Chapter 044 The exploration team sets off!
Lu Xuan disagreed. "Don't use the Star Alliance as a benchmark. It's the prices of natural grains there that are ridiculous. Do you know what a monopoly is? I'm the only one in the business, so no matter how much I sell, it's not expensive."
[…That actually makes sense.]
[Indeed, the anchor didn't steal or rob anything. The villagers still think it's a good bargain, right? Even if they sell it for double the price, people who don't need supplies won't care.]
[That's right. Ordinary disaster victims can't afford that much food. I fully support the streamer's decision to rip off the wealthy and powerful who continue to enjoy a comfortable life during the disaster.]
[Food was so easy to make money from in ancient times, ahhhh! I really want to crawl along the screen to the host and get this food!]
Putting aside the wild ideas in the comments, the monopoly deal that Lu Xuan mentioned could only be attempted after several months. Right now, he just confirmed that the two wanted 10 cubic meters of space and bought two new spaces for them.
Before buying, I reminded them: "If you don't want a ring, you can also choose other styles, such as pendants, earrings, and bracelets."
Xiong Mao said on the spot: "I want a bracelet!"
In ancient times, except for the rich and powerful, ordinary people did not have the habit of wearing rings. Instead, girls liked bracelets. It was obvious that Xiong Mao changed the bracelet to give it to Su Ying.
Wu Cheng still chose the ring, after all, the others were not suitable for him and Wu Yang.
Both of them brought enough food when they came, and they handed the food to Lu Xuan as soon as they got the things.
They themselves didn't show anything special during the transaction, but others felt particularly distressed when watching them.
There is no need to talk about Xiong Mao. Besides being a competitive person who wants to be the first in everything, Su Ying's ideas must be indispensable behind the scenes. That woman loves to enjoy herself. How could she not urge Xiong Mao to buy her such a good thing as a space ring (bracelet)?
It's Wucheng...
Someone advised: "Isn't your Wuyang still married? Aren't you going to save your family's food for him to marry off in the future?"
Including the two biological suits, they exchanged for 300 kilograms of food. If the father and son eat sparingly, they can eat for one and a half to two years.
Wu Cheng said calmly, "It's okay. My family stockpiled a lot of food before the earthquake, so we can still afford this little bit. Besides, the weather is unpredictable, and the disaster victims out there are definitely having a harder time than us. If there's a real need, if you meet other disaster victims and give them a bag or two of food, maybe you can find them a nice wife."
When families whose children had their marriages delayed due to the disaster heard this, they immediately had an idea.
Yeah, why didn't they think of that?
If there had not been a disaster, given the conditions of these country families, they could only find a family with a similar background. There would be no room for being picky about the appearance and figure, as long as they could make a living.
But the situation is different now. We can no longer look at things from the perspective of peacetime.
The people in the live broadcast room watched Lu Xuan pack up more than a dozen bags of food and sighed: "Has anyone calculated how much food the anchor earned today?"
[It should be more than 2,000 kilograms, right? ]
【Two thousand eight hundred kilograms! 】
[How much would this much food cost if purchased with star coins...]
[Two or three million! Still no buyers.]
[Making a net profit of two to three million per day, the anchor is indeed as business-minded as ever.]
[Pfft, it feels like the villagers weren't defeated by the Cataclysm in the end, but were instead exploited by the streamer first.]
Lu Xuan said coldly, "What do you mean by exploitation? It's so harsh to say that. My things didn't fall from the sky. I spent 27,000 points in one go to buy all these biological clothes and two space rings. If I used so many points to draw blind boxes, it would be enough for you to draw another 200 times in a row. The things you see are worth more than two or three thousand kilograms of grain."
The highly effective medicines of the Star Alliance alone could be exchanged for an unknown amount of food, not to mention the various sugars and toilet paper that are luxuries for the wealthy.
Audience in the live broadcast room: That makes sense.
Lu Xuan: "Besides, do you think they would really go bankrupt in exchange for these supplies?"
The people in the village are not that stupid. They are very thrifty and will not easily exchange things that are not cost-effective.
Those who did not fully believe him and did not move all the food up the mountain during the earthquake only had a few hundred kilograms of food. Basically, the people who received the food did not come to exchange it. One or two people only exchanged it for a children's biological suit.
Those who are really willing to spend 100 or 200 kilograms of grain are those whose family assets are 1,000 or 2,000 kilograms.
At first glance, it seems that one-tenth of the stored food has been used up at once, but the supplies in the mountains are richer than imagined. They will be able to add more supplies in a short time. It will be even more painful if they cannot store and preserve them in time.
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Inside the big cave.
"Dad, is this the biological suit? It's so comfortable to wear!" The half-grown child put on the biological suit brought back by the elder and happily spun around in place.
The elders curiously asked, "Didn't they say that you wouldn't feel hot if you put on this? Do you feel much cooler now?"
The child nodded vigorously, "Yes! But it's not very hot in the cave, I'll go out for a walk." Then he ran out of the cave quickly.
The rest of the family quickly followed.
Seeing their child running and jumping around in the Giant Tree Square for a long time and returning to them, their clothes were not wet at all, and there was no sweat on their face. They exclaimed in surprise: "It's really so magical!"
"Thirty kilograms of food was worth it! It was a great deal."
The situation in other families was similar. The children's fever subsided and their spirits recovered. They put on biological suits and ran in and out everywhere. The big cave suddenly became noisy.
Not only the children were making a fuss, the adults were not much better off. The families who bought adult-style biological clothing became the focus of everyone's attention.
Among them, the Xiong Mao family, who were proud and showing off, were particularly surrounded by people, and the female relatives swarmed around Su Ying and said sour words to her.
"Xiong Mao, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but why did you persuade your man to buy a space ring? The village chief has already bought one for the whole village. You really don't know how to live."
After Xiong Dabao's fever subsided, Su Ying, who had regained her spirits, fiddled with the beautiful bracelet on her wrist and said with a smug smile, "My family of three are all picky eaters and always want to try new things. It's not good to go to the village chief every few days to get some more. It would be too much trouble for him. It's more convenient to have one at home."
Other women: You say that as if we really enjoy bothering the village chief.
After all, it's all for the purpose of saving food at home. Every family lives this way. The village chief doesn't mind them being troublesome.
Now is a period of disaster, and we don’t know whether we can continue to farm in the future, so of course we have to save food.
Su Ying smiled and said, "Besides, the house will be more spacious if we put away the things that we don't use often. My eldest son will have a larger area to move around in. Otherwise, he'll always want to go out and play, and it would be bad if he gets sunburned. Oh, I almost forgot, my husband has given all three of us biological suits. From now on, I can take my eldest son out for a walk."
She paused for a moment before continuing, "Sisters and aunts, didn't your family buy you any biological clothing? I bet the men in your families didn't want you to go out and travel, so they didn't buy any. I really envy you."
The women: “!!!”
She clearly didn't mean that, yet she still said such irritating words! This woman is just as annoying as ever.
The female relatives noticed that Su Ying deliberately tugged at her collar, revealing the biological suit she was wearing underneath, and curled their lips in disgust.
She is so proud of herself!
They thought bitterly and jealously, this little girl can only be complacent now. If she continues to consume food like this, she will cry sooner or later! Humph!
They are all people from the same village who often deal with each other. How could Su Ying not guess what they are thinking?
But she didn't take these trivial pains to heart at all.
Her family had stockpiled 1,500 kilograms of grain before the disaster. Before the earthquake, she strictly ordered Xiong Mao to carry all the grain up the mountain, and ultimately saved all the family assets.
With so much food, even if they didn't save it, it could last them for at least five years. It would be such a good deal to spend one-fifth of it in exchange for a space ring that could be a family heirloom and biological clothing that would allow them to no longer worry about the scorching summer and cold winter.
On the other hand, the stubborn households in the village did not believe what Lu Xuan and the village chief said, so they did not move all the food they bought with real money up the mountain because they were too tired. In the end, they lost more than half of the food and only had three to five hundred kilograms of food left, which was not enough for them to eat, so they were naturally reluctant to spend it.
Su Ying felt satisfied after showing off, but she didn't continue to anger everyone. Instead, she gave a rare and considerate reminder, "While we have plenty of food, you should change into your biological suits as soon as possible. The weather in Tianyan is getting hotter and hotter, and everyone will definitely have to change in the future. Since we have to change anyway, why suffer the heat now?"
The women didn't say anything. How could they not think of such a simple truth?
But no matter how much they thought about it, they were used to being frugal and under the threat of disaster they were still reluctant to spend so much food just to buy a piece of clothing.
Let’s take another look.
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Everyone was busy for the space ring and biological suit for a long time, and when they came to their senses, the whole morning had passed.
At noon, although most of the women had no clothes to wear and were sweating, they were very energetic when they saw the children running around in the square with laughter, and they were very motivated to prepare lunch.
Today’s lunch was not as rich as yesterday’s, but no one took it to heart. After the meal, the members of the exploration team that had been arranged yesterday set off with their weapons and backpacks, watched by other relatives and friends.
As soon as they left the Giant Tree Square, everyone could clearly feel that the temperature around them had risen a lot.
Of course, there are many trees in the deep mountains, and there are shades everywhere, but these shades are not as lush and thick as the branches of giant trees, so the effect is naturally much worse. The group was sweating a lot after walking only a dozen meters.
Compared to the others who looked miserable, the half wearing biological suits seemed particularly relaxed, with excitement on their faces about exploring the mountains.
The other young and strong men who were reluctant to spend food began to regret it.
It's just a few dozen kilograms of food. It's not like they can't pay it back. Knowing that we had to come out in the afternoon, why didn't they change into a biological suit for me!
Now that I'm out, I feel embarrassed to go back to get food.
Lu Xuan saw their embarrassment and took the initiative to say, "Do you want me to buy you a biological suit on credit first?"
This made the sweaty young men very happy and they eagerly asked, "Is it possible?"
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