Chapter 246
As soon as Lao Li’s instant noodles were put on the trading area, they were bought out in less than three seconds.
A few minutes later, he saw a new message pop up in the public channel of the message board.
[Little Noisy]: Wow, instant noodles are so delicious T^T
Old Li couldn't help but smile.
It seems that he is not the only old guy.
He cleared the table and stuffed the instant noodles he had just exchanged into the cupboard.
Although he has achieved freedom from instant noodles, he is still used to saving because he is used to living in a time of material scarcity.
However, before closing the cabinet door, he hesitated for a moment, took out a pack, and then hummed a light tune and left Room 501 leisurely.
Soon, he reached the 8th floor.
When Granny Guo saw Old Li coming over, she was feeling a little surprised. Then she saw him take out a bag from behind that looked very familiar to her.
"Do you recognize this?" said Old Li.
Granny Guo quickly became excited, "Instant noodles! This is instant noodles!"
She took the bag of instant noodles from Old Li's hand and looked at it. Although the packaging was new, she didn't see the production date.
"Where did you pick this up?"
Old Li said, "I didn't pick this up. It's a new product that Jiayuan is about to launch. I brought it for you to try."
"The Shangshen Sect even sells instant noodles?" Granny Guo looked at him in surprise.
Old Li nodded, but did not explain further.
After all, he couldn't even explain where the "Shangshen Cult"'s goods came from, and why they were able to produce so many high-tech things...
Perhaps, it really is a gift from God.
"This wrapping paper is made of biodegradable material. When you don't need it, you can just bury it in the soil," he explained.
Grandma Guo didn't expect that even the wrapping paper was so high-end. This was different from before the disaster.
She didn't ask any more questions, happily paid the money, saw Old Li off, and went into the house with the instant noodles.
Lin Lu, who lived in the same room, was attracted by the aroma of instant noodles. "Grandma Guo, what are you eating? It smells so good!"
She came out of the house with a big belly.
Lin Lu is already very pregnant and will have to move to the obstetrics and gynecology room starting tomorrow to wait for delivery.
Regardless of the era, childbirth is always a hurdle for women. However, since coming to the home, Lin Lu has eaten well and slept well. Not only has her face gained weight, but her physique has also become much stronger.
She was not afraid of giving birth, but looked forward to giving birth every day.
Granny Guo gave her half a bowl of instant noodles and explained, "This is called instant noodles. You can buy it in Room 501 later."
Although instant noodles are the representative of something that smells good but tastes average, it is obvious that this is for modern people who are accustomed to eating all kinds of delicious food.
For a wastelander like Lin Lu who rarely eats food with seasonings and only adds a little salt at most, the instant noodles soup with all kinds of seasonings is a great stimulation to her taste buds.
"Wow, this is so delicious, isn't it?"
Lin Lu ate while sniffing, "After I give birth to the baby, I will go to work in the factory and eat instant noodles every day!"
Granny Guo glanced at her and said, "If you believe me, then listen to my advice. Rest for at least half a month after giving birth before doing any hard labor."
You need to rest for at least a month before the disaster, but there is no such condition in the wasteland.
"If you don't rest well after giving birth, you'll develop chronic illnesses and you'll realize the consequences when you're older."
Lin Lu opened her mouth, thinking that she wasn't sure if she could live to old age, so how could she care about so many things? Of course, enjoying life in the moment was more important.
However, she swallowed her words in the end.
Because things are different now. Looking at the changes in her home every day and thinking about her life in the past three months, she can no longer live one day at a time as she did in the past.
She wanted to see what the future held.
"Mother-in-law, do you think... the God of Commerce will really bless us?" Lin Lu suddenly asked.
Granny Guo paused slightly.
More and more people in my homeland are worshipping the God of Business... But, there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with that.
She nodded, "I will."
Lin Lu couldn't help but smile.
At this time, she heard the old man say: "After you give birth to a child, you can still live with me. Just like now, help me take care of the flowers and plants and condense pure water. I will pay you."
Lin Lu looked at her and her eyes became moist again.
Granny Guo handed her a handkerchief and said, "I'm only saying this because I really need you. You don't have to feel burdened."
After she finished speaking, Lin Lu couldn't stop crying anymore.
Since coming to her home, she really feels like she is living in a dream every day. If possible, she hopes that her home can last forever so that she will never wake up from her dream.
She hoped that the God of Commerce could hear her voice and always bless her deserted home.
For this, she is willing to become the most devout believer of the God of Business!
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On the other side, Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi finally finished decorating the dormitory building.
Each floor is divided into four rows of small rooms, with 7 rooms in each row. A total of 112 households can be accommodated on the four floors.
As for the first floor, Tang Yu'an did not make the same partitions, but instead prepared to leave it empty as a chat room.
There are currently 169 residents in the home, including 7 employees, 53 children, and the remaining 109 adult residents.
After the number of people increased dramatically, the original chat room on the 5th floor was obviously no longer sufficient.
Every time a movie is shown, everyone has to squeeze in and there aren't enough seats at the door.
The bedroom, which is used for people with special abilities to discuss and communicate, also faces the problem of insufficient space.
Because, among the 109 adult residents, 75 of them are people with special abilities.
Driven by the people around them and encouraged by the policies of their homeland, more and more people with special abilities have joined in the exchanges and discussions.
They no longer keep their own things to themselves, but actively participate. Although there have not been many significant results yet, this atmosphere is worth encouraging.
The truth becomes clearer the more it is debated.
Although Zhou Qi seldom goes to the communication room, he reads the meeting minutes every day. His ability system is quite diverse, so it is better for him to listen to other people's ideas rather than burying himself in research.
"Move the chat room to the first floor of the dormitory, and the original room will be used as a venue for the superpower communication group." Zhou Qi said.
Tang Yu'an nodded, and then added: "Sister Lin's physical chemistry group also needs a venue."
"Then give her the next room."
"Uh-huh!"
They went back to the first floor and began planning the chat room. First, they added the lights, then laid out the tiles and carpet, and finally placed the iron basin containing the fire stone...
By the time they finished their work, it was already evening.
Zhou Qi went to prepare dinner, and Tang Yu'an opened the map and browsed around. As a result, he saw that the people with children who he met at the gate of the guard post in the morning had already gone down the mountain.
He was a little worried, but then he saw——
Hey, has the construction team’s fence been built to the foot of Jufeng Mountain?
As the fence was built, the construction team was getting farther and farther away from their homes in the deserted city, and the round trip was too time-consuming, so they all brought tents and rested on the spot at night.
With the protection of the protective barrier, the construction team is not afraid of mutant creatures, and the welfare provided by the home to the construction team is also very good -
Their work clothes are made of thermostatic cloth, so they will not get cold even if they sleep outdoors at night.
Of course, working in the wild is still very hard. Although there are special vehicles delivering construction materials and food every day, the food and accommodation are not as good as at home.
So they spontaneously adopted a three-shift strategy to ensure that some people were resting while some were working, so that the project could keep moving forward.
Because of this, the fence was built so quickly, and it was basically completed when it reached the foot of the mountain.
Tang Yu'an ran to the kitchen to find Zhou Qi.
"Brother Xiaoqi, shall we take the bus to pick up the construction team tomorrow? And by the way, put the bus plan on the agenda as well!"
"Okay." Zhou Qi agreed to the proposal.
However, this will require hiring another employee to manage the bus.
Although there may not be many passengers for the time being, the prospects for buses are great and they will definitely develop in the future.
"Do you have any candidates to recruit?" Zhou Qi asked.
Tang Yu'an thought for a moment and said, "What do you think of Uncle Shugen?"
Shugen is one of the earliest residents. He is not only hardworking but also has a good personality and is very popular in the community.
Although he has no special powers, he still earned a lot of peace coins by relying on his own abilities. He is a smart person.
Zhou Qi also thought Shugen was a good candidate. "Then let's ask Grandpa Li for his opinion?"
"Uh-huh!"
Tang Yu'an sent a message to Lao Li, who did not object, but suggested waiting a while before recommending him.
"If we want to arrange him as a ticket seller, he still needs to be evaluated." said Old Li.
After all, the bus has just been put into operation, and there will definitely not be many passengers in the initial stage. Whether it can hold up and whether it can carry enough passengers is also a test of its ability.
Although the two teenagers were very confident about the bus model, Old Li still wanted to pour cold water on them.
"It would be better if buses could charge Ping An coins as far as they are concerned, as this would make management easier. However, at the current rate, the promotion of Ping An coins will take time."
Moreover, just as his home is now rich in supplies, Old Li does not have to use points to exchange for water unless necessary.
Residents of Huangcheng and Jufengshan are more likely to choose to walk rather than take the bus.
The pace of life in the wasteland is very slow. If you want to speed up, you need to give people some time to adapt.
"I think we can give him a one-month probation period to see if he is capable of doing the job."
Old Li said, "When recruiting full-time employees in the future, this step will need to be done first."
Otherwise, if there are too many employees like Lin Zhen and Lan Lin who are "not doing their jobs properly", then even if we recruit more employees, there will never be enough staff.
Tang Yu'an couldn't help feeling ashamed when he heard Old Li's complaints about Lin Zhen and the others.
Now Lin Zhen is completely immersed in scientific research and rarely helps with home affairs.
Also, because she had indeed achieved a lot of research results, her homeland gave her rewards, so even if she earned fewer points, it would not affect her life at all.
She even earned points for several paid posts she made on the forum.
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi were both very supportive of her research, but it did take up employee positions at No. 1 Store, leaving the family with a shortage of staff.
However, since the store has just been upgraded and the number of employees has increased by 5, there is no need to consider transferring her for the time being.
As for Old Li's suggestion to set up an assessment period, Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi naturally agreed.
"Grandpa, you can assess a few more people." Tang Yu'an said, "If you find a suitable candidate, please tell us and we will recommend him to the Divine Envoy."
After all, it is Grandpa Li who usually manages the home, and he must know better than them who are suitable to be employees.
Old Li looked at him in surprise.
"Are you sure you want to give me such great power?" he asked seriously.
Tang Yu'an was about to say yes when he was stopped by Zhou Qi next to him.
Zhou Qi smiled and said, "Grandpa, we are only recommending you to the Lord God's Envoy. The final decision still lies with the Lord God's Envoy."
Old Li gave him a meaningful look and nodded: "I understand. I won't let you down."
Then they ended the call.
Tang Yu'an looked at the black screen of his laptop and belatedly said, "Brother Xiaoqi, did Grandpa... discover something?"
Zhou Qi patted his head and said, "No matter what you find, Grandpa Li can be trusted."
What's more, they now have enough confidence.
Even if others discovered that they were mysterious merchants, so what? When their strength could match theirs, there was no need to fear them anymore.
Tang Yu'an nodded and said, "Yes! If even grandpa can't be trusted, then there aren't many people in this world who can be trusted."
In the evening, after they salvaged the drifting bottle, they sent a video call request to Gu Qianli.
Strangely, this time Gu Qianli did not answer the call immediately. Instead, after a long time, when Tang Yu'an was about to give up, his image appeared on the panel.
Seeing Gu Qianli's appearance clearly, Tang Yu'an couldn't help but asked nervously: "Teacher Gu! Are you okay?"
Gu Qianli looked dusty and the wooden hairpin on his head was crooked. Behind him was not an ordinary hut, but a misty red fog.
"It's okay." Gu Qianli comforted.
He just came out to explore and accidentally fell into a pit. He almost fainted, but luckily Tang Yu'an called him via video and woke him up from his coma.
"Thank you."
He said this solemnly, and then asked, "What do you want to talk to me about?"
Tang Yu'an looked at him worriedly, "How about we wait until you get home and then we can talk about it?"
Gu Qianli shook his head, "It's okay."
Their video calls were not free, and they only happened once a day. If there was nothing important, the boy would not contact him, so there was no need to waste this opportunity.
"It's nothing serious..." Tang Yu'an scratched his hair, "I just want to buy another spirit storage bag."
They upgraded their shop and got a new message in a bottle, so they needed a spirit bag to transport things.
Gu Qianli looked embarrassed, "I haven't found anything recently..."
He suddenly paused and looked down.
He moved his foot just now and seemed to have stepped on something.
This component is...
Gu Qianli squatted down, took out a shovel and dug, and actually dug out a spirit storage bag. He looked at it with his spiritual sense and found that it was not damaged and could still be used.
He looked up blankly and said to Tang Yu'an: "I found it..."
"Really?" Tang Yu'an said in surprise, "That's great!"
Gu Qianli was still in a daze. He was naturally happy in his heart, but also felt it was magical.
After all, he rarely picked up useful things. Although there were many relics left on this ancient battlefield, it had experienced a great war and many years had passed, so many things had weathered away.
Every time I go out to explore, eight out of ten times I return empty-handed.
He felt very lucky to have picked up the spirit storage bag last time, but sure enough, he hardly picked up anything good in the period since then.
I fell into a pit today and fainted.
If the boy hadn't called him by video, he didn't know how long he would have fainted before waking up...
Unexpectedly, under such circumstances, I picked up another spirit storage bag.
"I'll give it to you when I get back." Gu Qianli quickly calmed down and said to Tang Yu'an, "Is it okay to keep the price as before?"
"Sure!" Tang Yu'an nodded, "Go back and check the wound and take care of it."
Gu Qianli nodded, and only closed the panel after the video time was up.
Looking at the gray soul storage bag in his hand, he shook his head and was about to put the soul storage bag into his personal storage when he suddenly caught a glimpse of something out of the corner of his eye.
He paused slightly, made a hand gesture, and a fluorescent light flashed.
Under the fluorescent light, a plant with purple leaves appeared in his sight in the pit, making his eyes light up.
It's a wild spiritual plant!
Is today his lucky day? How lucky!
Gu Qianli hurried over and carefully dug out the spiritual plant. Because it was a "Flower, Bird, Insect and Fish Shop" system, his portable warehouse could store living things like a spirit bag.
He put away the purple spiritual plant, then found his bamboo pole and quickly left the pit.
In the red fog, his spiritual power was greatly suppressed, and he had already consumed a lot of energy after casting spells twice.
In order to save his spiritual energy to deal with possible crises, he could only hold on to the bamboo pole and limp back to the cabin along the route marked on the map.
When he vaguely saw the outline of the hut, the breath he had been holding in his heart was deflated.
His body, which had long been overdrawn, finally couldn't hold on any longer and he fell down dizzy again.
Just as he was about to fall to the ground, a black shadow flashed by. Gu Qianli only saw a blurry figure catch him, and then he lost consciousness.
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Ping An Grocery Store Attic.
"I don't know what's going on with Teacher Gu either?" Tang Yu'an said worriedly.
Zhou Qi patted his head and said, "Think positively."
"Um!"
Then, Tang Yu'an conducted today's lottery. He really wanted a double points card so that when the Star Chain Fruit in Lanhu Town was in season, he could earn some points.
pity--
Congratulations! You've received a "Wholesale Market Discount Card (40% off)"
"Why isn't it a double card?" Tang Yu'an was a little disappointed.
Zhou Qi's mouth twitched, and he could only say, "Aren't we buying a car tomorrow? This just happens to be useful."
Originally, a smart passenger bus would cost 70,000 points, but now with this discount card, it only costs 42,000, almost half the price.
"That's true!"
Tang Yu'an became happy again.
Because Kang Kang was left behind by the Blue Hu Mother Tree tonight, and Kang Kang did not refuse, there was no need to pick him up.
So, they went to the alternate dimension and stayed there for half a month, and only came back the next day in this dimension.
The cooling time of the drift accelerator has not yet arrived, so I can’t get Gu Qianli’s spirit storage bag yet, and I can only wait a while for the drift bottle to be sent home.
When they arrived home, Old Li was already waiting for them.
Standing beside him were Tree Root and Fireball, father and son.
"The first bus route in our hometown has been completed. It is such a meaningful thing, so of course I want to witness it with my own eyes." Old Li said with a smile.
This moment is enough to go down in history!
After hearing what Old Li said, Tang Yu'an couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion.
"There will be more and more routes in the future!" he said.
In addition to buses, there are also trains and high-speed railways. Although these are still far away now, they will be realized one day!
Old Li nodded and inserted a ready-made sign at the intersection, on which was written: Huangcheng Home Station.
Tang Yu felt relieved for a moment, then opened the panel and spent 42,000 points to buy a smart passenger bus.
This passenger vehicle is a hybrid of fuel and solar energy. It can store solar energy and replace it with fuel on cloudy days.
A 30-seat bus can carry at least 50 people at a time if people are allowed to stand in the aisles.
Seeing such a steel behemoth appear out of nowhere, Tree Root and Fireball father and son were stunned, but seeing that Old Li and the others looked calm, they didn't dare to ask any more questions.
Perhaps, this is the way of God!
They got on the bus and started heading towards Jufeng Mountain.
In unmanned driving mode, the bus can still operate safely and at a high speed.
However, because there were residents traveling between the deserted city and Jufeng Mountain on the road, it still took some time to dodge.
Old Li said to the tree root, "There will be dedicated lanes and sidewalks in the future, and you will be responsible for maintaining order."
Shugen nodded and quickly wrote it down.
After avoiding a few pedestrians, the bus increased its speed again. In just an hour and a half, it arrived at the foot of Jufeng Mountain from the deserted city home and met the construction team.
The construction team had just packed up their things and were about to walk back when they unexpectedly saw the car that was supposed to pick them up.
"This is too fast..." muttered the tree root.
Even though he saw it with his own eyes, he still felt that it was unreal. You know, it took at least two days to get to Jufeng Mountain from the deserted city!
We set out in the morning and arrived before noon! How could it be so fast?
Fireball's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but ask, "Dad, what kind of superpower is this? It's amazing!"
The tree root opened its mouth slightly, but could not answer at all.
Tang Yu'an, who was sitting next to him, helped him out. He said to Fireball, "This is not a supernatural power."
"What is this?"
"It's the power of human technology." Tang Yu'an said, "In an era without superpowers, humans mastered this power and created a brilliant civilization."
Fireball stared at him blankly, not quite daring to believe it, "This car can move on its own, too?"
"That's right." Tang Yu'an said firmly.
"Then how can we master this power?" Fireball's eyes revealed desire.
Tang Yu'an grinned, "Of course I should study hard!"
Fireball's expression suddenly fell.
Now the school in the home has been established, and all the children brought from Jufeng Mountain who are five years old or above must go to school.
Fireball is naturally among them.
Because of the foundation he laid during the previous flood and his older age, he learned faster than others.
However, this doesn't mean that Fireball is without pressure.
He thought for a moment and then tentatively asked, "Can I study... without doing homework?"
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