Chapter 10
[Upgrade conditions have been met. Do you want to spend 1000 crystal cores to upgrade? ]
Do I need crystal cores to upgrade?
Ye Qing didn't expect this and couldn't help but frowning. Her tight budget these days made her extra frugal.
But thinking of the fifth-level crystal core she had just received for the room reservation and the sufficient balance, she clicked "Yes" without hesitation. Only after upgrading could she receive more guests and make more money. This was an essential expense for a virtuous cycle and could not be saved.
【Upgrading, please wait. 】
The system upgrade is an outward expansion and will not affect the original layout, so people in the room can continue to do what they should do, and the system has been upgraded before they know it.
【Upgrade completed, please check~】
[Shelter level: Level 2, next upgrade condition: Resident population reaches 100, current progress 30/100.]
Because of the arrival of Xiao Hu and the mercenary team, the next level of mission also began to make progress.
There was a 3D miniature image of the building on the system panel, but the on-site investigation was much more interesting, so she put away the system panel and began to check the changes in the shelter.
Ermao and Sanmao, who had been guarding the cashier counter, were the most sensitive to the changes in the room. They watched the wall of the house move several meters outward. It was the first time they saw such a magical scene and they were extremely surprised.
"Boss, do you think our lobby has gotten bigger?"
Ye Qing smiled and said, "It has become bigger, and we will have to accommodate more people in the future, so I just upgraded the shelter."
"Wow! Boss, you are so awesome!" Unconsciously, their admiration for Ye Qing was upgraded again.
The most noticeable change is the lobby's decor. Previously, the lobby was small and gray, appearing rather dreary. Now, it's been upgraded, with walls painted a warm and bright blue and white. A floor-to-ceiling window now sits on the wall where the entrance is, with white curtains draped across the clear glass, giving it a touch of upscale hotel flair.
There were four sets of tables and chairs in the hall before, and now the area is almost twice as large. Ye Qing bought four more sets from the system mall and put them in, so it seems less empty.
Then there's the main door. Previously a small, 1.2-meter-wide wooden door, it's now a sensor-activated glass door. Made in China before the apocalypse, it boasts excellent performance, being both wear-resistant and explosion-resistant. The glass door is a full two meters wide, allowing even a large group of people to enter without feeling crowded.
Ermao and Sanmao have been independent since childhood and more mature than most people, but despite their age, they still have children at heart. They are very curious about this door that moves by itself and keep going in and out to play.
[Reminder: The restaurant is open. Do you want to use it?]
Ye Qing heard the system voice and opened the panel. He saw that the restaurant was finally open. From now on, they would no longer have to eat instant noodles and dry bread.
Without hesitation, she spent 2,000 crystal cores to open the restaurant. It was located on the left side of the hall, facing the shipping container. It incorporated the eight sets of tables and chairs from the living room, separated from the living room by a glass partition. The beef noodle cart she had redeemed earlier was also placed next to the restaurant, adding to the restaurant's menu.
The system has a new facility, and a click button will be added to the personal assets column on the system panel.
Ye Qing couldn't wait to click in. The restaurant was a self-service restaurant like the Liuyang Steamed Food Restaurant. She could set the types and quantities of dishes for each day, and the system would automatically accept orders and complete cooking based on the settings. The operation was simple and fast.
Although the system is fully automatic, it still requires human supervision. Ye Qing plans to let Damao supervise the dining discipline here, and consider recruiting other people when more facilities are added in the future.
Then she walked outside. The three-story building had taken shape. The overall style was a perfect combination of classic and modern. The exterior walls were decorated with high-end stone, matched with large glass windows and metal materials, making it look more luxurious and grand.
The protective shield also spread outward more than ten meters, so that the area for people to move around in the shelter increased.
But the open space in front of the gate still looked very empty. She wanted to add some landscape and plant some flowers and plants to add a touch of elegance to the shelter.
In this way, people living here can see the beautiful scenery as soon as they open the window, and their mood will be much better. Unfortunately, there are no corresponding products for sale in the system mall now. I will wait and see after upgrading.
Because the area expanded, half of the space on the second and third floors became empty. Ye Qing spent crystal cores to buy some rooms to fill it up.
After looking around, Ye Qing came to the small clinic at the back of the hall. The clinic was still the same size as before. Feeling puzzled, Ye Qing clicked on the clinic system panel.
[The clinic has reached the upgrade conditions. Do you want to spend 1000 crystal cores to upgrade the clinic? ]
It turned out that the clinic also needed to be upgraded like the shelter, but the number of crystal cores was a bit large. She looked at the balance and finally nodded with a distressed look.
A flash of golden light passed by, and the small clinic looked brand new.
It used to be a small shop of 10 square meters, but now it has expanded by 2 times. The wooden medicine cabinet at the back has also become bigger and now covers an entire wall.
Ye Qing looked at the types of medicines. Fu Kangning had an extra second-level pill. In addition, there were common medicines for injuries and colds, medical alcohol, gauze, hemostatic pills, cold medicines, painkillers, etc. She was now temporarily managing the clinic, and would slowly hand it over to the right person in the future.
As a result, there is not much left from selling beef noodles and the house rent just received today.
It's easier to spend money than to make money. I felt like a wealthy man when I received that Level 5 crystal core, but before I could even warm my wallet, the remaining balance vanished. It seems I need to recruit more people.
As soon as the arrangement was completed, the residents who had finished washing up upstairs came downstairs curiously.
The second and third floors of the shelter were laid out in much the same way, with a wide hallway in the middle and a variety of rooms dotted on either side. Someone among them noticed that the hallway had been extended considerably, so they rushed down to tell everyone about it.
"Boss, boss, what's going on?"
Li Yuanyuan, a lively girl living in a four-person dormitory, had never taken such a comfortable bath in her life. She stayed in the shelter for a long time. When she finished packing and was about to go downstairs to buy a bucket of instant noodles, she was the first to discover the changes in the shelter.
It was almost lunchtime, and several employees of Hou Zai in the hall were checking out new dishes in the restaurant. As soon as Damao saw someone coming, he immediately went forward to greet them.
"The boss has upgraded the shelter and opened a new restaurant. You can come and have a look."
When they heard there was a restaurant, a group of people didn't bother to ask the boss and ran into the restaurant.
[This restaurant provides three meals a day, breakfast from 7:00-9:00, lunch from 12:00-14:00, and dinner from 17:00-21:00.]
The prices are displayed on a display screen, which is open and transparent.
The key is, the price is low!
Li Yuanyuan excitedly played with her newly-made roommate: "Sister, this is so cheap!"
The mercenary team was more direct. Several people ran to the window excitedly to get food.
The steaming table for steamed dishes is of the water-bathed type and is 3 meters long. The steamed dishes are still steaming, and the table is filled with colorful dishes, more than 30 kinds in total, with several plates of each kind, which is overwhelming.
"Meat dishes cost 10 crystal cores, half meat and half vegetarian dishes cost 5 crystal cores, and vegetarian dishes cost 3 crystal cores. They are super cheap. Boss, can we take as much as we want?" The mercenary team asked the captain eagerly.
Zhu Ke only stared at the dishes on the steaming table and nodded halfheartedly.
Seeing that he agreed, the team members rushed to choose.
"I want these two: stomping fish head and steamed bacon. They look so spicy. Oh my god, my mouth is watering."
"Okay, pick two for me. I want steamed pumpkin and vermicelli and cabbage."
"You like vegetarian dishes, now it's my turn. I want stir-fried pork with chili peppers and stir-fried beef."
Compared to the mercenary team's generosity, the others were much more low-key and frugal, but in front of such a large pile of delicious food, they couldn't help but let go and order a lot.
Li Yuanyuan and her roommate ordered a total of four dishes. The bowl of Liuyang steamed dish was not very big, but one bowl was enough for one person. Li Yuanyuan swallowed her saliva several times, holding a green plate, and carefully carried it to a dining table and put it down.
At this time, the roommate also came over with two bowls of steaming rice and handed one bowl to Li Yuanyuan.
"Eat quickly, I can't wait!"
The mercenary team also prepared their dishes. The eight people ordered a total of 20 dishes, filling up two tables. Among them, their captain Zhu Ke ordered the most.
These people usually do heavy work such as fighting and killing, and they have a big appetite. Each of them takes two large bowls of white rice and starts eating with a big chopstick of vegetables.
One team member kept saying while eating: "This chopped pepper fish head is so delicious. The fish head is fresh and sweet, and it makes my stomach numb and spicy. Paired with a mouthful of fragrant and sticky white rice, it is so satisfying."
Another replied: "This white rice is delicious even without any side dishes. I guess the Lord of Shanhai City has never tasted something so delicious, right?"
"He definitely hasn't eaten them. Besides potatoes, there are only a few mung bean sprouts in the city. They even sent people to carefully guard those few bean sprouts, as if they were nothing special."
Zhu Ke did not participate in the conversation with his teammates. He lowered his head and kept putting food into his bowl, stuffing his mouth full.
He especially likes the steamed pork belly with pork belly, which is made of fat and lean pork cut into thin slices. It has a rosy and delicious color and the meat is tender and juicy. It is paired with high-quality preserved vegetables, a combination of meat and vegetables, and is fat but not greasy, and crispy but not rotten.
He had seen the meat of mutant wild boars, but it was far inferior to this. Eating the mutant wild boar would kill you, but this was something you would eat even at the cost of your life.
He picked up a large piece of meat with chopsticks, coated it with rich soup and dipped it on the rice, then threw it into his mouth and chewed it slowly. It melted in his mouth, with a rich aroma and endless aftertaste.
Add a big mouthful of rice and it’s absolutely delicious!
While his teammates were still talking, Zhu Ke had already eaten several pieces of braised pork.
It was a female teammate who noticed that the bowl of meat was almost gone. She immediately grabbed a few pieces and then pretended to be considerate and told her teammates: "Hey, everyone, eat first. If you don't eat now, there will be no meat."
When everyone saw that the plates of meat in front of Captain Zhu Ke were almost half empty, while his bowl was almost full to the brim, they all scrambled for the food in a panic.
"Leave one for me!"
"Hey, this is mine!"
Ye Qing was not hungry and was patrolling his shelter. Damao and several employees were sitting in a corner of the restaurant and eating quietly. They followed the principle of not wasting food, so the four of them only picked five dishes and would order more if they were not enough.
Although they were young, they had not eaten a full meal for such a long time that they had a big appetite. Even the 6-year-old Sanmao finished two full bowls of rice.
Damao felt relieved when he saw his younger brothers and sisters eating with great satisfaction. He thought, "Mom and Dad, look, we have found a good boss now and we can eat such precious food!"
Sitting in the same restaurant to eat, everyone will become neighbors in the future, and those who are talkative will start chatting.
"What are the names of the shop assistants?"
Ermao was a talkative person and took the initiative to introduce himself to everyone: "My name is Ermao, my brother is Damao, my sister is Sanmao, and this is my brother Xiaoqier."
Xiao Hu took a sip of pigeon soup and interrupted the discussion: "I know you, little beggar. We often see you on our street. But you've finally turned your life around. Shouldn't you get good benefits working here?"
Although the little beggar had previously lived by begging, he did not despise himself at all. He said modestly, "The boss treats us very well. We get paid every day and are provided with food and accommodation."
"Is this true? Your table must have needed a lot of crystal cores. How could the boss give such good benefits?" Xiao Hu's tone was full of obvious doubt.
Sanmao replied in a baby voice: "The boss said, eat as much as you want."
The little girl spoke in an innocent tone, staring at people with her eyes wide open while speaking, and it was obvious that she was a person who would never lie.
If they were a little skeptical of the little beggar's words, Sanmao's words were enough to convince everyone.
Everyone looked at the shop assistants with jealous eyes, wishing they could kneel down and work for Ye Qing. Fortunately, Ye Qing had thought of this in advance and slipped back to the bedroom to rest.
The restaurant was bustling with activity, while the Flying Tigers far away in Shanhai City were still busy and anxious.
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