Chapter 167 Chapter 169 I like a bottle
The goods on the stall in front of this unshaven old man are of a single variety: a pile of messy bottles, large and small, of various shapes and materials mixed together, some with corks and some without.
Rong Xianxian was immediately attracted by a strangely shaped long-mouthed, flat-mouthed, big-bellied bottle mixed in the pile of bottles. The texture of the bottle seemed to be ordinary white jade, and some parts were stained with dirt. It was inconspicuous among the pile of bottles, but it had a simple shape, clear texture, soft and lustrous color, and looked very smart.
Rong Xianxian released her mental power to investigate and actually found spiritual fluctuations on the bottle.
"Uncle, how much are these bottles?" Rong Xianxian asked calmly as she squatted in front of the stall.
"That depends on which one you buy. Different bottles have different prices." When the old man saw someone asking the price, he raised his eyelids slightly and spoke slowly. His expression did not change at all, and he still looked worried.
"What if I want them all?" Rong Xianxian smiled slightly.
"You can take away 200 kilograms of rice or 5,000 work points." The old man answered casually, without even raising his eyelids.
Rong Xianxian was speechless. The old man's willful attitude in doing business was really discouraging.
"Can I use something else to replace it?" Rong Xianxian didn't have either of these two things.
"We can only use food to support it." The old man raised his eyelids and said.
Being poor is really miserable. Actually, she had a lot of rice, each 50-jin bag, but unfortunately they were all piled in the RV and she didn't take them with her.
Rong Xianxian was rummaging through her emergency food reserves when her hand touched a large bag of dried meat. She had just taken a walk around the department store and found that the supermarket did not sell this kind of monster dried meat containing spiritual energy. Most of the monsters hunted by ordinary people and explorers were exchanged, and the official ones were purchased for research, and probably also used as military rations.
Meat can fill the stomach better than rice and flour, and it is a good thing. Ordinary people are reluctant to eat it and exchange it for other supplies just to get more food. For them, filling their stomachs is the most important thing.
Rong Xianxian put her hand back helplessly.
Rong Xianxian not only liked the long-mouthed bottle, she really liked these bottles.
Although these bottles were piled up in a messy manner, each of them was a fine product. They included jade bottles, glass bottles, porcelain bottles, and crystal bottles. The small ones were exquisite and cute, while the large ones were simple and rough. They were perfect for holding the pills she made. The price of two hundred kilograms of rice was not expensive at all.
Rong Xianxian really wanted to exchange it for an armored monster, but when she thought about what the man had just said, she was afraid of bringing trouble to the old man.
If she went to Yu Feng to make a deal now, when she came back, she didn't know whether the old man would still be there, and whether the bottle she liked would still be there?
"Uncle, how much is this bottle?" Rong Xianxian asked, picking up a wide-mouthed crystal bottle.
"One hundred work points, or five kilograms of rice." The old man glanced at Rong Xianxian and said.
"What about this one?" Rong Xianxian picked up another one and asked.
"Two hundred work points and ten kilograms of rice." The old man said casually without even looking at the bottle.
"Puff" The stall owner next to him had been listening to the noise here with his ears perked up. He had just taken a sip of water, and when he heard what the old man said, all the water spat out.
"Old Man Yan, if you don't want to sell those precious bottles of yours, just take them home and don't take up space here. You're asking for such a high price that no one around you wants to ask. You have a bunch of broken bottles that are good for looking at but not for eating, and you even want to exchange them for rice. Who would buy them?" The stall owner next to him complained.
The old man just ignored his words and looked calm and unhurried.
"Old Man Yan, your daughter-in-law said yesterday that if you can't exchange anything today, she will throw all these bottles away for you." The stall owner next to him said gloatingly.
The old man's face, which had been calm till then, suddenly darkened. It was obvious that he had been hit in a sore spot.
"Do you want it? I'll give you 100 work points to pick one of them. Hurry up." The old man said with a dark face. These were all treasures he had collected and he was reluctant to part with any of them. However, there were two old people and two young children in the family, and they relied on their son and daughter-in-law to earn work points to support them. The family could not even have enough food to eat, so he had no choice but to sell these things with great reluctance.
These bottles contain his family heirlooms, and the others are also what he has collected for most of his life and bought at great prices. Now when he exchanges them for rice, others think it is too expensive. The old man feels very unhappy.
"I want this, take this in exchange." As soon as the old man finished speaking, Rong Xianxian swiftly took the long-mouthed, flat-mouthed, big-bellied bottle that she had liked before, and took out a large bag of five packs of instant noodles and a bag of 800 grams of ham sausage from her backpack.
The old man's face turned even darker, his eyes were full of heartache. He wanted to speak several times, his lips trembled a few times, and he looked at what Rong Xianxian took out, and swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue.
"Then let's change it this way." Rong Xianxian glanced at the old man's face and prepared to put the bottle into her backpack.
"Take the things away, I won't exchange the bottle." The old man said gritting his teeth when he saw Rong Xianxian was about to leave.
"Didn't you just tell me to pick whatever I want? Are you going to go back on your word now? My sausage and instant noodles can be exchanged for 200 points in the supermarket." Rong Xianxian said with a frown.
"That bottle was handed down from our ancestors. I didn't expect it to be stuffed in here. Other bottles are fine, but this one isn't. This is my mistake. If you take the thing away, I'll give you another one for free. You can choose it yourself!" said the old man with a painful but firm tone.
"Old Yan, you're crazy. Apart from this girl, who else would exchange food for your bottle? If you eat the sausages and instant noodles sparingly, together with the steamed buns, they will be enough for your family to eat for more than ten days. If you don't do this deal, will your daughter-in-law let it go if she finds out?" said the stall owner next to him anxiously.
Other stall owners around and passers-by who were selecting goods also looked over.
Old Man Yan frowned, looking conflicted. Rong Xianxian took out the bag of dried meat from the backpack on her back, tore off a small piece and handed it to him, "Uncle, try this dried meat. It's good for your health. If you are willing to exchange, I'll give it to you."
Although Old Man Yan did not care about food and had a noble character before the end of the world, he had not had enough food for a long time since the end of the world. Looking at this piece of smoked meat that was bright red and as crystal as amber, his mouth could not help but drool and his stomach became even hungrier.
He didn't bother to be polite and took it and put it into his mouth. The more he chewed, the brighter his eyes became. As he swallowed a mouthful of meat, a warm current surged from his stomach and intestines, making him feel warm, light and very comfortable.
(End of this chapter)
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