Chapter 189 This deal is not a loss.
Outside the wall, six or seven snowmobiles were slowly driving toward her house.
Xia Xiaoman looked solemn. He replaced his pistol with a submachine gun, ready to start fighting at any time.
At the same time, seven snowmobiles were parked neatly outside the fence. Two people got out of the leading vehicle. The taller one walked around the yard after getting out. After finding that there was no door to enter, he pulled off the scarf on his face and shouted inside: "Xia Xiaoman! Are you home? Open the door!"
Xia Xiaoman was stunned for a moment when she heard the familiar voice, then she quickly ran downstairs, moved the stepladder to the side of the wall and climbed up, "Sun Qing? It's really you! Didn't you say you wouldn't come to our place in the middle of winter? Why are you here again?"
"I came to your place to buy Steel Tooth Rabbit skins. Fucheng is the closest to our Yuancheng, so it's more convenient to buy here." Sun Qing explained and asked, "Why doesn't your house have a door?"
"Prevent the steel-toothed rabbits from running in." Xia Xiaoman said, sitting on the wall, hooking the stepladder with his feet and carrying it outside, "Come up! It's too cold outside, go into the living room and have a cup of hot tea."
Sun Qing responded, but did not rush to climb the stairs. Instead, she helped the person next to her who was wrapped tightly up the stairs.
Xia Xiaoman frowned when she saw this. She didn't like strangers entering her home. Just when she was about to ask who this person was, she heard the other person say, "No need to help me, I'm fine."
"Ye Xiaojie?" Xia Xiaoman was a little surprised. She didn't expect Ye Xiaojie to come too.
"Long time no see." Ye Xiaojie took off the scarf from her face and smiled at her.
Ye Xiaojie and Sun Qing followed Xia Xiaoman into the yard, and everyone else stayed outside.
Entering the living room, Sun Qing put her backpack on the table and said, "Look, these are all frozen sea fish. Xiaojie and I brought them to you from far away."
Xia Xiaoman smiled and said, "It's so cold, can you still go fishing?"
"The sea water is fluid. We can go fishing as long as we break the ice on the surface." Ye Xiaojie said as she took off her coat.
Sun Qing helped her hold her coat, and seeing Ye Xiaojie frowning, she asked, "Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
Ye Xiaojie shook her head. "It's okay. I just feel a little stuffy in my chest. It will be fine after a while."
Seeing this, Xia Xiaoman asked in confusion: "What's wrong with Xiaojie? Are you feeling unwell?"
"It's okay, I'm just pregnant." Ye Xiaojie said with a smile.
Xia Xiaoman was stunned for two seconds, digesting the meaning of her words, and widened her eyes in surprise, "You...are pregnant?"
Ye Xiaojie nodded and touched her belly tenderly, "It's been five months. I'll be able to deliver the baby in a few months."
Xia Xiaoman was stunned. In such a harsh environment, how desperate must Ye Xiaojie be to get pregnant and give birth? Isn't she afraid of any accidents? Giving birth is like entering the gates of hell for women.
Perhaps because the expression on her face was too shocked, Ye Xiaojie smiled and explained, "It's a family marriage. The child's father is in poor health and he has been the only son for three generations. His family has more than a dozen fishing boats that are more than a hundred meters long. If the child I give birth to is a son, then these dozen fishing boats will be mine."
What does it mean to have more than a dozen fishing boats over a hundred meters long, lined up side by side, almost like a small island.
Ye Xiaojie and Sun Qing had been busy for so long before the Eternal Night, and the fleet they organized was not as big as one of their fishing boats. Just by having a child, they could get more than a dozen large fishing boats for free.
This deal is not a loss.
Some people may accuse her of using children for profit, but so what?
In times of natural disasters and chaos, survival is the most important thing.
With more than a dozen fishing boats, more than 2,000 fishermen on board and her own men, as long as she managed it well, she would be able to find a place to stay for herself, her family and her friends in this chaotic world.
What's more, the child's father looks okay, but a little weak. He will break his bones if he exerts a little force, and he will catch a cold if he is blown by the wind.
After the child is born, perhaps she won't even have to do anything, because the child's father will torture himself to death.
Ye Xiaojie collected her thoughts and continued, "Aqing and I came here mainly to buy a batch of steel-toothed rabbit fur. I wonder if you are free to help us buy it?"
Xia Xiaoman didn't rush to answer, but asked: "Don't you have steel-toothed rabbits in Yuancheng?"
"No." Sun Qing shook her head and said, "For some reason, the steel-toothed rabbits don't seem to like to move around the seaside. There are no steel-toothed rabbits in the coastal areas. But there are many skuas circling around."
Speaking of skuas, Sun Qing gritted her teeth and said, "These beasts are really worthy of being called skuas. They often come to steal our fish when we are fishing. They attack us in groups and cause us a lot of losses."
Xia Xiaoman smiled and said, "We in Floating City are also troubled by the skuas. When there are skuas, we cannot turn on the lights when we go out, otherwise we will attract the skuas to attack us."
Sun Qing sighed, "Skuas are nothing, just some flying beasts. We can deal with them with a little bit of trickery. The main reason is that the sea is windy and rough, and we don't have anything to keep warm, so we came to Fucheng to buy rabbit fur."
Xia Xiaoman placed two cups of tea in front of them and said, "Rabbit fur purchase, instead of coming to me, you might as well go and discuss it with the trading point yourself."
"If you are buying rabbit fur coats and blankets individually, you can only buy two sets. You can trade directly with the trading point. As long as the price is reasonable, they may cooperate with you for a long time."
The government purchased a large amount of furs in order to trade with other cities for materials that the floating city did not have. It might be more convenient to trade with the trading points than to collect furs by individuals.
Ye Xiaojie took a sip of hot tea and said, "After we arrived at the floating city, we went to the trading point to inquire. The supplies we brought were frozen seafood and sea salt. These two supplies are not scarce to them, so the price they offered is a bit high."
Fucheng was not far from the coastal areas. Before the Eternal Night, Fucheng had already sent people to the coastal areas to exchange for a lot of dried fish and sea salt. Therefore, the supplies that Ye Xiaojie and the others brought could not be exchanged for anything in Fucheng.
Xia Xiaoman frowned. "There are many things that can be exchanged for the steel-toothed rabbit skin at the trading point, and most of them are urgently needed materials. The sea salt and frozen seafood you brought are really not very advantageous."
She thought for a moment and said, "I suggest you find a place to sell frozen seafood and arrange for people to catch steel-toothed rabbits. There are many steel-toothed rabbits in Floating City. As long as you find the right method, you can catch hundreds of them a day."
This is too much trouble. They brought a lot of sea salt and frozen seafood. It is unknown how long it will take to sell all the fish caught by more than a dozen large fishing boats.
Sun Qing asked, "Is Shuiyue Bay still doing business with foreign countries? Can you help to connect them so that the people in Shuiyue Bay can sell the rabbit skins to us?"
She had looked for Wang Shijin and heard that Wang Shijin had gone to work on a farm and was no longer in charge of the Shuiyue Bay business, so she came to Xia Xiaoman for help.
Xia Xiaoman said, "After the first snowstorm, Old Man Luo passed away, and Aunt Xing's health was also fluctuating. With the two pillars of Shuiyue Bay gone, the community became like a pile of loose sand."
"Now only Chen Peiqiong, who is in charge of logistics, is struggling to hold on. However, she has little prestige in Shuiyue Bay, and many people don't listen to her. So it's not that I don't want to help you make connections, but Shuiyue Bay is no longer the same as before. It's difficult to get them to unite and do business like before."
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