Chapter 22 Cold Injury Ointment (II)
"Ding, Cold Injury Ointment*2 has been prepared."
In the farm kitchen, a jade-colored plaster lay quietly at the bottom of the casserole. Gu Nian took the packaging box and electronic scale from the side and put the plasters in one by one.
There are boxes of finished products stacked next to it.
The first batch of 80 boxes of cold injury ointment exchanged for spirit crystals and credit points have all been credited to the account. Gu Nian finally no longer lacks spirit crystals to make medicine. Because the forum's top merchant placed an order for another 200 boxes of cold injury ointment, Gu Nian has been busy making cold injury ointment in the farm kitchen these days. Now her success rate in making cold injury ointment can be controlled at about 90%. Long-term concentration has greatly increased her speed in making medicines.
After working in the kitchen for more than two hours, Gu Nian stood up and stretched, then put the kitchen waste into a small bucket and decided to go check on his farmland.
In the farmland, various vegetables and medicinal herbs stretched out their branches and leaves. Gu Nian also used kitchen waste to fertilize the fields and opened up five more spiritual fields. She looked around the farmland and found that the farmland she had reclaimed was almost approaching the edge of the area. If she wanted to reclaim more farmland, she would have to explore other areas.
She tried to approach the edge of the farmland, but all she touched was an invisible wall of light. The system still prompted, "The area ahead has not been unlocked yet. Come back and explore after it is unlocked."
Then, what are the conditions for unlocking other areas? Gu Nian was watering the farmland while thinking. She brought a full plastic bucket of water from the real villa today, but unfortunately, the vegetable field did not change at all after watering it. You know, the growth rate of vegetable seedlings in the farm space is faster than that in reality, so on weekdays, as long as you water it, you can clearly see that the seedlings have grown a little taller, but now there is no change. Gu Nian turned on the light screen and saw that the watering progress of this farmland was still 0.
Gu Nian walked to the small pond beside the farmland to fetch water, and this time irrigated the fields. Sure enough, the seedlings grew taller and the system's watering progress bar was full.
It seems that if you want to irrigate the farmland, you must use the pool in the farm space. Using water in reality will have no effect. However, the water level in the pool has dropped by more than half, and I am afraid I will have to find a way to find a water source in the future. Gu Nian secretly kept this in mind, thinking that he must unlock the system and continue to explore this farm space.
She went back to the kitchen and worked for a while until 200 boxes of cold injury ointment were finished. Gu Nian changed her clothes, put on a hat and a mask to cover her face, and followed the warehouse information sent by the first merchant on the forum to the courier, anonymously sending 200 boxes of cold injury ointment to the forum warehouse.
She flipped through the warehouse list given by the forum's first merchant and found that the Lihuo Gantian forum seemed to have warehouses in various places. Correspondingly, does this forum have offices in various places? Gu Nian took a look and found that the closest one to her was the Yangcheng warehouse. She sent it directly to Yangcheng.
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Lao Gao couldn't wait to come to the grocery store early in the morning. He pulled Kong Feibai over and said, "Boss Kong, do you have any more cold injury ointment? I'll give you four more boxes."
Kong Feibai spread his hands: "No more."
"Gone?" Lao Gao said in disbelief, "When I came that day, wasn't it still on your counter?"
Kong Feibai pointed at the counter and asked him to look. Lao Gao looked over and saw that the place where the cold injury ointment was usually placed was empty.
Kong Feibai replied helplessly: "This batch of goods was sold out on the third day after it arrived at the store. It has been out of stock for several days, and now even I can't use it."
Damn, these businessmen, do they still have any professional ethics? They can't buy anything with money! Do they still have basic respect for their financial customers? Lao Gao complained in his heart, now he wants to buy something, but credit points are useless? But when he spoke, he turned into: "Boss Kong, when can the goods be delivered?"
Kong Feibai sighed and patted his shoulder comfortingly: "I am as anxious as you. I am also waiting for others to supply the goods." He prayed secretly in his heart, hoping that Xiao Gu, who was hoarding the goods, could prepare the medicine and send it out quickly, and that the courier could deliver it as soon as possible.
Jiang Hong went to the wilderness again, still traveling alone. The cold injury ointment he bought at the grocery store was surprisingly effective, and his frostbite had healed almost completely in the past two days. The cracked skin had completely faded, and a thin layer of new skin had been formed, and the piercing itching had disappeared.
He held up the gun, resting the rear seat on his shoulder, looking carefully through the scope, patiently waiting for his prey. The gunshot rang out, and a mutant deer fell to the ground.
The hunt went well.
Except for the accident when returning to the city. When Jiang Hong passed by an old tree, bats suddenly flew up and covered the sky. Hundreds of bats came out from the dry hole formed at the root of the old tree, scratching Jiang Hong's body with sharp claws, leaving tiny wounds. Among them, there were more than ten mutant bats, which sprayed ice mist and drilled into the wound.
Jiang Hong endured the pain, quickly found the biofuel and ignited it, waved the flame with his left hand, and pulled out a dagger from the straps between his legs with his right hand to attack, and only then did he drive away the bats. But when Jiang Hong arrived at the camp, he found that his right arm could no longer move, and the biting cold penetrated into the bones.
It was a wound caused by ice fog. In the cut flesh of the right arm, a trace of cold air swirled around the wound, and even condensed into a thin layer of ice crystals. This kind of wound is extremely difficult to heal.
Jiang Hong's heart seemed to have fallen into a black hole. He had heard about the price other hunters charged for treating this kind of wound, and he might have to spend half a month's income on it.
The right arm was still emitting a bone-chilling cold, making the whole body feel like it was falling into an icy cave. Jiang Hong suddenly thought of the box of cold injury ointment for no apparent reason. Boss Kong said that the box of ointment could treat frostbite caused by low temperatures, and of course, it could also treat chilblains.
As if possessed by some mysterious force, Jiang Hong used his still movable left hand to apply the cold injury ointment to the wound. After a thin layer of the jade-colored ointment was applied, the lingering cold air almost immediately dissipated like ice and snow in the light, and the ice crystals also completely melted, and blood finally oozed out of the wound.
Jiang Hong felt a familiar pain coming from the wound, and his spirits lifted. The cold mist left by the mutant bat on the wound faded away! He quickly applied hemostatic medicine. As long as the cold mist faded away, the wound would heal in a week at most.
His heart was also burning with excitement. This cold wound ointment could actually heal wounds caused by the cold air spewed by mutant animals! Since the animals mutated, perhaps because of the low temperature environment, many mutant animals would carry cold mist, either surrounding their bodies like a shield for protection, or spewing it out to attack. This cold mist would linger around the wound, making it difficult for the wound to heal, which made many wilderness hunters change color when they heard of it.
Jiang Hong immediately rushed to the grocery store. He had to buy a few more boxes of the plaster before anyone noticed its effects.
When he arrived at the grocery store, the boss was not there and he was greeted by the clerk who was in charge of the store.
Jiang Hong asked, "Do you have any more of that cold injury ointment?"
The young employee put on a professional smile and said, "Sorry, sir, we have run out of cold injury ointment."
Jiang Hongyi glared: "Last time I came, there were a lot of goods on the counter. What's going on? You opened a store but you don't sell goods?"
Jiang Hong was tall and strong, with a fierce and rough look. There was a large tattoo on his exposed neck. When he glared, he looked extremely ferocious. The young employee was so scared that he almost cried, but he could only swallow his saliva and force a smile to answer, "Sir, I'm sorry, it's all sold out. The stock hasn't arrived yet."
Jiang Hong tutted in dissatisfaction and had to turn around and leave.
Kong Feibai was almost worried to death. He had never felt that business was so difficult. During this period of time, there was an endless stream of people coming to ask about the cold injury ointment. Eight out of ten customers who came into the store asked the same question: "Do you have cold injury ointment?"
But he just couldn't make the money! There was no stock! He was now eagerly waiting for Xiao Gu to ship the stock, staring at the forum news all day long.
Finally, a message slowly popped up in the dialog box between him and the stockpiler Xiao Gu: "200 boxes of cold injury ointment have been shipped."
Kong Feibai quickly sent a message: "For this cold injury ointment, why don't we just set up a long-term supply process. How long can you make a batch? How many boxes can you make in a batch?"
Gu Nian saw the message. She estimated and replied, "I can probably make a batch in one to two weeks, 200 boxes per batch."
Kong Feibai immediately asked, "One to two weeks? Can this time be fixed?"
Gu Nian replied casually: "It's hard to say. It depends on whether you are free. Everything is made now." Gu Nian didn't want to spend all her time on making medicine. She wanted to be flexible. Once the materials were collected, she could make it when she wanted to. If she didn't want to make it, she could take a few days off.
Kong Feibai just felt extremely sad. During this period of time, he, the boss, and his employees were driven crazy by customers' questions. Every customer repeatedly asked if the cold injury ointment was available, when it would arrive, and whether they could be pre-ordered. The young employees had sad faces at work every day. After all, these wilderness hunters were not easy to get along with, and Kong Feibai was also under great pressure.
Originally, Kong Feibai wanted to discuss with the stocking manager Xiao Gu as soon as possible to finalize the supply quantity and cycle, but he never expected that the other party was not interested at all and even thought he was delaying things.
Stocking up Xiao Gu: "Are you okay? If you are, remember to receive the goods. I am offline now."
Kong Feibai had no choice but to try to reason with Xiao Gu, the stockist: "If we can determine the delivery cycle, I can also notify old customers in advance, so that the goods can be sold better..."
But Gu Nian didn't think it was a problem at all. "It's okay, you can sell them all in the end anyway. I have limited raw materials here, so I can't guarantee how much I can sell." Now all the herbs have to be ripened with spirit coins, and Gu Nian can hardly save up enough spirit coins, and there are many things in the system mall that she wants to buy with spirit coins, so she is really not in a hurry to supply them.
Kong Feibai: I understand. Even if the customer has money, it depends on whether you have the goods.
Kong Feibai had no choice but to send a message with tears in his eyes: "Order another 200 boxes, and I'll take them when you make them."
For the first time in his life, Kong Feibai realized that he could not impress the other party at all. After all, the other party had the medicine and it was so effective that he had no worries about selling it.
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It only took two days for the cold injury ointment to be delivered to the forum warehouse in Yangcheng.
That afternoon, there were 40,000 extra points in Gu Nian's account. Including the previous balance, Gu Nian now had 50,000 points on hand.
With a huge amount of money in her account, Gu Nian felt relieved. You know, she had already used up all the credit points in her account for the purchases before the cold fog came.
Gu Nian drove to Warehouse No. 3.
"What? You want to resign?" Old Chen said in surprise, followed by regret. He has always been optimistic about Gu Nian, a girl who is efficient, smart, and calm and rational, which is rare among young people. He also wanted to recommend Gu Nian to be the electrician team leader of the new winter-proof warehouse.
Gu Nian said, "Yes, Captain Chen. Thank you for taking care of me during this period."
Captain Chen thought about it and no longer felt strange. During this period of time, although Gu Nian was an excellent electrician, this girl was always out of tune with this environment, and her abilities were far more than that.
Lao Chen smiled and said, "Yes, I should have thought of it earlier. You fought those mutant rats very well that time. Did you quit your job and become a wilderness hunter?"
Gu Nian smiled but said nothing. She didn't want to say more.
Seeing that Gu Nian didn't reply, Lao Chen became more certain of his guess and felt that Gu Nian was extraordinary. He approved Gu Nian's resignation report and nodded at her when he sent her out: "Come on, you have to live well in this damn world."
"Well, survive." Gu Nian also said with a smile. In this era of frequent natural disasters, survival is everyone's greatest wish.
After leaving the cold-proof warehouse, Gu Nian decided to go to the material supply point to buy some fresh ingredients. During the cold fog, most of the fresh ingredients she had stockpiled had been consumed.
There were few people purchasing at the material supply point. Although productivity had recovered, it was not easy for everyone to earn some credit points, and everyone had to live frugally. It was even rarer to see someone like Gu Nian filling up a whole shopping cart in one go without blinking an eye.
Facing the envious gazes of the crowd, Gu Nian left the supply point carrying two large bags of things.
When Gu Nian got home and opened the door, Lianhua came to greet him with her fluffy tail erect. The little guy turned around and rubbed Gu Nian's legs: "Did you buy shrimp? Lianhua wants to eat shrimp."
Gu Nian picked up Lianhua with amusement and scratched the soft flesh on its neck: "Yes, yes, go wash your paws and get ready for dinner."
Gu Nian set up an electric oven on the dining table in the living room. Thinly sliced mutant wild boar pork belly, thickly sliced ox brain, marinated black pepper beef cubes, marbled beef ribs, and button mushrooms were placed on separate plates. Of course, the prawns that Lotus loved the most were also indispensable.
Gu Nian picked up a roasted prawn, removed the head and tail, and put it into Lianhua's small plate.
Lotus took a big bite and half the shrimp was gone.
After taking a bite, Lotus' eyes sparkled and her ears stood up. The whole cat immediately became alert and quickly took another bite, swallowing the remaining half of the shrimp. Lotus began to push Gu Nian's hand with its head, and its furry body nudged Gu Nian's elbow.
It’s fresh, fragrant and juicy, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. It’s so delicious!
I want more and more!
Gu Nian picked up another one for Lianhua with a smile. At this time, the topside of the beef was already roasted, making a sizzling sound on the baking tray, and the surface was a beautiful brown color. The beef ribs next to it were also roasted, with just the right proportion of fat and lean.
Gu Nian picked it up and put it in his mouth. What a delicious barbecue! Gu Nian devoured it, but the best thing was the pork belly cut from the mutant wild boar meat. The roasted pork belly was fat and lean, greasy, the lean part was burnt and fragrant, the fat part was greasy, and the meat was very chewy. Gu Nian took a bite and couldn't stop eating.
Since the evolution began, Gu Nian's strength and speed have been greatly improved, and her appetite has also increased accordingly. Ordinary food can hardly satisfy her stomach, and she must eat a lot to have enough energy. The energy provided by mutant wild boar meat is much higher than that of ordinary beef.
Many evolved humans become wilderness hunters in order to capture mutant beasts for their daily food.
While eating, Gu Nian was thinking that it was time for him to get ready and go to the wilderness.
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Feng Chun came to the grocery store early in the morning as usual.
As soon as he entered the door, he asked, "Has the cold injury ointment arrived?"
Recently, he would rush to the grocery store after morning exercise every morning because the effect of the cold injury ointment was so good. No matter how severe the frostbite was, just apply a thin layer and it would be completely healed in two or three days!
Feng Chun now only regretted that he had bought too little. When he thought of the itching that went deep into his bones when frostbite broke out, he felt a chill, and looking at the empty medicine box, he just wanted to quickly prepare a few more boxes.
"In stock," said the grocery store employee with a smile.
Finally, the product is available! Feng Chun was overjoyed and said, "Five boxes, please."
"Sorry, sir, each person is limited to two boxes." The employee said the cruel words with a smile.
"What? One person can only buy two boxes? Since when did your store start limiting purchases?" Feng Chun said in shock and anger. Kong Feibai's grocery store is famous for its large quantity of goods, but I didn't expect that they would also limit purchases? A limit of two boxes
The employee said helplessly, "Sir, we have no choice. This cold injury ointment is selling too fast. If there is no purchase limit, the first few customers who buy it will buy up all the goods we have. The purchase limit is also for everyone's good."
Indeed, just as Feng Chun was asking, several customers had already come and started buying cold injury ointment from other employees.
Feng Chun did not hesitate any longer and immediately used his credit points to take two boxes of cold injury ointment. He also sent a message to inform his relatives and friends to hurry over and grab the goods.
After he left, several waves of people rushed in, and soon the newly arrived cold injury ointment was sold out again.
All that was left was a bunch of angry later customers surrounding the grocery store employees.
"How come they're selling so fast? Are you guys doing something behind the scenes and keeping all the goods?"
"Why didn't you notify us in advance? Can't we make reservations in advance? Then some people will be lucky enough to buy it, while others will be unlucky and unable to buy it. Is this fair?"
"I saw someone who came early immediately called his friends over to buy dozens of boxes. Doesn't your store care about this kind of situation?"
The clerk immediately complained bitterly. You know, this batch of cold injury ointment, from the grocery store owner to the employees, no one kept a single box, it was all sold out directly!
The boss even personally talked to the big supplier, hoping to fix the delivery time and increase the supply volume so that he could find a way to make arrangements for the customers. However, the big supplier was free and casual. He would make medicine whenever he had time and sell as much as he could!
This was the first time they had to follow the supplier's lead in selling goods in their store! This was also the first time they were forced to limit purchases for customers!
Looking at the angry customers who couldn't buy the goods, the employees wanted to cry.
Woo woo woo woo, big boss, please be kind and give me some more goods!
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When she got up in the morning, Gu Nian supported herself on the ground with her left hand and put her right hand behind her back. She first did a set of push-ups, then changed hands and did another set. After repeating five sets, she pulled the horizontal bar and did pull-ups.
She arranged a physical training plan for herself and followed it every day. After finishing a set of physical training, even considering her current physical condition, she would still sweat slightly.
After changing into sportswear, Gu Nian planned to go out for a weighted run. During this period, she strengthened her morning exercise plan to prepare for entering the wilderness. Just then, she heard screams in the community.
"Help! Someone come quickly!" Short screams and cries for help were heard everywhere, from men, women, young and old, accompanied by a slight earthquake.
Gu Nian quickly returned to the house, picked up his bow and arrow, then went to the kitchen to get a boning knife and quickly went out.
As soon as she left the house, she gasped. At the end of her sight, across several buildings, she saw a giant python, or rather, a mutant snake! The giant python was azure blue, and its vertical pupils of a reptile species were dimly lit. The deep and ruthless look unique to cold-blooded animals made people's scalps numb. The snake was ten meters long and as thick as a bucket. It looked like a monster that ran out of a horror movie!
The giant python swam on the ground nimbly at an astonishing speed. On its raised head, its upper and lower jaws were stretched apart, forming an exaggerated black hole from which black saliva dripped. The saliva fell on the ground with a hissing sound, corroding a large hole in the cement floor.
Under its bloody mouth, several humans that were caught up had been devoured, and the python's belly was bulging high, and it even seemed to have a satisfied look on its face. The usually peaceful community was instantly transformed into a living hell.
Unexpectedly, a mutant python suddenly appeared in the community! Gu Nian did not expect that the evolution of animals in the apocalypse would come so quickly.
Hearing the screams of his compatriots, Gu Nian asked himself, what else could he do? Maybe he could just blend into the scattered crowd and run away quickly, waiting for the authorities to send out the army and concentrate fire to kill the giant python.
But seeing blood splattered everywhere and human remains scattered on the ground, some of them were neighbors who would smile and greet each other during Gu Nian’s morning run...
Gu Nian gritted her teeth. Facing the giant python that was more than ten meters long, the bow and arrow in her hand was like a toy, but she still put the arrow steadily.
The bowstring was stretched to its limit, Gu Nian let go, and the arrow rushed into the giant python's wide-open mouth like a meteor, and pierced in fiercely! The giant python raised its head and screamed in pain, not caring about swallowing anymore. Several people crawled out from under the giant python.
Although she succeeded in hitting the target, Gu Nian did not relax. Just now, she took advantage of the opportunity when the giant python opened its mouth and shot an arrow into the softest part of its mouth, but it could not penetrate the upper jaw. Now that the giant python was in pain and closed its mouth, Gu Nian was no longer sure whether she could injure the giant python's skin layer if she shot again.
The giant python roared and twisted its body. Several people vomited blood and flew out, crashing straight into the wall. The originally white wall was covered with blood.
Gu Nian calmed down.
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