333 The 12th Shop
◎Old Lady Lu.◎
Tonghua Town has ten communities, and the place where Lu Yao lives is divided into the area of the ninth community.
A community is actually similar to a village, but probably smaller in scope.
The man is Tong Zhiming, the head of the ninth community in Tonghua Town, and he is very famous in this area.
During the New Year, he likes to organize the left-behind elderly people in the vicinity to eat community meals and dance dam dances in the elderly activity area about two miles away.
Lu Yao occasionally strolled to the elderly activity area on the side of the road in the evening, and there were many women dancing in the dam, and there were also older elderly people playing the gong in the corner.
It was just after noon, and Director Tong should not be here to ask her to take a walk.
Lu Yao could not guess the other party's intention for a moment.
Tong Zhiming was wearing dark trousers and a striped shirt under his army green jacket. As soon as he stepped onto Lu Yao's embankment, he shouted, "I have nothing to do this afternoon, let's play cards!"
Lu Yao suddenly realized.
Time passes slowly in the countryside. Tonghua Town does not have any particularly famous crops. Villagers only tend to their fields and plant crops according to the season. Most people go to work early.
In the afternoon, the sun is blazing, and if they can't work, they gather together to kill time. Playing mahjong is the most common pastime in this isolated countryside.
Tong Zhiming's family has several machine mahjong tables. When he is free, he arranges for people to play at the tables and charges a symbolic tea fee. It is considered a small teahouse in the community.
There are not many people left in the countryside, and the few who are still young and strong will find ways to work.
Even if they don't make much, they can't just sit around.
The rest are basically old people who count the days to a day. They work for a while in the morning, and sit at the mahjong table for half a day in the afternoon to kill time.
Even so, there are often days when a table is not full.
Today, it is estimated that there are not many people, so Lu Yao was remembered.
Lu Yao is really not interested in playing mahjong.
But President Tong is very enthusiastic, and he keeps calling with big eyes: "Just come and play, it's all about playing. After a few days, when it gets busy, there won't be many people."
In fact, there are not many people now.
There are dozens of beautiful self-built villas scattered on both sides of the road, which is neither wide nor narrow. The largest one has three or four people living in it, usually middle-aged couples with one or two children, and the children are grandchildren. The smallest one has only two people, or even only one person, who are basically elderly people from 60 to 80 years old.
The old, weak, sick and young, that's all.
Lu Yao was annoyed by the enthusiastic president and instructed Xingtang to go to the waiting room to call Juanyun.
Juanyun is one of the companion robots in the store.
Lu Yao used the data integrated by the Yuanmeng system to import the rules of mahjong and poker into Juanyun's program through the port.
After completing the setup, Lu Yao pushed the companion robot and said to President Tong: "My companion robot is named Juanyun. He can play some simple games. If you don't mind, you can bring him over to be your companion."
The companion robot is cuter than the agricultural robot and the household robot. It is about the same size as sweet and sour pork, but it is rounder, with a round head and a round face. Even the palms are round. The thick and short mechanical fingers extend from the palms like cat paw pads, which looks very cute.
Tong Zhiming was stunned and pointed at Juanyun and asked: "Can he play mahjong?"
Lu Yao nodded.
Tong Zhiming asked again: "Will they not cheat?"
Lu Yao smiled and explained: "The character traits of companion robots are gentle and sincere, and they like to interact with people. Their program settings sell them as the most sincere friends of mankind and will never betray. Playing mahjong is just like playing a small game for them, so there is no need to cheat. However, the companion robot has a built-in learning program, and it may become very powerful if you play more."
The companion robot selected by Lu Yao is a well-received model. It is often used in the star field to be directly deployed in nursing homes and retirement homes. The robot of this model has a stable personality, gentle and patient, and its learning ability is set lower than the average value of ordinary people in the star field database.
Tong Zhiming didn't quite understand what Lu Yao said, and because he didn't quite understand, he felt a little respect in his heart.
The outside world is vast and broad. He has lived in the town for many years and does not understand those high technologies. Lu Yao has lived in the city for decades and must know more than him.
He is very curious about the robots in Lu Yao's house. He did not refuse immediately after hearing this, but kept looking at the robots waiting beside Lu Yao.
Lu Yao was silent for a moment, then raised his hand slowly and pointed at the sign hanging on the door: "Look at this sign of my house. I'm not afraid of you laughing. I actually want to do some small business in the village to earn some pocket money. Robots are very capable, and I plan to rent them. You are the president, and your vision is different from others. Do you want to be the first to try them? The trial period is half a day and it's free."
Tong Zhiming was immediately interested, and asked cautiously: "Do you need a remote control to tell them?"
Lu Yao shook his head: "My family The robots are very advanced, and work instructions can be given to them directly through voice."
Tong Zhiming: "If I rent a robot, can't anyone command it through voice?"
Lu Yao shook his head again: "Formal renting will start the rental process, and then the robot will only obey the employer's instructions. The employer does not need to worry about it when the rental period ends, they will find their way back to the store by themselves."
Tong Zhiming's heart was surging, and the last bit of doubt in his heart was dispelled by Lu Yao's words.
He decided to try Juanyun, but after all, it was his first time using a robot, so he still wanted Lu Yao to be there.
There was no way, this was a great opportunity to promote the robot rental business. Lu Yao said hello to Xingtang, took Juanyun and followed President Tong home.
Tong Zhiming's home is not far from Lu Yao's home. After getting off the dam and walking along the main road for about 50 meters, the three-story self-built villa standing on the right side of the road is the destination.
Going up the slope of the path, there is a piece of land made of earth bricks on the side of the road, where some
green onions and garlic are planted, and roses are blooming in the wind. Going up, there are two more trees. The short one is a yellow orchid tree. Standing tall in the corner of President Tong's yard is a persimmon tree.
The persimmon tree has just grown leaves and has not yet bloomed.
Under the tree are several hydrangeas with stretched leaves.
Lu Yao walked slowly into the dam of President Tong's house and faintly heard a dense buzzing sound.
It turned out that President Tong had a lot of bees at home, all of which were bee colonies brought back from the wild in the spring. The beehives were placed in a row on the cement fence at the edge of the yard.
There were about six or seven buckets along the way.
I heard that there are several barrels behind his eaves, and he can harvest several barrels of honey every year.
The little bees that flew back from outside had two pieces of pollen that were two-thirds smaller than peeled green beans hanging on their hind legs. They landed on the wooden board placed under the beehive barrel and then crawled into the hive through the small hole specially left.
Lu Yao stood aside and observed with interest, and was soon called into the house by President Tong.
The spacious main room of Tong Zhiming's house was occupied by three machine mahjong tables. In the corner, there was a desktop air conditioner, a hot water kettle, a plate of transparent water cups, and a long cool chair against the left wall.
As Lu Yao expected, there were indeed no people today.
Two of the three tables were vacant, and the only table full of people included a robot, Tong Zhiming, and two women, one fat and one thin.
Lu Yao had seen them before, and they looked very familiar.
Tong Zhiming was worried that Juanyun would not be able to operate them. In his current understanding, robots were just slightly smarter machines, and they would never be smarter than humans. He hoped that Lu Yao would be there to give guidance, so that if Juanyun could not learn, he could still help Lu Yao.
Lu Yao brought a stool and sat down next to Juanyun.
Before the formal start, Lu Yao was actually a little worried.
She had been in Tonghua Town for so long, but the store had not been opened, and she did not have the currency of this world in her hands.
The currency used by the residents of Tonghua Town is called Tonghua Coin, and its purchasing power is almost the same as that of Soft Girl Coin.
Generally speaking, the value of one flower coin is equal to one dollar of Soft Girl Coin in Yaoguang City.
Lu Yao currently has no money.
The basic way to play the game with Juanyun is to play five coins per hand, and with some complicated rules, the highest hand may be sixty or seventy coins.
Lu Yao is not sure whether Juanyun can beat the neighbors at the table, and he doesn't know whether the novice protection period will work for the robot.
Losing some money is not a big deal, but if she loses and can't pay, it will have some impact on her character as a returnee from the city.
After three rounds, Juanyun adapted to the rules very quickly. A small bet, five coins in the account, and a self-draw at the last position, ten coins in the account.
The fat neighbor on the right won a hand, self-drawing three, ten coins in the account, and five coins in the account.
Lu Yao watched for about half an hour. Juanyun was getting more and more familiar with the rules, but her reaction was not particularly fast. She could win one out of three games.
If she maintained this winning rate, she could play for an entire afternoon without paying. Lu Yao's anxious heart slowly settled down.
After sitting for another half an hour, Lu Yao felt a little sleepy.
Her current body was similar to that of a real old man in his seventies or eighties, and she might not even be as strong as some of the old people in the community.
She went out to dig bamboo shoots in the morning, which consumed a lot of energy. She went to bed late last night, and the afternoon sun was sultry. Her eyelids drooped.
Lu Yao raised his hand and rubbed his eyes vigorously, then stood up by leaning on the back of the chair: "Jianyun knows how to play, so I don't need to watch her. I'm sleepy, I want to go back and sleep for a while." Lu Yao
was so sleepy when he left that he didn't notice that Li Dingxiang, who was sitting on his right, was so anxious that her face turned red, and she raised her hand from time to time to scratch her ears and hair.
About forty minutes later, Juanyun returned to the store alone from Tong Zhiming's house.
Xingtang saw that Lu Yao was sleeping soundly and didn't wake her up.
Lu Yao woke up after two hours of sleep and saw Juan Yun sitting beside her bed. She felt a little strange and sat up slowly: "What time is it? Is the game over?"
Juan Yun activated from standby mode, opened his eyes and naturally reached out to support Lu Yao: "The time is 14:32 on March 19, 2214 of the Tonghua calendar. The card game was disbanded one hour and seventeen minutes ago. Li Dingxiang, a card player, asked to disband because of physical discomfort. . "
Lu Yao was a little surprised: "Li Dingxiang is unwell? Serious?"
Juanyun said honestly: "Juanyun conducted a basic physical scan on his poker friend Li Dingxiang and found no symptoms." Lu
Yao lowered his head and thought for a while, but he didn't have any clues. After confirming that Li Dingxiang was fine, he didn't care too much. He supported Juanyun's arm and stood up: "You wait for the next time."
In the evening, Lu Yao ate fragrant and tender bamboo shoots fried with bacon.
The sweet and sour pork was learned from the old lady Su next door. The bacon smoked with cypress branches was boiled and sliced, and then put into the pot and stir-fried until it was shiny and transparent. Then add onions, garlic, pepper and seasonings, and then add the blanched tender bamboo shoots. The meat oil wrapped the bamboo shoots, and finally sprinkled a handful of fresh green garlic sprouts, stir-fried until broken and served.
The bacon was salty and fragrant, the bamboo shoots were crispy and tender, and the garlic sprouts were soaked in oil, with a refreshing fragrance that was perfect with rice.
Lu Yao couldn't help but eat two large bowls of rice, and was so full that she couldn't get up.
She decided to go out for a walk to help digest the food.
After Juanyun came back in the afternoon, she seemed a little upset.
Lu Yao asked Juanyun to accompany her out, and they walked along the main road with a robot, and unknowingly walked to the dam in the elderly activity area.
The stereo was playing songs, and four or five women were holding pink fans and dancing in front of the display screen.
Before Lu Yao got close, she noticed the gazes from all directions. She lowered her eyes slightly, then raised them again, and walked slowly back along the edge of the dam.
Li Dingxiang stood by the fence, chatting with two unfamiliar women, spitting everywhere, and she really didn't look sick. Lu Yao
could hear her excited voice from a long distance away.
"This afternoon, my cousin Tong insisted on bringing a robot to play cards. In less than two hours, I lost all my 100 yuan. If you say that the robot doesn't have any tricks, I don't believe it anyway."
The two people opposite Li Dingxiang saw Lu Yao, their faces were a little embarrassed, and they kept winking at Li Dingxiang.
Li Dingxiang didn't understand at first. She turned around and saw Lu Yao, and then she saw Juanyun following her. She didn't stop talking, and her emotions became more excited: "Some people in the city have learned to be weird. They don't play cards by themselves, but have to use robots. Anyway, I will never play cards with those weird people again."
Lu Yao only then understood why the afternoon card game ended so early. I guess being unwell was an excuse. Li Dingxiang was upset because she lost.
The robot would not defend itself, but Lu Yao could not let such a small thing ruin the store that had not yet officially opened.
After aging, Lu Yao is now a skinny old lady. She walks to avoid the cold. She wears a light grey vest over her floral gown. Her short silver hair is pinned behind her ears with a black hairpin. Her face is full of wrinkles, but her eyes are bright and lively. She always looks at people with an indescribable kindness.
Her eyes rest on Li Dingxiang for a few seconds, then she turns to greet Tong Zhiming, who is sitting in the elderly fitness equipment area and bragging to others. She calls out, "President Tong, can you come over and say something fair?" Her
questioning and respectful tone carries a strong and unyielding tone.
Tong Zhiming had to stand up.
Lu Yao briefly reviewed the conversation he had with Tong Zhiming in the afternoon, not looking at Li Dingxiang, but only at Tong Zhiming: "I don't like playing cards, so I asked Juanyun to accompany you. I told you this in advance. Juanyun is just a companion robot. There is no "cheat" command in the operating program settings, and there is no need. What's more, it is your machine mahjong table, and everyone's luck is the same. It is ridiculous to accuse the robot of cheating."
Robots are not real humans. In addition to executing the task instructions set in advance, they will not have the same thoughts as humans, especially service robots, which have always only set the most glorious personality traits in the universal values of human society.
Tong Zhiming probably didn't expect Mrs. Lu to be so strong, but what she said was true.
It was he who forced Lu Yao to join in the afternoon, which led to the robot playing with him.
It was just that the robot's intelligence was beyond his imagination, and playing cards with Juanyun was almost the same as playing with a real person.
But Juanyun was not really at fault for what happened in the afternoon.
Juanyun did not show any superb skills beyond their cognition, and it was not the only one who won.
After listening to the confrontation between Lu Yao and Tong Zhiming, the villagers finally understood what happened in the afternoon.
In fact, it was a small matter. Living in the same town for decades, Li Dingxiang has always been like this. If she is lucky and wins, she will be happy, and if she loses, she will curse and leave early.
But on this day, a robot appeared on the table, so she blamed the loss of money on Juanyun, who was not good at making excuses and did have a bit of beginner's luck.
Lu Yao instructed Juanyun to hand over the more than 100 Huabi won in the afternoon to Tong Zhiming, and raised her voice slightly: "My companion robots will no longer be borrowed to the teahouse to play with you in the future. But my robots are really capable. Not only do they have good personalities, but they are also good at cleaning, cooking, doing farm work, and accompanying you. If you need them in the future, come to me to rent them. For fellow villagers, there is a 50% discount for the first rental."
In addition to the dream-fulfilling system, the portable warehouse, and the demon's finger bones, Lu Yao can only fight for robots and face in the godless land.
In order to successfully demonstrate the superior performance and practicality of the robot, she doesn't mind risking it.
Not to mention, the effect of this operation is not bad.
Robots are unfamiliar things to the villagers after all, and they have never thought that they can also play with them.
Lu Yao finally found an opportunity to release the message that "robots at home can be rented for a fee" in public.
However, three days after this minor incident, no one came to Lu Yao to rent a robot.
Anyway, the ultimate mission has been launched, so Lu Yao is not too anxious.
Every morning, he takes a different robot out, sometimes to dig bamboo shoots, sometimes to dig wild onions and Houttuynia cordata in the fields, and sometimes to pick honeysuckle on the mountain with the old lady Su next door.
When I returned home near noon, the sweet and sour pork was already prepared for lunch.
After noon, the afternoon is entertainment time.
Lu Yao sat under the eaves, with a bamboo winnowing basket in front of her. Hua Fu and Yan Gui stood beside her, helping her pick weeds and rotten leaves from the honeysuckle buds.
A black car appeared on the road, went up a few dozen meters, and stopped at the door of the old lady who had injured her leg a few days ago.
Lu Yao stretched her head to look around, and three middle-aged people got out of the car, two men and one woman. One of the men opened the back door and carried out a skinny old man.
The old lady who was injured while digging bamboo shoots came back so soon.
Life in the countryside is uneventful, even more bland than boiled water. It's just such a small thing, and it won't be long before someone will come and talk about it for a long time.
Lu Yao thought that Old Lady Su would definitely come to talk to her later, so she lowered her head and continued to pick the flower buds in her hand.
After a while, several middle-aged people appeared on the main road and slowly walked up to Lu Yao's yard.
Lu Yao recognized them as the people who sent Zhong Cuizhu back.
Zhong Cuizhu was the old lady who was injured while digging bamboo shoots.
Lu Yao narrowed his eyes, not knowing the purpose of their visit, and had some guesses in his heart.
Xingtang had already quickly brought out chairs to receive the guests.
The middle-aged woman among the three walked in front and took the initiative to talk to them while they were still in the dam: "Old man, I heard that you have a smart robot for rent at home, we want to take a look."
As soon as the woman finished speaking, a casually dressed and slightly short and fat man interrupted her: "Do you have a robot that can take care of the elderly? I heard that there is also a kitchen robot. Are the meals cooked deliciously?"
Lu Yao's guess came true. Several middle-aged people really wanted to rent robots for the elderly at home.
She had seen Zhong Cuizhu's husband, who had sparse hair, lost teeth, walked with crutches, spoke unclearly, and relied on the old lady to take care of him on weekdays.
Zhong Cuizhu broke her leg and could not take care of her husband. She also needed to take care of herself, but her children were busy with work and it was difficult for them to take time out to take care of two elderly people with limited mobility.
At this time, a neighbor nearby actually provided robot rental services. Young people who work outside all year round must have broadened their horizons. They would definitely be interested in hearing about it, or at least want to learn more about it.
Lu Yao put down his work, stood up with a smile, and began to entertain these three distinguished guests who were crucial to the smooth opening of the new store.
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