Chapter 240: River Sand for Points
"Comrade, I want to exchange all the points here for food, is that okay?" Yang Qing handed over the points card.
The clerk glanced at the points card and shook his head, "No."
"Why not?" Yang Qing frowned, "Can't these points be used to exchange for food and other supplies?"
"Yes, but our base has a rule that a person can only exchange points for a maximum of 100 kilograms of food per month."
"Food is already scarce at the base. If everyone redeems as much as you do, what will happen if the base runs out of food?"
Yang Qing was silent, which was understandable.
"Besides, this is the original points card. Originally, one kilogram of grain was exchanged for two points. If you want to exchange it for grain, a card with 500 points can only be exchanged for 250 kilograms of grain. The base didn't take advantage of you."
Yang Qing nodded. It turned out that this points card was different from the base's salary points card. Their points card could be exchanged for two kilograms of food, but according to the original exchange standard, this points card required two points to be exchanged for one kilogram of food.
This points card can only be exchanged for 216 kilograms of food, and it cannot be redeemed all at once.
Yang Qing thought for a moment and said, "Okay, then I'll exchange it for 100 kilograms of grain first."
The clerk then gave her a receipt for 100 kilograms of grain, deducted 200 points from her points card, wrote the date, and stamped it.
The two went to the warehouse and exchanged for 100 kilograms of grain.
Yang Qing looked at the points card in his hand and asked, "Can you redeem the points card now for another 100 kilograms of grain?"
"I'm afraid not." Leng Yi shook his head. "Although it's said that the person has been changed, the date is written on it. They are not stupid. If they know it's the same card, they won't agree to change it."
"By the way, I remember asking about this when I first came here. It seems that a points card can be divided into several cards. Then we can ask different people to exchange them, right?" Yang Qing suddenly thought of it.
Leng Yi smiled, this was a way to exploit the loopholes in the base system.
But it seems that it is possible.
"I'll go find the squad leader and ask him for help." Leng Yi said.
The two went to the security team to find Chen Yaowu, who was surprised to see them.
"Why are you here? I thought you had left Mingcheng."
Leng Yi smiled and said, "No, we have been working in the government department. However, this time we may really have to leave. My wife is from Xia City, and we want to go back to Xia City."
"I heard..." Chen Yaowu glanced to the side and lowered his voice, "Xia City is going to be rebuilt. Is that why you're going back?"
"Yes." Yang Qing nodded, but it didn't mean that they were going to rebuild, but that they had already started rebuilding. Of course, she didn't say much.
"We still have a lot of points left at the base, but we can't use them, and taking them to Xia City is useless, so we want to exchange them for some supplies to take with us. We originally wanted to exchange them for food, but the management office said that each person can only exchange a maximum of 100 kilograms of food per month, no more."
"I need your help, Captain Chen."
Chen Yaowu nodded. "How many points do you have left? I'll see if I can find some connections."
"There are still 2,920 points." Yang Qing said.
"How much?" Chen Yaowu's eyes widened. "With so many points, I can't help you. If it's just a few hundred points, I can think of a way. But over 2,000 points means over a thousand kilograms of food. It's impossible."
Yang Qing smiled, "That's right, Captain Chen, here's what we're thinking. Each of these points cards has a different value. We plan to divide it into 200 points each, which can be exchanged for 14 points cards, leaving 120 points."
"These 120 points can be exchanged for 60 kilograms of food. This is your reward."
"Find me fourteen people, each one going to exchange one hundred kilograms of grain per day. I can finish the exchange in fourteen days."
"You can give them one pound of grain each as a reward, and the rest will be yours. They don't have to do anything, just help exchange the grain, and they'll get one pound of grain for free. They should be willing to do that, right?"
Chen Yaowu looked at Yang Qing in disbelief. It turned out that this method really worked.
The base usually only takes inventory of supplies once a month, and many people exchange food on a regular basis. As long as no one pays special attention, it is indeed possible to get away with it.
Chen Yaowu gave a thumbs up, Leng Yi’s wife was really smart.
"Okay, you guys separate the points first and give them to me, and I'll help you do it." Chen Yaowu said.
Leng Yi was overjoyed, "Thank you, squad leader."
"But if you come back in two weeks to get the food, I'm afraid you won't be able to get more than a thousand pounds out at a time. The security guards won't let you get so much food."
"Well, after I exchange 100 kilograms, I will take it outside and find a place to hide it. Wait until I have exchanged it for half a month, and then you can come and get it." Chen Yaowu said.
"That's great." Yang Qing smiled. With Chen Yaowu's help, she didn't have to worry.
The two of them returned to the management office. Yang Qing took out all three points cards and said that they would be divided into fourteen, one with 200 points and the last with 320 points. This one would be left to Chen Yaowu, and after he had exchanged all the food, the rest would be given to him.
How he gives to others is his own business.
Although the clerk didn't understand why they did this, the base had a rule that points could be divided, so he didn't say anything.
The two of them took the points cards and went back to find Chen Yaowu. Leng Yi gave him all the points cards and said, "Then I'll trouble you, squad leader!"
"Don't worry!" Chen Yaowu patted Leng Yi's shoulder, "Live a good life with your brother and sister-in-law after returning to Xia City!"
"Yeah!" Leng Yi looked at Yang Qing beside him with a smile on his face.
When the two men left the base, there were only 100 kilograms of food in the car, which was within the prescribed range, so the security naturally let them pass.
After leaving the base, Yang Qing put the food into the space and drove the car back to the riverbank.
A large pile of sifted river sand had accumulated on the riverbank, and the two men helped load it onto the car.
Half a month passed like this, and more than four hundred trucks of river sand had accumulated in the space.
Chen Yaowu also exchanged all the food, and the two of them took the time to take the food away and put it into the space.
The two of them took another day to return to Xia City and found out that one ton of river sand could be exchanged for one hundred points. Their truck had a five-ton capacity, which could be exchanged for five hundred points. Three trucks a day could be exchanged for one thousand five hundred points.
I have been digging for half a month. If I dig for another ten days, I can get a total of 37,500 points.
Giving Li Liang and Lin Feng 10,000 yuan each would be enough to buy a two-bedroom apartment.
The remaining 17,000 points were given to Yang Qing and the others. Although only Leng Yi was working, Yang Qing and Lu Lin also had to help with some chores and cook.
Moreover, they provided the car and tools, and they also paid the wages and food of more than 400 kilograms for the six people, so they deserve a larger share.
They want to buy a villa, and there will be no problem exchanging the remaining 30,000 points for steel bars and concrete.
We worked like this for 25 days, and then everyone packed up and prepared to leave Mingcheng.
Leng Yi, Li Liang and others removed the security doors and explosion-proof windows, replaced them with the original ones, cleaned up, and prepared to return to Xia City.
(End of this chapter)
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