dognovel Chapter 361
Chapter 361
Zhou Shuwan took out some fruit tree seedlings, small watermelons, strawberries, blueberries, grapes, cherry tomatoes, kumquats, dragon fruits, etc. from the space.
Except for grapes, the growing period of other fruits is relatively short, which is very suitable for planting in the precarious end times.
Looking at these green plants, Grandma Pang's eyes lit up: "Wanwan, where did you exchange these fruit seedlings from? They look so fresh!"
"We found it on our way south, but Grandma, Mumu, don't tell anyone outside. If anyone asks, just say you don't know."
Qi Mingyu gave serious instructions.
Nowadays, any plant with green leaves is very valuable.
Grandma Pang and Mu Mu both understood the principle of being in possession of a treasure and nodded quickly.
Grandma Pang even complained half-heartedly, "You're treating me like a child more and more. I don't know the seriousness of the matter!"
Qi Mingyu smiled good-naturedly: "Grandma, I just want to give you one word of advice."
"No need for you to tell me." Grandma Pang glared at him.
The whole family laughed.
Qi Mingyu coughed lightly and continued talking about the materials to be prepared.
Zhou Shuwan and he drove to the base's material exchange office to exchange cement, sand, wood and other construction materials according to the recorded material list.
This exchange office, also newly opened at the base, serves as a place for the government and private sector to exchange goods. It offers reasonable prices and a wide variety of goods. Each type of good has very detailed exchange standards.
Therefore, even though it has only been open for half a month, it is already bustling with people coming and going.
There was a long queue at the exchange window for food and daily necessities, but there were far fewer people at the building materials counter.
Most of the survivors living in the base today do not have the ability to renovate the houses allocated to them, and many of them do not even have their own houses.
But when the large group of people from J City arrive in the future, the window for building materials will be crowded with people every day, and building materials will be exchanged for high prices.
Now, because the new base is still under construction and the floors of the community have been basically completed, the remaining various building materials are temporarily taken out for exchange with the public, and the price is also cheap.
Qi Mingyu and Zhou Shuwan exchanged fifty kilograms of kelp and one hundred kilograms of sweet dried fish for half a truckload of building materials. They took the rest out of Zhou Shuwan's space, covered it with oilcloth, and pulled it back, pretending that they had found it outside.
After putting the building materials in their villa, Zhou Shuwan and his family went for a stroll to the base square.
The base material exchange office is at the innermost part of the square, not far away.
The base square is the very center of the entire base, where speeches, training sessions, and activities are held.
Therefore, the entire square is very spacious, paved with clean cement, and has a platform in the middle.
The buildings around the square all have shops on the first floor, most of which are rather desolate, with only a few shops open for business.
The decoration of these stores is very simple, with white-painted walls and some simple counters and shelves, which are completely as exquisite as the shops in shopping malls before the apocalypse.
A store sells canned meat and compressed biscuits. The shelves are filled with a wide variety of canned goods and biscuits, attracting many customers to stop and choose.
The shop next door sells clothes and fabrics. Summer skirts, winter down jackets, spring and autumn sweaters, cashmere, etc. are all hung there. They look like old inventory, and no one knows how they have been preserved until now.
There is also a shop selling mutant potatoes, which have a high yield. They are piled up in several large piles on the shelves, and several customers are picking them with bags.
After walking two doors further, they saw a shop with a sign that said "daily necessities". Zhou Shuwan and Qi Mingyu walked in to take a look. They saw that the shop sold some simple daily necessities, such as toothbrushes, towels, soap, laundry detergent, etc. Although there were not many varieties, they were all necessities of life.
I asked about the prices and they were all quite expensive.
The two walked out and walked forward, and then they saw a fruit shop. This was really a pleasant surprise.
There are several bamboo baskets placed in front of the fruit shop, filled with oranges, apples and grapes. Although they look ordinary, they are indeed real fruits.
Passersby hadn't eaten fresh fruit for a long time, and they couldn't help but stop and greedily breathe in the unique fragrance of the fruit.
"How much is this fruit?" Zhou Shuwan walked to the fruit stall and asked, pointing at the apples in the basket.
The fruit shop owner was a middle-aged man. He looked at Zhou Shuwan and held up two fingers: "Ten compressed biscuits for one."
This price is really not low.
Zhou Shuwan frowned slightly: "Where is this bunch of grapes?"
"Twenty compressed biscuits!"
The onlookers gasped.
The boss' eyes widened. "These fruits are all grown in greenhouses, which is very expensive. Look at these apples, they're big, red, and so sweet. Just smell them! They're so sweet! We put a lot of effort into growing apple trees after the apocalypse! How can they be the same as before the apocalypse?"
After he finished speaking, everyone fell silent and just looked at him enviously.
Zhou Shuwan carefully examined the apple. Although the fruit was small, its color was indeed bright. He asked, "Is this fruit grown in a greenhouse? Is it treated with nutrient solution?"
She didn't mean to ask.
The boss looked at her warily and lowered his voice: "We just moved the good fruit trees from before the apocalypse and planted them in the greenhouse. Why are you asking these questions?"
Zhou Shuwan's eyes flashed, and he pulled out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket: "How about this pack of cigarettes in exchange for an apple, a bunch of grapes, and an orange?"
The boss took the cigarette, sniffed it, and seeing that it hadn't gone bad at all, his eyes lit up. He immediately took out an apple, a bunch of grapes, and an orange from the basket, put them in a plastic bag, and handed it to Zhou Shuwan, saying with a smile, "Thank you for your patronage! Come again next time!"
Zhou Shuwan took the fruit, smiled and said nothing.
The living conditions of plants after the apocalypse were extremely poor, and she didn't know how these fruits were grown. She didn't dare to eat them easily, but just wanted to take them back for research.
Seeing her casually holding a box of cigarettes, others looked at her with curiosity and envy.
Qi Mingyu held her hand tightly and said softly, "Let's go."
Zhou Shuwan nodded.
They walked forward along the square, passed the row of shops, and saw six-story buildings in front of them.
It looks spectacular from a distance.
Some households have already started climbing up and down to move their luggage.
The new base was built entirely according to the structure of a large community. In addition to residential buildings and shops, there are also hospitals, factories, government buildings, etc.
The streets are meticulously planned. Because of concerns about acid rain corrosion, the rooftops of each building are built one centimeter thicker than normal. The roofs and walls of the villa complex are also constructed from special materials to minimize corrosion.
There are street lights installed on both sides of the road, but the lights have not been installed yet and the workers are installing the wires.