Chapter 98
When Tang Yu'an heard Xiao Hailan's request, he couldn't help but nodded.
In fact, after the previous transaction was completed, Xiao Qige exchanged woolen cloth for a few quilts, which we will call woolen quilts.
This quilt is double-layered, with all four sides sewn up, leaving only one opening. Since there was no zipper, he made a button-type one.
This opening can be used to stuff cotton to keep you warmer.
However, cotton has not been unlocked in the mall yet, and it is unlikely to be sold in grocery stores. You may need to wait for the lucky wheel draw to unlock it.
So now there is only one duvet cover, but you can stuff other things into it.
Of course, in addition to the wool quilt, Tang Yu'an also spent 100 points to unlock the "down".
Unlocking it is so expensive, and purchasing it is even more expensive - the price is 200 points/meter.
Because he had enough money, Tang Yu'an tried to exchange for one meter. The down cloth he got was very light, and the bulges divided by thin threads were filled with down.
The warmth retention is very good, but it's too expensive.
This time, Tang Yu'an still let the little girl make her own choice.
And Xiao Hailan's answer was the same as always: "Can I...can I have them all?"
sure!
but……
"I suggest you change to 2 meters of down cloth." Tang Yu'an said.
The 2m x 1.2m down cloth can be used directly as a down quilt and is worth 400 points.
One meter of down cloth plus a woolen quilt cover also costs 320 points, so it’s better to spend a little more and get it all in one go.
Of course, if conditions permit, you can also add a duvet cover to the down quilt, but there is no need to use wool cloth. Cotton cloth is cheaper and softer and skin-friendly.
However, Tang Yu'an did not promote it. On the one hand, it was to maintain the image of a mysterious businessman, and on the other hand, it was because the quilt cover had not been made yet.
"Okay... exchange it for salt..."
Although Xiao Hailan was very excited, her dreams remained stable, probably because she had experienced them so many times.
"Okay, as for food, I can give you five kilograms of brown rice."
Brown rice is very cheap, 5 points per pound, and the cost of 5 pounds is only 25 points.
Worried that Xiao Hailan and her father didn't know brown rice, Tang Yu'an reminded them: "Brown rice can be eaten after it is cooked in water."
"good……"
In the end, Tang Yu'an made a deal with her.
You completed a profitable transaction with a Dream Wisher, gaining +200 points, +6 experience points, and +1 dream fragment.
[You received 25 catties of coarse salt, please select the delivery address]
[1. Ping An Grocery Store Warehouse]
【……】
Looking at the points and coarse salt in hand, Tang Yu'an nodded with satisfaction.
However, this time, after completing the transaction, Xiao Hailan did not wake up immediately, and there were still 60 seconds before the dream ended.
So Tang Yu'an continued to communicate with her: "You must stock up on more salt and improve the quality."
"Salt...more salt..." Xiao Hailan repeated in a daze.
"Yes, remember what I told you."
Tang Yu'an told her the method of filtering salt after drying. The salt processed in this way is of better quality than ordinary sea salt and can also reduce the content of other metals.
"Remember?"
Before Xiao Hailan could answer, the ball of light belonging to her disappeared, leaving only an empty drifting bottle.
Tang Yu'an had no choice but to confirm with her next time.
He plugged the bottle and threw it back into the dream sea before it disappeared, so that the probability of catching it again increased to 30%.
As long as Xiao Hailan does as he says, they will have a stable source of coarse salt in the future.
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Linhai Town, in a small house.
Little Hailan curled up in her father's arms. Although it was warm under the quilt, she soon felt stuffy because the oxygen was gradually consumed.
At some point, her eyelashes fluttered and she opened her eyes.
After sticking her head out from under the quilt and taking a breath of fresh air, she closed her eyes again in a daze.
She seemed to be dreaming about the mysterious businessman. She couldn't wake up. She wanted to continue talking to him...
In this half-asleep and half-awake state, daybreak soon arrived.
When the first ray of sunlight shone in from the window, Haijing, who was originally sleeping soundly, suddenly opened his eyes. He sat up from the bed and only breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the child sleeping beside him.
Looking at his sleeping daughter, Hai Jing's eyes softened. Just as he was about to touch the top of her head, he caught a glimpse of something out of the corner of his eye and paused.
I saw a thick quilt neatly folded next to my daughter, and next to the quilt was a can of golden granules.
The whale couldn't help but widen his eyes.
This…this is…
Little Hailan turned over, opened her eyes, looked at him, and called out "Dad" softly.
Haijing picked her up excitedly, pointed at the duvet and brown rice, and wanted to ask something, but because of his excitement, he stuttered and couldn't ask.
Xiao Hailan was also stunned for a moment, then pounced on the duvet.
The soft quilt is very fluffy and very comfortable to lie on. It is warm and comfortable in the still chilly early morning.
Little Hailan was happy for a while, then suddenly remembered something and pointed at the salt jar with her little hand.
"Salt……"
"Do you want salt?" Haijing finally found his voice. He walked to the salt tank, lifted the wooden board on it, and saw that half of the salt in the tank was gone again.
"The mysterious merchant said he wanted better salt..."
Xiao Hailan tried hard to recall the conversation in her dream, "Use seawater, dry it, dry it until there is only a little water left, pour it out... filter it..."
She struggled to repeat what she still remembered.
Hai Jing was confused by what he heard. He only understood that the sea water needed to be dried and some of the remaining water needed to be poured out.
In short, the mysterious businessman hopes to get salt of good quality.
Looking at his skinny little daughter and then at the thick duvet, Haijing's eyes showed a hint of determination.
No matter what, he has to get it done!
"Then what are these yellow particles?" Hai Jing asked with a frown, stroking the rice grains that looked like sand.
"Food." Xiao Hailan said happily, "The mysterious merchant said it can be eaten after it is cooked."
If there is food, Dad won’t have to risk his life in the scary ocean!
_
After finishing today's communication in the drift bottle, Tang Yu'an was about to go to bed when he saw Zhou Qi next to him staring at Jin Lili with a frown in thought.
"Brother Xiaoqi, what's wrong?" Tang Yu'an asked.
Zhou Qi looked at him and said, "It's dark now."
so?
Tang Yu'an blinked, and suddenly looked at the sleeping Jin Lili. Oh, it was dark now. How did Jin Lili stay in the grocery store? Shouldn't she have been sent out by the protective barrier?
His first reaction was that the protective barrier had failed.
Zhou Qi naturally thought of this, so they hurried downstairs and came to the outside of the grocery store to take a look, but found that the grocery store was still hidden in the dark and the protective barrier had not failed.
So what's going on?
Since the protective barrier has not failed, that means... the problem lies with Jin Lili?
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi returned to the grocery store. He thought about it and quickly opened the business map, and found that there were three orange spots of light in the grocery store.
The orange light spots represent pets. Black Pearl and Yuanbao are still dormant in the pet compartment. Emerald is in the swimming pool. The grocery store only has Wangcai and silver coins.
That third orange light...
Tang Yu'an enlarged the map and found that it was indeed Jin Lili sleeping in the attic.
But why is Lily considered a pet? Is there a bug in the map?
Tang Yu'an told Zhou Qi about this doubt.
Zhou Qi was also confused. They returned to the attic and after repeated confirmation, they found that the orange-yellow light spot was indeed Jin Lili.
"If it's not a system problem, then Jin Lili is special." Zhou Qi said.
"Could it be... this is her special ability?" Tang Yu'an suddenly had an idea.
Zhou Qi was startled, then he held Jin Lili's hand, felt it carefully, and shook his head, saying, "I don't sense any parasites on her."
Old Li said that there is a connection between people with special abilities.
As his abilities grew, Zhou Qi was gradually able to sense the fluctuations of parasites from other people with special abilities—of course, he still needed to sense them through contact.
Tang Yu'an looked at Jin Lili, thought for a moment and said, "Never mind, it's a good thing for the time being."
Otherwise, they would have to take Jin Lili back to live with Tie Jin.
As long as the protective barrier doesn't fail, it's fine.
Zhou Qi nodded slightly, let go of Jin Lili's little hand, then made the bed and lay down to sleep with Tang Yu'an.
"Great! We can open a branch tomorrow!"
Tang Yu'an looked at the ceiling. He was so excited that he could hardly sleep when he thought that the building reinforcement would be completed tomorrow and they could finally build a branch.
"Will we live on the rooftop in the future and use the first floor to sell things?" Tang Yu'an envisioned future plans.
Zhou Qi nodded. He had already learned the reinforcement technique. He could use his spare time to slowly reinforce the other floors so that they would be convenient for future use.
"I wonder if the skill of picking up goods remotely can be used in branches?" Tang Yu'an proposed a new idea.
If possible, the building has so many rooms that they can be used as warehouses, so there is no need to worry about lack of space.
Zhou Qi thought about it, then shook his head and said, "It's not safe enough."
This is indeed a problem.
The branch building is open to the public and is too ostentatious. Storing goods there is clearly telling others that there are good things here and they can come and grab them.
"Okay, let's wait and see."
They can’t live in such a big building, so they can only wait and see what new uses it can be developed for in the future.
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi slept peacefully.
The next morning, when Tang Yu'an woke up from his sleep, he suddenly thought of something and quickly looked to his side.
Fortunately, Jin Lili was still sleeping soundly in the attic and was not sent outside the grocery store by the system while they were sleeping.
Tang Yu'an breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the pet compartment again.
[Energy digesting... 95%...]
Black Pearl and Yuanbao are still in hibernation, but judging by the rate at which they digest energy, they should wake up today.
As soon as they got up, Jin Lili woke up too.
She struggled to get up and began to fold the quilt, imitating Zhou Qi's movements. Although she folded it in a mess, her diligent and serious look was really cute.
Zhou Qi went to make breakfast, and Tang Yu'an took Jin Lili to water the plants.
Remembering marking the fish in the swimming pool yesterday, Tang Yu'an turned off the shielding of the plant light spots and prepared to mark and count the existing plants.
But he quickly thought of something and blocked the pet's light.
He wanted to see what would happen if Jin Lili's cursor on the map was blocked, would it be hidden or become a regular customer's golden dot? The result...
The light spot representing Jin Lili turned light green!
ah?
Is Golden Lily not only a pet, but also a plant?
Tang Yu'an couldn't help but doubt again, feeling that there must be a bug in the system, otherwise how could such an outrageous thing happen?
He looked at Jin Lili in a daze, and Jin Lili also looked at him with innocent and ignorant eyes.
Tang Yu'an shook his head.
Jin Lili is a human, how could she be a plant? Furthermore, his pet slot is full, so even a plant can't be his pet.
Tang Yu'an looked left and right, but couldn't figure out the reason, so he could only put it aside for the time being.
He mentioned it to Zhou Qi while having breakfast.
Zhou Qi thought for a moment and said, "Could it be because she spent the entire afternoon with Emerald yesterday?"
As both a pet and a plant, the first thing that came to his mind was emerald.
“There might be some connection between them.”
Tang Yu'an also agreed with this. As the subject of their discussion, Jin Lili was sitting on a children's chair, drinking milk with a bowl of mashed potatoes in front of her.
After dinner, Tang Yu'an said goodbye to the two pets, and went to Grandma Guo's house with Zhou Qi and Jin Lili.
When Kang Kang saw Jin Lili, he looked at her with some confusion at first, as if he didn't know her. Then he became excited and took her out to play more enthusiastically than yesterday.
Zhou Qi went to replace the activated carbon in Grandma Guo's water purifier, and Tang Yu'an took the opportunity to ask Kang Kang.
"Kang Kang, do you think Lily is a plant?" he asked directly.
Kang Kang nodded.
My sister turned into a plant, I like it!
He clapped his hands happily, then took Jin Lili's hand and walked to the mutant lantern fruit and cool fruit trees, pointing at them and introducing them to her.
Of course, because he didn’t talk much normally, Kang Kang’s introduction was not fluent, and it ended up being a babbling sound - at least that’s how Tang Yu’an heard it.
Jin Lili listened patiently and was not impatient at all.
Looking at the two children getting along harmoniously, Tang Yu'an nodded in his heart, and then couldn't help but think about Jin Lili's situation.
Since Kang Kang also agrees that she is a plant, it means that this is not a system bug.
Tang Yu'an thought about it and then pulled the two children to play the trading game together.
After the transaction was completed, he looked at the light spots displayed on the map and found that the one representing Jin Lili had changed from orange to gold, representing old customers.
So when the transaction was completed, Jin Lili's condition changed? In this state, could she still stay in the grocery store at night?
It is already past eight o'clock, and the protective barrier has lost its effect. There is no way to test it for the time being, so we can only wait and see in the evening.
If that doesn't work, I can only take Jin Lili to Tiejin's house to stay overnight, or stay at the branch.
Next, Tang Yu'an kept an eye on Jin Lili's light, but until they finished the transaction with the old customers and came to the building to complete the handover with the Bashi brothers, her condition did not change.
The Pashi brothers completed the commission ahead of schedule, reinforcing the building’s foundation, walls, load-bearing columns, first-floor ceiling, and top two floors.
As for stairs, there are naturally none.
Because many steps have collapsed and fallen, they cannot be rebuilt by reinforcement alone, and it will take longer than ordinary reinforcement.
It's not impossible to do it, but the price will have to be increased.
However, Zhou Qi himself mastered the reinforcement and repair techniques, so he did not continue to entrust them with the work. After all, they were anxious to build a branch.
After delivering the balance of salt, they completed the handover.
After confirming that there was no problem, Zhou Qi took out 10 black gold salt tickets.
"We're planning to open a shop here, and for now, we'll only sell salt. This is a salt ticket that can be exchanged for a spoonful of lower-quality salt."
Zhou Qi said, "As a thank you for completing the commission ahead of schedule, I give you these 10 salt tickets."
Bashi took the 10 black gold salt tickets and was slightly stunned. Then he revealed an expression of ecstasy. He asked in shock, "Are you planning to open a salt shop in the deserted city?"
Zhou Qi did not deny it.
Batu, who was standing behind Bashi, breathed a sigh of relief. Salt is a consumable. Although it can be consumed for a long time if you grab some once, it will eventually run out.
But if there was a salt merchant who regularly sold salt in the deserted city, that would be different! And he also really liked that kind of whole wheat steamed bun, maybe we could continue to exchange it?
Bashi quickly calmed down his excitement and asked, "What about the salt we exchanged this time? Can we exchange it?"
"Yes, but that kind is more expensive." Zhou Qi said, "In exchange for one spoonful of something, you can exchange it for two spoonfuls of lower quality."
Hearing this, Bashi couldn't help but hold the salt tightly in his hand.
"Can you show me the inferior salt?" he asked. "Can I trade this for that?"
Anyway, they have been eating poor quality salt for a long time, so it doesn't matter.
If they could exchange it, the salt from this transaction would be enough for the brothers to eat for another three or four months!
Unfortunately, the boy shook his head and said, "Sorry."
The value of coarse sea salt is 25 points per pound, while the coarse salt they brought from the original world is 30 points per pound. At a 1:2 exchange rate, they will definitely lose money.
Bashi could only nod regretfully.
Although he really wanted to change some salt, reason stopped him.
In order to rush to reinforce the building, they worked here almost day and night, with no time to hunt, and their stored food had basically been eaten up.
We won’t have to worry about salt in the next one or two months, so we naturally can’t exchange supplies for salt to get food.
Finally, Bashi and Batu left with the big black dog.
After walking for a while, Batu couldn't help but look back and saw two teenagers climbing quickly to the roof along the outer wall of the building.
After the speed increased, he even ran directly up the outer wall.
His elder brother's guess was right!
The tall boy indeed has wind-related abilities, and the short one is not simple either!
Until the young man's figure disappeared on the top floor, Batu turned his head and was about to say something, but he saw Bashi stroking the black gold salt ticket with a dazed look on his face.
"What's wrong?" Batu asked.
Bashi said thoughtfully, "The material of this salt ticket... is very special."
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Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi took Jin Lili and climbed to the top floor of the building together.
Because Zhou Qi had to carry Lily on his back, Tang Yu'an used the light body technique. He found that the wall was not completely perpendicular to the ground, so he tried it. Unexpectedly, he could really run up the wall!
With the help of the light body technique, he successfully achieved the ability to fly over the eaves and walk on the walls, which was really cool.
Tang Yu'an was still excited until he ran to the roof. If he wasn't thinking about opening a branch, he would definitely play it again.
After reaching the rooftop, Tang Yu'an opened the system panel and clicked into the store to operate.
You are establishing a branch
Please specify the building
[Note: You need to own the building or the building is unowned land]
A box appeared in front of Tang Yu'an. When his gaze moved, the box moved with it. He looked at the building under his feet and chose to confirm.
[The ownership of the building was not detected, and the conditions are met]
[Would you like to spend 2000 points to set up this building as a branch? ]
【whether】
Tang Yu'an had already prepared himself mentally, so he just clicked "Yes".
Anyway, he has a lot of points now. Even if 2,000 points are deducted, the balance is still over 10,000. He is not afraid!
As Tang Yu'an chose "Yes", the store panel changed and a new system message popped up.
[Points deduction successful, please name the branch]
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi discussed this issue. They originally wanted to name it the Deserted City Grocery Store, but if they recruited employees in the future, it would likely expose them directly.
So after some discussion, they decided on the name of the new branch.
[Naming successful, "Ping An Grocery Store (No. 1)" successfully established]
Complete the main quest "Open a Branch" to receive +2000 bonus points, +1 daily quest refresh card, +1 traffic card (24 hours), and +3 lucky wheel draws.
[Open the shop function: "Build a teleportation array" and go to the shop panel to set up a branch]
Great, the points reward has reached the highest level again, which can offset all the points spent on setting up the branch!
Tang Yu'an always got the highest points, so this random reward mechanism was useless to him.
After cheering, Tang Yu'an quickly opened the store panel and entered the management interface of "Ping An Grocery Store (No. 1 Store)".
【Ping An Grocery Store (Shop No. 1)】
Level: lv0
Description: A hollow, empty grocery store with no merchandise, but if dust can be considered merchandise, it is quite full.
Accumulated points: 0
Accumulated points: 0
Branch Manager: 0/1
Employees: 0/2
Function: Guardian Barrier (not enabled), Teleportation Array (not enabled)
Tang Yu'an blinked. Didn't the branch store have an automatic protective barrier? He had a bad feeling in his heart.
When he clicked to open the protective barrier, he saw—
[Would you like to spend 2000 points to activate the protective barrier for "Ping An Grocery Store (No. 1)"?]
【whether】
As expected! Activating the protective barrier also requires points!
Tang Yu'an also knew the importance of the protective barrier, so he spent 2,000 points to open it.
Then he clicked to open the teleportation array.
It cost another 2,000 points to activate the teleportation array. As for the location of the teleportation array, they left the rooftop and came to a suite on the tenth floor, choosing a master bedroom to set it up.
Soon, a circular pentagram formation appeared on the ground. The complex patterns on it were unknown what they meant, and it exuded a sense of mystery.
[Do you want to spend 2000 points to connect this branch's teleportation array to the main store? ]
Tang Yu'an: ...
Well, it takes two teleportation arrays to locate, so it is understandable that points are deducted.
So he clicked confirm, then excitedly stood on the teleportation array, and a new panel popped up.
[The current teleportation array can be sent to: Ping An Grocery Store, please select the transmission method]
[1. 20 points will be deducted in one time]
[2. One-time deduction of 3,000 points to permanently unlock the teleportation function]
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