The backyard of the inn was actually just a piece of open ground with not much wild grass.

The system placed Su Yao's farmland right here.

"System, where's the field? Why can't I see it?"

Su Yao held the small bedside lamp she had pulled from the dormitory and shone it around, but she couldn't see where the farmland was.

[Right beneath the host's feet.]

Su Yao lowered her head; the ground beneath her feet did indeed seem different from the land beside it.

But... it's just this small?!

Su Yao squatted down and measured with her hand; it was only about the size of four palms!

Originally, I wanted to earn more money through farming and then transition from grinding to spending. But looking at it now, it would take at least a few hundred years to achieve this goal with this piece of land.

[The farmland area can be expanded or upgraded to achieve higher yields.]

Su Yao saw the land light up with introductions:

[Name: Basic Farmland (Upgradeable)]

[Yield: Common seeds/seedlings—1-3 per time, Mall seeds/seedlings—3-5 per time]

[Maturity Time: Regular Seeds/Seedlings—158h/each, Store Seeds/Seedlings—120h/each]

"Seeds from the mall?" Su Yao was puzzled for a moment, then immediately remembered the system mall.

Because she was neither rich in money nor points, Su Yao had truly put the system store out of her mind.

This time, upon opening it, Su Yao realized that there were actually so many things in the system shop.

Not only were there all kinds of seeds, but as she flipped further, Su Yao also saw a refrigerator and... a rocket launcher!

[The system mall has everything you could ever need; products from the host's original world can all be purchased here.]

This was good news for Su Yao.

Unfortunately, Su Yao still has no income. Gerard can only bring back supplies and cannot provide gold coins.

"Let's wait for Gerard to come back and see if we can pick some herbs to plant first." For now, we can only use ordinary seeds.

[Host, Gerard is back!]

Speak of the devil and he shall appear; Su Yao had just thought of Gerard, and he returned.

However, this time he was not alone; he brought four people back with him.

Su Yao paused in her steps: "Can you detect the magic levels of those four people?"

This small task was easy for the system, and it immediately provided the results: [One level-four earth element, two level-three fire elements, and one level-two water element.]

Su Yao felt relieved.

If it had happened in the morning, she would have definitely been worried. But now it was different; she was already a level three all-element mage.

In addition to the hotel's defenses and attacks, hmm, a full sense of security.

"Boss, I'm back! And I brought four people with me. They also want to stay at the inn. What do you think?" Gerald, like an obedient child, began reporting to Su Yao as soon as he walked in the door.

He was mainly afraid of bringing back bad people, after all, the shop owner had many valuable items, and the magic levels of these four were not low.

When Su Yao saw a few people enter, she quickly glanced around. The four of them were all dressed in clothes with magical properties, not cheap.

It seems Gerard has brought himself some wealthy people!

Su Yao nodded at Gerald and gave a reassuring smile, "I understand. Go wash up quickly and head to the dining room. There's a new dish tonight."

The new dish was her newly introduced mushroom and egg soup. She made it once for dinner, and that was enough to unlock it. After that, just like the buns, it only required a daily click to restock, no longer needing anyone to be busy in the kitchen.

"Alright." Gerard felt much more at ease when he saw the shopkeeper's smile. Obediently, he carried his things upstairs to wash up.

As for the four people following behind, they were completely stunned, even more so than Gerard had been that morning.

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"My God, there really is a hotel here!"

After spending a long time in the forest, the group had become dizzy from the various ugly evil spirits, beasts, and identical-looking trees. Now, with the sudden appearance of a fresh little cabin, the four of them felt as if their eyes were being cleansed.

"You must be the owner. We want to stay here!" Jennifer ordered with her hands on her hips. "Get me some hot water, prepare the best room, I want to rest right now."

Su Yao hadn't had a chance to speak yet when Baker spoke first: "Hello, my name is Baker. May I check in now?"

At a glance, it was clear that Baker was the leader of the group. Moreover, Baker was more polite, so Su Yao ignored Jennifer's recent comment and directly introduced herself to Baker.

Beck felt surprised again after hearing the price.

It was unexpectedly cheap.

Beck turned to look at his sister in the group, then glanced at Stephen. Both nodded.

The only downside is that there are currently only two double rooms.

Jennifer was very upset: "I don't want to share a room with anyone. Who does she think she is, why should I live with her? If anyone has to stay, it should be... Anyway, it's not happening. I want a room to myself."

After hearing Jennifer's words, Baker was even angrier than Betty: "She is my sister, Jennifer, show some respect! We are mercenaries, not your family's servants!"

"Then you tell me what to do. I've never slept with anyone else since I was a kid. I just want to live alone. My family gave you so much money, and I can't even have a room to myself?"

Jennifer was still arguing, but this time her voice was much softer. Every time Baker got angry, it would result in a brief moment of quiet from Jennifer.

Betty didn't want to waste everyone's rest time any longer, so she took the initiative to ask Su Yao, "Owner, can I rest on the chair in the hall for one night? We'll set off tomorrow."

"No way, sleeping on a chair is no different from not resting at all."

Stephen watched from the side and felt it wasn't right either. "A little girl like you sleeping on a chair in the hall while the two of us grown men sleep in beds? No, no, let's switch. We'll sleep in the hall."

"How can that be? You are the main force ensuring the team's safety..."

"Stop, stop, stop!" Su Yao saw that the few people were arguing endlessly with no intention of stopping, so she was forced to speak up and put an end to it.

"If it really doesn't work, I'll get a folding single bed and let my sister stay in the dining room."

While the others were arguing, Su Yao kept trying to find a solution. After accessing the system store, she indeed found a folding bed worth 10 points, which was equivalent to 20 gold coins.

As long as the four of them paid the money, Su Yao could go to the system store and exchange it for this single, simple folding bed. Then, by taking out the sheets and blankets that the inn already had, they could manage to sleep for a night.

The four people had never heard of a folding bed, so they first noticed the dining room.

Following the hotel's sign, the restaurant was just behind a door, spacious and bright inside, clean and tidy.

Betty smiled, quite satisfied. "This place isn't bad. It shouldn't be open at night, right? If no one comes, I can close the door and get a good night's sleep."

"Don't worry, the restaurant only operates until 9 PM. There's still half an hour until closing, and no one will go in after it closes."

Beck didn't see the bed Su Yao mentioned and was still hesitating, but Jennifer directly made the decision.

In the end, Baker really had no other choice, and with a few words of persuasion from Betty, he finally agreed.

"Staying one night in the restaurant, I'll charge you 30. If you need to take a bath, you'll have to go upstairs and use the bathroom in your room. There's a toilet on the first floor."

"Alright." Beck had no objections. This price was reasonable even in the least affluent southern towns.

Su Yao took the gold coin and couldn't resist rubbing it with her fingers a couple of times.

So this is what gold coins look like, I finally have money!

After Su Yao collected the money, she quickly exchanged it to buy a folding bed, then pretended to return to the dormitory before taking it out.

Beck finally felt relieved after seeing the bed with his own eyes.

It's not very big, but it looks quite sturdy. Pressing on it even feels more comfortable than some of the large beds they've stayed in at certain inns.

Jennifer finally waited until now. Seeing that Su Yao had everything arranged, she quickly called out, "It's very late, hurry up and heat some water for me."

Su Yao had already received the money and was in a very good mood. She could even serve a guest like Jennifer with a smile. "Our hotel provides automatic hot water 24 hours a day, so I don't need to heat it. Each room has it automatically."

"What's your magic level?"

Jennifer suddenly asked a question out of the blue.

However, Su Yao still understood.

In this continent, inns that provide hot water automatically are quite common. However, they don't use solar energy; they use magic.

A fire mage of level five or above can fully master their abilities to create this kind of magical device that automatically produces hot water.

Su Yao's smile grew wider. It seemed that under the system's hidden strength feature, Jennifer had mistaken her for a level five or higher mage.

"This question I cannot comment on."

Su Yao ignored the complex looks from the crowd and suddenly began to introduce the restaurant: "Our restaurant is still open for business. If any guests are hungry, they can buy a few meals to eat. As for the prices, they are very reasonable."

"The taste is also very good!"

Gerald had already washed up and come downstairs. Hearing the innkeeper promoting the food, he couldn't help but chime in.

"Yes," Su Yao said, serving Gerard a bowl of mushroom and egg soup along with a few buns.

Actually, I wanted Gerard to try the chicken noodle soup, but considering that eating too much broth late at night isn't good, I ended up serving buns instead.

Gerald didn't have many thoughts, his mind was filled with emotion. If there weren't others around, he would have definitely taken out that pile of materials and offered them to Su Yao right then and there.

Beck and the others were somewhat wealthier than Gerard, but they had never seen such food either.

Standing nearby for just a moment, the fragrance enveloped their entire bodies.

"A carrot and egg bun costs 1 gold coin, an eggplant bun costs 1 gold coin, a meat bun costs 2 gold coins, noodles are 5 gold coins, and the soup is only 7 gold coins..."

Beck looked through them one by one, and none of them cost more than ten gold coins. He immediately decided to get twelve buns, four bowls of noodles, and four bowls of soup.

So many!

Su Yao was just about to persuade them not to waste it when Baker spoke first, "If we can't finish it, we'll take it with us and eat it on the way."

Indeed, nowadays everyone uses storage bags, so there's no fear of them getting damaged in a short time.

Seeing that they already had a way to handle it, Su Yao immediately stopped talking and served the meal directly!

The few people ate happily, and Su Yao was also happy holding the gold coins.

The current hotel funds are: 244.

[After having income, a maintenance and cleaning fee of 100 is automatically deducted every day. The current hotel funds are: 144.]

[After having income, the owner's salary will be automatically deducted and deposited into the personal account daily, 100 per day (adjustable by the owner). The current inn funds are: 44.]

[The host's current personal funds are: 100.]

The inn was finally truly open for business.