After quickly getting up and washing up, Cheng Zhi and Xiao Feiran went to the living room and met Zhou Lin.
Zhou Lin was particularly excited. As soon as he saw the two of them come out of the room, he stood up impatiently. "Good morning, senior sister! When I went for a walk this morning, I saw some people setting up stalls at Yida Plaza. They sold all kinds of things. It was so lively! Let's go and have a look!"
Goodness, the fog had only been lifted for two days, and people were already setting up stalls and doing business.
Cheng Zhi asked, "When you set up a stall to sell things, do you buy them with money or exchange them in some other way?"
Zhou Lin scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly, "I only took a look from the outside and didn't go inside, so I don't know the specifics of how to buy it."
This is no big deal. Cheng Zhi waved her hand to indicate that it didn't matter. "Let's go and take a look together."
The square wasn't far from Chengzi's house, so the four of them decided to walk there. Consider it exercise.
Cheng Zhi and Xiao Feiran walked around like two old ladies, stretching their bodies as they went, swinging their arms and patting their shoulders. Xiao Feiran wanted to kick her legs, but because her cotton pants were too thick and she was wearing a long down jacket, she couldn't lift them.
They moved the whole way they went.
Cheng Ye stood to the side, hands in her pockets, looking utterly disgusted. "Can you two please move around a bit less? Anyone who didn't know better would think you two have ADHD..."
Cheng Zhi didn't want to talk to someone who didn't know how to manage their time properly, so she rolled her eyes at Cheng Ye. "We're exercising here, unlike you who've been staying at home for so long. You finally got out and you're not even moving around."
Cheng Ye didn't want to explain. He exercised with his father every day at home, but his two older sisters just didn't see it.
He planned to work quietly and then surprise Cheng Zhi by developing his abs.
They soon arrived at Yida Plaza. Looking around, they saw many stalls set up in the plaza, at least more than twenty. People were coming and going on the road in the middle, and some were even squatting down in front of the stalls to try to buy something. It was really lively.
"Let's go in and take a look." After saying this, Cheng Zhi walked directly into the crowd.
Some stalls displayed their goods directly, while others only had the items listed on a board, so you couldn't see the actual products.
Especially those small stalls selling grain, they are afraid of being robbed, so they don't set them up.
Cheng Zhi randomly chose a stall, squatted down, and asked, "Boss, how much is your flour?"
The middle-aged woman sitting on a small stool smiled and said, "We don't accept cash or support QR code payments. Our family practices bartering. You can bring anything to exchange with us. As for the value of your items and how much grain you can exchange them for, that's up to us. You can bargain, but we may not listen."
Wow, that's quite an aggressive business practice.
Cheng Zhi nodded, indicating that she understood, and then got up and left. She had never intended to buy it in the first place, and hearing about this one-sided, pressure-based purchasing method made her even less inclined to buy it.
After walking a little further away, Xiao Feiran said, "If she does business like this, she won't be able to open a single shop even after a year."
Cheng Zhi disagreed, saying, "When people are starving, they'll do anything. Someone will definitely buy it."
Further on, they saw a stall selling gold and silver jewelry. A burly man was holding a gold bracelet and bargaining with the shopkeeper. "Boss, 40 jin is too much. This grain is more expensive than gold. I really want to buy it. How about this, I'll buy this bracelet with 20 jin of rice. Would you be willing to do this business?"
To be honest, the four of them were students and didn't know much about gold prices, but they did know that under normal circumstances, a gold bracelet could buy more than 20 kilograms of rice.
It was clear the shop owner was reluctant, but he had no other choice. If he didn't agree, he wouldn't get 20 jin (10 catties), and his whole family would starve.
The price was so cheap that Cheng Zhi and Xiao Feiran were tempted. If they bought it now, they could sell it after the apocalypse and become millionaires.
However, Cheng Zhi and the others were just thinking about it. Who knew when the disaster would end? It was something that could be done in the blink of an eye. They could just think about it.
They walked around for a while but didn't buy anything. Zhou Lin had originally wanted to exchange for some food, but unfortunately, the other party offered too little, so he had to give up.
After it was over, they each went home and went back to their own mothers.
Back in her room, Cheng Zhi closed the door and her eyes met Xiao Feiran's. The two of them were already having second thoughts.
Cheng Zhi nudged Xiao Feiran with her elbow, "You go first."
Xiao Feiran smiled and declined, "Let's say it together and see if we're on the same page."
"3, 2, 1, let's set up a stall tonight!"
Sure enough, the two of them were thinking the same thing again.
Cheng Zhi immediately pulled Xiao Feiran into the space, took out her notebook, and opened the item list that Huang Yiyi had compiled when she cleaned the house last time.
When Huang Yiyi made the spreadsheet, she divided the items into three categories according to their frequency of use: frequently used, normally used, and almost never used.
Even after opening up the almost unused modules, there were still a lot of things. Cheng Zhi pointed to these messy items and said, "On the way back, I was thinking that we don't need any of these things. Selling them can get us some new things and save space. It's a win-win situation."
Xiao Feiran, standing next to her, nodded repeatedly, "That's what I thought too! I was thinking that if people can buy jewelry, then our things, which are somewhat practical, will definitely be bought by people too."
"Then let's get moving! Let's find a small blackboard and a piece of cloth, and get ready to set up a stall!" Cheng Zhi slapped her thigh and jumped up to find things.
Unexpectedly, the next second she clutched her head and stood frozen in place. "Xiao, why did my world suddenly go black? Am I sick?"
Xiao Feiran looked at her with great disdain, "Come on, you're just being a bit too aggressive. Don't put on such a show for yourself, get back to work."
Cheng Zhi: "..." Why does this person always undermine me!
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