Chapter 68 – The Granny Who Sold Seeds

Seeing that Chu Jiangyue was insistent and had no intention of lowering the price, Song Chengjun finally had to compromise.

“Alright, then prepare 1,000 copies for me. But could you help adjust it so the three-day countdown only starts when we actually use the flyers?”

Otherwise, if he brought them back and people weren’t yet arranged, the flyers would expire for nothing. That would be wasted money.

“Host, I can modify that setting. When you want to use the flyer, just tear off the upper right corner along the dotted line, and it will still expire three days later.”

The little fox had just made the flyers however it liked before, but now that Song Chengjun was paying, it didn’t mind fulfilling a small request.

After all, it would still collect energy in the end.

Chu Jiangyue remained expressionless and nodded to Song Chengjun. “Fine, I can make that improvement according to your request. But it will take some time. Pay 30% upfront, then come tomorrow to pick up the flyers.”

The distance from Jianglin Hotel to B City’s safe base was quite far, and she didn’t want to leave without doing anything.

Today she planned to stay overnight at the base, and this also had to be arranged by Song Chengjun.

“Help us arrange a place to stay.”

Chu Jiangyue wasn’t the least bit polite when giving orders.

Song Chengjun glanced at Chu Jiangyue and Shen Zhigui’s group of five, then finally nodded. “Come with me.”

As the captain of B City’s patrol squad, he had the authority to arrange housing for people.

He led Chu Jiangyue’s group of six through several turns until they came to a desolate villa that clearly had no residents.

“I know you value privacy. This place is remote, hardly anyone comes here.

No one has lived in this house, so if you want to stay, just give it a quick cleaning.”

After saying that, he looked at Chu Jiangyue.

“It’s not free, is it? How much per night?”

Though the place was a bit rundown, Chu Jiangyue had lived in worse slums in her previous life. An empty villa was nothing to complain about.

“As expected, Boss Chu understands me. Normally, these houses aren’t for short-term rental—the minimum is six months.

But with me here, I got you special approval for just two days. Ten tier-one zombie crystal cores per night. This is a discounted price, unique to me.”

Song Chengjun tried hard to present himself well in front of her, hoping to leave a good impression.

“This is way more expensive than my hotel.”

At Jianglin Hotel, rooms came with water and electricity. A simple single room only cost 100 copper coins—about one zombie crystal core.

Here, the house had nothing but space, worlds apart from Jianglin Hotel.

But since there was no other choice, she had to accept.

Just as she reached for her system backpack to take out crystal cores, Shen Zhigui stopped her.

“We’ve been hitching rides in your car, even ate a lot of your food at lunch. We can’t keep letting you cover everything. We’ll handle the rent.”

He looked at Jiang He, who immediately understood and pulled out ten tier-one zombie crystal cores, handing them over to Song Chengjun.

Song accepted them without hesitation. “I’ll get the base commander to approve the deposit, then bring it to you tonight.”

Then he quickly turned and left, afraid Chu Jiangyue would insist on getting the deposit immediately.

Chu Jiangyue: …

Did she look like someone who forced people into buying things?

“We’ll clean the rooms. You just pick where you want to stay.”

Though Chu Jiangyue often acted tough, she was still a girl. With several men around, it didn’t seem right to let her do the work.

“Exactly, Boss Chu, just choose a room. We’ll tidy up.”

The others agreed, not finding Shen Zhigui’s gesture strange.

After all, when traveling, it was natural to take care of a girl—so long as she got along with them.

If she were spoiled and unreasonable, they wouldn’t have been so willing.

Everyone carried a little double standard in them.

Chu Jiangyue originally felt awkward, but seeing their insistence, she gave in.

“Then you handle this. I’ll take a walk outside.”

They had only just entered the trading district earlier when Song Chengjun came. There were still many places she hadn’t browsed.

She remembered that in her previous life, there had been an old granny in the market who sold seeds.

But seeds couldn’t be eaten or grown, so almost no one cared about her stall.

It was only by chance that she noticed it once and occasionally bought some.

Back then, she had already been cheated out of many supplies by Jiang Zhenzhen, living frugally, so she couldn’t afford to buy much from the granny.

But now it was different. She wasn’t the gullible fool who believed Jiang Zhenzhen’s every word anymore.

And this time she had enough supplies to buy all the seeds the granny had.

She wanted to test whether the seeds could grow in Jianglin Hotel.

If they could, she could post a long-term mission to collect seeds, letting hotel guests help her gather them.

Thinking about this, she wandered through the market following her memories.

“Miss, want to buy a bag?”

“Hand-carved woodwork, miss, want to take a look?”

…

The moment she entered the market, vendors immediately targeted her.

After all, quite a few people had seen her earlier trading several ears of corn for jade bracelets at a stall.

But back then she had Shen Zhigui and the others with her, and later Song Chengjun also showed up, so nobody dared to approach her.

Unexpectedly, now she came alone—an easy target.

As soon as she entered, countless vendors started calling out to her.

But Chu Jiangyue ignored them all. Perhaps because they knew she was acquainted with Song Chengjun and had several strong men with her earlier, they didn’t dare block her path—only call out from the side.

Following her memory, she wound through the stalls until she reached a lonely corner, where a piece of worn cloth lay on the ground with a few packets of seeds on top.

Judging from the timing, in her last life she had only discovered this stall nearly a year into the apocalypse.

Now she was using her rebirth to her advantage.

“Granny, how much for these seeds?”

She squatted in front of the stall, softening her voice as she asked.

“You… you want to buy?”

The granny was surprised. She hadn’t expected the girl who ignored all the other vendors to finally stop at her stall.

“Yes. I’m a wood-type ability user. I want to see if I can grow them.”