"Fang Yi!"
Zhao Jiwei tossed the bag in his hand to Zhao Hongxue, walked quickly to Fang Yi, and gently patted him on the shoulder.
"Brother, cheer up! There are plenty of fish in the sea, why be hung up on just one?"
Fang Yi didn't speak, only gave Zhao Jiwei a bitter smile.
“Oh, right,” Zhao Hongxue quickly stepped forward to change the subject, lowering her voice as she said, “I’ve seen that man they were talking about at the base.”
Overjoyed, Zhao Jiwei forgot to comfort Fang Yi and quickly turned to Zhao Hongxue to ask, "Really?"
"Well, but—"
Before Zhao Hongxue could say anything more, Zhao Jiwei made a shushing gesture at her, saying, "We'll talk about it when we get back."
Zhao Hongxue immediately fell silent, looked around, and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that no one was paying attention to them.
"Then let's hurry back, lest someone else get the first move."
If what she saw earlier was indeed the person those two men had found, then they should have gotten at least 30 kilograms of rice.
That's enough to feed them for a long time.
"Walk!"
Zhao Jiwei, looking excited, took the lead and walked out of the base square.
Zhao Hongxue turned her head to look at Fang Yi, who was standing still, and said softly, "Brother Fang Yi, let's go too."
Fang Yi glanced back one last time at the depths of the base plaza, nodded, and walked out of the plaza with Zhao Hongxue.
On the other side, Jiang Nian'an had already brought the still sulking Shen Nanxing and Xiao Longzhan to the entrance of the base's stall.
There weren't many people at the entrance.
Most survivors simply stood at the doorway, peeked inside, and then left.
The entrance fee of half a kilogram of rice deterred many people.
Jiang Nian'an took out one and a half pounds of rice and handed it to the base team members at the entrance.
The base team members responsible for collecting the entry fee looked at the short, chubby Long Zhan, who wasn't even as tall as Jiang Nian'an's legs, and returned half a jin of rice.
Children don't need to pay.
Jiang Nian'an took back the returned rice and went inside with Shen Nanxing.
The base's stall area is not large, only about 150 square meters, and there are about 30 stalls.
Just as Tian Yuan had described, various medicines and herbs were displayed, along with all sorts of food, crystal cores, sugar, salt, and items like tobacco and alcohol...
Each stall sells only one type of item.
There weren't many people at the stalls in the base.
There were no more than fifty in total, and more than half of them were members of the base team responsible for guarding the stalls.
"Sister, sister, I want to go for a walk by myself!"
Xiao Longzhan shook Jiang Nian'an's hand, looked at the snack stall in the distance, and a suspicious trace of water dripped from the corner of his mouth.
Although the snack shelf in the space was filled with all kinds of snacks, for some reason, he always felt that the snacks from that stall smelled better!
Jiang Nian'an didn't stop him.
She originally wanted to exchange for some food that wasn't available in the seven-square-meter space, so that she could legitimately take out new supplies from the space.
Jiang Nian'an stuffed some compressed biscuits into his little backpack and then let him go wander around on his own.
The base's booth was surrounded by railings, and a base team member was stationed every few meters.
She was still quite at ease.
Xiao Longzhan didn't forget to glare at Chen Nanxing before carrying his schoolbag and skipping towards the snack stall.
"An'an, he's glaring at me!"
Shen Nanxing seized the opportunity and, like Xiao Longzhan, began to complain.
Jiang Nian'an suppressed a laugh, touched his face, and said, "Brother Chen, I like mature and steady men the most~"
"Cough cough!"
Shen Nanxing cleared his throat, straightened his posture, and appeared composed.
"I've always been steady and never argue with children."
"Mmm, Chen-ge is the most mature and steady, I like Chen-ge the most!"
Jiang Nian'an tried her best to keep a straight face, coaxed him a couple of times, and then pulled the cheerful Shen Nanxing straight to the crystal core stall.
"How much does this crystal core cost?" Jiang Nian'an asked, pointing to the level-two crystal core.
"Here is a breakdown of the exchange rates."
Behind the stall, a member of the base team handed Jiang Nian'an a document.
Jiang Nian'an glanced through them briefly, then looked up and asked the stall owner, "How many level-two crystal cores do you have on your stall in total?"
"530!"
Jiang Nian'an nodded, waved her hand and took out a 50-pound bag of flour, and added 3 pounds of rice, "I'll take them all!"
Her voice carried a hint of excitement and agitation.
The thing she wanted to do most in her previous life was accomplished at this moment!
The stall owner was first surprised by Jiang Nian'an's generosity, and then shocked by her identity as a space-type ability user.
They stood there, frozen in place.
Shen Nanxing saw that the person opposite him was just staring blankly at Jiang Nian'an, and a look of displeasure flashed in his eyes.
He stepped forward, blocking Jiang Nian'an's way, and tapped the stall. "If you're not going to do this business, find someone else!"
The stall owner was startled, then quickly came to his senses, "Yes, yes, yes!"
This is a huge deal, how can we not do it!
He quickly wrapped up all the level-two crystal cores on the stall and handed them to Shen Nanxing.
Shen Nanxing took it and gave the rice and flour at his feet to the stall owner.
As the stall owner took out a scale to weigh the flour, he heard Jiang Nian'an ask, "Do you have any level-two crystal cores left? We'll take them all, no matter how many."
"Yes, there is, but—"
The stall owner scratched his head and asked uncertainly, "There are over two thousand of them, are you really going to take them all?"
If this were converted to rice or flour, it would weigh over 200 jin (100 kg). If we were careful with our consumption, it would be enough to last us for more than half a year!
"Okay, go get them, we'll take them all!"
Jiang Nian'an nodded calmly, then waved his hand and took out two 50-jin bags of flour, saying, "Consider this 100-jin flour a deposit."
The stall owner couldn't help but gape.
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