So as long as Xiong Dailin delivers the goods, she is very likely to have customers come to her door today.
The store is a newly dug cave, supported by welded iron sheets and steel bars, so there's no need to worry about it collapsing.
They covered the opening with tarpaulin and welded a large iron gate on it, so that nothing inside could be seen.
When someone buys grain, Jiang Zhi directly promotes its growth on the land outside. Once the soil's fertility is depleted, she moves to another location.
"Xiong Dailin, are you sure there's grain for sale here? If you're lying to us, we won't let you get away with it!"
"Brother Zheng, it's true, but you'd better watch your temper. Ge Liang died in a flash yesterday. Do you know what killed him?" Xiong Dailin said mysteriously. He was carrying a large bag of steel bars, weighing at least two hundred pounds.
"What?" Zheng Zhiyuan was also dragging a huge steel plate, sweating profusely under the sun.
Perhaps people's heat tolerance has improved after experiencing the last extreme heat.
This time, the number of people suffering from heatstroke has decreased dramatically due to the extreme heat, and quite a few people are still going out to play under the scorching sun.
"It's a cat!"
"What?"
"It was a cat that looked like a little tiger. The cat was very strange. I didn't even see how Ge Liang was killed."
Zheng Zhiyuan's eyes widened; he simply didn't believe what Xiong Dailin was saying.
What kind of mutated beast can obey human commands?
This is utter nonsense.
"In short, we'll know when we see her. We must be extremely wary of the woman who agreed to trade grain. Don't cause any trouble. How could she not have a killer move if she can dry grain in the apocalypse?" Xiong Dailin said this to Zheng Zhiyuan, but also to himself.
Seeing that Zheng Zhiyuan remained silent, Xiong Dailin thought that her words had worked.
Along the way, there were many exposed steel bars and iron plates from the earthquake. He picked up some more, weighing about 300 jin, before heading up the mountain to the place where he had met Jiang Zhi last time.
I don't know if the person is still here.
Sure enough, there was no one there, only a cardboard sign and road sign.
"A mobile food store in the apocalypse? Good heavens, they even trade water!" Zheng Zhiyuan exclaimed in amazement.
Currently, people do not lack water. But when the temperature reaches 80 degrees Celsius, rivers, lakes, and seas will dry up. Where will they find water then?
If this shop can maintain water resource trading, then it will truly demonstrate its capabilities.
"Let's go, it's to the west." Xiong Dailin walked with difficulty in the direction the road sign indicated.
All that could be seen was a dark cave, which was covered with a black tarpaulin upon closer inspection.
Jiang Zhi was lying on a beanbag chair, feeling utterly bored.
Wanfu looked like a little lion with its fur standing on end. The weather wasn't very friendly to such a hairy animal. Jiang Zhi wanted to shave its fur, but the guy absolutely refused.
"Mom, someone's coming." Wanfu breathed out a puff of air and turned to walk into the cave, where there were two basins of ice, making it very cool.
Upon seeing Jiang Zhi, Xiong Dailin quickened his pace. He wondered how much grain he could exchange for the iron he had brought.
Eating only corn wasn't enough, so he traded crystals for wheat and rice seeds at a high price on the black market.
Even if it's just a pound, he can get a lot of iron and use the rice produced to exchange for more grain.
Because Jiang Zhi had requested to provide his own seeds, he planned to take five rice plants this time to use as seeds for the next grain exchange, and exchange the rest for wheat.
Wheat can be eaten simply by roasting it over a fire, unlike rice which needs to be husked.
"Boss Jiang, I brought the metal you requested. How would you like it weighed?" Xiong Dailin didn't waste any words; he figured Boss Jiang probably didn't like listening to nonsense.
It has to be said that Xiong Dailin's idea was exactly what Jiang Zhi wanted.
In a transaction, money and goods are exchanged, so why all the unnecessary chatter?
Jiang Zhi pointed to the large scale placed next to her and said, "Put them on the scale in batches."
“Okay.” Xiong Dailin then pointed to Zheng Zhiyuan and said, “This is my companion Zheng Zhiyuan. He is also here to exchange metal for food.”
"What kinds of grains did you bring?" Jiang Zhi asked.
Her face was expressionless, giving people a feeling of keeping them at arm's length.
Xiong Dailin carefully took out the wheat and rice seeds he had on him. There were only five rice seeds and a small handful of wheat seeds. He pleaded, "Mr. Jiang, could you give me five rice stalks and the rest of the wheat?"
“Of course.” Jiang Zhi added weights to the scale and weighed out the metal that Xiong Dailin brought, which totaled 298 jin, rounded up to 300 jin, which could be exchanged for 3 jin of grain.
However, he chose to exchange grains and crystals together, thus he could exchange for seven and a half catties.
The crystals of the bear-tailed forest are not only red crystals, but also blue crystals.
Jiang Zhi specified that crystals could be traded because she considered that crystals contained energy that was useful to people with superpowers.
She can't use it now, but what if she needs it later and doesn't have much in reserve? Wouldn't that be a huge problem?
Compared to pure metal, crystals are more valuable to those with superpowers, so it's understandable that they would exchange them for more food.
Xiong Dailin requested 5 rice plants, and Jiang Zhi guessed that he probably wanted to save the rice seeds.
She can meet this small request.
At most, only one or two ounces.
Jiang Zhi had previously worked on the water loss rate of grain crops such as rice and wheat. She was a conscientious boss because freshly grown grains contain a lot of moisture, which causes them to shrink and become lighter after drying.
By simply taking into account the water loss rate, we can roughly give them a reasonable weight of food.
Jiang Zhi picked up a small hoe and dug a hole in a small patch of land she had prepared beforehand, then buried the grain seeds in it.
He urged all things to return to their original state, and in just one minute, all the grain seeds given by Xiong Dailin blossomed and bore fruit.
Xiong Dailin, who witnessed everything, was stunned, while Zheng Zhiyuan, standing to the side, was completely petrified.
He had seen wood-type ability users cultivate plants before, but he had never seen it happen so quickly. Generally, wood-type ability users need crystals as support, and they usually cultivate vine-like plants that bear large fruits, like pumpkins.
Very few wood-type ability users can directly stimulate the growth of grains.
This would consume a lot of supernatural power.
Jiang Zhi's first attempt at induced labor yielded only a little over three jin of wheat, which she then buried back into the soil.
Xiong Dailin, who was harvesting rice, stared wide-eyed in disbelief. He couldn't believe that Boss Jiang could actually induce labor again.
The second time, they received 18 jin of wheat.
After accounting for the water loss, Jiang Zhi gave Xiong Dailin 9 jin of wheat, and naturally kept the remaining 9 jin for herself.
This is the advantage of opening a shop; she only pays for food within the range of metal or crystal, and she naturally accepts any excess produced.
Zheng Zhiyuan now fully believed Xiong Dailin's words, having completely cast aside his previous doubts and disdain. He and Xiong Dailin then broke the steel plate and weighed it.
The steel plate weighs 217 jin (approximately 148 catties), which is rounded up to 220 jin (approximately 110 catties).
The payment method that combines steel plates and crystals is still preferred. Zheng Zhiyuan only has blue crystals, which seems like a loss for him.
Zheng Zhiyuan also took out wheat seeds. Jiang Zhi had 16 jin of them and gave him 6.6 jin.
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