Chapter 24 Chapter 24 Buying Land
There are too many uncertainties in a lifetime. Only children would make such an agreement, right?
Although Tang Li does have a good impression of them at the moment, she is also well aware of the power of time. At least she feels that if she separates from this person now and doesn't see them for dozens or hundreds of years, let alone feelings, she will probably even forget their names.
Tang Li did not respond to this agreement that she could not give an answer to at the moment. Fortunately, the people opposite did not insist on it, so everyone tacitly pretended that nothing had happened. They selected some materials for upgrading the house together and said goodbye to each other in a decent manner.
The first thing I do when I get home is to feed the little guys. Today I feed them rabbit meat which the seller gave me when I bought the upgrade materials.
Seeing the two little ones eating happily, Tang Li got up and upgraded the house with the materials she had just bought.
The materials purchased this time have upgraded the house several levels. Compared to the tent at the beginning where it was too crowded for one person to sleep in, the exquisite two-story house with a yard is a real improvement.
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That’s right, the house for the little cuties in the yard has become much bigger. Now Tang Li doesn’t have to bend down to go in. It is much more luxurious than the tent she lived in before. However, the two little guys’ favorite place to sleep is still the land in the yard, and they rarely go back to the room to rest.
The living conditions are already so good, Tang Li is very curious about how to upgrade the house next?
If she simply wanted to expand the space, she might feel distressed because she doesn't like a too spacious house. If she didn't want to farm or open a shop, she felt that the house she has now can meet the living needs of her and her two children.
Curiously clicking on the upgrade preview, Tang Li discovered the existence of magic gems in addition to the regular upgrade materials.
As the name suggests, a magic gem is a gem that contains magical power. Many wizards have this kind of gem inlaid on their wands. It seems to be a driving energy source. However, she has no idea how to obtain this kind of gem, and no one has mentioned it in the forum.
Originally, Tang Li could have asked Li Zi and the others, but what happened when they separated always made Tang Li feel a little embarrassed.
She does have a cane and a magic wand, so if she can't find any, maybe she could try to disassemble them?
However, in addition to magic gems, upgrades also require a lot of wood, stone, ore, metal, etc., which she can save slowly.
"Let's finish the things at hand first." Tang Li took out the seeds she bought today.
After being awake for so many days, Tang Li's supernatural powers, which were almost exhausted, recovered a lot while she was meditating.
That's right, because she had been meditating all the time, Tang Li simply took the liberty of running her supernatural powers along with the magic in the game and the meditation route.
Although it seems outrageous, it has been proven feasible in practice.
There is an advantage after the superpower is restored. Tang Li does not need to modify the seeds one by one like before. She can just grab a handful and put them in the palm of her hand and apply them evenly.
Although she bought more seeds every day, Tang Li spent much less time every day. Even though she spent a lot of time buying things today, she finished improving all the seeds shortly after nightfall.
"That's why I'm used to spending all my money on seeds every day," Tang Li said, looking at the neatly arranged row of bronze treasure chests filled with seeds under the eaves. If she still needed to transform seeds one by one, she definitely couldn't spend so much time on this one thing every day. "But it's really not a good idea to keep piling it up like this. The consumption can't keep up with the accumulation."
As the yard grew bigger, Tang Li had thought about cultivating the land manually. Unfortunately, there was no way the game could have such a loophole, so Tang Li naturally failed.
It can be grown in the wild if you are not afraid of others picking your peaches.
"Maybe I can ask if I can rent a piece of land. There should be such business in the camp, right? I haven't paid much attention to it, but the official should not miss such a krypton gold point." Tang Li calculated his reputation value and money, and thought he could give it a try.
Even if she couldn't find anyone to grow wheat after renting the land, she could grow medicinal herbs for the Red and Blue Potion, and she could just pick them up when she had time.
"It seems to be feasible!" The more Tang Li thought about it, the more she felt that she could give it a try. If she could grow the medicinal herbs herself, she could use her supernatural powers to improve the seeds of the medicinal herbs.
As for saving money for the opening of the Goblin Auction House, Tang Li chose to ignore the reminder of giving an example.
Equipment, skill books and other things can be put aside, she just wants to farm now!
"I'm going out for a while and will be back soon. You just wait for me at home." After saying goodbye to the little ones, Tang Li left quickly.
The nights in "Magic Continent" are not suitable for going out to fight monsters, so the camp at night becomes a carnival for players.
Some were selling goods at stalls, some were drinking and chatting, some were competing in martial arts competitions, some were taking on daily tasks, some were harassing NPCs... Tang Li, who seldom went out at night, seemed to have entered a new world.
"The camp is really becoming more and more prosperous." Tang Li couldn't help but sigh. This is what she imagined a novice village should look like!
Avoiding the bustling crowd, Tang Li quickly came to the service hall of the camp, found the NPC who was still working overtime, and asked about the land rental matters.
"Hello," the NPC lady said with a businesslike smile, her service attitude perfect. "Our camp currently has two ways of acquiring land. One is for gangs to purchase their bases and reclaim their land. The other is to use space magic to expand new land within the adventurers' original fields. As for the land rental business you inquired about, the elves are already adept at dealing with plants. Daily planting can fully meet the needs of the camp, so there is no need to engage in separate land rental business."
Tang Li: “…” I understand, they just want to make money from players.
Forget about buying gang land. Buying a house is definitely more expensive than buying land directly, so she asked directly about expanding the land.
"Because space magicians are very rare, it costs five gold coins each time to make them take action."
"Every time?"
"Every time a piece of land is expanded." The NPC girl smiled sweetly.
"..." Five gold coins for one piece of land. After buying the materials for upgrading the house, she only had 103 gold coins left in her pocket. If she used all of them to buy land, she could probably only buy twenty pieces of land.
Twenty pieces of land are more than what she has accumulated through upgrading these days, but if used to grow medicinal herbs, she won’t even be able to collect enough for a few harvests in one round.
"Five gold coins is a discount for the initial construction of the camp, and each adventurer only gets one chance to get this discount. I heard that the camp will soon have a goblin auction house. If nothing goes wrong, our camp will be upgraded to a small town soon. When that happens, if you want to buy land, the price will increase accordingly based on the price of each piece of land."
The NPC girl's words reminded Tang Li of the farming games she had played before. In the beginning of those games, the price of reclaiming land was very low, but in the later stages, the price of a piece of land could make a person bankrupt.
Sure enough, no matter how many years have passed, these games still use the same routine.
From this perspective, it seems quite conscientious that "Magic Continent" has an initial discount.
"Hold on."
Since it was about land, Tang Li completely forgot about whether it was embarrassing or not and directly contacted him to give an example.
[Lucky Star] to [Example]: ...Um, have all the equipment been sold today?
[For example]: Just a little bit more, what happened?
[Lucky Star]: I might need some money right now.
Tang Li shared her plan to buy land and the information the NPC girl told her.
For example: Are you in the service hall? Wait a moment, we'll be right there.
【Lucky Star】:……???
No, why are you here?
[For example]: We’ll talk about it when we get there.
After that, the account of the example user turned gray, and the system showed that the other party had gone offline.
Tang Li was full of questions and didn't know what to say for a moment. She could only walk out of the hall silently under the expectant eyes of the NPC girl who was eager for performance.
Don't look at her, she doesn't know what's going on right now.
Fortunately, not long after, Li Zi came running over from afar.
"Sorry, Xiaoli, he went to call the boss and the other two online."
"Why do you want them to come online?" Tang Li was puzzled. "Don't they have something to do tonight?"
"If you have something to do, you can always find time to come online. Didn't you make a major discovery here? You definitely need to call them up," Li Zi took out the drink he bought on the way. "Here, I bought this while passing by. I heard they just moved in today. Although the taste isn't as good as your steamed buns and flower rolls, it's a replica of a real-life old shop. Try it and see how it tastes."
"Thank you," Tang Li took the drink and took a sip out of curiosity. It was a magical drink, a taste she had never tasted before. "Delicious!"
As long as there are people, there is room for the development of food. This drink is in no way inferior to the various drinks she drank in her previous life, and it is even better than them. At least the ingredients are full of sincerity. Of course, it may also be more advanced additives that she cannot taste. In short, it tastes good.
She felt that the reason her steamed buns and flower rolls were so popular was, on the one hand, that they were more natural than industrialized agriculture, and on the other hand, that her special abilities had been enhanced.
It turns out that you can't underestimate anyone. After discovering that there was a competitor, Tang Li not only did not back down, but felt even more motivated.
In order to develop her culinary business, she needs to work harder!
"Yeah, it tastes exactly like in real life!" Looking at Tang Li's sparkling eyes, Li Zi also raised his cup and drank from it. "Silver Camp is the first novice village in the entire Magic Continent to have a brand settled in. No other novice village has it!"
"Reputation is not only useful to us, it should be useful to power as well." Tang Li took another sip of the refreshing drink and said vaguely.
"Yeah, the impact of clearing the first dungeon actually had such a huge impact on the camp," Li Zi said, sipping his drink. "Because our actions have affected the progress of the game, this feeling is really amazing."
"Like the Medal of Courage from before?"
"Yes, just like the Medal of Courage before," Li Zi nodded with a smile, "We've been through so much together without realizing it..."
The two of them drank drinks and smiled at each other while sitting on the stone steps outside the service hall.
"Sorry for the wait."
After they finished their drinks, Chestnut came late with the words "I can't express myself clearly" and "Why bother to say more".
"So what's going on?" Tang Li stood up and asked after holding it in for a long time.
"Buy land," Ju Chestnut said as a matter of course, "This is for you."
System: [For example, I want to trade 10,000 gold coins with you. Are you sure?]
No no no!
Tang Li quickly clicked cancel, took two steps back in shock, and almost tripped over the stairs: "Where did you get so much money?"
Li Zi quickly supported her.
"Bought it." To be more precise, I bought it from a gold farming studio. "Magic Continent" has not yet opened a currency exchange channel.
Fortunately, I knew a few studios with whom I had good relationships before, otherwise I really wouldn’t be able to come up with so much money at once.
Even so, he changed several studios before he finally collected 10,000 gold coins for everyone.
"Except for the one given to you, we have also kept some, so don't feel burdened." He subtly withdrew his hand that was about to help Tang Li, and saw that she felt that this matter was very sudden, so he explained briefly.
For example, he agreed with a bright smile: "Yes, because after hearing what you said, I also think buying land is a good investment. There happened to be a discount now, so I just went offline and asked everyone to come together."
Don't talk like it's some kind of egg sale! This is 10,000 gold coins, how can it not be a burden?
Besides, buying land is not an investment at all. It’s not real land, it’s just an expansion of space, unless: “Are you after the treasure chest?” Tang Li thought about it for a moment and quickly understood what was going on.
This time it was He Biduoyan who spoke. He nodded sheepishly, "My boss and I don't have much time to farm, so as soon as we heard we could buy land, we jumped online."
"I've read the official settings. The treasure chests that drop when collecting high-quality crops are related to the rarity of the crops. There's a limit to wheat. No matter how much you cultivate it, you can only get bronze treasure chests. You all know bronze treasure chests. They may still have some value now, but the things they get may be worthless when you get higher levels. This is 10,000 gold coins at the initial stage of the game. No matter what you use them for, it's more cost-effective than buying land..." They told her these principles in the afternoon. How could she have forgotten them so quickly?
"That's not the case. First of all, we've gotten good stuff in bronze chests before, and the chances of getting good stuff from a large number of bronze chests are definitely higher. Secondly, most people currently rely on slowly leveling up by killing monsters. The only ways to get chests are from bosses and wild chest monsters. We have so many chests, and as the saying goes, one step ahead means more steps ahead. If we can get one or two useful items, it's absolutely worth it. You should know how important gaining an advantage in the early stages of the game is to the later stages."
For example, let's provide factual evidence: "Like our camp. Because we were the first to clear the dungeon, we were able to keep the goblins. And because of the goblin auction house, the camp got more opportunities and is about to upgrade the town. Now when players talk about the novice village, everyone thinks of our silver camp first.
So you see, your so-called loss doesn't exist at all."
The most important thing is that they want to help Tang Li do what she likes to do.
But there is no need to explain this, they don't want to add to her psychological burden.
Tang Li was almost convinced, but she couldn't help but struggle: "With so much land, can you plant it all?"
"It doesn't matter if we can't finish planting. We can do what we can," Li Zi said, clenching his fist with full energy. "With so many plots of land, we can take a little time to plant them all at once, and then harvest them all at once. Even if we only plant them once, it will save a lot of time and effort than planting them one by one."
“That’s right!”
For example, initiate a transaction again.
"Then consider this money as a loan from you." Tang Li accepted it somewhat awkwardly.
"No need," Li Zi protested. "So, if we open a treasure chest, we have to pay you for it, right?"
The others also looked disapproving.
"That's different..." Tang Li paused, then said in frustration, "Forget it, let's do as you say."
After so many interactions with these people, she had long lost track of who owed whom. Pushing the buck back and forth like this was not suitable for a lazy person like her, so she might as well just lie down.
"That's right!" Li Zi nodded with satisfaction.
"If Xiaoli really wants to do something, she just needs to research some new delicacies to feed us." Hebi Duoyan made a joke.
"Okay." Tang Li agreed immediately. She was in a good mood as she was about to receive a large amount of income, and she also wanted to treat herself to something delicious.
"Wow, really?" Several people who had no hope at all were suddenly surprised when they heard the words.
"What is it? Is it as delicious as steamed buns and flower rolls?" Li Zi felt that he couldn't wait any longer.
The others thought about the taste of steamed buns and flower rolls, and cast expectant glances at Tang Li.
"You'll know tomorrow." Tang Li kept it a secret.
"Well, I really hope tomorrow comes soon."
"Let's go, let's go buy land." Tang Li led a group of people into the service hall and found the NPC lady who first received her.
"Welcome back." After the NPC girl learned the amount of land they purchased, she looked at them as if they were the God of Wealth.
"We bought so much at once, is there any discount?" The NPC lady asked, giving an example while handling the formalities.
As expected, he is the man in charge of finances.
"Well... this, the current price is already discounted." The NPC girl looked embarrassed.
"Really not possible?" For example, the action of taking out money paused.
"Camp construction also needs money. How about this!" The NPC lady seemed to have made a great decision. She took out a bag from behind the counter with a sad face. "Here are some fruit tree seedlings. Planting them won't take up land. Take them."
For example, after a moment of silence under the nervous gaze of the NPC girl, he slowly nodded: "...Okay."
Tang Li saw that the NPC girl looked obviously relieved.
"This is a space expansion stone. Just take it back and bury it in the ground." After the transaction was completed, the NPC girl took out five gems with silver-white liquid flowing in them.
"I remember you said before that space magicians are very rare, so the price is so expensive?" Tang Li obviously still remembered what the NPC girl said before. The space magician did not take action during this transaction.
"Because not all adventurers are willing to let others into their homes, we have considerately changed the magician's stone to the expansion magic stone. Don't worry, the expansion magic stone is also made by the space magician himself." The NPC girl smiled unchanged.
Tang Li: ...What a suspicious reason.
But forget it, she owns a large piece of land, who would care about these insignificant things? Tang Li happily put away her magic stone.
"That's amazing! You can actually bargain with the NPC." After leaving the service hall, Li Zi patted the head of the person who raised the chestnut as a reward.
"I was trying it too, and I didn't expect it actually worked. Maybe it's because we spent a lot of money this time." Ju Le Chestnut looked helpless and bent down slightly, letting the chestnut mess with his head.
"These are for you." For example, he handed the bag of fruit tree seedlings given by the NPC girl to Tang Li.
Among so many people, she is the only one who likes this.
"You don't have to give them all to me," Tang Li was stunned and shook her head to refuse. "These can be planted in the yard. Not only can they be eaten, but they can also beautify the environment. Everyone can pick out the ones they like and take them home."
"Is that so? Then you choose first, and we'll see about the rest."
"Yes, it doesn't matter where it's grown. We can visit each other and eat them."
The bag containing the saplings is also a space equipment, and the capacity inside is quite large, but unfortunately it is disposable.
Tang Li picked out her favorite oranges, peaches, and pomegranates and gave the rest to them.
"Wait." Just as everyone was about to split the food, Tang Li suddenly reached out.
Although everyone was puzzled, they still returned the bag to her.
The fruit trees that had been taken out could no longer be put back. Tang Li put her own sapling into her backpack and held the bag in her hand: "I'll take it back and deal with it first."
How to deal with it? Everyone was puzzled at first, but soon thought of the wheat they were growing.
“It tastes better after processing.”
"Is that so? Then can we go to Xiaoli's house and sit for a while? It's just right that we're going to get some seeds. We have so much extra land and the original seeds are not enough to plant." Li Zi took the opportunity to suggest visiting her house.
"Okay." Tang Li nodded.
Anyway, they waited for her at her door every day, so it didn't matter if they went that short distance inside.
Tang Li went to buy some things first, and then took a group of people home.
"You can sit down and rest for a while." Tang Li led them into the house and went to the room to improve the seeds.
Although I don’t know if they can notice it, I’d better stay away from them.
"Xiaoli's house is so empty."
"It's the initial outfit."
She was obviously very active in coming back every night and spent a lot of time online in the game. None of them had ever seen her log off earlier than them. However, the atmosphere of life in the house was so dull, except for... His inexpressible gaze fell on the two slimes peeking out of the door, and the millstone, campfire and crucible that clearly showed signs of use.
What a difficult person to understand.
"Okay," Tang Li came out of the bedroom, put the modified saplings on the table, and went to the yard while they were choosing.
When she came back, the saplings had already been divided among them.
Tang Li was holding two small bronze treasure chests in her hands. Behind her, two slimes, each wrapped in a treasure chest, jumped in with difficulty.
"These seeds have been processed. You can each take a box back. They should be enough for planting for a long time." Tang Li gave the treasure box in her hand to Li Zi and Ci Bu Di Yi who were closest to her, and took the remaining two boxes from the two little guys who tried hard to help, and gave them to Ju Ge Li Zi and He Bi Duo Yan.
"You really have stored a lot of seeds." Even though everyone was mentally prepared for Tang Li's storage of seeds, they were still shocked when they saw the exaggerated number of seeds.
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