Chapter 1288: Sister Qing, Wanna Team Up?

Xin Yu went around Territory No. 3, and not only took away 50 jin of green-light mountain walnuts, 50 jin of yellow-light mountain walnuts, and her raven companion, but also reserved the last section of Xia Qing's crystal pillar, which was over 1.2 meters long.

The crystal pillar, exchanged from Does Daigua the monkey, was traded by second-hand dealer Xia Qing to one wolf and two humans, bringing back 3 walnut-sized mid-grade Yi stones and 1.55 million points.

Although this trade didn't earn as much as expected, it was still quite, quite decent.

Humming a little tune, Xia Qing posted the walnut exchange info in the core members group of the Territory Alliance, then looked up at Does Daigua who was working, and found it cuter the more she looked.

"Beep."

After Xia Qing posted the premium food type, exchange price, and jin quantity, allies who wanted to trade started popping up.

Tang Huai: @Xia Qing, I want 15 jin, thanks a lot, Sister Qing.

Tang Heng: 1, I want 15 jin, thanks a lot, Sister Qing.

Tan Qi: 1, I want 15 jin too, thanks a lot, Auntie Qing.

Tang Huai: @Tan Qi, you're still studying, you really should buy more, walnuts are good for the brain.

Zhu Li: @Xia Qing, I want 15 jin, thanks a lot, Sister Qing.

Zhao Ze: @Xia Qing, I want two jin of green-light, to supplement my mom's brain.

Tang Huai: @Zhu Li, keep it up. @Zhao Ze, your brain isn't even as good as your mom's, you should eat a couple too.

Zhang San: @Xia Qing, I'll take all the mountain walnuts left over after everyone else exchanges.

Everyone...

Tang Huai: @Zhang San, Third Brother, please accept my knee.

Naturally, Tang Huai, who was on the blacklist of Territory No. 7's lord, couldn't send his knee out.

Huo Zhun and Shi Du, clutching their phones, were under immense pressure; Shi Du's family had spent all the points they earned this year on firing bricks and building a house, and couldn't bear to buy mountain walnuts.

After joining the relay in the group, Huo Zhun also privately sent Xia Qing a message: in addition to the 5 jin green-light and 10 jin yellow-light from the group relay, he also wanted 15 jin green-light and 40 jin yellow-light, which was the upper limit Xia Qing had promised him that afternoon.

The points for these mountain walnuts would be paid by Di Ming, a brain-domain evolver. Di Ming had received a substantial discharge payout, and after leaving the military he'd also made a few scores by robbing other robbers, so he wasn't short on points now.

Following the squad's rules for gathering supplies, Di Ming didn't ask Huo Zhun where this batch of mountain walnuts had been harvested, but instead sent a team-up invitation: "The day after tomorrow or the day after that, let's team up to cross the eastern Evolution Forest to survey the coastline, then take the Green Dragon Squad's helicopter back. Chuizi, give Sister Qing a call, see if she wants to team up with us for this trip, supplies gathered split evenly."

The four veterans from Territory No. 11 had joined the Territory Alliance's organic fertilizer factory, responsible for obtaining raw materials from the coastline and the ocean. Currently, the preliminary organic fertilizer processing plant was under construction, and the four of them should be getting ready to start work, catching crabs.

"I think it's unlikely." An even-split invitation was a sincere one, but Huo Zhun felt Xia Qing wouldn't go.

Di Ming had already taken the helicopter to the preliminary processing plant twice, and from the air had spotted areas in the Evolution Forest that might contain wild fruits or medicinal herbs, hence the team-up invitation. Xia Qing didn't doubt the combat strength of the four retired special forces soldiers, but she couldn't join: "It's too far, I can't get away from here."

The straight-line distance from the Northern Zone One territory to the crab-shell fertilizer preliminary processing plant by the sea was 520 li, and the path through the Evolution Forest would certainly exceed 700 li; this mission would take four or five days. Xia Qing was a lord, she couldn't leave her own territory for that long.

Di Ming took the phone, trying hard to persuade her: "Sister Qing, this is Di Ming. I've already initially circled the gathering target area, we definitely won't come back empty-handed this trip."

Xia Qing asked, "Is the gathering area deep in the Evolution Forest?"

Di Ming said cheerfully, "Of course, the outer Evolution Forest has long been mapped out by the squads."

Although the eastern Evolution Forest of Hui Three had only nine mountain domains, it had large areas of wetlands, saline-alkali land, and mangroves, and the animals living in these areas were more dangerous than the last, so gathering teams never set foot in these extremely high-risk zones. Xia Qing wasn't short on food, she didn't need to take that risk.

After firmly refusing again, she hung up the phone and didn't cut any more crystal stone, because evening was approaching, and the animals in her territory and her neighbors all needed to rest.

Xia Qing patrolled her territory once, went home to steam rice, and began sorting the mountain walnuts.

Besides the lords who joined the relay in the group, Xia Qing also contacted the Beard Feng Squad and Zhang Shi, asking if they wanted to trade. If they were interested, each person could exchange 5 jin green-light and 10 jin yellow-light.

The Beard Feng Squad, constantly battered by the waist-breaking wolf, exchanged the full amount; they urgently needed to supplement their brains.

Zhang Shi didn't trade, because she was a wanderer extremely familiar with the Evolution Forest, and could pick more premium food than Xia Qing.

Besides these, Yang Jin, who had finished his disaster-elimination mission and gone to Hui One Base to negotiate compensation and the experimental zone, messaged Xia Qing to reserve 200 jin of yellow-light mountain walnuts. He didn't mention green-light mountain walnuts, definitely intending to discuss it face-to-face with Xia Qing, exchanging as much as she would agree to.

Negotiating with Yang Jin was far easier than negotiating with the waist-breaking wolf; Xia Qing wasn't the least bit intimidated, and was actually looking forward to it, because he was a generous big spender who wasn't stubborn.

After weighing out the jin exchanged, Xia Qing still had 270 jin of green-light mountain walnuts and 390 jin of yellow-light mountain walnuts left. She directly transferred 350 jin of yellow-light mountain walnuts to her idol, leaving herself only 40 jin; she kept all the green-light ones.

Although both the wolf pack's and the bear pack's territories had mountain walnuts, Xia Qing still wanted to keep enough for two years of her own consumption, so she could feel at ease.

The mountain walnuts gathered that day had earned Xia Qing points, which made her look at Does Daigua beside her, helping her wash the walnuts, and find it even cuter.

So, Does Daigua not only got a hearty dinner, but also a small stone-faced desk, a small wooden chair, and a phone stand. However, compared to sitting at the desk to study or play with the phone, Does Daigua still preferred squatting on its tree branch, staring blankly at Xia Qing as she bustled about.

"Does Daigua, go to the kitchen and bring over the bag marked salt."

Busy at work, Xia Qing found she was running out of salt, and called out to her temp worker.

The mountain walnuts from Mountain No. 60 had thin shells and thick flesh, very good quality but a bit astringent. Walnuts not kept for seed, after removing the outer skin and washing several times, needed to be soaked in light salt water for three days and then air-dried to remove the astringency.

Once processed, they could be put into the underground storage room for ready access anytime.

Of course, walnuts that had been soaked couldn't be used as seeds, so Xia Qing had specially set aside 181 Xiao Feimao Selected walnuts. This number wasn't decided by Xia Qing, but by her territory's No. 001 outstanding employee, Little Xiao Feimao.

Currently, the outstanding employee had already gotten off work, and was squatting in its deluxe wooden nest fiddling with its wages—ten mountain walnuts.

No. 002 temp worker, hearing Xia Qing's call, grabbed a tree branch with its upper limbs, swung, and leaped over bag after bag of mountain walnuts, landing at the kitchen doorway. In a little while, it came out of the kitchen with the salt bag and handed it to Xia Qing.

"Right, that's the bag, Does Daigua is really so smart." Does Daigua's brain-domain evolution was very advanced; Xia Qing Sect had taught it to recognize the main items in the house, and it remembered them clearly.

"Baa!" Hearing Xia Qing only praise Does Daigua, Sheep Boss, currently pedaling the power-generating bicycle, got unhappy.

Xia Qing, carrying the salt bag, walked over to the boss and praised it enthusiastically: "Boss is not only smart, but also very strong, the most capable lord in our territory. Boss, having a companion like you makes me the happiest human on Blue Star. Boss, the way you pedal the bike is really cool, the muscles on your legs are so strong—is that from riding the bike..."

Sheep Boss was satisfied, and signaled Xia Qing to stay away from it, not to interfere with its bike-riding.