Chapter 492 Cargo

Some people set up a small cage on the balcony to raise chickens, which is also allowed. Many people in the market sell chicks. The government sells livestock and poultry meat in large markets, but it does not monopolize and prevent people from raising chickens themselves.

As long as everyone can live their lives well and do not violate the law, all policies are people-oriented.

Vegetables in the city are not expensive. As a major agricultural country in the world, China is already very familiar with growing vegetables. The mountain people bring vegetables to the city to sell, not for the high price, but just to exchange them for some daily necessities.

For example, the first person who offered to trade five toothbrushes for wool to Mu Xi today, that person worked in a daily chemical products factory. Sometimes the factory’s welfare was to distribute toothbrushes, towels, etc.

Resources are tight in all aspects now, and the number of toothbrushes distributed is actually not that large. It’s just that everyone has suffered so much over the years and is used to saving money. They are reluctant to replace a toothbrush even when half of the bristles have fallen off. They would rather save it and buy something else.

The person who exchanged Mu Xi's wool was planning to give the old man a pair of wool knee pads so that he could feel better in the cold and wet weather.

Medicines are the most difficult to obtain, and Mu Xi happened to run into someone who was willing to exchange medicines for wool. The man said that these were originally prepared for the elderly, but the weather has been warm in the past two years, and the elderly had endured great hardships in the past few years, and had not caught a cold once in the past two years.

My legs and feet are easily uncomfortable. This medicine has a four-year shelf life, so I might as well take it out and replace it with wool, which I haven't seen in many years.

Not to mention wool, even cotton is rarely seen in this city. There is not much land and it is all used to grow crops. People's cotton-padded clothes for winter are either old clothes or fake cotton clothes filled with chemical fibers. It's good to have them and people are not qualified to be picky.

After all, the most important thing is to have enough to eat, and not to freeze to death.

"So the focus is still on eating? Are we going to sell the food?"

According to Mu Xi, food is scarce in this city and is not as easy to grow as vegetables. But if the two of them transport rice and wheat to sell, wouldn't it be too eye-catching?

If someone could take the grain to the city to sell, Mu Xi felt that the authorities would not mind, and it would also ease the food shortage. The only thing he was afraid of was being targeted by officials. If they became designated grain growers, they would definitely receive benefits, just like the mountain people nearby who helped grow vegetables and grain.

There are pros and cons. If that happens, they will be more or less regulated. What's more, if their location is exposed, and it is known that they have semi-automated agricultural equipment in such an open place, they will send people to station next door and turn the meadow into a large grain field...

I dare not even think about it. At that time, the two of them will have to go to work like before...

Zhao Yeqing also thought of this. It was not that she was unwilling to contribute to the city, but it was not that simple. According to what Mu Xi had found out in the city, in the past two years, the grain planting areas planned outside the city had been blown up by those reactionaries. If they were to drive onto the meadow, the two of them might also be blown up one day for no apparent reason.

She was not that noble but she was not completely selfish either. They would only be willing to share the fruits of their labor over the years when the authorities could guarantee their safety.

But is there anything that can be exchanged that is relatively rare and yet does not attract attention?

cotton?

As Mu Xi mentioned before, most people in the city wear old clothes or ones filled with synthetic fibers for the winter.

Cotton should also be popular, but it will take several months for the cotton to mature and be harvested. Zhao Yeqing is already impatient to go to the city.

But it can't be too frequent. After all, Mu Xi said he came from quite far away, and his identity address is still in Meishan. When chatting with the aunt, he said that he opened a farmhouse B&B in the county town outside Meishan before the ground cracked. When the accident happened, he was trapped on the mountain, so he has stayed there ever since.

The location he mentioned is neither far nor close from here. It would take more than 100 kilometers to get there by mountain road.

The words are half true and half false, so they shouldn't be exposed.

If the two plan to come next time, they will have to wait for more than half a month, which is a reasonable time considering the distance.

When it got dark, Mu Xi started the helicopter and returned home in more than an hour.

As soon as we walked into the wooden fence, the dogs rushed over to greet us.

The moment she returned home and sat down, Zhao Yeqing relaxed all over. The weather was cool during this period and she didn't move much so her body didn't feel sticky. She just urged Mu Xi to take a shower quickly.

When he came out after washing, the noodles were already cooked in the kitchen.

Zhao Yeqing was squatting beside the cupboard with the door open. When she heard Mu Xi coming in, she turned around excitedly and said, "Come here quickly. Can you see if these can be sold?"

There are two cans of lotus root starch on the cooking table.

This was made after the two of them dug out lotus roots last year. They got about ten pounds in total. They don't eat much, so they have only consumed more than one pound so far.

After opening, lotus root powder is often scooped in with a spoon. As the humidity in the meadow is relatively high, Zhao Yeqing divided the original two large jars into small jars, each containing two kilograms.

"I'm sure there's no such thing on the market, and lotus root powder isn't something that can fill your stomach. Even if they think we have a big lotus pond, they won't covet it so much. But this thing is rare on the market, and I want to exchange it for some daily necessities."

Zhao Yeqing's idea was correct. Mu Xi took out a few more small jars from the cabinet and said, "Two kilograms is too much for one portion. One kilogram is more appropriate."

There was no rush to package the noodles. The two men finished their noodles, fed the livestock some feed, and went back to their room to sleep.

What you think about during the day you will dream about at night. All Zhao Yeqing dreamed about that night was a bustling market. The faces of her relatives and friends whom she hadn't seen for many years and whom she thought she had long forgotten flashed through her dreams.

This dream was neither exciting nor bizarre, but it made her want to go into the city more urgently.

In addition to lotus root powder, Zhao Yeqing wanted to bring something else, because after this trip, he didn't know when he would go again. Otherwise, it would be unreasonable for people who make a living in the mountains to spend all their time on the way to the city instead of taking care of their own land.

In addition to lotus root powder, are there any other rare yet inconspicuous ones?

Go and catch two rabbits and sell them in the city? I don't know if these things can be sold without inspection and quarantine.

Beans are quite suitable, but they were only planted this spring, and are still only small seedlings of about ten centimeters.

Zhao Yeqing was planting garlic in the cotton field, squatting on the ground, thinking while working.

This kind of cotton is most susceptible to insects. She had seen it before. She was not afraid when sowing the seeds, but during this period it has already tillered and grown leaves, which will attract insects, especially aphids that love tender leaves the most.

Zhao Yeqing really hates aphids. They eat everything. So, he quickly planted the sprouted garlic densely among the cotton plants while the seedlings are still young.

Even if we grow so much of this thing, we can't eat it all, so it is mainly used as an insecticide.

How about selling this garlic when the time comes?