Chapter 87
This dog is so fierce!
Tang Yu'an looked at the hunting dog and couldn't help but look at the map.
There are no red dots of dangerous creatures on the map, so this should just be an ordinary dog, not a mutant.
At this moment, he felt a small hand grab his pants.
Tang Yu'an lowered his head and saw Jin Lili had run to his side at some point, looking up at him with her little head tilted up.
"Dad..." she whispered.
Tang Yu'an picked her up and pointed out the window and said, "Look, your father is back."
"dad!"
It was obvious that Jin Lili also liked Tiejin very much. As soon as she saw him, she clapped her hands happily.
"Let's go downstairs." Tang Yu'an said.
Although the first floor does not have the "refrigerator" like the second floor, the temperature is not as high as the third and fourth floors because of the insulation from the upper floors.
Tang Yu'an carried Jin Lili to the first floor. As soon as he opened the door, he saw Zhou Qi, Tie Jin and others coming out.
"Dad!" Jin Lili shouted happily.
Tie Jin, who was originally a little tense because of the hunting dog that was staring at him, immediately forgot everything when he heard his daughter's cry.
He ran over with a smile, skillfully avoided the roadblock at the door, came in front of Tang Yu'an, and reached out to hold his daughter in his arms.
Bashi, who was following Zhou Qi, watched this scene from afar and was inevitably surprised.
When did Tiejin have a daughter?
As he was thinking this, he suddenly felt the dog leash in his hand being pulled forward with such great force that he almost fell flat on his face.
Fortunately, he quickly tightened the rope, squatted down, and stood firmly in a horse stance, thus avoiding the tragedy of falling face first on the ground.
The big dog that he was holding tightly was still struggling violently and barking.
"Quiet!"
Bashi gave a low scolding, and after steadying himself, he looked at the hunting dog again, but suddenly frowned strangely.
This was completely different from the previous time when he was aggressive because of the strange smell.
At this moment, the hunting dog held in Bashi's hand was... wagging its tail wildly.
It looked so anxious with its tongue sticking out. I can’t even describe how excited it was. It wasn’t even so happy when I gave it meat to eat.
What's going on?
Bashi followed the hound's gaze in confusion.
I saw a young man saying goodbye to Tie Jin, then carefully avoiding the roadblocks set up by Tie Jin in front of the door, and came to the open space to meet Zhou Qi.
When Bashi looked at them, Tang Yu'an also looked at him.
The hunting dog, which was wagging its tail at him frantically, lay down on the ground after he looked over, then turned over and exposed its belly to him, as if inviting him to touch it.
Bashi: “…”
Tang Yu'an: "..."
Looking at the hunting dog that no longer had the ferocity it had just shown, Tang Yu'an belatedly remembered -
Yes, he has the special title of "all dogs", and this situation probably occurred because of the halo of being a dog lover.
Bashi tugged at the dog leash, feeling a little embarrassed.
Unfortunately, the hunting dog, which had always been quite obedient, did not listen to its owner at all this time. Seeing that Tang Yu'an did not come to pet it, it whimpered and made a very aggrieved sound.
Tang Yu'an: "..."
Seeing the pitiful look in the dog's eyes, he finally walked over and took the initiative to greet Bashi: "Uncle, is this your dog?"
Bashi looked at him with a scrutinizing gaze.
After looking at him for a few times, she nodded stiffly: "Yeah."
"Can I touch it?" Tang Yu'an asked with a smile.
As the saying goes, don't hit a smiling person, not to mention that according to Tiejin, these two young men are big customers from the fortress.
Although this request... Pashi has never heard of anyone mentioning it.
Because his dog is very fierce and aggressive, any unfamiliar smell will arouse its wildness except for familiar people.
but……
After Tang Yu'an approached, the dog that was lying on the ground stood up and kept rubbing its head against the boy's calf, making a whining sound of grievance in its throat.
Seeing it giving away money without asking for anything in return, Bashi couldn't help but feel a throbbing in his forehead.
He closed his eyes, gritted his teeth and nodded.
So, Tang Yu'an reached out and touched the dog's head.
"Woof woof!" The dog barked excitedly and rubbed Tang Yu'an's hand frantically with its head.
Even Zhou Qi, who knew about the existence of the halo of dog lovers, was surprised to see this scene, let alone Pasig.
He stared with an incredible expression.
"Uncle, what's your dog's name?" Tang Yu'an asked.
Bashi looked at the boy and finally answered, "Big black dog."
Tang Yu'an: "..."
This name is really simple and straightforward!
"Where is your house?" Pashi continued, "Let's go there quickly while it's not too hot."
"Okay, okay." Tang Yu'an patted the big black dog's head and said, "Let's go."
The big black dog seemed to understand and barked in response.
Bashi looked at his own dog, and couldn't help but look at Tang Yu'an. What kind of magic did this young man have that made his big black dog like him so much?
Along the way, Bashi was thinking about this question.
Because the big black dog behaved very well afterwards and lost interest in attacking Zhou Qi. It kept wagging its tail and following Tang Yu'an.
If the dog leash wasn't in Bashi's hand, someone who didn't know would have thought that Tang Yu'an was its owner.
However, when he saw the building, Pashi's mood improved.
"This whole building needs to be reinforced?" He couldn't control his excitement.
After seeing Zhou Qi nod, a smile appeared on Bashi's cold face.
"That's a big project." He looked at the house in front of him.
"How long will it take?" Zhou Qi asked.
"I can give you an answer after I go in and take a look." Bashi pulled the dog leash, "Big black dog, get to work!"
The big black dog looked at Tang Yu'an reluctantly, but turned around and followed Bashi into the building.
Because they were not sure about the damage to the building, Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi did not rush in, but stayed where they were and waited. They also discussed what they could use to exchange with Bashi later.
About an hour later, Bashi finally came back with the big black dog.
This house is really ridiculously big. It took a lot of time just to climb to the roof, not to mention checking the situation room by room.
"If it's just me, it would take at least five or six days, and I can only reinforce the foundation, the main load-bearing columns, the load-bearing walls, and the top two floors."
The exterior looks intact, but the interior is severely damaged. Although there are many suites, few are habitable - if you don't want to live there, you don't want the floor to collapse and you fall to the floor below, or you don't want to be hit by the ceiling.
"If all floors and suites need to be reinforced, it will take at least half a month, or even a month."
After all, it's okay to rush the work in the short term, but in the long term he has to do other things and can't stay here every day, so the time will definitely be extended.
He also really felt that there was no need to reinforce so many rooms. With two floors to live in and a staircase to go up and down, not to mention two people, even ten people could live there.
After all, there are five apartments on the first floor of this building, the largest one is nearly 200 square meters, and the smallest one is about 80 or 90 square meters.
This is also a big project.
Bashizui asked again, "Are you sure you want to live here? It's too conspicuous and will easily attract mutant creatures."
Although he really wanted to take on this business, he still kindly gave a reminder because Big Black Dog liked Tang Yu'an so much.
However, Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi have already made up their minds.
Why settle for a smaller apartment when you already have a bigger one? If branches can choose to upgrade in the future, this one will likely opt for the "bigger is better" approach.
After all, the number of employees working in the "precision means strength" direction is too small, and the restrictions are relatively large.
"Well, yes."
Zhou Qi nodded, then asked, "Does it have to be five or six days? Can it be faster?"
Floods could come at any time, and the strong sense of crisis made Zhou Qi hope to establish a branch store as soon as possible so that even if the flood submerged the main store, they would have room to retreat.
"If I ask my brother Batu to help, it should be done in three days, but the price will have to be increased."
"Does it start from today?"
"Let's count today as half a day. I'll give it to you the day after tomorrow evening."
Zhou Qi and Tang Yu'an looked at each other, then nodded: "Okay, you name a price."
"What do you want to exchange?" asked Bashi.
Tiejin only told him that the two young men were from the fortress and had a lot of good things with them, but he did not explain what they had specifically.
Zhou Qi took out a small bag of salt, which was the coarse salt that was already in the shop.
Although its appearance was not as good as refined salt, it was much whiter than the common salt in the wasteland, which made Bashi's eyes light up slightly.
When Zhou Qi took out the salt, he was secretly wary of Bashi. As long as Bashi made any unusual movement, he would swing his machete.
Tang Yu'an's happy and sad marbles are also already being prepared.
Although they are not very strong now, in a two-on-one situation, even if the opponent is a person with special abilities, they can't get any benefits from them.
Fortunately, when Bashi saw the salt, although there was a desire in his eyes, there was no greed, and he did not try to snatch it.
"Is this salt? Refined?" Bashi's face was full of joy. "How much do you have?"
"You name a price." Zhou Qi said again.
Bashi couldn't help but hesitate. Finally, he gritted his teeth and said, "Two catties. Batu and I each take one catty. How about that?"
To be honest, this price would definitely be extremely cheap in the original world.
What's more, not counting the trade from Xiao Hailan, they already have a large barrel of coarse salt in their shop, definitely about one or two hundred kilograms.
But... this is in the wasteland.
Zhou Qi still remembers that at the beginning, he exchanged one gram of salt for a fruit from Granny Guo. If the value is converted at an equivalent value, two kilograms of salt would be equivalent to 1,000 fruits.
This sounds a bit expensive. If the transaction is done so simply, it may cause unnecessary trouble.
"Uncle Jin said you would give a fair price." Zhou Qi stared at Bashi and whispered.
Bashi's eyes were obviously wandering.
Zhou Qi bargained and said, "One catty, please."
He pointed at the salt in his hand and said, "You should have noticed that our salt is different from others. It contains very few impurities and doesn't taste bitter."
He poured some for Pasig to taste.
"This salt is not like the yellow and bitter kind. Long-term consumption may cause illness and poisoning."
Bashi tasted the pure salty taste on his tongue and nodded. Then he frowned and thought for a while before agreeing.
"Okay, one pound then."
He and Batu split it in half, and if they were frugal, it would be enough to last them two or three months.
If I can do well with these two young men now, I can continue to trade salt with them in the future. What I want is a long-term stable income.
After all, if you don’t eat salt, you will have no strength. In this wasteland, you can offend no one but the salt merchants.
"This bag will be used as a deposit." Zhou Qi handed the small bag of salt to Bashi.
Bashi weighed the salt bag, and a smile appeared on his serious and cold face. He nodded and said, "Little brother, you are a straightforward person!"
He put away the salt bag and continued, "I'll start working now and make sure it's finished within the deadline."
Then he let go of the leash and said to the big black dog, "Go and call Batu."
The big black dog was free and immediately circled around Tang Yu'an happily until the boy touched its head, and then it calmed down.
Bashi resisted the urge to kick it and scolded it, "Why don't you go quickly?"
The big black dog whimpered and then ran away reluctantly, quickly disappearing into the ruins.
Bashi couldn't help but look at Tang Yu'an a few more times.
He couldn't understand why the big black dog liked this boy so much. What was so special about him?
Tang Yu'an smiled at him, looking innocent and cute.
Bashi pursed his lips and then looked away. Perhaps it was because this kind of pure and kind temperament was so rare in the wasteland that the big black dog looked at him so differently.
"I'm going to work."
Then he turned and entered the abandoned building. Tang Yu'an watched him walk away and hurriedly pulled Zhou Qi's sleeve.
"Brother Xiaoqi, hurry up and follow him."
Although they did not have earth-type crystals on hand and could not conclude that Zhou Qi also possessed earth-type talent, what if?
Anyway, let's go and take a look. Maybe they can learn some earth-based reinforcement techniques, so that they can reinforce the remaining floors themselves in the future.
Zhou Qi looked at his red face and sweaty forehead, and instead of leaving immediately, he took out an umbrella.
"Wait for me here, I'll be back soon."
"good."
Tang Yu'an watched him enter the building, then looked around.
If I want to open a branch here in the future, I naturally need to understand the surrounding environment.
This place should have been a residential area before the disaster, with relatively large distances between buildings. Only those buildings over 30 stories high had serious problems with crowding each other.
The building they chose was spared because it was surrounded by low-rise buildings with only ten floors.
Looking at the collapsed abandoned buildings and imagining the horrific scenes during the disaster, Tang Yu'an couldn't help but worry.
I don’t know if Dad, Mom, and Xinxin can survive in the apocalypse... Tang Yu'an took a deep breath and stopped himself from thinking too much, otherwise he might cry again.
In addition to the abandoned buildings, there are still some artificial landscapes left in the community, with three or four trees growing nearby and some vigorous plants.
Thinking of the water purification device he was going to make, Tang Yu'an picked up some stones of different sizes and also saw many pebbles in a dry pond.
"Hey, this is..."
Tang Yu'an saw a little light flickering in the pile of pebbles. He pushed the pebbles aside, revealing a stone underneath that was faintly flashing with light.
He took out water and washed it, revealing the true appearance of the stone -
It turned out to be a yellowish-brown crystal!
Tang Yu'an cast an identification spell on the crystal stone, and it turned out to be an earth-type psychic stone.
Yay! He picked up another crystal, this time an earth-type one.
Grandpa Li was right. It is easy to pick up crystals in the wild.
Because of its smaller size, it was only worth 180 points, but Tang Yu'an was already very happy.
[Employee "Zhou Qi" completes a profitable transaction with a new customer, earning +10 points and +3 experience points]
Brother Xiaoqi also made a deal with Pasig.
Today, Tang Yu'an didn't take the initiative to do business, leaving the opportunity to Zhou Qi, hoping that he could upgrade his level as soon as possible so that he could continue to downgrade and authorize him to pick up goods remotely.
By the time Zhou Qi completed his three profitable trades, Tang Yu'an had also picked up enough pebbles.
At this time, the big black dog also came back.
Behind the big black dog followed a strange man. Compared with the tall Bashi, he looked thinner and had a pair of sinister eagle eyes.
This should be the Batu with a bad temper that Grandpa Li mentioned.
Tang Yu'an hid nearby and watched him and the big black dog enter the house. After a while, Zhou Qi also came out.
"Brother Xiaoqi!"
Tang Yu'an hurried over and took Zhou Qi under the shade umbrella.
"How is it?" he asked.
Zhou Qi smiled and nodded, "I learned it."
"Great!" Tang Yu'an cheered, then took out the earth crystal stone he had picked up, "Look, this is what I found in the pond."
Zhou Qi: “…”
He picked up the earth crystal stone, looked at it, and then put it back in Tang Yu'an's hand as if nothing had happened.
“Yeah, great!”
Seeing that he looked normal and was no longer affected by the crystal, Tang Yu'an couldn't help but grin, then put the crystal away.
He looked at the building and suddenly had an idea: "Should we go in and take a look?"
After all, this was the first time he had met Bashibatu, and he didn't know what kind of person he was. He thought he could go in and supervise.
"Okay." Zhou Qi had no objection.
So, with the help of umbrellas, they quietly entered the building again.
As soon as you enter the building, you will see two elevators, and then the suites on the left and right sides. There is also a huge parking lot below, but it is no longer in use.
Bashi and Batu were sitting on the ground not far from the door, with their hands pressed against the wall. A faint ochre light could be seen emerging from their hands.
The big black dog stood guard around them, vigilant and alert.
Tang Yu'an looked at Bashi curiously, "Can it be reinforced like this?"
"Yeah." Zhou Qi nodded, "They are reinforcing the foundation."
He could feel a stream of ochre-colored energy flowing down the building's walls into the ground, disappearing about three or four meters below.
Maybe it just disappeared from his "sight".
Grandpa Li told him that this kind of "vision" is generally called "mental power".
This is one of the application scenarios of mental power. It can be used to observe the energy changes of psychics, but generally speaking, psychics can only observe energy of the same type.
As for those mysterious supernatural powers, he was not very clear about them.
"Bashi, who was that kid just now?" Batu's voice rang out. "Just came from out of town?"
"Didn't you see the other kid when you came in?"
Batu shook his head, "No."
Bashi frowned slightly, then said, "They came from the fortress."
"From the fortress?" Batu was surprised. "Then the salt they traded was also brought from the fortress? This is the first time I've seen salt this white in my life!"
"I guess so."
Bashi thought for a moment and said, "There is also a younger child. This is the first time I have seen such a beautiful little boy."
The handsome little boy Tang Yu'an couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed and distressed when he heard this.
He is already tanned now, how can he still get such comments?
But Batu didn't take it seriously, thinking that his elder brother was exaggerating a bit. No matter how pretty a little boy was, how pretty could he be?
He wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by Bashi, "Hurry up and get to work. You promised to hand it in by the day after tomorrow."
"Okay."
Batu curled his lips and finally calmed down.
Seeing that the two brothers were working seriously and not slacking off, Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi watched them for a while and then left.
-
By the time they returned to the grocery store, it was almost 12 noon.
"Woof woof!" Before the door was opened, Silver Coin was lying behind the window, sticking his head out and wagging his tail at them.
"Silver Coin, wake up!" Tang Yu'an quickly opened the door and went into the house.
Thanks to the gray-blue refrigerator, the temperature in the grocery store remains stable at 29 degrees even during the hottest time of the day.
Comparing the indoor and outdoor areas, the shop seems particularly cool.
Tang Yu'an checked the status of the silver coins.
It seems that apart from the fact that the hair is a little shinier, there is nothing special about it, and the eye color has not changed like Wangcai's.
Tang Yu'an rubbed Silver Coin's head, feeling relieved to see it was alright. Upgrading and evolving could be done slowly. There were nearly 40 lizard eggs at home, more than enough for them to eat.
Then he touched Yuanbao again and thanked it for staying to watch over the house today.
At this time, Zhou Qi had already brought down the salt water that had been exposed to the sun on the roof.
After a morning of exposure to the sun, the moisture inside has been reduced by half, and crystals have precipitated.
Zhou Qi went into the house and took out a strainer to filter out the coarse salt crystals, and kept the remaining brine for later use.
Tang Yu'an ran to pour the soybeans soaked in the morning into the soy milk maker, clicked the switch and started making soy milk.
He ran back and saw the coarse salt that Zhou Qi had filtered out. "It does seem to have turned whiter."
It's just not as good as the coarse salt originally sold in the shop.
"Is it time for Bobo to rest?" Zhou Qi reminded.
Tang Yu'an took a look and found that it was true.
"Great, I'll upgrade the freezer!"
He took out the materials he had prepared long ago, placed them on the refrigerator, and then clicked to upgrade.
【200 points deducted successfully! 】
[The furniture elf is checking the order...]
【Elf Bobo is accepting orders! 】
[Bobo: The refrigerator is being upgraded. It will take about 2 hours and 30 minutes. Please be patient.]
Under Tang Yu'an's expectant gaze, the elf Bobo with gray-blue hair appeared in front of them again.
As soon as it appeared, it sprinkled stardust on the cooler and then rushed towards the beer on the cooler.
This time, in addition to beer and dried squid, Tang Yu'an also secretly took out his father's treasured Wuliangye, poured a small cup and placed it next to the beer.
The elf just pounced on the beer, and before he could conjure up a straw, he took a deep breath with his nose twisted.
Then it gave up the beer and flapped its wings to fly towards the cup of Wuliangye.
The elf lay on the edge of the cup, stretched out his little hand to tentatively dip some of the wine and tasted it, then his eyes widened and his little face turned visibly red.
Is the degree too high?
Tang Yu'an looked at Bobo with some trepidation.
The elf shook his head, then leaned over to the wine and took a big sip.
Not until half of the wine in the cup disappeared did the elf raise its head again. It burped, then flapped its wings and flew up shakily.
A silly smile appeared on its face, and it waved to Tang Yu'an with a chuckle.
Tang Yu'an: ...
It's broken! The elf is drunk!
Under the gaze of Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi, the elf flapped its wings and danced in the air, with more and more light dust falling from its body.
[Bobo is full of energy, dropping more furniture stardust, and the upgrade time is reduced by 10 minutes]
[Bobo is full of energy, dropping more furniture stardust, and reducing upgrade time...]
I refreshed 10 posts in a row before finally stopping. I unexpectedly shortened the upgrade time from 2 hours and 30 minutes to 50 minutes!
The author has something to say:
Anzai: Grandpa Li didn’t lie. It’s really easy to pick up crystals in the wasteland!
Old Li: I never said that!!!
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