Chapter 44
I didn’t expect that the mutant lantern fruit that was listed at ten times its value was actually sold!
That’s 500 points!
Tang Yu'an was shocked. Are merchants in other planes so rich?
Unfortunately, the system only displayed the time of sale, without indicating who purchased his product, and there was no private chat function on the page, otherwise he really wanted to have a good communication with this wealthy customer.
Tang Yu'an quickly cashed out his points, and after deducting a 10% handling fee, he received 450 points.
As a result, his points balance became 3224, breaking the 3,000 mark again!
Wow, rounding it off, that means he got two cold medicines, a bottle of primary recovery potion and 50 points for free today!
Yay!
Looking at the empty merchandise grid, he quickly hung up the last mutant lantern fruit and also raised the price as high as possible.
Anyway, Kang Kang has four more, so I can just trade with him later.
While listening to the good news he shared, Zhou Qi continued his business according to yesterday's route.
The first stop is Grandma Guo’s house.
Because he had to leave for the market town the next day, Tang Yu'an was worried that the mutated lantern fruit would rot, so he did not play the "trading game" with Kang Kang today.
After all, one fruit can be sold for 500 points, and he will be sad if it goes bad!
So, he exchanged four whole wheat steamed buns with Kang Kang and got all the mutant lantern fruits in return, earning a total of 192 points.
The value of whole wheat steamed buns is 2 points per piece.
Although it is a bit harsh on the throat and not as delicious as the bun skin made with refined flour, it is not to the point of being difficult to swallow.
"Just eat one a day while I'm away." Tang Yu'an instructed Kang Kang.
The weather is hot now, and this whole-wheat steamed bun can be stored longer than the stuffed buns, so it doesn’t matter even if Grandma Guo finds out.
"It's best to keep it in a cool, ventilated place. If you feel it's too choking when eating, soak it in water."
Kang Kang listened to Tang Yu'an's instructions and nodded in confusion.
Today, Tang Yu'an naturally gave him the big white buns to eat. The soft and fragrant buns with sweet fillings have become Kang Kang's favorite.
And his appetite is getting better day by day. At first, he would feel full after eating half a piece, but now he can easily eat more than half of it.
"Brother won't be able to come to see you tomorrow. You have to be good and listen to grandma." Tang Yu'an rubbed his little head.
Kang Kang understood what was said.
"Brother, you won't come?" The child's eyes suddenly became tearful, and he looked so pitiful that it was heartbreaking.
"Come back in a few days, brother has something to do." Tang Yu'an explained to him patiently.
Kang Kang sniffed but didn't make a fuss. He just pointed at the little green seedling at his feet and said, "Miaomiao, grow up and give it to your brother!"
He emphasized it with particular emphasis.
Tang Yu'an easily understood what he meant and couldn't help laughing: "Okay, I'll come get it. This has already been agreed upon, don't worry!"
Kang Kang finally stopped crying, but he was still in a bad mood.
Tang Yu'an said, "Wait until I come back, and then I'll continue playing the fruit exchange game with you."
Each mutated lantern fruit can be earned for 49 points. Although it is not as good as the ones sold on the acquisition page, fortunately, it can be earned repeatedly every day by circumventing the bug. Tang Yu Anke is reluctant to give up such a stable way of earning points.
As he spoke, he couldn't help but look up at the mature mutant lantern plant, "By then, one or two more should be mature, right?"
Kang Kang nodded, "Yes! Sure."
"Hahaha, that's great!"
On the other side, Zhou Qi also completed the transaction with Granny Guo and earned more than 40 points.
There has been no progress on the potato that was given to her yesterday. Perhaps they will get good news when they return from the market town.
They said goodbye and left before the weather got too hot.
Kang Kang held the little green seedling and stood beside Grandma Guo, watching them leave reluctantly. When he could no longer see them, he lowered his head and looked at the little green seedling in his arms.
The little green seedling has grown a lot taller than yesterday.
Bear fruit...for your brother...
Kang Kang's eyes became inexplicably firm, and then he ran back into the house with the little green seedling in his arms, not knowing where he went.
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The next stop is Old Li’s house.
When they arrived, Old Li was polishing and assembling wooden blocks just like he was yesterday.
He seemed to have gotten used to the two teenagers coming to him three times a day to trade, and had already prepared the items for exchange - two straw baskets and an animal skin.
Yes, after Old Li recovered from his injury, he went out hunting again.
As an experienced old hunter who dared to approach the center of the deserted city, it was easy for him to capture small animals.
"This fur can be used at night."
The temperature difference between day and night in the wasteland is large. It is as hot as an oven during the day and as hot as an ice cellar at night. Animal fur is still very durable.
That being said, since it's ordinary rabbit fur, it's only worth 20 points in the system evaluation.
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi didn't mind at all. After coming to the wasteland, what they lacked most was probably clothes for all four seasons.
Especially Zhou Qi, all his clothes were left in the original world, and now he can only pick up Tang Dad's clothes to wear, but they really don't fit him well, either the sleeves are too short or the pants are too short.
Fortunately, Tang's father's clothes were relatively loose and the fabric could be stretched, so they could still be worn. Now that Old Li had taken out this animal fur that could be used to make clothes, they naturally liked it.
Although I can’t wear it during the day now, the weather won’t stay this hot forever. I can take it out and use it when the weather gets colder.
"We'll come a little early tomorrow."
"Okay, it's best to set off at dawn and try to reach the market town the day after tomorrow afternoon."
After agreeing on a departure time for the next day, Zhou Qi took Tang Yu'an and went to Lin Zhen's home. After successfully completing the transaction, they went to Tie Jin's residence.
When they arrived at Tiejin's house, he had just fed Jin Lili breakfast.
"Haha, I'm pretty good at making egg custard now! Xiaoli loves it." Tiejin said cheerfully, "I also went to see Old Li yesterday and asked him to make me a wooden comb. It should be ready tonight."
He led the two young men into the house and continued, "I heard from Old Li that you are going to the market town with him tomorrow?"
"Yes." Tang Yu'an nodded, "Uncle, is there anything you need us to bring back?"
Tiejin smiled and said, "It's true!"
He took out five metal arrowheads from the bag on his waist, handed them to Zhou Qi, and said, "Can you help me go to the town and see if there is anyone selling pre-disaster clothes?"
"I remember there were a lot of stalls selling pre-disaster items in the market town. There should be some selling clothes."
He rubbed his hands and said, "Can you see if there's anything that's suitable for Xiaoli? Please help me change it back. As for the remaining arrows, they'll be your hard work fee."
Mutated metal arrows are consumables, but they are also considered hard currency in the market town and can be exchanged for things.
Zhou Qi didn't refuse and nodded, "Okay, do you have any specific requests?"
"Try to get something new, not too shabby."
What Jin Lili is wearing now is called a skirt, but it is actually just a piece of rag with three holes cut in it for her to put on.
Originally, Tie Jin thought it was nothing, but yesterday he saw Tang Yu'an wipe the child's face and hands clean, comb the child's hair neatly and beautifully, and braided it into a beautiful pigtail.
When he looked at his daughter's clothes again, he felt displeased.
And that "skirt" was indeed very dirty, but now the hot weather is coming and water is in short supply. No matter how rich he is, he can't use precious water to wash her clothes.
So Tiejin thought of just buying her a new one. He had been rummaging through the ruins these days to see if he could find any clothes left over from before the disaster.
Tiejin thought for a moment and added, "Even adult clothes can be worn with just a few alterations."
"OK."
Seeing that the system prompt did not pop up, Zhou Qi thought for a moment and repeated, "In other words, you give me these five metal arrows in exchange for me promising to give you a set of clothes, right?"
Tiejin felt that this sounded strange, but there seemed to be nothing wrong with it.
"That's right," he said repeatedly.
[Employee Zhou Qi completes a transaction with a regular customer and makes a profit, earning +150 points and +1 experience point]
150 points, easily obtained.
Then, Zhou Qi took out another pound of millet.
"What is this?" Tiejin asked in surprise when he saw these yellow millet grains for the first time.
"A kind of grain." Zhou Qi didn't explain it too clearly, only saying, "Boil this grain with water and it will become a paste. You can give it to Lily."
Tiejin's eyes lit up.
"You can eat it with egg custard, but you can't just eat egg custard for every meal." Zhou Qi said.
"Okay, okay."
Tiejin agreed with this very much. After all, bird eggs are quite difficult to find. Only Lin Zhen has a way to find them. If he goes out to look for them himself, he often can't find a nest after searching for a long time.
So Zhou Qi exchanged the pound of millet with him in two installments.
Then, at Tiejin's request, he demonstrated to him how to cook millet porridge.
Because it was cooked in ordinary pots, it took a little time - Tiejin was very patient. After all, he usually produced metals, which required him to do slowly and bit by bit.
But Tang Yu'an really wanted to take out the pressure cooker when he saw it.
Maybe it will be necessary to entrust Uncle Tiejin to make a pressure cooker in the future. After all, pressure cookers can save a lot of firewood and should be popular in the wasteland, right?
It may take some research to figure out how to make a pressure cooker with good sealing properties.
Finally, the soft, sticky millet porridge is cooked.
Tiejin tasted it and found that it had no taste, but it did melt in the mouth and could be fed to babies.
"If you think it's tasteless, you can add chopped wild vegetables and cook them together." Zhou Qi said, "Fruit is also fine, but you just need to make sure it's cooked until it's a little soft."
Tiejin nodded repeatedly after hearing this, "Yeah, okay."
Afterwards, Zhou Qi took out a blueprint and gave it to Tie Jin, hoping that he could help make a machete.
Tiejin took the snow-white manuscript paper, his eyes brightening surprisingly. "Is this the paper Old Li was talking about? The paper you can write on and draw on?"
Zhou Qi nodded.
"Okay, I understand."
As expected of someone who came out of the fortress, there are so many good things.
Tiejin, feeling that he had gained new knowledge, folded the design draft along the crease and put it away with extra care. His attitude towards the two young men was friendly and amiable, but also had a hint of inexplicable respect.
Zhou Qi took Tang Yu'an and said goodbye and left.
Because Jin Lili fell asleep after eating, they didn't see her, but today's daily task didn't require attracting new customers, so it didn't matter.
Since then, all regular customers have said goodbye, and Tang Yu'an's points balance has reached 3682 points.
They returned to the grocery store and started making steamed buns.
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By the evening, everything was ready. Tang Yu'an spent another 100 points to exchange for 2L of milk and put it in the refrigerator, and reminded Chi Hao to remember his daily tasks.
Chi Hao was so envious when he saw Tang Yu'an casually exchanging two large bottles of milk.
But he believed that once he recovered from his injury and returned to the fortress, he would definitely be able to earn more points than this!
After washing up and climbing up to the attic, Tang Yuan lay in bed. Thinking about going to the market town tomorrow, he became a little excited and couldn't fall asleep for a while.
Then he remembered that he still had something to do today.
Lucky Wheel!
Tang Yu'an quickly turned over and sat up, opened the umbrella, then pulled Zhou Qi and said, "Brother Xiaoqi, I haven't drawn the lottery yet."
Zhou Qi nodded, also a little curious whether he could draw anything good today.
Tang Yu'an blew on his hands, and after some preparations, he nervously clicked on the lottery.
The lucky wheel spun and spun, and as the pointer stopped, a system prompt popped up:
Congratulations! You've obtained the special item "Sad Marbles"
When Tang Yu'an took out the new marbles, Zhou Qi was silent.
Sure enough, he shouldn't question the luck of the European Emperor.
"Brother Xiaoqi, I drew another marble!" Tang Yu'an looked at the introduction of the Sad Marbles.
【Sad Marbles】
Description: A wonderful series of marbles, this is a marble that will bring sadness!
Status: Bound
Familiar recipe, familiar description.
"S-Sad marbles?"
Zhou Qi paused for a rare moment when speaking.
Apparently, he remembered the fear he had felt when he was dominated by the Happy Marbles for a full ten minutes.
"Yeah." Tang Yu'an nodded and took out the happy marbles.
Unlike the red happy marbles, the sad marbles are light blue, as if they carry a little bit of melancholy.
"Marbles that bring sadness, do they mean they will make people cry?" Tang Yu'an guessed.
Zhou Qi stared at the marbles and couldn't help swallowing. Just when he gritted his teeth and wanted to reach out to take them to test the effect of the marbles, Tang Yu'an put the two marbles away.
"Let's find someone to try it when we get to the market town."
Or he could try it if he encountered any mutated creatures. Anyway, Tang Yu'an didn't plan to experiment on his brother Xiaoqi.
"If the Sad Marbles really do make people cry, and their effect is as strong as the Happy Marbles, then we'll have another powerful weapon!"
Tang Yu'an lay back in bed and began to daydream.
"I wonder what the effect would be if two marbles were used on one person at the same time?" He tilted his head.
Is it a mixture of sadness and joy, or is only one effective?
Zhou Qi: “…”
This sounds a little bit scary.
He pursed his lips and said, "Go to sleep. You have to get up early tomorrow."
"good……"
Tang Yu'an closed his eyes. He thought he would not be able to sleep, but he fell into a deep sleep after a while.
A dreamless night.
The next day, the alarm Zhou Qi set rang half an hour earlier than usual.
It was just getting light outside. They had promised Old Li to leave early, so they got up a little earlier than usual today.
Tang Yu'an struggled to get up. By the time they washed up and had breakfast, it was only six o'clock.
He looked at the sales information on the acquisition page and found that the mutant lantern fruit that was put up for sale yesterday had not been sold yet, but this was quite normal.
Rich people are common, but suckers are rare.
He took the product off the shelf and then put it back on again, extending the time to 24 hours so that he wouldn't forget to return it to the warehouse while he was in a hurry.
Today's daily tasks did not attract new customers, which is good news.
Because they had already packed everything they could last night, they didn't have to pack anymore today. Tang Yu'an began to do ideological work on the three little ones, especially Yuanbao.
Tang Yu'an hesitated whether to take Yuanbao with him, but thinking of Wangcai and Yinbi's performance when facing Chi Hao, he decided to keep Yuanbao.
Moreover, Yuanbao did a very good job of monitoring Chi Hao in the past two days, which made him feel very relieved.
"It's best not to let him leave the grocery store." Tang Yu'an said to Yuanbao.
Brother Chi Hao stayed in the grocery store and could not contact the outside world, so their risk was minimized.
"You also have to supervise him to feed you milk, water the plants, and most importantly, clean the place every day."
Zhou Qi has completed today's cleaning task, and it will be up to Chi Hao for the next few days.
"As for food and drink, let him take whatever he wants."
Yuanbao listened to Tang Yu'an's repeated instructions and nodded seriously, not knowing whether he really understood.
But now it's time, I can only choose to believe it.
They were talking outside the house, but at such a short distance, Chi Hao, who had been woken up, could of course hear it.
He curled his lips in disapproval.
Chi Hao could understand why the two children wanted him not to leave the grocery store for the time being and asked their pets to monitor him.
After all, this was in the wasteland, and he couldn't ask people to take him in and be completely unsuspecting of him at the same time. This was unlikely to happen in the fortress.
but……
Isn't it too much of an insult to him to let such a little puppy monitor him?
If he wanted to leave, could this little puppy stop him? Even if the other two followed him, he could easily deal with them!
Of course, no matter how much he was worried, Chi Hao didn't show it, because...
"Brother Chi Hao, these are the steamed buns and dumplings I promised to give you." Zhou Qi put two large bags of steamed buns and dumplings into the refrigerator to keep them fresh.
Then he added, "I used the remaining filling and dough to make a few pancakes and put them in the pot in the kitchen. You can eat them if you are hungry today."
"Okay, okay." Chi Hao nodded hurriedly.
I didn't expect to eat something different today! I'm just a little bit looked down upon, so what's the big deal?
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At about half past six, Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi were ready to set off.
This time, Chi Hao insisted on seeing them off to the door, and then handed them the token he promised yesterday.
It was a piece of mutated metal, the metal arrowhead he had asked the two children for yesterday, which he had melted and processed.
Because there is no mold, the shape of this metal block is irregular and the surface is uneven, but the shape of the arrow can no longer be seen. The unique shape does appear to be somewhat chic.
There was a deep red mark on the surface of the metal block, like a burning flame.
"My breath is left on this. If you encounter any trouble, take this to the administrator of Jufeng Town. She will help you." Chi Hao said.
"What does the manager of Jufeng Town look like?" Tang Yu'an asked curiously.
Chi Hao shrugged and said, "It's a woman with red hair like me. Her name is Hong Li."
Tang Yu'an couldn't help but stare at his red-headed girl for a few seconds, and couldn't help asking: "What is your relationship? Why would she help us?"
"You're just a kid, why are you asking so many questions?" Chi Hao waved his hand, "Let's go quickly, it's already daybreak."
"Then let's go."
"Yeah, be safe."
Chi Hao watched the two young men walk away, and then he had time to look around.
This was also the first time he came outside to check after being rescued and brought back to the grocery store.
The sky was hazy, the light was dim, and there were gusts of cold morning wind blowing, which was very similar to the scene he saw after waking up from his serious injury that day.
Then Chi Hao quickly recognized that the open space in front was where he woke up that night.
And under his feet...
Chi Hao looked down, then looked up again, looking at the two buildings leaning against each other, a look of confusion on his face.
Of course he remembered the two buildings that were close to each other, and he also remembered that there was nothing in the triangular area formed under the buildings?
How come there is an extra grocery store?
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After leaving Chi Hao's sight, Tang Yu'an put the whole wheat steamed bun in his hand into his portable warehouse, and then used the light body technique on Zhou Qi.
Now the continuous use time of the light body technique can reach 9 hours, so it will become ineffective after 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
However, it is impossible for Old Li to travel for such a long time. If he takes a break at noon and manages his time well, he should be able to drag it out until dark.
When they arrived at Old Li's residence, the old man was already sitting at the door waiting.
It was less than seven in the morning, but the sky had already brightened and there was a hint of heat.
"Here we are." Old Li stood up and greeted them.
"Good morning, Grandpa Li."
Old Li looked at the two teenagers and saw that their originally clean clothes had become dirty and torn, and their fair skin had turned a dark color. He couldn't help but nod.
Then, he stared at Tang Yu'an's smile for a few more seconds, and suddenly said, "Don't smile when there are outsiders around."
When she smiles, she reveals two rows of white teeth, which become even more obvious after her skin color is darkened.
"oh……"
Tang Yu'an shut his mouth obediently.
Seeing the young man lower his head sadly, Old Li coughed lightly and then took something out of the backpack behind him.
"Here, this is for you."
Tang Yu'an blinked his eyes. What Old Li handed over was a crossbow. Looking at the familiar wooden blocks, it was exactly what he had been fiddling with and piecing together these days.
"For me?" He took the small crossbow stupidly.
"Well, it's yours."
After Old Li finished speaking, he turned around and blocked the door with a huge rock. Then he said, "Let's go. We have a long journey today. You must follow me closely."
"Grandpa Li..."
Tang Yu'an was about to exchange something with him when he was interrupted.
"The crossbow is a gift to you, not a trade."
At this point, Old Li paused slightly and looked at Tang Yu'an uncertainly, "You should know how to use it, right?"
Tang Yu'an looked at him innocently, obviously not.
"It's okay, I'll teach you later." Old Li tied up his bag and said, "Let's go."
Although Old Li is old, he is extremely agile in his movements. Without the help of the light body technique, Tang Yu'an could not keep up with him and could only rely on Zhou Qi to carry him.
Soon, they entered a winding and rugged road and headed towards Jufeng Town.
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In front of the grocery store, Chi Hao observed for a long time, but still didn't think his memory was wrong.
So he decided to go out into the clearing and take a look.
However, when he took a step forward, a clear dog bark was heard.
"Woof woof!"
Yuanbao ran up to him and stared at him warningly with his teeth bared.
Chi Hao looked at the little puppy who stopped him again and couldn't help laughing, "You don't think I'm really afraid of you, do you?"
After a day and night of rest, he felt much better than yesterday, so... Chi Hao raised his hand, and a small flame suddenly appeared above his palm.
He originally wanted to scare the little puppy, but in the end—
The puppy took two steps back, and as it moved away, its body grew bigger and bigger.
Chi Hao went from looking down to being forced to look up, and his expression changed from playful to stunned.
He just watched helplessly as the puppy that was still drinking milk turned into a giant four-eyed dog in the blink of an eye, staring at him coldly with its terrifying two pairs of eyes.
With a puff, the small flame in Chi Hao's hand went out.
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