Chapter 26 p1
When a big shot moved, it was truly a spectacle for thousands.
These days, whenever Ji Yang went out, she could hear people discussing who was moving today, what their rank was on the pre-apocalypse rich list, and how much of their fortune they still had after the disaster. It was like an ancient daughter’s dowry procession, with a ten-li red train; the line was so long you couldn’t see the end.
Some people even risked their lives to rush up and rob them. In the beginning, they actually managed to snatch some supplies.
But when they moved, this group of people had hired many helpers, and the government had also sent people. So, not long after they had robbed, they were immediately caught. Two robbers were shot on the spot, and the rest were taken back to mine coal. The other people who were itching to make a move didn’t dare to do anything and could only watch this pile of supplies, drooling.
Ji Yang also joined in the fun, mixing in with the crowd to watch. But the time she watched, nothing chaotic happened.
The moving tide was lively. After watching the excitement, she went to the exchange point to find Luo Laosan, only to hear that her two cars were in high demand, but…
Luo Laosan scratched his head. “One has already been sold. This is the jade you wanted.”
Ji Yang took the wooden box he gave her. The box was made of high-quality wood and was very beautiful. When she opened it, it was dazzling. Every piece of jade inside was something that could only be bought for tens of millions before the apocalypse.
There were five pieces in total: two jade Buddhas, one jade Guanyin, one jade bracelet, and one jade hairpin.
Ji Yang was very satisfied, so satisfied that when she thought about throwing them into her space for the space to eat, she felt that she was being really wasteful.
Besides the quality, the craftsmanship was also truly exquisite!
She was a little reluctant to part with them.
Seeing that she was satisfied, Luo Laosan also felt relieved and said, “There’s still one left. They’re still hesitating. They wanted to ask your opinion. The other party wants two cars at once and is willing to give three unpolished raw stones: two imperial green ones that you wanted, and one lavender one. The size is about… the size of a fist. The lavender one is a little smaller, about the size of half a palm.”
He gestured the size and then said, “My boss said to ask if you have any more. If you do, he’ll take them all at once. If not, he’ll take them, but if you want to trade again, the price will definitely go up a little. It’s also because their family has a lot of things, and they were a step slower than others and didn’t get enough transportation tools. Otherwise, they might not have taken them out to sell.”
Ji Yang’s eyes lit up. Both of these were what her space liked. When she had gone stone gambling before, she had found a few of these, but she hadn’t dared to have them cut open and had directly thrown them into her space. Otherwise, it would have attracted too much attention.
She nodded decisively. “Okay, I’ll take it. Wait a moment, I’ll go and get another car.”
Luo Laosan was not surprised that she would agree and said with a smile, “Okay, you have to be quick. I’ll go and report back to my boss first.”
Ji Yang was also looking forward to what her space would become after devouring these. When it had eaten these before, it had expanded by the thousands. So, she quickly got on her beloved snowmobile and rushed out like a flash.
She drove to a place far from the city, found an empty house for cover, took out a new snowmobile, and then quickly drove back. Xixi had a place to sit, so she didn’t have to slow down for it. She directly drove at the maximum speed she could handle. Even though she was driving very fast, she still returned to the exchange point in half an hour.
Luo Laosan heard the noise and came over. When he saw another brand-new car, he immediately beamed. “I’ll take it over for inspection first.”
“Mm,” Ji Yang nodded.
Luo Laosan didn’t let her wait outside. He invited her into a room next to the exchange point and poured her a cup of hot water. “Sit here for a while. It’ll be done soon.”
There was a charcoal basin in the room, and also a lot of supplies. The “daoye” who were coming and going saw her, and it seemed they all knew her. Some even smiled and nodded, but they didn’t come up to talk.
Ji Yang didn’t feel constrained either and lazily curled up on the sofa. Xixi curled up at her feet. The human and the dog were both extremely lazy.
When Xie Muzhi came in with his men, this was the scene he saw.
He raised an eyebrow. “Miss Ji.”
In her relaxed state, when Ji Yang heard this voice, she subconsciously got up and saw the slightly stunned Xie Muzhi and Luo Laosan. She smiled naturally. “Mr. Xie.”
She saw that the two of them were filled with joy. Besides the three raw stones, they must have gotten a lot of other good things from the other party. Look at the corners of their lips that were unconsciously curled up.
Xie Muzhi was indeed in a good mood and very neatly had Luo Laosan give her the box. “This is yours.”
Ji Yang took it and opened it. The arrival of the disaster had not tarnished these treasures. It seemed that its original owner had liked it very much. Even though it was a raw stone, it was still crystal clear, and its color was bright, stunning at a glance.
She reached out and touched it.
The temperature of the thumb ring on her collarbone suddenly rose.
Ji Yang closed the lid and stuffed it into her bag. “The transaction is over. Goodbye.”
Without any lingering.
Xixi also quickly followed, its tail wagging happily.
After playing enough outside, it was time to go home.
Xie Muzhi’s eyes darkened slightly. “Is Miss Ji really not considering joining us? For internal employee transactions, we won’t charge a commission.”
Ji Yang still shook her head. “Mr. Xie’s business is so large, there must be many capable people willing to work with you. I won’t be joining.”
She smiled and walked past the two of them.
Luo Laosan was puzzled. “Boss, do you think highly of Miss Ji?”
Xie Muzhi nodded and at the same time said, “I always feel like she has some connection with one of my uncles.”
Luo Laosan’s eyes widened. “Ah? I haven’t heard that Uncle Xie and the others have an illegitimate daughter.”
Xie Muzhi looked over sinisterly. “I said a connection!”
Luo Laosan immediately shut up.
Xie Muzhi suddenly asked, “Did you hide any private money before?”
Luo Laosan immediately jumped up and denied it. “No! How could I hide private money? My wife is so strict!”
Xie Muzhi smiled. “The more decisively you deny it, the more problematic it is.”
Luo Laosan: …
He didn’t dare to speak anymore. He caught a glimpse of a “daoye” moving supplies, and he trotted over to help, taking the opportunity to slip away.
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Ji Yang couldn’t wait to go back.
The building was very lively. The households that had been closing their doors tightly before were now gathered together, talking about moving.
Ji Yang happened to pass by on her way back. These few families immediately shut up and didn’t dare to say anything until she had left.
Only then did someone whisper, “She’s carrying a big bag again. It looks so full. She must have gotten a lot of good things. She’s so amazing.”
“Isn’t she? If only my son had this ability.”
“…”
Ji Yang soon couldn’t hear the low murmurs. When she reached the fifteenth floor and opened the door, she directly sent her backpack into her space. Without opening it, the space automatically absorbed the jade.
Then, she watched as the already well-planned land in front of her once again had a large empty space.
This time, it had increased by three thousand eight hundred and fifty square meters at once!
Brought by three snowmobiles.
The quantity was small, but the quality was high, directly expanding by the thousands.
This meant that so far, she already had seven thousand two hundred square meters of land.
Seeing this number, Ji Yang suddenly had a gut feeling that the upper limit of the land might also be ten thousand square meters. Then what about after the land?
Would there be water?
She was really looking forward to this.
Ji Yang herself was actually not short of water. When she had hoarded water, besides mineral water and bottled water, she had also filled all kinds of water towers. When she had nothing to do, she had also collected enough snow and the ice she had hoarded before, which was more than enough for her normal use for a lifetime.
But if there was a water source, it would be different.
The static space could store everything, but only what could be ‘produced’ was truly infinite.
Just like her anxiety about bullets, even if the stock was sufficient, with only expenditure and no income, there would always be a little dissatisfaction deep down. This was probably due to human greed.
Therefore, Ji Yang hoped even more that the next thing to appear in her space would be a freshwater resource.
It would be best if it appeared early.
That way, she could get more freshwater fish and shrimp to raise.
However, it seemed she hadn’t bought any feed for raising fish and shrimp. She wondered if they could form a biological chain on their own.
Ji Yang thought about many things, but they were all just fantasies. What she had to face now was the sudden increase of nearly four thousand square meters of empty land, and what to do with it.
This amount was directly much larger than the previous land!
After thinking about it, she finally divided it into three parts. The eight hundred and fifty square meters of odd land would be used to grow various vegetables. Ji Yang didn’t bother to choose which kind of vegetable. She just grabbed a little of each and scattered them on top, then used a rake to turn the soil to cover the seeds, and then watered it a little, which was considered to have used up this piece of land.
Then, she would use one thousand square meters to grow potatoes and sweet potatoes. These two would be the staple food for the vast majority of ordinary survivors in the future. Their yield was large, and they were relatively easy to grow. Of course, that was the kind that had been improved by experts.
If it wasn’t improved, it would be difficult to grow in either extreme cold or extreme heat.
In between these two seasons, there was also a period of torrential rains and floods. During this period, all the farmland was submerged, and planting could only be done indoors. It was thanks to the experts’ formidable skills that there was no famine.
And at this time, it was relatively friendly, giving humanity a chance to breathe. At least things could be grown.
When the extreme heat came, the land would crack, and the water shortage would be extreme. The water source for watering plants had to be used sparingly. Many people were so hungry that they ate rats and cockroaches. The result was that they got sick and died. Those who didn’t die became virus carriers. When the temperature dropped later, they became a source of infection, killing a whole area…
The last two thousand square meters were naturally for medicinal herbs.
It was fine when planting. Apart from being mentally tired, it was all okay.
But it wasn’t the same when harvesting.
The first batch of Chinese herbal medicines she had planted before, one of them was already mature. After harvesting, logically, it should be fine to just put it in her space. But Ji Yang was thinking of trading it. She couldn’t trade medicinal herbs with the fragrance of the soil, right?
Therefore, she had to learn how to process these medicinal herbs herself.
Fortunately, the medical knowledge she had had the processing methods for each kind of medicinal herb. Ji Yang only needed to look them up and follow them.
Since she was idle anyway, she would just accumulate a little more medical knowledge for herself, just in case.
It was just that as soon as she finished this batch, the next batch was also harvested, and she had to continue to be busy. As a result, she now had to spend an hour in her space every day. When this batch of medicinal herbs was also harvested, it would take even longer.
However, it had to be said that after such a busy period, watching the stock of medicinal herbs on the shelves in her space slowly increase, with a few more burlap sacks at a time, she was also very motivated. The space really satisfied the psychology of a hoarder!
In short, it was painful but happy.
*
The moving tide of the big shots finally dissipated after half a month.
Perhaps because she was busy, no one came to harass Ji Yang, allowing her to live her own little life at home for a long time. Time also flew by. In December, the base finally announced that all citizens who met the conditions could enter the base.
The conditions were naturally that they had not committed any crimes. Those who had committed crimes would not enter the base, but would enter coal mines, mining sites, be porters, and other heavy and tiring jobs, without any wages or grain.
In addition, each ordinary person needed to pay two hundred points as an entrance fee. Children under fourteen only needed one hundred points, and children under six did not need any points.
These two hundred points were not much. As long as you were a little more diligent during this period and got resources to exchange, it was completely fine. But for those who had been lazy during this period and were unwilling to go out because they were afraid of the cold, there was a problem.
Therefore, for a time, many survivors wailed again, cursing the government, their families, and other survivors, cursing whoever they could.