Chapter 745: Wandering in London on a Budget (Part 2)
Yi Fangran has never been abroad (crossed out)
With Fangran having never lived seriously in a foreign country and having no knowledge of economic related knowledge, he had always thought that even if there was such a thing as an exchange rate,
That is something that is only involved in cross-border trade.
Therefore, various currencies should be similar in their own countries. One pound in the UK is equivalent to one dollar in China.
But after seeing that a bag of bread in front of me only costs 70 pence or 0.7 pounds, the value of currency, national wealth, productivity level, and inflation went through my mind without any understanding.
I thought very simply that in Beijing, a piece of bread cost at least three or four yuan,
Fangran suddenly felt that he was holding a 'huge sum of money'.
He looked at the shelves in front of him. The simple markings were based on prices that he could recognize in plastic English. Most of them were in small numbers ranging from a few tenths to a few tenths.
A piece of bread costs 0.7 pounds, which means that even if you buy ten pieces, you will still have three pounds left...
(°Д°!) Are prices so low in the UK?
That's right,
Contrary to the impression that the imperial capital of the British Empire was full of food and drink, the prices in London supermarkets are surprisingly cheap.
You may say that according to the exchange rate, a bag of bread costing nearly seven yuan is not cheap, but don’t forget one thing.
They earn more than you (rolling eyes ruthlessly)...
Can the price of a bag of bread be the same to you as it is to others (rolls eyes again)?
The most common salary for a clerk job in London is 1,500 pounds a month, while the average salary is about 2,000 pounds.
According to the exchange rate of 1:9.5, converted into RMB, it is approximately 20,000 yuan a month.
Tell me what position I would be in in exchange for this income...
And with your current income, how much do you have to spend on food every month...
Well, you understand, that is to say, in London you go to the supermarket twice a week, spend 25 pounds each time, and take out 200 pounds a month, and you can eat whatever you want with about one-tenth of your salary.
Aren’t these ‘prices’ low?
In fact, this is exactly the case. Let’s not talk about complicated and professional things such as productivity and commodity economics. Although the British Empire went out to eat for a few dozen pounds, it was a small case.
But the average cost of eating at home, that is, the Engel coefficient is only 8%.
But even so, why do we still listen to people who have studied in London and say that the cost there is not low and you have to live frugally?
Oh, let’s leave this issue until next time.
The most critical issue right now is,
Fangran squatted in front of the supermarket shelf, clutching her only 10 pounds, wondering whether she should buy this large bag of sesame bread, which only cost 60 pence, or the large bag of meat floss bread next to it, which cost 90 pence.
As for the £1.20 three-slice ham sandwich on top of my head...
That's not within his scope of consideration.
Suddenly, he felt an unprecedented reality experience. Fangran was suddenly in a trance, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly when he thought about the problem that he was currently troubled with.
Really, a few days ago he was struggling to death eating king crab, bluefin tuna and other high-end ingredients he didn't recognize, but now he was squatting in a corner of the supermarket, hesitating over the price difference of a few dollars.
It feels like I'm back to my old self again...
From being a participant who had everything he wanted with [Chuangpai], he fell back to being an ordinary person who even worries about food. Fangran smiled when he thought about this.
Escaped from the previous panic and loss, I fell from the world of night fighting back to the real world and looked at the supermarket I was in. It was obviously just the same as before, but I felt a novel feeling.
Then he put the 90-pence meat floss bread back on the shelf, picked up the most common package of white bread on the side, which only cost 55-pence, and went to find the next thing he needed.
Speaking of which, the last time I came to the supermarket, I came with my senior sister...
Walking through the shelves, Fangran was looking for the next thing he wanted to buy. When he looked at the fruit section, there were basically one-pound bags of various fruits. The first thing that came to his mind among the retail labels that belonged to his daily range was
Xia Yao's figure.
I don’t know what my senior is doing now, ah... Oops...
Something unexpected happened during this national war. I will be punished by Xiaoran again when I go back...
Passing by Evian, which was discounting six bottles of 3 pounds, Fangran mentioned a bottle of unknown mineral water that cost 17p for 2L. Fangran had a headache thinking that this time he didn't tell Fang Xiaoran about not being in school.
never mind...
But in the end, Fangran looked at the bread and water in his hands, walked to the exit and sighed as he prepared to pay.
Before you worry about going back to be punished, you should first think of a way to go back...
Then with this thought in mind, he walked towards the checkout counter at the supermarket exit. There were not many people queuing up at this time in the morning. Fangran chose an unoccupied entrance and walked over, taking out the items in the shopping basket.
"I want this...um, that...I..."
Wait, what should I say to people when paying the bill? I didn’t seem to have learned it in class before (dumb)...
Just when Fangran was in a daze for two seconds, realizing that he didn't know what to say when paying the bill, and thinking with shame that it would be okay if he didn't say anything,
The figure behind the cashier quickly settled everything and spoke in a clear and cheerful voice:
"Two packs of Farmhouse white bread, two bottles of Nestlé mineral water, a total of 1.44 pounds."
"Oh, thank you..."
Subconsciously handing over the 10 pounds, Fangran said blankly, and then after receiving the change of 8 pounds and 56 pence, he stared at the familiar figure wearing a supermarket employee uniform in front of him and remained speechless.
"Um... let me tell you, Tang Bing, what are you doing here?"
Different from the treatment in China, Tang Bing, who was sitting behind the cashier, had already changed into a short-sleeved uniform. When Fang Ran asked her this question, she responded as she should:
"I work here."
Then you told me that you didn’t know where the supermarket was?
As if sensing the speechless look in Fang Ran's eyes as he looked at him, and the prevarication he was trying to avoid before, Tang Bing felt guilty and embarrassed, puffing out one cheek to admit his mistake.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Then he changed the topic and coughed, and quickly asked with concern:
"Hey, senior, do you only buy these two things? Hey, why did you buy so much bread?"
"Because I can eat, and there is another person left here who has to learn to save money."
Fangran rolled his eyes and answered truthfully, and then while Tang Bing quickly and enthusiastically stretched out the bag for him to make up for it and put the things in,
A little annoyed with this genuine school girl, she casually asked:
"Aren't you here to be an exchange student? Why are you working here?"
"Because I don't want to eat dirt."
Hmm? Eat dirt?
Aren't things here very cheap?
Hearing the melancholy look on her face was a little strange, but he didn't ask any more questions. Fang Ran could hardly stand the growling in his stomach and just wanted to find a place to eat the bag of bread.
But before leaving, Fangran remembered another important thing and looked at this school girl whom he had never met before but met by chance on the streets of London.
"Oh, by the way, schoolgirl, do you know where I can buy blankets?"
The bright-eyed girl sitting behind the cashier blinked and pointed to a place and answered:
"I know, senior, you can find it if you go over there."
...
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Located on an island at high latitudes in the northern hemisphere, London has short days and long nights in October.
In downtown Westminster, countless gears rotate inside the dim and ancient Elizabeth Tower, causing the huge pointer on the dial to point to the moment of VII.
The remaining clouds in the sky dimmed, and endless darkness came.
An entire large city has completed its day's work. Countless people living here got off the subway buses that were running normally, and the street lights on the British-style streets lit up one by one.
It was not a warm high-rise building, but a remote rooftop in the city, surrounded by cheap blankets. Fangran watched the golden lights gradually illuminate the bustling London city in the distance in the coming night.
..
After completing the two goals of ensuring financial resources and ensuring food sources, I spent an afternoon in a very dilapidated urban area in the East End of London,
Fangran found this roof filled with all kinds of debris, which could barely replace the tent as a place to block the wind, as a way to solve the third goal of ensuring shelter.
By the way, this cheapest blanket is £8.
Fang Ran, who currently had 56 pence left in his assets, couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth slightly after eating the last piece of bread in the bag.
Damn, luckily I didn't buy the expensive one...
And this dry bread is really worth the price...
To be honest, the moment I personally experienced the purchasing power of the pound and searched all over the mall for a blanket cheaper than 8 pounds,
Fangran's mood is only...
┬─┬丶(￡Д￡*)Absolutely evil capitalism!
Most people can't climb up the roof of this building except through the door. They climbed up from the nearby roof in the dark night and found a small space supported by a broken table and chairs next to it. There was a bag of bread and water left underneath.
,
Securing financial resources, ensuring food, ensuring shelter, losing ability and having nothing left, I was suddenly transported to London, and finally achieved my primary goal of surviving in this city for the time being.
Fangran tightened the blanket and looked at the London night with a headache. What should he do next?
He wasn't sure whether Shui Linlang had foreseen that he was now in London, and he didn't know what kind of force the people who were chasing him were, so he rashly went to the embassy and the like to take real-world methods to return home.
Fangran didn't know if he could return to China safely.
As for the method of fighting the world at night, he could not contact any participants who could help him, and no matter which method,
As long as the A-level top player who gave me a fatal feeling that night appears, it will basically be cool.
"Insufficient information..."
No matter what we know so far, there is overwhelmingly too little. Fangran was suddenly thrown into London from the national war. Fangran, who didn't know what action to take for a while, sighed to himself and glanced at the street outside the rooftop railing.
There are still a lot of people, and it’s not time to go out to play in the wild yet.
Then he rolled himself up into a caterpillar with a blanket, and bit by bit got into the 'tent' he had set up. Fangran had no clue about the next fourth goal, 'find a way to return to China'.
I decided to get some sleep first and then think about this issue when I woke up at night.
After spending a day wandering penniless in a foreign country where I didn't understand the language, the tiredness of never having a good rest came flooding in at this moment, and my tense heartstrings relaxed slightly.
He finally passed the first day of the London survival adventure that started on hell difficulty.
My mind flashed back to the memory of the day when the British pound was lost and English was reduced to the streets. After a day of running for survival, my last thought before falling asleep was a helpless eye roll.
If I had known...
The promise I made to Veronica at that time was taken care of...
