Chapter 83 Preparing to Go to the Market
I sighed helplessly and picked up the other three as well.
I finally understand the pain of families with multiple children; you want one, and you want the other.
I was dozing in the sun, and the little ones were also sleeping soundly with their eyes half-closed.
A chair is not a bed, after all. I woke up after lying down for about 20 minutes.
Now full of energy, I first gathered the firewood in the yard together, clearing out a large open space.
Put on gloves and work clothes, and get ready to cut down the corn stalks and bring them back to use as firewood.
Grab a sickle and rope, pull the cart straight to the cornfield.
Once in the field, he held the corn stalks in one hand and swung a sickle in the other to cut them down.
It was slow at first, but it got faster and faster as I got more skilled, and soon I had a whole truckload piled up.
After tying them up with rope, they were taken home, and once the truck was empty, they would come back to pick them up again.
Before dark, they had hauled about five or six truckloads of corn stalks.
When I got home, I saw a small mountain of corn stalks. After thinking for a moment, I decided to pile the corn stalks into a cone shape.
People in the countryside always store things this way. I don't know why, but there must be some benefit to it.
After stacking them, there will be a small gap in the middle. When I was little, I loved to play house in the gap between the straws.
Although I'm past the age of playing house, it's clear that Xiaodi, Xiaogua, and the four puppies haven't reached that age yet.
They hopped and skipped around, darting in and out, having a great time.
After watching them play and frolic for a while, it got completely dark.
After dark, the air was chilly, and my nose felt sore from the cold.
I don't know if I'm too sentimental, but as soon as autumn arrives and I start to feel this chilly temperature, I feel inexplicably sad.
It feels like something is missing, but I can't be sure what it is.
I tried to cheer myself up by jumping around in the yard like a dog.
Then they took some old straw and wood home to heat the kang (a traditional heated bed).
Keeping your home warm and cozy will make you feel less unhappy.
After the kang (heated brick bed) was lit, a large lump of dough was kneaded.
Add some eggs, chopped Chinese sausage, chopped sausage, and chopped green onions to the noodles.
Drain the water from the pot and wait until the water has completely evaporated before adding some oil.
Roll out the dough sheets and put them into the pan to bake into fragrant flatbreads.
The pancake smells wonderful, with the aroma of eggs and the fragrance of fried sausage and scallions.
I made ten pancakes in total, ate two myself, and gave three to the dogs.
I put the remaining five pancakes in a plastic bag and put them in the refrigerator. I can just heat them up tomorrow morning and I won't have to make breakfast separately.
A few days later, after all the vegetables and fruits that needed to be dried were dried and stored away, the day for exchanging them at the market was fast approaching.
I started planning what I wanted and what I could give in exchange.
If humans remain scarce and the apocalypse continues for some time, then I will need meat.
I have chicks, but I need to raise pigs or sheep.
Pigs have a large appetite, while sheep can eat grass, but pork tastes better than mutton.
We'll decide which one to raise at the market.
We're almost out of oyster sauce at home. If we have fresh soy sauce and vinegar, we can stock up on some, but if they're old, forget it. We still have some left at home.
After considering what I needed, I started thinking about what I could exchange for it.
What I exchange must be something important to others, but something I don't need.
I bought a lot of salt and sugar, enough for me to eat for decades, and I can give away a little bit in exchange.
Furniture is probably unwanted, but we could try buying warm clothes and shoes.
The amount of various seeds we've stockpiled is too much; we could take some out and try them out.
And then there are the vegetables that I can't finish eating.
After much consideration, once I made up my mind, I just waited for the day of the exchange market to load the goods.
After thinking all this through, I began to consider how to proceed.
The small team that came that day all had tricycles, so it seems the base has quite a lot of vehicles.
The main reason is that it won't cause much damage to the car during extremely cold periods, and people probably stock up on diesel fuel during cold weather.
Therefore, there are probably quite a few people driving around the market.
Moreover, it's so far away, it would take a long time to walk there, and it's even more unsafe, so I decided to drive.
On the day of the exchange market, I got up very early and loaded all the items I had planned onto the car.
Fifteen bags of salt, five bags of sugar, ten cabbages, fifty catties of potatoes, fifty catties of sweet potatoes, three boxes of eggs, and a number of clothes and quilts.
Six new chickens: two roosters and four hens.
These are all the supplies I brought.
Bring more things; we'll see if we can use them at the market.
He carried two stun batons, a compound bow, and a spiked club for self-defense.
I want to go out into the world and see how people interact, so I can be sure if I am absolutely safe in this apocalypse.
I hope the self-defense gear I bring will be helpful.
Finally, I changed into my worn-out clothes.
Dressing too well can arouse suspicion, while dressing in worn-out clothes can protect you.
After loading the car, we started preparing to leave.
I hadn't planned to bring the little melons, but they got unusually excited when I started the car.
After thinking it over, I decided to take Xiao Gua with me and leave Xiao Di at home.
Just as they were about to take Xiaogua and the dog with them, Sang Biao appeared at the door.
I don't know if it sensed I was going on a long trip or what, but it appeared at home so early.
Sang Biao sat at the entrance of the courtyard, staring intently at me. It seemed he was going to bring me along too.
I went back to my room, grabbed a wolf, a dog, and my food, and then drove off.
There's no navigation now, but I roughly remember the border between Bai Town and our town.
The first half of the road was quiet, and I didn't encounter many people.
When you get to the border between the town and Bai Town, you can see a few vehicles, but there are more people walking around carrying sacks on their backs.
In what was originally a very empty and desolate flat area, I saw a large number of people gathered there.
This should be the exchange market.
As I was hesitating about where to park my car, I saw a group of men holding sticks standing next to a row of cars.
The red cloth strips tied to his sleeves suggested he was a security guard or something similar, indicating that the area was a parking lot.
But I can't quite believe it. What if they rob the whole car if I park it there?
I parked the car far away and observed the area with binoculars.
I only confirmed it was reliable after I saw five cars safely drive out and leave.
He slowly drove the car into the empty parking space of that row of cars, and when he got out of the car, he had four bags of salt in his pocket.
I left Sang Biao and Xiao Gua in the car, leaving gaps in the left and right windows.
I patted their heads and whispered, "Wait for me to come back."
The wolf and dog seemed to understand and obediently lay down on the back seat, not intending to follow.
I covered them with my coat, hoping that no one else would see them while I was away.
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