Chapter 63 Inquiring about Car Trade-In
Common crops that are resistant to heat and drought are corn, sorghum and millet.
Xia Xiaoman could also guess that the higher-ups would not be stupid enough to distribute rice seeds to everyone, but even corn was not so easy to grow.
"I don't recommend farming because the temperature is too high. If you plant less, there's no need to plant more. If you plant more, we won't be able to handle it unless we have a plow, a seeder and a harvester."
Xiao Zheyu and his friends thought that farming was too simple. They believed that as long as they threw seeds in the ground, they would be able to harvest a lot of food in a few months. They had no idea how hard the work was.
Wen Jianfeng was silent for a moment, "Then let's wait and see! See how the first batch of plants turn out. If they grow well, we'll plant more. If they don't, forget it."
Xiao Zheyu and Su Ran felt a little disappointed. They were just about to do something big, but it was over before it even started.
Although he didn't farm, Xiao Zeyu often went to inquire about other people's farming news. He didn't hear much good news about farming, but he did know the current situation of his hometown.
His hometown is Yancheng, which is 6 cities away from Fucheng. He didn't expect that Fucheng could find out news about his hometown.
"Sister Xiaoman! I heard the news from my hometown. It has been raining hail for two or three months. Now it is finally clear and we are currently carrying out post-disaster reconstruction!"
Xiao Zheyu's excited voice echoed on the 15th floor. Xia Xiaoman leaned against the door and looked at his cheerful appearance and asked, "Are you planning to go home? When are you leaving?"
Xiao Zheyu was stunned for a moment. He was so happy that he forgot about going home. He looked at Su Ran.
Su Ran noticed his gaze and frowned, "Why are you looking at me? You should find a way to pay for the trip. I don't have much supplies, so don't try to take advantage of me."
Xiao Zheyu: “…”
He thought Su Ran would be reluctant to let him go, but he was overthinking it. This bastard Su Ran probably wanted him to leave as soon as possible.
"I haven't asked if there's a car to go home yet. I'll go to the trading point and ask tomorrow."
Yancheng is too far away from Fucheng, and the ticket fare is more expensive than Sun Qing and her friends going to Yuancheng. One ticket requires 700 kilograms of food supplies.
Xiao Zheyu was immediately discouraged by the high price. Compared with the people in the community, he was relatively wealthy, but he couldn't take out 700 kilograms of food at once.
Wen Jianfeng and Zhou Qiuyang knew his situation, so they sorted out the things at home and gave the unused supplies to Xiao Zheyu.
Xia Xiaoman also found some small things for him, such as extra dishes and chopsticks, clothes and shoes that didn't fit, or extra electronic products.
With the help of his neighbors, Xiao Zheyu was able to buy a ticket home.
On the day of departure, Xiao Zheyu cried like a fool, repeating his home address and mobile phone number over and over again, saying that they would contact each other often when the signal was restored.
After Xiao Zheyu left, the 15th floor became even quieter. Xia Xiaoman's only communication with the outside world every day was when Wen Jianfeng and his friends came home from work and called her out to open the door to chat for a while. The rest of the time she stayed at home to practice her skills.
When Wen Jianfeng and his colleagues were converted to full-time plumbers, the sludge downstairs was completely cleaned up.
Most people in the community moved to the streets outside to clean up the sludge, leaving early and returning late every day, a bit like the collective commuting in the 1980s and 1990s.
At the same time, agricultural development in suburban rural areas is in full swing. There are farms built by government organizations, farms contracted by wealthy people, and fields cultivated by individuals.
The crops grown are similar to what Xia Xiaoman had guessed, mainly corn, sorghum, sweet potatoes and potatoes. The government and some farmers with abundant resources also build greenhouses to grow vegetables.
Wen Jianfeng learned about the planting situation in the suburbs and felt a little regretful that he did not insist on farming. However, considering the lack of manpower at home, he could only sigh helplessly.
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The sludge was cleared bit by bit, and the appearance of the city gradually emerged.
Xia Xiaoman estimated that the time was about right, so she waited for Wen Jianfeng and the others to get off work, and then went out to the trading point alone.
"Hello, I would like to ask, can I exchange material goods for a car?"
The staff at the trading point looked up at Xia Xiaoman and said, "Go away, do you think it's still a few months ago? How can we have so many cars for you to buy?"
He is skinny and small, and looks like he is not well fed, yet he still dreams of buying a car. I guess he can't even afford a toy car.
Xia Xiaoman had seen many snobbish faces of the staff, so she didn't take it seriously and asked shamelessly: "Hasn't the urban sludge been cleaned up almost? A lot of cars that have been soaked in water should have been cleared out..."
"I've already told you don't have one! Even if you have a car, you don't have gasoline. Why are you asking so many questions? You can't afford it!" The staff impatiently drove the man away.
Xia Xiaoman took a deep breath and took out a bag of bacon from his backpack. "Brother, my dad asked me to come here and ask. He said if there is one and the price is right, we can buy one. We can find the gasoline ourselves."
Seeing the bacon, the staff swallowed and said in a much more gentle tone, "Little sister, we really don't have any cars to sell here. But I know someone who has a few repaired cars. If you don't mind, I can help you contact him."
Xia Xiaoman pushed the bacon in front of the staff and said, "Thank you, big brother. When will we have news?"
The staff member quickly put the bacon into his pocket and said, "Come over at this time tomorrow night and I will help you make an appointment."
Xia Xiaoman nodded and glanced at the other party’s work badge: Chen Guangli, no wonder he is so snobbish.
Ever since the flood, she has been thinking about getting a four-wheeled vehicle.
When she was exchanging for a bicycle, she thought that since the people at the trading point could clean out the bicycles buried in the mud and sell them, they might also be able to repair the cars buried in the mud and sell them.
At that time, the sludge cleaning had just begun, and even if the car was dug out, it would still take time to clean and repair it.
So she kept calculating the time, and when she saw that the sludge in the city had been almost cleaned up, and guessed that many cars might have been cleared out for repair, she came back to the trading point to ask if she could exchange the car.
She didn't want Wen Jianfeng and the others to know about this.
There are a lot of supplies needed to exchange for the car, and she took out large quantities of supplies one after another, which might easily arouse suspicion.
Another reason is that the public security is not very good now, and if she leaves the car she bought in the community, it might be stolen. So she plans to put the car in the space.
If Wen Jianfeng and the others knew that she had bought a car, it would not be suitable to put it in the space. That was why she secretly came to the trading point in the middle of the night to do this.
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