Chapter 142: Let’s Take a Photo
Huai Yu was rubbing her shoulder and aimlessly wandering around the trading market.
She hadn’t really planned to buy anything, but since she was already there, it felt odd not to browse around.
However, she didn’t dare to go straight to Huaxia Gold.
For some reason, although she hadn’t promised the boss to sell the cowpeas to him, she still felt inexplicably guilty and short of breath.
Now, as she walked down the street, her backpack was empty, but her bracelet had over 1000 points added. If she kept earning like this, wouldn’t hitting 10,000 points be just around the corner?
Suddenly, someone stood in front of her.
The person was round, with a face as puffed up as a steamed bun, full of resentment, and an aura of grievance that was hard to miss!
Huai Yu: “…Ah, Boss Tang.”
After thinking for a moment, she added, “What brings you out shopping?”
Boss Tang’s voice was as soft as the wind, “Yeah, you tell me, why am I not at the shop playing games, but here shopping instead?”
“If I didn’t go shopping, I wouldn’t have realized I didn’t buy any cowpeas!”
“A great product with a mutation value of 9, I always thought I was the only one with access to it, but I didn’t expect…”
He said with pain, “The price of 18 points per kilogram is even worse than my wholesale price!”
Huai Yu: …
She felt even more guilty!
At this moment, she could only sigh, “I did intend to sell them to you… Look, I’m carrying a hundred and eighty pounds, coming all the way from the Rose Corridor. It’s so tough…”
Huai Yu spoke with a pitiful yet motivational tone.
The 180-pound backpack was indeed heavy for her, but she had learned to push her bicycle to the bus station, then hide it in the tall wild grass.
Actually, it probably wouldn’t matter if she didn’t hide it, since that bus station, except for the occasional military guards, had no one around at other times.
The hardest part was getting on the bus while carrying the backpack, sitting down with it, and then getting off the bus, walking from the trading market to Huaxia Gold.
But now, she had done enough physical work, and this weight was tough but manageable for a short walk.
But when she described it this way, Boss Tang looked at her thin, pale face and could no longer keep his resentment.
Huai Yu continued, “…Then I accidentally got stopped. Everyone was so enthusiastic, and I didn’t have the heart to sell at a high price…”
“Forget it!” Boss Tang’s tone softened first.
“You’ve been working hard, so just sell it.”
“But next time, next time, sell it for a higher price! At least 20 points, okay? If it’s below 20, no one will be able to do business in the whole market.”
“Okay!” Huai Yu immediately agreed, and even began to make future plans for Boss Tang: “I still have lots of vegetables, and right now the cowpeas are the most. By the end of the month, I’ll have some greens, and next month I’ll have cucumbers, eggplants, and tomatoes…”
She looked at Boss Tang with firm eyes, “I’ll sell them all to you!”
Boss Tang instantly smiled with joy.
“We’ve got a deal! Once the yield stabilizes, I’ll come to the station to pick you up!”
He paused, then seemed to have an idea, “Or… I could go collect the vegetables near your house?”
Suddenly, he seemed eager, “At that time, I’ll bring a camera. Little Yu, how about you take a close-up shot of the Rose Corridor for us!”
Huai Yu was curious, “How close?”
Boss Tang thought for a moment, “At least… at least about 20 meters away, right? You said you have good charisma, that distance should work, right?”
Huai Yu, “…I can do it.”
Her response was a bit reluctant, and Boss Tang wasn’t quite convinced, “Really? Don’t make stuff up, it could go wrong.”
Huai Yu, “…When you get there, you can measure it yourself.”
Boss Tang: …
He quickly changed the subject, “So, will you be selling vegetables tomorrow? Just the cowpeas like this?”
Huai Yu thought for a moment, “Do you buy dried cowpeas here?”
“200 points per kilogram.”
Cowpeas were heavy, and a kilogram didn’t go very far—just enough to taste. When dried, it was even less; it took 8 kilograms to make just 1 kilogram.
But summer was coming soon, so drying them wouldn’t take much effort, and the weight of the basket wouldn’t be as bad. Huai Yu was just asking in advance.
Boss Tang looked troubled, “Dried products aren’t as popular as fresh ones…”
After all, with the disaster years, the chances of people getting fresh vegetables were few and far between. Fresh cowpeas and dried cowpeas were clearly not a difficult choice for most people.
“Making them into sour beans might sell better, but fresh cowpeas are still the most popular.”
Huai Yu understood.
She was glad she asked in advance; otherwise, she wouldn’t have thought of that.
She’d still go with fresh ones.
But at home, she could store some sour beans and dried cowpeas, as there were quite a few fermenting and storing barrels made of resin plastic in the pile of junk from Shen Xing.
The next problem was the refrigerator.
At that moment, Huai Yu truly felt the inconvenience of living in a remote place. For example, if she wanted to buy meat in the summer, it would probably need to be eaten the same day.
High temperatures really weren’t suitable for food storage.
As they continued talking, they walked toward the store. At that point, Huai Yu suddenly remembered a question she had been meaning to ask earlier, “Boss Tang, do you know why Uncle Zaozi can be exempt from labor?”
Boss Tang froze for a moment, then asked, “You don’t know?”
Huai Yu shook her head, “We’ve never talked about it.”
Boss Tang hesitated for a moment, “They have two kids, both of whom have special abilities, and both joined the Guard Army.”
Huai Yu’s heart skipped a beat, and she suddenly had a bad feeling.
She quickly shook her head, “I don’t want to know, I’m not that curious.”
Now it was Boss Tang’s turn to be helpless, “You’ve already asked, and I’ve noticed you’ve been getting close, so I’m trying to help—listen, Little Yu, you can’t bury your head like an ostrich.”
“Besides, you’re quite capable. Maybe knowing more will help them.”
Huai Yu’s refusal was interrupted.
“Okay, fine.” She looked at Boss Tang, “What happened next?”
“Then… two years ago, they both sacrificed themselves.”
Even though Huai Yu had already had an inkling, it still felt heavy in her heart.
“But many people were sacrificed in that incident, and their bodies are still in the wilderness.”
“You didn’t notice the woman who owns the home goods store, did you? She’s actually gone mad. She seems fine on the outside, but every now and then, she goes out to show off her kids. She just can’t accept what happened.”
“Then… their family started thinking about earning points, hoping to get enough to have connections with powerful exploration teams to bring their children back…”
“But you know, bringing their children back? Even bringing back a little relic from the wilderness is incredibly difficult.”
“After all, the places where the Guard Army sacrificed were either near the core areas or had extremely dangerous mutated plants and animals.”
“Exploration teams only want to earn points, they’re not trying to risk their lives.”
“They can’t even get close, so how could they bring them back?”
