Chapter 237
Because the teleportation array had not been exposed yet, the journey from Jufeng Mountain to Lanhu Town would take at least two or three days, so Tang Yu'an did not set off immediately.
He first went to find Granny Guo and Kang Kang.
Kang Kang is in the experimental field, playing with his plant friends.
Because the home encourages the growth of blue beard trees, October divisions can now be seen everywhere in the garden. As soon as Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi arrived, the saplings shook their branches and leaves to warmly welcome them.
"Brother!" Kang Kang, who received the news, immediately ran over happily.
Tang Yu'an reached out and picked him up.
"Kankang." He touched the child's head. "Do you want to go out and play in a couple of days? Go see October's mother?"
"Okay, let's go out and play!" Kang Kang agreed without thinking.
Then his gaze fell on Zhou Qi, with a hint of doubt in his eyes.
Zhou Qi was looking at the blue beard seedlings at his feet. He reached out and mobilized his wood-type spiritual energy.
As his palm glowed with a faint green light, the blue beard seedling began to grow rapidly.
Because it is a mutant plant, under the stimulation of supernatural powers, the blue beard seedlings grow slower than ordinary plants and cannot enter maturity immediately, but they are also many times faster than normal growth.
This was the first time Zhou Qi successfully induced plant growth.
His wood element talent was obviously weaker than other elements, but after absorbing the wood spirit insect, he finally made up for this shortcoming.
But compared to a genius like Kang Kang, he is still a little bit inferior, because he can't perceive the emotions of these plants at all, let alone communicate with them.
“Great!”
Having said that, Kang Kang still clapped his hands and applauded him.
Zhou Qi smiled slightly, and also reached out and rubbed his little head, then said to Tang Yu'an: "Let's go tell grandma."
"good!"
Tang Yu'an nodded and took Kang Kang to find Grandma Guo.
It was quite lively around Grandma Guo. The five new growers were sitting around her, drinking juice, eating snacks and chatting.
Not surprisingly, a new bluebeard seedling had sprouted at their feet.
Granny Guo slowly injected energy into the blue beard seedlings, occasionally interjecting a word, smiling happily, and looking relaxed and comfortable.
The conditions of several growers were obviously not as tense as they were in the previous two days.
However, because the time was still short, their physical bodies and spirits had not recovered, and two of them fell ill.
It's all because of long-term overwork. The reason I didn't get sick before was because my body was holding on. Once I relaxed, I got sick like a mountain.
Fortunately, it's just a cold. I should get more rest and relaxation, eat some easily digestible food to supplement my nutrition, and I can get through it by relying on my own recovery ability.
Seeing Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi coming over, several planters stood up and greeted them somewhat stiffly.
Tang Yu'an smiled and said, "Let's talk to mother-in-law about something."
Granny Guo stood up and walked aside with them, and Kang Kang couldn't wait to say, "Granny, go out and play!"
Granny Guo was startled. "Are you going out again?"
"Um!"
"When are you leaving?"
"In two days." Zhou Qi said.
"Okay, then I'll prepare some food for you to eat on the road." Grandma Guo said with a smile.
Kang Kang hugged her arm and acted coquettishly, "Mother-in-law, let's go together!"
Grandma Guo glanced at the two young men, then lowered her head and patted Kang Kang's head.
"Grandma can't walk anymore, and Grandpa Chen and the others need her for the time being. And your plant friends, who will take care of them now that she's gone?"
Kang Kang was convinced.
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi looked at each other. They could see that Granny Guo was actually somewhat tempted, but perhaps out of consideration for them, she did not embarrass them.
It’s really not very convenient now. I can only take Grandma Guo with me after the teleportation array in Lanhu Town is opened to the public.
After talking to them, Grandma Guo returned to her chair and sat down again. Looking at the two teenagers playing with Kang Kang, her eyes were full of love.
Who could have imagined that in just a few months, those two weak and young children would grow to this point?
Moreover, they built a utopian home...
Old Chen, who was sitting next to him, felt the same way. He couldn't help but ask, "Did those two young men really build a place like this?"
Granny Guo paused, she looked at Old Chen, and then at the other growers who were looking at her.
She chuckled softly and said in a half-hearted tone, "Yes, didn't I tell you? They are children blessed by the gods."
As the Shangshen Cult's theories became more popular in the forum, more and more employees firmly believed in them and unknowingly revealed them in their interactions with residents.
As a result, this theory also spread throughout the deserted city, and almost all residents knew about it.
Behind the boss of their home is a cult!
"The God of Business... does it really exist?" Old Chen couldn't help but ask in a low voice.
Granny Guo looked at the invisible protective barrier above her head and said, "If this isn't divine, then who has this ability?"
Several planters were thoughtful.
Finally, Old Chen stood up and said, "To rent a place, we should go to Room 501 and see Mr. Li, right?"
"Haven't we just rested for two days?" Granny Guo said, "Rest a little longer."
"Alas, I've been exploited for decades, and now I feel uncomfortable if I don't work for a day. I'll rent a piece of land to play around, but I can't do nothing all day long."
Hearing this, even the two planters who were still sick nodded.
They rested for more than two days. They had not worked since they were rescued to the Jufeng Town Guard Station. They really felt like something was missing and their hearts were empty.
Granny Guo glanced at them for a few seconds, and seeing they were serious, she nodded and said, "Then you can rent a piece of land first, and plant it together. You haven't recovered yet, so don't overwork yourself."
So, Lao Chen and his friends found Lao Li and expressed their wishes.
"There's not enough land in our home to farm. If you want to farm, you'll have to open up your own fields," Old Li said. "I can rent you some labor, but it'll have to be put on the account and paid back later."
Obviously, even if the land is opened up by the planter himself, the ownership belongs to Huangcheng Home.
Old Chen and the others naturally had no objection.
So after signing the IOU, Old Li hired the residents and asked them to enclose a few acres of land behind the building.
Old Chen watched the residents helping to clear the land, and watched the earth-type ability users turning over and loosening the soil, and suddenly he felt a sense of satisfaction he had never felt before.
"Forty percent of the output from this land will belong to us!"
"Yeah." Qinghua rubbed his hands and said, "I feel full of energy!"
Another planter, Lily, also spoke up: "Let's plant the star chain vine first. It will improve the soil fertility and the fruit will be delicious."
Of course, I have to ask Kang Kang’s friends to come in October and let it grow towards the edge of the land so that it can withstand the cold wave.
Kang Kang agreed very readily, but he had a special request.
“Let’s have some fun!”
Old Chen and the others didn't understand what was going on, so they went to ask Granny Guo for help.
Granny Guo lent them some peace coins and asked them to go to the nursery, hire children who could run and jump, and let them play in the newly opened land.
"Will this really work?" Old Chen was a little hesitant.
"Listen to me, it's right!"
So, several growers went to the nursery to borrow people, just to let the children play and earn money. A Lian, who was in charge of the nursery, naturally had no reason to refuse.
Finally, all the children over the age of four were taken to the fields, about a dozen or twenty in total.
Tang Xiaotian was naturally among them.
When he was brought to the garden, he, like the other children, thought they were being taken out to dig wild vegetables.
However, the old man who brought them here said, "Children, go play, just don't leave this area."
The children all looked at him blankly and stood there without moving.
Looking at the appearance of these children, Old Chen seemed to see his childhood self in a trance.
Because he awakened his wood-related abilities at an early age, he had the capital to survive in the wasteland. Even if he had to work day and night, at least he could be protected.
Correspondingly, he also lost his freedom and right to play, so that now that he finally got the chance to rest, he didn't know how to rest.
These children without special abilities will only have a harder time than he did back then, so at such a young age, they don’t know how to play…
Old Chen had no choice but to go to Grandma Guo for help again.
Grandma Guo's face showed a nostalgic look, as if she was recalling a childhood that seemed so long ago that it seemed like a previous life, and then she gave Lao Chen some suggestions.
Finally, she went over and taught the children how to play the game herself.
Eagle Catches Chicken, Cat's Twist, Shuttlecock, Rope Skipping... As she retold the games, Lao Chen and A-Lian learned them and taught them to the children.
Slowly, the children's laughter could be heard in the garden.
Old Li watched this scene from afar and couldn't help but smile with relief on his face.
In a sense, this can also be considered a kind of cultural heritage, right?
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The next day, Tang Yu'an performed healing magic on Ai Lu again.
After eleven healing spells and Ai Lu's special physique, the scabs on his face quickly healed and fell off. By the time the last healing spell was over, he had completely changed.
The face that originally looked terrible and ugly due to the carbuncle has now become smooth, white and tender, like the skin of a newborn baby.
His handsome and pleasing facial features were revealed, and with those beautiful green eyes, he could be said to have been reborn.
However, due to long-term malnutrition, he is rather thin and small. He may need to be raised for a while before he can gain weight. As for his height, it is estimated that he will not be able to grow any higher.
Because of the height difference and Ai Lu's inexperience with worldly affairs, Tang Yu'an couldn't help but treat him as his younger brother.
Although in reality, Ai Lu should be a few years older than him.
"You've become so cute now!" Tang Yu'an touched Ai Lu's head.
Ai Lu looked at him with a smile and imitated his words: "So... cute..."
In the past two days, Ai Lu has been smiling all the time, even laughing in her sleep.
He had never felt so happy.
Not only did he have Mo Yu who was very kind to him, but he also had two new friends who came specially for him, and he could also eat a lot of food that he had never eaten before!
He is so happy now that he feels like he is floating in the clouds every day. It feels unreal and makes him worry that he will fall down at any time.
It's too painful to gain and then lose...
"Ai Lu, come with us and leave here and go to our homeland." Tang Yu'an took his hand and said, "You can have many friends at home!"
There is nothing wrong with Ai Lu's intelligence, it's just that he has lived alone since he was a child, which leads to him not understanding many things, but he actually has a very fast learning ability.
After learning from the children for a while and getting used to the situation, maybe you can let them do some simple jobs to make a living, or even hire them as an employee.
Just by selling the crops he grew to him, Mo Yu could earn a lot of points.
"Buddy...partner?"
"Yes, come with us!"
Ai Lu couldn't help but look at Mo Yu. Seeing that Mo Yu was also looking at him, he walked towards him, squatted beside Mo Yu and hugged his arm.
"Momo...are...together..."
Mo Yu held his hand. Although he was still worried that the home the two teenagers were talking about might be a bad place, he was also worried about leaving Ai Lu here.
He had already seen that the reason the poisonous fog in this area had receded was entirely because of the two teenagers.
If Ai Lu was left here, he would have to live in the poisonous fog again, and the injury he had just healed would probably relapse.
Mo Yu stroked the smooth skin on the back of Ai Lu's hand, paused slightly, and withdrew his hand somewhat uncomfortably.
He looked at Zhou Qi, appearing calm but actually mustering up the courage to speak: "We agreed before that I will bear the 200,000 yuan medical expenses for Ai Lu."
"Yeah." Zhou Qi nodded.
"Ai Lu, come with me. If he wants to leave, you can't stop him." Mo Yu said again.
Zhou Qi looked at him and tilted his head slightly: "I can promise you, but...will you be willing to let him go when the time comes?"
Mo Yu was silent for a moment, then said, "I respect his choice."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Qi chuckled and remained silent.
So, it was decided that Ai Lu and Mo Yu would leave with them.
Two construction robots have already built the seventh branch.
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi made a sign, named Store No. 7 "Green Valley Grocery Store", and hung the sign at the door. Then they spent points to activate all the protective barrier and teleportation array functions.
After doing all this, they drove away with Mo Yu and Ai Lu.
The teleportation array cannot be opened to them for the time being, but now there is a cement road, and they can still travel very fast at full speed.
There were many more pedestrians on the road leading to the deserted city. They were all attracted by the newly built cement roads and bridges and wanted to go to the center of the deserted city to explore.
Zhou Qi carefully avoided them.
"Brother Xiaoqi." Tang Yu'an suddenly called him in the cab.
"Um?"
Tang Yu'an asked in a low voice: "Just now Mo Yu said that he would respect Ai Lu's choice. Why are you smiling like that? Can't Mo Yu believe it?"
Because Mo Yu was supposed to be from the fortress and said he had lost his memory, Tang Yu'an couldn't help but be more wary of him.
Li Feng and his gang really left him with a very bad impression.
"I just think it's unlikely that he will let Ai Lu go." Zhou Qi said.
Tang Yu'an suddenly realized, "Yes, our home is so safe, there's no way Ai Lu would leave. Even if he wanted to leave, Mo Yu would probably stop him."
Zhou Qi smiled and didn't explain too much.
Given the possessiveness Mo Yu shows towards Ai Lu, can he really let go if Ai Lu wants to leave?
And... he really felt that Mo Yu was not as gentle and kind as she appeared.
When their car was halfway through and about to enter the deserted city, they had to slow down because -
Li Feng's men were actually blocking the road, arresting those who had just come from Jufeng Mountain.
Tang Yu'an quickly looked at the map and found that many people had been arrested.
Although it is not clear why they did this, these Jufeng mountain people are all their customers and will also be future residents. How can they let them take them away?
However, as the RV approaches, and the range of the protective barrier has been increased to 20 to 30 meters, so...
As the aura of driving away evil guests took effect, those who harbored ill will towards Tang Yu'an and Huangcheng Home were pushed away.
When their RV approached, only the captured Jufeng mountain people and Li Li's men were left.
Although these subordinates of Li Li were sent here under the orders of Li Feng, they did not have any subjective ill will towards Huangcheng Home or even Tang Yu'an.
In fact, if they were not afraid of being killed or had some unavoidable reasons, they would have wanted to rebel.
So they were not sent away because of the evil guest's aura, but stayed.
When they saw the RV stop and two teenagers get out of the car, the dozen or so people were panicked, but no one chose to leave.
Then, they saw one of the boys smiling at them in a friendly manner.
"Would you like to come to our deserted city home? We are hiring workers recently."
Everyone was stunned by the boy's friendliness. They looked at each other and finally couldn't help but nodded.
"Then untie them and get in the car. I'll take you there." Tang Yu'an pointed at the tied-up Jufeng mountain people and said.
"Okay, okay."
Everyone hurriedly agreed, untied the man, and got into the car together.
Ai Lu, who was sitting in the carriage, was suddenly frightened when she saw so many strangers. She hid behind Mo Yu with a look of fear on her face.
But when he found that these strangers did not treat him as a monster, nor did they chase him or beat or scold him, he slowly calmed down.
Of course, he still held Mo Yu's arm and dared not say a word.
But it was obvious that these people didn't dare to provoke them when they first came up.
Mo Yu and Ai Lu were both clean, just like Tang Yu'an and the others. They looked extraordinary at first glance. These people were busy hiding from them, so who would be so foolish as to provoke them?
The RV set off again.
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi ignored those who were pushed away.
Kill these people? If they can't do it, then they can only choose to ignore them and let them fend for themselves.
However, letting them cause damage like this is not a solution.
So Tang Yu'an opened the map, spent points to buy a fence, extended the fence to the entrance of the deserted city, and blocked the road -
Because the construction team worked quickly, he only built a one-kilometer fence, and the points he spent were not many.
In about two days, the construction team should be able to reach the intersection and then extend it to Jufeng Mountain, striving to have the entire road covered by the protective barrier as soon as possible.
When Li Feng's men saw the RV leave, they wanted to continue to come and occupy the intersection.
As a result, they saw sections of fence walls appearing out of thin air, extending from the direction of the deserted city. This strange scene scared them so much that they ran away and dared not stay any longer.
Soon, the RV passed the construction team and after driving for a while, it arrived at the gate of the deserted city home.
Tang Yu'an informed Old Li on the way, so he brought people to wait early.
Seeing that there were more than twenty laborers this time, Old Li immediately smiled. After confirming their willingness to stay, he asked someone to take care of their personal hygiene and then arrange accommodation for them.
“New houses are already being built, and once this group of people joins, the construction speed should be even faster.”
With the construction robots, they don’t have to worry about not being able to build houses. Of course, at present the workers can only do some auxiliary work.
Only when those smart ones learn real things from the construction robots will they be able to lead their own teams.
"Then I'll leave them to you to arrange!"
Afterwards, Tang Yu'an introduced Mo Yu and Ai Lu to Old Li.
When Old Li saw Mo Yu's long green hair, he already had a guess. When he heard that he was a wood-type ability user and owed Huangcheng Home 1.2 million points, the old man's eyes lit up.
A high-level wood-type ability user is likely to be a master of planting in the fortress!
Xiao An and his friends have found a treasure again!
"Okay, okay. I'll arrange for you to enter the data now." Old Li's attitude towards Mo Yu was much better than that towards Xie Chaori.
When they entered the deserted city home, they heard a commotion.
When I walked over, I saw the new planter, Lao Chen, hugging a middle-aged man, crying and laughing.
After asking around, I found out that it was Old Chen's son, named Chen Xi.
His ability level was low, so he was sent to Li Feng as cannon fodder this time. Fortunately, he was picked up by Tang Yu'an and others.
"It seems that Lao Chen will stay in his hometown wholeheartedly from now on."
Old Li said in a good mood that he strongly supported the two teenagers' behavior of picking up people.
After all, according to the various rules of the deserted city home, people who can stay here can basically play a positive role as long as they are guided and utilized!
Mo Yu and Ai Lu stayed in the deserted city home. They were arranged to live on the 8th floor, opposite Grandma Guo.
Another day passed, and Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi took Kang Kang and left in the RV.
Halfway through the journey, they changed the RV to closed mode and took Kang Kang on the teleportation array.
This time they did not go directly to the Lanhu Grocery Store, but went to Store No. 6 by the grassland lake, then took Kang Kang on the truck and drove to Lanhu Town together.
Kang Kang was so excited because it was his first time riding in a car.
And halfway through the journey, he suddenly asked Zhou Qi to stop. When they got off the car, they saw Kang Kang running to a blade of grass and talking to it in a babbling voice.
After saying that, he took out the small shovel he carried with him and started digging.
"Kang Kang, this is..."
"New friend!"
Tang Yu'an: "..."
He cast an identification spell on the grass and found that it was indeed a mutant plant. From its appearance, it seemed to be a kind of forage grass.
"Does it want to come with us?"
"Uh-huh!"
Seeing Kang Kang digging the soil with great interest, Tang Yu'an had no choice but to take out a flowerpot and give it to him so that he could transplant the mutant forage grass into the pot.
Soon, they got back on the bus and continued their journey to Lanhu Town.
Kang Kang was sitting on the children's chair holding a small basin, his face flushed with joy at making new friends.
Tang Yu'an looked at Kang Kang, then looked at the mutated grass.
I wonder how the blue beard mother tree will react when it sees Kang Kang has made a new friend...
The author has something to say:
Bluebeard Mother Tree: [burst into tears][burst into tears]
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