"Hello, old Luo." Zhang Jie Ming smiled and gave his friend a hug. After both of them have retired, this pair of good friends only managed to meet twice at somebody else wedding banquet.
"You look great. Is this Qin Feng?" Luo Meng patted Zhang Qin Feng's arm like how an elder does to a junior.
"Uncle Luo." Zhang Qin Feng greets this caring and familiar uncle. When he's still in his secondary school, Luo Meng often fetched him and his sisters to school and back home, because he owns a car at that time.
Zhang Qin Feng received much love from this uncle. Although the three siblings are not his biological children, Luo Meng did not hold himself from treating them like his own.
This is why when he's in front of Luo Meng, Zhang Qin Feng smiled like a child met his godfather.
"I remember that Qin Ling is like Qin Feng, has a double eyelid. But now both your girl has double eyelids, I don't even know which one is Qin Ling and which one is Lulu." Luo Meng jokes.
"I am Qing Ling!" Zhang Qin Ling shows the braided hair she loves to do since young.
"I am Lulu," Zhang Lulu smiled, showing her two cute dimples. After a light makeup, any young maiden is going to have a transformation.
"Let's go inside. It's cold out here." Luo Meng made a hand gesture telling Zhang Jie Ming to go first.
The group of six entered the restaurant. Luo Meng's daughter and wife already seated on the table 8 long ago. Due to her weak health, Luo Meng's wife only gave birth to a daughter before the doctor suggested that they stop trying for the second child.
But surprisingly, Luo Meng's daughter is someone familiar to Zhang Qin Feng. In fact, he just had a light conversation with her this afternoon.
"Come, let me introduce you to my daughter." Luo Meng holds the chair for Zhang Jie Ming. As for his wife, daughter, and son, they're seated accordingly with Zhang Qin Feng beside Luo Qing.
"This is my daughter, Qingqing. You two should talk to each other more." Luo Meng takes the initiative to get them together.
"We actually know each other." the two revealed the fact they're an acquaintance.
"That's even better! Both of you are in your early twenties, so you should take care of each other more!" Luo Meng said. At the same time, Zhang Jie Ming already poured two cups of wine to celebrates it.
"Dad, I told you before that I'm trying to build a career here!" Luo Qing shyly turned away from staring at Zhang Qin Feng. But when it comes to talking to her dad, she's reverted into her usual self.
"Career or not, a girl needs to get married!" Luo Meng added.
But deep inside her heart, she does not mind if her partner is someone like Zhang Qin Feng.
As a young woman that just came into the working world, she has the chance to came across many types of people. Especially when the place she works is an Antique Shop with a somewhat shady boss, the experience she gathered is far more than a regular car saleslady.
In her opinion, Zhang Qin Feng is an almost perfect candidate for marriage. Single and doesn't seem perverted, has some ties with her boss, Yue Qiang, and working on his own business. Furthermore, when he's signing the partnership for a Mineral Mining Business, the word "5 Million Dollars" made her gasp for air.
"I remember father said before, he and uncle Zhang are colleagues in the same company before they retired. If that's true, then Aunt Zhang should be a housewife like my mom too!" Luo Qing stared at Zhang Qin Feng's mother and smiles.
"Mom like this girl," Zhang Qin Feng's mother said.
"Then I'll try my best to get her hand in marriage," Zhang Qin Feng jokes.
His claims made both side's parents happy, but for Luo Qing, her cheeks turned red.
"I'm going to the toilet for a bit!" Luo Qing escapes from the table instantly. As for the two Zhang sisters, they slipped away from the table when the parents are unaware.
Zhang Qin Feng continued the conversation with both parents until the dishes they ordered arrives. The three young ladies also came back at the same time.
Peking Roast Duck, Deep Fry Trout in Sweet and Sour Sauce, Ribs in Red Wine Sauce, Mapo Tofu with Meat Floss, Han Cabbage with shrimps, Han Leaf with Garlic, Steamed Scallops with Glass Noodles, Lobster Stirred with Ginger Onion.
Eight Dishes, for eight people, seated in Table number eight.
This is the form of the highest respect from one family to another.
The dinner ended well with both parents tipsy from drinking. Since there's Zhang Qin Feng and Luo Qing stays sober, they bid farewell before going back to their respective home.
Zhang Qin Feng received a text from Luo Qing the moment he reaches home.
"Thank you." her message said.
"Thank you too." Zhang Qin Feng replied.
Zhang Qin Feng falls asleep quickly.
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Sunday Morning.
Zhang Qin Feng brought his family out for shopping. Compared to the dull and hopeless atmosphere in the apocalypse, the world he originated has more hope and laughter.
He bought his parents some comfortable clothes and a goose feather jacket for Zhang Qin Ling. As for Zhang Lulu, her interest goes to a gorgeous dress that cost over 5,000 dollars. Zhang Qin Feng bought it for her without thinking, knowing how thrifty his youngest sister behaves.
After that, he brought the entire family over to the east coast outside of Changzhou City. As they're taking a drive along the coast, a part of the hill is barricaded by tall construction walls.
The logo and words that said "East Coast Mining Company" is printed on every section, furthering his confidence about this project. At the same time, he's thinking about establishing his own processing factory that capable of refining the mineral ores further.
Just like this, Sunday passed in a blink of eyes.
Monday morning, after collecting all his orders from the food suppliers, Zhang Qin Feng returned to the General Store and greeted by the processed Metal he bought with 150,000 dollars.
He moved a small number of the inventory into the workshop, and let the Tinkerer's Workbench to process them through the [Scan for Ingredients] Function.
After making sure that they're enough for what he's needed, Zhang Qin Feng placed 12 cores into the generator before he returned to the workshop.
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[1.1] Tianlang Electronic's Meteorite Battery (3nd-Gen Dual Connection)
[1.2] Tianlang Electronic's Enhancer Module
[1.3] Tianlang Electronic's Battery-Bank Module
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[2.1] Military Expertise Co. General Recovery (Effienciency-3%)
[2.2] Military Expertise Co. Gene Enhancer (Efficiency-3%)
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[3.1] Daschund Manufacturing Trial Server (Scanner/ Communication Device)
[3.2] Daschund Manufacturing Indoor Tablet (Processing)
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[4.1] Titanium Steel Co's Grade C Steel
[4.2] Titanium Steel Co's Grade D Steel
[4.3] Titanium Steel Co's Enhanced Steel (Non-Militarized Product)
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[5.1] Leishen Model S-35i (1st-Gen)
[5.2] Leishen Model P-14s (1st-Gen)
[5.3] Leishen Model M-02 Retractable Katana (Basic)
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After considering for a while, Zhang Qin Feng tapped into the battery bank module and decided to follow the instructions.
Making one of these cost him ten Meteorite Batteries and a few other ingredients to create the casing and the electronic board. And after spending 50 cores to make this Battery Bank Module happen, Zhang Qin Feng is left with 707 credits.
The result is a battery about the size of a large soft drink bottle. An additional attachment is included to ensure it can be connected to all types of battery inlet, with a capacity of 3,000 kWh.
Along with the Power Distribution Saving Tech, this piece of Battery Bank is enough for them to fire the High Caliber Railgun for 10 to 11 times. Unfortunately, Meteorite Battery lack of the rechargeable function of a regular battery.
"Now, how should I deal with them using this?"