As expected, Lu Yuan's idea was confirmed.
Half a month later, each person was still able to receive half a catty of grain per day, but the government reduced the subsidies again, and each person could only receive six liang of grain per day. Moreover, the amount of grain that could be exchanged for goods was also reduced.
One person was initially reluctant to part with his newly purchased BMW, but as the amount of grain he received dwindled, he finally decided to exchange it. By then, his brand-new BMW had been exchanged for only 300 kilograms of rice.
As Wei Tian saw that the amount of grain he could exchange for was dwindling, he began to get anxious.
"Officer, why aren't you taking the house? This is a villa!"
The other officer looked up at the man, smiled contemptuously, and said, "The house? How are we supposed to take it back? Are we supposed to bulldoze your villa?"
Wei Tian finally left, feeling helpless.
Lu Yuan realized that the time was right; if the other party lowered the price again, it would probably be snapped up by someone else.
So he took out his phone and added the other person as a friend.
The other party accepted Lu Yuan's friend request almost instantly.
"Hello, are you looking to buy a house? A two-story villa of over 500 square meters, luxuriously decorated, with brand-name appliances and furniture, ready to move in, now only 500,000!"
"Five hundred thousand? Isn't that a bit expensive? Houses aren't worth much anymore, and besides, this is the suburbs! There isn't even a hospital nearby. A house in the city center with a good school district can be had for just over two hundred thousand these days!"
"Brother Lu, stop joking around. This is a villa, not some school district property in the city center! 500,000 really isn't much!"
"How about this? I don't have that much money on hand, but I have some grain. Do you think I can use the grain as payment? Grain is a form of hard currency!"
After hesitating for a moment, the other party replied, "Okay! Let's meet in person and talk in detail! I feel it's not clear enough to explain over the phone! Why don't you go to your new house and check out the situation before we discuss it?"
Lu Yuan immediately agreed, and then took the rice directly to the other party's new house.
Upon arriving at the destination, the other party immediately went to greet Lu Yuan.
"Director Lu, come in and take a look! You'll know whether it's worth it or not after you see it!"
Lu Yuan nodded and followed the other person into the villa.
In front of the door is a cement road about five meters wide. There should have been some flowers and plants planted on both sides of the road, but after several months of high temperature and sun exposure, all the flowers and plants have died, leaving only withered grass on the ground.
The two-story villa covers an area of over 200 square meters. It is a European-style building that looks very clean, and there are two parking spaces next to the house.
The gate was a large, one-piece bronze gate, very heavy. Although it was not quite as heavy as the armored gate of Lu Yuan's house, it was still very heavy.
The living room is very spacious, with three sides facing the sun and is very bright and airy. However, in this kind of apocalyptic polar day heat, this design with three sides facing the sun would definitely make someone die of heat.
There are six bedrooms, two kitchens, two dining rooms, four bathrooms, and a gym in total, which can definitely be considered luxurious. And most importantly, the house is new and has never been lived in.
Although some dust has accumulated on the furniture, it can be easily cleaned up with a light dusting.
All the windows are floor-to-ceiling windows, which clearly indicates that it belongs to a wealthy family. The other party said that they planned to buy two million before the apocalypse, which is not false at all.
After viewing the house, the other party stared intently at Lu Yuan and asked, "Director Lu, are you satisfied with the house?"
Lu Yuan nodded: "It's alright, the security is a bit lacking, but the price..."
"Director Lu, please stop joking with me. I'm genuinely selling the house, not playing around. My family's food reserves are really running low. Please help me out, okay?"
"Okay, but let me make this clear first, I really don't have enough money. If you want to sell, I can use grain to pay the debt. One hundred catties of grain for one hundred thousand! That's not too much, is it?"
Upon hearing that Lu Yuan was offering 100 jin of grain in exchange for 100,000, the other party was overjoyed and nearly jumped for joy.
"Director Lu, are you telling the truth?"
"Of course it's true. If you sell it for 500,000, I won't haggle. 500 catties of rice or other food of equivalent value!"
The other person rolled their eyes and asked a question.
"Do you have any meat? If you do, I can have some too!"
When Wei Tian mentioned meat, his mouth was practically watering; he had clearly been craving it for a long time.
Lu Yuan nodded and said, "A little! One hundred catties of rice for ten catties of meat, how much meat do you want?"
The other person licked their lips and said, "I'll take ten pounds! And by the way, I don't want any bones! All meat!"
"Don't worry, I don't sell meat with bones!"
So after the two agreed on the price, Lu Yuan went home to get him grain and meat. As for money, the other party was not going to ask for money when he heard that there was grain. That stuff was just a pile of paper nowadays, too small to even wipe his butt.
Then Lu Yuan drove the other party to the housing management bureau to complete the transaction procedures, and the villa officially became Lu Yuan's house.
The next day at lunchtime, Lu's mother suddenly ran home excitedly and told everyone, "I have great news! I got the job as the manager of the exchange counter! I'll start work tomorrow!"
So, to celebrate Lu's mother's successful return to work, everyone prepared a table full of dishes, including braised carp, sweet and sour pork ribs, big plate chicken, steamed pork with rice flour, and so on—all meat dishes.
Although Lu Yuan's family has no shortage of vegetables or meat, they eat very frugally, adhering to the principle of not wasting food. Even if they can't finish their food, they put it in the refrigerator to continue eating.
"By the way, Mom, do supermarkets provide meals?"
"I heard they provide one meal a day because there are so many people queuing up to exchange for food, so they're not allowed to go home for lunch!"
When the topic of food over there came up, a bitter smile appeared on Lu Ma's face.
"To be honest, I really couldn't get used to their food. They only put in a tiny bit of salt, and the fried rice was basically dry-fried with no oil at all. It almost made me throw up."
"Haha, Mom, what's lacking outside right now isn't just food, but also all sorts of seasonings. Oil is becoming increasingly scarce. Who even uses oil for fried rice these days? It's practically a luxury!"
"Yeah, I'm planning to bring some food with me!"
Grandma said she would cook more food in the future and save a portion for Lu's mother and father. As for Lu Yuan, he said he would eat at home every day and he would hardly eat out.
Because water is quite precious in other people's homes, they avoid washing dishes if possible, and some people even deliberately don't wash dishes so that they can eat more and get a layer of crispy rice at the bottom of the pot.
Lu Yuan couldn't stand the thought of other people handing him bowls and chopsticks covered in saliva and leftovers; it made him feel nauseous.
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