Real World Simulator

"Sub-quest: [Flying locust]"

"Mission description: Migratory locusts cover the sky, the sun is colorless, and the wild old fields are weeping and bleeding. You can't catch them with your clothes and feet. The big leaves are empty and the small branches are broken. The green grass has no roots and the soil splits itself. The old tree has no color and life disappears. Covering the sky and covering the sky, the land is boundless and lonely"

"Mission Objective: Survive safely for one month (Fang Sanduo, Huang Mei)"

"Task reward: mask grid +50, physical recovery potion (general)*1 (both Fang Sanduo and Huangmei survived successfully, reward random opportunity*1)"

Fang Yu's eyes lit up when he saw this mission.

He first noticed that Fang Sanduo and Huang Mei were included in the system task now!

Before that, the system had always focused on his personal survival.

But obviously after Fang Yu's several choices, the system complied with Fang Yu's will and included Fang Sanduo and Huang Mei into the task considerations.

Fang Yu can still survive alone, but if he brings these two people along, his difficulty will increase, but correspondingly, because of this change, the system has a new reward mechanism!

Random chance*1

This is a reward that has never appeared in the previous few worlds.

However, according to the settings of the simulator, each simulated world, the task mechanism and even the rewards that appear in the system will have different changes.

Like the first world, the quest mechanics are quests and achievement badges.

The rewards are all skills, and the second world cannot be counted, because Fang Yu changed the world line.

But in the third world, in addition to achievements and tasks, the skills rewarded have become memory infusions that conform to the world view, and even technology card draws appeared later!

It can be said that the gameplay and experience of each world are different.

Then, this so-called random opportunity is a unique reward in this world.

However, correspondingly, the difficulty of the task has increased a lot.

The locust plague, once the locust plague really arrives, the next step will obviously be a food crisis.

Food for three people for a month, that's a big problem.

Hey. Eat, eat, eat! After coming to this world, I can't get past this mouth!

This is not a chaotic world, this is clearly the end of the famine!

Fang Yu had no choice but to comfort Fang Sanduo and Huang Mei when they saw the lingering fear.

"Uncle! Auntie, it's okay. Even if it's a locust plague, it's hard to put it bluntly. The ones who suffer should be Taguchi Village. What we have to do is to spend all the money and buy more food for preparation."

Although Fang Yu's words were biased, but the so-called dead friends never die poor, Fang Sanduo really relaxed a lot after thinking that the biggest property of himself and others in this village was this hut.

But then, he reacted.

"Yes! Yes! I have to buy more food and salt before no one responds!"

As he spoke, Fang Sanduo immediately took out the remaining four taels of silver from the family.

After all, this place belongs to the south. Because of the abundance of food here, the price of grain and rice is still much lower than that in the north. For four taels of silver, four thousand guan, Fang Sanduo can buy it at the grain shop in the county for about Hundreds of catties of rice!

Of course, it is impossible to buy grain and rice, but also some salt.

On the way to escape from famine, Fang Yu and the others barely survived with the salt they stored until the end. If they didn't buy salt, their bodies would change if they didn't consume salt for a long time.

Puffy, swollen, and weak limbs.

Compared with grain and rice, salt is much more expensive, and a catty of coarse salt is about 400 Wen.

With a balance between the two sides, Fang San's extra money is enough to buy two catties of coarse salt and a load of grain and rice.

But even so, a load of food is enough for Fang Yu and the three of them to feed for a month.

If you look at it this way, it doesn't seem like the task is too difficult?

Could it be that the county has started to raise prices now?

Seeing that Fang Sanduo was about to go out alone, Fang Yu finally held him back.

With so much food, rice and salt, the last time Fang Sanduo went to the county town, he would meet food grabbers. This time Fang Yu didn't worry about him going alone.

Moreover, it is too conspicuous for a person to carry so much grain and rice.

So, in the end Fang Yu and Fang Sanduo chose to pull out their old hero - the two-wheeled carriage.

Not to mention the practicality of this carriage, the three of them have used their emotions for this journey alone, so even though it was a bit worn out, they did not throw it away or destroy it.

At any rate, it can also be a cart, right?

Leaving Huang Mei alone to look after the house, Fang Yu and Fang Sanduo drove the carriage towards the county town.

Along the way, they met people from the same village, so they went to the county to see a doctor on the pretext that Fang Sanduo was unwell.

The big guys in the village don't know much about Fang Yu's family now, so they didn't ask any more questions, allowing them to arrive at the county seat smoothly.

This time they didn't rush too much. In order to relieve their mood along the way, Fang Yu and Fang Sanduo chatted and pulled the cart in a calm manner.

The position of the front pull car was specially modified once before, and a protruding carport was repaired to protect it from rain and sun.

Viewed from the side, it looks like a large rickshaw.

It's just that this "rickshaw" needs two people to pull it, or it needs to be a martial arts practitioner with the same physique as Fang Yu.

The two arrived at the county seat in a short time with a cart, and the guard at the gate simply looked at their documents and let them enter the city.

The so-called documents are similar to modern residence permits, and the dental guard will only let the two people in with this certificate.

In addition to checking the documents, the dental guard carefully checked the carriage that Fang Yu and the two were pulling. After confirming that there was no problem, he waved his hand to let the two of them pull in.

This is Fang Yu's first time in the city.

This is the first time he has entered a county with this ancient perspective.

But the scene that caught his eyes disappointed him greatly.

There is no high bluestone city wall here, only a stone wall full of rustic atmosphere that looks more like a mud and stone block.

It's like the kind of fence built by Fang Yu's hometown in the countryside.

It is no more than three meters high and no more than a few tens of centimeters wide.

Behind the stone wall, there are two sentry posts about five meters high made of wood. The gate to enter the city is made of solid materials, made of solid wood cutting boards about ten centimeters thick. Going up, Fang Yu felt that if he wanted to attack the city, it would be easier to tear down the stone wall next to him.

After entering the city, the ground is not a bluestone road, but a solid dirt road.

It's just that these dirt roads have been constantly trampled and compacted, and now the hardness is comparable to rocks.

The ground is fairly flat, and it can be seen that there are still traces of repairs on this road, and some of the pits that have been trampled and collapsed have traces of new soil.

There are not many people in the county.

There are not too many vendors setting up stalls on the street.

Basically, there are vendors who set up stalls only next to some shops.

There are sugar people, pancakes, wontons, and sugar water.

The yelling of these vendors was loud, but very regular. Fang Yu found that they seemed to have a tacit understanding. Once the vendors next to them yelled, the other vendors stopped yelling, and yelled one by one in a very orderly manner.

In this way, the county residents and villagers who come and go next to them will not be impatient because of the loud yelling, and everyone's guests can also be led to the front of the stall following the yelling.

There are very few types of shops here.

Except for pawnshops, grain and rice shops, sesame oil shops, clothing stores, and restaurants that are necessary for life, there are no other shops such as rouge shops, inns, restaurants, and brothels that are common in film and television dramas.

But after thinking about it, Fang Yu understood why there was no more.

If the store wants to revitalize it, it needs a flow of people.

This is just a small county, not a state capital, a county capital, etc. The population is small, so the flow of people is less.

And most of the people here are not rich.

In this way, high-end consumer places such as rouge shops, jewelry stores, restaurants, and brothels have no place to survive here. If they open here, they are basically waiting to go bankrupt.

Fang Yu and Fang Sanduo came to a grain and rice store.

Fang Yu looked at the current market price.

Eighty coins and one fight.

Fang Yu didn't know if the price was expensive, but seeing Fang Sanduo frowning, he knew that the price was obviously a bit high.

"Shopkeeper, the price of grain and rice has gone up now?"

A short and fat boss who was sitting in the shop doing abacus stopped fiddling with the abacus, looked up at Fang Sanduo, and saw that he was wearing simple trousers and linen clothes. After taking a look, he lowered his head and explained in a flat tone while continuing to calculate the accounts.

"That's right, it's all going up. Now the neighboring county is being gnawed by locusts because of the plowing fields. Now the price of food has been rising. If you want to buy it, hurry up. It won't be the price tomorrow."

As he said that, the fat boss raised his head to think for a while, then looked at the account book, then shook his head, walked out from behind the counter, walked to the side of the rice bag, pushed the clerk standing there away, and glanced at the book. Wooden sign on bag of rice.

Then, the guy stretched out his round fat hand, took the wooden sign off the rice bag, turned it over, and inserted it again.

"One hundred wen/dou"

"Hey, shopkeeper, if you say it will go up, it will go up!"

Fang Sanduo realized that he just asked a question, and the fat shopkeeper actually started to raise the price in front of his face, and his tone immediately became a little annoyed.

Isn't this bullying honest people? !

As a result, the fat shopkeeper ignored him at all, left behind a word, and walked behind the counter again.

"Would you like to buy or not~ I can tell you, I'm the only grain store in this city now, and the other grain stores have been closed a few days ago and don't sell them. If you don't want to sell them, go look elsewhere."

Good guy, this is still a monopoly business!

And what he said was indeed correct. Fang Yu and Fang Sanduo had already walked around the city, and found that this grain shop was indeed still open, and the other grain shops were closed. They knocked around the door, but no one came out.

After the fat shopkeeper finished speaking, he looked up at Fang Sanduo's poor face again, a trace of unbearableness flashed in his eyes, and he couldn't help it, so he said a word more.

"Listen to me, if you run out of food at home, buy it quickly if you want to buy it. In a few days, you probably won't be able to buy it, or you won't be able to afford it anymore."

His tone was quite sincere, but in Fang Sanduo's eyes it seemed quite harsh.

Fang Yu looked at Fang Sanduo who seemed to be swearing in a low voice, then took out the money bag, deducted a couple of pieces of silver from the bag, and said to the shop owner.

"Weigh a load for me!"

The fat shopkeeper looked surprised.

He thought that Fang Sanduo would buy it, but he didn't expect that he would buy so much!

What's more, it still uses silver money!

There was a flash of surprise in his eyes, but he didn't go out much, but shouted to the clerk who was watching the store outside.

"Why are you standing there?! Don't want wages anymore? Why don't you weigh a load of rice for the guests?!"

The clerk didn't expect that the Kuhaha in front of him actually took out the silver taels from his pocket, and he was stunned for a moment. After knowing the fat shopkeeper scolded him, he stretched out his hand to take the silver coins carefully, and took the silver coins to the counter. Before, give the money to the fat shopkeeper.

The fat shopkeeper picked up the silver coin and turned it upside down, then pinched it with his fingernails, looked at the pinch marks, and then dropped it on a metal plate of a small weighing pan.

"Ding lang lang~"

There was a crisp crashing sound, and the fat shopkeeper nodded, making sure that it was real silver, and then took a small scale to weigh it. After making sure that there was no shortage, he took out a piece of grain from the drawer under the counter. Pass the ticket to the clerk.

The clerk took the food stamp, turned around and went to the back of the warehouse to carry a sack of grain and rice up.

Put the grain and rice in front of Fang Sanduo with a "boom", and after untying the mouth of the sack, let Fang Sanduo check it.

Fang Sanduo used a rice spoon to scoop a few spoonfuls in the bag, and after making sure that there was no rice or stones mixed in, he nodded.

Then, in front of Fang Sanduo, the power source took out a large scale beam. One end of the scale beam is a hook, which is directly hung on the sack, and the other side is a weight. Then he took the handle in the middle and pulled it hard. Mi was barely pulled up by him, maintaining a certain balance with the weight next to him.

The scale on the scale is ten, which means that this is one load, ten buckets.

Then, he put down the rice bag and gave Fang Sanduo the rice bag including the food coupons given by the boss.

This food stamp is a voucher, which means that the rice grain is purchased from formal channels, and there is a weight on it.

A big "Dan" was written in black and white on a white paper, with the name of the county, the name of the shop, and the name of the shop owner underneath.

This is the normal grain buying process.

Fang Sanduo looked at the bag of rice, and hugged the rice bag happily and contentedly, feeling very happy in his heart.

But after thinking about it again, maybe he was frightened by hunger before, and a load would have been enough, but he finally gritted his teeth, took out another tael of silver, and said to the clerk.

"Give me another load!"

In the end, when Fang Sanduo went out, the fat shopkeeper kept sending them off at the door, and let the shop assistant help carry the two bags of rice into the carriage.

Fang Sanduo bought so much rice at one time, everyone in the county town couldn't help but stop and watch, seeing the price of 100 cents a bucket hanging next to the fat shopkeeper, discussing it one after another.

"This shopkeeper Bai is really black! It used to be forty coins a fight, but now it's mentioned 100 coins! Who will buy it!"

"Didn't someone buy this? Hey, I bought a lot of them. Can't it be the shopkeeper Bai who asked for it?"

"Whether he trusts it or not, it seems that there is not enough food recently. Now it's shopkeeper Bai's family. Should I also buy some and go back to store it?"

"Yes, yes, the other shops are closed now! Obviously our place is fine, but this is like a famine, it's ridiculous"

There were many discussions around, but Fang Sanduo and Fang Yu could only pretend not to hear them.

After all, the geographical environment in the south is relatively superior. Droughts rarely occur here, and floods are the most frequent.

As for famine, there was basically no such thing.

Therefore, the residents here don't take the locust plague very seriously.

Anyway, it's not their turn yet, so why worry?

As for Fang Sanduo, a deserter like Fang Sanduo who is already a bit of a ghost, he doesn't care whether the locust plague is real or not, he can only feel at ease when the food arrives home.

After buying rice, they went to buy kosher salt, cauliflower oil, and some condiments and necessities before they drove back with the nearly full carriage.

Of course, the price is that the money bag is now gone.

It was empty.