Time-space robot
So he changed the subject:
"I also want to buy instant noodles today. How many boxes of instant noodles do you have in total? I'll buy them all!"
Xu Zhixun thought for a moment and said, "I don't know either. How many boxes of instant noodles are left in my supermarket? Let's go check the warehouse!"
And so, Xu Zhixun led Long Qian to the supermarket's warehouse.
The warehouse is located to the left of the supermarket; it is a large rectangular room.
Xu Zhixun found ten boxes of instant noodles in the warehouse, and each box had a different flavor.
She pointed to the flatbed cart in the corner and said to Long Qian:
"You can use the shopping cart to take the instant noodles with you later, and then give the shopping cart back to me."
Long Qian saw a modern handcart for the first time, but he quickly guessed that it could save energy.
So he readily agreed: "Okay."
"Our Dragon Kingdom's army now numbers 30,000, but we have run out of food and water."
"Could you prepare some extra instant noodles? I'll come back to buy them tonight, okay?"
"Thirty thousand people? That many people?" Xu Zhixun was startled.
“I can go and get the goods, but it will take time.”
"Furthermore, I can't order too much at once, otherwise it will arouse suspicion!"
Long Qian frowned slightly: "Why would it arouse suspicion?"
Xu Zhixun explained, "Because no one else can see you, only I can see you."
"Think about it, my supermarket receives a lot of goods every day, but people of my generation never saw me sell them to anyone."
“If my supermarket only takes in goods and doesn’t take them out, people will definitely get suspicious.”
"Perhaps someone will suspect that I am engaging in illicit transactions and report me to the police!"
Long Qian: "What do you mean by calling the police?"
Xu Zhixun: "It means notifying the constables to arrest me!"
Long Qian sighed: "What can we do? There's been a drought lately, and our soldiers are so hungry they're eating tree bark!"
"Huh? Is the drought that serious?" Xu Zhixun exclaimed in surprise.
"Yes, this is how it happened..."
Long Qian told Xu Zhixun his name, identity, and the reason for the war between the Dragon Kingdom and the Xia Kingdom.
It turns out that Yangcheng, a border city of the Xia Kingdom, suffers from drought almost every summer.
Therefore, whenever there was a drought, the emperor of Xia would order the Xia army to burn, kill, plunder, and seize grain and fodder on the border of Long.
This year, the Xia army became even more rampant, not only robbing the people of the Dragon Kingdom of their grain and fodder, but also abducting and even raping and murdering many women.
Xia Jun's methods were extremely cruel; they not only humiliated young women, but also pregnant women and old women.
Xia Jun would cut open the pregnant woman's belly with a knife, take out the baby inside, roast the baby, and force the baby's father to eat the baby for his own pleasure.
Therefore, the emperor of the Dragon Kingdom could no longer tolerate this and ordered his sixth son, Long Qian, to lead an army of 30,000 to attack Yangcheng.
Originally, the Long army had a good chance of winning and capturing Yangcheng.
Unexpectedly, more than a dozen spies in the army burned all of the Dragon Army's food supplies.
Ten days ago, Long Qian sent a message by carrier pigeon to General Li of the Dragon Kingdom, requesting that General Li send supplies.
However, the Dragon Kingdom is far from the Xia Kingdom; it would take a month to reach it on horseback.
Therefore, it will probably take General Li's supply army about twenty more days to reach the Xia Kingdom...
After hearing Long Qian's words, Xu Zhixun sighed:
"Let me think of something else! Besides instant noodles, you can buy other things to eat."
Long Qian became interested: "What else can we eat?"
Xu Zhixun: "There's bread, cakes, compressed biscuits, hot and sour noodles, self-heating instant rice, as well as milk, yogurt, green tea, orange juice..."
Xu Zhixun talked on and on, recommending all kinds of food and drinks in the supermarket to Long Qian.
As the sixth prince, Long Qian was not short of money.
He opened a large cloth bag and gave Xu Zhixun two gold ingots.
Each gold ingot weighs 50 taels.
He then bought all the food and drinks she mentioned, roughly half the food in the supermarket, and all the drinks.
He then moved all the goods onto the handcart.
Seeing that Long Qian had bought too many things, Xu Zhixun used her mind to ask the Time-Space Supermarket System:
"System, could you help Long Qian move these things? There's so much stuff, it'll take him a long time to move!"
System: [The host can rent time-space robots.]
The robot can help its host move things, organize goods, and do various household chores.
Xu Zhixun beamed with joy: "How much does it cost to rent a robot?"
System: [Eight thousand yuan a month.]
Xu Zhixun said with a beaming smile, "Then I want to rent a robot!"
System: [No problem, the system will deduct the money from your bank card.]
[Ding!]
[System notification: Payment successful!]
The system has already transported the time-space robot to the time-space supermarket.
Upon hearing this, Xu Zhixun immediately ran out of the warehouse.
Sure enough, she saw a black and white robot pass through the time portal and enter the time-space supermarket.
The robot looks quite similar to a human, with two hands and two legs.
However, the robot's eyes are black LCD screens.
On the screen, there is a pair of large, sapphire blue eyes.
"Hi, robot, how are you?" Xu Zhixun greeted the robot with a smile.
The robot spoke in the voice of a boy:
"Hello, Master. My name is 'Xiao Le'. I hope I can bring you ease and joy."
Xu Zhixun smiled broadly: "Xiao Le, can you help me move some things?"
Robot: "Okay, what would you like to move?"
Xu Zhixun walked towards the warehouse: "Move things like instant noodles, compressed biscuits, and drinks."
The robot said in an electronic voice, "Okay, master, where do you want me to move these things?"
Xu Zhixun: "Move to the supermarket entrance, but don't leave the supermarket."
"I estimate you must be very expensive. If something happens to you, I might not be able to afford to pay for it."
Robot: "Master, my price is 20 million RMB. If anyone damages me, they will need to pay the full price."
Xu Zhixun was struck dumb: "Are you that expensive? Then how can I use you?"
Robot: "It works because I'm waterproof and my body is quite sturdy."
"I will not be easily damaged unless someone deliberately attacks me with a weapon."
Xu Zhixun breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good. Please don't break it, I can't afford to pay for it."
After saying that, Xu Zhixun pointed to the goods on the ground and asked the machine to move the goods onto the trolley.
The robot was very obedient and took over from Long Qian, starting to move goods.
Long Qian found the robot very interesting, so he asked Xu Zhixun:
"What's this?"
Xu Zhixun: "This is a robot. He is my servant. His name is 'Xiao Le'."
Long Qian chuckled softly: "Xiao Le, my name is 'Long Qian'."
"Hello, nice to meet you." The robot placed a box of mushroom and chicken instant noodles onto the trolley.
Immediately afterwards, the robot continued to move goods, while Xu Zhixun and Long Qian walked out of the warehouse and began to chat.
Long Qian looked at Xu Zhixun and said with a smile, "May I ask your name, young lady?"
Xu Zhixun found Long Qian's words particularly interesting, so she said with a smile:
“My name is ‘Xu Zhixun’, the ‘Xun’ from lavender.”
Long Qian looked Xu Zhixun up and down: "Miss Xu, your clothes are very revealing. Does your husband agree to you dressing like this?"
Xu Zhixun was both amused and exasperated, and looked down at herself.
She was wearing a white JK shirt and a light pink plaid pleated skirt today.
This outfit would be perfectly normal in modern times.
However, because she was wearing a short-sleeved shirt, the ancient man Long Qian thought she was dressed too revealingly...
Thinking of this, Xu Zhixun said to Long Qian:
“I have no husband, I am not married yet.”
Long Qian was somewhat surprised: "May I ask how old you are, young lady?"
Hsu Chih-hsun: "Hey, asking a girl's age is very impolite!"
Long Qian: "..."
Xu Zhixun: "However, since you are from ancient times, I will tell you that I am 23 years old this year."
Long Qian said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I didn't know that it's your country's custom not to ask a woman's age."
"I'm also 23, about the same age as you."
Xu Zhixun asked curiously, "I heard that people in ancient times got married very early. Are you married?"
Long Qian sighed: "Not yet, but my mother keeps pressuring me to marry Marshal Zhang's eldest daughter, Zhang Fuyao, as my principal wife."
Xu Zhixun: "Don't you want to marry Zhang Fuyao?"
Long Qian: "Yes, Zhang Fuyao is ruthless and has assassinated several women who admire me. I hate her."
Xu Zhixun was startled: "Zhang Fuyao is too wicked. I think you'd better not marry her, or you'll face endless troubles!"
Long Qian: "That's what I think too."
As soon as the words were spoken, the robot pushed the shopping cart full of goods to the supermarket entrance.
"Master, what should I do now?" the robot asked Xu Zhixun as it approached.
Xu Zhixun thought for a moment and said, "Wait for me."
After saying that, Xu Zhixun asked the system telepathically:
"System, can I go through the portal to ancient times?"
The Time-Space Supermarket system answered in an electronic female voice:
[Yes, if the host encounters danger, they can instantly teleport to the Time-Space Supermarket simply by thinking about it.]
[You can even teleport to the supermarket with Long Qian.]
However, the host only has three free opportunities per month to use the teleportation function.
Xu Zhixun said with a smile, "Okay, I got it! I want to go to ancient times for a visit!"
After saying that, Xu Zhixun looked at Long Qian and said, "Push the handcart outside!"
"I will go with you to ancient times and introduce the names of various goods to your soldiers."
A hint of joy flashed in Long Qian's dark eyes:
"Good, the soldiers all want to see you!"
He paused, looking at Xu Zhixun's white shirt and pleated skirt:
"However, you cannot wear this outfit to meet the soldiers."
"Because, according to the customs of the Dragon Kingdom, women cannot expose their arms or legs."
"If a man sees your body, you must either marry him or kill him."
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