salt from each person.
When others asked why it was so much cheaper today, Haijing simply said, "The price is different every day. It might be less today, but more tomorrow."
Because he was running a "monopoly" business, the villagers naturally had no choice but to accept it.
While selling rice, Haijing naturally did not forget to sell his down quilts.
He had experimented with his daughter yesterday and found that a down quilt requires at least 16 kilograms of salt to make a profit, so he decided to sell it at 20 kilograms of salt per quilt.
After taking compulsory first-grade math classes, he finally learned to count.
So he knew that the mysterious businessman gave his daughter 18 down quilts, and there were a total of 18 households in their village.
The adult's meaning was self-evident, so Haijing also tried his best to sell this quilt with excellent warmth retention effect to every household.
The nights at the seaside are very cold. The moist sea breeze will penetrate through the cracks in the house, bringing people a bone-chilling cold.
With a down quilt, nights are naturally much better.
Those who bought the first ticket yesterday wanted to exchange it for a second one today, but were rejected by Haijing.
Seeing how effective the down quilts were, other people also started asking to buy them from Haijing. By the evening, they were all sold out!
Haijing's house is also filled with plastic bags filled with sea salt.
Hai Jing looked at the floor with nowhere to step on and felt that this was not a solution. He looked at his daughter and said, "Hai Lan, let's build a big house, okay?"
"OK!"
Looking at his daughter's happy smile, Haijing also smiled.
He thought about it and opened the message board.
【Cloud Eagle】: Today is a happy day^^
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Tang Yu'an also felt very happy, because...
[Merchant level reaches lv16. Whole wheat flour, scallops, rulers, printing paper, and thermos cups are now available for exchange in the mall. For details, please visit the "Wholesale Market"]
[Portable storage slot +1, total slots: 20]
[The time for displaying goods in the plane store window is extended to 72 hours, the number of goods that can be displayed is increased by 1, and the current number of goods that can be displayed is 3]
[Teleportation skill upgraded to level 15, details can be found in "Skills"]
[Daily Task Refresh Card +1]
【Please select the delivery address...】
Thanks to the unremitting efforts of Haijing and No.1 Store employees, Tang Yu'an was promoted to the next level again!
And among the products unlocked this time, there is even a thermos cup!
Although the effect is certainly not as good as that of an automatic water storage thermos, it is still suitable for residents to use as an ordinary cup.
Moreover, the specifications and sizes of this thermos can be selected, and even the height, weight and body shape can be adjusted by yourself, which is very user-friendly.
There was a new empty space in the plane window. Tang Yu'an thought for a moment and then hung the blue beard leaf there.
Such magical leaves should have no trouble selling, right?
Tang Yu'an glanced at his points balance: 53395, then opened the plane store and started browsing with confidence.
Although the Jufeng Grocery Store is now closed, Haijing's performance is very stable, with more than 10,000 points earned basically every day.
So Tang Yu'an didn't have too much psychological pressure.
He bought the breadfruit that he had set his eyes on before. This kind of breadfruit, which costs 1,000 points each, can be grown in arid areas and is very suitable for the environment of Yanlong Castle.
Unfortunately, one breadfruit can only grow into one fruit tree. If you want to plant it on a large scale, it will cost a lot of money. Tang Yu'an does not plan to plant too many for the time being.
At this time, a new window popped up.
[Medium-grade Spirit Gathering Grass: 100 points/plant]
Tang Yu'an bought it immediately and looked at the owner of the window. Sure enough, it was Gu Qianli again.
He still has only one showcase, so after all this time, his level hasn't been raised to lv11 yet?
Tang Yu'an shook his head.
He remembered that the message function was also unlocked at level 11. Now he wanted to remind Gu Qianli that there was nothing he could do since he sold his products too cheaply.
At this time, he and Zhou Qi had returned to the attic of Ping'an Grocery Store, and Zhou Qi went downstairs to cook dinner.
Tang Yu'an took out the newly bought medium-grade spirit gathering grass.
This spirit-gathering grass is obviously stronger than before, and its leaves are greener, with a faint green aura flowing through it. I guess it's more effective in condensing wood-type spiritual energy, right?
Just as he was about to go downstairs to share the good news with Zhou Qi, he noticed that the window of the dream bottle seemed to move unusually.
Seeing the light flickering in the small window, he hurried over.
The "Dream Message in a Bottle" you sent has returned successfully. Please open the Dream Sea and retrieve it.
The message in a bottle that went to another dimension has returned!
Looking at the gray-blue message in a bottle floating in the sea of dreams, Tang Yu'an blinked.
Is it the same bottle as before?
He called Zhou Qi up, then opened the bottle. A bright light floated out, and at the same time, a strange boy's voice sounded.
"Your name is Mysterious Merchant? What a strange name!"
"I'm Langze! I want to eat potato chips~"
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