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Chapter 97 Settlement on the Nineteenth Day (Fourth Update)
Seeing that the old man was soaked in the rain, his hair was still wet, and his thin body was trembling, Qin Ziwen said to Du Yu, "Du Yu, go and boil a pot of water."

"Yes."

Qin Ziwen looked at the large basket behind him and asked, "Is this basket full of herbs?"

"Yes." The old man hurriedly took out his basket. "The herbs inside are worthless. Shopkeeper, take whatever you like."

Qin Ziwen asked, "Does it contain honeysuckle, dandelion, mint, and licorice?"

"Yes, yes, these are all common herbs. I collected quite a lot this time." The old man quickly poured the herbs onto the table and sorted out these four herbs.

Du Yu brought out a pot of boiling soup and three earthenware bowls.

First, he poured a bowl for Qin Ziwen, then another bowl for the old man, and finally a bowl for himself.

Qin Ziwen said, "Be careful, it's hot."

The old man smiled and said, "Thank you for your concern, shopkeeper. These are the medicinal herbs you need."

As he spoke, he pushed over a pile of sorted herbs.

A faint medicinal fragrance wafted towards me.

Qin Ziwen looked at Du Yu and said, "Go to the cellar and cut some meat, then cook it."

After a while, the old man took the cooked cured meat, his eyes welled up with tears, he wiped them away and said quickly, "Shopkeeper, you are a kind person. If you need any herbs, just tell me and I will pick them for you if I come across them."

Qin Ziwen pointed to the four herbs on the table, including honeysuckle, and said, "If you have any, please bring some of these four herbs as well."

The old man nodded quickly to indicate that he understood.

The two chatted for a while longer, and Qin Ziwen said, "It's not safe tonight, so you can stay here for the night and leave when it's light tomorrow. But I don't have any bedding here, so you can just put the tables together."

"No need, no need, I'll sleep on the floor."

Qin Ziwen didn't say much. He just went back and got him a straw mat, then took the herbs and left the tavern. Anyway, these people couldn't get to his house through the tavern. Wherever they came from, they would still be where they came from.

Night fell, and nothing was said.

"You have successfully survived in the wilderness for nineteen days. You obtained a card from the altar and snatched a rabbit from the mouth of a leopard. Overall score: 54 points"

"You have received the following rewards: [Building Card] Level 1 Soup Shed, [Building Card] Level 1 Farmland, [Building Card] Level 1 Pharmacy, Mountain Animal Encyclopedia Fragment *2"

The next morning, I looked at my reward.

Qin Ziwen was surprised to find that two new types of buildings had appeared.

One was a soup kitchen, and the other was a pharmacy.

Considering recent events, Qin Ziwen decided to build a pharmacy first.

The pharmacy needs a blank area of ​​4*5 meters.

Qin Ziwen found an open space behind the restroom.

Silently recite "use" in your mind.

When the light faded, a small, exquisite brick and tile house appeared before us. We opened the front door.

The layout inside resembles a traditional Chinese medicine pharmacy, with one wall lined with drawers and cabinets filled with herbs, and a brown wooden table in front.

A faint medicinal fragrance filled the air.

"Could it be..." Qin Ziwen's expression shifted slightly as he walked over and opened the medicine cabinet, only to find it completely empty.

I looked at several medicine cabinets, and they were all like this.

Qin Ziwen:
It seems I was overthinking it.

[Level 1 Pharmacy: Level 1 medicinal fragrance, Level 1 preservation]

Well, the fragrance in the air is actually an effect of the building itself.

They've even managed to produce level 1 medicinal incense!

Qin Ziwen was both amused and exasperated, but besides the medicinal fragrance, it also had a level 1 preservative effect.

He then went to the living room and sorted the herbs he had acquired the day before, putting them into drawers.

"Sir, this was left by the herb gatherer yesterday." Du Yu came in from behind, carrying a large bag full of herbs.

Qin Ziwen was surprised, "He kept them all?" So many herbs, in his opinion, were almost equivalent to all the herbs in the herb gatherer's basket.

"Yes, that should be it, and he also rolled up the mat and put it against the wall." Du Yu nodded.

A complex look flashed in Qin Ziwen's eyes. He hadn't really thought that much about it yesterday. He just thought that the two sides had reached a deal, and the herb gatherer had given him some herbs, so it wouldn't hurt for him to spend the night in the tavern. Anyway, he had no choice but to stay in the tavern.

In reality, I didn't think that much about it at all.

Because he didn't know if those who left the tavern would ever return.

Perhaps for him and the herb gatherer, this was the only chance they would ever have to meet in their lifetime.

Qin Ziwen looked at the herbs in the bag and asked Du Yu, "Do you recognize these herbs?"

Du Yu quickly shook his head.

Qin Ziwen was somewhat embarrassed, as he didn't know them either.

He might recognize Zhao Pu, but he couldn't possibly bring Zhao Pu here.

Otherwise, too much information would be exposed.

He knew that human nature is always susceptible to temptation, so sometimes he simply avoided temptation altogether.

"It's alright." After saying that, Qin Ziwen poured all the herbs from the bag onto the table, and then sorted the herbs of the same type into the same drawer.

Du Yu exclaimed in surprise, "Sir, so you know him!"

"I don't recognize them, I just put them there randomly. We'll move them when someone who knows these things comes along," Qin Ziwen said calmly. "By the way, Du Yu, could you take some traditional Chinese medicine to apartment 202 downstairs?" Du Yu bowed and said, "Yes."

After dealing with the pharmacy, it was time for the soup kitchen.

To be honest, Qin Ziwen felt that the name of this building was a bit abstract.

In ancient times, soup kitchens were used for disaster relief.

So, the purpose of giving him a soup kitchen is to have him provide disaster relief for the community?

The problem is, he doesn't have that much food either.

After thinking for a moment, Qin Ziwen went to the expansion area behind the guest room. It was right next to the mining area and had a 20*10 blank area.

Unlike a pharmacy where the approximate purpose can be determined, Qin Ziwen decided to place it here.

A soup kitchen requires an 8x7 meter area, which is quite large.

Silently recite "use" in your mind.

When the light faded, a huge thatched hut appeared on the spot.

The simple buildings, constructed from wood, thatch, and broken planks, were all tied together with ropes.

The core area features a large iron pot with a diameter of over one meter, beneath which is a stove made of bricks and stones. Several large bundles of firewood are piled up next to it, and there is also a large bag of rice beside the stove.

Further out, under the sheds, there were rows of straw mats laid out, with sparse thatch underneath. These mats were probably temporary beds.

This thing is really a soup kitchen for disaster relief.

Walking to the stove, I looked at this big bag of rice. It's estimated that all the "funding" for this dilapidated building was spent on this big bag of rice.

Upon opening the bag, the rice inside didn't seem very fresh; it was probably old rice.

Choose the right insights for soup kitchen usage.

[Level 1 Soup Shelter: Level 1 attracts refugees, Level 1 hires]

Looking at the effect of the soup kitchen, Qin Ziwen couldn't help but ponder.

He seemed to have guessed the purpose of the soup kitchen.

After all, it's already written very clearly here.

Attracting refugees and then hiring them is just recruiting temporary workers, just like in ancient times, exchanging labor for food and providing relief through work.

As for how to attract it, Qin Ziwen looked at the large pot in the middle.

(End of this chapter)