South gate of the outpost.
Yu Hu and Li Niu staggered out of the gate carrying dozens of kilograms of wild boar meat and 300g of coarse salt.
Neither of them could drink very well, after all, they didn't have the chance to drink normally. They were tipsy after drinking less than two taels, and their footprints on the snow were a little unclear.
However, their heads were clear.
"Hu Zi, is this okay?"
"Are you talking about leaving Xiaoyu here?"
Li Niu nodded.
"Yeah."
Yu Hu frowned and thought, then shook his head.
"I don't know, but Brother Chu is not a bad person."
Li Niu whispered.
"Xiaoyu is getting married, aren't you worried about... people gossiping on the street?"
"Who dares! If he dares, I'll beat him up!"
Yu Hu's eyes widened, but he soon realized that this was not very realistic. After all, he only had a pair of fists, so how could he beat her up?
It's okay to just beat up the little bastard from the Wang family.
"It's okay, it's good for her to stay there, it's better not to come back," Yu Hu shook his head to let the north wind blow it more sober, and muttered, "Anyway, following Brother Chu is definitely much better than where we are."
Li Niu nodded.
He agreed with this.
Although he didn't know much about Brother Chu, so many blue coats worked for him alone, at least he must be a big shot like the mayor.
No words along the way.
The two crossed the snow, passed through the ruins, bypassed the hyenas biting the big rats, and safely reached the entrance of Beth Street.
It hasn't snowed yet, so the way back is not difficult.
The guard Walter stood guard at the door with a cigarette in his mouth and a shotgun in his hand, and didn't even look at the two of them.
The two quickly passed through the main gate and were about to walk into the alley, but when they passed by the door of Old Charlie's grocery store, they were stopped by the old man.
"Wait a minute, you two."
Yu Hu and Li Niu stopped, looked at each other, and looked at Old Charlie.
"...What?"
Old Charlie was the mayor's housekeeper. After retirement, he was arranged to run a grocery store here. Many good things in the town came from him.
The survivors in the town still respected or revered this old housekeeper who could get along well with the merchants from all over the country.
After all, those merchants never looked at them straight in the eye, but they could talk and laugh with Old Charlie.
However, respect was in the past.
Since doing business with the people from Brother Chu, Yu Hu felt more and more that this Old Charlie was not a good person. He was the same as the mayor. He would shortchange the things with a clear price tag and always sell them inferior things.
In Brother Chu's words, he "did not follow the rules."
Anyway, he was not a good person.
Old Charlie glanced at the plastic bags in their hands, then at the snow on their shoulders, his nose moved slightly, and then he narrowed his cloudy eyes slightly.
"Did you go north?"
The two shook their heads like rattles.
"No, no."
They didn't admit it even if they went there.
What can I do?
"Don't go north, it's not safe there."
After staring at the two for a while, Old Charlie withdrew his gaze from them, and without saying anything else, he waved his hand and sent them away.
At this time, Wang Biao, the eldest son of the Wang family, came from the door carrying a hyena cub, and happily slapped the prey on the wooden table next to him.
"Old housekeeper, I got the first game, and it's the first cub! See if the mayor wants it, if not, I'll send it to the slaughterhouse."
Although Old Charlie is no longer a housekeeper, everyone still calls him that.
Charlie glanced at the dead hyena cub on the table.
Hyena meat has a strong smell. If it is not processed in time, it will become smelly after a while. Therefore, the survivors in the nearby area will crush and apply a kind of red rib tobacco, a specialty of Brown Farm, to remove the smell with fire smoke.
Whether it is healthy or not is another matter, but it can indeed cover up the smell.
Unlike adult hyenas, hyena cubs are an exception. Their meat is fresh and tender, and the leg meat steak is a top delicacy.
It is said that it is because they have been weaned for a short time and eat less carrion.
"Leave it there."
Old Charlie opened the drawer, took out 4 chips and threw them on the table.
Wang Biao took the chips with a happy face.
4 chips!
It can be exchanged for 4 taels of golden salt!
It is not terrible to have no meat to eat. For experienced hunters, as long as they are patient and careful enough, they can always catch prey.
But if there is no salt, it will be fatal. Without salt, people will have no strength, and without strength, they will not be able to hunt. If they cannot hunt, the whole family will starve.
Wang Biao was about to leave when Charlie suddenly called him.
"Come back."
Wang Biao stopped and asked with a simple smile.
"What do you want, old housekeeper?"
Charlie asked.
"You live next to the Yu family, right?"
Wang Biao nodded quickly.
"Yes, we are not far from their home."
"Please help me keep an eye on their youngest son, whose name is... Yu Hu? Anyway, if he goes north one day, you can follow him and see where he goes." Charlie thought for a moment and continued, "If you find anything, don't alarm him, come back and report to me immediately, the reward will not be less than the amount in your hand."
Wang Biao was delighted, and his hand holding the chips tightened.
"Don't worry! I will definitely watch for you."
"Keep your voice down," Charlie scolded him, looked around, and saw that no one was around, so he waved his hand to drive him away, "Go."
...
Yu Hu and Li Niu divided the meat and salt and went back to their own homes.
Yu Xiong was just coming out of the door. When he saw Yu Hu coming back alone, he was stunned at first, and then the smell of alcohol hit him, making him sniff his nose subconsciously.
"Did you drink?"
Yu Hu blushed, scratched the back of his head, and said embarrassedly.
"Uh, I drank a little... It's not that I took advantage of others, it was Brother Chu who forced me to drink, so I drank."
Yu Xiong glanced behind him, didn't see anyone, and didn't see the string of small footprints, so he couldn't help asking.
"Where's Xiaoyu?"
Yu Hu hesitated for a long time before saying.
"She... uh, stayed there."
Upon hearing this, Yu Xiong's eyes widened.
"You left her there alone?"
Yu Hu explained hurriedly.
"I didn't leave her there. Xiaoyu said she wanted to help Brother Chu, so I said something for her. Brother Chu is such a good person, there must be no problem!"
"What can Xiaoyu help with!"
Yu Xiong didn't believe this nonsense.
He ate the pancakes made by Xiaoyu once, and almost knocked out his teeth. In the end, he threw them into the pot and boiled them into a paste before he finished eating them.
Yu Hu was anxious to explain, but he didn't really understand it himself, so how could he explain it clearly.
"I, I, how would I know? Why don't you ask Brother Chu? Let's go now."
Yu Xiong didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"No, forget it, why are you going there at this time? Hey, you... How can I explain to my father later? Say that you went to exchange salt and left my little sister there as wine?"
Yu Hu was about to cry.
"Don't, brother, my dad will beat me to death."
Yu Xiong shook his head and sighed.
"Think about it yourself, whether this is confusing or not."
Yu Hu buried his head and muttered.
"What's confusing? Isn't it good? They still have grain to make wine... How can Xiaoyu starve with them? Big brother, if you are worried, I will go there every day these two days. If Xiaoyu is wronged, I will take her back immediately!"
Yu Xiong looked at the sky and just sighed.
"Forget it, forget it, I won't say anything, just do as you like."
What else can I say now that it has come to this?
Let's take it one step at a time.
...
Outpost.
The players in the square looked curiously in the direction of the sanatorium, gossiping.
"Who is the little girl next to the manager?"
"Yu Xiaoyu, the NPC of Bethe Street, it's written on the official website. Old players know it. There were several plots about Bethe Street in the past. It was discussed in the forum before. You should be able to find it by looking through the previous posts."
"Fuck! I'm a newcomer, I don't understand!"
"By the way, did I miss some plot again?"
"Klee! Okay, it's not Klee... but it doesn't matter, so cute! I can't take it anymore!"
"Wow, Yaoyaoling? I think this person is not right, you guys come and take him away. What? It's inconvenient for you to send the police? I can do it for you!"
"I'll be responsible for the execution!"
Shelter.
B1 floor resident hall.
Xia Yan, who was sitting at a wooden table learning a foreign language, stared at Chu Guang with her eyes straight from the moment he brought Xiaoyu back from outside.
Chu Guang saw that she had nothing to do and had the time to stare at him like a fangirl, so he threw two silver coins on the table in front of her.
"Go to the East Gate Market and buy me a pound of milk."
Xiaoyu went to the B2 floor to take a shower. Although the players were very curious about this new little sister, Xiaoqi was following her, so she didn't have to worry too much.
Xiaoyu behaved very well all day today, and she was very good. She learned very quickly and basically learned everything I taught her.
Especially her diligence and eagerness to learn, someone should really learn from her.
Chu Guang never begrudges rewards to diligent children, whether they are NPCs or players.
However, eating candy all the time is not good for teeth, so it is better to drink some milk to grow up, and maybe you can take advantage of the time to grow taller. Even if you can't grow taller, it's okay to grow a little better, at least don't be like bean sprouts, which are blown down by a gust of wind.
Speaking of which, after she officially takes up the post, she has to order a set of clothes with higher recognition.
After all, this position is very important.
It may even be more important than the weapon store and warehouse combined.
Looking at the two silver coins that fell on the table, Xia Yan's eyes widened, and her eyes moved back and forth between the silver coins and Chu Guang's face.
It seemed unbelievable.
Finally, she couldn't help but say.
"You let a disabled person like me run errands for you, how can you be so ashamed?"
Be a decent person!
Chu Guang, who was editing a document on his computer, glanced at her as if he was looking at a fool.
"I didn't ask you to go by yourself, can't you ask the player to go for you? What I taught you, open VM, select the task bar, click the edit button, and then make up a reasonable reason... For example, you can say that you can't sleep without drinking milk every day. Select someone to post it, or post it on a public channel."
"I understand, the administrator must drink milk to fall asleep at night... I was wrong, I wanted to drink it, I wanted to drink it."
The moment Chu Guang looked over, Xia Yan instantly became timid, and pressed the backspace key with a frustrated look on her face, deleting the task she had just edited and changing it to the one that Chu Guang forced her to write.
Very good.
Looking at Xia Yan who had become obedient, Chu Guang nodded with satisfaction.
Being handsome does have its advantages. Just give her a look and she will feel it for herself. She can be convinced directly without even having to speak in person.
Actually, it doesn't matter what Boss Xia writes on the task panel.
There are two types of tasks that NPCs use VM to publish. One is preset by themselves, sent point-to-point, and can be used without being within the signal range of the shelter.
The other type of tasks that are edited and sent by themselves need to be sent to the server first, and then sent to a player's device after being reviewed by Xiao Qi, or sent to the public task area visible to all players as [Daily Tasks] or [Random Tasks].
In other words, Chu Guang only needs to say hello to Xiao Qi, and no matter what Boss Xia wrote on the task panel, it will be corrected to what he wants her to write.
"It's done... A player named Ya Ya took it."
Ya Ya.
That's relieved.
Let her have a taste when she buys it back.
"Okay."
Seeing that Chu Guang ignored her after saying a word, he continued to type on the computer, and no one knew what he was typing.
Listening to the annoying crackling sound, Xia Yan, who was thinking about something, couldn't concentrate on the book, and finally couldn't help asking.
"...By the way, what's the matter with that little girl? Don't get me wrong, I'm just asking, even if you are a beast--"
Chu Guang's eyebrows twitched when he made a typo due to the noise, and he poked the backspace key while perfunctorily saying.
"It's nothing, she will be your roommate in the future."
"Wait, roommate?" Xia Yan was anxious and said quickly, "Isn't there an empty room? Why do you want me to be her roommate? I can't take care of people."
Taking care of people is okay.
Who knows who will take care of whom at that time.
Chu Guang said casually.
"I plan to let you teach her the daily language of players, which is the book in your hand."
Xia Yan said in a low voice.
"But, but I haven't learned it myself..."
Besides, if we live together, won't we have no privacy at all?
There are empty rooms next to us.
Chu Guang took his hands off the keyboard and looked at her with interest.
"No, it's okay. Let's learn together. When you teach her, I'll let her move to the next room. Don't wait until she learns it and you still don't know anything."
This guy is quite confident.
It's been so long, and she hasn't even learned to curse in beautiful Mandarin. She keeps repeating the same two sentences over and over again, which makes the little players on the forum anxious.
"How is it possible!"
"Haha, then we'll wait and see."
Ignoring the yelling Boss Xia, Chu Guang continued to look at the computer screen and typed the last few words and punctuation marks.
"...The rest is just copying and pasting."
Looking at the fruits of his labor that he wrote in less than half an hour, Chu Guang's face showed a happy and joyful smile.
Alpha 0.6 version!
Done!