Chapter 255 Farmers' Market
Cheng Dongqing seemed to notice her unusual behavior and gently tugged at her sleeve.
She whispered, "Sister Yun Zhao, don't pay any attention to those kids. They're smarter than adults. They take advantage of their young age to scam people out of food and drink."
There is only one large base nearby.
Farmers' markets often attract many outsiders who come to trade, and they leave after buying or selling their goods.
To save costs, vendors often rent half of stalls with fewer goods.
The outsiders, unaware of the situation, took pity on the children and would occasionally give them food.
Once, Cheng Dongqing was guarding the stall here when he saw several children trick others into giving them food. They hid in a corner, eating while secretly laughing and cursing those people as idiots.
Yun Zhao glanced at him and said softly, "I know."
In such cold weather, wearing only thin clothes, it's clearly abnormal that the exposed skin doesn't have frostbite.
Cheng Dongqing's tone was somewhat emotional, "The large base is still very good. It provides living allowances for children under ten years old, and their parents can go to the relevant departments to collect living supplies every month."
Such as rice, oil, laundry detergent, and children's clothing.
Upon hearing this, Yun Zhao asked, "Have the people in our town gone to collect them yet?"
Cheng Dongqing shrugged. "After the old town mayor learned about the news, he went to the service hall to ask. The staff said that we are considered outsiders and must live there for a full year to enjoy these welfare policies."
This policy is said to be designed to prevent bad actors from exploiting loopholes to abduct children or use them to steal supplies from the base.
After living there for a year, I basically figured out his background.
We won't have to worry about anyone taking advantage of the situation.
Yun Zhao nodded. Indeed, without setting thresholds, crime can easily breed.
The two walked through the crowd, chatting as they went.
"Sister Yun Zhao, over there! That search team has indeed hunted another mutated animal today!" Cheng Dongqing had sharp eyes and saw the situation from afar.
The two walked through the crowd to a stall.
The so-called stall was a rectangular structure made of bricks and stones, about waist-high. The stall's countertop had a heavy wooden board covered with scratches and stains, leaving many marks.
A large canopy is built on top.
However, it was drafty on all sides and could not keep out the cold of winter at all.
In the most conspicuous spot of the stall, there seemed to be the carcass of a huge mutated animal, almost taking up all the space.
The meat sold at the farmers' market was unprocessed; hunting teams would drag it to the stalls and sell it directly.
Presumably to avoid frightening passersby, a gray cloth was placed over it, leaving only the animal's four legs exposed.
The stall owner was a tall sentry.
He saw Yun Zhao wearing a down jacket, covering herself up so that only her eyes were showing, and his gaze fell directly on her left shoulder.
The little bluebird was standing there.
It utterly detested being stared at, giving the stall owner a haughty and aloof look.
[Useless trash! What are you looking at!]
The stall owner awkwardly touched his nose, then stood up solicitously to greet him, "Hello, would you like to buy some meat?"
This young girl is clearly a valuable guide.
The guide actually came to tour the outer city.
Yun Zhao nodded and pointed under the gray cloth, "What kind of meat is this?"
The stall owner, afraid of frightening her, didn't lift the gray cloth. "It's a mutated wild... wild... wild..."
He had only spoken halfway through his sentence.
The stall owner caught a glimpse of what she was carrying and was completely stunned, pointing at the fire phoenix for a long time without being able to utter a complete sentence.
Two spiritual entities?
Can someone tell him why this guide has two identical spirit entities, only different colors!
How could one person possess two spiritual entities...?
"Mutant wild what?"
Yun Zhao thought he was a stutterer and comforted him, "It's okay, speak slowly."
It took the stall owner a while to recover his senses, and he stammered, "It's... a mutated wild boar. It was caught this morning. The boar is much bigger than before after the mutation, but the meat is still quite tender."
He finally finished speaking.
But he couldn't help but keep glancing back and forth at the two spiritual entities.
My heart was filled with doubt and shock.
I've never heard of anyone being able to awaken two spiritual entities. What's going on with this guide?
The little bluebird raised its head, made a 'pfft' sound, and looked extremely disgusted.
[Idiot.]
The phoenix flapped its wings, flew from the wooden frame to the stall, tilted its head to look into the gray cloth, and echoed: "Yes! Fool!"
The Fire Phoenix had already sensed that its own body was getting closer and closer.
The farmers' market was bustling with noise.
The fire phoenix could not tolerate such an environment, so Yun Zhao specially built a barrier for it before it came in, blocking out most of the noise.
However, the actual body is missing.
Xie Tu parked his car outside the farmers' market and waited, but never came in.
Yun Zhao was unaware of this. She noticed the stall owner's strange behavior but didn't explain. Instead, she lowered her head and asked, "How much is this meat?"
"Forty points per pound".
After the stall owner finished speaking, he immediately added, "Hunting in winter is more dangerous than in summer, so the price of meat is also a bit higher than in summer, but I can sell it to you at a discount if you want to buy it."
This is a guide, after all!
Moreover, he is a guide with two mysterious and unpredictable spiritual entities!
"If I need a large quantity, how much cheaper will it be if I buy a whole mutated wild boar?"
Yun Zhao added, "Just pay the market price."
She had no intention of taking advantage of others.
Winter hunting is dangerous, and these search party sentries risk their lives just to earn points to support their families.
Cheng Dongqing, who was standing to the side, was dumbfounded.
He thought Sister Yun Zhao was just buying some groceries and taking a stroll around.
The result is that you have to buy a whole mutated wild boar.
I should have called more people; he couldn't have carried it all by himself.
The stall owner was even more surprised and cautiously probed, "If you buy them all, it'll be 25 points per pound, is that alright?"
Yun Zhao nodded: "Okay, but can you help me handle this properly? I can pay you extra for the processing fee."
She doesn't know how to handle mutated wild boar carcasses.
I reckon Zhao Yan is in serious trouble too.
The stall owner waved his hands repeatedly, "No need...no processing fee."
They usually hunt one mutated animal, and sometimes it takes several days to sell them all. If a big buyer comes along, they can close up shop early and get a discount.
The stall owner's so-called processing was simply peeling and cutting it into several parts.
Mutant animals have a strong odor and require further processing.
Yun Zhao paid with the points, saying he would come back to pick them up later, and then asked Cheng Dongqing to go buy other items for making sausages and cured meat.
She specifically looked up the steps for making sausages before leaving home.
The seasonings are fine; there's a huge stock in the warehouse near the training ground. The main supplies are sausage casings and sausage-making tools.
When Cheng Dongqing learned that she wanted to make sausages and cured meat, he asked with a strange expression, "Sister Yunzhao, are you going to make them yourself?"
Will this work?
Yun Zhao, quite self-aware, replied, "I won't interfere. I'll ask everyone in town for help when I buy it."
Several hundred kilograms of meat are to be made into two kinds: sausages and cured meat. It is said that the cured meat will also be smoked.
Aunt Zhao can't handle it by herself.
It's better to ask someone from our own town to do this than an outsider.
Cheng Dongqing breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, as long as he didn't have to do it himself.
As the two turned to leave, a shout suddenly came from not far away, and they heard someone calling her.
"Yun! Miss Yun!"
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