Just a Few Plots of Land

Zhou Zhuxing nodded with great indifference. When she saw the castle standing not far away, the expression she had been barely holding together completely crumbled.

This...

What is this supposed to be?

Aren't they playing a highway survival game? Has the number one on the leaderboard already secretly moved into a multi-story mansion? And it's a gothic castle style one at that?!

Is this really reasonable?

Yu Bing, standing to the side, pointed directly at the castle, her voice trembling as she asked, "B... Boss, are we going to live in that?"

Before Cheng Shuili could speak, the consultant standing opposite them, not knowing what kind of mood she was in, suddenly corrected them, "Call her Boss."

Cheng Shuili: "......"

There were so many things to complain about that she actually didn't know which one to start with.

Cheng Shuili gave a light cough to draw everyone's attention, then pointed to the luggage piled up to the side, "That's your luggage. I've already brought it in for you. You can organize it yourselves and then pick a room you like to stay in."

Zhou Zhuxing and Yu Bing exchanged glances, both seeing the shock and delight in each other's eyes.

Yu Bing couldn't help but mutter in a low voice, "This is too luxurious... Can we really live here?"

Luxurious, huh...

Cheng Shuili thought of those rooms piled with a layer of dust and the beds that were completely impossible to sleep in.

Ahem.

A boss will never feel guilty, that's right.

Cheng Shuili smiled, "Of course. You are now servants of my territory, and this is your home. However,"

She paused, her tone becoming serious, "As servants, you also need to fulfill your corresponding duties."

Zhou Zhuxing nodded immediately, "We understand. If there is anything you need us to do, please feel free to command us."

Yu Bing was clearly a half-beat slower, but she honestly followed Zhou Zhuxing's lead and lowered her head.

Cheng Shuili nodded with satisfaction, "You two get settled first, then continue cultivating the seeds. You don't need to worry about meals..."

At this point, Cheng Shuili paused, her voice involuntarily dropping a bit, and then she said, "I will send your lunch over."

"Okay!"

Yu Bing shouted immediately, clearly very happy.

Although Zhou Zhuxing sensed something was slightly off, they were already on someone else's turf, so she could only follow their arrangements.

Cheng Shuili nodded and looked at the consultant, "You take them."

The consultant stepped forward immediately, smiling as she said to the two, "Please come with me. I'll take you on a tour of the territory first, then you can choose your rooms!"

Yu Bing followed excitedly behind the consultant, unable to resist turning back to say to Cheng Shuili, "Boss, thank you! We will definitely work hard!"

Mm...

You definitely must work hard.

There are 3,500 hectares of land, so to speak, that basically depend on these two people now.

With that settled, she returned directly to her vehicle.

Meanwhile, as Zhou Zhuxing and Yu Bing followed behind the consultant and got a general understanding of the situation, Yu Bing suddenly asked, "How much land is there in total? The boss came to find us saying we would be consultants, and said she had reclaimed a few plots of land that she needed our help with."

"So, how many mu is it in total?"

Zhou Zhuxing followed up with a question.

Although the consultant didn't understand modern people very well, she did understand the difference between a few plots of land and 3,500 hectares. Realizing that these two had been swindled quite badly, she revealed a smile and calculated in her heart how many mu it was in total.

"Hmm... calculating it, the entire manor..."

"Manor?"

Zhou Zhuxing had already realized something was wrong.

"I'm actually staying in a manor? That's great!"

Yu Bing's focus was still on such trivial things, completely unaware of the terrifying number they were about to face.

"In total, it's about 3,500 hectares of land. Converting that into the mu you mentioned, that's 52,500 mu, oh."

The consultant smiled, but what she said felt like a bolt from the blue to the other two.

"How much?"

"What?"

"Isn't it just a few plots of land?"

"The few plots of land in the boss's mouth? It's over 50,000 mu?"

......

Cheng Shuili was completely unaware of the breakdown the two were having. She had just finished telling Qi Wanyi that she would need to cook for two more people in the future.

Qi Wanyi sighed upon receiving the message. There had been so many people added recently that she didn't know what else she could even make.

After Cheng Shuili heard the reason clearly, she couldn't help but reply, "Just cook whatever. You could just chop two vegetables and stir-fry them together, and those few would still be able to praise you to the heavens."

Cheng Shuili absolutely did not mean to exaggerate the facts with that statement.

Qi Wanyi seemed to be comforted and didn't say anything more.

Cheng Shuili looked at the drizzling rain outside. To others, this was a deadly poison, but to Cheng Shuili, it was no different from ordinary rain.

She sighed and used a Garbage Station Teleportation Card.

Today, she would definitely be able to pass by the garbage station.

She still hadn't figured out whether servants had a sense of taste, but they all had one common trait: they only needed water to be full.

The bakery, which had been closed for several days, also successfully opened for business today.

Cheng Shuili was very happy because Bao Chi not only had no complaints, but because he felt particularly guilty about the days they were closed, he had included an apology letter for Cheng Shuili.

After reading the letter, Cheng Shuili felt a bit guilty herself.

1% profit did seem a bit low. Should she just recruit him into the territory as well?

That way, the human and the beast wouldn't be partners anymore, and naturally, there wouldn't be any disputes over profit sharing!

Cheng Shuili couldn't help but exclaim, "I am still too smart."

Today's bread was also selling very well, but Cheng Shuili was also very helpless. Who had she offended by selling bread?

"She doesn't sell when there's a famine, but as soon as the famine passes, she starts selling! Crow, are you wishing that we ordinary people would die a little more?"

"Number one is number one, after all. There is simply no regard for the lives of people like us in her eyes. To her, whether we live or die is irrelevant; she only sends messages in the regional channel when she's making money!"

"Damn, this is really too much. Playing dead for three days of famine, and now that the rain has stopped, she pops up? Crow, you can't earn enough for your coffin, can you? Can everyone boycott the Crow together! Don't buy her stuff!"

"But... but the bread is really delicious. Am I going to be scolded just for spending my own money to buy food?"

"What's there to be angry about? The Crow isn't stupid; if there's money to be made, why wouldn't she? Nobody knows where she gets the bread from, but just opening your mouth to say she's doing it on purpose is being too unjust to her, isn't it?"

"Are you all brainless? How many times have you argued about this? Actually, no matter what the Crow does, you wouldn't be satisfied, would you? Because you aren't dissatisfied at all; you're just green with envy. You're just jealous."

Indeed.

Isn't it just jealousy?

Jealous that she has bread, jealous that she can earn game coins, jealous that she lives a comfortable life, so they go crazy scolding her in the regional channel.