Chapter 227 The Power of Money
And just like that, time passed day by day.
Life is always calm.
There are no disasters, no disputes, only busy and fulfilling work.
This made Lu Yuan feel a little uncomfortable.
Perhaps, this is an ordinary day in Pangu Continent.
Every few years there comes a time of disaster, which never returns.
Thinking about it carefully, Lu Yuan’s experiences in the first half of his life were too thrilling, and the disasters in Pangu Continent seemed too frequent.
But in fact, it doesn’t seem that exaggerated, otherwise no civilization could have developed.
Occasionally, Lu Yuan would look up at the blue sky and "collapse" for a while.
Deep in his heart, he still had a glimmer of hope to return to his distant, beautiful hometown...
Perhaps, everyone is searching for childhood throughout their life.
Lu Yuan still wants to see his parents before he dies, and chat with them about everything that happened to him.
And the long progress bar of the plan to raise the city in the sky finally... moved a little? About one percent?
Those more than 300 owners of divine skills are indeed very hardworking. They study and work at the same time and grow through practice.
All things are difficult at the beginning. As long as there are a few hundred outstanding talents, the entire civilization will be driven by a small number of people and will make better and faster use of the legacy of green civilization.
It's like a snowball.
There must be a small push at the beginning, and then the snowball will grow bigger and bigger. And today is the important part of the snowball - the official opening day of Green Supermarket!
"Breaking news, Green Supermarket is having a grand opening sale! All products are 20% off!"
A loudspeaker was hung at the entrance of the supermarket, broadcasting continuously.
"Don't miss it if you pass by it."
"Keep order and line up!"
"Stealing in a supermarket is theft!"
There was a huge crowd of people at the door, all of whom were eagerly waiting and discussing.
"Where did the food come from?!"
"How much is one pound?"
There are so many questions.
The term "supermarket" is the most popular word in the past month.
But what exactly is it? Everyone only knows that it is a place to sell things and spend money.
【Green Supermarket】, these four large gold-plated characters sparkled in the sun.
"It's just a market, nothing new." Sha Sanli shook the fan in his hand helplessly and said bluntly, "You young people are just ignorant... When the empire was digging gold here, there were not many markets? Everyone just set up stalls on the roadside."
"Elder, this time is different, really different." The intellectual, Sha Mo, kept the secret and said with a smile, "This supermarket is opened by Mr. Lu, and there are so many things. You can buy whatever you want, as long as you have money."
"What... a lot of things? The next batch of food isn't even ripe yet, how can it appear out of thin air? How much can he grow by farming alone?"
Of course, if you keep talking about it, you must take a look at it.
Because, today, Sha Sanli just got his first "civil servant" salary - 200 yuan! In order to promote "compulsory education", he was worried about it! He had some popularity, and with the help of force and intimidation, he managed to do the job well.
200 yuan...200 kilograms of food!
He was going to... buy all the food! What is in your hands is real! Money is useless! As for the others who had some money, it was obvious that they thought the same.
They were so hungry that the only thing on their minds was storing food.
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"Will it work? I'm a little nervous..."
"Can a big supermarket change people's ideology?"
Hai Luo has indeed been overworked these days and has become a little thinner.
Lu Yuan asked her to rest, but she was unwilling to do so and kept muttering, "Why do people need to sleep and rest?" and "Why can't we just play all the time" - maybe it was because of her previous soul state that she really didn't need sleep?
In the end, Lu Yuan used the reason that "not sleeping will make your skin worse, accelerate aging, and turn C into A" to scare her into returning to a normal routine.
Lu Yuan was very grateful to her. If there was no conch, the situation would probably be a hundred times more difficult than it is now.
"Don't worry, this is proven by history."
"In the Earth period, there was a country called the Soviet Union." Around the noisy square, Lu Yuan talked about the history of the past to his friends.
He had been looking forward to this day for a long time. He worked overtime every day, wasn't it just for this moment? He felt a little tired, but also a little excited.
"The collapse of the Soviet Union was partly due to supermarkets."
"Why?" The old cat shook his head.
"Although the Soviet Union was a powerful country militarily, people's lives were not prosperous, and there were even many famines... They implemented a ticket supply system, and the supplies were limited."
"And their opponents, the Americans, carefully set up a huge supermarket when their leaders visited."
"It includes everything that we have in our daily lives, in addition to food and drinks, there are also a large number of modern, automated leisure and entertainment products, including books, magazines, fruits, canned food, and furniture such as washing machines and electric fans."
"That is to say, as long as you have money, you can buy whatever you want. The supply of supplies is unlimited!"
"At that time, the leader of the Soviet Union, named Yeltsin, visited the United States."
"The leader and his entourage arrived at a large, newly opened supermarket."
"Looking at the dense crowds and dazzling array of goods in the supermarket, the top leaders of the Soviet Union suffered a serious mental shock, thinking about the famine and poverty in their own country... With such a powerful military, the people could not get enough food."
"His faith was gone, and he had no illusions about his country's system. He believed that the Soviet Union could not defeat the United States and should move closer to the West."
"And several years later, this once great country collapsed as the faith of its top leader disappeared."
"You see, if you change your thinking, you change everything."
Lu Yuan spread his hands. In fact, he used to be a "Su fan" and naturally knew the corresponding history.
The people of Dadong Country always have a mysterious liking for Big Brother - the premise is that Big Brother is dead, because the dead Big Brother always helps them step into many traps.
“The economy always determines a lot.”
"And today is the important moment to correct their values!"
"Green Supermarket is officially open!"
"Boom!" The supermarket door opened! The enthusiastic crowd was about to rush in when they saw two ferocious creatures guarding the door! They were two newly hatched "bugs"! Level 2 extraordinary life forms, not very strong.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
They look like praying mantises, their compound eyes reflect human faces, and their two front legs are like sickles - of course, these two insects don't have much intelligence and won't attack rashly.
They are controlled by Lu Yuan and serve as free security guards here.
“Line up!”
"Enter in an orderly manner!" The Immortal Giant Turtle, as the security captain, roared loudly.
The old brother was enjoying it so much that he couldn't help himself.
The crowd lined up in an interesting manner.
Sha Sanli, as a prestigious elder in the village, naturally stood at the front of the team.
"I want to exchange all my money for food...there is no need to buy anything else!" He clenched the money.
"Money is useless."
Then he stepped into the supermarket.
Then, hold your breath!
He saw.
A...very big wooden barrel, with corn kernels piled up like a mountain! Each kernel of corn was extremely plump, exuding an alluring aroma of grain! Two pretty young girls in uniforms were guarding the big wooden barrel, and there was a scale next to them.
"Aren't these Guo Cuicui and Guo Pingping? Can you sell the corn to me at a lower price?" Sha Sanli tried to save face.
The girl smiled and said, "Uncle, I'm just a waiter, not the shopkeeper. We don't bargain here. Just weigh the amount you want to buy and then pay when you get there."
There were actually only a few staff members in the supermarket. Guo Cuicui and Guo Pingping, two poor girls without parents, were very hardworking and were the ones who passed the literacy and arithmetic tests the fastest, so they were arranged to work here.
At least you have to be able to read and do arithmetic to apply for the job, right? "How much?" Sha Sanli asked tentatively.
"Elder, corn is 1 yuan per pound."
"It's really 1 yuan per pound."
"One person can only buy 100 kilograms a day, so don't buy too much." The girls looked at the dazed crowd and gave the standard smile of the service industry.
"One hundred kilograms is enough, haha, I don't have much money."
Next to it was a larger metal bucket filled with... flour? A little more expensive, 1.5 yuan per pound.
Next to it, there was a box full of potatoes, too many to count.
The price is cheap, 80 cents a pound! There are also breadfruits, something I have never eaten before, 2 yuan a pound.
In just a moment, Sha Sanli was stunned!
His eyes were wide open.
"Where does all this food come from?"
"Why would you eat cactus when it's so cheap?!"
"Elder, was the market like this in the past?" a villager asked.
Sha Sanli was a little embarrassed. Could you please stop asking?
This scene profoundly illustrates that the essence of currency is credit relationship. When the currency anchor, food, appears, the credit is stable enough, and everyone tends to hold on to the currency and wait and see.
Which one should I buy with the 200 yuan in my hand? !
He felt his heart beating wildly and he was undecided.
Never mind, let's wait and see! No rush.
Sha Sanli threw the idea of "buying all the food" out of the window.
Taking a few more steps forward, he saw... scissors, kitchen knives, and lots and lots of metal tools!
"Skinning knife: 28 yuan/piece"
"Kitchen knife: 29 yuan/knife"
"Scissors: 22 yuan/pair"
"Plow: 33 yuan/piece"
“Pitchfork, rake: 21 yuan/each”
"Stainless steel washbasin: 18 yuan/piece"
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(End of this chapter)