Guo Daming, Villa No. 12: "Boss Sun, can you help me see if you're willing to buy calligraphy and paintings? I have quite a few at home! We're out of food right now!"
The appearance of Teacher Guo immediately caused a stir in the group. This calligrapher and painter had little interaction with the group. They only knew that he was very rich, but no one knew how much. They had heard from others that he once sold a painting for over a million yuan, but they didn't know if it was true or not.
However, this person is indeed wealthy. He has never been seen queuing at the supermarket to buy water and food before. Everyone guessed that he must have a lot of food at home. Unexpectedly, he also had a time when he was penniless and was now willing to sell his precious calligraphy and paintings.
However, after a while, Sun Heng replied to his message in the group.
Sun Heng Supermarket No. 2: "Teacher Guo, I'm sorry, you've probably chosen the category that's no longer eligible for redemption of calligraphy, paintings, antiques, and artworks!"
Guo Daming, Villa No. 12: "Ah! No way, they don't even want calligraphy and paintings? I had a piece of calligraphy and painting that many people were begging to buy! Someone offered three million but I didn't sell it! The government won't even accept it?"
No. 3, Song Heng Villa District: "Teacher Guo, what year is this? It's been half a year of scorching daytime temperatures. This is the apocalypse! Who has the mood to appreciate antiques and calligraphy anymore? They say gold is valuable in times of chaos and antiques are valuable in times of prosperity. That's absolutely true. By the way, call the person who wanted to buy your calligraphy and paintings before and see if they still want them!"
Guo Daming Villa No. 12: "Sigh! I've already called, but they're not interested anymore! Do you have anyone here who wants it? I can sell it cheap!"
Chen Ke, No. 33, Bungalow: "Teacher Guo, don't bother. Everyone's life is tough these days, who has the mood to buy calligraphy and paintings! I think you should try to find someone who can collect them through your own channels! We really can't appreciate them! Filling our stomachs is the most important thing!"
Guo Daming left the group chat looking dejected, leaving everyone sighing in dismay, wondering if his young wife still wanted to stay with him.
Early the next morning, a long line had already formed in front of the supermarket at the intersection of Zone 3. Many people began to register and receive their food and water. Teacher Guo, who had not shown up until now, finally appeared.
The last time Lu Yuan saw Teacher Guo, he was a bit chubby and had very fair skin. But this time, Lu Yuan found that Teacher Guo's eyes were sunken, his eyes were lifeless, his lips were dry, his potbelly had disappeared, and his fat pants were not quite right on him, with his belt wrapped around his waist one and a half times.
The other line was for people exchanging various items.
"Officer, how much rice can I exchange this car for?"
"Did you bring the vehicle registration certificate and the receipt for purchasing the car?"
"Yes, yes! Everything's here, all the paperwork is complete. I bought it two years ago for 100,000 yuan, and it's only driven a little over 30,000 kilometers. It's brand new!"
"Oh! You can exchange it for 500 jin of rice! Do you want to exchange it now?"
"Huh? Officer, are you sure you're not mistaken? I spent 100,000 yuan to buy it! And you only got 500 jin in return?"
"Heh, you're being greedy trading 500 jin of rice for a car worth 100,000 yuan? I just traded my car for a C-Class Mercedes, which cost me over 200,000 yuan when I bought it, and I only got 600 jin of rice in return! I still feel like I got ripped off!"
The other party replied somewhat dejectedly, "Fine, five hundred it is, it's better than nothing!"
"Well, there might be even fewer in the future, so changing it now is a wise choice. Leave the car there, we'll send someone to tow it away in a bit! Next!"
"Officer, I have a piano here!"
"Two hundred catties of rice!"
"Officer, I have a truck!"
"Six hundred jin!"
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Everyone is trying to exchange as much as possible now, because nobody wants to wait until the country runs out of food and all these things become a pile of waste. They're exchanging as much food as they can while they still have it.
So after people lined up to receive the free food, some started taking out their belongings from home to exchange for food.
Around 5 p.m., the police car left after exchanging all the grain for the entire semi-trailer.
"Ugh! They won't take the houses! Honestly! I knew I shouldn't have bought so many houses! Now they're all stuck with me!"
The speaker was named Wei Tian. He had his eye on District 3 and built a lot of houses there, as well as several villas. Over the years, many people from other places have come to District 3, and he has sold almost all of his houses.
Later, he saw that houses were very profitable, and that the development of District 3 by Shimizu was quite good, so he spent money to buy some villas. However, he did not expect that the apocalypse would come so suddenly, and all of these villas were stuck in his hands before they were sold.
"Anyone interested in buying a house?! A two-story villa is on fire sale! It cost one million to build, and I originally planned to buy it for one million eight hundred thousand, but now I'm selling it cheap! For less than one million, only ninety-eight thousand! Contact me if interested!"
Wei Tian stood on a high place and shouted loudly at the crowd, but no one paid any attention.
"Ha! Who would buy a house at this time of year? Anyone who does is a fool!"
Wei Tian was immediately displeased when he saw the person speaking, and jumped off the rock to confront him.
"Why are you talking nonsense if you're not buying? My house cost a million to build, but it's luxuriously decorated inside, and it's fully furnished with all kinds of furniture and appliances. If it weren't for the apocalypse, I would have sold it for at least two million!"
"Heh! To be honest, they won't allow it anymore! Don't you even know who dares to buy a house these days? Everyone's stuck with losses! Forget about it!"
"But you can't just say whatever comes to mind! What if someone actually buys it!"
After saying that, Wei Tian stood on a high place and started shouting to sell the house.
However, no one paid any attention, and as the crowd slowly dispersed, the other party became a little anxious.
"Nine hundred thousand! Nine hundred thousand, is anyone interested? We can discuss it!"
However, no one paid any attention, and the other party had no choice but to leave in frustration.
Lu Yuan, who was carrying the child back, was somewhat tempted after hearing this. He thought about the condition of Xiao Shan's house and couldn't bear to let them continue living there. After all, they suffered from rat attacks every day, frequent power outages, and the surrounding environment wasn't very good either.
Adding to the recent riots, the city is already quite dangerous, but the houses in Weitian are selling for too high a price.
So Lu Yuan decided to hold off for a while and see how things went. If Wei Tian still hadn't sold the houses, he would definitely lower the price again. As the amount of grain that could be exchanged for decreased, the price reduction would be even greater.
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