Chapter 43 p2
By the time Ji Yang really fell asleep, it was already nine at night.
Her mental power had been consumed too much. As soon as she relaxed, she immediately fell asleep. When she woke up again, it was exactly eight the next day. Her regular schedule was enviable.
Being in a strange place for the first time, Ji Yang had no mood to laze in bed. She quickly got up, put the bed back into her space, and took out the original bed. She found that the ice she had put down last night had already melted into water.
No wonder she felt a burst of heat.
She took out a few more buckets of ice, changed the original water, and added two more air conditioning fans. In a short while, the temperature dropped.
Then, Ji Yang went to wash up, have breakfast, and also feed the dog.
She had nothing to do this morning, and she was also relaxed. After eating, she leaned back and rested for a while, and collected all the new eggs for today.
The number was increasing. Ji Yang directly collected ten baskets!
When she transferred them to the frame, she immediately filled the previous half-frames.
It’s only been about four days!
Speaking of which, during the heavy rain, Xie Muzhi had been trapped in her place. He knew that she had a lot of eggs, so he had helped her make a lot of salted eggs. When Xie Muzhi was making them, Ji Yang had also used her consciousness to imitate his steps in her space, strictly following them without any innovation, and had also salted a lot of eggs. They were all placed in the living room of the room in her space.
After more than a year of accumulation, the number of eggs was exceptionally large, and they had filled the entire living room.
Salted eggs could be eaten in about twenty days. Ji Yang had set an alarm. When the time was up, she would transfer them all to her static space and save them to eat slowly at their most delicious time.
It was just…
At this moment, when she tried to think of Xie Muzhi’s steps for salting eggs, she couldn’t remember at all.
If it were martial arts techniques, she could definitely copy them one-to-one in her mind.
Perhaps this is where talent lies.
Ji Yang didn’t struggle either. At worst, she would just let Xie Muzhi salt them again next time, and she would learn from him again, striving to get all the salted eggs she would eat in her life!
She had almost nothing to do all day. In a strange place, worried about any unexpected situations, she didn’t exercise for too long, reserving fifty percent of her strength.
So, all her free time was spent processing medicinal herbs in her space.
She had done one batch after another, and in the end, she was numb.
However, when she saw the new pile of medicinal herbs that could be directly used as medicine in her space, she was full of energy again.
Facing so many resources, her sense of security was bursting!
It wasn’t until three in the afternoon.
Ji Yang finally went out to collect fish.
Before that, she had to go and exchange for points. For the convenience of trading, besides the point card, there were also paper points, just like the money before the disaster. But due to the limited conditions, they were all printed by each base themselves, with the base’s logo on them.
It was just that it was dangerous now, and most people didn’t dare to use the paper ones, for fear of being robbed. The point card required the person to go and transfer, and it had to be under the eyes of the government, which was much safer.
However, Ji Yang didn’t care about these things. She had even deliberately gone back to the base to transfer points many times, and each time it was a large amount, which was even more eye-catching.
So, she put Xixi into her space, started the assault boat again, and first went out of the community.
Today was still a sunny day. Even at this time, the air still felt very stuffy and humid. There were people living in the base, and the water quality was a little dirtier, and the stench was even stronger.
Fortunately, there were not many people in the water. Ji Yang sped up and left the base.
When she came back, there were four more burlap sacks of things on the assault boat, all heavy.
“Hello, I’m here to exchange for points,” Ji Yang shouted at the point exchange.
This place was submerged in water, and the staff were all on the second floor. At this time, she happened not to see anyone on the first floor.
But soon, someone responded and ran down to the stairwell.
Ji Yang slowly rowed over and pointed the end with the goods at them. “The things are all here.”
The staff were two people. They cooperated to move the burlap sacks down. The heavy weight almost caught the two of them off guard. Fortunately, they didn’t touch the dirty water. Only then did they say, “What is this?”
“Vegetables,” Ji Yang said.
The two of them were overjoyed. “So many?”
Ji Yang smiled and didn’t say anything.
The two of them didn’t ask either. It was not strange for these things to be grown now. They even reminded her, “The price of vegetables has dropped a lot. It’s fifteen points per jin now. It would have been better if you had come half a month earlier.”
Now, the government’s vegetables were also starting to be harvested, and the price was dropping day by day. Of course, they were also selling like crazy. The survivors who hadn’t eaten much fruits and vegetables for more than a year were squatting at the sales office every day to buy them.
Ji Yang naturally complained, “Half a month ago, these were not even mature.”
“That’s true,” the staff member smiled, weighed these, and also returned the burlap sack to her. “A total of three hundred and fifty jin, the points are 5250. If you can accept it, I’ll register it for you, okay?”
“Okay,” Ji Yang nodded. “I want paper points, including the points in my card now. I want to exchange them all for paper points.”
The staff member paused, reminded her to be careful, and didn’t ask much more before going to arrange it. He also had to add the points in her current point card. More than six thousand points, similar to the banknotes of her previous life, but the difference was very big. It was quite heavy in her hand.
After Ji Yang was done, she asked what was more expensive.
The staff member said enthusiastically, “Speaking of which, the previous ones were naturally cigarettes, alcohol, and precious Chinese herbal medicines, as well as meat. By the way, fresh pork is now twenty-five per jin, and this is a slight price drop.”
Ji Yang’s eyes lit up. It was a good opportunity to get rid of the rabbit meat. She quickly asked, “What about rabbit meat?”
The staff member: “Rabbit meat is twenty. Rabbit meat is less, not comparable to pork. But if it’s alive, it’s thirty-five per jin.”
Ji Yang nodded. Just as another person came over to exchange for points, she went out first. She wouldn’t get live rabbits for now, but giving vegetables was indeed not very efficient. She was also afraid that the strawberries would be too big of a target. It was not strange to get vegetables in these times, but to get strawberries was a bit too much.
Rabbits were just right. They reproduced quickly and were convenient to give out. And the poultry she had raised, there was already a stock in her space. She had eaten these when she was free, and had asked Xie Muzhi to cook them. His cooking was quite delicious, but besides that, there was no difference from the others. The space did not have the effect of improving the quality of these plants and animals like in those novels, so it didn’t matter if she gave them out.
So, half an hour later, Ji Yang came back again.
This time, there was also a rubber boat behind the assault boat, filled to the brim with supplies: rabbit meat, chicken, duck, quail, and the like, as well as small tomatoes, and a small portion of more expensive Chinese herbal medicines!
She only gave a small portion of the medicinal herbs because in her previous life, the specific cures were what the Changnan Base was better at. The two teachers were the key. The Changnan Base was willing to spend a lot of money to send people to rescue them, so the other bases were a little behind.
Since that was the case, she would also leave most of the medicinal herbs for the Changnan Base, to strive for the earlier development of the specific cures, to have more medicines, and to let more people be treated.
The staff member, after looking at the few burlap sacks, directly gave her a thumbs up and weighed them with a smile. The price of poultry was a little higher, thirty-one per jin. Small tomatoes were also considered fruit, and were very popular. At a time when fruit was so expensive that it was unaffordable, its value had also risen, and a jin cost forty-five points.
The medicinal herbs were even more expensive, over a hundred points per jin.
This time, Ji Yang had brought about three hundred jin of meat, one hundred and fifty jin of small tomatoes, and fifty jin of Chinese herbal medicines, which could be exchanged for twenty-one thousand points.
Seeing this amount, Ji Yang couldn’t help but give herself a thumbs up. Fortunately, she had remembered the small tomatoes. They were expensive and would not be eye-catching.
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At this time, the time agreed with the first vendor was almost up. Ji Yang quickly went to the agreed place and saw that the other party was already looking forward to it, sitting on a rubber boat and looking around.
When he saw Ji Yang, he immediately waved excitedly. “Here, here!”
As for why he could tell it was her at a glance, in the crowd, this girl was the only one driving an assault boat alone. This thing was very expensive. Even if she had bought it, she wouldn’t be driving it for fun.
Not to mention that she was neatly dressed, while the others were either dirty or in rags. When they went out to fish, they were reluctant to wear good clothes.
Ji Yang quickly approached. “How many are there?”
“More than three hundred!” the vendor said proudly. “When I make a move, how can there be a problem? You want many kinds. I’ve spent a lot of effort. Take a look.”
As he spoke, he brought the buckets of fish to Ji Yang. He reached his large hand in and scooped up the fish, which were constantly flapping their tails. Most of them were common fish, but after looking at a few, Ji Yang also saw many kinds of fish she had never seen before.
Seeing that she was satisfied, the vendor praised himself even more tirelessly. “You don’t know, to get these, our people all dived down to catch them! So there’s a little bit of grass on them. It’s all water grass from the bottom!”
With that, he even wanted to go and pick off the grass.
Ji Yang stopped him. “Just like this. It’s just right to leave some food for them, so they don’t starve to death on the way back.”
“That’s true, hahaha,” the vendor was even happier. Who didn’t like to add a little weight? He weighed it in front of Ji Yang. A total of three hundred and twenty-three jin. “Let’s forget about the odd numbers. Just give me for three hundred and twenty jin. Remember to deduct the points for that pack of cigarettes.” With that, he took out a calculator and calculated. Four thousand eight points, minus three hundred for the cigarettes, was four thousand five.
Ji Yang’s heart stirred. She took out about the same amount of paper points from her space, counted them once more in front of him, and after confirming that there was no mistake, she gave them to him. “Alright, here you go. Help me move these up.”
This extra rubber boat was for this.
The vendor immediately got to work. He didn’t need Ji Yang’s help, but there was no bucket, and she didn’t have anything else to put them in. Speaking of which, the vendor’s heart ached a little. Plastic buckets were originally not valuable, but the natural disaster had caused the factories to stop working, so the price of this thing had also become expensive, ten points for one.
Ji Yang’s eyes twitched. She simply gave him another hundred points. The vendor’s face was all smiles again, and he was a little embarrassed. “I was just saying.”
However, his action of taking the points was very nimble.
Ji Yang didn’t know whether to laugh or cry and didn’t say much more. After the things were put away, she asked, “Can you get a beehive here? The kind with live bees.”
The vendor was in a difficult position. “I’m not sure about this. Bees, I’m afraid they can’t survive a year of extreme cold. I’ll ask for you. Even if there are, the price will probably not be low.”
“Okay, thank you. If the price is too high, I don’t want it,” Ji Yang nodded and quickly started the assault boat and left.
As soon as she moved, someone quickly followed her. When she was out of the official range, she directly accelerated to the fastest speed. The people behind her followed and followed, and then more than half of them disappeared.
They were reluctant to spend money on gas.
Gas was expensive before the disaster, and it was even more frighteningly expensive after the disaster. The speed of both sides was about the same, so it was already difficult to catch up. Who knew where this girl was going to drive to? Their gas couldn’t afford it.
The last group of people was in hot pursuit. When they saw Ji Yang stop, they all rushed over frantically. She just directly took out her pistol, put on a silencer, and shot them in the head one by one.
As for the rubber boat, she didn’t care. If she left it here, it would always be seen and used by people.
This was a good thing. She was reluctant to destroy it. Otherwise, if she had shot the rubber boat at the very beginning, this group of people would not have been able to chase her.
Then, Ji Yang continued to look for a hidden place. When she got there, she quickly threw the ten buckets of fish and shrimp into her space, put the empty buckets back into the rubber boat, and the next vendor could use them.
Then, Ji Yang rushed to the second vendor, but found that the other party had not arrived yet, and the agreed time had already arrived.
She was puzzled when she saw a rubber boat hurriedly approaching her. It was that vendor. The vendor was panting and looked very anxious. Seeing her, he said in embarrassment, “I’m really sorry. In order to find different kinds of live fish and shrimp for you, we used all our strength, but we were delayed for a while. The things haven’t come over yet. The quantity is a bit large, and our rubber boat can’t carry it. Why don’t you drive your assault boat and go over with me to take a look?”
Ji Yang: ?
She didn’t say anything immediately. The vendor persuaded, “I guarantee it’s fine. Look, the government officials are all patrolling here. We’re not going far!”
“Hey, don’t believe him!” a voice suddenly interrupted their conversation.
The vendor’s face turned green. He looked over with a dark face, then paused, and then squeezed out a smile. “So it’s Young Master Xue. Isn’t this a case of the great water washing away the Dragon King’s temple? Do you two know each other?”
Ji Yang also looked over in surprise. It was actually Xue Yuanyang?
He actually returned malice with kindness. He’s really… kind.
Xue Yuanyang looked at this side with a sullen face and still said, “Don’t follow them. Many people here rob as soon as they leave the sight of the government. The government patrol is not always in one place, and there are many empty spots.”
Although he disliked Ji Yang, and she had pointed a crossbow at him yesterday and had not saved him when he was in danger, she was still an acquaintance, so he still said a few more words.
After he finished speaking and saw that Ji Yang didn’t have much of a reaction, he was furious again and cursed himself for being too kind.
He was about to leave with a dark face.
Ji Yang spoke, “Thank you.”
Xue Yuanyang’s face softened a lot. He remembered what had happened yesterday. That mother and son, he had indeed been blind. Ji Yang’s indifferent treatment was actually the right thing to do. There would not have been such a conflict between the two of them. So, he said a little awkwardly, “You’re welcome.”
Ji Yang smiled and then looked at the vendor. The vendor was embarrassed. When he was looked at like this, he was immediately startled and gritted his teeth. “You wait. I’ll have someone send it over for you. How about it?”
“Alright,” she said lazily.
She had originally planned to go with the flow and have a black-eats-black, but if she were to follow them like this, it would be a bit obvious. Sure enough, the vendor himself didn’t do it.
Seeing that Ji Yang was still willing to trade, the vendor breathed a sigh of relief and immediately rowed away.
After waiting for about seven or eight minutes, he came back again, this time with the goods. Ji Yang glanced at them. The quality was not good, and many were dead. She directly asked the other party to return the cigarettes. She was not doing this deal.
The vendor was anxious. “Hey, you can’t do this. I worked so hard to collect these!”
“I said, the quality has to be good!” Ji Yang took out the contract and said with disgust, “Your quality is completely inconsistent with the contract. It’s a breach of contract on your part. It’s already good that I didn’t ask you to pay compensation!”
The vendor’s face turned dark. He wanted to scare her, but the woman in front of him was not afraid at all and just looked at him coldly. On the contrary, he was scared by her gaze.
He had really lost both his wife and his army.
Worried about being targeted by the government, in the end, he still admitted defeat.
Ji Yang took the cigarettes and put them in her bag.
When it came to trading, she was never afraid of losing out, because she knew the approximate prices. Within a certain range, she didn’t mind letting people take a little advantage, but it was not okay to try to cheat her. There were many people she could trade with. When she had traded with Xie Muzhi, she had also had this attitude. If she felt that something was wrong, she would immediately change the person.
But whether it was Luo Laosan or the later Xie Muzhi, they were all very honest in this aspect. Whether the price had dropped or risen, they would all say it clearly.
She turned around and went to the next stall to buy. She chose them herself, and the price was cheaper. It was just a waste of time, but she was willing. Seeing her give out points one by one, generously and without bargaining, the stall owner who had received the points was so happy that he couldn’t close his mouth. The vendor next to him who had lost his big customer was so angry that he was blowing his beard and staring. In the end, he glared at her fiercely and left in a huff.
If he looked any longer, his blood pressure would go up.
Ji Yang had spent a little more time here, but she was in a very good mood. After she had quickly finished buying, she went to the next stall without stopping.
The remaining two vendors were also very smooth. When they heard Ji Yang ask about beehives, they also said that they would pay attention to collecting them. After the transaction was over, on the last trip back, Ji Yang pulled another cart of supplies to exchange. This time, it was two baskets of eggs.
The poultry and rabbit meat that could be taken out for the time being were not many. Just as Ji Yang was thinking of bringing vegetables, she saw the extra eggs and decisively chose to take them to try.
She just happened to catch the staff five minutes before they got off work.
“The price of these eggs is twenty-three per jin, a total of eighty-seven jin, and the points are 2001,” the staff member calculated with a “thump, thump.” “Is it still paper points?”
Ji Yang nodded.
Soon, the paper points were handed over. Ji Yang took them, said goodbye, and didn’t delay them from getting off work.
At this time, it was already very late. She sped up and went back to the residential area. When she reached the stairwell, she found that the water level had dropped by about twenty centimeters. No wonder it felt a lot smellier today.
It would probably be even smellier tomorrow.
Ji Yang silently tightened the mask on her face, carried the assault boat upstairs. Just as she reached the fifth floor, a ball happened to fall from upstairs and landed at Ji Yang’s feet. Then, a boy’s furious voice, “You threw the ball down again. It’s your turn to pick it up this time!”
The girl said with a smile, “I’m not going! I’m not going!”
“Hmph!”
Ji Yang went around the ball, took out her key to open the door, and heard the sound of footsteps behind her. The building of the base was a high-end residential area, with one household per floor, so there was only one stairwell, and the corridor was not long.
Ji Yang felt a gaze on her. She didn’t turn her head and quickened her pace to open the door and go in.
The boy saw the door close and also went upstairs. He heard his grandmother frown and scold his cousin, “Be careful. Don’t always throw the ball downstairs. There are people living downstairs. In this world now, it’s so dangerous. What if something happens to your brother when he goes down alone?”
The boy said with a smile, “Grandma, it’s fine. The one downstairs is a pretty sister, and she’s alone.”
“How do you know?” another person asked.
“I saw it,” the boy puffed out his chest. “She’s so pretty, and her skin is fair. It’s just that she didn’t turn her head, so I don’t know what she looks like. Such a pretty sister, she definitely won’t be a bad person.”
The crowd didn’t know whether to laugh or cry and poked his little head. “You didn’t even see her and you’re saying she’s pretty?”
Only Qiao Yi, listening to them joke, her eyelids twitched. She always had a guess, but she also felt that it was impossible. Ever since A-Yang had said that there was a girl who looked very much like her, she had had this thought.
But there were many people who looked alike, and there were also many who were of a similar age. A single girl living…
She glanced at the stairwell, her heart in a mess. She both hoped it was and hoped it wasn’t. She wanted to go and see, but she didn’t dare to.