Chapter 45 p1
After three days of heavy rain, the dirty water was diluted. The next day, when Ji Yang went out, she felt that the air was much fresher than before.
Of course, the price was that the water level had risen again. Originally, it had only submerged to the calf. Later, it had dropped a lot for several consecutive days, reaching the calf. The water surface was turbid, but you could still barely see the floor tiles below.
However, now the depth was more than one meter!
No one dared to walk in the water casually anymore. Only a few people were wearing fishing clothes, which could prevent their bodies from coming into contact with the water surface, but they were also very careful. It was probably because they had no other choice. Not everyone could get a rubber boat and the like. If they didn’t go out, they could only go hungry.
The base was submerged in water, and the dirty things like the sewers were all integrated with the accumulated water. Without anyone saying it, everyone knew that this water was actually very dirty, especially since there were many people in the base, so there were even more dirty things.
At this time, the water level had already reached their waists, and it was very easy for infection problems to occur.
For this reason, the government had also specially hung large megaphones at the intersections of each district, constantly reminding everyone not to venture into the water, especially if they had wounds on their skin. They must not come into contact with the dirty water, and it was not recommended to do so even with something in between.
Ji Yang went out in an assault boat.
She had been delayed for three days, and she didn’t know how many fish and shrimp those vendors had gotten.
However, before that, she still had to continue to exchange for points.
Thanks to giving the Qiao family’s two old people medicine, Ji Yang finally remembered these medicines that she had almost forgotten in the corner. She was not sick, and she had not used any medicine since the disaster. She had only used a little bit of medicinal wine for bruises and sprains.
That was why she hadn’t thought of it before.
The price of medicine was even more expensive, and hers were all imported. So, she directly packed a hiking backpack of medicine and sent it to the exchange point. After waiting for a while, she had more than fifty thousand points in her hand.
This was completely enough for the subsequent purchase fees.
After Ji Yang got the points, she went directly to the first vendor. As soon as she arrived, the vendor saw her with sharp eyes and quickly shouted, “Beauty, this way, this way!”
Ji Yang rowed over. The other party’s eyes were sparkling as he let her see the buckets beside him. “How many can you take at most? We haven’t been idle these three days. We’ve gotten a lot of live ones! There are also some rare varieties. Take a look?”
She followed his gaze. As usual, most of them were still common varieties, such as carp and crucian carp. She had a lot of them in her pond, but she still wanted them, because the pond was too big, and this little bit was far from enough.
But there was one bucket, no, it was a basin that made her look twice.
The ones inside were specially picked out by the vendor. They were not very common. There were some kinds of fish and shrimp that she didn’t even recognize. Some she recognized, and indeed, most of them were rare varieties.
The conditions were difficult, and they were all crowded together in the basin, but they were all quite energetic.
Ji Yang was satisfied in her heart. Don’t get me wrong, she didn’t want to eat them, but she just didn’t want these already rare species to go extinct because of the dirty water. She wanted to get a pond to raise them. Otherwise, even if they could still live in the dirty water, they would definitely die when the extreme heat came.
But on the surface, she looked at the stall owner with a half-smile. “You’re not trying to say that these are to be charged separately, are you?”
The stall owner was exposed and rubbed his hands in embarrassment, trying to make up for it. “You see, I’ve also worked hard and specially collected rare species. The prices are not the same!”
Ji Yang silently took out the contract and didn’t say anything, just looked at him.
It was all written in the contract that all fish and shrimp should be as uncommon as possible, and that they could not be sold separately for a higher price.
If this person wanted to raise the price, then she would have to find someone from the government to come over.
The government’s purchase price was generally ten points per jin. In order to attract customers, the vendor had raised it to twelve. And her request was special, so she had raised it to fifteen. Ordinary small fish and shrimp should not have been able to sell for a high price, but she had still bought so many at the same price. She was willing to suffer a loss just to be able to get more kinds of fish and shrimp, not to have to spend extra money.
The stall owner’s face fell, but he also knew that the girl in front of him was not to be trifled with. Otherwise, if she had taken out so many points, she would have been targeted long ago. How could she have a second chance to appear in front of him?
“Alright, I’ll give it to you for fifteen.”
Ji Yang ignored the resentment in his words and asked him to weigh it. This time, the quantity was indeed large, a total of four hundred and twenty-three jin. She wanted them all. Only then did the stall owner show a smile and enthusiastically help to move the goods.
There were many buckets, so Ji Yang didn’t buy any more and just exchanged her own bucket for his. After the transaction was over, the stall owner said, “By the way, you asked me to inquire about the beehive. I have news!”
Ji Yang’s eyes lit up, and she finally gave this greedy vendor a good look. “How is it? What’s the situation?”
Seeing that she was indeed very happy, a gleam of light flashed in the vendor’s eyes. “Of course it’s good. The queen bee is alive and well, but her condition is not very good. And you know, to protect them, that person has paid a lot, so the price is a bit high…”
He made a gesture.
“A thousand?” Ji Yang raised an eyebrow and asked.
“Ten thousand!” the vendor said as if it were a matter of course. “This thing is not easy to get now!”
Ji Yang: …
Is she being treated as a sucker?
She smiled. “Oh, that’s too expensive. I’ll go and see other things first.”
With that, she immediately took the four hundred-plus jin of fish and shrimp and quickly left.
She was too lazy to waste any more words.
The vendor was dumbfounded. “Hey, hey, we can bargain! Don’t be in such a hurry!”
Ji Yang just pretended not to hear. When she reached the second and third vendors, the quantity was also not small, one was four hundred, and the other was four hundred and thirty. There were also some relatively rare varieties of fish and shrimp. These three days were quite satisfactory.
What was even more satisfactory was that on the third vendor’s side, there was also news of a beehive. “There is one, but its condition is not very good. Of course, they are all still alive. The number of bees is not large, but if you raise them well, you can expand a colony. And now that the weather is getting better, their price has also risen a little, so it might be a bit expensive.”
Ji Yang: “How much?”
The vendor took a deep breath. “The seller wants five thousand points!”
It was really quite expensive.
The previous one had asked for ten thousand. Ji Yang could give up without even thinking, but this five thousand was at the point where—it was a little heartbreaking but she wanted it.
But it was just one beehive, and a beehive that was not in such a good condition.
Seeing her reaction, the vendor smiled. “Actually, I think you can wait for another two days. I’ve seen the situation of the beehive, and it feels okay. It’s not a big deal to wait for another two days. The main thing is that he dares to ask for this price, probably because I’m not the only one looking for him. And there were many beekeepers in our area before the disaster, so it’s definitely not just his family that has a beehive.”
Ji Yang hesitated for a moment.
In fact, she had planned to leave after she was done with these things. In the future, she could still buy some fish and shrimp, but not in such a large quantity. She could completely let Xie Muzhi’s side help. It didn’t matter if she got a few live and rare varieties each time.
But the beehive was right in front of her. She thought for a moment. “You can help me see if there’s a better one. If not, if his family’s is three thousand points, I’ll take it.”
The vendor’s eyes lit up. “Okay, okay, I’ll do my best to negotiate.”
Ji Yang smiled. If she couldn’t negotiate it before she left, she could also take it for five thousand. What if it was cheaper?
After saying this, she added, “I still need fish and shrimp, but not in such a large quantity. I only want rare varieties, regardless of size. According to the rarity—fifty points for one live one, one hundred, two hundred points. Do you take this job?”
The vendor was immediately excited. “Of course I do!”
There were no special animals now. When you were extremely hungry, you could eat anything. No one cared. And this girl was getting them for someone to raise and breed. She was doing a good deed, so she had to take it. If she really succeeded in raising them, it would be a meritorious deed.
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After being busy for most of the day, when they were all sent to the pond, Ji Yang calculated the quantity. In these two times, she had received a total of more than two thousand jin of fish and shrimp. Of these two thousand-plus jin, a small portion was water, and the rest was fish and shrimp. It was just that they were small, but the quantity was not small.
She just had to wait for them to grow up and reproduce a portion, and it would be almost enough to fill the entire pond.
In terms of variety, Ji Yang had roughly counted, and there were more than fifty kinds, including but not limited to various porpoises, fish, shrimp, and even shellfish.
There might be more, but because they were small and had not grown up, they were about the same as ordinary fish and shrimp, so the difference could not be seen.
At this time, they were much more energetic than outside. The clean water made the fish and shrimp extremely happy. Ji Yang took the time to throw some fish food in, and they all rushed over to eat. In the middle of it, she even saw a relatively large fish eat half a shrimp in one bite.
Hmm…
Very good.
This is how a food chain is formed.
But can’t you wait until the shrimp have reproduced a little more before you eat them?!
After everything was done, it was already three in the afternoon.
The weather was good, and there were many people. Ji Yang had originally planned to be done in the afternoon and leave the next day, but because of the beehive, she had to wait for another one or two days. However, when she went back, she still specially took out her camera and took a photo of this base.
There was the main gate of the base, as well as various shops and buildings in the base, and the survivors who were coming and going in the distance.
In the middle of it, someone noticed that she was taking a photo and even specially posed for her to take a photo. It was a girl in her twenties. Her hair was very short and a little messy, and her skin was slightly dark, but her eyes were dark and bright. She looked thin but very energetic. Behind her were all kinds of people in straw hats who were rushing by, the turbid water surface, and the thick buildings.
Ji Yang also cooperated and pressed the shutter, remembering this moment.
The two of them looked at each other and smiled, and then went their separate ways.
No one could know if these bases could still exist after several natural disasters, but the things in her hand, as long as she was alive, could all be left behind.
Therefore, Ji Yang would also occasionally use her phone to record this world. In the future, when she was still alive and these things had returned to normal, they might even be on a documentary.
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