dognovel Chapter 277
Chapter 277
The two families came to the Xiguan greenhouse. The conditions were relatively simple. Some of them directly used the remaining stalls from the past, and those who had no space spread mats or sheets on the ground and placed the supplies they brought on them.
The small greenhouse is also very lively.
Zhou Shuwan and his family of six walked together and looked around, but didn't find any supplies that they particularly needed.
And, to be honest, most of these are private stalls, where they sell whatever they have in their homes, and the quantities are small.
Zhou Shuwan also saw two stalls selling coal slag, some of which were in the shape of coal cakes.
They must have been soaked and rotten by water during the flood season, and then dried up during the high temperature, and then taken out to be sold.
The quality is okay.
The Zhou family had a lot of coal, so she glanced at Qi Mingyu and asked, "Do you want some?"
The coal Qi Mingyu had stockpiled was only enough for him and his grandmother to use for two years, which was not too much, so he went up to ask about the price.
The boss was a frail man in his fifties, hunched over. Perhaps tired from pulling such a large pile of coal slag, his voice was a little hoarse. He raised his head and gestured, "I only want to exchange it for food. Coal is expensive now. 10 kilograms of coal for 1 kilogram of compressed biscuits."
This price is not cheap!
Coal is heavy, and even if compressed biscuits are heavier than ordinary food, they can never compare to coal.
If you want one ton of coal, you need 1000 kilograms of compressed biscuits.
No one can come up with so much!
During extreme cold periods, coal needs to be burned day and night, and one ton of coal is enough to burn for more than a month.
But if it is compressed biscuits, eating only 100 compressed biscuits a month will provide enough nutrition and energy.
"Uncle, this is too expensive." Zhou Shuwan couldn't help but complain.
"How much are you going to take?" The old man seemed to know that the price he was asking was outrageous. He was very polite and pointed to the tricycle behind him: "This took my wife, son, and I many trips to pull out."
"Is this all you have? Or do you have more at home?" Qi Mingyu asked.
It will definitely be used in the extreme cold period in the future, and the price will only be higher then, so Qi Mingyu wanted to stock up some when he saw it.
What belongs to the Zhou family belongs to the Zhou family. If the family has sufficient supplies, there will be no problem of who takes advantage of whom even if the two families live together in the future.
He can also be more comfortable.
When the old man heard this, he knew that a big business had come, and he stood up and said, "Yes, I have more at home. Here is exactly one ton of coal, and I have a few more at home."
Judging from the way he speaks and behaves, he seems to be from a nearby village, otherwise his house wouldn't have enough space to store coal.
Qi Mingyu thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll just take four tons of coal. Can you deliver it?"
"I will take care of it! I will take care of it!" The old man was very excited and nodded repeatedly. "My family owns a coal briquette factory. These are all coal briquettes I had stored away, waiting to be sold. But then the apocalypse came, and they were ruined like this! They can still be used! Where are you at home? My son and I will deliver them to your house."
They don’t have a car, but they can use a tricycle to deliver goods, and they can deliver enough by making a few trips.
Qi Mingyu said, "I don't have that many compressed biscuits. If you just want food, I have something else we can discuss."
They talked in low voices, and Zhou Shuwan also joined in the bargaining.
最后4吨煤渣以100斤压缩饼干、100斤鱼肉罐头、100斤红薯粉条、100袋真空包装的烧鹅成交。
The old man hadn't expected to be able to exchange so much food at once, and he was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling. Fearing that he would lose money on the order, he hurriedly asked, "Where is your home? Why don't I let my son go with you?"
He hurriedly called out to a young man selling sundries from the coal briquette factory at another stall, "Xiao San, Xiao San, come here quickly!"
Qi Mingyu said, "It's okay. I'll tell you the address and you can just send it there. I'll also deliver the food we agreed on when the time comes."
"OK, OK!"
After they passed by, Grandma Pang asked, "Xiao Yu, we need so much coal slag, can we use it all?"
Qi Mingyu smiled and explained the urgent need for coal during extreme cold periods, then added, "We have enough food, so it's better to stock up on other supplies."
Grandma Pang was relieved. "Then where will we put the coal slag?"
Qi Mingyu glanced at Zhou Shuwan and said, "Don't worry, grandma, I have a place to store it. It's safe."
"That's good!"
Walking to one of the stalls, Zhou Shuwan saw that the stalls were selling small and delicate hairpins made of wool. She thought to herself, who would have the mood to wear these flashy things now?
She looked up, and when she saw that slightly familiar thin face, she was stunned for a moment, then looked at it carefully, and then she shouted in disbelief and surprise: "Senior sister?"
Zhang Jia looked up and saw an unexpected person.
"Shu Wan?"
"Senior sister, why are you here?" Zhou Shuwan was very surprised.
Zhang Jia is in a neighboring city. Although it only took an hour to drive there before the apocalypse, after the apocalypse, the traffic was cut off and it was not a distance that could be reached easily.
Also, the other person is very thin, with sunken cheeks, and looks unrecognizable. What's going on?
"You, didn't find your parents?"
A tear flashed across Zhang Jia's eyes, but she quickly wiped it away and smiled bitterly: "Shu Wan, I'm really happy to see you!"
Because of such a small accident.
The two families could no longer continue their shopping trip.
Zhong Tiyun and Zhou Jianghai both knew that in their daughter's dream, it was Zhang Jia who had been taking care of their daughter on her journey north and had even taken her in for more than half a year.
They were grateful to her, too.
As soon as Zhong Tiyun saw her condition, she knew that something bad had happened, so she hurriedly said, "Wanwan, since she is your senior, you two should get together and talk. We will go somewhere else with Xiaoyu and Grandma Pang."
"Row!"
Zhou Shuwan helped Zhang Jia pack up the stall, and the two went to a less crowded place outside the Xiguan greenhouse to talk.
Zhang Jia, looking haggard, sat on the cliff and whispered, "Shu Wan, I came to J City to seek refuge with you! But I didn't know your home address, and I had no idea where to go by boat, so I was eventually sent to a resettlement site. I had no supplies at the time, but thankfully, your government distributed supplies every three days, so I was able to barely survive."
Later, during the heatwave, I heard someone had set up a survivors' apartment complex here, so I went there. When the apartment complex closed, I returned to my original resettlement site. Now that the weather is perfect, I was thinking about exchanging some supplies, so I bought some hairpins and flowers to sell. And then, by chance, I bumped into you!
In just a few words, she expressed all the sadness and hardships she had experienced along the way.
Zhou Shuwan was puzzled: "Senior sister, you came to J City so early? Where are your parents? Where are your brother and sister-in-law? Could it be..."
Was there an accident?