Chapter 198: An experience of setting up a stall gave Fu Le a certain understanding of humanity in this post-apocalyptic world. At least, people still had a conscience towards children. No, to be precise, the order in the base was still preserved. This must be due to the great achievements of the administrators. I wonder what kind of people are in the management team.
Perhaps because the end times were too short, many beliefs were not completely destroyed. Of course, this is also related to the inherent virtues of the Chinese people.
Fu Le left, but the fact that she had milk also spread.
Upon entering the house and seeing its filthy state, Fu Le looked disgusted. "Well, I'd better fix it up," he thought, "otherwise it's uninhabitable, too dirty."
She pulled out a large roll of white wallpaper, and with the Little Prince's help, she didn't even need a ladder.
"Little Prince, move it to the left a little, yes, a little more, good, good, just like that, stick it on..." If someone came in at this moment, they would see one end of the wallpaper moving in mid-air.
Fu Le himself couldn't understand the Little Prince's invisibility ability. It was as if it was born unable to be seen, or perhaps it simply didn't want to be seen.
One person and one monkey worked tirelessly, completely renovating the walls. Then came the floor, which was washed clean and left to dry. It was that simple.
The dirtiest kitchen is of utmost importance.
The room, which was a little over ten square meters, was almost completely crammed with a large bed and a small table. As for the living room, there were a few long-legged wooden benches and a rectangular dining table.
After the man and the monkey finished their work, they stood in the living room, looking around, and seemed somewhat satisfied.
The Little Prince gently patted Fu Le's shoulder, then clutched his stomach: "I'm hungry."
All right!
"You've worked hard, here's something ready for you! Have some milk first." The little prince's special ring bowl was taken out, and he eagerly picked it up and drank from it.
Since it wasn't convenient to barbecue at the base, Fu Le had already barbecued dozens of kilograms of meat in advance and stored it away in his spatial storage.
“Little Prince, if there’s barbecue in here, we’re both doomed. Let’s keep a low profile and eat what’s served.” Fu Le said with a smile, stroking the monkey’s head.
The Little Prince nodded in agreement.
As for herself, she only eats about three to five rice balls, plus a spiritual fruit.
After eating and drinking to their hearts' content, Fu Le moved a small stool and sat down at the door, just like the old ladies in peacetime.
Not long after I sat down, the door next door opened, and a thin woman came out, carrying an aluminum basin covered with a gray cloth. At that moment, a man came in from outside, carrying a bucket that looked like an oil jug, filled with some murky water.
"You're back. I was just going out for a bit." It turned out to be the woman's husband.
The man pursed his lips and nodded, then walked in without a word, closing the door without even glancing at Fu Le. The woman, however, looked over after the man closed the door, met Fu Le's eyes, looked away somewhat embarrassed, and strode away, her anxious expression as if she were being watched and was in a panic.
Fu Le: ...
She looks scary?
Looking up at the sky, it was already around seven or eight o'clock in the evening. It wasn't much different from the daytime sky, just a difference between dark gray and light gray.
Villa area of the base.
"Where did you get the milk?" Yang Qian asked, her eyes filled with envy as she saw Yang Jian sucking on the milk.
The base does have milk, but they rarely get a chance to buy it; it's mostly distributed to higher-ups.
"I traded it with someone. They said there were some at the market in the southwest corner, sold by a woman. She had folding containers for keeping things fresh." Yang Jian is only fifteen years old this year, a time when he needs nutrition. Even though his family is quite well-off, he still can't afford to drink milk.
Things I didn't particularly like before the apocalypse now taste as delicious as nectar.
"Any more? I want some too?" Yang Qian walked over.
"That's all, just this one bag. We'll go to the market tomorrow to exchange it; it's only one colorless crystal core per bag." The family of six, excluding the grandparents, are all powerful individuals, so they acquired a lot of crystal cores. In less than a year, they moved from the slums to the villa area. However, this was only based on their strength, which is naturally different from those privileged individuals.
"Leave me a bite."
"It's gone!"
Yang Qian: !!!
"Yang Jian!! You big stingy old man, you're dead meat!!"
Yang Jian jumped up and dashed upstairs, with Yang Qian chasing after him.
The next morning, Fu Le found the exchange center.
The exchange center is laid out similarly to a bank. You have to pass the items you want through the glass window. There are display screens on both sides of the wall showing the items, with the quantity displayed in front and the quantity displayed in the back. You can choose and purchase items yourself.
They really have everything, from clothes to kitchen utensils to bicycles, all kinds of things, but the prices are a bit expensive. The cheapest thing is a stool, a colorless crystal core and a small stool.
After looking at the lifestyle category, Fu Le looked at the medical category. They were all common medicines, but the prices were prohibitive. A five-milliliter bottle of children's cold medicine cost one hundred colorless crystal cores, or ten points.
As for electrical appliances, their prices start at one red crystal core, making them items not for ordinary people.
The currency here is points or crystal cores. Crystal cores come in six colors: colorless, red, orange, yellow, green, and cyan. Colorless is level zero, while red, orange, yellow, green, and cyan range from level one to level five, with level five being the highest.
'Host, when are you going out hunting?' The shuttle suddenly appeared.
Are you in a hurry?
Shuttle: What do you think?
"I'll go tomorrow. I'll familiarize myself with the surrounding area today."
The shuttle fell silent.
"Is there anything you need to exchange?" A female staff member came over.
She noticed this woman had been standing there for a long time, not exchanging anything, just staring at the screen, so she came over to ask her.
Fu Le turned his head, "The ship, this one with 1,500 tons." Ten third-order crystal cores.
Li Zhilan: !!
"Are you kidding me?" Li Zhilan's face stiffened.
The base certainly has boats, but they are expensive. There is a water shortage everywhere, so who would buy boats? Besides, most people can't afford them anyway.
"Yeah, just kidding. Let me see what I want first. What's wrong? Is it not allowed?"
Li Lanzhi rolled her eyes, thinking he was a rich landlord in slippers, but it turned out he was a real poor bastard.
"If you're not going to buy, then get out. Don't just occupy the toilet without doing your business."
Fu Le gave a half-smile, “There are more than thirty machines in total, and not many people. There are five or six empty machines over there. How did I end up occupying one?”
"I said you're taking up the space, so hurry up and get out!" Li Lanzhi reached out to push Fu Le out.
Fu Le dodged to the side, turned and walked towards the counter, "Get your manager out here, I don't want to talk to idiots."
"Who are you calling an idiot?!"
"Anyone who takes that line is a fool."
Li Lanzhi rushed over in a fit of rage, her voice fierce, "Say that again if you dare!"
This commotion drew the attention of everyone around. Normally, people were very polite to the tellers, even if they were rude. This was the first time they had seen someone so defiant, and their numb eyes suddenly became more lively.
"Hey, that's enough already. Do you think you, a poor person, can meet with those in charge? If you don't have any points, get out!" Another teller stepped forward.
Fu Le: ...
Such bizarre things are rarely seen in real life, but now we've seen them in the apocalypse.
It doesn't seem surprising.
"I'll show you what you're talking about!!" Hearing someone chime in, Li Lanzhi's temper flared up, and she raised her hand and slapped him across the face.
A shout of "Oh!" came from the crowd, and Fu Le had already kicked out.
"Ah..." Li Lanzhi was kicked away without any surprise.
"Patrol team!!! Quick, go call the patrol team!!" the male staff member who chimed in excitedly called out. There really were people who seemed to thrive on chaos and went to find the patrol team.
"You dare hit me!! I'm going to send you to prison!!" Li Lanzhi sat up, clutching her stomach, the pain contorting her facial muscles.
The patrol arrived quickly, and Fu Le calmly sat at the counter to wait. It was just a prison; she'd been there before.
"What's going on? Who's fighting?" Two patrol teams arrived.
"It was her! She hit me! I just told her not to block everyone from shopping, and she hit me!" Li Lanzhi gritted her teeth and rushed to complain.
"What's your name? Where do you live?" The skinny patrolman looked down at Fu Le with an air of superiority.
Fu Le told him the truth.
"You hit her first?"
"No, she attacked me first, and I fought back in self-defense." In modern times, this would probably be considered mutual fighting, but here, it's hard to say. She wasn't afraid at all.
Another patrol officer went to the counter to check the surveillance footage and confirmed that Li Lanzhi had started the fight. He then came over to the patrol officer in front of Fu Le and said, "Since they've already started fighting, let's just leave it at that. We can't let them fight anymore. If they disrupt the base's order any further, we'll take them all to the station."
Li Lanzhi was furious, but she didn't dare to lash out on the spot. She glared at Fu Le and rushed out.
Fu Le watched the two patrol officers leave in surprise. Was the order in this apocalypse really this fair? How unbelievable.
"Fu Le!" A familiar voice broke Fu Le's thoughts.
It's Chen Hao.
"Here to buy something?"
Of the three teammates, two showed up: a woman named Ah Ling and Qian Da.
When Ah Ling saw Fu Le, her eyes were filled with a gentle smile and gratitude. "Miss Fu." The child liked the milk she bought from Fu Le very much. Although he had only drunk two bags, he seemed to be in much better spirits.
Qian Da also nodded and smiled amicably at Fu Le.
"Yes, I've come to buy weapons."
"What should I buy? Maybe I already have that."
Just as Chen Hao was about to speak, he suddenly realized that the people around him had not yet left, so he immediately stopped talking and said, "Let's go outside and talk."
Fu Le nodded, and the four of them walked out. The others dispersed, but many eyes still followed Fu Le.
"We want to buy guns, the ordinary kind," Chen Hao said frankly.
The most basic pistol contains a red crystal core, while the bullets are separate, each containing a colorless crystal core.
She also has regular handguns, just three of them, which she casually put into her spatial storage. The bullets are all universal; she's collected several boxes of them, which she bought casually when she was practicing shooting abroad.
"Let's go, let's go to my place."
Upon hearing this, Chen Hao was taken aback. This big shot even had a handgun? But thinking about it, it made sense. She dared to act as a lone wolf. Besides being a strength user, weapons were also essential.
The three of them followed Fu Le back to the residential area.
Stepping into Fu Le's house again, Chen Hao's eyes lit up when he saw the furnishings. It had been renovated, and although it was just a simple renovation, it was much cleaner and tidier.
"I decorated it myself, and I put up the wallpaper. It's pretty good, isn't it?" Noticing Chen Hao's unusual behavior, Fu Le immediately understood what he was thinking.
"Very good, clean and tidy. These pieces of furniture, you don't think they're yours, do you?" Chen Hao asked with a smile.
"Smart, but there's no reward."
Chen Hao and the other two were stunned. How big of a space folding storage device would it take to store so many things?
"Sit down and have some water." Fu Le poured a glass of water for the three of them into a disposable plastic cup.
The three of them sat down awkwardly, holding their cups, looking down at the crystal-clear water, and then downed it in one gulp. It was sweet and delicious, completely different from the bitter water they usually drank.
Fu Le took out three pistols and three boxes of bullets. "Thirty bullets per box, one pistol, and two red crystal cores will do."
Chen Hao looked up and saw the Desert Eagle on the table. He shuddered. The Desert Eagle cost the price of ten brown crystal cores, not including bullets.
"This is too valuable. A Desert Eagle costs ten crimson crystal cores, bullets are extra. I have exactly ten crimson crystal cores here, and these too, bullets, thirty bullets, and thirty colorless crystal cores." Chen Hao took out the crystal cores from the small space device at his waist and placed them on the table.
Fu Le greatly admired his straightforward manner. "How about this, let's change it. These two boxes of bullets are a gift from me."
"Thank you." Giving away two boxes meant sixty colorless crystal cores; they had taken advantage of them.
The three of them thanked him gratefully, their eyes sparkling as they looked at Fu Le.
After seeing the three off, Fu Le headed towards the market.
As soon as I arrived at the entrance, I saw that it was packed with people, just like a real market.
What are you doing?
What good stuff has arrived?
I was just about to join in the fun when suddenly, "Hey, it's her! She sells milk. Excuse me, excuse me, let the owner in."
A male voice rang out like a loudspeaker, and the crowd instantly parted to make way. At that moment, Fu Le had the illusion that she was some kind of high-ranking leader. Everyone's eyes were fixed on her, or rather, on her backpack.
It also included the jewelry vendors from yesterday; without exception, they all had packages hanging around their necks.
Fu Le was a little amused and walked in. "Hey girl, I saved this spot for you this morning. I won't give it to anyone else, hehe..." The man carrying the jadeite rough stood up with a grin and pointed to the spot where Fu Le had been yesterday.
Fu Le thanked him repeatedly, laid out a black cloth, and then poured out the milk from his backpack.
"Everyone line up, don't push. The boss has enough stock, and the shelf life is three days. Don't take too much." The jade shop owner started to maintain order, and everyone surprisingly obeyed the rules once again.
With a smile on his face, Fu Le let everyone line up before starting to collect the crystal cores.
"Boss, nine bags, I have a large family."
"Boss, I want twelve bags, a three-day supply, because I have a large family."
"boss……"
It's fortunate that Fu Le and the little prince drank twice as much this time, otherwise there really wouldn't be enough to sell today.
Yang Qian and her brother Yang Jian shook their heads in the crowd, occasionally craning their necks to see how many people were ahead of them. When it was finally their turn, an hour had passed. "Boss, sixty packs!!"
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