Chapter 498 Combing Machine

"Xiao Zhao, you have a very clever tongue..." Brother Zhao's eyes flashed under his glasses. He heard the surprise in Zhao Yeqing's tone and confirmed his previous assumption.

"Actually, you're not from the nearby mountains, right? Or rather, you don't live in the mountains, right?"

Zhao Yeqing didn't know which character of his made people realize that they were not from nearby.

She looked at Mu Xi. Mu Xi recalled that she didn't seem to have talked about home address in the market last time, so she didn't answer directly: "Why did Brother Zhao ask that?"

Brother Zhao gulped down a big mouthful of noodle soup, and when he put down the bowl, it was almost empty. "Xiao Mu brought wool last time, and you have butter this time. In fact, even if it wasn't the butter this time, I could tell from the wool Xiao Mu brought last time that if there wasn't a pasture to graze, it would never be possible to grow such shiny wool."

I am not an official and do not know the identities and addresses of the two men. Even if I guess that they still have a lot of sheep, I can only guess that they have a private ranch opened before the ground cracked.

Mu Xi put down the chopsticks in his hand, with a smile on his face, and asked, "What do you want to change, Brother Zhao?"

"I want two sheep, one male and one female."

Zhao Yeqing didn't stop eating with her chopsticks. The noodles were well seasoned. The sweetness of oyster sauce and MSG made the ordinary-looking noodle soup look incredibly delicious. She tasted the soup carefully and it seemed to be made from bone broth.

The two people opposite were eating noodles, one of them was eating noodles, and the other didn't respond. The room suddenly became very quiet, with only the sound of Zhao Yeqing eating noodles.

Brother Zhao pushed his glasses and said, "I rented a small warehouse. It's filled with the remaining goods from my store before the ground cracked. You can go take a look and make a decision later."

Zhao Yeqing burped and put down his chopsticks: "Let's go, let's go now."

Before the ground cracked, large warehouses for storing goods were all located near industrial parks, but the original industrial parks have now fallen into the abyss, causing many necessary materials in the city to be in extreme shortage.

In the early days, all the supplies in the entire town had to be concentrated and basically registered, and those that were not used would eventually be returned to the original owner.

What’s in Brother Zhao’s warehouse are the things that were returned after being requisitioned.

The warehouse is not far away, it is in the underground garage downstairs in the community.

The rolling door was opened, revealing the neatly stacked items inside.

The small warehouse of 50 square meters is almost full. Although the warehouse is not big, the goods are actually not small.

"Look at this. I noticed it the last time Brother Mu came here. I'm sure you can use it." Brother Zhao walked to the back of a shelf and took out a box at the innermost part. On the box was the thing he was talking about.

A machine made of two metal rollers with a wooden casing.

The two of them didn't know what it was for a moment, and Brother Zhao was also stunned: "You don't recognize this?"

It was probably a little different from what he expected. He originally thought that these two people were specialized in breeding. Even if the wool they brought was not processed, they might just be too lazy to process it and sell it. He didn't expect that these two people didn't even know this thing.

Zhao Yeqing vaguely guessed: "Is this for combing wool?"

Brother Zhao did not ask any more questions. He had already said what he wanted to exchange, so as long as the deal could be concluded, it would be fine. "Yes, wool must be combed carefully with this thing before it can be twisted into strands."

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No wonder the wool she had twisted before couldn’t be woven into a single strand and was a mess.

It was originally known that something was used to comb the wool, but the information in the books and notes of the original owner of the meadow house was limited, and it only mentioned that a large steel comb was used to comb the wool.

Since she didn't have that tool at home, she tried using a wider air cushion comb to comb her hair, but it didn't work so she gave up.

After figuring out what it was used for, Zhao Yeqing roughly understood how to use it.

"Not only can it comb wool, it can also comb cotton lint... I'm not afraid to tell you that last year was colder than the year before, right? The price of cotton must have been high."

Without thinking too much, the two of them knew that the winters in the previous two years were warm. People thought that the climate had finally improved and had just let down their guard, but last year the temperature suddenly dropped, and the original fear of extreme cold resurfaced.

When there was an epidemic before the ground cracked, there were countless incidents of hoarding food and buying large quantities of certain drugs based on rumors. The herd mentality will turn into panic-making riots when it encounters personal safety issues.

Brother Zhao said directly: "I don't know what the temperature will be like this winter. If you had come a few months earlier, I would have told you this and you would still have had time to plant cotton in the spring. Now I'm afraid it's difficult to plant. But you can take this machine back and use it for this year's wool. You can also plant cotton next spring."

What a coincidence, it really was planted.

Zhao Yeqing didn't tell him, but nodded and took the combing machine: "Then we'll take this one, what else do you have?"

She couldn't exchange the two sheep in her hands for such a small thing.

"You can look for the rest in this warehouse. If you find something suitable, we can discuss it. If you can't find anything suitable, I can exchange it with money."

Zhao Yeqing nodded, and the two looked at each other before separating to search the warehouse for suitable items.

It was like going to a supermarket after a long time. Although many goods were not displayed but were in boxes on the ground, she took the trouble to open them one by one and choose.

When a long box was opened, the things inside immediately caught Zhao Yeqing's attention.

Brother Zhao hurried forward and said, "Sister, this thing is for my own use, so I won't change it, right?"

Inside the box was a very complete set of fishing tools. Zhao Yeqing didn't know much about this, but Mu Xi walked over and took a look and knew that this thing was not cheap. The fishing reel alone cost several thousand dollars.

"Brother Zhao, we are two living sheep."

Brother Zhao looked very painful, but Zhao Yeqing was so persistent that he had to compromise in the end.

But it's not that easy to exchange two sheep just by this.

"We also need four off-road tires, preferably centipede tires."

Centipede tires, also called rainforest tires, are most suitable for use in extreme terrains. The terrain of meadows is not that complicated, but just in case, you have to get the best.

Brother Zhao didn't expect that they would have such a demanding request, and his face fell immediately: "Brother and you are connected by heart, you are playing tricks on me, you are not kind."

The two of them didn't buy it, and Mu Xi said bluntly: "Brother Zhao, your fishing rod is second-hand, which is nothing. But you also said that the things in this warehouse were returned to you by the government..."

The meaning of this was self-evident, and Brother Zhao's face froze.