Chapter 211
Qiao Sheng and the others listened attentively. They had never thought that a small household registration book could have so many tricks.
Lin Haiyang flattered Manager Wang in various ways. After the household registration was completed, each person was given a card. Manager Xiao Hu reminded them to carry it with them, which was equivalent to identification.
When they walked on the road, patrolling security guards would stop the islanders for inspection. At that time, they only needed to say that they had been out to sea when they were young and had not returned, and had only recently returned, so they were unfamiliar with them. Generally, the security guards would turn a blind eye.
Qiao Sheng really did not expect that their industry chain also ran through several departments.
After leaving the household registration office, Manager Wang drove the electric car and took them to the rental house to be rented to them.
We got off the bus at the destination. None of us thought that this house was so nice. We knew that this small courtyard was good when we heard the younger brother's description. After seeing it in person, we can only say that it is better than we imagined.
There are similar courtyards near the small courtyard, and there are seven or eight in a row. According to Manager Wang, there are people living nearby, most of whom work in the island owner's mansion or various functional departments, and they have a stable job.
Therefore, the quality is very guaranteed, unlike some places in the market, where there are too many civilians, and every family goes out early and comes back late, so it is easy to be disturbed when you are resting.
Lin Haiyang stayed in the yard and continued to chat with Wang, Qiao Sheng and the others walked around the yard and the house. They found that the place was well maintained and clean inside and outside. They didn't know whether Wang did a surprise cleanup during the day or someone else had been cleaning the place all the time.
Li Mu and Lin Haiyang discussed the rent with Wang, and after he left, Qiao Sheng and Xia Beibei climbed down the stairs next to the roof.
Before I could tell them how much the rent was, Xia Beibei couldn't wait to share how close this place was to the port where they docked their boats. Standing on the rooftop, you could see the bright lights of the port, and you could probably see the monks playing on the terrace during the day.
This was the first surprise. The second was the rent that Li Mu and his team had negotiated. Normally, the rent was one deposit and three payments, and the minimum rent was three months. But as Lin Haiyang's friend rating was getting higher and higher, Manager Wang actually proposed to pay monthly without a deposit. He
even rented his electric car to them. The rent was thirty kilograms of bacon and five kilograms of green beans. Qiao Sheng was also stunned when he heard the price. He didn't expect it to be so cheap.
On second thought, they thought it was not expensive, but other players or NPCs might not be able to afford it. It was probably because they failed many times that Manager Wang was willing to lower the price. However, this place was really worth the money.
The rent had been agreed upon and I would let my younger brother pick it up during the day. In fact, Qiao Sheng should have brought ready-made goods in his ring space. Considering that it would be a bit eye-catching to take them out directly, they finally decided to make another appointment to pick them up.
The four of them walked around the yard again and calculated the belongings they needed. The furniture was complete. There was a wooden frame for a large double bed in both bedrooms. The quality looked good. They only needed to prepare two mattresses. Xia Beibei had ready-made goods on her ship. They were all moved out of the reward copy a long time ago.
There was only a bare stove and dining table and chairs in the kitchen, nothing else. They had to move some of these things over, no matter if they would need them in the future, they had to pack some things up to cover up. If someone came, there would not even be a pot or a pan in the house, and it would not look like a place for daily living.
They could only move in and slowly add other things. Originally, they did not have a car, so they were prepared to stay in the newly rented yard for one night, but now it was different. With a means of transportation, they could drive back to their boat to rest and come back tomorrow morning.
Although the time was short, the four people were still very excited. After all, the first step to get to the island was solved. It all depended on whether they had the luck to trigger the mission.
After returning to the port, they parked the electric car in the same parking lot as Wang, the steward, had just picked them up.
This parking lot actually charges a fee, but because the keeper who was watching the lot knew Steward Wang's car, he treated them as staff members and did not charge them the parking fee.
Lin Haiyang thanked the keeper for a long time, and finally asked Qiao Sheng to get a bottle of iced mung bean soup for the keeper as a small gift, which surprised the keeper, after all, the parking price here is very cheap.
But the lethality of the iced drink made even a veteran like Steward Wang unable to resist giving the green light, not to mention the keeper.
Back on the boat, the few people packed all the belongings they would need when they returned to the rental yard tomorrow morning.
After a busy day, the four of them finally fell asleep on their bamboo beds.
They didn't know how long they slept, but they were still woken up by the noisy noise outside. When Qiao Sheng sat up to wake up from a nap, he pricked up his ears to listen to what was going on outside. After listening for a while, he heard that it was still the players who didn't get rid of yesterday. Until now, no one has solved their household registration problems and they are facing eviction.
When Qiao Sheng and the others came out after washing up, these people were still arguing.
As soon as they stood on the terrace, they saw the young man sent by Manager Wang yesterday came again. Lin Haiyang went off the boat with the rental money.
Qiao Sheng was busy making breakfast in the kitchen until she heard Lin Haiyang's cry, and she ran ashore with a spatula.
When they went ashore, Lin Haiyang and the young man sent by Manager Wang had been surrounded by other players.
They used a spatula to separate the two groups of people. There was a player from another boat lying on the ground. Because Qiao Sheng was holding something that looked like a weapon, everyone thought she had knocked the person unconscious. Only she knew the truth, as she clearly had not touched the person.
After his teammates checked, they found out that the man suddenly collapsed because of heatstroke. The weather was too hot and he had been making noise for several hours, so his body couldn't stand it and he collapsed.
After quickly carrying the person away, these people became much more honest, but they also made a request to the young man sent by Manager Wang.
The young man accepted everything and even repeated his request to go to the island to them. When he left, he winked at Lin Haiyang when no one was watching.
The meaning was obvious, but I only listened in order to get away. Although I listened, it was hard to say whether I could help relay it.
After all these NPCs left, the female player approached Qiao Sheng and his team.
She introduced herself first. She was the captain of the fleet, named Xia Luwan. Now she wanted to know what method Qiao Sheng and his team used to get ashore. After all, they did everything they could, but the effect was not ideal. Although I
don’t know what supplies Qiao Sheng and his team used to exchange for the identity of islanders, according to what the night watchman said last night, these people were sneaky when they went to the island, but they were very swaggering when they came back. No one would believe that there was no cat-sucking inside. Captain
Xia had no skills in asking questions, it was all emotional. She asked Qiao Sheng and his team what price they paid right away, which sounded weird.
If it was difficult to explain at other times, Qiao Sheng and the others would have answered, but now the two sides are in a competitive relationship, and they certainly cannot allow other players to go to the island at will when they have not triggered the countdown dungeon mission.
What if someone is luckier than them and can easily start the mission? It would show how stupid they are, not even knowing how to guard against their competitors. The person
who answered the question was still the social expert Lin Haiyang. This time he directly turned on the stupid mode. He said it was all luck, and then he said that he could get there because there were old friends on the island.
Before Xia Luwan wanted to ask something else, the four of them quickly left this place of trouble, saying that they had other things to do. They
no longer paid attention to irrelevant people, which made them happy physically and mentally. After breakfast, they put all the things they had packed long ago into their backpacks.
Su and A-Dai were still with them, and the cassock boy and the others stayed on the boat. When they went to the island, Xia Luwan had not left yet, and stood at the bow of their boat waiting.
Seeing them coming out, she wanted to rush up to ask questions, but was stopped by the guards who were patrolling the road. These people just wanted to bomb Xia Luwan's fleet.
So she didn't have the chance to get close to Qiao Sheng and the others, and was stopped aside.
"It feels like we are so bad. We clearly knew the way to get up, but we didn't tell these players." Xia Beibei sat on the electric car, looking at Xia Luwan who was pushed in the distance, and felt a little bit sorry.
"Don't have a heart attack here. It's best not to have other players come up while we are on the island. Don't plant hidden dangers in the future because of your momentary kindness." Lin Haiyang, who was sitting in the co-pilot seat, quickly turned his head to remind her.
"I know, I just think those guards are a bit rough and I don't like it." Xia Beibei simply couldn't stand seeing the big guys bullying weak women.
"How can a weak woman be the captain of a fleet? Don't be fooled by appearances." Qiao Sheng followed her gaze and the next second Xia Luwan threw the guard who was half a head taller than her over her shoulder.
The big young man lay on the ground for a long time without getting up. Even when Qiao Sheng and the others turned the corner and could no longer see the port, the NPC lying on the ground still didn't get up.
Xia Beibei now believed that you can't judge a person by his appearance. Players with this kind of fighting power are still rare. With this kind of fighting power, he has the strength to force his way to the island. I don't know why he waited for so many days.
They first returned to the small courtyard where they rented, put the prepared things neatly in the courtyard, and had lunch.
The four of them drove the electric car around the island. Their goal was both clear and vague. The clear goal was to touch something and trigger the countdown. The vague goal was that they didn't know how to touch it. They
could only wander around to find a needle in a haystack. This way of shopping was the easiest way to understand the local customs and people on the island.
Before the sun set, they had already understood the financial industry on the island.
Because the island is big enough, there is currency circulating here, but it is limited to this island. Outside, people still use barter.
It is said that it is currency circulation, but in fact it is the concentration of power. The currency issuer is the island owner's mansion, which also has the final right of interpretation. The islanders need to pay taxes every year, but the taxes are all various materials, and the amount collected is not large, so it did not cause the anger of the islanders. This is one of the ways to generate income.
Another way is to publicly sell homemade currency, which is actually bartering money. Take the materials to a special department to exchange for currency. When the time comes, the islanders will have some to spend and the island owner will have some to earn. After hearing this method, Qiao Sheng and others felt that it was a win-win situation.
In addition to the livelihood issue of currency, they also received other things this afternoon, that is, they found a strange bounty on the bulletin board.