Qin Suyun noticed a man and a woman at a stall not far away. The man was her acquaintance - Chen Zhou!
As for the other woman who was dark and strong but had an ordinary appearance, Qin Suyun took a closer look but still found that she did not know her. It seemed that she was not a former villager of Lixi Village.
But seeing the intimate attitude of the two of them when buying things at the stall, Qin Suyun had no difficulty guessing that her ex-husband and the woman in front of her must be a couple.
Qin Suyun couldn't help but sigh in her heart. She never thought that a man like Chen Zhou would find such a woman during this natural disaster...
It's not that Qin Suyun has any prejudice against the woman next to her, but Chen Zhou, who has a good memory, is extremely conceited. Coupled with his looks and career, let alone being with a woman with an ordinary figure and appearance like this, before the natural disaster, even if he saw her in the gym, he would show an expression of disgust.
Qin Suyun let out a long sigh. Although she didn't know why Xu Rong didn't come with Chen Zhou, it was not difficult to guess that the two of them should have broken up.
With the memory of the dream, Qin Suyun believed that Xu Rong should still be alive and well.
Looking at Chen Zhou, who has long lost the arrogance he had in Yunhai City before, and only has traces of being worn down by life left on his body, looking at his obviously older face and thinner figure, and then looking at the rather dirty clothes worn by the two people opposite, you can tell that the person opposite must not have had a good life after the natural disaster.
Qin Suyun sighed twice, thinking that things had changed and people had changed. Then she shook her head and decided not to pay any more attention to the person opposite her.
Feeling the obvious strength coming from her hand, Qin Suyun felt warm in her heart. She smiled at He Zhennan, "What are you thinking about? Are you jealous? Didn't you witness my divorce with your own eyes?... Let's go, don't think about him. Let's go buy things for Pang Xiong first, and then we'll go back. We basically don't need these things in the trading area."
He Zhennan turned around and looked at Qin Suyun's smiling face. The original discomfort in his heart disappeared. "Yes, I am jealous... But this is still my fault. I should have shown up earlier, earlier than him, so that you wouldn't have suffered in their family before."
"Let's go. There's really nothing good to buy in this trading area. Let's buy something for Pang Xiong and then go back. I had already seen it when I came here before. It's over there." He Zhennan pointed in the direction of the daily necessities stall and walked over there holding Qin Suyun's hand.
Chen Zhou, who was squatting in front of the sweet potato stall selling dried sweet potatoes, seemed to have sensed something and subconsciously looked up in the direction where Qin Suyun and He Zhennan disappeared. He looked at his ex-wife, no, it should be his ex-ex-wife who still looked as young as before the disaster with fair skin and soft features. Then he looked at his ex-ex-wife, who was wearing clean and refreshing clothes that were almost the same as before the disaster, and the tall, handsome, and equally neatly dressed man holding hands with his ex-ex-wife.
Chen Zhou clenched his hands into fists uncomfortably. The man's self-esteem that he thought he had abandoned long ago surfaced again... However, this bubble of self-esteem only lasted for less than five seconds before it burst with a bang and turned into powder.
There was no other way. Who could have made him unable to support himself now? He had to rely on the woman around him to support himself, his parents, and his infant daughter...
The burden of life made Chen Zhou lower his head and start picking sweet potatoes from the sweet potato stall again.
The lady selling sweet potatoes frowned, looking unhappy. She shouted in a loud voice, "Hey, what's wrong with you two?! I just told you not to pick and choose, you can only take directly, what's wrong with you two? You're still picking and choosing here... How can I sell those remaining sweet potatoes with worm holes? I can only give you a little bit of dried meat in exchange for 80 kilograms of sweet potatoes, and you dare to pick and choose here?! No more picking, no more picking! I won't sell you these sweet potatoes!"
"Hehehe, boss lady, don't be like this... We've all been through hard times together, life's not easy for everyone... These sweet potatoes with worm holes won't last long, boss lady, you're a kind person, please be kind..." The dark-skinned woman next to Chen Zhou smiled at the boss lady with a shameless face.
She didn't care at all about the boss lady's scolding or the half-smiles in the eyes of the people around her.
Chen Zhou squatted aside without saying a word. Out of the corner of his eye, he seemed to see his ex-wife and her family who had not yet left, and subconsciously turned back to look at them.
Chen Zhou, who had a strong sense of self-esteem, wanted to yell at the boss lady and tell her that if she didn't want to sell it, then she didn't want to sell it, and then just take his wife away.
But the reality made Chen Zhou's feet seem to have taken root. He continued squatting in front of the boss lady's stall, not moving at all...
The sweet potatoes on the proprietress's stall were already the cheapest in the trading area. He and his current wife ran around before they found this stall in the corner. If they left now, they would be missing five or six kilograms of sweet potatoes!
Five or six pounds of sweet potatoes, boiled in water and added with some other wild vegetables, are enough to feed their family for two days.
So I can’t leave…
Qin Suyun and He Zhennan stood not far away and looked at each other for a few seconds before turning around and leaving. She had thought something had happened behind her, so she turned around to look. After knowing that nothing was wrong, Qin Suyun and He Zhennan walked towards their destination again.
The living area sells daily necessities. Qin Suyun didn't look carefully when she came in, but now she sees that He Zhennan still needs a lot of things.
She didn't have any men's daily necessities stored in her basement, such as razors, underwear, and jackets.
After all, Qin Suyun had prepared sufficient supplies before.
But when she was preparing her supplies, she never thought that she would find a partner again in the future. Therefore, she only prepared some daily necessities for the cats and dogs and her own. Not to mention the daily necessities for men, she didn't even prepare daily necessities for birds, such as standing poles, water troughs, feeding troughs, etc.
Qin Suyun felt a little embarrassed when she thought of He Zhennan shaving with a dagger in the bathroom before going out. She cared too little about He Zhennan. She should have thought of it earlier. She brought a lot of eggs and tomatoes when she came this time, enough to buy a lot of food in the living area. Although there was not much food in He Zhennan's backpack, she could take a look and come in later. She and He Zhennan were not short of a pound of food.
Qin Suyun's eyes were on the men's daily necessities, but He Zhennan pulled her to a jewelry stall.
The person selling jewelry was a middle-aged woman in her forties or fifties. Even though her clothes were not very clean and there was no clean water to wash them, her face was still clean, unlike other people in the trading area. Many people had dusty faces covered with yellow sand and dust, and they were unwilling to wipe them with clean water.
"What would you two like to buy? I have gold, diamond, and jade jewelry here. They were all top-selling styles before the disaster. Take a look and see if you find anything you like," the middle-aged woman said warmly, pointing to a beautiful purple jade bracelet. "Sir, take a look at this icy violet jade bracelet. It goes so well with the lady next to you. She has fair skin, and it looks great on her! Before the disaster, this bracelet would have cost at least three or four million in a jewelry store. If you like it, take it for a bargain."
The middle-aged woman has been setting up a stall here for quite some time. She used to be the owner of a jewelry store and happened to be working in the store before the earthquake. At that time, she tried her best to rescue a bunch of priceless jewelry locked in a safe, and she only thought about using these jewelry to start a new business after the earthquake.
However, she never expected that her dream of starting over would be shattered by these successive natural disasters!
She couldn't bear to throw away this pile of valuable jewelry, and not many people would want it if she sold it. However, these things could at least allow her family to make a living, so she persisted in keeping them.
During this period, the middle-aged woman has developed a pair of sharp eyes. Standing in the crowd, she can tell who has food and who is a pauper with just a glance.
The man and woman in front of him obviously had enough food and clothing after the natural disaster. Not only were their clothes clean and they looked energetic, but even the two pairs of shoes on each other's feet had hardly been stained with dust for the past two days. People like this must have a very good life and have enough food.
"This bracelet looks okay. How much food do you want?" He Zhennan looked at the jade bracelet on his hand, knowing that it was authentic, and nodded with satisfaction.
"It's not much, just give me 30 kilograms of dried meat! Or you can exchange it for other food of similar value." The middle-aged woman licked her lips and looked at He Zhennan expectantly.
"This price is a bit high..." He Zhennan glanced at the middle-aged woman's sallow face, "But, forget it. I agreed... But I don't have that much food on me at the moment. The food is in the car in the open space outside. I'll go over there first to take a look. After I buy other things and come back, you can go out with me."
"Okay, okay, no problem!" The middle-aged woman nodded repeatedly. She had expected the other party to bargain down to around 20 kilograms of dried meat, but she didn't expect him to agree to her price directly. The woman thanked him excitedly, "Thank you, thank you! I'll definitely wait for you guys to come back and go out with you then."
The middle-aged woman was not worried that He Zhennan and his men would kill or rob people.
Not only is this unnecessary, but the most important thing is that the rules in the trading area do not allow anyone to kill anyone in the trading area or in the open space outside the trading area!
Once the people in the trading area discover someone killing someone, they will immediately kill the person. This is also to protect those who drive to exchange supplies. After all, there are only so many places in the trading area. Some people come from far away to exchange supplies, and naturally they bring a lot of things. However, they want to exchange supplies, not sell them, so they naturally don't want to waste too much food.
Therefore, the trading zone will also take care of the land in front of their door. Although it is safe outside the trading zone, food robbery will occasionally occur. However, such incidents are too rare. Almost no one in Yunhai City dares to challenge the prestige of Boss Peng!
"Why buy such an expensive jade bracelet? You might as well give all that dried meat to Dahei and Xiaoqi and the others!" Qin Suyun raised her eyebrows and criticized, but the smile between her eyebrows could not be hidden.
This time, the two of them came with not only eggs and tomatoes that could be used for exchange, but also a lot of dried meat for Dahei and Xiaoqi to eat along the way, for fear that they would be hungry because it would be difficult to find food while traveling.
But I didn't expect that although it was not as easy for Xiaoqi and the others to catch pheasants and rabbits in the urban area of Yunhai City as in the mountains and fields, and they were more restricted, they were still a group of cats and dogs that had the ability to survive on their own and did not have to wait for others to feed them.
Therefore, there was still a lot of dried meat left for Xiaoqi and the others.
Qin Suyun and He Zhennan continued to stroll around the trading area and buy things. Qin Suyun bought some clothes and daily necessities for He Zhennan. After buying what Meng Changlong needed, she also bought two pieces of clothes for herself. After trading all the food in He Zhennan's backpack, she brought out the middle-aged woman who had sold jewelry before.
Among these things, daily necessities were the cheapest. Seven or eight sets of clothes only cost two kilograms of cornmeal. However, Meng Chenglong needed some simple fever-reducing drugs and antibiotics, each pill costing half a kilogram of dried meat. Fortunately, Meng Changlong didn't ask for much, and only asked He Zhennan to help exchange for a total of ten pills. Otherwise, the supplies in He Zhennan's backpack might not be enough.
Even though the trading area was so small, it still took them more than an hour to buy things.
After coming out of the trading area and returning to the car, Qin Suyun discovered that many of the people who came out with them, who were originally outside collecting food, had also gone to the trading area.
The continuous natural disasters caught people off guard, and many people are still short of some things at home. Now that they have come out this time, they must go to the trading area to take a look.
Seeing that the salt had been purchased, Meng Changlong asked them to split into two groups and go into the trading area to buy things to replenish the supplies needed at home.
The middle-aged woman followed Qin Suyun and the others out, but was startled by the big black dogs resting next to Qin Suyun and his group's car. She had come to the trading area to sell things so many times, but this was the first time she saw someone bring out so many mutant dogs at once as combat power.
But it is precisely this that shows the strength of the other party.
"You go and have a rest over there. I'll take her to the back to get the dried meat." He Zhennan put the things they had exchanged into the back of the car, asked Qin Suyun to rest in the shade of the house next door, and took the middle-aged woman to get the dried meat.
"Well, go ahead." Qin Suyun nodded and went to get water for Dahei and the others.
The fur on Dahei and the others is thick. Even though they have changed into new fur due to the high temperature, they are still panting from the heat and sticking out their tongues to dissipate heat. In such hot weather, they need to drink more water.
A group of people went to the trading area to buy things one after another, and they came out of the trading area around 11 o'clock in the morning.
The supplies everyone needs are similar, it’s just that the amount of exchange varies.
However, Qin Suyun noticed that Zhao Dabao had exchanged a lot of candies and some medicines. Although the things he brought back were small in size, they were the most valuable things among the group.
After exchanging the supplies, Qin Suyun and his group did not dare to delay and drove back. The people in the village were still waiting for them to return!
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