Chapter 122 Yuancheng also encountered a tornado
After the battle with the Rakshasa Gang, all those people who had been secretly coveting Shuiyue Bay disappeared.
The fight between Shuiyue Bay and Luosha Gang was too bloody and horrible. Luosha Gang brought hundreds of people and failed to take Shuiyue Bay. How could these small gangs dare to act rashly?
Without anyone to harass them, Shuiyue Bay was able to recuperate.
Xia Xiaoman rested at home for two days. There was air conditioning at home, so she didn't have to endure the pain of sweat soaking the wound. The knife wound on her arm scabbed over in two days.
As for those who don’t have air conditioning at home, I heard that six or seven people with infected wounds were sent to the medical station yesterday.
Fu Baiwei had nothing to do these past two days, so she went to her house, under the pretext of helping her change the medicine and apply the medicated wine, but in reality she was just using the air conditioning. However, she knew her limits, and would go back every time it was time for dinner, and would not come empty-handed, and would usually help clean up the droppings of the chickens and rabbits.
Xia Xiaoman was bored at home alone, and it was difficult for him to continue practicing boxing with his injured hand, so he just let Fu Baiwei use the air conditioning. When he was in the mood, he would even pull her to play cards to kill time.
"You bring food to my place every day. Does your boyfriend have any objections?"
Fu Baiwei threw a card out and said, "What can he have any objection to? The supplies I took were all earned by me, and his supplies were well stored."
"Speaking of this, Xiaoman, are you interested in doing business with me?" She looked at Xia Xiaoman with her sharp eyes.
"What business?"
"I sell cold drinks! You have a refrigerator at home, so we can freeze some ice cubes. When you line up to get water at night, put the ice cubes into the kettle and I'll take it to the water station to sell. It's not too expensive, one cup of ice water for one and a half cups of well water."
Now most of the people's supplies have been blown away by the wind, so it's not easy to get some supplies from them. But the community didn't limit water supply in the past two days, so many people had water stored at home.
It is unbearable to queue up for water in hot weather, but a glass of ice water can instantly relieve the heat. I believe that many people would be willing to exchange a cup and a half of ordinary well water for ice water.
A little thought about this business would reveal that it was a sure win, but Xia Xiaoman refused it without hesitation.
"Every household is tightening their belts now. If others knew that I have a refrigerator, wouldn't I become a target of public criticism?"
She just wanted to hide in the crowd and lie low, not wanting to become a target of attack.
Fu Baiwei frowned and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't consider this aspect."
Ice water is different from charging. There are seven or eight generators in the community, so her second-hand charging business will not attract attention. But ice water is the first in the community, and if she sells ice water, it will definitely arouse jealousy.
Shuiyue Bay appears very united to the outside world, but there are still some disputes and conflicts inside.
Fu Baiwei thought about it and said, "Then I'll find a way to get a refrigerator, rent your electricity and sell ice water! This way you won't be targeted."
There are two major ministers where she lives, so no one has the courage to cause trouble for her.
Xia Xiaoman shrugged indifferently, "It's up to you. If you don't mind the trouble, go ahead."
Suddenly, a car horn sounded outside. Xia Xiaoman walked to the window, opened the curtains and looked out. It was Wang Shijin who came back.
Wang Shijin looked a little more haggard than he had seven days ago, but his eyes were bright and he was in good spirits. It was obvious that he had gained a lot from this outing.
"You calculate the time quite accurately. You always come back on time." Xia Xiaoman threw the 10 kilograms of gold back to him.
Wang Shijin took the gold and smiled, "You can't be late. If I return the car one day late, you will deduct half a pound of gold from me."
Fu Baiwei came over with a smile, "Brother Jin, it's just half a pound of gold. You are so rich, why do you still care about this?"
"What nonsense! Where did I get the money?" He took out a snakeskin bag from the car and said, "Here, these are the dried fish I brought back from Yuancheng. Divide them between you two!"
"I want a share too?!" Fu Baiwei opened the bag with a look of surprise, and saw the pieces of dried fish meat inside. Her surprise disappeared instantly, "Brother Jin, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but can you not be so stingy and at least give me a whole fish!"
Wang Shijin glanced at her and said, "Don't be disgusted. Yuancheng also encountered a tornado. These pieces of fish meat were all swept ashore from the sea by the tornado."
Xia Xiaoman was stunned for a moment, "A tornado also appeared in Yuancheng?"
Wang Shijin nodded and said, "We were able to get so many dried fish back this time because of the tornado."
Yuancheng was luckier than Fucheng. The tornado swept from the sea to the land. Yuancheng had already discovered the tornado before it reached the shore.
The local government immediately organized the crowd to take refuge in the nearest air-raid shelter to avoid large-scale casualties.
The tornado did not cause many casualties in Yuancheng, but the houses were severely damaged and some supplies were blown away. Fortunately, the tornado also swept the fish in the sea to the shore.
People in Yuancheng's coastal areas immediately picked up the fish, cleaned them, and dried them.
Because the fish were brought ashore by a tornado, there were whole fish and fish cut into eight pieces. The world is difficult now, and even the fish cut into eight pieces are still being snapped up by people.
"Now almost every household in Yuancheng has dried fish. In comparison, other supplies are more precious than dried fish. The supplies we brought were snatched away in less than two days."
"Then why did you come back so late?" Fu Baiwei asked.
It would only take two days to go to Yuancheng and back, plus the time for reselling, Wang Shijin and his companions would be back in five days at most. But now it takes them seven days to get back to the community.
Wang Shijin explained: "When we were preparing to come back, the people from the Ye family fleet came to discuss a business deal with us."
"The Ye family fleet wants to cooperate with our Shuiyue Bay. They will deliver a batch of marine goods to Fucheng every other week. They will divide a small portion of this batch of marine goods and exchange them with us for supplies at a low price."
"But we need to help their people break into the Floating City market so they can trade smoothly."
Xia Xiaoman felt something was wrong after listening to this, "If they come to Fucheng to do business, how will Shuiyue Bay do the seafood business in the future?" Isn't this obviously coming to Fucheng to steal business?
Before Wang Shijin could speak, Fu Baiwei said, "What are you afraid of? Fucheng is so big. Can the Ye family fleet occupy the entire market of Fucheng?"
"We at Shuiyue Bay are not just a market, we also have cooperation with the military and trading points. If we can't sell these seafood, we can just sell them to trading points or the military. Anyway, no matter what, we won't lose money."
Wang Shijin nodded in agreement. "The price offered by the Ye family fleet is very low. I have carefully calculated that if we go to Yuancheng by ourselves, after deducting the round-trip fuel costs, car rental costs and labor costs, our profit is actually not very high."
"Although our profits will be slightly reduced by cooperating with the Ye family fleet, the risk factor is also relatively lower."
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