Chapter 135: Difficulties (13)
Actually, there is really no food among the items traded at the market, and almost all of them are unused things at home, such as old clothes, used kitchen utensils... But without exception, all people want to exchange is food.
But they didn't need these idle items either. After walking around for a while, they gave up and planned to leave the market. However, before they could go far, two people blocked their way.
Lao Gao recognized the two people in front of him. They were the faces that appeared on the black market when he was keeping an eye on the place yesterday.
Seeing that the man was standing still, Lao Gao asked, "What's the matter?"
The leader pointed at the bags on their backs and said, "Do you have any charcoal? Haven't you exchanged all the charcoal?"
Lao Gao nodded.
The man said, "I'll take whatever is left."
Lao Gao replied expressionlessly, "There are two more backpacks, but I only want food."
The man must have been observing them for a while, and without saying anything, he nodded and said, "Okay, two large bags of charcoal in exchange for 20 kilograms of food."
These 20 kilograms of grain are 10 kilograms of rice and 10 kilograms of flour. It is definitely not cost-effective to buy them by kilogram, but the charcoal takes up space. It is said to be as large as two large bags, but it is actually not durable when burned.
And coincidentally, the two bags of charcoal they had exchanged for exactly 20 kilograms of food, the types of which were scattered, but generally speaking, the difference was not much. It was obvious that these two people had been staring at the four of them from the beginning.
Lao Gao thought about it, hesitated for a moment, and then agreed. "Okay."
The transaction took place right there. After the man brought over two bags of food, they poured all the charcoal into the large bag in front of them. Seeing that the charcoal was indeed good, the man nodded with satisfaction and said, "My name is Dafei. I'm from the black market back there. If you want to trade anything else, just come to me. I'll definitely give you a fair price. Do you have any more of this charcoal?"
Lao Gao glanced at him and replied, "Yes, but it will take some time to make charcoal."
Da Fei laughed and said, "I just heard that your charcoal is made fresh. I didn't believe it. You really make it and sell it right away. So, I'm at the black market every day. When you're done, just come to me and I'll buy it all. You don't have to set up a stall."
Regardless of whether they would sell it in the future or not, they would definitely not refuse this request. Lao Gao agreed immediately, and then they left with the supplies.
Da Fei and the other two watched the four of them walk away and laughed, "As expected, the boss is right. In troubled times, there are always people without brains. There are still people who can make charcoal nowadays. Let's go and carry it back."
…
The appearance of Lan Jin and others and Mu Tan naturally gave the people in the black market a big surprise.
But at the same time, it also gave Lan Jin and the others a big surprise, "Today we..."
However, before Lan Jin could finish her words, three people rushed out from the corner and blocked their way. "Stop! Leave your bags behind and I'll spare your lives today. Otherwise..."
However, Ling Jiang couldn't wait for these people to finish their words, so he kicked them and beat them to the ground, unable to get up.
Did the whole process take one minute?
However, Ling Jiang paid no attention to these three people and continued to ask, "What did you just say?"
Forehead.
"Today went pretty smoothly."
"That's right. The key is that we got some flour. I really want to eat some flatbread. My grandma makes really delicious flatbread. I want to eat this tonight." Ling Jiang said excitedly, "Do you guys want some? Or why not let my grandma make it for us so we can eat together."
…
Just as Ling Jiang said, Grandma Ling's cooking skills were indeed very good. The pancakes were crispy and fragrant, and they were eaten with the leftover pickles, and they all enjoyed it with relish.
But after eating the pancakes, it’s time to talk about what to do next.
"We've finally established a connection with the black market today, so we can occasionally go there to exchange things if we have them."
Why only occasionally? There is a lot of wood, but only so much. They can change it temporarily, but not for a long time, so it can be used in emergencies like today.
The most important thing is to find food.
"Having said that, I'm afraid food may be hard to find. We've been wandering around here for so long, I'm afraid there's no food around here." Huang Jinghe asked.
"Not necessarily." Lao Gao pondered for a moment and said, "If there's no food nearby, then where did these people get their food? There must be some that slipped through the net, and we just haven't found it yet."
Lao Gao was certain that there were still food dens outside, they just hadn't found them yet. If they could just bust one or two of them, they wouldn't have to worry about these things for a long time. Moreover, they had already invested money in the black market. Even if it wasn't food, they thought the other party would take valuable things in exchange for food. Therefore, they couldn't stop going out to look for supplies.
Lao Gao suggested: "If we go out again later, we can split into two groups, one to go out and find supplies, and the other to stay home and make charcoal."
This is definitely no problem, but travel is still a big problem.
Lan Jin thought about it seriously for a moment and said, "What do you think? If I sit on the sled and let the dog pull me, can I go farther?"
This idea was very good, but Lan Jin's dog only listened to Lan Jin and didn't say anything else. It was impossible for the dog to pull the sled fast on that ground. When Lan Jin really sat on it, he fell down so badly.
Therefore, this idea is just an idea. Since they can no longer use ice skates, they still cannot go too far.
…
Before they figured out their next destination, Lan Jin was not idle at home either.
It's extremely cold now, with temperatures dropping to dozens of degrees below zero. If we don't take out the drinks in the space and freeze them, it would be a shame to this natural refrigerator.
At first, she prepared a lot of ordinary plain water ice cubes for herself, but except for ice cream, there was no ice cube for any flavored beverages.
Although it is OK to use it this way, it is not as convenient as freezing it separately.
Therefore, Lan Jin searched through the space and found all the containers and ice trays that could make ice.
She first froze the small ice cubes, then put them all into a large container and arranged them, repeating the cycle over and over again.
While chilling the ice cubes, she was also busy making carbonated drinks.
Carbonated drinks can become smoothies by being placed in the bottom layer of a refrigerator at -18 degrees Celsius for 3 or 4 hours. Now, it only takes half an hour for smoothies to appear in bottles of drinks.
Lan Jin waited for it to freeze a little harder before storing it all in the space. If the extreme cold passed...
In short, there is always a time when it can be used.
(End of this chapter)
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