I open a supermarket with strange rules

When Zhao Xiyue entered the village, Lin Yuan had disappeared.

The good news is that the system gives you a suicide value of 20 the moment you enter the village.

It’s a pity that she didn’t find the source, otherwise she would have at least drawn one.

The village is much more lively than it looks from the outside. Many children are playing and fighting on the roadside, laughing happily with their childish voices.

Zhao Xiyue listened for a while.

They were playing a game of chase, with the boy wearing a fish-head mask acting as the "cat," catching the screaming children as they ran around.

Once caught up, you must put on the fish head mask and join the fish head camp.

The human child wins only if he can get the small water bottle in the corner before everyone is caught.

Zhao Xiyue heard the children say that this game was called catching fish.

It's quite appropriate.

Going further in, you will find the largest market in Nan'an Fishing Village, with at least twenty or thirty small stalls on both sides.

Most of the time, the floor was covered with rags, on which were placed various pearl products.

The strange thing is that almost all of these stall owners have big bellies.

The belly was bulging high, and the coarse cloth was propped up, reflecting the outline of a pomegranate. It was not the big round belly that Zhao Xiyue remembered. The belly that was close to the clothes had finger-sized mounds from time to time. It was as if there were countless children in the belly, poking around curiously.

Even weirder is the pregnant woman's expression.

Their young faces were all filled with happy smiles, their hands gently caressing their bellies, and their whole bodies exuding the radiance of motherhood. Zhao Xiyue walked along the way, and all the pregnant women she met had copy-pasted smiles on their faces.

Those dark eyes followed Zhao Xiyue's figure closely, sticking to her, and the curve of the smile at the corner of his mouth was exactly the same.

[Death value +10]

Zhao Xiyue thought to herself that she was being targeted. She walked to the nearest stall with a calm expression and squatted down to select pearls.

The stall owner's standard smile disappeared, and he suddenly showed a warm smile, "Girl, these pearls are all grown by my family. The quality is very good and they match your skin tone very well."

Pearls were randomly piled on the tattered linen. The pearls were uniform in size and shimmered brightly, and were indeed of excellent quality.

You should know that the size of natural cultured pearls is random, and it is difficult to get two pearls of the same size from the same oyster shell. Often, a string of round, nearly round pearls needs to be selected and processed from dozens or hundreds of pearl oysters.

Generally speaking, a pearl necklace like this with evenly sized pearls and extremely bright luster can be sold at a high price.

But on the rag in front of him, these pearls were placed casually as if they were free.

Zhao Xiyue squatted down and picked up a pink pearl, and the system gave her 3 points for seeking death.

Her hand paused, and she saw the shop owner's grinning mouth and malicious smile. The two looked at each other, and the atmosphere was a little awkward. Seeing that the stall owner was about to break the jar and break the jar, Zhao Xiyue directly took out 100 green banknotes.

The stall owner stared at the green banknotes with his eyes wide open.

Zhao Xiyue put the banknotes away again and said with a smile, "I am a buyer for the supermarket. I came to your village this time to buy pearls. I will come again tomorrow, hoping to see better goods."

As she spoke, she pulled out a green bill and handed it to the stall owner, "This is the deposit."

After a while, heavy breathing sounds were heard all around, and dozens of eyes were staring at the two of them.

Zhao Xiyue brushed the dust off her clothes and walked away at a steady pace.

Walking out of the vendor area, there is a wide open ancient Roman-style square in front of you. The ancient walls around it are solemn and majestic, and many people are walking hurriedly between the doorways.

Seeing a stranger coming, the people in the square cast vague glances over.

A little girl with red hair and blue eyes came over and said, "Beautiful sister, are you a tourist? I have tourist rules here."

Tourist rules? Zhao Xiyue paused. Is there such a good thing that comes right to her door?

She looked at the other person and could tell from his expression that he was lying.

There seemed to be several men around the square, surrounding her. They were all strong and muscular, and looked like good fighters.

Zhao Xiyue looked at the little girl and suddenly asked, "Does the tourist code cost money?"

The little girl's smile grew even wider, and she made a gesture with her hands behind her back.

Meaning, the fish has been hooked.

"It's free." She said enthusiastically, "My family just opened a pearl shop, and I just want to attract some customers to promote it."

Zhao Xiyue looked at her expressionlessly: "I don't want worthless things."

After saying that, she took advantage of the other party's failure to react and ran into a small path.

An angry voice came from behind, "Fuck, chase them, don't let them get away."

Four or five people caught up with us.

Zhao Xiyue relied on her agility to move back and forth in the alleys.

But unfortunately, the difference in physical strength was too great. After more than ten minutes, she began to lose strength.

"This way!" A girl with pigtails suddenly ran out and pulled Zhao Xiyue, "There is a path over here."

Zhao Xiyue was shocked, but the system did not give any suicidal value prompt.

She gritted her teeth and followed the girl with pigtails.

Pigtails seemed to be very familiar with this area, and soon she took Zhao Xiyue and got rid of the pursuers.

“Huff, huff.” The girl with pigtails panted, “Those were outsiders. They came to the village not long ago and specialize in kidnapping tourists who have just entered the village.”

"Many people were taken away by them and never came back."

Zhao Xiyue also calmed down her breathing for a while. She smiled kindly and asked, "What's your name?"

"Just call me Mary," Pigtail said, holding up three fingers. "I know the real tourist rules. All it takes is three green bills."

Zhao Xiyue glanced at her and took out a green 10-dollar bill.

She smiled, "Maybe we can talk about this in detail."

Mary's eyes widened in surprise, her mouth opened wide, "Okay...Okay, beautiful and kind sister, let's go this way."

Her nimble little body carried Zhao Xiyue through the quiet residential area.

The South Bank fishing village is larger than it appears from the outside.

There are many small wooden houses scattered on a large open space by the sea, and there are probably about a hundred of them.

There are basically fishing nets hanging outside the wooden houses. They are just tools for the survival of the fishing village, and most of them look like they have not been used for a long time.

Mary seemed to be very familiar with this area. She took Zhao Xiyue and ran across the soft mud road, walked through several narrow paths, and arrived at a quaint two-story villa.

Zhao Xiyue looked at her puzzledly.

Mary lowered her voice and said, "This is the village chief's home. The rules are kept by the village chief. The temporary residence permits for out-of-town tourists are also issued by the village chief."

"I'm not lying to you. No one in the village will tell you where the village chief's house is. It will take at least a day for you to find it yourself."

Zhao Xiyue thought for a moment and called her, "By the way, I have a few friends coming in later, you can show them the way."

Mary cheered up immediately, “Thank you, beautiful sister.”

Zhao Xiyue nodded and walked carefully towards the village chief's house.

The village chief's house is located on a high ground and overlooks the entire village. Zhao Xiyue climbed two hundred steps to get there.

When they came up onto the bluestone road, Zhao Xiyue discovered that the village chief's house was made of bricks, which was much better than the fishing village below.

This is a small courtyard, and there are two strong men with weapons guarding the outer wall.

"Stop, who are you?" the big man on the left shouted.

Zhao Xiyue took out a business card from her backpack and said, "Hello, I'm a buyer for a nearby supermarket. I think your pearls are great and would like to discuss business with the village chief."

“The supermarket can help you sell the pearls.”

The big man was unmoved, "The village chief is not here today, please come back tomorrow."

As they spoke, the two of them put their hands behind their backs and closed their eyes, obviously not intending to pay any attention to Zhao Xiyue.

Zhao Xiyue pretended to leave with regret, but actually made a detour, exchanged an "Earth Escape Shovel" from the system, and directly escaped into the village chief's house from the other side.

The big man at the door did not lie, the village chief was indeed not there.

It just makes it convenient for me to do things.

Zhao Xiyue put away the shovel, tiptoed into the study, and searched carefully inside.

The village chief seemed to be a cultured man. There were two walls of large bookcases in his study. If he searched for all the books one by one, it would take him forever.

Zhao Xiyue walked straight to the desk, squatted down and rummaged through the drawer.

When she looked at the ground, her eyes paused and she reached out and pressed the ground.

The floorboards were loose and there was something underneath.

After uncovering the floor, there was indeed a set of rules wrapped in oil paper inside.

This rule is only half, the lower half was torn off and disappeared.

Zhao Xiyue put the rules in her arms, and while the people outside the door didn't react, she escaped again.

It was getting dark outside and the air seemed to be getting chilly.

Zhao Xiyue didn't care about anything else. She found a stone to cover herself and opened the rules in her hand.