Chapter 654: The Great Tang Dynasty. A Life 30 Points
A moment later, Lao Chu led in a skinny old man, a man in his fifties and a young man in his twenties.
The old man is the aunt's father, the older man is the owner of the scrap shop next door, and the younger one is the apartment's front desk clerk.
The waiter had just gone out to deliver the things that the guest had left in the room. He didn't have a bicycle, so he had to run back and forth, and he was exhausted.
He saw the old lady fainted and sat on the ground with her face wrinkled like a bitter gourd. He went out for a while and wanted to ask Aunt Zhang to help him see how this happened.
Although he was delivering something for a client, he was also absent from his post. If his superiors knew about it, he might lose his job. For a front desk job like this, there were so many people watching him. It was all his fault that he coveted the 0.5 points of errand fee given by the client.
"Is the person still alive?"
"How are people...?"
The front desk clerk and the old father asked at the same time, but one was eager to know the result, and the other couldn't believe a bad result, so their voices were trembling.
Chu An felt that her breathing was much smoother, but he didn't dare to jump to conclusions. After all, he didn't know if she had other underlying diseases. "She shouldn't die for the time being."
When they heard that they would not die, they both breathed a sigh of relief.
"Everyone, move away. This person is clearly suffering from heat stroke." The owner of the store next door said, "Do you have any water? Give them some water to drink."
"Water...water..." The waiter stood up hurriedly, then hesitated. They didn't have any water, and they had to go to the kitchen to get it.
Gu Ye took out a half bottle of mineral water from his pocket and said, "Use this first."
The old father fell to the ground and wanted to kowtow to Gu Ye. He was the only relative he had left, so nothing must happen to him.
"Don't...get up quickly." Gu Ye supported the old man and handed the water to the boss.
The boss naturally took over Chu An's position and fed Aunt Zhang in.
Chu An stayed away from the few people and stood aside to observe the situation around him. It was just a habit.
With the help of everyone fanning and feeding her water, Aunt Zhang woke up after a while. After listening to the descriptions of her old father and the scrap shop owner, she thanked Chu An and others who had saved her profusely, then quickly knelt down from her seat on the ground and kowtowed.
"You're welcome, you're welcome." It was time for Old Chu to step forward. "We just did it for the convenience of the situation. It's still good for you, old sister."
"Thank you, I have to." The old father knew how difficult it was to be helped in the last days, but he didn't have enough money to pay him. "I... I only have 3 points. I'll go to the ATM and transfer them to you later."
"Dad... use mine, and keep yours." Aunt Zhang stopped her father and said to Chu An and others, "I still have 5 points. Although it's not enough for a life, I can work for you."
She came to the outskirts of the city with her old father half a year ago. She emptied out all her family's savings to get a job as a cleaner in an apartment, and later, with her help, she got her old father a job as a night watchman in an apartment.
The two of them currently have no place to live. She works in the apartment during the day and lives in the plastic shed at night. Her old father is just the opposite of her. He sleeps in the plastic shed or strolls around during the day and rests in the apartment's watch room at night.
They had only recently become acquainted with the owner of the scrap shop next door, and occasionally went to the shop to help out, earning half a steamed bun or 0.1 points. The 8 points they now have in total are all they have saved in half a year.
"No, no, we didn't expect any reward for saving you. You can keep the points. If you give them all to me, you will starve and our rescue will be in vain." Old Chu rolled his eyes, "But what do you mean by five points are not enough for one life?"
Aunt Zhang blinked. "You...are you new here?"
"Yeah, otherwise why would we come to rent an apartment."
“Right…that’s right.”
"Don't sit on the floor for now, or someone might come in and think something is wrong here." The front desk clerk took out three plastic stools from the backstage, but Lao Chu and others refused them, mainly because the plastic stools looked a bit fragile!
The scrap shop owner saw that she was fine and returned to the shop. He also asked Chu An if he had any "scrap" to sell. He would buy it at a high price, but he was a small business and could not afford to buy things that were too valuable.
Lao Chu understood immediately, "I don't have any yet. I plan to go to the night market tonight to find some good stuff."
Now there are many middlemen selling ancient books, calligraphy and antiques at low prices. They were all bought a year before the end of the world and sold at a loss. Of course, there are also individuals selling things, but they are all food squeezed out of the end of the world, and there are very few ornamental items.
People no longer believe that natural disasters will pass quickly, and the entire earth is devastated. Even if the natural disasters are over, it is impossible to quickly return to its previous state, so ornamental items are of no value.
"Then you better be careful. Only people with a keen eye can make money in the night market." The boss kindly reminded that the things there are real and fake, "and you also need to prepare enough supplies or points. It's not easy to get by there."
Old Chu looked at his daughter and said, "It's okay. We know what to do."
Chu An suddenly thought of what Li. The second-hand dealer. Qing said. Capital is not important, it doesn't matter whether you have it or not, what is important is the channel, open up the trading channel, and be honest, honest, and make others trust you, then you can... get something for nothing.
The scrap shop owner didn't hold out much hope for them, so he just gave them a warning and left. Then Aunt Zhang explained about exchanging points for lives.
There is an unwritten rule in the outer city that saving a life requires 30 points in return. In other words, 30 points can buy a life.
Aunt Zhang works here and gets 8 points a month. If the work points are less than 5 points, you can also receive half of the relief food.
The relief food is two steamed buns a day for those over 14 years old, and one steamed bun a day for those under 14 years old. In short, the minimum amount of relief materials will be supplemented according to the salary.
Even so, many people still want to work, because having a job means they can buy a house and have the hope of getting a promotion and a pay rise. Lying down does not exist in the end times, after all, no one knows when the relief food will be distributed. If the base does not have enough food, the first thing to be cut is the relief food.
After learning about exchanging points for lives, the waiter remembered to ask them if they wanted to rent an apartment?
Lao Chu said he wanted a three-bedroom apartment.
The waiter was embarrassed. They really didn't have any here. There were very few apartments of this type in the entire outer city of Sheng Tang.
"How about...including the sunroom on the top floor?" Aunt Zhang suggested.
The last house on the top floor overlooking the mountain was built in a circular shape to facilitate the installation of a rain cover, so the indoor height was much lower. In order to make up for this space, they built a sunroom on the top floor with a staircase leading up to it.
However, because the weather is too hot now, the sun room has been turned into a sauna room, and the air conditioning outside the city is not cooling enough, so this room is not open to the public yet.
The waiter explained the situation, and Lao Chu consulted Chu An and Gu Ye, and decided to go upstairs to have a look before deciding. With Aunt Zhang's incident, the waiter happily took them upstairs, and did not mention the rule that they could not see the room first, but Aunt Zhang did not follow, she wanted to keep an eye on the hall for a while.
Several people quickly arrived at the top floor. There were a total of sixteen rooms on this floor, and the one they wanted to see was the innermost one on the east side.
The waiter opened the door and found two bedrooms and a living room with an area of 50 square meters. It looked quite spacious and the layout was reasonable. There was a spiral staircase in the middle of the living room, leading directly to the sun room.
Before Chu An went up, he could already feel waves of heat rushing down.
The waiter smiled at them embarrassedly and said that the air conditioner could not be turned on before checking in, and they had electricity monitoring here.
Old Chu expressed his understanding, wiped the sweat that had run down his neck, and followed the waiter up the stairs, with Chu An and Gu Ye following closely behind.
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