3 The Seventh Shop
◎All ready, just waiting for guests.◎
On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, the weather is fine.
It is a good time to travel, seek wealth, move into a new home, and open a business.
The long way to go I got up early in the morning, cleaned the snow at the door of the hotel, laid three green bricks on the wet mud outside the door, and moved two newly made flower stands under the windowsill.
The flower stands are the same style as the ones under the windowsill of the Qingshan Noodle House next door, with small potted plants arranged in an orderly manner, some of which are in bloom, and some of which have only stems and leaves.
On a cold winter day, a little green color looks particularly fresh.
Everything is ready, just waiting for guests to come.
Harold and Budu worked tirelessly for several days to build blocks. In the early morning, they finally couldn't bear it anymore and were persuaded by Lu Yao to go back to the nail salon to rest.
On the day when the hotel officially opened, Lu Yao was the only one guarding the store, which was somewhat deserted.
[Successfully opened the store within three days, mission completed! Reward popularity value +100, currency exchange machine +1! ]
[You have a new mission! On the first day of opening, please officially receive a tourist before dark. Reward popularity value 1,000 points, calamus*1! ]
One mission after another, the agent robot seemed to be more dedicated than the Dream System itself.
Lu Yao suddenly felt bored and checked the portable warehouse. The currency exchange machine had been distributed.
The situation in Nittian is somewhat similar to that of the blind box store at the beginning, with no unified currency.
The currency exchange machine issued by the system is square, about the size of a two-dollar tissue, and is white and smooth as porcelain.
There is a wide slot on the front of the machine, with icons above the small slot. Below the colorful icons are several labels written in the Nittian language, such as "Oilstone", "Rock Salt", "Food and Beverage", and "Materials". The side outlet is about the size of a five-cent coin, and there is a display the size of a little fingernail on top.
This currency exchange machine actually has the same function as the token exchange machine in the blind box store, but the items used for exchange are different.
The dwarfs can use oilstones, rock salt, food, etc. to exchange for the hotel's special currency, and then purchase the hotel's services.
Lu Yao has never seen oilstones and rock salt. These things must be items that the system has identified as having exchange value.
She doesn't care whether the values of the two parties are completely equal. At this time, she just wants to open the hotel as soon as possible.
Lu Yao prepared a set menu, cooked the ingredients, boiled bone soup on the stove, and carefully cleaned several decorated guest rooms. When she looked at the time, it was only eleven o'clock in the morning.
Time suddenly became very slow, and the world outside the door was clear. The snow covered the mountains, like waves, rising and falling, one layer on top of another, spreading towards the sky.
With no guests coming, Lu Yao had no choice but to continue building the remaining houses according to the blueprints.
At around four o'clock in the afternoon, Harold and Bu Du came over.
Just one night later, the building block hotel had completely changed.
Originally, it was just an empty frame, but after Lu Yao finished arranging it, there were details everywhere.
All the rooms in the building block building were hung with two layers of light-proof and light-transmitting curtains, and the beds, bedding, tables, chairs, toiletries, and even small foot pads were placed at the door.
It was like a plain room turned into a fully decorated room overnight. When you turn on the light in the room and look inside through the doors and windows, you can see that the tables and chairs are all in place, as if someone really lives there.
The most interesting thing is that when guests check in, this "as if" will become a reality.
Harold: "No guests?"
Lu Yao shook his head: "The location of the hotel is indeed a bit remote. If we can have a guest before closing today, these few days of hard work will not be in vain."
Harold turned and walked to the door: "I'll go out and take a look." Lu
Yao originally planned to wait for them to wake up and come to guard the inn, so she went out to take a look.
Harold could fly, which was more efficient than her walking, so she didn't mention it.
Half an hour later, Harold landed at the door of the inn, shook off the snow on his body, and his face didn't look good.
He flew around, and the hotel was surrounded by barren mountains and thorns. He didn't find any trace of the dwarfs.
Budu stood under the eaves and looked up at the sky: "The moon is out."
It was getting dark.
Lu Yao came out to take a look, then turned back.
Not long after, bursts of fragrance wafted out of the store, and Harold and Budu sniffed at the same time.
The two of them were thinking about the progress of the hotel, and had not eaten since they woke up.
At this moment, the aroma aroused their greed and they could not help but swallow their saliva. Lu
Yao came out with a small tea bowl and placed it on the green brick under the eaves: "I cooked noodles, come in and eat first."
The two little ones glanced at the small tea bowl on the ground, and without asking any more questions, they followed them into the house.
The two walls with windows in the hotel are planned as guest rooms exclusively for the dwarfs. There is a normal corridor between them, and in the middle is a newly built dual-purpose kitchen counter - the bottom of the counter is hollow, used as a warehouse to store food and various items, and the countertop is temporarily used as a cooking table.
The wall opposite the kitchen counter was partitioned off to house a stove and a cabinet. The extra space was just enough to place a low-temperature freezer to store fresh ingredients. Lu Yao had been
making soup here in the morning, and had just cooked noodles.
The three of them sat down around the kitchen counter, with two side dishes and a bowl of hot soup next to their bowls of noodles.
After eating this hot bowl of food, all worries disappeared.
However -
[Hint: There are only ten minutes left before the second task is over. Please try to complete the task! ]
Lu Yao: "What is the punishment for not completing it?"
If it was the Dream Fulfilling System, it would have been chirping and mocking by now.
The proxy robot did not react at all.
Lu Yao shook her head in boredom, and actually missed Tong a little.
She lowered her head to pick up the last mouthful of noodles in the bowl, put down the bowl and chopsticks, rinsed her mouth, and then turned to walk to the door.
The bait has been put out, whether she can catch the fish depends on her luck.
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Lu Yao opened the door.
Her luck was really good.
A strange little Netian was lying on the edge of a tea bowl filled with half a bowl of thick soup, gulping down the soup.
Lu Yao didn't say anything and squatted slowly.
This little Nitian had beautiful long black hair with slightly reddish ends, and was covered in thick, layered fur. He looked a little taller than Monk, and was most likely from another tribe.
"Woo--" A weak howl came, and Lu Yao looked away, with surprise in his eyes.
Behind the tea bowl was a round, red piglet that was smaller than Lu Yao's palm. Are
the animals in Nitian also miniature?
The piglet was covered with a thick rope made of vines, and bulging bags were placed on both sides of its round belly. Doudou looked at Lu Yao in horror, with a clear stupidity.
The little Nit-an, who was drinking soup, finally realized something was wrong. She stood up, with a circle of shiny oil stains on her mouth. When she saw Lu Yao clearly, she suddenly fell to the ground and cried out in fear: "Ah——"
Lu Yao waited for her to recover, and stretched out a finger to her: "Hello, my name is Lu Yao, and I am the owner of this hotel. It's a cold and snowy night, why don't you come in and sit down?"
Hotel?
The little Nit-an had never heard of it before, and didn't know what it meant. She was also very scared and sat on the ground unable to get up. Lu Yao
didn't have time to waste. He reached out and picked up the frightened little Nit-an and her piglet. With his other hand, he picked up the cold tea bowl and turned back to the store.
Entering the bright and warm room, the little Nit-an came back to his senses from the fright, and turned around and fell into greater fear.
What is this place?
A nest for adults?
"An inn is a place that provides a resting place for people on the road." Lu Yao put the little man in front of the money exchange machine and pointed to the slot, "If you have oilstone, rock salt, food or other items, you can put them in here to exchange for Nittan coins. With Nittan coins, you can stay here tonight."
The Nittan man stared at the money exchange machine in front of him, motionless.
Lu Yao patiently explained it twice, waiting for her to understand.
Harold and Budu found that there were guests, put down their bowls and came to watch.
Lu Yao gestured to them to wait a moment, so as not to scare the little guy.
The little Nit-an stood in front of the money exchange machine with her head up. After more than two minutes, she seemed to understand. She lowered her head and took out a beast skin package from her clothes. When she opened it, she found a handful of shiny ginger-colored "stones".
She put in a few "stones", and the display above the coin outlet showed the number "1...", which kept flashing.
The little Nit-an thought for a moment, put in another "stone", and the number on the display was fixed at "2", and two dark green round coins rolled out of the coin outlet.
The little Nit-an picked up the coin and looked at it, then looked up at Lu Yao: "You are an adult."
Lu Yao nodded.
The little Nitman raised the coin in his hand: "I want to stay here for one night."
The hotel is not yet complete, and the agent robot gave Lu Yao a pricing reference.
One Nitman coin is required to stay in the hotel for one night, and meals are not included. Two Nitman coins are required to check in, and the excess will be refunded when checking out.
Lu Yao stretched out his hand, and two Nitman coins fell into his palm.
She smiled slightly and led the guests upstairs: "The guest rooms are upstairs, please follow me."
Turn left from the main entrance of the hotel, pass the currency exchange machine, and there is a clean miniature blue brick path, about 40 centimeters long.
At the end of the path is a manual elevator, which looks like a telephone booth from the 1950s and 1960s. The dark green frame is inlaid with thick transparent glass on all sides, and the little man standing inside can clearly see the scenery outside.
In fact, it can be made into an automatic keypad elevator, but Lu Yao selfishly thinks that retaining some mechanical features will make the small hotel more interesting.
The elevator stopped at the highest point, and the little Nittian led her red pig to the guest room area safely.
The guest room area is a miniature blue brick building, right next to the first open window by the door.
Only three floors have been built so far, and the glass window is only three-fifths high and one-half wide.
This small building is quiet and elegant in Chinese style inside and out.
The first floor is the dining area, and the second and third floors are guest rooms. There are only six rooms for the time being.
The door faces inwards, and is opposite the long corridor to the kitchen sink in the middle.
Lu Yao handed the key to Room 201 to the guest: "Go up the stairs to the first room on the second floor. We can take care of your pig."
The Nitian man was unusually calm. He took the luggage from the little red pig and went upstairs alone.
Lu Yao helped to deliver the luggage to the door.
The door opened and slowly closed.
Behind the door, the Nitian man named "Gan Li" clung to the door panel and slowly slid to the ground.
Adults are so scary!
But since he has been caught, he can only act according to the other party's wishes, otherwise he may be crushed to death in the next second.
After an unknown amount of time, Gan Li finally recovered from the unspeakable fear.
The room was pitch black. She remembered Lu Yao's words, groped the wall beside the door, and pressed the switch.
"Click--"
The round light beads on the entrance wall lit up, dispelling the darkness.
Gan Li stood up with the help of the door panel, looked around, and her eyes gradually widened.
This... is called a place to rest?
In the bright and spacious room, the floor was smooth and clean, the tables and chairs placed against the wall had a beautiful luster, and the bed was large and sturdy.
Gan Li stood by the bed for a long time, and stretched out her hand carefully. It was smoother and softer than she had ever touched, and it was more comfortable than the high-quality animal skins tanned by the Red Pig Tribe.
The exquisite embroidery on the four corners of the quilt made Gan Li unable to take her eyes away. It was the first time she saw such a complex and beautiful decoration.
Gan Li fell into a strange emotion that was difficult to resolve. How could there be such a beautiful and comfortable place to rest?
"Tuttutt..."
Gan Li looked at the door vigilantly without saying a word.
After a pause, there were three more knocks.
"Tuttutt..."
Gan Li took a deep breath: "Who?"
Lu Yao: "It's me, Lu Yao. Dinner is ready. Do you want to eat in the room or in the dining area downstairs?"
Gan Li shuddered: "...I want to eat in the room."
Lu Yao: "The food has been placed at the door."
Gan Li waited for a while before opening the door, and found a folding rack on the wall that could be folded up against the wall.
At this time, the wooden rack was unfolded and laid flat, with a wooden tray on it, and bursts of fragrance wafted out from the containers on the tray.
Gan Li stared at the plate and saliva uncontrollably.
The food smelled as delicious as the pot of soup at the door just now.
When the Nittian returned to the room with the tray, the three people squatting behind the kitchen table stood up.
Bu Du: "This is the room I built."
Harold: "The water supply system, electrical circuits, and alarm system of this small building were all made by me."
He used magic to achieve the effects that could not be achieved by physical means.
Lu Yao circled a spot at the bottom of the drawing: "I'll change the drawing right away and build a nest for the piglets."
The piglets lay in the temporary pig pen, trembling in front of the three "giants" as tall as mountains. Lu
Yao didn't expect that the dwarfs already had the technology to domesticate animals, nor did he expect that even the small animals were miniature. Considering the future, it would be best to build a row of special breeding sheds.
[Successfully received a traveler, mission completed! Reward popularity +1000, calamus +1! ]
[Lu Yao's hotel opened smoothly and upgraded to a one-star store, reward popularity +1000, tangerine +1. Please keep up the hard work, owner! ]
Mission failure crisis, resolved!
【Author's words】
The ultimate dream of building block people~
It seems that if I put it in the draft box in advance, I can't show the recent thank you list. I will pay attention to not putting it in too early.
Thank you for the nutrient solution and mines, bow!
Good night!
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