The next morning, after breakfast, Su Nian and Jing Mo went out together.
The two men were carrying backpacks, and the room behind them had been restored to the way it was when they checked in.
There is no need to lock the door. The things inside belong to the hotel and they will naturally take care of them.
As soon as I walked to the front store, I saw Ajuan and the boss's wife there.
Two people were sitting at the counter, on which was placed breakfast.
The breakfast on the table was simple, a small dish of pickled vegetables of unknown origin and two bowls of watery seafood porridge.
He had already eaten more than half of the pancake in his hand. The pancake was a little dark in color, and was either made of sorghum flour or sweet potato flour.
Seeing Su Nian and Jing Mo coming out, Ajuan and the proprietress smiled at the same time.
"Are you guys awake? Do you want something to eat?"
The proprietress' tone was very gentle, but her words were extremely true.
“But we are a small business and we don’t provide free food. If you want to order food, you have to pay extra.
You can also bring out the food and we will help you with the production. We just need to pay you for our services.
My craftsmanship is pretty good.”
While the proprietress was speaking, Xiaojuan beside her kept blushing, and no one knew what she was thinking.
Hearing what the proprietress said, Jing Mo smiled and thanked her, "Thank you for your trouble, but we have already eaten and plan to go out for a walk."
Even after being rejected, the proprietress' smile did not change at all. Instead, she gave Jing Mo a look that said "I understand."
"You want to buy food?"
Um?
There was a hint of doubt in Su Nian's eyes, but she was smart enough not to ask.
Jing Mo continued the conversation even more smoothly, "You've been found out! I thought I hid it so well!"
The proprietress raised her chin proudly and said, "I have seen many people like you. I can guess your purpose at once.
Although you are safer in a small base and there is no distinction between citizen classes, you can only go out to sea to fish and you can't grow your own food, so you have to come to the base to buy it, right?"
After hearing these words, Su Nian suddenly understood.
She had been wondering where Wang Dacheng and his people got the food for their small base. Now it seems that they must have bought it from the second base.
Jing Mo took a few quick steps and came to the counter, "Since the boss lady sees it so clearly, can you show us a way out?
To be honest, this is our first time at the Second Base and we are not familiar with it.
Our base also asked us two to come here first to find out the situation, we are still completely in the dark!
Don't worry, Madam Boss, we will not let your hard work go in vain."
The lady boss said righteously, "What are you talking about? Am I the one who covets your things?
It’s not easy for us to live till now!
If we can help each other, we should definitely help each other.
Just tell me, what do you want to know?"
Jing Mo took out a small bag of compressed biscuits from his pocket and put it on the counter. "I don't know what I want to know. How about you tell me?"
"Then I'll just watch and decide!"
As the proprietress spoke, her hands moved very quickly. She picked up the compressed biscuits and put them in her pocket.
It was so fast that only the afterimage could be seen.
Before the end of the world, even if such a small bag of compressed biscuits was given away for free, no one would necessarily be willing to eat it.
But now, for many people, compressed biscuits are a rare way to improve their diet.
After putting away the compressed biscuits, the proprietress thought about it seriously before speaking.
“If you want to buy food in the base, there are two ways.
One is to buy it from the supermarket at the base, and the other is to buy it from a private grain station.
If you buy from the supermarket at the base, the price is slightly cheaper, but the quality is not guaranteed and it all depends on luck.
When buying from private grain depots, you can choose the quality you want, but you also know that you get what you pay for.”
Jing Mo nodded, indicating that he understood, and asked the last question in his mind, "What should I use to buy it?"
It’s not like before the end of the world when there was a currency in circulation.
Just like the points card from the First Base, you definitely can’t use it if you bring it here.
When the lady boss heard this question, she suddenly laughed and said, "From what you asked, you must be exchanging seafood! What else can you use? The old currency? No one would even want it for fuel."
Su Nian was listening quietly at the side, and after hearing this, a doubt in her mind was resolved.
Feng Xiuying takes her men out to sea every day. Not all the seafood they catch is for direct consumption, but also for exchange for food at the base.
Bartering is indeed the mainstream nowadays.
Now that they knew everything they wanted to know, Jing Mo and Su Nian did not stay any longer and decided to go out for a walk.
Since you just want to go around, there is no need to drive.
Although you can see cars passing by occasionally, there are still only a few people driving.
There are still quite a lot of people riding two-wheeled trams, three-wheeled trams, bicycles and pedal tricycles.
Su Nian and Jing Mo walked slowly forward, looking at the shops on the roadside as they walked.
After looking carefully at each store, I realized that although there were many stores, it was a false prosperity.
Selling clothes and various small items.
Some are still in tatters, obviously dug out from the ruins.
After the earthquake, houses collapsed and no one knew how many people died.
The things dug out from the ruins are all ownerless. They belong to whoever finds them, so there is certainly no problem in selling them.
But given the current situation, is there really anyone who would buy it?
Walking along the way, Su Nian carefully observed these shops, and in the end could only describe them with four words: business was dismal.
However, the shops selling toiletries are still doing business.
After all, even in the end times, no one would be willing to be unkempt if there were certain conditions.
Whether you are taking a bath, washing your face, washing your hair or washing clothes, toiletries are essential.
There were many toiletries in Su Nian's space, so naturally she had no interest in shopping.
The two walked for two streets before they finally saw a store with a sign that said "Grain Station".
Seeing Su Nian stop, Jing Mo asked, "Let's go in and take a look?"
Su Nian nodded, "Then let's go in and take a look!"
She also wanted to see what kind of food was sold here and what the prices were.
There were four tall and strong men at the door of the grain station, some sitting and some standing. You could tell at a glance that they were the gatekeepers.
Anyone who dares to have any bad intentions in the grain station will probably not even be able to leave the station.
Su Nian just glanced at a few people and then went into the grain station with Jing Mo.
This shop is about the size of two rooms. As soon as you enter, you can see a row of glass counters facing the door.
Inside the counter were rectangular basins filled with various grains, and on the barrels were small cards with prices written on them.
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