Chapter 77 I Want to Buy, Buy, Buy
Li Zhuang took the map from him, took a look at it, and looked around, "Want to go there?"
"Sure," Antonio replied.
"Yeah," Gu Qingji nodded.
Xiong Jie had no objection either.
Lin Yimu and Ning Yuan naturally had nothing to say. The main players had no objections, and finally everyone looked at Lu Weiyi.
"Me? I'm not going." Lu Weiyi answered straightforwardly. He had already found Zhuang Mingxu, so why should he work hard? After stretching beautifully, Lu Weiyi called to his friend Dean beside him, "Let's go to the trading area."
In his previous life, he and Dean opened a trading center and spent the whole day shopping in the trading area.
"Okay," Dean responded enthusiastically. After running past Antonio, he remembered to ask his lover if he wanted to go. "David?"
Antonio and the others had not yet recovered from Lu Weiyi's rejection. They smiled and said, "Go ahead, have fun, and remember to bring your guns."
Lu Weiyi also thought of Zhuang Mingxu at this time. It was no wonder that he ignored him. After all, he never had time for activities like shopping in his previous life. "Do you want to go?"
"No, let Xiaoyi take Aiyi with him, and let Ningyuan follow." Zhuang Mingxu could see that these people probably wanted Lu Weiyi to go along, but he didn't understand the reason yet. After all, after waking up, he and Lu Weiyi hadn't had time to communicate the news, and the information he got from Lin Yimu was limited.
"Hey, wait a minute," Li Zhuang stopped Lu Weiyi and asked again, "You're not going?"
"No, I don't need food," Lu Weiyi said puzzled.
"Have you finished eating?" Li Zhuang asked.
"After eating, there is..." Lu Weiyi turned his gaze to Zhuang Mingxu and didn't say anything else.
Zhuang Mingxu also understood his unspoken intention. He was happy but also annoyed with himself. He was worried whether he would be able to support him in the future with this state. However, his thoughts would not show on his face. Instead, he comforted him, "We have a lot of supplies stored at home, enough for you to eat for a very long time."
"Yeah," Lu Weiyi responded. At this time, he realized that everyone probably wanted him to go use the space to load things. He looked at everyone else and said, "The space is full. Last time I loaded ammunition, I had to throw some things in before putting them in. I will study how to upgrade it tonight and then decide whether to go tomorrow."
"Okay, I'll wait for your news." Li Zhuang didn't think he would lie. There was no need. If he said clearly that he would not go, no one would force him. After all, he had the strength. "I'll go to the trading area to take a look. Let's go around?" he asked others.
"Then I'll go too. I haven't seen what the trading area looks like yet." Gu Qingyue glanced at the time. There was still some time before Zhuang Mingxu had another infusion, so it was enough time for him to go out. "Qingji, let's go together."
"Okay." Gu Qingji immediately stood up and stood beside Gu Qingyue.
"Then you go too," Lu Weiyi turned around and pushed Zhuang Mingxu's wheelchair, "to see if there is anything you need."
“…Okay.” Zhuang Mingxu didn’t want to join in the fun. After all, he had difficulty walking now, and going out would only trouble others.
But he had never received Lu Weiyi's care. This experience was a bit strange, and he felt more joyful at being cared for by him. This made him feel that his efforts in the past were all seen by Lu Weiyi, and not indifferent and none of his business.
"Xi Shi and I will wait for you to come back before we go. There must be someone left at home," Xiong Jie said, hugging Xi Shi.
"Then Ning Yuan and I will follow Brother Xiong and the others." Everyone had gone out, and only Xiong Jie and Xi Shi were left, so it was not safe, so Lin Yimu took the initiative to say.
"Okay." Ning Yuan also thought of it and nodded.
The Yongping City base already has a model of the first-generation safe base. The formulation and enforcement of some systems make the entire safe zone look relatively peaceful. Although it cannot be compared with the period before the end of the world, after experiencing a night of hell and fear, the safety alone is enough to satisfy people. Everyone is quickly adapting to the new social system, and at first glance, it seems to be in good order.
"Brother Mingxu, is the base in Qingyuan City like this too?" Gu Qingyue was still full of expectations for his future living place.
"When I left, the troops had already provided assistance to Qingyuan City as soon as possible. With Longmen Villa District as the center, they merged the surrounding communities within a radius of 10 kilometers and established a safety base. Only the heads of households and residents were registered there, and no external population was accepted. I have been away for such a long time, and the necessary systems should have been established. The execution ability of the military is always amazingly swift." When Zhuang Mingxu left, he thought he would be able to return soon, but who knew that the group would end up traveling on two legs.
"I don't know how much food I need to pay to live there. Is the accommodation expensive? There is no army stationed here. You need 20 kilograms of food to enter the door. I dare not even think about how much entrance fee we will have to pay when we go there." Gu Qingyue thought about it and became a little worried.
"It's okay, it will be fine." Gu Qingji held his hand and comforted him.
Such behavior of two young men seemed too intimate, but in this drifting world, no one cared at all, and the two parties involved did not seem to notice it either.
"Don't worry about the house. I have four villas in Longmen Villa District. The three floors are basically one thousand square meters, which is enough for living." Before Zhuang Mingxu came, he had already communicated with the people in the army to exchange food for four adjacent villas. Now it seems that it can be used to win over people. With these people together, plus the help of Lin Yimu, Ning Yuan and Wu Yue, Lu Weiyi will definitely not have to worry too much about his future life.
"That's great. You don't even have to worry about where to live," Li Zhuang continued, looking at Lu Weiyi, "Little friend, I'll depend on you from now on."
"Sure, pay the money." Lu Weiyi has become noticeably more lively since meeting Zhuang Mingxu, with the energy of a man in his early twenties.
"How much do you want? I'll rob a bank for you some other day." Li Zhuang squinted his eyes and smiled at him, a half-smile like a mask.
"A villa in Longmen costs hundreds of millions. How many do you want to grab?"
"You tell me how many you want, and I'll bring you gold bars along with them."
"Can you carry it back?"
"Well...if you can't carry it, I can carry it on my back."
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The meaningless conversation sounded like elementary school students' nonsense, but the group just listened and laughed quietly, as if this was already good enough.
The trading market at the base is far away from where people live. Zhuang Mingxu's wheelchair has no shock-resistant properties, so it always bumps when passing over uneven ground, and he needs to take detours from time to time. The group chatted slowly as they walked past. They used to think that this slow-paced life was a waste of time, but now they feel it is wonderful.
More than half an hour later, a group of people appeared at the base trading market. It was called a trading market, but it was actually just like a stall. There were all kinds of things being bought and sold on both sides of the road. There was a guard in police uniform standing guard at a distance, and the guns on their waists were obviously real. So at a general glance, the order here was still well maintained.
As soon as we entered, we saw people selling bed sheets and quilts, which were obviously collected from the streets. There were new and old ones. Lu Weiyi remembered the heavy snow that would come soon, so he went up to ask about the price. It turned out that he could get two sets for a pack of instant noodles, and they were brand new.
"How much do you sell this for?" Lu Weiyi asked the mink fur seller next door. The entire stall was filled with minks for people of all ages to wear. They were brand new and the quality looked pretty good.
"A pack of instant noodles...four sets." The boss glanced at the boss next to him and gave a cheaper price.
"Little boy, it's so hot today, it's useless if you buy it?" Li Zhuang asked him with a smile.
"It will definitely be useful in winter," Lu Weiyi replied.
"Yes, yes, boss, you are really foresighted. This thing has to be stored in advance to prevent it from being out of stock when needed. My minks are all of the best quality. They used to cost tens of thousands each. You can touch them, the quality is definitely impeccable," the boss who sells the minks boasted.
The man selling quilts nearby was dissatisfied and said, "Boss, look at my quilt, it's made of pure cotton and it's very warm in winter. If you don't believe me, take a look. This is real cotton." As he said that, he directly pulled open a corner of the quilt to let the man see the cotton wool inside.
When Lu Weiyi nodded, Gu Qingyue knew that he was going to buy them, so he quickly spoke first, "But they are too expensive. You know we don't need them now. We can collect them in advance when winter comes. We can always collect them. Now we just come across them. If the price is right, we don't mind buying a few."
"Well... what do you think of the price?" In the middle of summer, it was obvious that these two people's stuff was not easy to sell. When they heard that they wanted to buy, they naturally wanted to cooperate. In their hearts, they were probably still thinking about which idiot they were.
"Fifty sets for a bottle of mineral water." When Gu Qingyue was thinking about the price, Lu Weiyi spoke first.
"This..." The two bosses looked at each other. Although this thing was not valuable, it took a lot of effort to get it back. Fifty sets were a bit too cheap.
"Forget it then." Lu Weiyi prepared to leave without waiting for them to bargain.
"No, Boss, let's talk about this later."
"You all know how severe the water shortage is right now. Besides, we only buy this for convenience; it's not necessary. It's obvious that you are taking advantage of it. You two are a little ungrateful." Gu Qingyue smiled very kindly, but he was not ambiguous about the bargaining.
"Okay." The boss of the mink fur company was the first to compromise. He saw Zhuang Aiyi following them and added, "I have about 70 or 80 sets of children's fur. Do you want any?"
"The child has little material, one hundred pieces for one bottle." Lu Weiyi forgot about Zhuang Aiyi's existence again, but this did not prevent him from bargaining, and he turned into Zhou Baopi again.
"……Can"
Lu Weiyi felt that these two words were forced out by the boss from between his teeth, but what does it matter? He was very happy. He turned to look at the quilt seller and asked, "Want to sell it?"
"…Selling," the boss gritted his teeth, "but I don't have 50 sets, only 20 sets in total. How about using sheets, quilts and silk quilts to make up the rest?"
"Then twenty sets of quilts, forty sets of sheets and quilt covers, and twenty sets of silk quilts." Lu Weiyi's mind was very flexible when he was bargaining.
“……”The boss was silent.
Lu Weiyi immediately pretended to leave, and the boss finally forced out a sentence, "...Okay."
He had never experienced such days in his previous life, but he clearly remembered that before the first heavy snow, water-based mutants could not produce much water. The price of a bottle of water was once sky-high. Zhuang Mingxu also had a record of drinking a bottle of water for a week, but he tried his best to free up some water every day to wipe his face. To this day, Lu Weiyi feels sad when he thinks of this.
During those hard days that Zhuang Mingxu had gone through, it turned out that he was just a spectator, but he still felt that he was wronged.
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