Chapter 85: How to Upgrade the Space-Time Supermarket
Xiao Yingchun asked the waiter to serve the food directly.
Wang Yongjun also devoured the food voraciously during the meal, dumping a large plate of meat directly into the pot. Once cooked, he scooped it up with a large spoonful, devouring half a bowl of meat in one bite.
This scene reminded Xiao Yingchun of Fu Chenan, and she couldn't help but be curious.
"Do all of you soldiers eat so fast?"
As if a dog was chasing you.
Wang Yongjun smiled and said, "Yes."
"In the army, there are time limits for eating. If you eat slowly, you can't get more."
Some people don't even have time to eat during battle, just stuffing some compressed dry rations into their mouths and thinking it's a meal.
Xiao Yingchun laughed.
Seeing that she was interested in the army, Wang Yongjun picked out some things to tell Xiao Yingchun, which made Xiao Yingchun smile.
After the meal, Wang Yongjun handed Xiao Yingchun a list: "This is what Zhou Haipeng asked me to forward to you. Just pay him according to this."
Xiao Yingchun glanced at the list and gave him the money.
The 80-square-meter apartment, with two bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen, and a bathroom, cost 150,000 yuan to renovate, not counting furniture and appliances. It wasn't expensive.
After all, the deadline was tight and the task was demanding, so good materials were used.
For Wang Yongjun's late-night rescue, earning a little money for his friend was nothing.
Xiao Yingchun promptly paid the money.
After saying goodbye to Wang Yongjun, Xiao Yingchun returned to the store, where the furniture began arriving one after another.
The installation of two rooms and the living room began simultaneously, with remarkable efficiency.
By a little after four in the afternoon, the furniture on the second floor was finished.
The cleaning lady didn't even leave, but quickly and efficiently helped Xiao Yingchun clean once more before leaving.
Xiao Yingchun, not wanting to bother two guests, went straight to Zhou Haipeng and asked if he knew anyone who could remove formaldehyde.
Zhou Haipeng, who had his own renovation company and had received the project payment Xiao Yingchun had just transferred, immediately said there was no need to spend any extra money, and would do two free formaldehyde removals for her.
A newly renovated house normally needs several months before it can be moved in. Fortunately, Xiao Yingchun used good materials, and the formaldehyde wasn't too severe.
After Zhou Haipeng removed the formaldehyde, he told her she could move in immediately. She just needed to ventilate the house during the day
, and he'd come back in a month. Xiao Yingchun thanked Zhou Haipeng and sent him off. It was completely dark.
After moving all the clothes and bedding from the first-floor storage upstairs, Xiao Yingchun moved into her former room.
The layout was the same, but the decor and furniture were completely different. Standing in the living room, Xiao Yingchun felt a bit dazed: there was no trace of her parents anymore...
A noise downstairs alerted her: Fu Chen'an had arrived.
She hurried downstairs, only to be met with a somewhat disappointed look on Fu Chen'an's face.
Seeing Xiao Yingchun coming down, Fu Chen'an's demeanor brightened instantly. "You're upstairs!"
Xiao Yingchun smiled and nodded, her eyes already catching sight of the lunch box and box Fu Chen'an had placed on the table.
As Xiao Yingchun reached for the dishes, Fu Chen'an had already opened the lunch box and box.
Inside the box were two silver ingots and two gold ingots.
Each weighed fifty taels.
Xiao Yingchun had only seen fifty-tael gold ingots online, so she leaned in to take a look, curious.
"Is this heavy?"
Fu Chenan casually pulled a gold ingot from the box and carefully handed it to Xiao Yingchun. "Try it on?"
Xiao Yingchun first took a horse stance before reaching out to take it.
The gold ingot, about the size of a child's fist, felt heavy, but not unbearable.
Xiao Yingchun felt reassured.
Fifty taels, converted to today's weight, would only weigh a little over 1,800 grams, or just over three pounds. With some caution, it was perfectly fine.
The silver ingot was slightly larger than the gold, though not noticeable to the naked eye. Xiao Yingchun stored it in the interspatial cash register system before resuming dinner with Fu Chenan.
Fu Chenan explained the origins of the two silver and gold ingots: "These aren't something ordinary people would spend. They're kept in the silver shops as a safe haven."
"I exchanged these four privately with the shop. If you need more, I'll go back and exchange them."
Xiao Yingchun waved her hand, "That's enough. No need for now."
Fu Chenan pulled out a purse filled with various Daliang Dynasty copper coins. He had a
bag full of coins, as they were in circulation, from different minting years, including coins from the previous emperor's reign, and even from two or three dynasties before.
"I've sorted these copper coins, five of each kind. I've picked out the damaged and worn ones."
Xiao Yingchun thanked with a smile and put them away again. At the same time, he told Fu Chenan that the warehouse was empty and he could come over tomorrow to pick up another large batch of goods.
Fu Chenan agreed and brought food to Xiao Yingchun.
Tonight's dishes are fried pork slices with green peppers and eggs, and a braised duck. Thanks to the original ecology of the raw materials, the taste is particularly delicious!
The two of them were very satisfied with the meal, and Fu Chenan asked Xiao Yingchun what he wanted to eat tomorrow.
Xiao Yingchun said it didn't matter, and at the same time talked about the decoration upstairs and invited Fu Chenan to go upstairs for a visit.
Of course Fu Chenan wanted to go upstairs for a visit, but the moment Xiao Yingchun took him up the stairs, Fu Chenan stopped.
Fu Chenan's raised foot seemed to be blocked by something and he couldn't go up at all!
He stopped in place, his expression embarrassed and disappointed.
Xiao Yingchun took two steps but didn't see Fu Chen'an following. Turning back, she was slightly startled: So he couldn't get up...
Xiao Yingchun retreated the same way, smiling gently. "It's okay. I'll go up and film you later and show you."
Fu Chen'an nodded, "Okay."
"Wait for me then."
Xiao Yingchun went up and filmed the video, then showed it to Fu Chen'an.
Fu Chen'an nodded repeatedly as he watched, then suddenly asked, "Miss Xiao, can this space-time supermarket be upgraded? After that, can I go upstairs?"
Fu Chen'an couldn't even see the world outside the store's front door; it was just a wall to him.
He could see the stairs leading to the second floor, though he couldn't reach them.
This was completely different from the situation at the front door, and it inevitably gave Fu Chen'an a different kind of wish.
If one day he could reach the second floor, wouldn't that mean he was one step closer to living in Miss Xiao's world?
He was curious and yearning.
But he himself couldn't tell, whether he was longing for this different world, or for the different Miss Xiao.
Xiao Yingchun remembered the previous hint, and looked at the instructions again, thinking that the supermarket should be able to be upgraded.
But how can it be upgraded?
Xiao Yingchun still didn't understand. There was no specific explanation in it.
She pondered for a long time, but couldn't find a clue, so she simply gave up and inferred based on her years of experience in playing games.
"It should be able to be upgraded, but the specific upgrade method is not written. But since it is a supermarket, it must be upgraded by trading?"
Fu Chenan felt that what she said made sense, and followed her train of thought: "Can you upgrade if you do more business?"
Xiao Yingchun: "Maybe... maybe so?"
Fu Chenan immediately became excited: "Then I will go back and plan it out, and see what else I can get to sell to you..."