Chapter 199 Do you want to transfer goods from the city?

As soon as he put down his things, Li Kun couldn't wait to ask, "Sister-in-law, can I exchange the old bullet casing for a new one?"

Gu Xiaoxi smiled and nodded, "That counts. Two of them count as one point for you. You can tell others about it."

Upon hearing this, Li Kun laughed excitedly, "Okay! Thank you, sister-in-law! I'll go back and tell them now."

"Go! If you want to change, come and change it tonight. I don't go to bed so early. There will be too many people starting tomorrow." Gu Xiaoxi reminded.

"Yes." Li Kun responded and ran away immediately.

Lu Jiansen raised his hand and gently rubbed his little girl's head, "Do you like bullet shells?"

Gu Xiaoxi pursed her lips and smiled, "Bullet shells are either made of copper or steel, and can be melted and reused. Where are you staying tonight?"

Lu Jiansen pointed to the back of their residence, "It's behind your tent. Call me if you need anything."

"Well, that's very close!" Gu Xiaoxi was quite happy.

Lu Jiansen couldn't help but curl his lips and smile. He lived in the back, not only because he wanted to be closer to her, but also to protect them and the supplies.

Qi Shuangshuang looked at the two of them, lowered her head and smiled, then went to fill the hot water bottle to warm the bed.

Twenty minutes later, Li Kun came running over with five or six soldiers, carrying a pile of bullet shells and some old clothes.

After Gu Xiaoxi exchanged their old harmonicas for new ones and finished making the wooden box for the harmonica, Lu Jiansen called her to go to bed.

Before going to bed, she harvested some vegetables from the small growing space and planted new ones, then went to sleep with a warm hot water bottle.

What Gu Xiaoxi didn't know was that not long after she fell asleep, the Sanjiao Town Commune became bustling with people from every village and town setting out in the dark and rushing to the commune early.

Some of them wanted to come for the free clinic, some wanted to buy New Year goods early, and nearly half of them wanted to participate in the old-for-new activity promoted by the village.

They don't have much, just a lot of old and broken things at home.

At three o'clock in the morning, Gu Xiaoxi was awakened by noisy sounds in the distance.

However, she waved her hands to block out the voices and fell asleep again.

When she woke up, it was already seven o'clock in the morning.

Just after washing up, a large group of people who came to exchange old things for new ones came over in an orderly line, led by a group of soldiers.

Qi Shuangshuang got up earlier, so I handed her a hot bun before she started working.

"Xiaoxi, have some buns. Your family's Lu Jiansen left them for you. You collect the old ones and I'll replace them with new ones. Let's take our time first. Once Lu Jiansen brings people to help, we can move faster."

Gu Xiaoxi nodded, "Yeah."

She poured herself a glass of water, took a bite of her bun, and was already greeting people in line.

The first person who came to exchange old things for new ones was a woman. She was carrying a load of carrots, a basket filled with a child wrapped in a quilt, and a basket filled with some broken pots, pans, and some dirty and torn clothes.

"Comrade, can I exchange these?"

Gu Xiaoxi took a quick look but didn't pick anything up. Instead, he pointed to several empty large baskets beside him.

"Put things like clothes in the first basket, and kitchen items in the second. One piece of clothing is worth 5 points, and three chipped old bowls are worth 1 point..."

"One point can be exchanged for a new bowl, or other things..."

Gu Xiaoxi explained it loudly so that the people behind him could hear it.

After that, everyone spread the story by word of mouth, so there was no need for her to explain it anymore.

Because she only needs to move her mouth to complete her work of collecting old things, so it is very quick.

As for Qi Shuangshuang, everyone had to pick and choose, make all kinds of calculations and hesitate, and the process was very slow.

Gu Xiaoxi thought about it and added another rule.

"Everyone should choose their items before exchanging them. After the exchange is confirmed, no returns or exchanges are allowed. Each person should not have more than five minutes to choose their items, otherwise most of the people behind them may not be able to exchange their items today."

When everyone heard her say this, those at the back of the team began to spread the word about this rule.

At the same time, everyone did not forget to urge the people in front who were redeeming their tickets.

In this way, efficiency is improved.

Twenty minutes later, Lu Jiansen came with Li Kun, Lu Xiangqian and Zhuangzi to help.

Suddenly, the pace of replacing old items with new ones became even faster.

Of course, Gu Xiaoxi was the only person responsible for collecting old things, while the others were responsible for helping people exchange them for new items.

Every time the large basket for collecting junk was full, she would ask Lu Jiansen to drag the things to the compartment in the tent and clean it out.

In just one and a half hours, Gu Xiaoxi's trading level in the old-for-new system was upgraded to novice level 8.

At twelve o'clock noon, her trading level was promoted to novice level 9.

Although she was busy the whole morning, Gu Xiaoxi was very happy in her heart. She did not stop collecting old things even during lunch time.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the rice, flour, oil and grain on the shelves were sold out, and her trading level was raised to novice level 10.

Gu Xiaoxi couldn't produce rice or flour, so he added 300 kilograms of peanut oil and a few baskets of fruit.

Fruits are expensive and rare these days, so redeeming points is naturally not cheap.

But even so, these fruits still caused a small climax. Even the medical staff in charge of the free clinic sent representatives to redeem them after hearing the news.

At seven o'clock in the evening, almost all the items on the shelves were cleared out. For many items, people added money to buy them because they did not have enough points. The enthusiasm was very high.

When taking inventory of supplies, Gu Xiaoxi discovered that the remaining items were almost all pots, bowls, and pans.

Qi Shuangshuang was also shocked. "Xiaoxi, there are no supplies in the warehouse. Do we need to transfer goods from the city?"

Gu Xiaoxi pondered for a moment and shook his head.

"Tomorrow, exchange these pots, bowls, and utensils for sale first. I'll then sort out the old items I received and find some usable items."

She received a lot of sundries today, and she sold everything that could be sold by redeeming her points. But the pots, bowls, and utensils had accumulated too much and were taking up too much space.

Moreover, in addition to her old-for-new activity, the supply and marketing cooperative has also arranged a New Year's goods sales area, with much more supplies than she has here.

"It seems that the villagers are more willing to exchange for rice, flour, oil and grain." Qi Shuangshuang sighed.

Nowadays, everyone is in a stage of lack of food and clothing. Being able to exchange rice, flour, oil and grain without coupons, everyone prefers these.

Gu Xiaoxi smiled slightly, "That's because we have a choice. If we have no other choice, we can only choose the supplies we have now."

As she said this, she went back to her room and took out five hundred bottles of jelly cream from her luggage.

This was carefully made by her herself under the guidance of Mr. Qi the week before.

Qi Shuangshuang only then realized that Xiaoxi and her grandfather had made a lot of ointments and pills!

She hurried to help put the jelly cream in order.

Gu Xiaoxi casually picked up a large bag of antipyretic powder and hemostatic powder and gave it to Qi Shuangshuang, "Put this aside for now. I'll go deal with the old things I collected."

"Okay! Leave it to me!" Qi Shuangshuang nodded quickly.