Chapter 189
“Mee——”
The little lamb looked at Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi, confused and not afraid at all. It even called out softly to them.
So cute!
Tang Yu'an resisted the urge to pet the lamb, first helped Lao Ping stand up, and then asked, "Do you want to use these two lambs to exchange for water?"
"Yes, yes."
Although Lao Ping stood up, he was still hunched over and didn't dare to straighten his back at all.
It is the dry season now, and their tribe cannot afford to feed these lambs. They will be killed later anyway, so it is better to take them out now and exchange them for water.
"I wonder how much water these two lambs can exchange for?" Lao Ping asked in a low voice.
Tang Yu'an took a look and saw that a lamb weighed less than 10 kilograms, and based on the price of meat, it might be worth 300 points.
But Brother Xiaoqi just told him on the message board that this lamb might be a sheep.
When sheep grow up, they can produce wool to make clothes, which is better than just eating it! And looking at such a cute little lamb, Tang Yu'an couldn't bear to eat it.
So he said, "One sheep for 30 buckets of water."
The wooden barrels that Lao Ping and his friends brought yesterday were about 20 liters each, and two sheep could carry 60 barrels, which is equivalent to 1.2 cubic meters of water.
There are tens of thousands of cubic meters of water in the lake, more than enough to feed their small tribe.
When Lao Ping heard the number reported by the cloaked man wearing a silver mask, he couldn't help but smile and his face was wrinkled with laughter.
30 buckets of water for one lamb, that’s totally worth it!
If they just use it for drinking and save it a little, 30 barrels of water will be enough for the people and livestock in their tribe to drink for a month!
Lao Ping thanked him repeatedly and almost bowed down again, but was stopped by Tang Yu'an.
Soon, Lao Ping left the lamb and went to explain the situation to the tribesmen on the other side of the lake. Then those people knelt on the ground and bowed to this side from a distance.
Then they carried buckets to the lake to fetch water.
A total of seven people came, each with two buckets, and they carried back 14 buckets. Twelve or thirteen more people came the second time, and they carried back 60 buckets of water in two trips.
But what surprised Tang Yu'an was that he actually made a profit from this deal?
According to the profit points calculation, the value of a lamb should be 1,500 points. He used 1,200 liters of water to buy two and earned 1,600 points.
This was their first time trading live animals, and they had no idea that the lamb would be worth so much.
Zhou Qi thought about it and guessed: "Maybe it's because the lamb is alive."
They had discovered before that in the system's judgment, the value of plants and plant fruits was relatively high, probably because plants and plant fruits were both living objects.
Tang Yu'an nodded, "Then we must develop the breeding and animal husbandry in the future!"
He looked at the map and saw Lao Ping and his group returning to the tribe. The tribe was about two kilometers away from the lake. Judging from the number of green dots, there were about thirty or forty people in the tribe.
Although there are few of them, judging from the words and deeds of Lao Ping and his son and the patience of the tribesmen waiting, the civilization heritage of this tribe has not been cut off and they still know how to be polite and abide by the rules.
Such a tribe is worth fighting for. If they want to build a pasture on the grassland in the future, they can also entrust it to this tribe.
So, Tang Yu'an said, "Brother Xiaoqi, should we recruit Lao Ping as an employee?"
They couldn't stay here forever. Although they had thought about raising sheep, that was originally a long-term plan and they had not yet figured out how to build it.
Once they leave, this lake will probably be undefendable—
Of course, when they first transferred the water here, they didn't intend to use it for trading, but since there are customers here, there's nothing wrong with earning some points and experience points.
Tang Yu'an analyzed: "Recruiting Lao Ping as an employee of Store No. 6, his transactions can increase the popularity of the store. In the future, we can open the two all-weather functions of the protective barrier and even open a list of overnight stays."
In this way, the overnight stay rules can be used to restrain herders, provide them with protection when necessary, and prepare them for the future construction and operation of ranches on the grassland.
Maybe we can even build a prairie version of our home?
"Nomads live by following the grass and water, so the deserted city model isn't very suitable for the grasslands," Zhou Qi said. "Of course, I support hiring Lao Ping as an employee of Store No. 6."
Lao Ping is a bold and careful person. Not only is his courage commendable, but he is also willing to take responsibility. His personality and abilities meet the requirements.
Tang Yu'an touched his chin, "Follow the water and grass... Then wouldn't it be nice if we built multiple branches on the grassland?"
Wherever there is water, there are plants, which will attract herders.
There's no way around it while they're on the road, but when they reach a settlement, it wouldn't be bad to have a branch that can offer them protection, right?
Zhou Qi thought about it for a moment and nodded: "It's indeed a good idea."
Besides, the end of the world is not their original world after all. There are wood-type mutants here who can promote the growth of plants. Given the size of Lao Ping and his tribe, they should not need to run so far for the time being.
"There probably aren't many livestock in their tribe. Each family would be lucky to have two or three."
After all, this is a wasteland. Although the climate on the grassland is relatively stable, it is not a place where people can live and work in peace and contentment.
The temperature difference between day and night, the alternation of rainy and dry seasons, the frequent violent winds and the mutated creatures on the grassland all pose a huge threat to the tribal people here.
So even if they raised livestock, the number would not be large.
Only when they raise more sheep and their population expands will they face the problem of migration, but that should be a long time away.
"Let's increase the popularity of Store No. 6 first." Zhou Qi said.
"Okay!" Tang Yu'an responded, and then said, "Then should I recruit him as an employee now?"
"Okay." Zhou Qi nodded.
So Tang Yu'an sent the recruitment information to Lao Ping.
Seeing that there were no other lights around, he finally squatted down and reached out to touch the lamb's head.
“Mee——”
As expected of a little lamb raised by humans, its temperament is much gentler than that of a goat, and it looks fluffy and cute, which made Tang Yu'an fall in love with it at once.
"Let's take the lamb back to Grandpa and the others to take care of it!"
Before the popularity of store No. 6 increased, this place was not suitable for raising sheep because the presence of water would attract more and more animals.
Many red dots have appeared on the map and are wandering around. They probably dare not approach because of the intimidation of Black Pearl and Yuanbao.
As soon as they leave, this place will quickly be occupied by animals. Once plants grow, it will probably form an oasis-like place.
"Well, let's go back."
So they folded up the magic tent, and then each of them held a lamb and brought their two pets into Store No. 6, and returned to Store No. 1 through the teleportation array.
On the other side, Lao Ping was walking when he saw a light screen pop up in front of him.
A mysterious businessman is looking to recruit you as a salesperson for Ping An Grocery Store No. 6...
Hearing the sudden sound next to his ears, Lao Ping almost slipped, but fortunately his years of experience allowed him to remain calm.
He stared calmly at the words on the panel, and as his eyes scanned the words, a voice in his ear would read the pronunciation of the words to him.
A mysterious businessman wants to recruit him as a salesperson?
Are they the two divine messengers? Is "salesman"... a nickname for believers in the Shangshen Cult?
Hadn't they rejected his request to join the sect before? Why were they recruiting him now? Lao Ping pondered for a moment. Could it be that his act of bringing two lambs to change water today had touched them?
The more Lao Ping thought about it, the more he felt that this was the truth.
After all, they had just met for the first time yesterday, and the two gods' messengers didn't know what kind of person he was, so they needed to test him.
So should he join? He gets 10 points a month as salary and benefits, but he's not sure what they're for...
Lao Ping thought about it, and finally gritted his teeth and chose to accept it.
One lamb was exchanged for 30 buckets of water. There is a future in following these two messengers of God!
He then received a beginner guidance task and a long-term profit task, which also explained how effective transactions were determined.
So all we have to do is make profitable trades, right?
Lao Ping looked at his son next to him and said, "Ashan, this bucket of water is for you. Give me the telescope."
Ashan was already holding a bucket of water in his hand. Hearing this, he did not doubt it. He took down the telescope and handed it to his father, then picked up his father's bucket.
You completed a profitable transaction with a returning customer, earning +1 point and +1 employee experience.
So, Lao Ping successfully opened the employee panel.
When he saw the mall interface, he almost screamed out loud, but fortunately he forced himself to hold it back.
The things he can currently exchange are wheat and glucose.
Lao Ping tried to spend 1 point to exchange for wheat. When he saw that his deflated cloth bag became full and there were indeed 100 grams of wheat seeds inside, he couldn't help but smile.
That’s great! It turns out that if you become a follower of the Shangshen Religion, you can really get food!
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Deserted city home.
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi found Old Li and handed the two lambs to him.
Old Li was quite surprised to see that they had brought back two little lambs from somewhere. He didn't ask much, but just called Fireball and asked him to take the lambs to the sheep pen to raise them.
Because goats and sheep are two different breeds, he also specifically instructed that a new sheepfold be built to prevent the two lambs from being bullied by the goats.
"When the lambs grow up and can produce wool, we can then make woolen sweaters."
Although there is normal temperature cloth now, its production is limited after all, and not everyone can afford it. It would be better to have cheaper cold-resistant clothing.
Moreover, when people become more abundant, they will no longer just pursue food and clothing. Old Li, who was born and raised in the prosperous era before the disaster, is very clear about this.
He smiled cheerfully, and when the two teenagers were about to leave, he hurriedly pulled Tang Yu'an back and asked, "Xiao'an, will you update that post... today?"
"Yes, I'll update it later!" Tang Yu'an nodded in response.
Only then did Old Li breathe a sigh of relief.
He originally wanted to borrow the original novel to read, but thinking that so many years had passed since the disaster, the books that had been preserved until now must have become very fragile and difficult to read frequently, he gave up the idea.
He hadn't experienced the anticipation and agony of waiting for updates like this in many years, and it made him think back to the days when he was chasing books.
Unfortunately, he only remembered the plot. If he tried to retell it or even write it down, he could only mumble.
"Okay, then you guys go and get busy." Old Li said goodbye to them with a smile.
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi returned to the teleportation room.
Seeing that the points and store popularity had increased a lot in the past two days, he spent another 10,000 points and 1,000 points of store popularity to expand the protective barrier of No. 1 Store outward by 10 meters.
The main limitation now is the popularity of the store. He doesn't dare to consume it all at once, so he chooses to expand it little by little.
A little bit at a time, you won’t feel bad about spending it!
Then he remembered something and looked at the store upgrade conditions again.
There is no way to go in the "precision means strength" direction in the short term, because to upgrade to lv4, 5 pieces of lv3 and 10 pieces of lv2 magical furniture are needed.
It took so long to collect just the five pieces of level 2 magical furniture, not to mention that this time not only is the number doubled, but there are also five level 3 pieces.
So they can only strive towards the direction of "bigger is more beautiful".
[Ping An Grocery Store (Big is Beautiful!) Level 1]
[Level 2 Upgrade Conditions: Merchant Level 10 (Already met), Own 6 stores (Already met), Total store area of 10,000 square meters (Already met), Total store popularity of 50,000 (Not met)]
The total store popularity has reached over 30,000 points. Based on the efficiency of the employees, it should be achieved in a week or two.
This direction mainly focuses on increasing the number of overnight accommodation places.
The next level is estimated to be able to upgrade from 1,000 to 10,000, and by then it will be able to cover customers within the entire Jufeng Mountain and the deserted city.
After all, the population of Jufeng Mountain is only five or six thousand people.
After making the plan, Tang Yu'an closed the interface and took the teleportation array with Zhou Qi to another world.
During the time they were away, two or three months had passed in the alien dimension. The mutant eggs originally placed in the chicken coop had already hatched, and the big yellow chicks were chirping and running around in the yard.
Tang Yu'an caught it and sent it back to the swimming pool to be disciplined by the mutant hen.
There are now three mutant chickens in the swimming pool. Except for the first six, all the eggs laid by the hens afterwards are unfertilized.
These eggs were handed over to Old Li, who made them into egg pancakes and used them to reward the top three residents in brick and cement production every day. The results have been quite good so far.
Although Tang Yu'an used a batch of bricks and cement to build Store No. 6, there was still a lot of stock in the warehouse.
I heard that the first bungalow is already under construction and will be given to Grandma Guo to live in in the future - of course it’s not free, she needs to pay a certain amount of agricultural products.
Several other growers were also interested, but Granny Guo, as the oldest person in the entire family, had the right of first choice.
This would be unthinkable in other places, but in the deserted city homes, the virtues of respecting the elderly and loving the young are always reflected in various details, and the residents have gradually become accustomed to it.
By the way, the rabbits in the swimming pool had another litter, born by another pair of rabbits. And the previous pair of rabbits had just given birth not long ago, according to Grandpa...
The doe is pregnant again!
A new litter of rabbits will be born in a month. At this rate of reproduction, if we take the rabbits to the other dimension, we can get a whole litter in one day...
Tang Yu'an felt that this speed was a bit scary, so he decided to leave the rabbits in this plane.
After returning to the other dimension again, Tang Yu'an took out the remaining chicken and duck eggs, leaving only three of each, and put the rest in the incubator.
Since livestock are valuable, residents must be encouraged to raise more. This will not only improve their lives, but also increase the points income of their homes.
After arranging all this, Tang Yu'an quickly took out his textbook and started studying.
Although Lin Zhen did not unlock all the courses, the news that she had already learned the junior high school courses still gave him a great sense of crisis.
He couldn't fall behind any longer! He had to finish his studies sooner so he could go out and play every day like Xiaoqi!
Tang Yu'an studied in the cabin, while Zhou Qi went out alone to explore and train.
Although the probability of him encountering danger increased significantly without Tang Yu'an by his side, this was a necessary step in growth, and he did not back down.
He would go out to fight strange beasts during the day, come back covered in blood and wounds, rest for a night, and run out again full of energy the next day.
Tang Yu'an went from being anxious and distressed to slowly calming down.
If this is what Xiaoqi wants to do, then all he can do is support him.
And, when he returns injured, we will provide him with treatment and a warm, safe place to recuperate.
In this way, they spent most of the next three days in the different dimension.
Only at 10 o'clock in the evening of this dimension will he return to Ping'an Grocery Store to draw lots and pick up the drift bottle of the day.
They stayed in the other dimension for a total of three months.
During this period, Tang Yu'an also used his spare time to move all the martial arts novels.
So the employees who were waiting for updates saw that the post was updated at a rate of about 15 chapters per day, and this continued for three days.
It wasn’t until the third day that the finale arrived!
Little Noise: [Mr. Tangtang is so cool\(≧▽≦)/]
Changqing: [Call]
Rock: [Sai Gao\(≧▽≦)/]
Thanks to the two former surfing experts, the employees also learned a lot of pre-disaster Internet terms and emoticons, and began to follow their example.
Of course, Zhou Qi did not slack off, and those popular science posts were continuously updated so that employees could learn more new knowledge.
Serious and lively, the current atmosphere of the communication area is a good interpretation of this group of words.
Tang Yu'an also felt a great sense of accomplishment. In the eyes of his employees, this was completed within three days, but only he himself knew that it took him a full three months to complete it.
After he has rested for a few days, he will continue to move his father's collection of books, trying to preserve this cultural heritage.
Even in another world, it is a very meaningful thing.
Speaking of which...
"My birthday will be in a month." Tang Yu'an suddenly said, thinking of something.
He will be 14 years old soon.
Zhou Qi also nodded slightly. In two months, he would be 17 years old.
During the three months in the other dimension, he grew a lot taller, and because he went out to fight strange beasts every day, he not only grew stronger and stronger, but his temperament also changed.
His eyes, which had occasionally revealed melancholy due to his childhood experiences, became much deeper, and his eyebrows and eyes became sharper.
But when facing Tang Yu'an, such sharpness will dissipate completely and become gentle and harmless again.
As for Tang Yu'an, apart from growing taller, his cheeks are still chubby. It can be said that he has been well taken care of by Zhou Qi.
It seems that apart from becoming a little calmer due to moving books, there doesn't seem to be much change.
"Let's stay in this plane and rest for a while." Tang Yu'an suggested.
Because in the alien dimension, basically all you do is study, practice, and fight. Apart from occasionally watching movies and reading novels, life can be said to be quite boring.
He still likes living in his home, even if it's just to talk and chat with people he knows.
Zhou Qi looked at Tang Yu'an's unhappy expression, reached out and touched his head, and said, "Okay, let's stay in this plane and rest for a while."
Tang Yu'an then smiled and asked, "What are we doing back today?"
Having stayed in the other dimension for too long, his memory of things here has become a little fuzzy.
"Take Kang Kang to Lanhu Town." Zhou Qi said.
"Oh, yes! Let's go find Kang Kang!" Tang Yu'an pulled Zhou Qi to find Grandma Guo.
When she saw Zhou Qi for the first time, Granny Guo was a little surprised, but in Zhou Qi's uneasy look, she showed a kind and gentle smile.
"You've grown up."
Hearing this, Zhou Qi didn't know why, but a sour feeling suddenly surged in his heart.
He nodded and hummed softly.
In fact, this time he insisted on staying in the alternate dimension. In addition to wanting to improve his strength, part of the reason was that he hoped to grow up quickly.
After all...my mother-in-law is 86 years old.
He hopes to let his mother-in-law see him grow up and doesn't want to have any regrets.
Zhou Qi took a deep breath, quickly suppressed the turbulent emotions in his heart, and smiled at Granny Guo: "Well, let's go pick up Kang Kang."
His smile finally added a bit of childishness, making Granny Guo's smile even more amiable.
"He's in the yard. I'll go call him."
Tang Yu'an volunteered, "I'll go pick him up and be back soon!"
He quickly ran away, and Zhou Qi stayed to talk to Grandma Guo.
"Where have you been these days? Why have you changed so much?" Grandma Guo stuffed a sweet fruit into his hand and asked with concern.
"Just a few battles, nothing more."
Zhou Qi said it lightly, but Granny Guo knew it was definitely not that simple.
She reached out and gently patted the boy's shoulder, saying, "Don't carry anything by yourself. We can help you. Don't get tired."
"Well, thank you, grandma."
Zhou Qi responded softly, and by the time Tang Yu'an came back carrying Kang Kang, he had already calmed down.
Granny Guo changed Kang Kang into new clothes and put some food in his small backpack. After helping him carry it, she said, "Granny will be waiting for you at home. Come back soon."
Kang Kang nodded ignorantly, gave Grandma Guo a hug, and then happily threw himself into Tang Yu'an's arms.
"Play! Go out and play!"
He clapped his hands happily, which made Grandma Guo, who was originally worried, shake her head helplessly.
"Then let's go, grandma. Don't worry, we will protect Kang Kang!"
"I'm counting on you."
After saying goodbye to Granny Guo, Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi took Kang Kang to the teleportation room on the 9th floor, opened the teleportation array list, and added Kang Kang's name.
[Do you want to deduct 1000 points and grant the right to use the teleportation array to the old customer "Guo Kangkang"?]
Seeing the deduction prompt, Tang Yu'an was already used to it and directly chose yes.
Then the light of the teleportation array lit up, and their figures disappeared. When they reappeared, they had arrived in the basement of Store No. 5 in Lanhu Town.
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