Chapter 174
Tang Yu'an excitedly opened the lottery interface.
Although the probability of getting good things will decrease as the number of draws increases, it is still a super fun thing to draw a lottery!
After he clicked on the lottery, he stared at the lucky wheel, praying in his heart for good things like skills and props.
Congratulations! You've earned 888 points.
Ah, although this number of points is quite a lot, he is not short of points now!
Tang Yu'an continued to click on the lottery, three times in a row, all of which were points, and one of them was only 10 points!
"Brother Xiaoqi, it seems like my luck has run out..." The young man said with a sad face.
"It's okay, good stuff will be out soon." Zhou Qi said calmly.
Tang Yu'an finally gathered himself together and clicked on the lottery again, silently saying in his heart that anything would be fine as long as it wasn't points!
[Congratulations! You've acquired the special skill "Light Blessing Level 1"]
Wow!
"Brother Xiaoqi, something really good has appeared!" Tang Yu'an swept away his previous depression, "I got another skill."
Zhou Qi: ...
Get used to it :)
"What skill is it this time?" he asked.
Tang Yu'an took a look and said, "It's a light-based technique, called Light Protection Technique."
He opened the skill list.
【Light Blessing Level 1】
Attributes: Magical skills.
Level 1 effect: Can impose a barrier formed by the power of light on the target to withstand a fatal attack.
Limitation: Can be used 3 times per day.
Today's remaining: 3
After listening to Tang Yu'an's recitation, Zhou Qi's eyes lit up. "It's defensive magic. It can also resist fatal attacks. This skill is very powerful!"
Although it can only be used three times a day, compared to the one-hour cooldown of Wind Blade, Light of Protection is more practical.
If you can withstand three fatal attacks in battle, that means three chances to save your life!
It’s worthy of being a skill that I drew out after four attempts!
and……
"An An, you may have talent in light in addition to wind." Zhou Qi said seriously.
Currently, all the skills that Tang Yu'an has drawn, except for the merchant skills such as telekinesis, the others - light body skills, floating skills, flying skills and wind blades are all wind-related.
Purification and Blessing should be classified as light-based.
Tang Yu'an scratched his head, "Is that so?"
He didn't seem to feel anything, and the psychic stones they had obtained so far only contained gold, wood, water, fire, earth, wind and thunder, and there seemed to be no light-type ones.
Zhou Qi nodded: "It's very likely. If you feel it more when performing the Purification and Light Protection spells, you may be able to comprehend more uses of the power of light."
Just like the flying technique, after half a year of practice, he and An An can perform it freely without relying on the system.
"Okay, I'll try it later!"
Afterwards, Tang Yu'an decided to finish lunch before drawing the lottery.
"How many times are left?" Zhou Qi asked.
"Three times."
Based on previous lottery experience, there will definitely be two out of three times that need to be cushioned, and consecutive draws are not as good as single draws.
Listening to Tang Yu'an's mumbling, Zhou Qi felt complicated and could only be thankful that the person bound to the lottery was not him.
After finishing his meal, Tang Yu'an opened the Lucky Wheel again and clicked on the draw.
[No prizes were won, thank you for participating]
!!!
This is the first time there isn't even a consolation prize!
Tang Yu'an was not depressed at all. Instead, he said excitedly, "Brother Xiaoqi, it's time to ship it out!"
Zhou Qi also became nervous because of what he said.
Is this possible? After just drawing a skill as incredible as Light Blessing, another big item comes out?
Tang Yu'an rubbed his hands, his face flushed with excitement. He took a deep breath and clicked on the lottery.
The lucky wheel's pointer kept spinning, and finally stopped at...
[Congratulations! You've received the special item "Lucky Marbles"]
Tang Yuan: Oo
He thought he could ship it, but he didn't expect it to be such a large shipment!
Tang Yu'an quickly took out the lucky marble he had just drawn. It was a golden marble, sparkling and more beautiful than the previous three marbles.
He checked the properties.
【Lucky Marbles】
Description: A wonderful series of marbles, this is a marble that can bring luck!
Effect: Brings a 100% luck gain to the target, lasting up to 10 minutes, with a cooldown of 30 minutes.
Status: Bound.
Wuhu! This time there is finally a detailed description of the function!
"An An, this is..."
Zhou Qi watched Tang Yu'an take out a marble and instinctively took a step back, as if he remembered some unbearable experience.
Tang Yu'an chuckled, took his hand and put the golden marble in his hand.
Zhou Qi watched his movements. Although he was instinctively wary of marbles, he did not dodge because he knew that Tang Yu'an would not harm him.
Then he heard Tang Yu'an say: "This is a lucky marble, it can bring luck to people!"
Week: oO
"Increase your lucky marbles?" he asked in a trembling voice. "Really?"
"Yes!" Tang Yu'an read the description of the props to him.
Zhou Qi listened carefully, his excitement immediately cooling down. He asked, "It's not 100, it's 100%, right?"
Tang Yu'an was stunned, it seemed that it was indeed...
"What's the difference?" he asked.
The difference is huge... Zhou Qi smiled bitterly and said, "100% of 0 is still 0."
But he still stood up and walked to the refrigerator, took out a bottle of lemon tea, unscrewed the cap and took a look:
【Thank you for your patronage, no winners! 】
really……
But he didn't give up. Instead, he took out another bottle and unscrewed it. Until the third bottle...
【Congratulations on winning, another bottle! 】
Zhou Qi was stunned. He had habitually not held much hope, but he didn't expect that he actually won the prize!
"Wow, Brother Xiaoqi, you won the prize!" Tang Yu'an took the bottle cap from his hand, cheered and jumped on the spot, even happier than if he had won the prize himself.
Zhou Qi looked at him, and the surprise on his face slowly faded into a faint smile.
"Well, I won the prize."
At least it means his luck value is not 0?
Zhou Qi stared at the lucky marble, then pulled Tang Yu'an's hand and put it back in his.
An An's luck is much higher than his, so this marble can play its greatest role in his hands.
"But Brother Xiaoqi, Lucky Marbles are useless to me." Tang Yu'an said, "I am a bound person, and Magical Marbles are only effective for unbound people."
Zhou Qi was stunned and only then remembered this rule.
An An will not be negatively affected by the wonderful marbles, but at the same time, he will not be able to obtain their benefits.
"So I'll keep it with you first." Tang Yu'an said, "As long as the distance between us does not exceed 100 meters, you can always get the lucky bonus."
You can get a 10-minute lucky bonus every 30 minutes, which feels great!
Zhou Qi hesitated for a moment, but still put the marbles into the inner pocket of his clothes and kept them close to his body.
This marble is really precious and can play an unexpected role at a critical moment. It is already bound to An An, so there is no need to worry about it being lost.
Of course, before putting it away, he asked Tang Yu'an to mark the lucky marble so that its location could be seen on the map to be foolproof.
"There's only one final draw left, but I don't think I'll get anything good."
Zhou Qi smiled and said nothing.
This is the last chance to draw the lottery, how could I not win something good?
Sure enough, he soon heard Tang Yu'an let out a light exclamation.
Zhou Qi felt an inexplicable sense of pride in his heart. He asked, "What did you win this time?"
"It's a new product exchange." Tang Yu'an said with a smile, "I'll share it with you."
Looking at the smile on Tang Yu'an's face, Zhou Qi opened the product with some confusion, and then his eyes widened.
I saw a new category in the mall: [Transportation].
He quickly clicked on the details.
【Transportation: Land (+)】
【Transportation: Water transportation (+)】
【Transportation: Airline (+)】
Zhou Qi: xue ke
I actually unlocked the exchange of three types of transportation: land, water and air!
Of course, according to the previous routine, they can currently only redeem two kinds of goods, and all others require points to unlock.
【Transportation: Land (-)】
[Two-wheeled bicycle: Points are determined by the specific type]
【Optional types: road bike, mountain bike, folding bike, small wheel bike】
【Available colors: black, white, gray】
【Unlockable colors: ……】
[Tricycle: Points are determined by the size of the bicycle]
【Optional types: large, medium, small, mini】
【Available colors: black, white, gray】
【Unlockable colors: ……】
Yes, currently they can only redeem these two types of rickshaws, and the cheapest small-wheeled bicycle only costs 500 points.
As for the electric cars, fuel cars, solar cars and even floating cars that come later, they all require points to unlock. The most expensive floating car requires 20,000 points just to unlock.
"There's actually a suspended train?" Tang Yu'an couldn't help scratching his head, "This is too exaggerated!"
He suddenly felt that his 400,000 points were not enough, because these means of transportation looked so tempting and he wanted them so much!
But it’s too expensive! To unlock a plane, you need 50,000 points. Wouldn’t that cost 1 million or even more?
Tang Yu'an shook his head and said he couldn't afford it.
He closed the aviation interface and went back to looking at the land interface.
The unlocking conditions for the electric car and solar car are 5,000 points and 10,000 points respectively. Tang Yu'an is a little confused.
Although solar cars are expensive, they are very convenient to charge later.
"If the weather is bad, they can't be used," Zhou Qi said, "just like the gray-blue series refrigerators and freezers."
The weather will get colder and colder, and it will be more cloudy and rainy during the day, so solar energy will not be very practical for the time being.
"Once we upgrade the last piece of Level 2 magical furniture, we can raise the main store to Level 3. Then we can upgrade the general store to use electricity, and we won't have to worry about charging."
Tang Yu'an nodded and said, "Then let's buy an electric car for grandpa."
Because of the construction of the reservoir, Old Li and the residents enclosed a lot of land. As the land expanded, he was very tired from walking back and forth every day.
Buy him an electric tricycle to make his life easier.
"Buy two more pedal tricycles for the residents!" They still have to learn how to use the two-wheeled ones, but they can just pedal the three-wheeled ones.
A small electric tricycle costs 5,000 points, and a pedal-operated one only costs 1,000 points, for a total of 7,000 points. The delivery address is placed in the warehouse of No. 1 Store.
Tang Yu'an thought about it and discussed with Zhou Qi: "Brother Xiaoqi, I want to grant Grandpa the ability to pick up goods remotely. What do you think?"
As an employee of No.1 Store, Grandpa Li can only take goods from the branch store, not from other stores. As for the things left at No.1 Store, they all assume that Grandpa Li can take them at will.
"Now there are more and more things, and the No. 1 store building has no elevator, so it's too tiring to carry them all."
Although Grandpa Li would ask the residents to move, they could only move to the door at most. The rest would have to be moved by him and Sister Lin into Room 501 or the warehouse upstairs.
This kind of strain is completely unnecessary. Tang Yu'an hopes that Grandpa Li can live an easier life and stay with them for a few more years.
"Then do as you wish." Zhou Qi touched his head.
"Um!"
Tang Yu'an nodded happily, then opened the skill panel to operate.
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Ping An Grocery Store No. 1, 1st floor.
Old Li was sitting in the hall, collecting rent from the growers - basket after basket of potatoes.
Of course, in addition to the rent, the part that should have been recovered by the grower was also given to him.
The three planters all learned the correct use of salt tickets from Granny Guo. After leaving their rations for food, they sold all their extra potatoes to her in exchange for salt tickets.
In this way, they don't need to worry about the food spoiling after being stored for a long time, and the risk is transferred to others.
Of course, there are risks for them to hold salt tickets, but now they have enough trust in their home, and other residents have also begun to believe in salt tickets.
Planters occasionally used salt tickets when hiring residents to do work.
When the residents took their salt tickets to Lin Zhen to exchange for salt or sugar, and they were able to get them every time, they built up their trust in the salt tickets.
It was convenient for the residents, but it was hard on Old Li and Lin Zhen.
Looking at the three large baskets of potatoes in front of him, Old Li sighed. Just as he was about to use his computer to call Lin Jue to come and transport the potatoes, he saw a system message suddenly pop up.
[Congratulations! Because of your outstanding work performance, the mysterious merchant has granted you the special skill "Teleportation Level 1". You can equip it in the skill panel.]
Old Li was stunned. He found that there was an additional skill on the homepage panel and quickly clicked in to check it out.
Within a straight-line range of 1 km from the deserted city home, you can freely take and place goods from the store through the air?
He was stunned for a moment, too surprised to speak.
So Xiao An and the others’ ability to take things out at will is not a spatial ability, but this... telekinesis?
The mysterious businessman’s ability is too powerful!
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Tang Yu'an didn't know how shocked Old Li was. After lunch, he and Zhou Qixian went to Jufeng Town.
Now Shitou Xiaocao went to Meiyu Pavilion again. Grandpa Li said that they basically never stepped out of the door of Meiyu Pavilion again. Even when selling hot soup, they stayed inside the Meiyu Pavilion.
As for the firewood needed for burning, it was also purchased from the townspeople and delivered directly to the door by the firewood seller.
Tang Yu'an decided to go see them and find out what was going on.
Coming to the basement of Jufeng Grocery Store again, Tang Yu'an looked at Zhou Qi nervously. Seeing that he looked calm and no longer out of control like before, he breathed a sigh of relief.
The light in the basement was dim and dark, so Tang Yu'an took out two fluorescent fruits and fixed them to the wall lamp in the basement with ropes.
The fluorescent fruit emits soft light, dispelling the darkness in the basement.
This way, when Grandpa, Xiaocao, Shitou and the others use the teleportation array to come here, they don’t have to act in the dark!
Tang Yu'an looked at the mark on the map again. Hongli was staying in the guard post and not in the cave.
I don't know how she is doing...
"Let's go out and find out what happened first." Zhou Qi said, "I don't know if she was conscious when she turned into a fire snake."
If she still had Fire Snake's memories, she would definitely know that they had discovered her secret...
I don’t know what Hongli’s attitude will be towards this, so they’d better be cautious.
"Uh-huh."
So they came to the bottom of the basement exit, let the umbrella fly out, opened it outside, and then climbed out of the basement.
Under the cover of the umbrella, they successfully avoided the eyes and ears of the guards.
The first floor of the Jufeng Grocery Store has been completed, and the second floor is almost half built. It is just as Grandpa Li said, and it will probably be completed in a few days.
When they left Jufeng Grocery Store, they saw several people standing at the door and talking.
"I don't know when this grocery store will reopen. The salt I exchanged for is almost gone."
"Yeah, it's all those damn guys' fault. How could they burn down such a nice grocery store? Without those two bosses, where would we get such cheap salt?"
"I heard that the Stone Brothers and Sisters are selling hot soup at the Meiyu Pavilion again. They said that the grocery store will reopen after the building is rebuilt."
"Really? That's great!"
They also talked about how Shitou and Xiaocao added soybeans to the hot soup. Although it was not much, it made it easier to get through the cold night with something in their stomachs.
"Then I'll go get another bowl tonight!"
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi looked at each other, then quickened their pace and came to the Jade Pavilion.
Because it was daytime, there were not many people walking in front of the Meiyu Pavilion. After they quietly went in, they removed the umbrella in the corner.
At this time, someone shouted outside the door.
"Brother Shitou! I brought the firewood!"
"Here I come!"
Shitou ran out of the kitchen, counted the firewood, took out a cloth bag, and poured a bowl of fried soybeans into the bag that the firewood deliveryman brought out.
[Employee "Shitou" completed a profitable transaction with a regular customer, earning +11 points and +1 experience point]
The man who delivered the firewood was also a teenager, about fifteen or sixteen years old. He grabbed a few fried soybeans and stuffed them into his mouth, chewing them with a crunching sound.
He said happily, "Brother Shitou, you have to keep doing this business so that I can eat fried beans every day!"
"If I can do it, of course I will continue. I'm just afraid that someone will mess with me again. Alas." Shi Tou had an uncomfortable expression.
When the young man saw this, he patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, Brother Shitou. I have my brothers keeping a close eye on us. Even the people fetching water are being closely watched. We will definitely not let those people do anything bad again!"
He spoke with righteous indignation, as if he were the one whose business was ruined - and in fact he was.
Shitou was touched and said, "Then I'll leave it to you!"
Then he grabbed a handful of fried soybeans and stuffed them into his hands.
The boy cheered, "I'll go get some water!"
After he left, Shitou was about to go to the kitchen with firewood on his back. However, he had not taken a few steps when he saw two figures appear in the hall.
"Manager! Little miracle doctor!"
His eyes lit up and he quickly said, "Xiao Cao, come out quickly and see who's here!"
Soon the little girl ran out of the kitchen, and the brother and sister changed back into their old clothes. They looked dirty, but they seemed to be in good spirits.
After some pleasantries, Tang Yu'an asked, "Are you not used to staying at home?"
In fact, he had not expected that the brother and sister were so brave. Before the Jufeng Grocery Store was rebuilt, they sneaked into the Meiyu Pavilion to sell hot soup.
However, the Meiyu Pavilion is protected by the proprietress's spiritual words, so it is indeed safer than the Jufeng Grocery Store.
"No, we love living in our home!" said Stone.
Xiaocao also nodded, "But there are too few guests in the homeland, so it's hard to do business. There are more people from Jufeng Town."
Life in the deserted city home is good, but Xiaocao feels very anxious when he sees that there are fewer transaction records every day than before.
Although she no longer has to worry about food and drink, she still likes the feeling of watching her points accumulate.
So under her instigation, Shitou followed her back to the Meiyu Pavilion to do his old business, and the proprietress also welcomed them very much.
"After we left, the owner actually thought about selling hot soup, but she didn't have pepper, so she could only sell plain hot water. Business was bad, so she gradually stopped."
Xiaocao said, "She is very happy that we can come back."
Tang Yu'an smiled and nodded, "I heard you also added soybeans to the hot soup."
"This was Grandpa Li's idea," Xiaocao said. "He also gave us the soybeans."
"Yes!" Shitou continued, "He also asked us to act out a show to gain sympathy!"
Tang Yu'an was stunned. "Acting to gain sympathy?"
"Yes." Shitou recalled, "Just complaining about my troubles and cursing those bad guys."
Tang Yu'an recalled the words he heard from passers-by in front of the Jufeng Grocery Store, speaking up for the store.
"Did Grandpa say anything else?" Zhou Qi couldn't help but ask.
Xiaocao also recalled: "Grandpa Li said that although we can't be pushovers, we can't stand in opposition to the masses either. We need to bring more people into our circle of interests."
"Yes, yes, that's what Grandpa Li said!" Shitou echoed from the side.
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi's eyes lit up when they heard this, and they asked in unison, "Anything else?"
"It's just... it's better to let other people do things like chopping wood and fetching water. After all, it's just a small price to pay for food."
Xiaocao explained, "These people can benefit from us, so they will spontaneously protect us."
In fact, when she was purchasing straw hats before, she vaguely felt that everyone's attitude towards her was different. When Grandpa Li taught her these words, she finally understood why.
"When we sell hot soup in the evening, we also hired people to help us maintain order... Oh, and we also bought ceramic bowls!"
"I heard that because we sell hot soup, the business of the pottery stalls has also improved."
Zhou Qi nodded repeatedly after hearing this, thinking that the two brothers and sisters had driven an industrial chain.
"Did the guards give you any trouble?" he asked calmly.
"No, they still come to us to buy hot soup." Shitou said, "It's the mountain owner who sent someone to tell us that we can sell soybeans, but they must be cooked."
Tang Yu'an nodded. This was indeed what they had agreed upon when they traded soybeans with Hongli.
Hongli probably guessed that Xiaocao and the others' soybeans came from them, so he didn't make things difficult for them.
"By adding soybeans, the cost has increased. Can you still earn points?" Tang Yu'an asked.
"Sure. We use a spoon to scoop out soybeans. One spoonful can hold 20 to 30 soybeans. The cost won't increase much."
5 points are equivalent to 100 grams of soybeans, which are about 300 soybeans. 30 soybeans should be less than 0.5 points, so the cost is indeed not increased much.
"And after adding soybeans, our business has improved!"
After all, soybeans are high-quality protein and are naturally more attractive than simple hot soup.
At this time, the young man who had just been selling firewood came over with another bucket of water.
Tang Yu'an said, "Then you guys go ahead and do your work. I won't bother you anymore. If you need anything, just tell me in the store channel."
"Okay, thank you, little doctor!"
Although they are familiar with each other now, the brother and sister are still used to calling Tang Yu'an "little miracle doctor", and Tang Yu'an just follows them.
But just as they were about to leave, Xiao Cao called out to them, "Little Doctor, do you know what this is?"
Tang Yu'an took a closer look and found that what she was holding in her hand seemed to be... a USB flash drive?
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