Xia Qing had also checked some market prices beforehand, and this price of 3,000 yuan per word was already very high for her first publication without any fame.

“Okay!”

“Then I’ll sign the contract. The payment will be transferred to you within two hours, and your authorship will be retained.”

“This piece has a total of three hundred and twenty words, at three thousand yuan per word, the price is nine hundred and sixty thousand yuan.”

The agent’s name was Jiang Nan, and she handed the contract to her.

After looking at it and finding no problems, the two signed the contract.

“Happy cooperation.”

“Happy cooperation.”

Jiang Nan liked Xia Qing very much, mainly because she also liked reading novels, especially those about powerful female protagonists.

“Miss Xia, if you have any good pieces in the future, you can send them to me. I hope we can have a long-term cooperation.”

“No problem!”

With the contract completed and Jiang Nan having other matters to attend to, the song had been purchased, and the subsequent creation process needed to be accelerated.

Good lyrics and melodies were too scarce these days, almost all the same. Finding a good piece was already very difficult.

When Yue Le’s new song came out, it might even become popular again.

Grandma’s surgery was very successful, and she would be able to fully recover with just a few more days of rest.

“Mom, let me go back with you this time.”

“Lin Ze just got engaged, aren’t you staying?” Grandma was still worried about her eldest daughter.

“The wedding is next year, so there’s no rush.” Yang Mei still wanted to go home to take care of her mother.

She hadn’t been around for so many years.

“I’m fine, and there’s Xia Qing and Zhiyuan, so don’t worry.” Grandma patted Yang Mei’s hand to reassure her.

As expected of a major hospital in Shanghai, the surgery was very smooth, and she could be discharged after observing for two days.

“Such a major surgery and they’re letting her go after only staying for a week.” Yang Xia frowned, feeling uneasy.

She had stayed in the county hospital for more than half a month back then.

Xia Qing smiled and said, “Bed space is very tight in big hospitals. Grandma’s surgery went smoothly, so naturally she’s being discharged early.”

Xia Qing bought the tickets for the return trip, directly buying business class seats on the high-speed train, which were quieter and more comfortable.

In the other timeline, Su Yu and his people had already begun migrating to the villa area.

Su Yu said, “Let a few evolved people live in this villa, and arrange the two newcomers to a place first.”

There was an underground warehouse under this villa that could be used to store supplies.

Li Yao said, “The generator has already started working, and those people have been assigned jobs.”

“There’s too little labor. We have less than three hundred people, more than a hundred elderly and children, and less than 200 who can work.”

“If only we had a radio station, we could search and notify other surviving humans.”

Su Yu immediately thought of a solution. Xia Qing’s timeline had more advanced technology, so she might have a way.

He wrote it down in the notes on his phone, and would ask Xia Qing to help him find it later.

“Settle these people down first.”

They had only just started eating food and needed to recover slowly. They couldn’t recover all at once.

“She said it’s milk tea, share it and try it.”

With that, Su Yu conjured up more than 20 cups of milk tea out of thin air.

There was Farewell My Concubine, Mixue Ice City, and iced coffee.

“I’ll take it for my son to drink.” Li Yao unceremoniously took two cups.

Everyone else took a cup each.

Su Yu randomly grabbed a flavor and took a sip. It tasted bitter, and he looked down at the milk tea.

“So delicious! Mine is still iced, and there are ice cubes in it, so refreshing!” Zhang Liang couldn’t help but praise.

He had never had these kinds of drinks before.

While drinking, Zhang Liang didn’t forget to say, “Brother Yu, we’ve looted a lot of good stuff from the other villas and moved them to the room on the west side of the first floor.”

“Okay!”

When Xia Qing needed it, he would put it in the space.

This was a wealthy villa area, located in the suburbs on the west side of the city.

They had surrounded it with fences that would shock any approaching zombies.

Occasionally, some wandering zombies would come during the day, but they were all killed by the evolved people.

Fences alone were definitely not enough. Building walls with cement and steel bars would be even safer.

Su Yu was already thinking about how to build it, and gave Xia Qing a list of the things he needed.

Xia Qing couldn’t sleep at night either, and saw the message Su Yu had left for her.

“I’ll buy you some drones and surveillance cameras, plus a regional network, so you can detect zombies in real time.”

“~~”

Su Yu was a little confused by what she said, but he knew about surveillance cameras, but they weren’t very common in his era.

“Okay, thank you!” Su Yu was very grateful to Xia Qing.

That day, he was injured and went without water or food for several days. The whole world was plunged into darkness, but she gave him hope to live.

“No need to say thank you, I should be thanking you.”

Thank you for making me so rich! Otherwise, her grandma probably wouldn’t have had the money for surgery and would have been given up on a life that could have lasted a few more years.

It was a kind of mutual redemption.

Xia Qing immediately went on JD.com and ordered several drones, infrared surveillance cameras, and a regional network machine box.

The next morning, she contacted him on WeChat and ordered ten more barrels of milk.

Xia Qing felt that if she wanted to open a supermarket, she should tell her parents.

“Dad, Mom, I want to open a supermarket! The money from the phone is enough to open it.”

“Open a supermarket? In our village?” Xia Jixiang asked in surprise.

“No, let’s open it in the county town.”

She had originally wanted to open it in Haicheng, but opening it in the county town was also fine. Anyway, it was an excuse to supply goods to Su Yu’s side.

“Okay! I support my daughter.”

With her parents’ support, it was easy for Xia Qing to handle.

In the morning, she went to a real estate agency in the county town.

“Are you sure you want to buy this? This location is a bit remote, but it has a lot of potential for development in the next few years.” The agent introduced.

This was the suburbs of the county town, and the surrounding area was still in the early stages of development. The houses had all been built, but the foot traffic was a bit low.

“Yes, I’ll buy this, including the two shops next to it.”

She could use the two shops next to it as warehouses later.

The agent’s eyes lit up when she heard Xia Qing’s words. This was three big deals at once, how could she not be excited?

But she suppressed her excitement and immediately arranged the procedures.

The shops in the county town weren’t very expensive, but three of them, one of which was also very large, cost her more than four million yuan.

This was the first time she had spent so much money, and she was a little nervous.

After buying it, she would find a decoration company to do some simple renovations.

When this was renovated, she wouldn’t need the warehouse anymore.