Chapter 137: Gratitude and Revenge

They must remember this truth: a little kindness will be repaid with a big resentment.

Shen Jufeng's eyes were gentle as he agreed with her suggestion. "That's great. The price here is not high. Reselling it to them will not only bring in income, but may also help them avoid the cold. Even if the money is not enough, we can exchange it for supplies like food."

Lu Jiu nodded, "That's what I thought." After figuring out how to do it, she cut the vegetables much faster.

If it was before the end of the world and someone was in trouble, it would be fine for her to donate money, but that was not allowed in the game world.

Besides, although the residents of Longjiao City sounded miserable, they still had something on them and were not at the end of their rope.

After the two of them happily finished their barbecue dinner, Lu Jiu went to find Yao Bingan and prepared to tell her about this.

Shen Jufeng watched her slip out calmly and quietly cleaned up the dishes.

Next time, I will definitely catch her and make her wash the dishes.

*

Yao Bing'an was still discussing with Li Aoting how to help the residents of Longjiao City. Her current idea was to give them a batch of winter clothes, and it would be a good deed if she could save a few people.

However, Li Aoting always felt something was wrong and couldn't figure it out for a while.

Lu Jiu arrived just in time. She opened the door and let him in. The cold wind brought the fragrant smell of barbecue from the other person into her nose.

"What delicious food did you eat?" Yao Bing'an asked her.

Lu Jiu sniffed himself and said, "Oh, barbecue. I came right after I finished eating."

Yao Bingan closed the door, and Lu Jiu realized that Li Aoting was in her house. "Hello."

Li Aoting nodded politely. She also knew Lu Jiu.

"I asked her to come over to discuss helping the ordinary residents of Longjiao City."

Lu Jiu said hello and sat down. "Actually, I've thought about what you said, but I don't agree with you just giving them things for free. People over there have money but no way to buy clothes. Our city-state has fair prices for winter clothes and sufficient inventory. You can do what I did before and get a purchasing agent to buy things and then resell them."

As for whether to add money, it depends on Yao Bing'an's own wishes. Anyway, the method has been told to her.

After she said this, Li Aoting finally figured out what was wrong.

It’s not that those residents have no money or supplies, they just haven’t bought winter clothes and heating supplies. It’s not to the point where they have to give away supplies for free.

"Miss Lu is right. The residents of the city don't lack this for the time being, but you can just provide a way, just like Miss Lu did before."

Yao Bing'an was also enlightened and slapped his head, "That's right, look at my brain, I haven't even figured it out. I heard that the situation over there was really pitiful, and I was overwhelmed with sympathy for a moment."

Li Aoting just patted her hands and said, "You really have to be more careful next time. Don't just rush into helping people. If you help in the wrong way, you'll only get yourself into trouble."

Yao Bing'an nodded quickly.

Li Aoting began to consider other issues. "But for now, should we just let the vice-captain be the middleman, or find someone else?"

Yao Bing'an thought for a moment, "We're not familiar with the other teams in Longjiao City, but we are relatively familiar with the people in He Ange's City Lord's team. Let's let the deputy captain resell these first."

She remembered that although the deputy captain had a stern face every day, he was not a very evil person.

Li Aoting had also met the vice-captain, a serious man. "Let's give it a try. As for whether he will actually sell the winter clothes to other people, that's not something we need to know."

Lu Jiu looked at her and said, "Don't think about helping her for free in the future."

Yao Bingan said he had learned his lesson, "I won't do that again."

In the end, they decided to do this, and Yao Bingan contacted the deputy captain to explain the matter.

The deputy captain didn't expect Yao Bing'an to help him for free. He was just very emotional at that time. In addition, supplies were in short supply in winter, and he was not sure whether the other party could provide a way to purchase them.

Unexpectedly, Yao Bingan was willing to resell the winter clothes, and the deputy captain was immediately willing to cooperate.

*

In Longjiao City, He Ange waited for several days before receiving a reply from Sun Ming, who promised to give him a thousand Tempering Fruits.

He gave a triumphant smile. No matter how unwilling they were, they had to cooperate. He had no intention of keeping this team. It would be best if they could leave on their own next spring.

In the end, the two agreed to trade face to face in the restaurant. Sun Ming asked for a batch of winter clothes, a heating stove which was most needed in winter, and finally potions and equipment.

When He Ange saw Sun Ming again, the other party did not look very angry and still had a simple and honest expression.

After sitting down, Sun Ming got straight to the point and placed a thousand Tempering Fruits on the big table. "I discussed with my teammates and gathered a thousand Tempering Fruits. City Lord He, we have shown you our sincerity. On your side..."

It means that it depends on the supplies he needs.

He Ange didn't keep him in suspense. He took out the supplies that Sun Ming wanted and put them aside. "Captain Sun, I emptied out my small shop, and you can just buy it at a low price." He said this as if he had suffered a loss.

Sun Ming cursed inwardly: You are so ungrateful after getting the advantage.

He smiled and put away the supplies. He could make a fortune by reselling them. He glanced at He Ange who was collecting the tempering fruits, and the corners of his mouth raised even more.

"Then we had a pleasant cooperation this time. If I need to rely on you in the future, I hope it will be as smooth as this time."

When He Ange saw the thousand tempering fruits put into the backpack, he smiled in his heart and said: If there is a next time, it will certainly go smoothly, but I still have to collect a batch of fruits from the other party.

Anyway, he didn't plan to keep this person, so he might as well squeeze out more of his value.

"Okay, okay, Captain Sun, please sit down. I'll treat you to dinner."

Sun Ming didn't refuse, he just wanted to talk to the kid about something else.

After they sat down, the NPC served them food with an expressionless face. Sun Ming said, "City Lord, there are bound to be monsters outside during the entire winter. Do you plan to go out and take a look later?"

He Ange paused with his chopsticks, then continued picking up food as normal. "Let's see what happens. What's going on? Captain Sun wants to go out for a walk?"

In fact, he had also noticed the outside. It looked so desolate and it didn't look like there would be any wild monsters. But this was a game world, and he couldn't guarantee that he would still see wild monsters if he went out.

"We were already short on supplies, and my teammates suggested we go out and have a look. If there are any wild monsters, it would be a good opportunity to stretch our legs and get some supplies."

Sun Ming was not bluffing him, they really planned to leave the city.

Who would complain about having few resources? He Ange was attracted by what he said.

Sun Ming didn't seem to mind his lack of response and continued, "Although supplies are scarce this winter, the system also stated during the update that food can be gathered once a month. This means there are still wild monsters out there, just not many."

He Ange nodded, "Yes, it's a season of scarcity..."

Before he finished, Sun Ming continued, "Supplies are scarce to begin with, so of course we have to actively go out and look for them. Otherwise, if others go out and kill the monsters first, it will be too late for us to go back."

(End of this chapter)