Speaking of which, there is really no food in the items traded in the market, and almost all of them are unused items from home, such as old clothes, used kitchen utensils... But without exception, what everyone wants to exchange for is food.
That's all.
But they also didn't need these idle items. After wandering around, they calmed down and planned to leave the market. However, before they could go far, two people blocked their way.
The two people in front of me, Mr. Gao, knew each other. They were the faces that had appeared on the black market during the surveillance yesterday.
Seeing the person standing still, Lao Gao asked, "Is something wrong?"
The person in the lead pointed to the bags on their backs and said, "Do you have charcoal? Have you not finished changing it?"
Lao Gao nodded.
The man said: "I have collected all the remaining ones."
Lao Gao replied expressionlessly: "I still have two backpacks, but I only want food."
The man must have been observing them for a while. He nodded immediately without saying anything and said, "Okay, I'll give you two big bags of charcoal in exchange for 20 kilograms of grain."
These 20 kilograms of grain are respectively 10 kilograms of rice and 10 kilograms of flour. It is definitely not cost-effective in terms of kilograms. However, charcoal takes up space. It sounds like it is as big as two big bags, but it actually does not need to be burned.
And coincidentally, the food they exchanged for the two bags of charcoal they exchanged happened to be about 20 kilograms of food. The types were scattered, but they were roughly the same. It can be seen that these two people had been watching the four of them from the beginning.
people.
Lao Gao thought about it, hesitated for a moment and then agreed, "Okay."
The transaction was carried out on the spot. After the man brought two bags of grain, they poured all the charcoal into the big bag in front of them. Seeing that the charcoal was indeed good charcoal, the man nodded with satisfaction.
He said: "My name is Da Fei. I'm from the black market at the back. If you have anything else you want to exchange, you can come to me directly. I will definitely give you a reasonable price. Do you still have this charcoal?"
After Lao Gao glanced at him, he replied: "Yes, but it will take some time to make charcoal."
Da Fei smiled and said: "I just heard that your charcoal is freshly made. I still don't believe it. You really make it fresh and sell it now. In this way, I am at the black market every day. You can come to me directly after making it."
, I collected them all, and I will use the remaining money to set up a stall.”
No matter whether they sell it in the future or not, they will definitely not refuse this. Lao Gao agreed, and then they left with the supplies.
Da Fei and the two looked at the background of the four of them going away and said with a smile: "Sure enough, what the boss said is right. In troubled times, there is no need to worry about brainless people making charcoal. There are still people who can make charcoal nowadays. Let's go and carry it back."
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…
The appearance of Lan Jin and the charcoal naturally gave the black market people a big surprise.
But at the same time, it also gave Lan Jin and others a big surprise, "Let's... today."
However, before Lan Jin could finish her words, three people came out from the corner and blocked the way of the four of them, "Stop, I will keep you here and I will spare your lives today, otherwise..."
However, Ling Jiang couldn't wait for these people to tell me what to say. He went up and kicked the three of them with his backhand, so that they couldn't even get up from the ground.
Does the whole process take a minute?
However, Ling Jiang paid no attention to these three people and continued to ask: "What did you want to say just now?"
Forehead.
"Today went pretty smoothly."
"Isn't that right? The key is that we also got flour. I really want to eat pancakes. The pancakes made by my grandma are very delicious. I just want to eat this tonight." Ling Jiang said excitedly: "What do you think?
Do you want to eat? Why don't you just let me make the milk and we can eat together."
…
As Ling Jiang said, Grandma Ling's craftsmanship is indeed very good. The cakes are crispy and fragrant, and with the leftover pickles, everyone ate them deliciously.
But after eating the pancakes, it was time to talk about the next thing.
"Are we on the black market today? Then if we have something in our hands, we can occasionally go to the black market to exchange it."
Why is it occasional? There is a lot of wood, but there is only so much. They can replace it for a while, but they can't replace it for a long time. So like today, it is okay to have an emergency.
Speaking of which, the most important thing is to find food.
"That being said, I'm afraid it's hard to find food. We've been walking around here for so long, so I'm afraid there's no food around here anymore." Huang Jinghe asked.
"Not necessarily." After thinking for a while, Lao Gao said: "If there is no food nearby, then where did these people's things come from? There will always be fish that slipped through the net, but we didn't find it."
Lao Gao determined that there were food dens outside, but they just couldn't find them. If they could break into one or two at will, they wouldn't have to worry about these for a long time. Moreover, they now had money from the black market.
Even if it's not food, it's probably something valuable if you exchange it for food, and the other party will probably want it, so you can't stop going out to find supplies.
Lao Gao suggested: "If we go out later, we can divide into two groups, one group will go out to find supplies, and the other group will stay at home to make charcoal."
This is definitely no problem, but traveling is still a big problem.
After Lan Jin thought about it seriously, he said, "You guys think, if I sit on a skateboard and let the dog pull me, can I run farther?"
This idea is very good, but the dog of Lan Jin's family just listened to Lan Jin and couldn't drag the skate in that place. When Lan Jin actually got on it, he fell really badly.
Therefore, this idea can only be an idea. If they can't continue to use skates, they still won't be able to go very far.
…
Before they thought about their next destination, Lan Jin was not idle at home.
Isn't it extremely cold right now? It's dozens of degrees below zero. If you don't take out the drinks in the space and freeze them, it's really a shame for this big natural refrigerator.
At first, she prepared a lot of ordinary plain water ice cubes for herself, but except for ice cream, there was no ice for any flavored drinks.
Although it is okay to use it just like this, it is not as convenient as freezing it separately.
Therefore, Lan Jin rummaged around the space and found all the containers and ice trays that could make ice.
She first froze these small ice cubes, then put them all into a large container and placed them in a circular motion.
While she was chilling ice cubes, she was also busy with carbonated drinks.
Carbonated drinks can form smoothies in the lower shelf of the refrigerator at minus 18 degrees Celsius for 3 or 4 hours. Now, it only takes half an hour for bottles of drinks to have smoothies.
Lan Jin waited for it to freeze a little harder and then put it all into the space. If the extreme cold passed...
In short, there is always a time when it can be used.