After Xia Lunong and his companions had packed up, they set off again in the truck and soon arrived at the foot of Nha Trang.
Before entering Nha Trang, they had to cross the moat outside the city and pass through the only city gate.
Outside the city gate, there were several men wearing camouflage uniforms, helmets, and holding steel rifles guarding.
When they saw their car, someone raised his gun and shouted from a distance: "Where are you from?! Get down!"
Yan Xinian raised his hand and said, "From the base next door."
As he spoke, he raised his hand and motioned Xia Huoqu and the others to get down as well.
Xia Lunong followed his brother obediently, raised his hand and went down.
The people guarding the city gate quickly ran over, circled around them first, searched them with their hands, and then went to watch the fight behind the car.
"Wow!" The leading man was shocked when he saw the fight behind the car, "Why are there so many - bullfrogs?"
"Yes." Yan Xinian was calm and had no sense of being pointed at by someone. "These are bullfrogs and crabs that our base caught outside. We thought we could come here to exchange for things, so we brought them here. Is your boss Shi all right?"
The leader was relieved when he heard this and spoke more casually. "Not bad. You want to go into the city, right? Come and register, and then each person should pay ten kilograms of rice or materials of equal value."
Yan Xinian paused with the pen in his hand. "Didn't you pay eight kilograms each last time? Has your base increased the price again?"
The leader said, "We have no choice. It's not easy to maintain a base. Hey, here, the beast form also needs to be registered."
Yan Xinian glanced at the form and wrote on it neatly: Ancient Giant
Tiger The leader looked at the form, then at him, and finally remembered, "Are you Captain Yan from the base on the mountain?"
"If there is no other captain of a base nearby with the last name Yan, it should be me." Yan Xinian knocked on the table, "Excuse me, badge."
The man took out a red badge and placed it in front of Yan Xinian.
After Yan Xinian registered, Xia Huoqu and Kong Zhi also registered and got the red badges smoothly.
Then it was Xia Lunong's turn. He wrote down the three words "Forest Cat" neatly and looked at the leader.
The man looked at him, but took out a yellow badge from the drawer and handed it to him.
Xia Lunong held the badge, confused, and looked at his brother.
Xia Huo said: "They are different from us here. The beast forms are divided into ferocious beasts and non-ferocious beasts."
Xia Lunong then understood that his yellow badge was the symbol of a non-ferocious beast.
He took another look at the leader. In this era, why is there still discrimination against beast forms?
After registering, the guards asked them to drive in from the main road and pay attention to the speed limit.
Yacheng is much more prosperous than their small base. There are people and shops on both sides of the road.
The streets are full of hawking and pedestrians are constantly coming and going.
Xia Lunong leaned on the window and looked outside. Soon he found that everyone had a badge on their chest. The most common one was yellow, and the most peculiar one was blue.
There were very few people with blue badges, but they were dressed very exaggeratedly, with all kinds of metal pieces tied all over their bodies, especially the protruding metal blades on their knees and elbows, which made them look a bit cyberpunk.
Xia Huoqu looked over along his line of sight and said casually: "Those with blue badges are those who cannot be beasted. Some of them tend to hide in the base and try not to go out, while others try to increase the attack and defense capabilities of their humanoids."
Xia Lunong asked: "Isn't that the same as Brother Baniu? Brother Baniu is not as exaggerated as them."
"The atmosphere in our base is relatively peaceful. Baniu usually teams up with the beastmen to go out, and if they encounter any danger, their teammates will protect them. But the people here may not be sure."
As the two brothers were talking, Yan Xinian had already driven the truck to an open space and stopped the car. "We'll stay here tonight. Let's pack up quickly and get two rooms. Then we'll prepare to go to the night market."
Xia Lunong got out of the car with his brother, his face full of surprise. "There is a night market in Nha Teng?"
"Yes, they have electricity, and the night market will be open until very late, so those who go out to collect and hunt during the day can come back to deal with the prey at night." After Yan Xinian finished speaking, he led them forward and went straight to the store.
The bearded man in the store was looking around to find out what was going on. When he saw Yan Xinian, he finally opened the door and came out, opening his arms and welcoming him warmly, "Who did I think you were? A rare guest!"
"Lao Mo." Yan Xinian walked up to him and hugged him, "Long time no see."
"Yes, it's been a long time. I thought I could only see you in winter." After Lao Mo and Yan Xinian hugged each other, he hugged Xia Huoqu, then looked at Xia Lunong and Kong Zhi behind him and asked, "Who are these two?"
Xia Huoqu introduced, "My younger brother Xia Lunong, and my other younger brother Kong Zhi."
"Hey, little brother Xia, you finally woke up? You look good, and you can even transform into a beast--" Lao Mo's eyes fell on Xia Lunong's badge and patted his shoulder, "Not bad, not bad."
Lao Mo turned to Xia Huoqu and said, "I said that you brothers are all rich and powerful people, right?"
Xia Huoqu smiled and nodded, "Thank you for your good words."
Lao Mo smiled and said, "That's not enough. We haven't seen each other for a long time, and we have a happy event. We must have a few drinks tonight. Come on, come in first."
"Not tonight. Come on, let me show you something good." Yan Xinian put his arm around his neck and took him to the back of the truck to look at it. He said with a smile, "We have to go to the night market to sell things first. You get us two double rooms. After we finish our business, we'll drink tomorrow."
Lao Mo was dragged to the side of the truck, and Xia Huoqu reached out from the side to lift up the tarpaulin of the back of the truck.
Lao Mo looked at the dark car fight from outside. Before he could see clearly, he smelled a fishy smell. He muttered, "What is that?"
The next second, he finally saw the contents inside and was shocked. "Fuck! This big bullfrog!!!"
Lao Mo reached into the car fight and pulled out a big bullfrog from the torn part of his pocket. He looked at it over and over again in front of his eyes. "Why is this bullfrog so big? Where did you catch it? It won't bite, right?"
"It won't bite." Yan Xinian said, "I'm lucky to get some. I have to go to the night market today to exchange it for something else."
"Hey, why don't I have this luck? Look at this bullfrog, it's so big and fat." Lao Mo stuffed the bullfrog back into his pocket, "Hey, what else is in it?"
Yan Xinian moved his pocket to show him, "It's a crab!"
"Huh?! It's really a big crab!" Lao Mo cursed, his eyes almost red with envy, "Such a big crab! And this big bullfrog, how come you always get all the good things?!"
Yan Xinian laughed and took out a bullfrog and a crab and stuffed them into his hands, "Of course I have to bring some good things when I come to see you. Here, give it to you. Ask the kitchen to clean it up, and we'll have a drink together tomorrow."
Lao Mo sighed enviously, "Such good things really need to be sent to the night market as soon as possible. Okay, wait a minute, I'll help you contact a stall."
Yan Xinian smiled, "I knew I was looking for you, thank you."
"Go away, after you exchange supplies, you have to treat me to a good meal!"
"That's no problem."
Yan Xinian put his arm around his shoulder and went back to the front desk with him to register. He then said, "We made some butter yesterday and put it in a bucket. We don't have time to package it. Can you help us get some glass jars? We'll use them to exchange for things later."
"Hey, how come you didn't prepare anything and you're going to take advantage of me, right?"
Yan Xinian laughed, "Why are you being polite to your friends?"
Lao Mo looked at him depressedly, almost spitting out blood, "Shouldn't I be the one to apologize for such words? Why didn't I know you were so shameless before?"
"Now I have a family, there's nothing I can do."
Yan Xinian started talking, and before going to the night market, he collected a bunch of supplies from Lao Mo.
Although Lao Mo complained, he quickly arranged everything for them.
The night market should be on the pedestrian street in the past, with a small road in the middle as the dividing line. Now both sides of the pedestrian street are full of stalls.
Even though it is not completely dark yet, this place is already lively enough.
When the truck drove to the edge of the night market, Xia Lunong smelled all kinds of aromas before he got out of the truck, such as grilled oysters, hand-pulled pancakes, fried snails, baked egg pancakes, fried shrimp cakes, fried stinky tofu... The aromas drilled into his nose, making him drool. He stretched his head and looked forward.
Their truck was too big to drive into it, so they could only stop at the end of the street.
Yan Xinian and Xia Huoqu got out of the car neatly and moved the things out of the truck, ready to do business.
Xia Lunong's attention was still on the various delicacies in front of him, and his movements were a little slow.
Seeing him like this, Kong Zhi got out of the car, said something to Xia Huoqu first, and quickly called him with rice in his hand, "Let's go."
"Where are you going? Exchange things?" Xia Lunong quickly waved her hand to refuse, "No. I'll just take a look."
Kong Zhi said, "Let's go. We haven't had dinner yet. Let's exchange something to fill our stomachs."
Xia Lunong then happily went out with him, bought some snacks such as shouzhuanbing, grilled oysters, and mung bean soup nearby, and shared them with her brothers.
The snacks at the night market are not as complete as before the disaster, but the taste is also very good.
Xia Lunong's eyes were crooked as he ate, and his face was full of smiles.
Many people who passed by their stall saw him and couldn't help but look at him a few more times.
Xia Lunong didn't care about other people's eyes at all. After finishing her meal happily, she clapped her hands and said, "It's our turn to do business."
Yan Xinian smiled and said, "I've been waiting for you. Let's fry the bald butter first to create momentum."
Lao Mo prepared a coal stove and a pot for them. It happened that the bald butter made last night was short of ginger, wine and other ingredients. Today, they made up for it all at once, and then put it into glass bottles after returning to the pot.
Xia Lunong hummed a song, and after lighting the stove, she poured the bald butter into the stove and started frying the first batch of bald butter.
The bald butter in the pot slowly began to bubble, and the fragrance also floated out, like a gust of wind, directly sweeping across the stalls of the night market.
Grilled oysters and fried snails pale in comparison to the overbearing aroma of the butter.
Most people at the night market were attracted to their stall and followed the aroma.
The aroma of the butter was too overbearing, especially since it was so unusual.
Customers coming and going at the night market were used to the smell of other snacks, but it was the first time they smelled such a fragrant crab. They were immediately unable to move.
Yan Xinian was prepared to be left out, but he didn't expect such a large flow of people as soon as he opened. He immediately put on a smile and said to the customers, "The butter is not ready yet. You have to wait a while. Let's change to bullfrogs and crabs first."
Then Yan Xinian took out the big bullfrogs and crabs in the basket and showed them to them.
The customers' eyes immediately fell on the big bullfrogs and crabs in the baskets, and they were immediately excited.
"Why is this bullfrog so big?!"
"Is it a sea crab?!"
"Wow, this bullfrog is really fat!"
"I haven't seen a bullfrog this big in how many years?!"
The exclamations from the roadside were so loud that they attracted waves of people to come and see the excitement.
Soon their stall was surrounded by people, and there were a lot of people standing on tiptoe to see the excitement in the back.
Yan Xinian looked at the crowd in front of him, with a smile on his face that became more and more intense. "For bullfrogs and crabs, five catties of rice is exchanged for one catty. If you want to exchange, hurry up. You can eat them soon if you exchange now ."
The crowd exclaimed, "Five catties of rice?! That's expensive!"
"Five catties of rice, even a strong man can eat for three days!"
"This big crab weighs four or five catties, right? I can't afford it! Give me a discount."
Yan Xinian didn't listen to the bargaining and smiled, "The quantity is limited, first come first served."