7
By the afternoon, they had filled two hundred plastic storage boxes with fertile soil and piled them in the yard. Each box was quite heavy, and the pontoon boat's carrying capacity certainly couldn't handle so many boxes.
Tao Sai had made a plan and needed to put them all into the system's [Warehouse], and the [Warehouse] function had just been released from the gray lock status.
There are two storage functions in the game system, one is [Backpack] and the other is [Warehouse].
The Backpack is primarily used to store game props, presented in a grid format. The Warehouse, on the other hand, can hold any item, regardless of type, as long as it fits within its capacity, similar to the "space" in fantasy novels.
Her [Warehouse] is still in its most basic state, with a capacity of 100 cubic meters, roughly half the size of an average classroom. A storage box holds 40 liters, so including the outer shell and lid, 200 of them would only take up 10 cubic meters, more than enough for the [Warehouse].
After Tao Sai activated the [Warehouse] function, the system scanned a storage box right in her sight. The box instantly disappeared out of thin air and was stored in the space.
The player's consciousness can freely enter this enclosed space. Just like in the game, Tao Sai can also adjust the position of the goods at will. He does not need to move them laboriously, he can do it just by thinking about it.
The only shortcoming of the [warehouse] is that the passage of time inside is synchronized with the real world. It would be great if the time in the [warehouse] flowed slowly or completely stopped like in fantasy novels. Then she could use the [warehouse] as a giant fresh-keeping room, putting all kinds of food in it. No matter how long they were stored, they would not spoil, and she could take them out when she wanted to eat them.
But this "Insect Tide" game, whether the computer version or the current live-action version, can't do that.
While playing the game, Tao Sai tried to store the fresh meat she collected in the "Warehouse." Within two or three days, it would rot and become inedible. She speculated that this was probably due to considerations of the game's authenticity, and the game has many similar settings based on authenticity.
However, the storage space provided by the [Warehouse] is sufficient, and one should not be too greedy.
It was a new day and Tao Sai was awakened by the shrill alarm of his mobile phone.
Click on the main page, and the [Task] module on the panel homepage has been unlocked.
The [Task] module includes two types of tasks, namely main tasks and side tasks.
The main mission is also called the achievement mission. It requires completing the mission points strung together on the mission tree. The mission is generally not difficult, but the rewards are generous and one-time.
Focus on [Main Line] and a tree diagram from bottom to top will appear in front of Tao Sai. This is the task tree of the main line task. Except for the task point at the root, the task points on the other branches are all unlocked and need to complete the tasks of the previous level to unlock them.
Tao Sai's eyes chose the first mission point at the root of the mission tree.
Subtitles popped up in front of my eyes.
[Main Line: [Set Sail]
Mission Description: The insect swarm is about to hit. Brave players, please set sail in your refuge ship [Deep Sea Fish] to provide a safe, stable and comfortable shelter for more survivors of the disaster.
Mission Rewards: [Gold Coins x100], [Experience x100], [Star Upgrade Card x1]
This time's main quest was slightly different from the previous games she had played, but the quest rewards did not disappoint her. A [Star Upgrade Card] worth 100,000 gold coins from the [Mall] was given to her directly.
And since it was the first mission point at the beginning, the difficulty coefficient was extremely low. Tao Sai estimated that he should only need to push the sloop from the shallows into the river.
The side quests haven't been released yet. Based on experience, they'll only be triggered when the story progresses to a specific scene. Right now, I can't even leave the Novice Village, so naturally, I haven't reached that specific scene yet.
After turning off the system panel in front of him, Tao Sai called Zhou Ning to the shallows outside the yard, and the two of them worked together to push the sail boat into the river.
Although blessed with the attribute, Tao Sai still had to work very hard to push the boat little by little and successfully float on the water. She then wrapped the rope of the sloop around the wooden stakes on the shore one circle at a time.
But the system has not responded.
Tao Sai guessed that the sloop was still lacking power, so it couldn't be considered to be setting sail. So she hurried back to the yard and took a long bamboo pole to plug the boat. Sure enough, subtitles popped up in front of her eyes.
[Main quest [Set Sail] completed! ]
[You obtained [Gold Coins x100], [Experience x100], and [Star Upgrade Card x1]. ]
Tao Sai happily accepted the Star Upgrade Card and received 100 gold coins. These 100 experience points weren't added to the evacuation ship or the character, but rather to the experience slots on the player's keyboard, which they could freely allocate. Tao Sai ignored them for the time being.
During the past few days of living in the courtyard, my daily routine is nothing more than picking up and unpacking parcels. However, some large items such as seawater distillation devices, generators, etc. still have a bunch of parts, and it takes too much time to study the instructions to assemble them. I will assemble them when needed in the future, and put them in the [warehouse] for the time being.
Two hundred storage boxes filled with soil were still piled up in the yard. Tao Sai was not in a hurry to put them into the [warehouse]. Whenever she had free time, she and Zhou Ning would use small shovels to loosen the soil in preparation for subsequent large-scale planting.
The crop seeds purchased online arrived one after another. Tao Sai first selected ten storage boxes, loosened the soil, and planted lettuce, Chinese cabbage, carrots and potato seeds, and then watered and fertilized them.
These types of vegetables grow quickly and can sprout in a short period of time. After a natural disaster strikes, global famine will surely follow. These green sprouts can more or less bring hope of survival to the survivors on the refugee ship.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Suddenly, there were several loud knocks on the big iron gate outside the yard.
Zhou Ning, who was watering the storage box, was startled. Tao Sai gestured for her to hide inside, and she stepped forward and opened the iron door.
Two middle-aged men, one tall and one short, were standing outside the door.
"Is that Saisai? I haven't seen you for a few years. You've grown into a big girl. Uncle Chen, I almost didn't recognize you." The short and fat man raised his chin to greet him.
Tao Sai knew them. The short one was called Chen Bing and the tall one was called Sun Laosi. They were both unemployed vagrants in the village.
The two men ignored her standing at the door guarding the iron gate and squeezed in sideways. Their attention was immediately drawn to the plastic storage boxes filling the yard.
"Grow some vegetables." Tao Sai took the initiative to explain for fear of causing unnecessary trouble.
Chen Bing nodded and continued walking inside. Seeing a pile of unopened packages and opened packages on the ground, he said, "Wow, you have money, you bought so many things?"
He saw Zhou Ning at the main hall door again and raised his eyebrows. "Who is this girl? She's so pretty."
Zhou Ning could tell that the two men had no good intentions, so he held the broom tightly in his hand and led Tao Sai around along the eaves. He was afraid, but also wanted to protect Tao Tao.
Tao Sai blocked Zhou Ning behind him and said in a cold voice, as if to send someone away, "What on earth do you want to do?"
"I asked the village committee a few days ago, and they told me you came back and signed a document to get a subsidy of tens of thousands of yuan. I wanted to come over and chat with you, but then I heard you were gone," Chen Bing said, pulling up a stool and sitting directly in the yard, not treating himself as an outsider at all. "I won't beat around the bush with you. I came here today for no other reason than to get the money. You know your grandfather lent me 20,000 yuan a few years ago, right?"
Tao Sai knew about this. That year, the Yangtze River flooded, leaving their adobe house completely in tatters. Grandpa scraped together money to build the current brick house. But when the government subsidy arrived that year, the money was repaid, and the IOU must have been kept by Grandpa.
She immediately went into her grandfather's room and rummaged through a small iron box in the closet, and sure enough, she found the IOU.
When Chen Bing saw the black and white words on the IOU, his eyes froze obviously. He didn't expect that it was still kept.
He suddenly reached out and tried to grab it, but Tao Sai dodged it nimbly.
Chen Bing's face darkened for a moment. He fished a pack of cigarettes from his trouser pocket. The tall Sun Laosi lit the cigarette for him. Chen Bing took a puff of his cigarette and said, "I've paid back the principal, but there's still interest."
"How much is the interest?" Tao Sai asked.
"It's also 20,000 yuan." said Chen Bing.
"You are doing usury, which is illegal!" When Zhou Ning heard the number, she felt it was simply blackmail and she could no longer hold back and speak out.
Chen Bing took a deep puff of his cigarette, a thick cloud of smoke billowing from his nostrils. "When I borrowed the money, I told your grandfather very clearly that there was interest, and he heard it all too clearly. Don't worry, Saisai. I've watched you grow up, too. I wouldn't lie to you."
Tao Sai fanned away the secondhand smoke drifting towards him and said calmly, "I'm sorry, I really haven't heard my grandfather say that."
"Uncle Chen, I'm not lying to you. If you don't believe me, let me tell you this. Burn some incense and ask your grandpa to come to you in a dream." After Chen Bing finished speaking, he looked at Sun Laosi next to him and laughed out loud.
This joke is not funny at all.
Tao Sai said expressionlessly, "I can't possibly give you any money. If there's nothing else to say, just leave."
Chen Bing tutted his tongue when he heard this, then walked around the yard with his hands on his hips, cursing at Sun Lao Si: "Listen to what you're saying, Lao Si! Old Liu worked so hard to support this little girl's education, her university education, and what kind of books did she read? She just ate up some dog's guts. She doesn't understand the principle of paying with one's life and repaying one's debt."
Sun Lao Si echoed, "That's right. If you ask me, women should just stay home and have children. Studying is just a waste of money."
Chen Bing spat out the cigarette butt from his mouth, his eyes piercing with ruthlessness as he pointed at Tao Sai, "You really aren't going to give it to me, are you?"
Tao Sai nodded.
In a fit of rage, he kicked over the plastic storage box filled with soil, and the loosened soil spilled all over the ground.
Sun Laosi also ran to the edge of the eaves, picked up two boxes of plastic soil and threw them into the yard. The soil scattered everywhere and the storage boxes broke into pieces.
Seeing this, Tao Sai grabbed Zhou Ning's hand and took her back to the room.
"Taotao, it's too dangerous. Let's lock the door and call the police." She took out her cell phone and was about to dial, but was stopped by Tao Sai.
Tao Sai said, "Just listen to me and close your eyes first."
"Oh." Although she was puzzled, she still did as she was told.
Tao Sai had skillfully equipped her with the [Deep Sleep] skill. After closing her eyes for a few seconds, Zhou Ning quickly fell into a deep sleep state.
Gently put her on the bed, and then close all the doors and windows tightly to ensure that no louder noises will wake her up.
Tao Sai returned to the messy yard, walked quickly to the door, closed the big iron gate, and fastened the bolt.
Seeing her unusual behavior, the two middle-aged men stopped what they were doing and asked, "What are you doing?"
Tao Sai walked closer while tying her hair into a ponytail, "Guess."
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