Chapter 262 Zhuang Shuyuan’s Plan
“Sister Xiangman, does this outfit look good on me?”

“Sister Xiangman, look at this dress of mine. I’ve never worn it before. This time I’m going to the shopping mall, so I’ll just wear it out. It will surely make those men stare at me, haha.”

“Sister Hongmian, I don’t know about other men, but that guy Xia Ming will definitely stare at him, hehe.” Meng Youyou laughed.

Luo Hongmian blushed immediately and said angrily, “Meng Youyou! Don’t think I don’t know that you’ve been very close to that guy named Gu Feng recently. So, are you going to wear this outfit for him to see?”

Meng Youyou was not embarrassed at all, and laughed: “Yes, yes, he wants to ask me to go to the fourth floor to watch a movie. Hehe, I almost forgot that there is such a thing as movies.”

After she finished speaking, Luo Hongmian also sighed and said, “I never thought that we would be able to go shopping one day.”

“After the flood, we kept running away. Now that things have stabilized, we can even watch movies and go shopping. It’s incredible.”

Han Xiangman was sitting aside drinking tea, watching them having fun, and couldn’t help but smile beautifully.

Suddenly, seeing them both feeling melancholy and sentimental, he couldn’t help but be distracted for a moment.

Yes, how long has it been since you went shopping and watched a movie?

She almost forgot that she was once a naive girl.

“Bang, bang, bang, are you guys ready? Hurry up and go. I just heard that Uncle Niu and his crew left at four in the morning.”

“Liao Tao, Meng Guangli and the others left last night and never came back.”

Xia Ming and Gao Li’s shouts were heard outside.

The three women in the room were immediately shocked. Luo Hongmian quickly opened the door and saw Xia Ming and Gao Li urging them outside with umbrellas.

Luo Hongmian asked, “What did you just say? Uncle Niu and his men set out in the early morning?”

Meng Youyou also stuck his head out and couldn’t help but ask, “Is there anyone guarding there at night? Is this necessary?”

Gao Li hurriedly whispered, “Let me tell you, I just got the news that the mall is opening and there will be discounts throughout the store. There won’t be this price in the future.”

“Besides, the items inside are limited in quantity. If one is sold, there will be one less. How can everyone not be anxious?”

“Wow! Hurry up, Sister Xiangman, let’s go.” When Luo Hongmian heard this, she became anxious and turned around to shout Han Xiangman.

Han Xiangman also quickly stood up and said, “I didn’t expect it to be so lively. Let’s go over there quickly.”

Meng Youyou said anxiously: “I haven’t changed my clothes yet.”

“Let’s go find a deserted place over there to change, so as not to get dirty with mud and water on the way.” Luo Hongmian said quickly.

At that moment, several people hurried out.

When I went out, I found that a large group of people were heading towards the Fire Bamboo Forest one after another.

In the entire mining area, except for the patrol personnel who need to be on duty, basically everyone is out!
Han Xiangman even saw several patrol team members on duty today pulling their good friends and eagerly asking them to help carry things.

Only then did Han Xiangman realize that the opening of Yangshan Shopping Center might really be very popular!
At this time, the sky was slightly bright, people were hurrying on the road, and everyone was crowded and enthusiastic.

“Oh, I wonder what’s available in the shopping mall today. Will there be any alcohol? Oh, I really want to have that.”

“How could there be alcohol? It must be some daily necessities. I guess it’s just some rice, flour, and maybe a lot of red meat and white meat.”

“That’s quite generous. The weather is getting colder, so shouldn’t we prepare more food?”

“I just want to buy some toilet paper or something. This guy uses leaves to wipe his ass every day, and it stinks all day long.”

“Forget about toilet paper. It was already submerged in the flood. It will rot if it touches water. How could it be possible?”

“Old Sun, what about you? What do you want to buy?”

“I want to buy two sets of clothes. Hey, I’ve been wearing this set of clothes for half a year. I really have nothing to change into.”

“Oh, now that you mention it, I also want to buy two thick clothes. It’s getting cold, and I’m still wearing summer clothes. We are not supernatural beings, so we can’t be easily moved.”

“I don’t know if there are any quilts for sale. I’m still very cold on the haystack tonight. It would be great if I could spread out a quilt and cover myself with another one.”

……

People on the street were chatting with each other, discussing what to buy.

Some people even made a list of supplies.

At the same time, a large number of people had already gathered in the fire bamboo forest.

The three shelter staff members who had been in charge of the work did not go back at all. They all stayed up all night in the fire bamboo forest.

Beside Zhuang Shuyuan, Gao Jie and Bai Zhilei were sitting around the fire with her.

About ten meters away from their fire, there was a bigger fire.

Sitting there were a group of men led by Li Yuejin.

Gao Jie looked over there, a little angry, and whispered: “I didn’t expect that Li Yuejin, that old guy, would forget about our friendship and want to be our boss as soon as Brother Meng left.”

“Cheng Zhanpeng, Yuan Rui and these bastards actually listened to him. I’m so pissed off.”

Bai Zhilei roasted a piece of taro and whispered, “The key is that Yawei also went there. Sister Zhuang, what should we do now?”

Zhuang Shuyuan has completely lost this time, and Wu Wangting’s group has been completely divided.

There were almost no people left around her, most of them followed Li Yuejin.

Now only Bai Zhilei and Gao Jie are left.

Zhuang Shuyuan looked calm and was not angry or anything.

She had already come to terms with it. Without Wu Meng, it would be difficult for her to gather her original group of people again.

But compared to going to the military base, she still has hope if she stays here.

This hope is Liang Yuan, the owner of this shelter!
She keenly noticed that Liang Yuan looked at her differently.

Several times when Liang Yuan went to find Song Wen, she took the initiative to approach him, trying to get close to Liang Yuan.

Liang Yuan did not refuse, which made her ecstatic.

What does not refusing mean?
This means that there is hope for Zhuang Shuyuan!
This Mr. Liang probably has some ideas about himself!

This is not because of her confidence, but based on her understanding of men.

She is very clear about her advantages. She has good looks and a good figure, but most importantly, she has an incomparable noble temperament.

Any man in a high position will try to find ways to put others down and shatter his nobility.

She knew these assholes too well.

Zhuang Shuyuan said calmly: “Instead of worrying about this here, you might as well think about what you should buy when the shopping mall opens.”

Gao Jie heard this and immediately said, “I heard that the shopping center has a lot of precious items for sale this time. I wonder if there are any weapons. I really like the [Sharp] series of weapons blessed by Mr. Yang, but I don’t usually have the chance to buy them.”

Bai Zhilei couldn’t help but ask, “Sister Gao, why do you need cold weapons? Your mental power illusion is so powerful, do you really need close combat weapons?”

Gao Jie rolled her eyes at her and said, “Just say you are a nanny and don’t know anything. Mental power illusions can only trap the enemy, not kill them.”

“What if the opponent can stack armor and has strong defensive capabilities? What’s the point of trapping him with my mental power? At this time, don’t I need a handy weapon to cooperate with my mental power illusion?”

Bai Zhilei let out an “uh” sound. She was a healing psychic and was definitely not good at combat.

Gao Jie asked, “What about you, Naibai, do you want to buy anything?”

Bai Zhilei scratched her head. “I heard that Captain Wang An of the patrol team has figured out how to combine his special abilities with food. He wants to open a snack shop and make food supplements for healing injuries. I plan to go take a look and buy some to study.”

“You know, my Nutri-Express can be considered food, but the product is definitely a bit monotonous. I plan to learn from others. Maybe I can open a healing snack shop in the future.”

Gao Jie couldn’t help but say, “Your idea is brilliant. Wow, if you open a store in the future, it will definitely sell very well. There are only a few people in the patrol team who can treat patients now.”

“Items like yours will definitely be popular in the future, Naibai. If you open a store, you must invite me and Sister Zhuang. We will invest in you.”

Bai Zhilei smiled, then turned to look at Zhuang Shuyuan, and couldn’t help asking, “Sister Yuan, what about you? What do you want to buy?”

Zhuang Shuyuan looked at Bai Zhilei with admiration. According to Bai Zhilei’s idea, Bai Zhilei might be able to have a successful life in Yangshan Shelter in the future.

Hearing Bai Zhilei asking her, Zhuang Shuyuan smiled and said, “You guys, just want to open a store, have you ever asked how many points you need to rent a store in a shopping mall?”

They were both stunned for a moment, and then they couldn’t help but shake their heads.

Bai Zhilei asked quickly, “Sister Zhuang, do you know?” Zhuang Shuyuan raised her lips and said, “I have inquired about it. Currently, most of the stores in the shopping center are opened by Mr. Liang himself, but if we want to rent them, it is not difficult.”

“First, we have to get through this month of service.”

“Mr. Liang will reorganize us and assign us to different departments at that time.”

“As women and people with special abilities, we will receive some special privileges. We can choose not to go out on field missions, but to do logistics work in the shelter instead.”

“Opening a store is one way, but you need to pay enough points to rent a store.”

“Sister Zhuang, how many points do you need?” Gao Jie was impatient and asked quickly.

Zhuang Shuyuan raised her hand and extended an index finger.

“One thousand points?”

Zhuang Shuyuan rolled her eyes at her and said, “You’ve already earned a thousand points just by catching a few hundred fish. How can it be so cheap?”

“Ah? Does it cost 10,000 points?” Gao Jie asked in shock, his mouth wide open.

Zhuang Shuyuan said: “Well, 10,000 points, and this is one month’s rent.”

“Oh, how long will it take to save up so many points? And I have to pay it once a month, how can I get them all?” Gao Jie couldn’t help but said in frustration.

Zhuang Shuyuan was quite speechless and said, “Gao Jie, you are just short-sighted. Ten thousand points is more? Let me tell you, this is because there are not many people in the shelter right now, so it is so cheap. Do you believe it or not, after a while, the rent will only increase, no more, no less?”

“Ah? It’s going to increase? Then… who can have so many points? Even those old people in the Fire Bamboo Forest who followed Mr. Liang can’t come up with so many points at once, right?”

Gao Jie couldn’t help but say this, because she knew that the Yangshan Shelter’s point system was actually only implemented this month, and there was no point system before.

So how can anyone accumulate 10,000 points in just one month?

Zhuang Shuyuan shook her head slightly: “You, it’s obvious that you have never done business before. If you really start a business, you will know how quickly you can make money.”

“Of course, the first round of funding is always the most difficult, but if one person can’t collect so many points, can’t we collect it with more people?”

“Ten thousand points may sound like a lot, but in reality, there are thirty days in a month, so on average, there are only a little over three thousand points a day.”

“More than 3,000 points. Based on the three of us, it would be enough for each person to earn 1,000 points per day on average.”

“Let’s not talk about doing business, let’s just go fishing. If we’re lucky, we can get a thousand points a day.”

“So this price is actually very cheap. When more and more people come to Yangshan Shelter, the business will only get better and better, and the points earned will only increase. Do you understand?”

Gao Jie was confused. After Zhuang Shuyuan’s explanation, it seemed that 10,000 points a month was not a lot.

“Then Sister Zhuang, are you planning to rent a store to do business?” Bai Zhilei grasped the key point and asked immediately.

Zhuang Shuyuan nodded: “We should find a better position to take it down before others realize it.”

“How many points do you two have now?”

Bai Zhilei said subconsciously: “I seem to only have more than 2,000 points.”

“What? Naibai, what did you do? You have accumulated more than 2,000 points?” Gao Jie looked up in shock and looked at Bai Zhilei in disbelief.

Bai Zhilei counted on her fingers and said, “Two thousand points is a lot? I use my supernatural power to make Nutri-Express healing water every day. One bottle costs one point. Many people who are exhausted from work will buy a bottle from me. If I am not short of supernatural power, I will definitely earn more.”

Gao Jie was stunned and said, “No wonder you want to open a store. Selling therapeutic food is so profitable?”

“How about you, Miss Gao? How much did you earn?”

Gao Jie’s face turned bitter, and he said, “I think I only have more than 900 points, and that’s because I found a really good edible mutant plant, and Captain Song Wen gave me 500 points. The other 400 points were all earned by me through hard work, such as fishing, hunting, clearing wasteland, and moving bricks.”

What she said sounded pitiful, and it was true in fact. You really can’t earn many points by fishing and hunting outside, and it is time-consuming and laborious.

Being responsible for reclaiming wasteland and cultivating land, digging mountains and opening holes are all physical jobs, and the points given are very few.

Since they were all serving in the military, Liang Yuan was already merciful by not letting them work for nothing.

Bai Zhilei couldn’t help pouting and said, “Isn’t that just over 3,000 points? Isn’t that still 7,000 points short?”

“Sister Zhuang, how many points do you have?” Bai Zhilei couldn’t help but look at Zhuang Shuyuan. Now her only hope lies with Zhuang Shuyuan.

Zhuang Shuyuan shook her head: “Didn’t you see that I have even fewer points, only over 700 points.”

In fact, this was what she had earned with all her efforts.

Her special ability is very embarrassing. It is similar to the ability of mind reading. It cannot allow her to go out with the patrol team to catch fish, hunt, dig mountains and do other physical work. As a woman, she cannot do it for long even if she has special abilities.

Taking this into consideration, Song Wen let her stay in the planting area and help Aunt Li and the others take care of the crops.

But how many points can you get by taking care of the crops?
These days, she has been using her mind-reading ability to make Aunt Li and the others happy. Aunt Li is very caring towards her and often assigns her some jobs that earn good points, so she has accumulated more than 700 points.

Otherwise, she would have a hard time getting even 700 points.

“Ah? What should we do? The three of us, combined, only have about 4,000 points. We still need 6,000 points. How can we open a store?” Bai Zhilei said dejectedly.

Gao Jie couldn’t help but say, “Besides, we spent all our points on renting a shop. After we open the shop, we still have to pay for food and drink.”

“How about I go to Yue Yawei to borrow some?” Gao Jie hesitated for a moment and couldn’t help but say.

Bai Zhilei couldn’t help but say, “I think it’s okay. Yawei works at the breeding farm and is responsible for aphrodisiac mating for the animals. She should have a lot of points.”

“I’m afraid she won’t lend it to me. I heard that she is in love with Yuan Rui. Now they are both trying to buy some belongings and are planning to settle down outside Huozhulin.” Gao Jie whispered.

Bai Zhilei was helpless and a little discouraged.

Zhuang Shuyuan was not in a hurry and said, “Don’t worry, I have already thought of a solution.”

“any solution?”

Bai Zhilei and Gao Jie couldn’t help but look over.

Zhuang Shuyuan smiled and said, “Our service period is one month. After this month, we will be considered free men. Now, even if we want to rent a shop, Mr. Liang will not allow us to do so.”

“That’s what I was thinking. There will definitely be a lot of good stuff at the opening, and everyone will definitely want to get their hands on it, but everyone has a limited number of points.”

“There should be a large number of people who don’t have enough points. Why don’t we just not spend the points we have and lend them to others instead?”

“We will lend them money for one month, with a relatively high interest rate. After all, they are in a hurry to buy things. The things in the shopping mall must be cheap and the quantity is limited. No one can resist, and someone will definitely borrow them.”

“Our first round of funding started with lending.”

“By next month, we will get back the money with interest. In addition, we will be able to save up a lot of points in the whole month of next month. In this way, we can collect a total of 10,000 points.”

“By then, we will have enough points, and our status will have changed from service personnel to free personnel, so we can go to Mr. Liang to rent a store.”

When she said this, her eyes were full of wisdom, and coupled with her noble temperament, she was truly charming.

Bai Zhilei and Gao Jie were both attracted by her temperament and couldn’t help but admire her.

Gao Jie slapped his thigh immediately and said, “I think it’s okay! At most, we will just suffer for the first month.”

Bai Zhilei came back to her senses and couldn’t help but frowned and said, “Sister Zhuang, what if, I mean what if, what if we can’t get back the loan we lent out?”

Zhuang Shuyuan immediately laughed and said, “No.”

“There will be a wave of personnel transfers soon. Mr. Liang will rearrange our group of people. By then, some will take up their posts and some will be left behind…”

When she said this, she paused slightly. Wasn’t she one of the people who fell into the dust?

After a pause, she said nonchalantly, “There are often some disturbances at this time, and Mr. Liang will definitely catch a few typical cases and severely punish them.”

“So no one dares to make mistakes at this time, and no one dares to cause trouble. We follow the rules and do things. If we encounter injustice, we will complain to the higher-ups.”

“A new official has three big things to do when he takes office, and those new people in charge are looking for an opportunity to start a new one.”

“Any smart person would not default on their debt and cause trouble at this time.”

“So, there won’t be any problem with our loan this time, but we’ll only do it for one month.”

After listening to her analysis, the two girls nodded and felt that it made sense.

As we were talking, we suddenly heard someone shouting in the distance, “It’s seven o’clock! The shopping mall is open!”

In an instant, everyone in the fire bamboo forest stood up and rushed to the shopping mall excitedly!

(End of this chapter)