He picked it up and looked at it, but couldn't find one exactly the same, so he simply asked someone to buy it. That person was exceptionally good at reading people and could tell at a glance that he was a novice, so he ripped him off!
Of course, the novice was completely unaware, immersed in the seemingly fun idea of selling vegetables for the first time. Little did they know that not only were the vegetables short-weight, but the prices were also ridiculously high.
Fang Hua was quite happy, thinking that Fang Rong might praise him, so his steps became lighter as he continued shopping, carrying the vegetables with prices marked on them.
He also needs to buy meat. He knows meat better than anyone else, and he knows which piece is the best and most tender.
He chose a small piece of thigh meat because when making stir-fried pork with wood ear mushrooms, not much meat is needed, and Fang Rong specifically told him to keep it small.
The supplier didn't specify how many ribs there would be, so he decided to order two pork ribs. He had the ribs cut into small pieces and the meat sliced, so that Fang Rong could easily start cooking when they got back.
After buying the meat, he unknowingly arrived at the seafood section while carrying his groceries.
He knew about seafood; when he worked at the seafood market, people often ordered it. It smelled delicious after it was cooked, and it looked very appealing, making people want to try it.
Fang Hua stood in front of a glass dome filled with seafood, including various kinds of fish, shrimp, and crab.
Seeing that he wanted to buy, the salesperson quickly came over to introduce the product, asking, "What does sir need?"
Fang Hua honestly took out all his money, "What can I buy with this?"
“These…” the salesperson said awkwardly, “you can only buy a few shrimp with these.”
"shrimp?"
The salesperson pointed to the glass display case containing shrimp, saying that natural products are becoming increasingly rare, with most being artificially farmed and treated with hormones to grow to maturity in a week. Although they are alive, eating them regularly is not good for your health; eating them occasionally is fine, but even so, they are still very expensive.
By 2180, there was nothing left of nature; everything they ate and drank was artificially induced by hormones. If they wanted something natural, they would have to go to the beastman world below to salvage it, which required immense connections. Apart from the seafood market, practically no one could do it, which is why the seafood market was so popular despite its high prices.
Some high-ranking officials and wealthy people specifically request to book the entire seafood restaurant by name. An ordinary family's annual salary wouldn't even cover one such trip. But there's nothing they can do; that's just reality.
Fang Hua reached out to scoop up the shrimp, but as soon as his hand touched its body, the shrimp instinctively jumped out of his hand and disappeared, splashing water all over him.
!! !! !! !! !! !!
He was terrified!
Pfft! The salesperson was amused by him, and seeing his delicate features, she happily helped him with the net to scoop the fish out, while warning him, "People's hands are very dirty, you can't put them in there."
Because his actions were so sudden, the salesperson didn't have time to stop him before he had already reached inside.
"Oh," Fang Hua said belatedly.
I don't know why the salesperson suddenly thought of bears. Bears can be frightened by things they don't recognize. For example, if a person is standing upright and suddenly stands upside down, the bear will run away in fright.
Thinking about this relationship, he felt a greater liking for Fang Hua, after all, animals are all simple and cute.
Perhaps out of kindness, he scooped up a few more for Fang Hua, filled them with water, tied them in plastic bags, and labeled them with a price slightly cheaper than the shrimp themselves: 87.3 yuan.
Seafood is expensive to begin with, and shrimp, in particular, are extremely difficult to raise and cannot go hungry even for a single meal, so their high price is to be expected.
Because the plastic bag contained water, and shrimp are highly resilient, they should still be fresh when you get home.
"Thank you!" Although Fang Hua didn't know the value of the shrimp, he was naturally perceptive and could tell who was good to him and who was bad to him, so he instinctively felt that this salesman was a good person.
"Don't mention it, go ahead and pay the bill." The salesperson waved and pointed him in the right direction.
Fang Hua nodded, picked up the bag and went to pay. When she passed by the lollipops, she stopped and specially chose two milk flavored ones, one for herself and one for Fang Rong.
Fang Rong would usually give him some change in case he suddenly wanted something like a cake or a lollipop. She would also transfer money to his personal terminal, but he didn't know how to use it and carried change with him most of the time.
In fact, he lived even more frugally than Fang Rong. Fang Rong would buy groceries and daily necessities from time to time, which would cost her a lot of money every month.
When Fang Hua had free time, she would buy herself a milk-flavored lollipop, and of course, she would sometimes bring one back for Fang Rong, even though a lollipop was very cheap.
When he went to pay, the cashier unfortunately told him, "Sir, you don't have enough money."
"Huh?" Fang Hua was taken aback.
"The shrimp is 87.3 yuan, the ribs are 32 yuan, the meat is 19.33 yuan, and the vegetables are 18 yuan, which is a total of 156.63 yuan. You only have 100 yuan, so of course it's not enough."
Vegetables are difficult to grow nowadays, while meat can be treated with hormones. Vegetables, at most, are treated with herbicides and given some nutrients. The country has clear standards for the amount used, and production cannot proceed if the amount exceeds those standards. Therefore, the price of vegetables is almost comparable to that of meat.
Of course, meat is used in large quantities and there are clear standards, but because there are too many producers, not everyone can supply it, and the competition is fierce, so the price has never been able to rise.
Fang Hua didn't believe it, so he secretly calculated it himself: 87.3 plus 32 plus 19.33 plus 18 equals...
equal……
equal……
...
He couldn't figure it out.
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