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"You actually hid some private money behind my back!" Zhou Weixing's face was full of disbelief.
"I actually only hid a little at a time, but I didn't expect to accumulate so much over the years. Besides... Zhou Weixing, is now the time to take care of this? The fire is burning our eyebrows! How come you don't have any sense of urgency?" Li Yinzhu was humble and sincere at first, but became more and more righteous as he spoke later.
Zhou Weixing felt that there might be some genes in his body causing trouble. He scratched his head and actually felt that what she said made sense.
"Then Mom, we have to spend all the money quickly while the currency is still in circulation," said Zhou Ning.
"Use it! Use it all!" Li Yinzhu nodded vigorously, then trotted to the suitcase in the rest cabin to look for her bank card.
Zhou Ning felt relieved. Fortunately, her mother was sensible and not a miser.
An Nan and the other two had just been comforting each other and had heard their conversation. They discussed it for a while. After a while, An Nan stood up and asked, "Sister Sai, can we stay on the boat too?"
"It's okay, stay here, I need you." Tao Sai said.
"But our family..." Lan Xiaojia's voice stopped abruptly. She was very happy and grateful that Sister Sai had taken them on the refugee boat, but what about her family who were thousands of kilometers away? She couldn't bear to abandon them.
But she also knew that the fishing boat had limited space and limited food reserves.
Tao Sai guessed what she was about to say and told her, "It's okay. You can call your family. If your family lives inland, have them come to the coast as soon as possible so it will be more convenient to pick them up. Flights should still be able to take off normally now, so we need to hurry."
She thought that as long as the "Deep Sea Fish" was upgraded to another level, the cabin space would be able to accommodate more people.
"Thank you, Sister Sai!" the three girls said in unison.
They quickly borrowed Tao Sai's cell phone and began to contact their parents and families, urging them to buy plane tickets and fly to the coastal city.
Tao Sai helped them choose Donghai City, which is located on an island and has an airport. She also did some research and found that no earthquakes had occurred within a few hundred kilometers of Donghai City in the past few days. It would take about twenty days for the insect swarm to reach the city, so it would be safe during this period.
Li Yinzhu took out the bank card from the rest cabin and handed it to Zhou Ning, frowning, "Nannan, the bank card is here, but if you go to the bank to withdraw money now, the counter can only withdraw 50,000 yuan a day. More than that requires an appointment in advance."
"Online shopping is the best way," Tao Sai said. "Auntie Li, I'll give you my phone. You can link your card and order online. Fill in Donghai City as the delivery address, and then choose a community delivery point near the dock. We can then drive the boat to Donghai City and pick up the package."
Just in time, the refugee ship will arrive in Donghai City to pick up An Nan and her family. Donghai City on the island will be their next stop.
"Okay, no problem." Li Yinzhu fully agreed with this plan.
Tao Sai handed her the phone, and Zhou Ning helped operate it.
After successfully linking their bank cards, Zhou Ning's family gathered together and began a frenzy of online shopping. An Nan and the other two also wanted to spend all their money to stock up on supplies and do their part. Just like Sister Sai said, if you don't use it now, in a few days, all the money you have will be worthless.
But it seems that they can only use up their little belongings at most. It is unrealistic to persuade their families to use up their savings. It has already taken a lot of effort to call them from inland to the coast.
"I'm really sorry, we may not be able to help with supplies." An Nan felt a little guilty.
Sister Sai and the others not only informed them of the impending natural disaster in advance, but also provided them with shelter for free. Now it seems that they still have to rely on others for their daily supplies.
Zhou Weixing waved his hand nonchalantly and said, "It's okay. I roughly estimated that this money can buy enough supplies. It's definitely enough."
One million is not a small amount of money. Although one cannot afford to buy a house in Nanzhou City, one can still stock up on a considerable amount of supplies for evacuation.
Li Yinzhu understood the girls' feelings very well. She pulled her eyes away from her phone screen and comforted them, "The supplies we've stockpiled now can only temporarily solve our food and clothing problems, but natural disasters are very cruel, and there are countless other trials waiting for us in the future. Individual strength is always too weak. In the future, we must rely on mutual support and help. No one can be left out."
"Aunt Li is right. Don't feel guilty. We all complement each other's strengths, and we also need you very much. The vegetables and crops grown on the ship need Xiaojia's care and care, and Xiaolin needs to use her professional knowledge when someone on the ship is sick. I also have some important things to do, and I really need Xiaoan." Tao Sai said.
An Nan nodded heavily, "Sister Sai, we will do our best to help everyone!"
"I will take good care of the vegetables grown on the boat." Lan Xiaojia said confidently.
"Me too." Lin Yan also raised his hand to express his opinion.
Ever since she learned of the impending disaster, Tao Sai had been apprehensive all day and all night, but now a relieved smile finally appeared on her face. This was the situation she had longed to see. She had more teammates, and everyone was united because they now had a common goal:
Live, survive!
Tao Sai opened the [Character] module and tried to scan again. Sure enough, the borders of the six new members on the ship turned from red to green, and their loyalty levels had unknowingly reached above 60.
Tao Sai added them one by one, and soon six new characters were added to the list of the [Character] module.
She quickly scanned everyone's stats. Since they all started at half a star, their stats were relatively average. What was particularly striking was that Zhou Weixing and Li Yinzhu both had a basic intelligence stat of 5 points, and Grandma Zhou had 4. Sure enough, Zhou Ning's IQ was genetic.
Tao Sai paid close attention to An Nan's attribute values because she was a member of the commando team that was about to be formed.
【An Nan[female]
Star rating: ☆
Level: 1
Experience: 0/128
property
Intelligence: 3/100
Strength: 4/100
Physical strength: 3/100
Agility: 4/100
Resistance: 0/100
Skill: Unequipped]
Tao Sai was very satisfied. An Nan had been practicing track and field since he was a child. His basic combat attributes were good and he was very suitable to join her commando team.
On the other side, Zhou Ning's family was still shopping online crazily. After their mobile phones ran out of battery, they connected them to the charger and continued.
Since Tao Sai and Zhou Ning had already stockpiled a complete range of daily necessities, this time they mainly purchased food.
Zhou Weixing felt that the soil on the boat was far from enough for growing crops, so he wanted to buy more storage boxes and then go ashore to dig up fertile soil. However, he had to consider the limited space on the boat. If he bought more, there would be no room on the boat.
Lan Xiaojia suggested purchasing supermarket shelves.
"If you buy the one with five layers, you can cover each layer with soil and plant some short crops. This is the experimental base of our Agricultural College," said Lan Xiaojia.
This was something Tao Sai had not thought of before. If this kind of shelf is used, the utilization of space can be maximized and the light of crops on each layer can be fully guaranteed.
Zhou Weixing gave Lan Xiaojia a thumbs-up. Zhou Ning quickly typed in the search bar and found a type of prefabricated shelf available online. Zhou Weixing studied the product details, estimated the deck area based on the length and width of the shelf base, and finally chose a quantity of 8 when placing the order.
Tao Sai stopped him: "Uncle Zhou, we can buy 100 at a time. My fishing boat can be upgraded, and then there will be more space. If there is really no space, we can put it in my portable [warehouse] without assembling it yet."
"Okay, then let's just buy 100." Zhou Weixing readily modified the number and placed the order.
They all became the role of the refuge ship. Because of the [Blurred Perception] special effect, they did not have any doubts about the fishing boat upgrade and the portable [warehouse] that Tao Sai mentioned.
"But now we still need materials to upgrade the fishing boats, so we have to set aside some funds to purchase the materials." Tao Sai told the truth.
"How much more do you need?" Zhou Weixing asked.
Tao Sai opened the system panel and clicked on the [Upgrade] module, and subtitles popped up in front of him.
[Experience: 0/12800
Gold: 8915/10000
Cloth: 9/960
Metal: 6/1024
Bioplastics: 6/800
There are actually quite a lot of missing materials.
The gold coins are almost gone, and the experience bar has only about 1,600 points left because most of it was used up in leveling up two characters three times in a row.
However, there are insect swarms everywhere now. You can buy weapons in the [Mall] and take An Nan to kill monsters. It shouldn't be a big problem.
There are still 500 units of universal materials in the [Backpack] that were obtained from killing the first-level insects. The rest needs to be obtained by finding a way.
Time was running out, so Tao Sai shared his current situation with everyone, and then they discussed countermeasures together. Finally, they decided to split into three groups.
Zhou Weixing and Li Yinzhu are in a team. They will go to Yangding District of Nanzhou City to look for a scrap factory. They will carry Tao Sai's mobile phone for convenient scanning and payment. They need to consider the type of materials and purchase enough scrap to transport to the riverside.
Zhou Ning drove the fishing boat, and Grandma Zhou sat in the cockpit.
Tao Sai took An Nan with him, bought enough weapons and ammunition, and each of them bought a shared bicycle. While ensuring their own safety, they rode the bicycles in the direction of the insect swarm, fighting and retreating.
Considering that no one has a mobile phone now, it is difficult to contact each other, and it will not be long before all the ground signal stations in the world will be swallowed up by the insect swarm. A mobile phone without signal and network is just a piece of iron.
Tao Sai gritted his teeth and spent 5,000 gold coins in the [Mall] to equip the shelter ship with the [Command and Control Center·Primary].
The [Command and Control Center·Primary] is installed in the cockpit of the fishing boat and serves as a signal relay. Each member is equipped with a communication device and can communicate in real time on the same channel. The signal coverage radius of the first-level [Command and Control Center·Primary] is 100 kilometers.
This is a necessary expense for the refugee ship, especially now when it is necessary to split up the troops.
After clarifying the mission, Zhou Ning turned the fishing boat around, sailed a short distance, and unloaded Tao Sai and An Nan. The boat then continued at full speed toward Yangding District. Fifty minutes later, the boat arrived safely in Yangding District and docked at the river port.
Tao Sai and An Nan each rode a shared bicycle back along the riverside road, heading towards the insect swarm.
Work hard!
Tao Sai's eyes were filled with excitement, and he had a lot of explosive bombs hanging on his body.
Just then, subtitles popped up in front of her.
【Side quest has been opened.】
[Side Mission 1: Rescue [Dr. Liang Yuanzhou]
Mission Rewards: [Gold Coins x1000], [Experience x1000], [Universal Materials x200], [Star Upgrade Card x1], [Skill Blind Box], [Premium Mall Raffle Ticket x1]]
【Do you accept?】
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