Chapter 164
Lao Mo actually thought of digging a well to store water. This would not only reduce water evaporation, but also be concealed and not easily discovered by outsiders.
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi were naturally willing to cooperate.
but……
"Isn't your place a desert? Can you dig a well?" Tang Yu'an asked curiously.
"No, we are not in a desert here."
There used to be a large city near Yanlong Fort, and three rivers passed through it. However, because of the appearance of the fire dragon, all the surface water has evaporated.
Now the fortress and the people living nearby basically rely on groundwater for survival.
Rain will only fall when the fire dragon is dormant, so their place is just dry, but not a desert, so there is no problem in digging wells.
"How long will it take?" Tang Yu'an asked.
"We'll have it built as soon as possible, and it should be ready by the time of the next transaction!"
"Okay." Tang Yu'an nodded.
Gan Lin couldn't help but feel delighted, and then he said respectfully, "By the way, Lao Mo asked me to say hello to you on his behalf."
Ever since Lao Mo accepted the recruitment of the mysterious businessman, he asked Gan Lin in detail about the situation in the dream.
Then he expressed his dissatisfaction with Gan Lin's contemptuous attitude. Under his serious education, Gan Lin also realized that he was too casual when facing the mysterious businessman.
He couldn't lose his respect for the mysterious businessman just because of his kindness and easygoing nature, otherwise he would be disliked by this great man sooner or later.
After all, this adult not only has the ability to communicate with him in dreams, but can also recruit Lao Mo and send them precious supplies through the air.
Such ability is simply unheard of!
Hearing Gan Lin's words, Tang Yu'an didn't take it seriously and just responded casually: "Well, he did a good job."
The one he just recruited last night has now been promoted to level 2, and has brought him more than 600 points.
This Lao Mo is definitely a potential stock!
"What do you want to change today?" Tang Yu'an asked.
Gan Lin seemed to swallow, then said firmly, "These fire stones are presented to you as a gift. I hope you can appear in my dream tomorrow as scheduled and bring us a flood."
Tang Yu'an couldn't help but be surprised. He scratched his head and looked at Zhou Qi beside him.
I have to say that Lao Mo is a good person. He is worthy of being an old man who has survived from the catastrophe to the present. Every one of them is really extraordinary.
Zhou Qi nodded towards Tang Yu'an.
Since it is a gift, there is nothing wrong with them accepting it. After all, they are indeed preparing to send a heavy flood.
Tang Yu'an didn't think so.
They are very wealthy now, while Gan Lin and the others are still in dire straits. He cannot feel at ease just accepting the Fire Stone that they have worked so hard to find.
So he thought for a moment and said, "I accept your gift, but tomorrow you must remember the capacity of the well... Do you know how to measure it?"
"Lao Mo should know." Gan Lin said.
Tang Yu'an nodded. If Lao Mo didn't know, he would discuss the relevant math problems on the message board tomorrow.
However, from his conversation with Gan Lin, he could feel that Gan Lin had much more experience than the children and even adults in the deserted city.
This may be because he lived near Yanlong Fort and was influenced by it since childhood, so he knew more.
"I was originally planning to send a large amount of water over at once. Since you have dug a well, I will send almost the same amount of water into the well." Tang Yu'an said.
Gan Lin was stunned when he heard this. "You mean, in the future you can..."
Tang Yu'an hummed, "It depends on the situation. I should be able to send you at least another well of water."
Once he finishes building the reservoir tomorrow, he'll be able to store water, which should allow for at least one more delivery.
After the analysis conducted by Xiaoqige and him, Tang Yu'an also understood that it was unrealistic to expect rain in Yanlong Fort. Sending too much water would bring trouble to Gan Lin and Lao Mo.
Since they have dug a well, we should send almost all the well water over there. This is both safe and avoids waste.
"That's great! I really don't know how to thank you!" There was even a hint of tears in Gan Lin's voice.
In this world, apart from Lao Mo, the mysterious businessman is the only one who treats him so well. Although the mysterious businessman's electronic voice is very mechanical, he feels particularly cordial when listening to it.
"No need to thank me, just live your life well and find more Fire Stones to exchange for supplies."
"Okay, I understand..."
Because of sobbing, Gan Lin's dream became obviously unstable, and the system began to count down.
Tang Yu'an had no choice but to say hurriedly: "Before you go to bed tomorrow, remember to throw the Fire Stone into the bottom of the well so that I can send water into the well. Remember!"
[You completed a transaction with a dream wisher, experience points +6, points +1260, dream fragment +1]
[You obtained 42 kilograms of Fire Stone]
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In a collapsed building near Yanlong Castle.
Gan Lin woke up crying and saw Lao Mo looking at him worriedly.
He was stunned, realized that he was crying, and quickly raised his hand to wipe away his tears.
"You little bastard, what's wrong with you? The communication with that adult in the dream...is not going smoothly?" Lao Mo asked a little nervously.
Gan Lin recalled and shook his head, "No, it went very smoothly."
Then he told Lao Mo about his conversation with the mysterious businessman, including the mysterious businessman's final instructions, which he also explained clearly.
Lao Mo couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"In that case, why are you crying? You almost scared me to death." He shook his head and said.
Gan Lin pursed his lips and turned away, saying, "I, I just feel that the gentleman is too good to us... I can't help it..."
Lao Mo looked at Gan Lin, sighed, and then said, "Since you think so, you must remember what I said. Always be respectful and obey the instructions of that adult."
"Okay, okay, I know it without you telling me!"
Seeing that he was being too talkative, Lao Mo scolded him and patted his head, then said, "Stop talking and come over to help dig the well!"
Since the adult said that he could give them the same amount of water, the deeper the well is, the better!
He took Gan Lin and climbed into the next room, where Shazi and Luo Xiaolei, another helper Lao Mo had found, were digging a well together under the light of the fire dragon.
This area is full of collapsed buildings like this, so there are not many people hiding.
Digging a well in a room can improve its concealment. As long as the guards are strengthened, there is no need to worry about being robbed.
However, Shazi and Luo Xiaolei didn't quite understand Lao Mo's intention. When they heard Lao Mo asking them to dig a well, they just thought that Lao Mo was mentally ill.
If water from the underground river could be dug here, it would have been occupied long ago and there wouldn't be so few people living here.
However, they had already boarded the pirate ship, and it was really unreasonable to go back just after leaving. What's more, Lao Mo still had water and food.
You are paying someone to help them get rid of disasters. Since Lao Mo has already paid the reward, there is nothing wrong with completing the task according to his requirements.
So despite their confusion, the two of them did as they were told.
It is worth mentioning that Luo Xiaolei is an earth-type ability user. Although not very strong, she still has the ability to dig a well.
This is also the reason why Lao Mo listened to Gan Lin's words last night and changed his plan to find her first today.
He hired Luo Xiaolei, not recruited her. After all, she was an earth-type ability user and her value was slightly higher. Shazi also understood this.
He could be said to be Lao Mo's confidant... But when Lao Mo asked him to dig a well, he really felt that this confidant was unnecessary!
"Thank you for your hard work." Lao Mo said seriously, "We must dig this well before tomorrow night!"
The sand was only dug to a depth of about two meters. Because the soil was hardened and had no moisture, it took a lot of effort to dig it up.
Luo Xiaolei next to her was using the stones from the building to make a well ring.
Without these isolated well rings, no matter how much water there is, it will be absorbed by the surrounding dry soil and easily collapse. In that case, the well will be dug in vain.
Fortunately, there is Luo Xiaolei, an earth-type ability user, otherwise this well circle would be very difficult to deal with.
"The deeper the well is dug, the better. You will know the benefits tomorrow night." Lao Mo and Gan Lin also joined in the digging.
Shazi and Luo Xiaolei didn't quite believe it, but they didn't say much and just worked hard.
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Ping An Grocery Store, attic.
There are 45 fire stones in 42 jins. In addition to putting them on the kang for residents to use, there are also some left that can be placed in the communication room.
Tang Yu'an nodded with satisfaction, then went to the dream sea and took out a bright drifting bottle.
Soon, Xiao Hailan's voice was heard in the attic.
"Great and benevolent mysterious merchant, you haven't appeared in my dreams for a long time. If you can hear my call, please respond to me..."
The corner of Tang Yu'an's mouth twitched.
How could he not show up in a long time?! They just traded the day before yesterday, and he even exchanged a bunch of things for her!
Tang Yu'an coughed lightly and said, "Well, I'm here."
"Mysterious Merchant!" Xiao Hailan exclaimed in surprise, "Great, you appear in my dream again."
"How have you been these past two days?" Tang Yu'an asked.
"Dad was very happy to receive the supplies you sent us. He made a lot of food that I had never eaten before. It was really delicious!"
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi knew this, because although Hai Jing didn't recognize those ingredients, there was a message board where they could ask.
Zhou Qi told him several methods, and it seemed that he put them into practice very well.
"That white milk tastes really good!" Xiao Hailan said, "but it's not easy to preserve. We only drank half of it, and the rest has turned sour today..."
"Don't drink it if it's sour!" Tang Yu'an said hurriedly, "You'll have diarrhea if you drink it."
"But Dad has already drunk it..." Little Hailan said weakly.
Tang Yu'an was stunned, "Is he okay?"
"He seems to be okay..." At least before Xiao Hailan fell asleep, she didn't notice anything wrong with her father.
"Maybe I'm just lucky, so I'm fine." Tang Yu'an said seriously, "Anyway, you must not eat spoiled food in the future, understand?"
"Okay, I understand." Xiao Hailan responded obediently.
Fortunately, Haijing only drank it himself and did not give it to his daughter. Children have weak stomachs and cannot be as tolerant as adults.
"Do you have anything you want to trade today?" Tang Yu'an asked.
"No, we haven't finished eating the food at home yet." Xiao Hailan paused, then said, "Dad seems to want something that can be kept fresh."
"He said if it can't be kept fresh, the food at home will have to be disposed of as soon as possible."
Hearing Xiao Hailan say this, Tang Yu'an couldn't help but laugh. Now he has low-temperature cloth, which can perfectly solve this problem!
As the temperature has dropped in Huangcheng, the problem of keeping fresh food is not so serious, but it is still very necessary in Linhai Town.
Especially for fishermen who make a living by fishing at sea, how to keep food from spoiling is probably a huge problem.
"How much salt do you have at home now?" Tang Yu'an asked.
"a lot of!"
Little Hailan couldn't give an exact number, she just said, "Every day people bring salt to Dad to exchange for rice, and Dad also dries the salt on the beach."
"Please take all my salt! There's too much!"
Because the big house has not been built yet, Haijing's hut is now full of things. It is already very crowded when there is too much salt, and now the mysterious merchant has sent a lot of supplies. Little Hailan feels like there is no place to step.
Although she likes the feeling of having things piled up at home, but...
That’s really too much salt!
When she thought about how much salt would be delivered to her house tomorrow, Xiao Hailan really hoped that the mysterious businessman could take away all the salt in her house.
Hearing Xiao Hailan being so anxious, Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi couldn't help but laugh.
This wasteland world is really a drought, drought to death, flood to death! Fortunately, they have the dream bottle, so they can trade goods without traveling around.
"Then I'll trade you 20 sheets of low-temperature cloth and five sets of constant-temperature clothing for all the salt in your house."
Although Xiao Hailan didn't understand what low-temperature cloth and constant temperature clothes were, she readily agreed to the deal.
then……
You completed a profitable trade with a Dream Wisher, earning +38,375 points, +6 experience points, and +1 dream fragment.
[You obtained 1683 kilograms of sea salt]
Another thousand pounds of salt! Since this transaction didn't require redemption from the system, I didn't have points deducted twice.
Therefore, Tang Yu'an's points balance once again exceeded 120,000!
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Linhai Town, Guanyu Village.
Hai Jing did not fall asleep. He stayed by his daughter's side. When he saw the salt in the house disappear out of thin air again, he knew that his daughter had met the mysterious businessman again tonight.
This time again there was not a grain of salt left.
He couldn't help but sigh that such power was truly magical. No matter how many times he had witnessed it, he could never treat it normally.
God knows how surprised he was when the food that took up half of the room appeared the night before.
Among these things, he only recognized dried squid. As for dried scallops... although he recognized that they were processed from scallops and dried scallops, to be honest, it was the first time he had seen such seafood.
A full 5 kilograms of dried scallops, how many scallops must be processed from it!
These fishermen basically eat the scallops they catch on the same day, and only the sea fish are pickled and dried for preservation.
Even if you catch a mutant scallop, a scallop as big as a fist can be eaten in one meal.
Fresh dried scallops are particularly delicious, much more tasty than sea fish. Sea Whale actually likes to eat them, so he was quite happy to receive these two seafood products.
After all, the sea is very dangerous, so he doesn't go out to sea now.
Because of the brown rice he sells, the villagers are also increasing their frequency of going out to sea, so the amount of seafood is also decreasing.
This is a good thing. Too many people have died in their village this year and they cannot bear any more losses.
But eating only brown rice is indeed too monotonous. It would be great if we could buy seafood from the mysterious merchant.
Because he was worried about them going bad, he only kept one pound for himself and traded the rest of the scallops.
He didn't know how many points this scallop was worth, but he bought it at the price of ten kilograms of salt and still made a profit by selling it together with brown rice.
Four pounds of dried scallops, each person bought a little and they were gone quickly.
Haijing thought about the half bottle of rotten milk today and considered whether he should sell other food as well.
However, he thought he should first take a look at the items his daughter had traded today.
He stood up and walked to the salt tank. He looked inside and found a rolled-up pile of cloth and several sets of clothes.
Today the mysterious merchant sent me clothes...
Haijing's eyes lit up. Both he and his daughter's clothes were very worn out, and he was still wondering when to go to town to change into two sets of clothes.
He picked up the clothes, and as soon as he touched them he felt the difference.
It was already late at night and the temperature was very low. His hands were icy, but the clothes felt very warm to the touch.
He couldn't wait to tear off his tattered clothes and put on the new clothes.
So warm!
How can it be so warm when it's made of thin fabric? It's just as warm as a down quilt!
At this time, Xiao Hailan rubbed her eyes and sat up from the bed.
Haijing quickly took out a new dress and put it on his daughter. Although it was very loose, it could be tied with a rope and the sleeves could be rolled up.
"It's so warm!" Xiao Hailan said happily.
"Yes, this was given to us by a mysterious businessman." said Haijing.
"Ohhh, it's constant temperature clothing!"
"There are such magical things in the world..." Haijing sighed and stuffed his daughter back into the quilt.
"Sleep well, thank you for your hard work."
"Dad, I'm not tired at all..." Little Hailan quickly fell into a daze, "I want to sleep with you..."
"good."
Haijing also lay down in the quilt and soon fell asleep with his daughter.
The next day, when the father and daughter finished breakfast and Haijing was about to go out to dig pits and dry salt, they were surprised to discover the wonders of this constant temperature clothing.
Although it was still morning, the temperature at the beach was already very high at this time.
However, the whales not only did not feel hot, but also felt very comfortable. This feeling became more obvious as the sun rose higher.
Although the top of my head was still very hot from the sun, the heat became bearable because of the coolness coming from my clothes.
So this suit not only keeps you warm at night, but also keeps you cool during the day!
Haijing thought of the cloth in the salt tank and finally couldn't help it. He finished his morning work early after digging a salt pit.
He hurried home and took out the cloth from the salt tank.
He felt the difference the moment he put it in his hands. If the clothes on his body felt cool, then these fabrics were ice cold!
He had never felt such coldness during the day.
Hai Jing stroked the cloths repeatedly and found that each one gave him the same feeling. When his daughter gave the same feedback, he couldn't help but show ecstasy on his face.
He quickly took a piece of cloth and wrapped up all the food in the house.
If one piece of cloth is not enough, use two. Anyway, the mysterious merchant gave them 20 pieces last night!
Haijing looked at his daughter and said happily, "Lanlan, next time you can exchange it with that adult for the milk you like."
"But milk spoils easily. The gentleman said that sour milk is not drinkable."
"No need to worry anymore. We don't have to worry about food going bad the next day anymore."
Haijing stroked his daughter's head, his smile never so bright.
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Deserted City, Ping'an Grocery Store No. 3.
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi stood on the top of the swimming pool, looking at the reservoir below that was already filled with water, with happy smiles on their faces.
Originally they planned to build a reservoir outside the main store, but this would easily expose the existence of the main store after the flood receded.
A 60m x 60m square is not small. Although the main store is closed and outsiders cannot see what is inside, anyone who works in the Huangcheng Grocery Store can guess what is going on here.
So after much deliberation, they decided to build a reservoir outside the swimming pool.
Anyway, the swimming pool is a breeding base, and it has already been exposed to Grandpa Li, so it doesn’t matter if other people know about it.
Grandpa Li's idea was indeed correct. By using the fence and the advance and retreat of the protective barrier, the reservoir was easily filled with water.
Of course, because the water level in the swimming pool is already ten meters high, Tang Yu'an was worried that the water pressure would destroy the brick wall, so he carefully chose a concrete wall.
So he spent 24,000 points and owned this 10,800 cubic meter reservoir.
And because this reservoir is directly connected to the swimming pool and is part of the store, the water in the reservoir can also be directly called up using the item list function!
In this way, there is no need to worry about not being able to provide water to Kosona, and Ganlin can also give them more water.
Tang Yu'an took out an automatic water storage thermos and looked at the turbid water in the reservoir. He hesitated for a moment, but still threw the thermos in directly.
Anyway, when the time comes, he can use the item list function to take it, and the thermos cup in his hand will still be clean.
The capacity of the thermos is now as high as 10 cubic meters. I don’t know how many days it will take to absorb it fully...
Tang Yu'an shook his head, and after practicing today's wind blade technique, he went to set up the communication room with Zhou Qi.
Before going to bed at night, they immediately retrieved Gan Lin's message in the bottle.
"Sir, we have dug the well!" said Gan Lin.
“What’s the approximate capacity?”
"Lao Mo said it should be 8 cubic meters."
Tang Yu'an glanced at the message board. Zhou Qi had already given a rough estimate - a cylinder with a diameter of 1 meter and a height of 10 meters is approximately 7.85 cubic meters.
A 10-meter well is not considered shallow.
So Tang Yu'an nodded and completed the deal with Gan Lin.
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Near Yanlong Fort, next to the wellhead.
"Lao Mo, what exactly do you want us to see?" Shazi looked at Lao Mo with resentment on his exhausted face.
He hadn't had a good rest for two days and one night! He worked all night digging a well last night, took a nap this morning, and was called up to dig again.
He looked at Gan Lin who was sleeping beside him, his face full of envy.
Luo Xiaolei was staring at the wellhead. She wanted to see what tricks Lao Mo was playing.
This well not only has an isolated well ring, but the bottom is also sealed with stones. How can water come out of such a well?
When Shazi finally couldn't stand it anymore and was about to go to bed, Luo Xiaolei suddenly widened her eyes and stood up.
“Crash—”
Shazi followed her gaze and saw that water was actually overflowing from the newly dug well, flowing all over the ground in an instant.
He rubbed his eyes hard and found that he was not mistaken.
Luo Xiaolei had already rushed to the well before him and stretched out her hand in disbelief.
When she tasted the clear and clean water in her hands, she looked a little dazed and stared blankly at the sand.
He also walked to the well and looked at the well that they had spent a day and a night digging, which had now become a water well.
"It's water...it's really water..." He looked at the water on the ground and spoke incoherently.
Luo Xiaolei couldn't help but look at Lao Mo. At this moment, this skinny old man suddenly became unfathomable in her eyes.
"Lao Mo, what's going on?"
Lao Mo chuckled, "Didn't you see everything just now?"
Luo Xiaolei pursed her lips. Yes, she saw it just now. The water in the well appeared out of thin air!
She just blinked her eyes, and the well was full, and the water rose above the wellhead, then spilled all over the ground in an instant.
Looking at the water flowing on the ground, she felt her heart bleeding.
Seeing her distress, Lao Mo smiled again and said, "Don't worry, we will have more water in the future."
"So what is this..."
"Haha, can't you see it?" Lao Mo raised his hands high, his eyes full of fanaticism.
“Of course this is a miracle!”
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