Two days later, a woman came to Pei Nansheng's stall.

After carefully examining the banner offering 30 kilograms of compressed biscuits for 1 kilogram of snake venom several times, he mustered his courage and spoke to Pei Nansheng:

"Brother, I heard you buy snake venom here?"

"yes."

The woman's hair was mostly white, her face was sallow, and she was holding a dark, unremarkable earthenware jar in her hands.

"What about other poisons?"

"I'll accept anything highly toxic, but how can you prove your stuff is highly toxic?"

Before the apocalypse, we could catch a living creature to test our poisons on. Now that humans are almost extinct, where can we find a living creature to test our poisons on?

“I have silver chopsticks, which can be used to test for poison.”

Fearing that Pei Nansheng would not accept it, the woman hurriedly took out a silver chopstick from her bag and inserted it into the earthenware jar. After taking it out, the tip of the chopstick was mostly blackened.

After sniffing the odor, Pei Nansheng asked the woman, "What kind of poison is this?"

"Octopus venom, my old man said it's the most poisonous octopus venom. It used to be sold to hospitals. A few years ago, people would buy it, but now nobody buys it anymore. There's only half a jar left."

"Sister, this only proves that it is poisonous, but I have no way of knowing how strong the poison is. Moreover, it has been sitting for so long, it's hard to say how much poison it still has. I don't have any professional testing equipment either, so this... is not easy to accept."

Ever since he put up the banner offering a high reward, Pei Nansheng has become a celebrity at the flea market. Many people who don't have snake venom to trade for still come to see the banner.

Their commotion attracted a large crowd of onlookers, all eager to know how many compressed biscuits half a can of octopus poison could be exchanged for.

The woman said urgently:

"Brother, you can give me 30 pounds of compressed biscuits for every pound of snake venom you have. I don't need that much, half will do."

There was about half a pound of octopus poison in the jar, which is equivalent to 7.5 pounds of compressed biscuits.

7.5 jin is quite a lot. Be careful with it; it's enough to keep you alive for more than a month.

The woman had a good plan.

After a moment's hesitation, Pei Nansheng said:

“Sister, when I collect snake venom, I need to watch the venom being extracted from a live snake. I didn’t see your extraction process, so I don’t know the potency of the venom…”

Hearing this, the woman felt a chill run down her spine, thinking that all hope was lost.

"If you're willing to sell, I'll offer 3 jin of compressed biscuits; otherwise, forget it."

The woman's emotions were like a rollercoaster, and she hurriedly agreed: "Okay, okay, okay, 3 jin it is, 3 jin it is fine."

Keeping it is useless; it takes up space and is a burden when moving. It's already very good that it can be exchanged for 3 kilograms of compressed biscuits. The woman was so happy that tears almost came down her face.

The old man was bedridden for more than half a month, and the family had no income and was about to run out of food.

I heard that someone was buying snake venom, and I remembered that I had half a jar of octopus venom at home, so I took it to try my luck. Although it wasn't as much as I had expected, I was already quite satisfied to be able to exchange it for food.

Everyone watched as Pei Nansheng weighed out 3 jin of compressed biscuits and gave them to the woman.

Suddenly, everything exploded.

Three pounds of compressed biscuits, made entirely of grains!

These days, everyone has to add some random things to their meals to fill their stomachs.

If you're careful, eating two ounces a day can keep you alive for half a month.

Everyone's eyes turned red, and they all asked Pei Nansheng if he would accept anything that was poisonous.

"We do buy them, but they're definitely not as expensive as freshly extracted snake venom."

It's fine to just collect them; everyone's thinking about where to get toxic stuff.

With each successful sale, Pei Nansheng's fame grew even more, and people looked at him almost like he was a money-giving boy.

After returning home, Zuo Ling dipped a needle in octopus venom and used it to experiment on a chicken.

After the injection, the chicken swayed unsteadily, as if it were drunk, stumbled a few times, and collapsed to the ground.

Half a minute later, it flapped its wings a few times and then stopped moving.

"What a find! Such a tiny bit of poison, yet so potent. It's a real gem!"

Zuo Ling was extremely excited.

Just as he was about to touch the chicken, Pei Nansheng stopped him, saying, "Be careful, it might be poisonous."

The chicken was half black, but Zuo Ling's eyes were shining brightly. What a treasure!

He smacked his lips and said, "It's good, but there's too little. We should make more."

Pei Nansheng hadn't expected it to be so effective. He thought to himself, "Who knew it would be so strong? I should have given it more."

The next morning, a jeep was parked in front of Zuo Ling's courtyard.

Zuo Ling was clearing the dishes in the kitchen when she heard the sound of a motor. She frowned. Was someone trying to freeload?

Oh, I just finished eating, so there's no food for anyone who comes!

Pei Nansheng went out to greet them:

"Instructor Tan, what a rare guest! What brings you here?"

The visitor was Tan Guanghao, the submarine instructor for Zuo Ling's family. Back then, Tan Guanghao was a major, but now he is a lieutenant colonel.

The dog remembered Tan Guanghao and ran up to him affectionately, wagging its tail.

Few men dislike dogs, let alone a dog as well-cared for as Xueye.

Patting the dog, Tan Guanghao exclaimed, "You still remember me! What a good dog!"

The dog was so happy it was sticking its tongue out.

Principal Tan is quite handsome. Waterfall tilts her head to look at the handsome guy, with a lovesick look on her face.

Ah Si, with a cold, wolfish face, was impatient. Coming to someone's door so early in the morning, how annoying!

Tan Guanghao was followed by two soldiers, each holding a ceramic jar.

"I heard you collect snake venom, so here I am, exchanging it with you."

Tilting his head closer to Pei Nansheng, he lowered his voice and said:

"Snake venom is too expensive, and we were worried about accidents, so the commander gave us special permission to come in a jeep, hahaha..."

Pei Nansheng's banner at the flea market not only shocked ordinary people but also a group of military leaders.

Everyone was asking where Pei Nansheng got so many compressed biscuits. If it weren't for Chief Mei's order to bring him back, many people would probably have had ulterior motives.

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