Chapter 311: Human Trafficking
It is said that one feels homesick when close to home. It is true. Wang Qirui was indeed feeling a little uneasy. He wondered if his parents and brothers were all right.
Wang Qirui and Xia Kai did not go to the official exchange, as most of the items for sale there were weapons. They had already looked at them yesterday, so today they decided to go around the various private trading markets in the safe zone to see if there was anything that caught their eye.
By noon, Wang Qirui and Xia Kai were feeling a little hungry. There happened to be a restaurant on the side of the road with big red lanterns hanging on it. People were coming in and out from time to time, and it looked like business was booming.
The official relief food distributed by the Xitang Safety Zone was very limited, but it provided cheap weapons to the survivors in the safety zone. The policy also encouraged the survivors to bravely leave the safety zone and obtain food from the outside world, relying on hunting, gathering, or even fishing to feed themselves and store food.
At the same time, business was encouraged, and cheap finished weapons were used to attract many foreign civilian caravans who came to pan for gold. Because of the large floating population, there were all kinds of shops.
The restaurant that Wang Qirui and his friends entered was crowded and bustling. As they walked into the restaurant, the aroma of the food mixed with the mellow wine was refreshing.
There were many young women in lightly dressed, slim figures, holding exquisite wine jugs, walking back and forth in the dining room, like light and beautiful butterflies. Their soft and gentle voices of urging people to drink were pleasing to the ears, and most of the rough and unrestrained diners could not resist the temptation of beauties and wine.
Wang Qirui and Xia Kai looked at each other, "The food here must be very expensive!" Xia Kai muttered softly. Who would have thought that a restaurant that looked inconspicuous from the outside would have such a situation inside?
Wang Qirui smelled the aroma of food coming from the dining room and said, "Since we're here, let's take a look at the menu. If it's expensive, we can just order less."
Xia Kai and Wang Qirui had just chosen a secluded spot near a corner to sit down when a waiter came over with a menu. There were two menus, one for meals made with ingredients from before the apocalypse, and the other for meals made with ingredients from after the apocalypse.
There are steamed buns, rice, steamed buns, dumplings, even soy milk, fried dough sticks, tofu, and all kinds of common home-cooked dishes before the end of the world. Of course, they are expensive. The cheapest white flour steamed bun costs twenty work points each, and stir-fried dishes such as eggplant and peppers start at one hundred yuan each. Wang Qirui was speechless when seeing this.
Relatively speaking, the dishes on the other menu were much cheaper. Most of them were made from the meat of different kinds of monsters. A plate of barbecued meat was only about six or seven work points, and a large bowl of fragrant wild vegetable soup filled with diced meat was only one work point.
In fact, monsters of certain grade contain spiritual energy in their bodies, which is very beneficial to the human body after being eaten. However, most of the monsters that can be easily hunted by humans are not of certain grade, or are only level one monsters. The spiritual energy contained in their bodies is limited, and improper cooking methods will also cause the spiritual energy to dissipate. Moreover, monsters in the wild are endless and abundant in source. The fruits, vegetables and grains that people used to eat before the end of the world are now very rare, resulting in a huge price difference.
The total work points of Wang Qirui and his colleagues amounted to about 500 to 600. Each of them ordered two steamed buns, three plates of different kinds of barbecue, two servings of wild vegetable soup, and a plate of wild fruit called black pine nuts.
"Kaikai, this barbecue doesn't taste as good as yours." Wang Qirui said with some disgust after eating a piece of barbecue.
"That's the delicious taste brought out by the barbecue seasoning that Sister Rong gave me. It's not my credit." Xia Kai bit into twenty-one white flour buns and ate slowly.
The steamed buns are soft, sweet and very delicious. Unfortunately, they are very small. You can't even see anything when you pinch them with your hands. For two adult men, they can only eat two to taste the flavor, and they are not even enough to fill their teeth.
The waiters were good at observing people's expressions and when they saw that the two of them were calm, neatly dressed and had unusual weapons on the table, they paid extra attention to them.
Seeing that they didn't seem very satisfied with the barbecue, he came over and asked, "Do you have any other needs?"
"Bring me the previous menu!" Wang Qirui said as he saw someone at the next table looking over here.
Xia Kai looked at Wang Qirui in surprise. They had just ordered two steamed buns each, which cost eighty yuan. The total money they had on them was just over six hundred yuan.
The waiter agreed with a smile and went to get the menu.
"Arui, you..." Xia Kai looked at Wang Qirui with a frown.
"I just saw that plate of dumplings, and it only costs 100 yuan. Fifty yuan each for each of us is not expensive. We might as well come and try it. Besides, even if we spend it all, we can just go out and hunt monsters tomorrow. We have the ability, so why should we be afraid of not making money?" Wang Qirui said with a laugh.
"..." Xia Kai was speechless. Could it be that Wang Qirui had forgotten that the two of them were not capable of forming a team to go out of the city and hunt monsters?
Wang Qirui not only ordered one serving of dumplings, but also one serving of spicy and sour shredded potatoes, spending half of their combined bill.
Xia Kai felt a little distressed. He also wanted to buy some weapons and gifts for his family. It didn't seem worth it to spend so much on a meal. However, Wang Qirui had already ordered it, so he couldn't ask him to pay for it alone.
After a while, steaming dumplings and a plate of evenly thick and greasy shredded potatoes were served. Along with the food, a big red booklet was also served.
Wang Qirui opened the big red booklet curiously.
"What is this?" Wang Qirui just opened the booklet, his face turned red, and he immediately closed it. Even his voice sounded a little strange.
"What?" Xia Kai curiously took the booklet.
"Customers who spend more than 300 yuan in a single visit in our store can choose any girl from this booklet to take away and return her after three days!" The waiter came over and said softly.
Xia Kai had just seen a portrait of a half-naked woman in the brochure. When he heard the waiter's words, he retracted his hand as if frightened.
"Are you openly trafficking in human beings?" Xia Kai asked with an ugly expression.
"How is that possible? This is a safe zone, under military control. Who would dare to do such a thing that violates the law and discipline?" The waiter didn't seem angry at all and still said with a smile.
"So what do you mean by what you just said?" Wang Qirui asked.
"Everyone in this booklet did it voluntarily. They are all free and no one forces them. Do you two understand what I mean?" said the waiter politely.
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"In this world, everyone has their own way of survival, and not everyone has the courage to step out of their safe zone and face the dangerous world outside," added the waiter.
(End of this chapter)
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