Chapter 105
The commercial street was crowded with people.
If Shu Mo opens the 3D map of Nuannuan Hot Spring now, he will find that within the entire barrier, people are concentrated in only two places.
One is the main building and the other is a newly opened mobile stall in the commercial street.
There's nothing you can do about it. The scent of the two new items Shu Mo unlocked is just too strong. It can attract people from across the street.
The crowd gathered automatically, staring at the hot stove with their mouths watering.
"Not well yet?"
"How long will it take?"
"It will be ready soon." said the employee assigned to the mobile stall, bending down to look at the fire.
After Shu Mo decided to purchase the products "Sugar-fried chestnuts" and "roasted sweet potatoes", the mobile stall in front of him was automatically divided into two areas, just like oden.
On the left is the stove for baking sweet potatoes. When you lift the lid, you will see two circles of sweet potatoes neatly arranged in the round stove. It takes ten minutes to bake each circle. This employee had just made them in batches, so each of the fat sweet potatoes had a clock-like countdown on top, with the pointer ticking away.
【It will take 3min20s to complete】
[It will take 7 minutes and 38 seconds to complete]
Seeing that it would take only a few minutes for the food here to be ready, the employee turned to look at the iron pan where the chestnuts were being roasted on the right.
In order to ensure that the chestnuts are heated evenly, this heavy iron pot is filled with black iron sand, which is constantly stir-fried under the control of the system. The caramel-colored chestnuts float in the iron sand, emitting bursts of tempting sweet fragrance, which mixes with the aroma of roasted sweet potatoes. It is strong and overbearing, and fits in perfectly with the atmosphere of this winter street, causing every passerby to stop involuntarily.
The sugar-roasted chestnuts are available earlier than the roasted sweet potatoes. The countdown above is about to be reset to zero. After a few dozen seconds, the long-awaited "ding" sound is finally heard.
After the production is completed, the iron sand is still rolling to keep the heat from escaping, and the employee takes out a brown paper bag that has been prepared from the counter.
After shaking out the paper bag, he picked up a metal shovel beside him and began to pack the bags for the customer at the front of the line in an orderly manner.
The sugar-roasted chestnuts are filled with caramel aroma and the outer shell is shiny. When you peel it open, you will see the plump flesh inside, and the golden color is very beautiful. Put it in your mouth while it is still hot. The sweet chestnut flesh is soft and sticky, and the rich aroma fills your lips and teeth, leaving you with an endless aftertaste.
The customer at the head of the line ordered two servings of roasted sweet potatoes in addition to the sugar-roasted chestnuts. While waiting for the sweet potatoes to be roasted, he peeled chestnuts and unknowingly swallowed several of them, chewing them until his mouth was full of fragrance. He touched his stomach with satisfaction.
I can't stop at all!
"I didn't expect the third-tier gift to be so good. I'm so lucky." He sighed, cracked another one, and smiled, "The boss treated me to roasted chestnuts. I'm so happy."
He said this happily and suddenly found that the surroundings were quiet.
The big guys who were holding money behind them and running to buy roasted chestnuts and roasted sweet potatoes at their own expense all cast angry glances at him.
customer:"?"
He shivered pitifully among the many big guys queuing up, was stunned for a few seconds, and tremblingly hid his brown paper bag in his arms.
I can have things to do, but my roasted chestnuts can't.jpg
I think you are just jealous that the boss treated me to roasted chestnuts with sugar.
Fortunately, the baked sweet potatoes finally came out of the oven and saved him.
The employee put on thick heat-insulating gloves, took out two sweet potatoes from the oven wall, and put them into a bag. "Your sweet potatoes, be careful, they are hot."
The sweet potato was still very hot when the customer received it. After taking it, he let out a cry and hurriedly tossed it between his left and right hands.
"The bag has handles, you can carry the bag." The employee reminded quickly.
"It's okay, it's okay." He refused with a smile.
The room temperature outside is so low. If I carry the bag for a while, won’t the sweet potatoes get cold?
The roasted sweet potatoes from street stalls are best eaten while hot!
He couldn't bear to wait any longer, so he left the stall and picked out one of the sweet potatoes and broke it open.
The sweet potatoes selected by the system are naturally plump. After breaking them open, the inside has been roasted to the point that honey is oozing out. Some of the honey has slightly flowed out from the dark sweet potato flesh. It is hot, sweet, soft and not so dry.
Having not tasted this flavor for many years, he ate it with big mouthfuls, relishing the sweetness. After eating most of the sweet potato, the other one is not as hot as it was at the beginning, so it is just right to hold it in the palm of your hand while shopping. My palms were warmed up, and my whole body was filled with warmth.
"No wonder I always felt that this commercial street was good but seemed to be missing something. It turns out to be the street stalls." A player in the team looked at his back as he left and suddenly realized.
If there is a place to go shopping, how can there not be street food?
This mobile stall appeared at the right time. From now on, I will pack a portion of sugar-roasted chestnuts before going shopping, which will make the experience even more enjoyable.
Shu Mo took the opportunity of launching the stored-value card to promote his new street stall.
A serving of sugar-roasted chestnuts and a roasted sweet potato are both 15 points, which is actually not expensive, and the cost is only five points. The players who get the gifts are all very happy.
The number of players applying for cards has increased sharply.
When everyone started using stored-value cards, it became less noticeable when elite monsters used the stored-value cards to make purchases.
The biggest goal was achieved, and Shu Mo breathed a sigh of relief.
During the day, human players recharged their accounts in the main building of the hot spring, and at night, Shu Mo held an "equivalent recharge event" in his own cabin specifically for monster customers.
Shu Mo moved a small table and a stool to cosplay as a counter, invited the monsters to come forward one by one, distributed the stored-value cards, and explained again how to use them.
"Stored value cards are like points. They can be used anywhere in the hotel. You can check the balance and points by clicking on the card. You don't need to put it in your backpack to check the properties of the item."
"If you need to redeem points for gifts, you can go to the recharge corner in the main building of the hotel and ask the staff there."
Shu Mo explained patiently as if he was giving a lecture, and the monsters below sat in rows, holding their heads high and listening attentively.
Just like the idea behind making bosses in most games, the bigger the creature, the more deterrent it will bring to the players, so most games tend to make powerful enemies as big as possible, and "Arctic Cold" is no exception.
Most of these super S-level monsters were tall, and when they transformed into humans, they were used to becoming one size larger than others to feel comfortable. However, at this moment, these big guys were sitting on the floor of Shu Mo's house, and their postures and expressions seemed extremely well-behaved.
As Shu Mo was talking, he suddenly had the illusion that he was teaching kindergarten children.
What's with this serious and focused look on his face?
She suspected that if possible, these monsters would take out notebooks to take notes on the spot.
That scene... Shu Mo couldn't quite imagine it.
It turns out that the food in the hotel is also tempting to monsters.
She suddenly found it a little interesting.
I thought that these monsters who loved to eat melon seeds and chicken feet were just exceptions, but I didn't expect that it was a common phenomenon?
The power of food is truly invincible!
With a little more smile in his eyes, Shu Mo clapped his hands, "If there is no problem, everyone can come here to recharge."
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"Boss, can you help me see how much these are worth?"
Monsters of different heights, weights and bodies consciously lined up in front of Shu Mojia's "small stall". The monster that got the first spot stepped forward, sat down on the chair, and then nervously took out a small stack of things and piled them on the table.
He asked nervously, "Is it enough to exchange for a bun?"
That day he smelled the aroma of humans eating fresh meat buns. After that day, that round, white, soft and hot food was deeply imprinted in his heart.
I really want to have a taste!
At first Shu Mo didn't understand why the monsters were so obsessed with food, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it made sense. Since the intelligence of elite monsters is no less than that of humans, it is normal for them to think that refined food is tastier than that of sticky monsters like slime.
It's just as normal as a beastie that is used to living in the wild would yearn for a little house of its own.
If the doomsday game has a "creator", he or she probably wouldn't have thought that while giving monsters intelligence and making them increasingly difficult to deal with, they are also making them more and more similar to humans.
When he came to his senses, the monster in front of him was still looking at him longingly.
Shu Mo picked out one item from the pile and said with a smile, "Let me calculate the price first. Don't worry, it will definitely be enough."
"That's great." The other party was overjoyed. "If it's not enough, I have more here!"
He said with a bit of regret, "Oh, if I had known these things were so useful, I wouldn't have thrown them away."
For monsters, obtaining monster materials is extremely easy. If they are all stored in the storage space, they will sooner or later become full, so they usually only keep some that are particularly valuable or commemorative.
Now I feel it’s a pity.
But because of this, every material produced by these super S-level monsters is of great value.
Shu Mo picked up the materials and was about to hand them to Mo Bai out of habit. The latter's hand had just reached halfway into the air when she suddenly thought of something, "Oh, I can take it to the mall to check the price! As long as I don't sell it, it'll be fine."
When materials are put into the mall, a basic purchase price will be displayed. As long as you don't click to confirm the sale, the materials will still be hers.
Shu Mo regretted, "Why didn't I think of this method earlier? This will make pricing easier."
In the corner of my eye, someone suddenly froze.
"Wait a minute, let me take a look."
Shu Mo put all the materials in front of him into his backpack in one breath, and did not notice the creaking sound of a chair moving backwards little by little beside him.
Her backpack was filled with all sorts of things, and as soon as the materials were put in, they flowed into the sea. A big drop of cold sweat fell on Shu Mo's forehead. After searching for a while, she found the branch that the Xiongxiong family had given her before before she found the materials.
"Oh, that's perfect."
Shu Mo poked his head out and saw the burly family of three standing at the end of the line. "Mr. Xiong and Ms. Xiong, please come over here. I'll help you calculate the previous balance first."
As she spoke, she threw the branch into the recycling bin of the player mall with a smile on her face.
"In the end, we changed thirty cups of honey water that day, right?"
The total amount was one hundred and fifty points. A certain monster expert swore that this was about the price.
But Shu Mo felt that now that there was a formal process, it would be better to go through it again.
Of course, you don’t need to make up for the shortfall, but if you collect too many points, you still have to refund the Xiongxiong family.
After all, they are customers too.
Thinking of this, Shu Mo clicked to view.
The blank space on the mall checkout page refreshed, and a line of numbers popped up.
[Reference price: 2500 points]
Shu Mo: “…”
Shu Mo: "Hmm?"
How much did you say? ?
She stayed still for a few seconds, then suddenly turned her head and said in a dangerous tone, "Mo Bai..."
Someone who had quietly slipped away for a long distance froze at the door.
Mo Bai: “…”
Shu Mo: “…”
…
A minute later, Mo Bai, who had half a day's salary deducted as punishment, sat back next to Shu Mo dejectedly.
Shu Mo, who had calmed down, twitched his lips and handed over the card. "Hello, this is your stored-value card. There are 2,390 points left on the card."
40 points of which are free recharge points.
When Mr. Xiong heard the number, he almost fell under his chair. He looked at the card that was not even half the size of his palm and was a little hesitant to take it. "Boss, did you calculate it wrong?"
"I didn't make a mistake in my calculation. This is indeed the price."
"Is that thing so expensive? I just picked one up when I passed by." Mr. Xiong touched the back of his head with his big hand, a little surprised.
"Boss, if you like it, how about I pick two for you next time I pass by?"
He was very happy to find a chance to please Shu Mo, and said honestly: "No reward is needed, just a few more cups of honey water from last time will be enough..."
Shu Mo: “…”
Just pick a few? Is it so casual?
She could even imagine the speechless expressions of those tree elves.
Tree spirit: You are so noble. You pulled out my hair in exchange for a cup of honey water at 5 o'clock:).
If the tree spirit monsters were not rooted in place and unable to travel long distances, Shu Mo felt that they would come in groups to protest sooner or later.
She laughed: "You can use this card to buy honey water directly. Just pay according to the method I told you."
"Well, thank you, boss." The couple looked at each other and expressed their gratitude by pressing the little bear's head.
The family collected the stored-value cards and left. The monsters behind them couldn't wait any longer. They looked at them with envy and rushed to take out their treasures. "Boss, can you tell me how much this is worth?"
The monsters that didn't get to line up later also began to prepare in advance, taking out their most impressive materials from the storage space and competing with other monsters.
"Look at mine."
"This is definitely more expensive than the old bear's broken branch."
"This! I dug it from the top of Mount Tianshan. There is only one..."
When Shu Mo was dazzled by the materials that she had never seen before, she was dazzled.
But you can tell it's very powerful as soon as you hear it.
"It's a shame to sell such precious materials to the game store." Shu Mo was a little distressed.
The recycling price in the mall is often much lower than the transaction price in the market, and these materials in the hands of players can create more powerful equipment, greatly improving the survival rate of humans in wild adventures, and have a wide range of uses.
It’s such a waste to just sell it to the mall like this.
She unconsciously twirled a spiritual horn in her hand and began to feel worried.
Do you really need to go to the town market regularly?
The problem is that these materials are too rare. She opened a shop in this high-end area and usually collected high-end monster materials, so she was considered knowledgeable. However, she could hardly recognize most of the things brought by these super S-level monsters.
Will the same scene occur at the market in Guangming Town?
Only a few discerning players can recognize the preciousness of the material, which means it is very difficult to find a suitable buyer.
If this is the case, how long will it take to sell them all?
Shu Mo's time is also very valuable now. She is really unwilling to sacrifice her time for daydreaming, taking a walk, and rolling around at home to sit in the market, but she is also worried about handing the materials over to anyone to sell on her behalf.
Wait… market.
Shu Mo stopped moving his hands and his eyes suddenly lit up.
"Yeah, why didn't I think of it before?" She slammed the table excitedly, scaring all the super S-level monsters in the room.
"We can open a monster shop on the commercial street!"
Shu Mo's eyes were bright.
Having the monsters sell them directly would not waste materials and would also save her a lot of trouble.
In this way, Shu Mo can continue to stay at home and relax, take walks, and roll around on his days off.
"Is this okay?" The monsters were stunned.
"Why not?"
Shu Mo pulled over a chair and explained in detail how the store operated on the spot.
"You can run the business on your own and sell the materials you have to players who need them. The points you earn can be used to spend on hot springs. You just need to split the profits with the hotel and pay a certain amount of rent regularly."
“Although it’s a bit more troublesome, the price of selling directly to players may be much higher than recharging with me.”
After all, Shu Mo settled the bill according to the mall price.
After she finished speaking, the audience was quiet for a few seconds, and then suddenly there was a buzz of excitement. “You can also watch the store? It seems very interesting!”
"Me, me, me! I want to be a shop owner. I look more approachable than you."
"I live quite far away. Can I just leave my materials here and let other monsters sell them for me?"
"It's all right. You can discuss it yourself." Shu Mo smiled. "If it's ok, we can open it in the next two days. Remember to send a representative to discuss the decoration with me."
The goods are all ready-made, so there is no need to spend time preparing them. All you need to do is decorate them and you can open for business at any time.
When they heard that they still had to elect a representative, the monsters exploded again.
Amidst the clamor and joy, only Mo Bai sighed, looking extremely regretful.
Shu Mo: “…”
She reached out and rubbed his head amusedly.
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