Chapter 60
"Boss, what are you doing..."
"These are thunder crystal stones and wood crystal stones. You should be familiar with them, right?" Lin Meiyu said.
From the very beginning, she knew that these two young men were extraordinary. The fact that the mountain master took them away in front of everyone further confirmed her guess.
She looked down at the two crystals in her hands.
This was collected by Wang Hu in order to send her to the fortress. He heard that as long as three crystals were handed in, one could enter the fortress, so he spent a lot of time and money to collect them, hoping to send her to the fortress.
He said that everyone in the fortress had enough food and clothing, and he said that the fortress was very safe and there was no need to worry about natural disasters and mutant creatures.
He said that with her powers, she could live well in the fortress.
Lin Meiyu had a vision of the fortress, but she couldn't bear to leave Wang Hu.
She had already made up her mind. If they couldn't go together, she would stay in the Meiyu Pavilion forever, by Wang Hu's side...
Now that Wang Hu was in trouble, if these two crystals could save him, she wouldn't mind giving them out at all - in fact, she had just thought about whether she should use these two crystals as a reward to beg the guards.
But having grown up in Jufeng Town, how could she not understand the nature of those people?
Once she takes out the crystal, not only will she not get any help, but she may also attract greater covetousness.
Words have power, and they can only take effect when spoken. Those thugs have plenty of ways to prevent her from speaking.
But these two kids are different.
They were from the fortress, and there was no conflict of interest between her and them. More importantly, they took in Shitou and Xiaocao yesterday!
She had learned this morning that Shitou had stolen their things, but not only did they not blame him, they also gave Xiaocao an antidote, taught the two children how to repel insects, and paid for the brother and sister's accommodation.
These two kids are different from the people in Jufeng Town!
Lin Meiyu looked at Tang Yu'an eagerly, as if looking at the last straw, "As long as you can cure him, these two crystals will be your reward, okay?"
Of course!
One crystal is worth 200 points, two are worth 400!
Moreover, crystal is psychic stone, one of the materials for furniture upgrade. It can be used at level 1. If you continue to upgrade in the future, you will definitely need more.
Tang Yu'an, who had just lost 2,000 points due to upgrading, looked at the two crystals and his eyes suddenly lit up.
"Yes, we can save him!"
Tang Yu paused, then added, "But we can't guarantee that we can cure him."
After hearing what he said, Lin Meiyu felt relieved. At least the other party did not exaggerate for the crystal.
"Wait a moment."
She hurried away and soon returned with a basket.
There were many fruits and wild vegetables in the basket. "If you are willing to treat him, regardless of whether he is cured or not, these are given to you as a thank you gift."
"If you can rescue him, these two crystals will be yours!"
Lin Meiyu said seriously, "I am a Word Spirit Master. I will definitely fulfill the promises I made, otherwise there will be backlash. Please believe me!"
So there are such restrictions for Word Spirit Masters?
Tang Yu'an nodded, "Boss, we trust you. Can you please go out for a while?"
When Lin Meiyu left to get the basket, Tang Yu'an ran back to get the backpack as a cover-up prop. Of course, the boss lady couldn't watch their treatment process.
Lin Meiyu glanced at Wang Hu hesitantly, but finally agreed: "Okay, I understand."
She put down the basket, put the cloth bag containing the crystals back into place, then turned and left the room, closing the door behind her.
Then she squatted down at the door, waiting blankly. She didn't know if this would be of any use, but she really did the last thing she could do...
In the room.
To be on the safe side, Tang Yu'an took out a shadow umbrella to cover their tracks and sounds. Then he discussed it with Zhou Qi and started to work.
Zhou Qixian first fed Wang Hu a drop of primary healing potion.
This potion can stabilize his lost life force and slowly repair his internal injuries. As for the external...
After applying the herbal medicine on Wang Hu's back, his skin became black and red. There were also wounds after the abscesses broke, which looked bloody and messy. If not treated in time, it would easily become infected.
Tang Yu'an exchanged some alcohol, dipped cotton in it, and started to clean and disinfect him.
"Brother Xiaoqi, do you want to try the mutant lantern fruit on him?"
The mutated lantern fruit can treat burns and fire poison. Although the fire poison in Wang Hu's body has been discharged from his body, the wound on his back feels very similar to a burn.
"Let's give it a try. The mutant lantern fruit also has the effect of reducing swelling and relieving pain. It should be helpful."
"good!"
Tang Yu'an nodded, cleaned the wound on Wang Hu's back, took out the mutant lantern fruit, mashed it into juice, and applied it thinly on his back.
Although the mutated lantern fruit can be sold for 500 points each in the plane store, no one has been interested in it since one was sold, so Tang Yu'an doesn't feel sorry about it.
Although there are descriptions in identification guides, they still have to use the fruit in practice to truly understand its effects.
Now Wang Hu is a good experimental subject.
As they treated Wang Hu, a system prompt popped up.
[Employee "Zhou Qi" completed a profitable transaction with a returning customer, earning +153 points and +2 experience points]
These points came from the basket of fruits and wild vegetables. These points alone were enough to make back their investment.
When Wang Hu is truly out of danger, they will obtain the two crystals and earn another wave of points!
Tang Yu'an was naturally very happy.
After applying the liquid from the mutated lantern fruit, Zhou Qi took out a primary healing bandage and wrapped it around Wang Hu twice, adding a total of 20% to his health.
After being bandaged, Wang Hu's complexion improved significantly and his breath became stronger.
Tang Yu'an estimated that his health was at 30 to 40 percent. Once the primary healing potion took effect, combined with his own recovery ability, he would be able to recover more than half by tomorrow morning.
Although they could use bandages to increase his health to the maximum at once, that would be too shocking. It would be safer to recover slowly bit by bit.
Seeing Wang Hu's breathing gradually calm down, Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi both breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but smile.
Successfully saving lives is also a very healing thing for them.
Of course, faced with Wang Hu who was unconscious and at their mercy, they still chose to "take advantage of the situation."
Just like the "deal" he made with the unconscious Chi Hao before, Zhou Qi used the rule of "silence is also a statement" to help Tang Yu'an get 6 experience points.
This way, there are only 2 points left before upgrading!
Tang Yu'an felt that after coming to Jufeng Town, his upgrade speed was like riding a rocket, which was really cool.
It’s true that business is easier where there are more people!
He packed up his things with a smile, and after making sure nothing was left out, he followed Zhou Qi to open the door.
The door creaked open.
Lin Meiyu, who was squatting on the ground with her knees hugged, stood up hurriedly and looked at them after hearing the noise.
Tang Yu'an said, "Boss lady, we are ready. Please go in and see him."
When the time came, Lin Meiyu was a little afraid to go in.
She looked at the two boys and asked, "How is he...how is he? Can he be saved?"
"We have tried our best. Whether he can survive depends on his own recovery ability." Tang Yu'an still did not make any guarantees.
However, Wang Hu is also a person with special abilities - in Jufeng Town, only people with special abilities can become captains of the guards.
With his recovery ability, he should be able to get through it.
"If he gets any more sick, you can come upstairs and find us."
"good……"
Lin Meiyu took a deep breath and was about to enter when the young man took out a fruit from a basket and handed it to her. He said to her with a smile, "Boss lady, this fruit is for you. Relax a little."
How could she relax at this time?
Lin Meiyu gave a wry smile, but still reached out to take the fruit and said hello.
After receiving the fruit, Lin Meiyu watched the two young men leave, and then returned to the house with a nervous mood.
As soon as you enter the door, you can smell the lingering smell of alcohol.
Lin Meiyu couldn't help but quicken her pace and soon came to the bedside.
Wang Hu was still lying there. The wound on his back had obviously been properly treated and was wrapped with a bandage. His breath was obviously much stronger than before.
Really... saved?
She was stunned when she heard Wang Hu groan. Lin Meiyu said in surprise, "Brother Hu, Brother Hu, are you awake?"
"Water...water..." The man's voice was weak and he seemed not to have regained consciousness.
However, his reaction was enough to make Lin Meiyu cry with joy.
She hurriedly said, "Okay, I'll pour you some water."
Lin Meiyu poured some water, helped Wang Hu feed him, and then squatted beside the bed and stared at him. As his complexion gradually improved, the heaviness on her face slowly dissipated.
Inadvertently, her eyes swept over the fruit that she had casually placed on the bedside.
Lin Meiyu took the fruit. Although there were tears in the corners of her eyes, a smile appeared on her face.
She opened her mouth and took a bite of the fruit pulp, which was also her first bite of food that day.
So sweet.
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[You completed a loss-making transaction with a regular customer, experience point +1]
Not long after Tang Yu'an returned to the room and sat down, he received such a system prompt, and the light spot belonging to the proprietress on the small map also turned golden.
"Great! I just need one last bit of experience!"
Zhou Qi patted his head and asked, "Has the store's popularity changed?"
They were just studying how to upgrade the store.
The conditions for store upgrades are different from those for merchant level upgrades. It requires more conditions and is more difficult.
For example, to upgrade the main store to lv2, the merchant level needs to reach lv10 and the store popularity needs to be 1000. In addition, 2000 points are required, and 5 pieces of lv1 furniture must be placed in the main store.
It seems that this is quite difficult. If you want to upgrade your store to the next level, it will take a longer time.
Tang Yu'an opened the store's popularity and took a look.
The previous store popularity was 187. Before the system prompt popped up, he saw it was 192. Now it has increased by 1 point and become 193.
"So completing a transaction can add 1 point of heat."
They just completed two transactions with the boss lady and three transactions with Wang Hu, so the total heat is 5 points.
"That's not right. It increased by 6 points." Tang Yu'an said.
What is the extra point?
Zhou Qi frowned slightly and looked down at the draft paper in front of him, on which were recorded the various system descriptions and values that Tang Yu'an had told him.
After a while, he suddenly asked, "How many customers do we have now?"
Tang Yu'an opened the map and did some statistics. Originally, their customers could be counted on two hands, but after setting up a stall to sell salt at the morning market, the number of customers had exploded.
"41." Tang Yu'an said.
"That's right." Zhou Qi circled a number. "Is our cumulative transaction count 152?"
Tang Yu'an nodded, and then his eyes lit up, "The cumulative number of transactions plus the number of customers is the store's popularity!"
"That's right."
"So this is the reason why the store is so popular!" Tang Yu'an said, "That makes it easy."
Anyway, they need to do business and attract new customers to upgrade their merchant level, so there is no need to do anything special and just follow the original pace.
"So next, I'll work hard to earn points and then upgrade all the furniture."
Tang Yu'an looked at his points balance. It was obviously quite a lot, but he just felt like he couldn't stop spending it.
He shook his head and stopped thinking about this heartbreaking thing. He opened the last functional section unlocked after the store upgrade - Human Resources.
After clicking on "Human Resources", you can use two different sorting methods: store and employee level.
Since he currently has only two employees, it is clear at a glance.
Things like employee information and performance targets were the same as before, and the tasks hadn't changed much either. Tang Yu'an searched around until he finally found a new feature in a corner.
limit.
Yes, just like he restricted the Black Pearls from actively attacking humans, after the upgrade, he can restrict his employees!
Tang Yu'an's eyes lit up slightly and he quickly looked at the rules.
This restriction probably stipulates what employees can and cannot do, such as keeping confidentiality and not disclosing their salary levels to other employees.
Moreover, it can also be customized.
Tang Yu'an quickly edited a line saying "The existence of the grocery store cannot be revealed to outsiders", but after clicking save, it was rejected.
The system did not give a reason for the rejection.
Is the definition too vague?
He changed "outsiders" to "people other than the mysterious businessman and other employees" and clicked save, but it was still rejected.
What's going on?
Tang Yu'an had no choice but to ask Zhou Qi for help.
Zhou Qi also frowned. He analyzed, "Since this is a grocery store system, the rules are based on the situation of a normal grocery store."
"For example, grocery stores have business hours and must be open to welcome customers during business hours, so the protective barrier will not be opened between 8 am and 6 pm during the day."
Tang Yu'an nodded and began to analyze as well.
"If that's the case, then everyone except the mysterious merchant and the other store employees... are customers?"
Tang Yu'an felt as if he understood the logic of the system, and also understood why his settings were rejected -
If customers don’t know the grocery store exists, how can they buy things?
Moreover, the grocery store system obviously encourages them to promote the grocery store more.
For example, the previous mission rewards diversion cards, the side quest requires them to build a road to the door, and the "signboard" in the furniture upgrade all have the function of attracting customers to the grocery store.
As a grocery store system, this is understandable, but the problem is... they are in the end times, and in a wasteland full of dangers!
At present, they do not have the strength to do business in the wasteland without restraint.
"Is there really no way to impose restrictions on employees?" Tang Yu'an said somewhat unwillingly.
If such restrictions could be imposed, they would be freer and would not have to worry about other employees selling them out.
Zhou Qi pondered for a moment and said, "That being said, there should be a way to circumvent it."
After all, they were doing business and didn't use the name of a grocery store, but the system still determined that their transaction was successful.
so……
He picked up the pen and quickly wrote a line on the draft paper.
Tang Yu'an waited until he finished writing, picked it up and looked at it, and asked uncertainly: "Is this really okay?"
"Try?"
"good."
So, Tang Yu'an chose Custom in the employee restrictions and then entered the text: You cannot reveal to customers that you are an employee of Ping An Grocery Store.
After he clicked save, this time... the judgment was passed!
"Brother Xiaoqi, you are so smart!" Tang Yu'an said happily.
If you think about it carefully, this does not violate the logic of grocery store business.
However, in this way, when more employees are hired in the future, they may be able to use this rule to determine whether others are colleagues.
"It has no impact on us." Zhou Qi said.
As long as Tang Yu'an's identity as a mysterious businessman is not exposed, there will be no big problem.
Tang Yu'an thought about it and said, "I'd better add some relevant restrictions."
He edited it again: [Do not intimidate, threaten or attack the mysterious businessman and other employees].
After thinking about it, he added: [You are not allowed to plunder the supplies of the mysterious merchant and other employees].
"That should be enough!" Tang Yu'an said happily.
With these two additions, the loophole was temporarily plugged, protecting both the grocery store and himself and Xiaoqi.
Zhou Qi also nodded in agreement.
After a while, there was a knock on the door downstairs.
Tang Yu'an went to the window and looked down, and saw two guards standing in front of the Meiyu Pavilion. One of them was holding a wooden box in his hand, and he must be here to deliver the token.
They hurried downstairs to greet him.
Meeting the somewhat flustered Lin Meiyu at the stairs, Tang Yu'an waved to her: "Boss, the guards are here to look for us, we just need to go downstairs."
Lin Meiyu finally breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at them.
"Let's go downstairs!" Tang Yu'an said, and ran downstairs in a hurry.
The guard holding the wooden box was the captain of the guard who had been following Hongli before. He was obviously the confidant of the mountain master.
When he saw Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi open the door, he respectfully presented the wooden box with both hands.
"We are handed this thing over to you under the order of the mountain master." The captain of the guards opened the wooden box, revealing a palm-sized token inside.
The token is made entirely of metal and feels heavy in the hand. There are patterns carved on both sides, and the word "Jufeng" is written in the middle.
I didn’t expect that in such a doomsday, I could still see things with such exquisite workmanship.
"Please keep this carefully," the captain said. "Within the confines of Jufeng Mountain, as long as you hold this token, the guards will not give you any trouble. If you encounter any difficulties, feel free to ask the guards for help."
Although the literacy rate in the wasteland is not high, it is still simple if you just remember the patterns.
According to Hongli's rules, seeing this token is like seeing her in person, and the guards naturally know what to do.
"Okay, thank you both brothers!"
Tang Yu'an happily accepted the token, then asked the captain of the guards, "I don't know what to call you?"
The captain of the guards glanced at him and said, "Black Bear."
"Captain Black Bear, thank you for your hard work in coming here to bring me the token. These two fruits are for you." Tang Yu'an casually stuffed a fruit into each of their hands.
The black bear looked at the child's cute and enthusiastic smile and finally accepted the two fruits.
"Thank you." Then he left with his men.
You completed a profitable transaction with a new customer, earning +41 points and +3 experience points.
[You completed a loss-making transaction with a new customer, experience points +3]
As these two prompts popped up, Tang Yu'an's system panel was once again flooded with continuous messages.
[Experience value is full, merchant level +1]
[Merchant level reaches lv6, the mall has added black sesame, toilet paper, and white sugar for exchange. For details, please visit the "Wholesale Market"]
[The "Attached Picture" function has been added to the Business Map. For details, please visit the "Business Map"]
[Special skill "Teleportation" level increased to level 5, details can be viewed in the skill panel]
[Number of portable storage slots +1, current number of slots: 10]
[Seven-day special sale refresh card +1]
【Please select the delivery address...】
I didn't expect that such a casual gesture would actually work! Moreover, this metal token is worth 50 points. Not only did I get 6 experience points, but after deducting the cost of the fruit, I still earned over 40 points.
Tang Yu'an smiled so hard that his teeth were visible.
He advanced two levels in one day, and the speed of riding a rocket made him want to laugh out loud three times.
Of course he held back.
He took a close look at the upgrade rewards and felt they were all extremely useful!
The mall unlocked black sesame seeds, toilet paper and white sugar. When Tang Yu'an saw the white sugar, his eyes lit up.
As a sweetener, the sweetness of glucose is obviously not enough, but white sugar is different.
Many of the foods they make require white sugar, and white sugar is high in calories, so it should be very popular in the wasteland.
Then, can I add an image to the minimap annotation? Where does this image come from? Does he need to take a photo?
Tang Yu'an clicked on the light dot representing Zhou Qi, wanting to take a picture of him. However, just as he was wondering where the camera was—
I saw a dotted line extending from Zhou Qi's blue light spot, which split in the middle and connected the pictures.
Those pictures... were clearly how Brother Xiaoqi looked in his memory, from childhood to adulthood, at every stage.
【Please select a picture to confirm】
So, was this attached image generated directly from his memory?
Tang Yu'an looked at the photos and found that there was even a photo of Xiaoqi when he was three or four years old!
Judging from the scene, it should be at the door of a grocery store. His mother is holding him and sitting on a chair. A cute little boy is looking at him curiously.
Looking at his eyebrows and eyes, you can still vaguely see the appearance of Brother Xiaoqi.
This should be the scene when he and Xiaoqi met for the first time, right?
He didn't even remember it, yet he was still able to extract the photos!
Tang Yu'an couldn't help but look at Zhou Qi and said with a smile: "Brother Xiaoqi, you were so cute when you were a child!"
It’s so pink and soft, so small, I never thought it would be so tall when it grows up!
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