He turned his head to continue looking at the things in the couple's hands.
The brownish-yellow frogs are motionless. Are they dead, or are they hibernating?
Bai Shuang didn't want to pay attention, but the students behind her wouldn't let it go, and one girl yelled at her.
"Hey, what's with your attitude? Your senior is talking to you."
Bai Jiu was about to say, "Get lost," but before he could even speak, the snow leopard pounced on him first, barking...
Bai Chang went up and subdued the snow leopard, then said to the others, "Get out of here!"
Startled by the snow leopard, several of them took a few steps back. When Bai Chang told them to get lost, they became somewhat curious.
"Who are you?"
"We are the young lady's bodyguards."
How could a woman raise such a fat dog in the apocalypse? And afford bodyguards? They themselves were struggling to survive, having faced death several times, and were emaciated from hunger.
Thinking of this, one of the girls said, "We're classmates after all. You're living such a good life, why don't you lend us a hand!"
Help them out? Where do you get the nerve? You were just speaking sarcastically.
Bai Shuang continued to look at the things in the couple's hands.
Upon hearing this, Bai Jiu and the others knew what they were up to.
"If you don't get out of here, I'll let the snow leopard eat you!"
The snow leopard bared its teeth and barked, ready to pounce. The group of people quickly ran away, glancing back furtively as they went to see if the vicious dog had caught up.
Once they were a distance away, they discussed with lingering fear whether the dog had eaten human flesh, which was why it had grown so fat.
Bai Jiu and the others chased those people away, and Bai Shuang didn't worry about them. At this moment, she was using her hands to sense whether the frogs still had any signs of life.
Surprisingly, despite the freezing temperatures of -50 degrees Celsius and the lack of any special antifreeze measures in the box, the frogs that didn't seem particularly special were still alive!
"Where did you get this?"
"You don't seem like an ordinary person; you should be able to guess what this is, right?"
Bai Shuang nodded. "It should be snow frog; other frogs can't withstand such low temperatures."
The couple nodded. "Our hometown is in Northeast China. We have a snow frog pond at home. We brought this from our hometown before the disaster. We couldn't bear to eat it. Our child has been raising it for fun."
If I weren't so starving, I wouldn't have thought of taking it out to exchange for some food.
Snow frog is a delicacy, a precious amphibian belonging to the frog family, and is known as one of the "Four Great Mountain Delicacies" of Changbai Mountain, along with bear paw, monkey head, and grouse.
Snow frog oil is known as "soft gold" in the medical field.
It has the effects of tonifying the kidneys and replenishing essence, nourishing yin and moistening dryness. It is mainly used for symptoms such as post-illness weakness, neurasthenia with night sweats, impotence, and cold uterus.
Bai Shuang remembers that before the disaster, it was sold by the gram, with a minimum price of 10 yuan per gram.
I never expected to find such a treasure on these post-apocalyptic streets today.
"How do you plan to sell it?"
Even if snow frog is expensive, that was before the disaster. After the disaster, no matter how nutritious it is, the survivors can't care about it. Everyone has to think about how to fill their stomachs first.
Therefore, not many people asked about these few snow frogs.
"We don't need much, but could you provide six meals for these six snow frogs? It hasn't been easy for us to raise them this far."
"Sure, 6 jin of refined grains. If you want coarse grains, I'll give you 9 jin."
"I want whole grains."
Bai Shuang took out 9 jin of cornmeal from her pocket and gave it to them. The man weighed it in his hand, found the amount was correct, and put it into his clothes.
He handed the snow frog to Bai Shuang.
Bai Shuang even joked with them, "When you bring back a pair of your Northeast dragons, I'll give you 100 jin of grain."
The couple smiled bitterly, because they were no longer in Northeast China, and no matter how much grain they were offered, they couldn't get it.
Bai Shuang found a treasure today and is very happy.
Bai Jiu, that foodie, even asked, "Miss, is the snow frog delicious?"
Bai teased him, "It's delicious, really delicious, but you just can't have any. Those we just bought need to be raised to breed, understand?"
Bai Jiu sighed, "If we don't want to eat them, we don't have to. We'll raise them more before feeding them. Anyway, we'll be able to eat them sooner or later."
Bai Shuang watched them bickering with a smile, and seeing that Bai Jiu was getting hungry, she said, "I have some snow frog oil, but not much. We can try some when we get back today."
Snow frog oil is a medicinal material. Before the snow disaster, I collected some from the Bai family's medicine storehouse, but not much. I wanted to keep it for making medicine, so I couldn't bear to eat it.
As they talked, the three people and the dog walked toward the scalper's stall.
Their stall was the largest and had the most complete selection of goods. Fatty and another person were busy handing things over and collecting grain when they suddenly looked up and saw Bai Shuang and the others standing in front of their stall.
"Sister, when did you arrive? I was so busy I didn't even see you."
He handed Bai Shuang the jade he had recently acquired, saying, "I haven't acquired much lately, but the quality is good. Please give me twenty taels of grain."
Bai Shuang took it in her hand, sensed its spiritual energy, and found it to be quite good. She then put it into her bag.
Since they were all acquaintances, there was no need to haggle. Bai Chang took out the food he had prepared in advance from the bag behind him and handed it to the fat man.
"Hey buddy, business's booming! You must have made a good profit today, right?"
"Hey, just earning enough to eat and live on is good enough."
Bai Shuang looked around at the fat man's stall, but didn't find anything she needed, so she left.
The three men, with the snow leopard in tow, were about to board the snowmobile when they heard someone call out from behind, "Miss."
It was Mr. and Mrs. Anming. A few people squeezed in and gave them a ride back together.
Anming and his wife sighed, "It's so good that there haven't been any 'looting and vandalism' lately."
Anming's wife asked, "Miss, do you think the security situation can stay this good forever?"
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