Chapter 41 Chapter 041【VIP】
"Oh, by the way, every floor of the apartment building has a stove that can keep the temperature around -20 degrees Celsius. We need to provide charcoal. Each floor of the apartment building, please discuss how to share the charcoal consumption."
After a pause, Mingzhu picked up the thermos cup of soaked wolfberries and took a few sips.
"Any other questions?"
"Uh, no."
Sister Ding Wang quickly went to find the Ding family to discuss whether to live in a courtyard house or an apartment.
"The apartment is cheap," said Wang's mother anxiously. "We only exchanged a lot of stuff for a little over 1,000 Starlight Coins. We have to be frugal."
"What about the apartment?" Dad Ding said hesitantly, "Let's rent a three-bedroom apartment. Mom and Dad will live in one, we'll live in another, Youdi will live with grandpa and grandma, and Sister Wang will live with grandpa and grandma."
Grandpa Ding and the other four elders were quite in favor of this proposal, but brother Ding Youdi and sister Ding Wang were somewhat reluctant. They were both fifteen years old, just at the age when they needed privacy. Now that they had the opportunity, they naturally hoped to live in a more spacious place. And if they wanted a courtyard house, they could find someone to share the rent.
"Grandma, grandpa, grandma, let's live in the courtyard house," Ding Youdi said seriously. "We can find someone to share the rent. The boss said it's 100 star coins a month for the entire courtyard house. It might seem expensive, but it's a two-story structure, so we can easily find four or five families to rent it together."
The Siheyuan was originally only 360 square meters with two floors, but after the upgrade, the floor was increased to three floors and the area increased from the original 360 square meters to 480 square meters.
Simply put, it is a courtyard house with two entrances instead of one. It can accommodate more people, so Mingzhu introduced that the number of people is limited to 100.
In fact, if you calculate carefully, it is more cost-effective to find someone to share the courtyard house. After all, it only limits the number of people, not the number of households.
Even one courtyard house can accommodate 20 to 30 families. The apartments seem cost-effective because Mingzhu does not plan to build more courtyard houses, but more apartments.
"Then live in the courtyard. I'll ask someone if they want to live in the courtyard together."
This time, Mother Wang was decisive and went straight to Sister Su to ask if she wanted to share the courtyard house with them.
The neighbor who originally possessed the "horn" ability chose to share the courtyard house with the Ding family, and the original people from City D who had left with the Ding family at the beginning also chose to share the courtyard house.
In this way, Wang's mother found 13 families to share the courtyard house in a short period of time. Surprisingly, Sister Su stayed at Taoyuan Inn alone, with no intention of getting involved with her scumbag husband and his mistress.
However, the scumbag husband and the mistress were smart and did not get entangled. They chose to live in the apartment and separate from Sister Su.
Soon, more than 10,000 people had registered.
After people were accommodated in the existing buildings, Mingzhu began to build new residences.
Zhuyun Community, Mulin Community, Shifeng Community, and Sihe Community have all expanded from Level 1 to Level 2, but the "Taoyuan Base" as a whole has not been upgraded and is still at Level 2. Otherwise, the area could be further expanded.
But now, overall, it's still okay. The total population is currently 30,000, and the ratio of young and middle-aged people to the elderly and children is now barely even.
After the population increased, Mingzhu began to frantically visit the cross-time and space mall, especially the limited-time flash sales at midnight.
What makes Mingzhu feel a little sad is that during the limited-time sales at the midnight special, Mingzhu often gets items that he doesn’t need now but will definitely need in the future.
It was just a fucking "non-African" situation, with no "non-European" status at all. This made Mingzhu extremely depressed for a long time. Specifically, Mingzhu felt completely unmotivated.
Oh, I forgot to mention that the nutritional supplements sold incredibly well once they were released. Teams like Zhang Junfang's, who were formerly part of the military, would buy the supplements in batches of 1,000 or more, and then, whenever the weather improved, go out and search for survivors.
Yes, search for survivors.
They all search for survivors for free, or even at a cost, so that as many humans as possible can survive.
However, after many teams conducted carpet searches in cities such as Z, X, and C, they did not find many survivors. Even if there were any, they were trapped in large and small bases in these cities and would not go out easily.
The global temperature now remains at around minus 70 degrees Celsius, which is not very suitable for human survival, but we can still survive.
Like the Aikimos, they usually hunt whales for food freely in temperatures around -60 degrees Celsius.
Under conditions where they could barely move freely, they naturally wouldn't easily choose to leave the base they were accustomed to and move to an unfamiliar base. Unless they had no other choice, they would do the same as the stupid leadership of the Dawn Base, exploiting ordinary people.
Ordinary people are exploited to the point that they can no longer survive by selling everything, so they will naturally choose to leave the Dawn Base and settle in the "Taoyuan Base".
And what’s interesting is that the Dawn Base is not empty. With sufficient supplies, life is quite comfortable.
If they come to Taoyuan Base, the rights they value will most likely be destroyed.
The current managers of Taoyuan Base, aside from Mingzhu, are all NPCs. Mingzhu has no plans to hire someone else to manage it. Firstly, there's no need, and secondly, life is unpredictable; just because things are going well now doesn't mean they'll be good in the future.
In order to avoid trouble, the administrator of the Taoyuan Base was appointed. With him and the NPCs that will be added in succession, it is a good Taoyuan Base.
In fact, although the management level of Taoyuan Base does not exceed single digits, it manages Taoyuan Base in an orderly manner and does not need any outsiders at all.
Even though Mingzhu was depressed and frustrated for a while because of his "unlucky" status, the management of Taoyuan Base remained in order.
Except for 184...
This artificial idiot is currently trying to materialize himself. Mingzhu doesn't quite understand 184's thoughts, but respects and blesses him!
"The current total population is 43,210," Mingzhu said to 184, who was licking his fur. "I have mixed feelings. In just a few months, our Taoyuan base has grown so many people."
"This is normal, host, please don't make a fuss!" 184 said very calmly.
"184, do you think there is something wrong with your image?" Mingzhu suddenly asked.
"???" 184's eyes widened, and he asked, not quite understanding, "What's wrong with the system?"
"Bell! You don't have a bell!" Mingzhu sneered: "Although a calico cat and a calico cat are the same, if it is a boy, they are both male cats, but there is no need to take away all the bells."
184: "......"
184, understanding Mingzhu's meaning, immediately got furious. "It's a system, not a real cat!"
Mingzhu: "I know."
Mingzhu nodded affirmatively and continued, "If it's a system, then why are you so insistent on appearing as a cat?"
"The system's built-in construction team is in the form of cats," 184 explained. "If that's the case, then the system must also appear in the form of cats."
After a pause, 184 said, "Host, if you have any other questions, please tell me all!"
Mingzhu: “No more!”
184 just continued to lick his fur: "So, host, you are easily alarmed."
"Well, it's my fault." Mingzhu apologized halfheartedly, then lay down and slept in the middle of the extremely warm bed.
"This constant temperature blanket is really good. It's a pity that I didn't buy more."
"The host's space button has a lot of goodies!" 184 sighed. "It's a pity that the existing architectural style is only Chinese. Otherwise, if it were developed to its full potential, we could create a lot of interstellar products."
"It's okay." Mingzhu said without any frustration. "You have to believe in human scientists. Sometimes their creativity is beyond your imagination."
184: "For example, the host taught himself many skills during his time in Interstellar!"
"There's nothing I can do. It's all for the sake of survival." Mingzhu said helplessly, "Besides, everyone around you is rolling in, so you have no choice but to follow suit."
"The host is also very competitive!" 184 said with certainty, "And I feel that the host is more competitive than anyone else."
"I won't be shy now." Mingzhu nodded confidently. "If you don't believe me, think about it carefully. How am I shy now?"
"The current host is indeed not rebellious." 184 nodded affirmatively and stretched out his claws to press Mingzhu's strong, muscular arm.
"When I was in Interstellar, the host was lifting weights every day."
Mingzhu: “…”
"Hoping tonight I'll be lucky enough to get something I like during the 'Limited Time Flash Sale' midnight special."
Mingzhu sighed, then laughed at himself. "But then again, I don't think I can do it."
"Host, don't be discouraged. Tong will support you spiritually."
Mingzhu snorted, saying everything without saying a word.
Soon, 12 o'clock arrived and the midnight special event of the 'Limited Time Flash Sale' began. Just as Mingzhu had predicted, he didn't get what he wanted.
Mingzhu had expected this, so he wasn't disappointed. After buying some super cheap seeds, he closed the Trans-Space Mall and lay down to sleep.
At exactly 8 o'clock in the morning, Mingzhu woke up on time, then got up to rinse his mouth, go to the toilet and put on clothes. At 8:30, he went downstairs to eat on time.
Today's breakfast is preserved egg and lean meat porridge + vegetarian stuffed buns (2) + Sichuan-style diving kimchi.
Lunch is mixed grain rice with one meat and two vegetables; dinner is also mixed grain rice with one meat and two vegetables. It's enough for an adult, but not much more.
The weather has been cold recently, so not many people come to Taoyuan Inn for dinner. Even the new residents of Taoyuan Base choose to cook their own food.
Like the new Ding family, their daily routine is for Mom Wang or Dad Ding to go out to buy groceries. They usually stay within the purchase limit and buy what they need for daily life.
And to be honest, no matter whether it is a courtyard house or an apartment building, no matter how ancient the appearance is, some of the facilities inside are really super modern.
For example, the stove, lighting, electricity, water, etc. are all full of magic.
Each apartment has only one small movable stove, while the courtyard houses basically have more than 10. If they are not enough, you can go to Jin Dachui to get them for free.
Because the small portable stoves were all made by Jin Dachui. As a gold card character, Jin Dachui is proficient in blacksmithing, but that doesn't mean he can't do stonemasonry.
In fact, Silver Hammer can do it too, but his work is not as beautiful and practical as that of Gold Hammer. However, if Gold Hammer takes him to build a small movable stove, the small movable stove made by Silver Hammer will be only slightly inferior to that made by Gold Hammer.
This is good. E Mingzhu will just arrange the Golden Hammer and the Silver Hammer to do things.
In addition, the step-out bed set that Mingzhu bought with Starlight Coins is also very beautiful. Many residents living in courtyard houses, if they have money, will go to the Silver Hammer Furniture Store to buy a step-out bed set.
"I seem to have forgotten something." Mingzhu suddenly said to 184. "I bought something the day before yesterday."
"You mean the 'limited time flash sale' midnight sale?" 184 replied, "Modern antique-style furniture set blueprints."
"Oh, yes, I bought this." Mingzhu suddenly realized and said, "I'll find Yin Dachui and give him the blueprint later."
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