Chapter Thirty-Six: Scary, scared, scared? What's there to be scared of?
Seeing this, Lin Baozhu hurried over and said with a smile, "Auntie..."
The old woman raised her eyelids slightly, saw the large basket on her back, and whispered, "Selling things for two cents."
Lin Baozhu took out two small bills from her pocket and handed them over...
After entering the alley, Lin Baozhu quickly glanced around. The alley was about a hundred meters long, with all sorts of people squatting on both sides.
The people there had either bundles or straw mats spread out in front of them, with things for sale casually placed on them: flawed cloth, socks, but almost no meat or grain.
Lin Baozhu wasn't in a hurry to sell her goods. Instead, she wandered around with her basket on her back. People who had initially intended to approach her seemed to have guessed that she was there to buy things, and they all turned around and left. Lin Baozhu circled around for a while, and finally stopped in front of an old man...
"Grandpa, what kind of seeds and seedlings are you selling?"
"Hey, Xiao Tong"
"Zhi, what's so interesting about these seeds? Look at what I have here, they're all top-quality towels, reasonably priced, only one yuan each."
Lin Baozhu waved her hand, her eyes fixed on the items on the stall; she could guess the meaning of even the seeds.
It's pretty close, except that she's really never seen those saplings before.
The old man's aged voice slowly rose: "Watermelon, cantaloupe, pumpkin, sunflower seeds, grass..."
Strawberries, raspberry seedlings, lychee seedlings, longan seedlings, as well as bananas, oranges, Sichuan peppercorns..."
With each word the old man spoke, Lin Baozhu's eyes brightened a little more.
God knows that in her past life during the apocalypse, because space and time were forbidden and planting was impossible, she squandered all the fruit she harvested within five years.
Now that she can grow things in her space, she naturally wants to grow more of all kinds of fruits to satisfy her appetite!
"Sir, how much are these seeds? If the price is right, I'll take them all!"
The old man paused in his smoking, his voice rising two decibels: "You want it all? Are you sure? These things aren't cheap!"
Heaven knows how many nights he hasn't slept well because of his troublesome son. His son works for a transport team, traveling all over the country, and has invested all his wages in these seeds and saplings. But the north is not suitable for planting them at all, and now there are only one or two of each kind left. If they don't sell them soon, they will really lose everything.
"Twelve yuan, no bargaining. The transportation costs for these items are very high; we're already losing a lot of money!"
"Twelve yuan? You old man, are you crazy for money? Twelve yuan is half a month's wages for an ordinary worker. What fool would want to be sucked up like that..."
Before the man could finish speaking, Lin Baozhu quickly pulled out a 100-yuan note and two 1-yuan notes from her bag.
"Wow, there really are idiots willing to be sucked up..."
Lin Baozhu glanced at the man, handed him the money, then took out a rope to tie the saplings together and stuffed the seeds into her small handbag...
Seeing how readily she paid, the other vendors swarmed around her, each trying to sell their own wares.
Lin Baozhu looked at the people surrounding her, quickly lifted the blue cloth on her basket, and then hurriedly covered it again.
The man next to the old man saw something flash by inside and whispered, "I..."
Grass……"
Then, her eyes sparkled as she looked at Lin Baozhu: "So you're here to sell too!"
Lin Baozhu: ...
You're the one who's here to sell yourself, your whole family is here to sell yourself. You're a perfectly normal person, why do you have such a foul mouth?
Seeing that Lin Baozhu was too lazy to pay attention to him, the man was not annoyed, and said eagerly, "Together..."
Zhi, Tong
"Zhi, what's in here?"
"Wild goat meat, pheasant, rabbit, and refined flour..."
The people around gasped. One of the plump women grabbed Lin Baozhu's arm excitedly, "How much is the meat per pound?"
"This sheep was just slaughtered this morning, one yuan a pound! Pheasants are two yuan each, wild rabbits are four yuan, and refined flour is six mao a pound!"
She had already inquired about these prices with Lin Sanlang on her way here.
The price of mutton at the supply and marketing cooperative is 80 cents a pound and requires a ration coupon, but she sells it for one yuan on the black market without a coupon, so the price is really not high.
"This price is reasonable. I'll take five catties of mutton, one pheasant and one rabbit, and all the refined flour! Would you mind if I weighed it?"
Grains and meats are expensive these days, so why not weigh them? What if they're shortchanged?
Upon hearing this, Lin Baozhu took out an old scale from her basket and quickly weighed the meat for her. There weren't many people gathered around at first, but as Lin Baozhu took out the meat to cut, it immediately attracted a lot of people.
"Hey, I want three pounds of meat..."
"I want five jin..."
"I want two jin..."
"I want……"
"Don't push! Ouch, my pants are going to get ripped off..."
The basket of goods that Lin Baozhu brought sold out in just a few minutes, earning her a total of seventy-four yuan. As soon as the goods were sold out, she quickly tied up the saplings she had bought, put them in her basket, and left.
Seventy-odd yuan may not seem like much to her, but for ordinary people, it's a huge sum of money, and there's no guarantee that some unscrupulous person won't target her...
"Alas, same
"Zhi, when are you coming again?"
"Look at the time..."
Before she finished speaking, she had already left the alley.
She guessed right; the moment she left, she sensed someone following her. Luckily, she was quick and deliberately slipped into an alley, quickly shaking them off...
Once he was sure the person wasn't chasing after him, he entered the space in a flash.
She removed all her disguise and changed back into her own clothes. Then she planted all the seeds and fruit tree seedlings next to the pigsty, and even luxuriously watered each seedling with a ladle of the spiritual spring water she had used for bathing...
After finishing all that, she went to the supermarket and picked through the selections. She bought 30 jin of each of rice and flour, and 10 of each of genetically modified apples, pears, and peaches.
After packing all these things, she ran to the clothing section on the second floor of the supermarket. How many years had it been since anyone in her family had worn new clothes? Today they were in town, and she had to get everyone a new outfit!
Lin Baozhu picked and chose in the mall, selecting styles that suited the times, with lightweight and breathable fabrics. The men's shoes had rubber soles, which were not only non-slip but also made them look very presentable. The women's shoes were all plastic sandals; Lin's mother's were black, Lin's second sister-in-law's were red, and Lin Baozhu's own were white!
In addition to these, she also prepared several brand-new towels and socks, and before packing them up, she cut off all the tags and labels.
When her parents ask about the origin of these things, she can use her classmate's name to fool them.
Having such a powerful cheat device, she didn't see anything wrong with improving her family's life. She wasn't afraid even if people questioned the origin of her items.
She had so many classmates; some were unlucky enough to go to the countryside, while others were lucky enough to marry into military families or take over their parents' jobs. She had many excuses to take things out of her space to improve the quality of life for her whole family.
Unlike some protagonists in books, who, despite having such an amazing cheat code as their space, still choose to endure hardship and play the victim with their families, fearing this and that!
I'm scared...
What's there to be afraid of!
Lin Baozhu stuffed everything into the basket, glanced outside the space, and finding no one there, she grabbed the basket and slipped out of the space...
She carried her basket and headed towards Lin Erlang's house. Before she even left the alley, a man in a black Zhongshan suit suddenly ran past the alley entrance where she was. Lin Baozhu peeked out and saw the man throw a black object into a tree hole...
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