Xia Lunong and his brother walked through the crowd towards the maltose stall.

Others turned around to look at them, their eyes full of curiosity, not quite understanding why they left and came back.

Xia Lunong walked to the maltose stall under the gazes of the people around him and said, "I'm here to exchange some maltose. How much do you want for this maltose?"

The owner of the maltose stall had been doing business with them all night not far away. He didn't expect that he would come to his stall to exchange sugar. He was stunned for a moment, then sat up straight and said, "One catty of rice for one tael of sugar. How much do you want?"

Xia Lunong handed him the bag of rice, "Give us one tael first, and we'll try it."

The stall owner didn't expect the business to be so small, and was a little disappointed. While weighing the rice, he said to them, "I prefer the best sugar that's freshly brewed, with the aroma of malt. You'll know when you try it."

Xia Lunong nodded.

Xia Huoqu cooperated with him very well. As soon as he saw the look on his brother's face, he knew that what he just felt was not maltose.

Xia Huoqu glanced to the side. If it was not maltose, there was nothing worth noting around. He didn't know what the good thing his brother felt was.

He didn't feel it was a good thing, but the stall owner's maltose was really good candy.

Xia Lunong cut the candy into small pieces and put them in his mouth. A sweet taste overflowed. It was not too strong or too big, and it had a faint aroma of malt. It was very delicious. In this place where candy is scarce, it is almost precious.

He narrowed his eyes and a faint smile appeared on his face.

The stall owner smiled and said, "I think my candy is good. It is made from the best malt. It was just made this morning. It is freshest now. I have sold more than ten kilograms today. No customers who have tried it have bad things to say."

Xia Lunong nodded.

The stall owner said attentively, "I am about to close the stall. I only have a little over one kilogram left. Why don't you sell all of it? I will charge you nine taels of rice for one tael of sugar. How about that?"

Xia Lunong asked, "It's so cheap. Are you still making money?"

Xia Huoqu reached out and gently touched his arm, indicating that he should look under the stall owner's cart.

Xia Lunong's eyes fell on the barrel below.

It seemed to be filled with wheat.

When the stall owner was doing business, he did not forget to pick wheat to prepare for a new round of malt sugar.

The stall owner didn't notice their actions and smiled, "I don't expect to make much, just exchange it for some food. How about, let's exchange it, aren't you from another base? It would be nice to exchange some maltose and take it back, and then trade it with other things from people in your own base."

Xia Lunong looked at his brother, then retracted his gaze and nodded, "Okay, let's exchange it."

"Okay, I'll weigh it for you. It's two catties and one and a half ounces in total, just count it as two catties and one ounce, and you give me eighteen catties and nine ounces of rice."

Xia Lunong nodded, watched him weigh the rice and maltose, and asked casually, "Are you selling this wheat? I want to buy some wheat by the way."

"Ah?" The stall owner was stunned. He looked at him and then at the wheat under his command. "My wheat is just ordinary wheat. I have selected it. It may be more convenient for you to go somewhere else to exchange it directly."

Xia Lunong said, "My beast form is a cat. I don't care much about it normally. But today, when I saw your wheat, I suddenly wanted to grow some cat grass. Can

you exchange some for me? I think your wheat is very good and full." "Hahaha, of course the seeds I carefully selected are full. How do you want to exchange?"

Xia Lunong said, "How much wheat do you have here? Let me see it?"

"It depends on how much you want. I only have about 20 kilograms here."

"It's okay, not much, then you can exchange it all with me. I think your wheat is pretty good, how about one pound of wheat for one pound or two of rice? I also harvested this rice tonight, it's still fresh, you can smell it, it has the fragrance of rice."

The price of wheat on the market is slightly lower than that of rice. The stall owner did not expect that he was willing to exchange one pound or two of rice for one pound of wheat. A look of joy appeared on his face, and he reached out to lift up the whole bucket of wheat, "Okay, I'll weigh it for you."

The moment the bucket was lifted up, Xia Lunong had an intuition that what he wanted was hidden in the bucket.

The stall owner weighed it and said, "It's a total of twenty-three pounds and seven ounces of wheat. I'll round it off for you, so it's twenty-three pounds. I'm preparing to grow wheat seedlings, so it's not very dry. Just give me twenty-five pounds

of rice." Xia Lunong handed over the rice in one hand and the wheat in the other, and said casually, "Do you usually come here to sell your goods? I quite like your wheat. If I fall in love with the cat grass grown from your wheat in the future, how can I find you?"

"I usually sell my goods. If I don't, you can ask Xiong Laoliu. People nearby know where I live." Xiong Laoliu's smile became more and more profound. "The wheat is here. Thank you very much. If you like it, come find me next time."

Xia Lunong nodded, and she and his brother returned to the car carrying the wheat and maltose.

Yan Xinian was waiting for them. When he saw them, he asked with a smile, "You guys have been talking for a while. How is it? Have you found the thing that makes you feel special?"

"I don't know." Xia Lunong looked at the bucket in her hand and frowned. "I feel that the thing is in this pile of wheat. Whether it is, we may have to wait until we go back and pick it carefully to know."

"Then we will talk about it after we go back. We received so many supplies tonight. We have to pick them carefully after we go back." Yan Xinian was in a very happy mood. "I originally thought that if I could exchange for two or three hundred kilograms of rice, this operation would be a success. I didn't expect that the amount of supplies I exchanged has increased by more than twenty times."

Xia Huoqu said casually, "Xiao Nong has always been lucky."

"That's right." Yan Xinian gave Xia Lunong a thumbs up. "Speaking of luck, I don't admit defeat to anyone but you."

Xia Huoqu frowned and said, "Focus on driving."

"Focus on driving. You're driving so slowly that you can't even crush a turtle to death."

The two of them went back while arguing.

Xia Lunong squeezed into the driver's seat, so sleepy that she could hardly open her eyes. Her head leaned on Kong Zhi's shoulder little by little.

Kong Zhi was taller than him, so he didn't feel comfortable leaning his head against him. The feeling of the bumping made him a little irritated.

Kong Zhi glanced at him and whispered, "How about changing back to beast form and sleeping?"

Xia Lunong's beast form is smaller than her human form, so it's most convenient to change into beast form. She doesn't even need to take off her clothes. She can change back to beast form in a flash and get out of the pile of clothes.

Xia Huoqu looked at Kong Zhi and said helplessly, "It's not far from the hotel, Kong Zhi, don't spoil him all the time."

"It's okay." Kong Zhi said, "He has done the most work at the night market this year, he should have a good rest."

Xia Lunong felt a little ashamed when he heard his brother's words, but after hearing Kong Zhi's reasons, he immediately became confident and nodded, saying, "That's right, I'll sleep for a while, and you can call me after you count the supplies."

Yan Xinian said, "You can sleep peacefully, it's so late, we will go to Lao Mo's warehouse to take a look, and we will go to sleep after locking it."

Three votes in favor and one vote against, Xia Lunong looked at his brother happily, "Then I have changed?"

"Change."

Xia Lunong heard his brother's words and immediately turned into a cat on the spot, dragging his four legs and happily running to Kong Zhi's legs.

Kong Zhi specially took a cushion and put it on his legs to prevent his legs from being uneven and uncomfortable for him to sleep.

Xia Maomao returned the favor by turning over on the mattress, exposing his snow-white belly, and meowing at Kong Zhi, signaling him to stroke it.

Kong Zhi was not polite either, and stretched out his slender fingers to rub his warm and soft belly, with a smile on his lips.

Xia Maomao felt comfortable being rubbed, and soon fell asleep.

The sleeping cat simply turned into a fluid, paralyzed on the mattress into a large piece, like a pool of flowing water.

Seeing his brother like this, Xia Huoqu couldn't help but rub his brother's belly.

The car soon arrived at Lao Mo's hotel.

Lao Mo has his own team, and usually goes out to collect supplies. There is a special warehouse next to the hotel, which is now used to store their things, and the warehouse is just full.

When Lao Mo saw them coming back, he complained, "You finally came back. You don't worry about leaving all that stuff with me?"

Yan Xinian said casually, "What's there to worry about? We've been friends for so many years. If I can't trust others, how can I trust you?"

Lao Mo showed a happy expression on his face. He smiled and punched Yan Xinian in the chest. "Okay, stop flattering me. Even if we are good friends, you still have to pay the storage fee. Don't forget to bring 30 kilograms of rice a day."

"That's no problem. Brothers should settle accounts clearly. We still have to stay here for two days, and we can't transport so much rice back in a short time. I'd like you to help us pull a thread so we can exchange it for something else."

Lao Mo said, "Okay, I'll go out and help you check it tomorrow. You can first take a look at the harvest tonight. I have put the rice, corn and other grains in the warehouse, and the chickens, ducks and geese are raised in the kitchen. I'll lock them up after

you've checked." "Okay, let's check it." Yan Xinian yawned, "Actually, there's no need to check it. Huo Qu has kept the accounts tonight, and we'll know when we take out the account book tomorrow."

Lao Mo breathed a sigh of relief, "That's great."

Yan Xinian and Lao Mo went to see. Kong Zhi was holding the cat, and Xia Huoqu was waiting in the hotel lobby with clothes.

When they came back from watching, both of them were almost asleep. It was

the first time that Lao Mo saw Xia Lunong's beast form. He felt his heart tremble and couldn't take his eyes away immediately, "Oh my god, how can Xiao Nong be so cute in beast form?"

Xia Huo said, "If you like cats, go and raise one yourself."

"Come on, the mutant cats out there are more ferocious than each other, with bared fangs and claws. I dare not raise one." Lao Mo stretched out his palm like a palm fan and wanted to rub the cat's head, but Kong Zhi turned around and avoided it. His eyes were suddenly filled with regret, "Hey, I just touch it."

Kong Zhi looked at him expressionlessly, so he had to retract his palm.

Two double rooms were booked that night. Xia Maomao slept with his brother. Sleeping together not only saved room charges, but was also relatively safer. If anything happened, they could get support from their companions immediately.

Xia Maomao could smell his brother's scent, which made him feel very at ease. He slept very soundly that night and got up the next day when the sun was already high in the sky.

He changed back to human form, got dressed and went to the bathroom to wash up.

His brother was in the room, checking the accounts.

Xia Lunong came back from washing up, yawned and greeted his brother, "Good morning, brother."

"Good morning." His brother looked up at him and continued to check the accounts.

Xia Lunong lay down on the big soft bed, looking at the ceiling and said, "It's so comfortable here, with running water and electricity, and even the bed is so soft. It would be great if our base could also reach this standard of living."

Xia Huoqu paused, and finally said nothing, just said, "There will be such a day."

Xia Lunong happily stayed in bed for a while, and after his brother had finished tidying up, he went downstairs with his brother to have breakfast.

After breakfast, he finally saw the supplies they had exchanged yesterday.

"My God, this is too much. We can't earn that much supplies even if we work hard in the base for a whole year, right?" Xia Lunong was almost stunned when she saw the supplies piled up to the roof. "Now I understand why everyone is willing to come out as a hunter?"

Kong Zhi said, "It's useless even if you are willing. Most people don't have that kind of vision or luck."

Xia Lunong laughed when he heard him bragging about himself. "You're right! Even if you have that kind of vision and luck, you don't have that kind of strength. It's hard to catch so many prey in the wild."

Yan Xinian said, "You have the most credit for being able to exchange so many things this time."

Xia Lunong said modestly, "Not bad, Brother Xinian, you guys have made a great contribution."

"No contribution is greater than yours. Okay, let's stop praising each other." Yan Xinian put his arm around his shoulders, "Let me tell you something."

Xia Lunong nodded, "Brother Xinian, you tell me."

"We can't transport so many supplies back in a short time. This place is far away from our base, and it will be difficult to come back a second time in a short time. I plan to change some light things to transport back. What do you think?"

"Okay, if my brother and Kong Zhi have no objection, then I have no objection." Xia Lunong nodded, and then asked curiously, "Brother Xinian, what do you want to change?"

Yan Xinian smiled and lowered his voice, "Change some weapons."

Xia Lunong nodded, not quite understanding, and didn't take it to heart.

There are so many dangers outside, and it's reasonable to change some weapons.

Xia Lunong thought so, but she never expected that when she checked again in the afternoon, 80% of the food in the warehouse had disappeared, replaced by a box of bullets and two - shells?

Xia Lunong was in contact with this kind of thing for the first time since she woke up. She looked at Yan Xinian with shock, swallowed her saliva, and lowered her voice very low, "Brother Xinian, will Yacheng let us take these things back?"

Yan Xinian was ready to answer his questions, but he didn't expect that the last question he asked was this. He smiled immediately, "Kongzhi can fly, right? Just let him fly out quietly after dark. Who would know that we smuggled contraband out?"

Xia Lunong swallowed her saliva and looked at Yan Xinian, "Brother Xinian, did you plan this before you came to Yacheng?"

"That's not the case. Who knew we could catch crabs and bullfrogs on the way?" Yan Xinian said, "I originally just wanted to get information, but now it's even better. By the way, sometimes Yacheng will be wary of shipping seeds out, so the wheat seeds must be shipped away quietly."

Xia Lunong nodded immediately and turned to the wheat seeds. "Okay! Let's go back to the base and I'll screen the wheat seeds again. There should be mutant seeds in it."