The stalls that should have been full of various vegetables were now empty. The doors of some shops around them had been pried open, and the inside was filthy. Sewage was flowing everywhere on the ground. However, in addition to the stench, Lu Yuan could also smell the rotten smell of vegetables and fruits.
Sure enough, not far after he walked, he saw Chen Ke and his group haggling with some vegetable vendors. However, these vendors were carrying knives, and it was clear that they were not easy to deal with. In particular, several of the young men next to them were glancing at Chen Ke and his group haphazardly.
"I say this is way too expensive! Ten thousand yuan for just a tiny bit of vegetable leaves? Why don't you just rob us!" Chen Ke said angrily, pointing to some vegetable leaves on the ground.
A skinny young man on the other side sneered, picking the dirt from under his fingernails with a dagger, and said, "That's all! Take it or leave it! If you want something better, we have that too, but I doubt you have that much money!"
"Why don't you bring out the good ones! These vegetable leaves look like they've been rotten for ages, and you're still selling them! People will die from eating them!"
"Heh! Don't you know what kind of world we live in? If you don't bring out something good, do you think we'll just casually bring out those good dishes?"
The other party sized up Chen Ke and his group, clearly not believing they could have anything valuable on them.
Chen Ke hesitated for a moment, then took out a bag of rice from his bag and threw it on the table, saying, "Can I exchange this clean rice for it?"
The other person raised an eyebrow, then used a dagger to pry open the bag. The rice inside was very dry, and there was a faint aroma of rice. The other person immediately grabbed a handful of rice from the bag.
"Authentic Thai rice, without any stones or sand! Can the vegetables be taken out now?"
The other party was clearly very interested in the clean rice, and immediately put the bag on the scale to weigh it.
"Five pounds in total! I'll take it all! Go get some vegetables!"
After he finished speaking, the younger brother quickly ran back to his room and soon returned with a bag of vegetables still covered in water droplets.
Chen Ke was overjoyed to see the bag full of vegetables. He quickly opened the bag and looked inside. There were all kinds of vegetables, such as rapeseed, spinach, water spinach, and cauliflower. He weighed them and found that they weighed ten pounds in total.
"Hey! This is imported Thai fragrant rice. Is it really fair to only give me ten pounds?"
The other party sneered and said, "So how much do you plan to ask for? How many vegetables do you think you can exchange your rice for?"
"This... it must weigh at least twenty pounds!" Chen Ke said uncertainly.
"What are you thinking! Are you still half asleep?! Twenty pounds! Do you know how much sandy rice you can get for twenty pounds of vegetables? Do you have any fragrant rice left? If you do, I'll take it all!"
Chen Ke, feeling somewhat annoyed, carried the vegetables in her hands, but then thought to herself, "Ten pounds is ten pounds, it's better than nothing!"
"I still have over 50 pounds left! But let me make this clear first, you can't add water to the vegetables. Look at these vegetables, they're all water! You need to give me at least two pounds more later!"
Upon hearing that there were still fifty pounds left, the skinny young man slapped his thigh with joy and exclaimed, "No problem! I'll give you two more pounds!"
Then Chen Ke looked at the balance on her phone and felt that the money was not even as valuable as some food, so she immediately said she was willing to buy some other things.
"Forget about the food. To be honest, people don't care about money anymore, they only care about food! Let me give you a tip: if you really have money, you can go to the Qingcheng Building and find Boss Kong. He can buy things if he has money."
Upon hearing this, Chen Ke immediately perked up: "Brother Kong? What does he do?"
Seeing Chen Ke having this idea, Sun Zhe immediately pulled him back and whispered, "This Boss Kong is definitely not a good guy, let's forget about it!"
Lu Yuan had already arrived at this time, because this was the only vegetable vendor in the vicinity; the others were packing up and preparing to leave.
Seeing Lu Yuan arrive, Chen Ke and the others quickly went up to him and asked in a low voice, "How did it go? Did my cousin give you any trouble?"
"No, the talks went very well! By the way, how's your grocery shopping going?"
A look of unease crossed the faces of the group. Song Heng said angrily, "Sigh! I thought I could buy some meat and vegetables here! I didn't expect they wouldn't charge me anymore!"
Lu Yuan asked in surprise, "You're not taking any money? Why?"
"Sigh! Don't even mention it. They say money is less useful than food and water these days! They'd rather exchange food for vegetables. Money can only buy some rotten vegetable leaves here!" Chen Ke said, pointing to a pile of rotten vegetable leaves that had been picked over and left on the ground.
"Director Lu, why don't we go back? It feels really creepy here! What if something happens?" Sun Zhe said with some worry. Although he also wanted to buy some vegetables, he had regretted coming here.
The others also seemed hesitant, as if they didn't intend to stay there any longer.
Having already tasted success, Chen Ke had no intention of giving up so easily: "Wait! That stall owner just said there's a guy named Kong Laoda at Qingcheng Building, you can buy things from him!"
Song Heng immediately refused, saying, "Damn! This guy doesn't sound like a good person at all. Be careful, you might end up with money but no life to eat it! Let's forget it! You've already bought it, let's go!"
Lu Yuan looked around at the empty market, then at the gaunt young man with a mocking expression.
"He said that?"
Chen Ke nodded.
So Lu Yuan walked over and asked, "What does Boss Kong do? Is he the one who founded the World Destroyer Gang?"
When Lu Yuan heard that someone could buy things there, he immediately thought of the World Destroyer Gang mentioned in the news. However, he was not entirely sure. If the other party really was the World Destroyer Gang, he definitely wouldn't bring anyone with him.
The skinny young man chuckled and said, "The Doomsday Gang? Haha! Brother, when you saw that gang on the news, it had already been wiped out. This Doomsday Gang was a gang from a month ago, and it has long since disbanded. Boss Kong is a particularly wealthy guy. His family used to own a food factory. After the apocalypse came, he stockpiled a lot of food. But this guy is a bit shrewd! You guys should think it over carefully!"
"Is there anything special about him?" Lu Yuan suddenly felt interested in this Boss Kong and couldn't help but ask.
The other person hesitated for a moment and then waved to Lu Yuan.
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