They plan to turn the entire third floor into a glass conservatory, several hundred square meters. Even if she had the money, she couldn't afford to come up with that much all at once.
The two exchanged a glance, their understanding unspoken.
Lin Yue said directly, "It's too expensive. Food is so scarce right now. Every grain of rice is a life. It's not comparable to those things that can't be eaten."
"Sister, you can't calculate it like that. Things are rare, so their value is naturally high."
"I don't think it's worth the price."
"Then name your price, and I'll see if it's acceptable?" Li Mazi asked. Business was tough these days; he hadn't made a sale in quite a while.
Lin Yue calculated in her mind that, according to Li Mazi, including the house gate, it would weigh at least 8,000 jin. The glass house only needed a roof, and the rest of the walls would be made of brick, which would require about 300 square meters, weighing 9,000 jin. The cement walls would require about 1 jin, the sand would require about 1,488 jin, and the bricks would require about 1,512 jin. All in all, it would take nearly 50,000 jin of rice.
You wouldn't believe it until you calculate it; she looks like a sucker.
"Li Mazi, you guys aren't planning to rip me off this time and then live off me for the rest of your lives, are you? Do I look like someone who's so easy to rip off? Just name a reasonable price. If you can exchange it, great. If not, forget it. I'll go and exchange it with the base. I don't have much else, but I have plenty of time. I can wait." Lin Yue looked at Li Mazi with amusement, clearly ready to leave if things didn't go well.
Li Mazi's eyes flickered.
The eldest brother did indeed intend to rip people off, and he wanted to take more money, so the price was indeed a bit higher than usual. However, it wasn't a one-off deal; there were many brothers, and this was just the beginning.
I thought that although the person was ruthless, the newcomer was inexperienced and I could just kill him without a second thought. I didn't expect that the other party was not so easy to fool.
"Okay, since you're so sincere about exchanging, then the price will be 30% lower." It's really not easy for them to get these things, and they even have to set traps for themselves, so they have to make a little profit.
"Fifty percent off, or I'll trade; otherwise, I'm leaving." Lin Yue immediately cut the price in half.
These consumables that cannot be manufactured for the time being are indeed rare, and people are unwilling to pay any lower prices.
"Sis, you're really going to haggle too hard, I..."
Lin Yue was too lazy to listen to him anymore, so she simply pulled Cang Yu along and turned to leave.
She was only getting a 50% cut, and the other party was making a huge profit. They were still trying to argue, but she didn't have time to play along; she needed to go back and train.
Seeing Lin Yue leave so decisively, Li Mazi panicked and hurriedly chased after them to stop them.
"Sister, 50% or 50%, let's switch." Li Mazi's heart was bleeding.
Although he made some money, it was really little. He wondered if his boss would eat him alive when he got back.
Whether Lin Yue would eat it or not, she didn't know, but she had achieved her goal.
"Would you accept anything else in exchange?" It's impossible to produce that much grain all at once.
"Sister, tell me what it is?"
"Fish, live fish!" They couldn't finish all those fish anyway, so she wanted to take some out; she didn't want her mouth to smell of fish every day.
"Sister, you're amazing! You even have live fish. Trade? Of course! I can even make the deal. You can trade with live fish and get an even better price!" Li Mazi exclaimed excitedly. After her initial excitement subsided, she asked, "Sister, where did you get these fish?"
Live fish! In this apocalyptic world, let alone live fish, there are hardly any dead fish to be seen. If we were to trade these, the rich would go crazy for them, easily exchanging them for a lot of things.
"Don't ask questions you shouldn't ask," Lin Yue said unhappily.
Cang Yu also glared at Li Mazi with an unfriendly expression, as if if he asked another question, the Foshan Shadowless Kick would kick him again.
Li Mazi suddenly realized that this was a trade secret and not something he could casually inquire about, so he quickly nodded.
Finally, it was agreed that Lin Yue would exchange live fish for doors, one pound of fish for two pounds of doors, one pound of fish for one square meter of bulletproof glass, cement would be priced by weight, one pound of fish for five pounds of cement, five pounds of fish for one cubic meter of sand, and one pound of fish for one hundred yuan for bricks.
This is a price that Cang Yu felt was acceptable after careful calculation.
Last time we collected a lot of fish, and they were quite large. If we add them all up, we'll need about 1 jin (500g) of live fish. Each fish weighs about 7 jin (3.5kg) on average, so that's 2034 fish, which is just a small fraction.
Lin Yue sighed inwardly, "Sure enough, no matter what, food is always the least valuable thing. Even if food is life itself, it's not as valuable as a fish."
After agreeing on the price and discussing it for a while, the delivery location was finally set outside the base. Lin Yue and her partner would go outside to inspect the goods, receiving half of the fish and settling the remaining half once the gate was finished. Then, the items Lin Yue requested would be delivered to the villa area in a truck by Li Mazi's men.
The sand, cement bricks, and glass are all in stock. The transaction time is set for 1 p.m., so they can go back, pack them up, and deliver the goods.
...
The afternoon trading went smoothly.
Lin Yue and Cang Yu went out early, retrieved Lin Yue's old small truck, poured in antifreeze, and it was barely usable. They put the fish in several large buckets lined with large plastic bags, placed warm cotton clothes and dry grass inside the buckets, wrapped them in plastic, and covered them with another layer to ensure that the water in which the fish were kept wouldn't freeze for a while. They drove the small truck to the location, inspected the goods with one hand and handed over the fish with the other.
Then they went back to the base together to unload the goods, and Lin Yue's truck was finally on the right track.
As for where it came from, well, believe it or not, it was dug out of the ice with bare hands.
Don't believe me? Fine!
With the materials in place, Cangyu began construction.
First, there's the wall.
The original wall remains unchanged; instead, three more layers are added, making the entire wall 30 centimeters thick, and the height of the wall is increased to 3.5 meters.
The remaining bricks were then used to build the four walls of the roof, and a layer of bulletproof glass was installed on top.
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