Chapter 99 Oil Price Turmoil
After breakfast, Meng Qingyin said goodbye to Qin Jiu and boarded the train.
She opened her chat window with Shi Ye and clicked on the location Shi Ye had sent her: No. 24, Shijia Village, near Highway 729.
Shijia Village?
Meng Qingyin glanced at the map again. There was no mark for Shijia Village on the map, so it seemed to be outside the map's boundaries.
Meng Qingyin was in a dilemma; this meant she wouldn't be able to find it using the map.
She didn't know exactly where Highway 729 was.
what to do?
After thinking for a moment, she sent a message in the group chat to tell Chen Leying and Qin Jiu about the situation.
Mengmeng: "I can't pinpoint the exact location of the blacksmith right now. We might have to search for him as we go, which will take some time. Please be prepared."
Drowning his sorrows in strong liquor: "It's alright, I'm not in a hurry. I'll just earn some copper coins by escorting goods first, so I won't be unable to pay the processing fees later. Let's work hard together! (ò_óˇ)"
Chen Leying: "Tell us the exact location of the smelter, and we'll keep an eye out for him. It's always better for three people to search than one."
Mengmeng: "No. 24, Shijia Village, near Highway 729."
Chen Leying: "Okay."
Drowning sorrows in strong liquor: "Okay, got it! I'll help look for it too!"
Meng Qingyin checked the map and found that the nearest treasure chest was 20 kilometers away. She marked a small grove of trees and asked Little Ai Elf to park there.
Later, we'll get off the vehicle, chop some wood, make toilet paper, and put it on the trading floor to exchange for more vehicle upgrade materials.
The train sped along the flat highway and stopped by the roadside five minutes later.
Meng Qingyin got out of the car with an axe in her hand and walked straight into the grove, with Zai Zai hopping and skipping behind her.
The grove was sparse; Meng Qingyin roughly counted and estimated there were about twenty or thirty trees.
She went to the nearest crooked tree and started chopping it with an axe.
The little one wasn't idle either; it used the tree trunk to sharpen its teeth, and as it sharpened, the thick tree suddenly collapsed to the ground.
Meng Qingyin: "..."
I have to say, the baby has really good teeth.
Five minutes later, the grove was razed to the ground—all thanks to Zai Zai, of course.
Meng Qingyin turned all the wood into toilet paper rolls, kept one roll for herself, and then put the rest on the shelves.
Back on the train, as it continued its journey, Meng Qingyin played with Zai Zai for a while before opening the chat area.
Lonely Square 3: "I came to a gas station. Guess how much it costs to fill up here?"
Fish who loves cats: "Doesn't a liter of gasoline cost 6 copper coins? That's how Wang Dingding sold it a while ago."
Lin Yuziyu: "But Wang Dingding definitely won't sell it to us at the original price. He has to make a profit, right? I guess the price of a liter of gasoline is 5 copper coins. Wang Dingding makes 1 copper coin profit from each liter of gasoline."
Lonely Square 3: "That's not right, a liter of gasoline only costs 3 copper coins."
"What?! A liter of gasoline only costs 3 copper coins?! You're not kidding, are you?"
Lonely Square 3: "[Photo] See the price yourself."
In the photo, today's oil price: 3 copper coins/L, is particularly glaring.
Players were blown away by the incredibly low oil prices.
Ugh~ (￣▽￣～)~: "No, I knew Wang Dingding wouldn't buy us gasoline for free; he'd definitely make a little money off it. I didn't expect him to take half! Good grief, I'm the clown myself?"
Silly Girl: "I'm such a fool! I spent 30 copper coins to have Wang Dingding buy me 5 liters of gasoline, and even gave him an extra 5 copper coins as a tip. So he made a profit of 20 copper coins off me?! The sky is falling!"
Jiu Li Ya: "@Wang Dingding, you really are a shrewd businessman, this is too much!"
Long Live Black Flower: "@Wang Dingding, yeah, everyone works hard to earn money, it's all earned through escorting goods. We won't say anything if you take a little extra for your hard work, but taking so much is a bit excessive, isn't it?"
Xianrenbanban: "@Wang Dingding, you unscrupulous merchant, refund my money!"
Doujuzi slaps your butt: "@LonelySquareRootThree, big shot, help me buy 5L of gasoline, I'll transfer 15 copper coins to you now."
Lonely Square 3: "...No, don't I deserve a little help fee? I won't cheat you. No matter how much you buy, I'll only charge you one copper coin as a help fee."
Ji Chen is a wolf: "Square Root of Three, do you still remember me? When we were kids, you played at your house and I played at mine, but we never knew each other! But could you please buy me some gasoline?"
Lonely Square 3: "Since you've said so, then we definitely have to make arrangements."
I am the Lucky One (Fake): "@Wang Dingding, look at other people's awareness, and then look at you! You're a swindler, your heart is black to the core!"
The elderly man said: "@Wang Dingding, you young man, you're not honest."
Wang Dingding: "Don't let malicious people lead you astray. Gas prices vary from station to station, which is normal, right? The gas station I went to only charged 5 copper coins!"
Little Karami: "Heh, you've already taken the money, so you can do whatever you want with it."
Wang Keke: "I can testify that the price of oil really was 5 copper coins."
Ci Wusheng: "Pah! You're even going to testify for him? I think you two are birds of a feather! Both of your names are in the ABB format, and you both have the surname Wang, you might even be related!"
Wang Lanlan: "I was innocently dragged into this. I want to declare that although I am also an ABB and my surname is also Wang, I have absolutely no relation to Dingding Keke!"
Wang Dingding: "No matter how you smear me, I have a clear conscience. Also, my store has a batch of sanitary napkins on the shelves, and female compatriots who need them can go and take a look."
Wang Keke: Really? I'm a bit inconvenient these days, I'll buy it right away!
Chenxi: "Do you really have sanitary napkins? My stomach has been upset this morning, I think my period is coming soon, but there's no one selling sanitary napkins in the trading hall. I'll go check."
Rescuing the Village Chief: "I saw it, the price is too high, I feel I don't deserve it. A pack of sanitary napkins costs an extra 20 copper coins, who can afford that?"
Hey hey hey: "A pack contains 10 pieces, which works out to 2 copper coins per piece. On my first day, I had a large quantity, so I had to change one piece every hour. If you calculate it like that, I'll spend more than 20 copper coins a day, which is enough to buy 6 liters of gasoline!"
007 on the dance floor: "Can we exchange other supplies? I'm not a bodyguard, so I can't earn copper coins."
"..."
Seeing this, Meng Qingyin calculated the days and realized that her period was coming soon, in the next day or two.
She also needs to prepare some sanitary napkins.
I went to the trading hall and looked around, but found that no one was selling sanitary napkins at all.
It seems that Wang Dingding's store has blocked her, so she can't see the sanitary napkins that Wang Dingding is selling.
However, she had a grudge against Wang Dingding, and even if Wang Dingding didn't block her, she didn't want to buy expensive sanitary napkins from him.
Judging from the gasoline incident, this person was asking for exorbitant prices. Who knows how much of the money spent on sanitary napkins actually ended up in his own pocket?
Conservatively speaking, about half of them are likely.
She wouldn't want to be a victim of injustice.
So here's the question: if no other players are selling sanitary napkins, whose should she buy from?
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