I Tied Up the Travel Check-In System - Chapter 4

Tang Siqi’s heart skipped a beat. The thing she was most worried about had finally happened.

It was all her fault that she didn’t seize the time to complete the line drawing the whole afternoon. Now it was reasonable for the customer to ask to cancel the order.

But Tang Siqi couldn’t bear to give up like this. After all, this was her first serious order. Although the line drawing was not yet completed, the previous communication and conception had taken a lot of time.

“Mr. Zhang, how about this? Give me another day. I will definitely finish the line drawing tomorrow, and then I will work overtime to complete this work.”

The other party immediately replied: “You are too slow. I have already given you an extra day. I really can’t wait. I will contact you next time there is an order.”

Tang Siqi sighed, clicked the screen, and sent a red envelope of 20 yuan.

The first order was so cancelled, and she was still feeling a little depressed.

Lying in bed, she played two rounds of Honor of Kings. In the second, she was carrying the entire match with Li Bai when a notification popped up on her phone: [Congratulations, your online post received 3 likes, 2 shares, and 5 replies. The system rewards you with 10 gold coins, bringing your total wealth to 50 gold coins. Would you like to spend 50 gold coins to enable the review and check-in feature? (Once this feature is enabled, after completing the check-in task, gold coins will be awarded based on the feedback generated by the reviews.)]

Tang Siqi lost interest in getting kills when she saw this message. She quickly finished the battle, exited the game, and studied it more carefully.

This feature is great!

In other words, by enabling the review and check-in feature, more people will know about the place she checked in, and she’ll earn more gold coins.

She’s broke now, but gold coins can be exchanged for items in the gold coin mall, making them equivalent to RMB.

After some thought, Tang Siqi immediately clicked to enable it.

[Congratulations, you’ve enabled the review and check-in feature. Your remaining total wealth is 0 gold coins. Please post the Old Lady Noodle Stall on more platforms to gain more exposure. The system will calculate the gold coins in 20 hours.] Tang Siqi sighed. What a shame !

She didn’t take any pictures or videos when she went there tonight.

In order to find Grandma Chen’s noodle stall, she actually walked 15,000 steps today, which is the amount of exercise she normally gets in a month!

Tang Siqi put down her phone and fell asleep. She had never slept so early in the past few months.

When she opened her eyes the next day, Tang Siqi had an idea.

Grandma Chen took care of her husband during the day and could only go to the stall at night. It would be possible to take pictures and post them on social media, but it would take a long time.

She was an artist and could easily draw Grandma Chen’s noodle stall. Posting it online would probably get more exposure than without the picture.

Normally, Tang Siqi might not be able to draw it for three days. After all, she would procrastinate as much as possible. Isn’t it fun to play games or catch up on anime?

But Tang Siqi opened the gold coin mall and sorted the gold coins from low to high.

There are several fresh products on sale today: 5 jin of premium pork ribs for 10 gold coins, 5 jin of chicken wings for 10 gold coins, and 5 jin of spicy crayfish tails for only 10 gold coins!

Ah, I want it so badly!

Usually, she doesn’t pay for food because she’s so tight on money, and Xu Qianning is also incredibly frugal, sometimes making only vegetarian meals for several meals in a row. If she could earn some gold coins, it would help support the family!

Hunger and poverty drove Tang Siqi to her feet. After washing up, she sat down at her computer and began sketching, entering a rare state of intense concentration.

There was a knock at the door, but Tang Siqi didn’t hear it.

A chubby little hand pushed open the door, and a delicate, delicate boy walked in, carrying a tray.

His dark eyes were filled with worry. “Tang Siqi…” Luo Junbao began, but he noticed she wasn’t watching cartoons, but was instead drawing on the screen.

“Oh…”

She had gotten up, washed up, and still hadn’t eaten breakfast, causing him so much worry.

Luo Junbao thought for a moment and decided not to disturb her. He gently placed the egg pancake on the table next to her, then jumped onto the bed next to her and tilted his head to watch her draw.

After the sketch was finished, Tang Siqi followed the sketch to outline it. After finishing, she stretched and turned around to find Junbao staring at the screen with his chin in his hand.

“When did you come in?” Tang Siqi saw that he looked mature and couldn’t help but reach out to rub his head.

Luo Junbao pouted and used his fingers to push back his messed up hair: “This is the egg pancake that Mom made for you. Eat it while it’s hot.”

After saying that, he jumped off the bed. Just as he was about to leave, he turned back and said, “Your drawing is not bad, but some of the lines are a little shaky.”

Tang Siqi: “…”

What do you know about shaky lines, you little kid?

Tang Siqi turned around, picked up the plate, picked up the egg pancake and took a big bite. Oh, delicious! Xu Qianning’s cooking skills are so good that she could set up a stall to sell snacks!

She looked at the painting while eating. Emmm, it’s true that the lines in some places are not smooth enough.

This kid, after just a few days of learning children’s simple drawing, can already see this.

Okay…

Tang Siqi thought about her previous submission, and the editor had politely suggested that she practice her basic skills before rejecting her. She has been putting this on her to-do list for the past few months, but…

every time she was about to start, something would get in the way.

You can’t blame her for procrastinating. There are so many fun things to do at home, not to mention catching up on anime and getting points. Occasionally, when she has less money, she has to spend money to raise a paper figurine. How can she have time to practice basic skills?

Tang Siqi finished her pancakes and continued to concentrate on completing the subsequent coloring process.

When she finally finished the painting, it was almost noon.

She quickly updated the painting to the review post she had written before. As soon as she posted it, someone replied.

“Wow, this painting is lovely. It’s kind of cozy. This noodle stall is interesting.”

“Haha, I checked. This old lady’s stall isn’t far from my office. I’m going to try it after work today.”

Oh my god! Isn’t this the old lady’s noodle stall I’ve been eating at since I was a kid? I haven’t seen her in a while. It turns out she’s still there, just moved! Go, go, go tonight!”

Tang Siqi looked at the growing number of replies and reposts, feeling delighted.

She was sure to get a lot more gold coins when she next collected them. She was constantly refreshing the review post when her phone buzzed.

She opened it and saw:

[Congratulations! You have a new task: Please check in at Uncle Antique Shop on Baolun Road, Hongkou District. Time limit: 3 hours.]

Wow, another new task!

But…

an antique shop?

This check-in system is really interesting. They even asked her to check in at an antique shop. Did they think she could afford antiques?

Fortunately, the task only required her to check in, not to actually buy an antique. She definitely couldn’t afford it.

If you can successfully complete the task, you can gain life time and get gold coins!

Maybe you can take home pork ribs, chicken wings, and crayfish before dinner tonight!

With her previous experience, Tang Siqi used Baidu Maps for navigation before setting off.

The subway would have required multiple transfers, but the bus was relatively convenient, so she opted for it.

As she walked downstairs, she felt a tingling sensation in her calves.

“Oh, I walked so much yesterday. I wonder if this antique shop will be easy to find today.”

It was Saturday, and traffic was a bit heavy. After a 40-minute bus ride, Tang Siqi finally reached her destination.

Feeling a little hungry, she grabbed a Thai curry chicken rice dish at the Family Mart at the corner.

In a city like Shanghai where land is so expensive, the most cost-effective and convenient way for a freelancer on a budget is to grab a rice ball or a microwaveable bento at a convenience store: affordable, quick, and convenient.

As for nutritional value, that’s a concern for those with the money and time.

After her meal, Tang Siqi walked to Baolun Road to search for the Uncle Antique Shop she’d been assigned to.

Upon arriving, she discovered a whole new world.

The street was narrow and winding, but lined with trees and lined with stately Western-style buildings, giving it a distinctly historical feel. Though not long, it brimmed with cultural ambiance, flanked by galleries, framing shops, bookstores, furniture stores, numerous antique shops, and even two museums.

Tang Siqi had spent four years in Shanghai as a university student, but until she graduated and left, she rarely visited these places. She had never known that bustling Shanghai could hide such a magical place.

She couldn’t help but search for the street on Baidu.

It was surprisingly a landmark in modern Chinese cultural history.

From its founding until the Anti-Japanese War, it boasted the residences of such notable figures as Lu Xun, Ye Shengtao, and Zhang Guotao. Perhaps it was this historical heritage that gave it its distinct charm.

But, with so many antique shops, which one was the “Uncle Antique Shop” the system had mentioned?

Tang Siqi carefully walked the street twice, but surprisingly, there wasn’t a single shop named “Uncle.”

She could only try door to door. After entering an antique shop, she opened the software and clicked to punch in.

[Punch in failed. Please follow the task and go to Uncle Antique Shop before punching in again.]

Oh… not again.

At this time, the boss came over and asked with a smile: “What are you looking for, little girl?”

Tang Siqi finally remembered to ask for directions: “Excuse me, is there an antique shop called Uncle around here?”

“Uncle?” The boss was stunned: “Are you talking about the shop name?”

“Yes, the name of this shop is Uncle.”

“Hahaha.” The boss couldn’t help laughing: “Uncle is Shanghainese, meaning uncle. This can’t be a proper shop name. Ask for more detailed information. There are so many antique shops on this street, it’s hard to find.”

Tang Siqi walked out of the antique shop and sighed. As expected, the task given by the system was not easy to find!

But there was a way. Since Uncle was not a proper shop name, those antique shops with shop names could be ruled out. The remaining few only needed to be tried one by one to find out if it was the right one.

After trying, Tang Siqi was very speechless to find that there was not a single antique shop without a name on the entire Baolun Road that she was looking for.

She suddenly thought, since the location of Chen Po Noodle House was different from the location prompted by the system, then this uncle’s antique shop was not on Baolun Road either?

After adjusting her thinking, Tang Siqi expanded the search range to the streets and alleys near Baolun Road.

Soon she found an antique shop with no sign. An elderly uncle was sitting in the shop listening to the radio.

This shop is more like a grocery store than an antique shop.

Tang Siqi walked in, opened the software and tried it.

[Congratulations to the host, you have successfully found the uncle’s antique shop and checked in, and received 20 gold coins. The total wealth is: 20 gold coins, and the life extension time is: 24 hours.]