Chapter 151: Half a Jar of Rock Candy
The process of fitting a prosthetic limb made from biological materials involves a lot of preparation, and Huai Yu was completely unaware of it.
At this moment, she was carefully stepping off the bus, carrying her heavy basket on her back. The weight nearly caused her to lose her balance and fall backward.
Fortunately, this time, she managed to hide the awkwardness. The basket was tightly covered, and the timing was different from last time, so no one intercepted her along the way.
When she reached the testing station, the four familiar staff members immediately brightened up and called out “Little niece” before quickly escorting her to a VIP room.
Though they were familiar with her, the testing procedure couldn’t be skipped.
As the basket was slowly conveyed into the machine, Huai Yu looked at the increasingly enthusiastic staff and asked curiously, “Did you like the yard-long beans from yesterday?”
The staff members’ eyes lit up, and they had been waiting for her to ask. One of them immediately gave a thumbs up and struggled to say, “Definitely worth it, totally worth it!”
Huai Yu smiled, but then furrowed her brow with some difficulty, “But today, I can’t sell them for 15 points, they need to be 20 points per pound… Do you still want some?”
Twenty points per pound was indeed not cheap.
To be honest, they earned just over a hundred points a month, and spending one-sixth of their salary on something fresh felt too extravagant.
But—
The staff nodded, “Yes!”
Even if they wouldn’t eat it themselves, selling it to others was still a nice source of income. This was the perk of their job.
However, seeing how Huai Yu seemed a bit naïve, they felt a little guilty.
After thinking for a moment, as the machine slowly spat out the test card, one of the staff members went out to whisper with the other three.
Not long after, they came back in and handed Huai Yu a large handful of sunflower seeds, stuffing them into her pocket without a word.
“Don’t refuse! It’s not anything special, these seeds have a mutation value of 21 and were discarded in the market. We think they’re still pretty full, so it would be a waste to throw them away, that’s why we collected them…”
Unfortunately, they didn’t dare to try any, given the mutation value of 21.
Now that the young girl was so well-behaved, they decided to give them to her.
Huai Yu blinked, thought about the book titled “Live towards the Sun” on her bedside, and immediately broke into a big smile, “Okay! Thank you, uncle!”
Then, she raised her wrist, waiting for the transaction to be completed.
…
After leaving the testing station, Huai Yu opened her pocket and looked at the heavy, full sunflower seeds. She couldn’t help but lightly pat them and then, full of anticipation, headed to Hua Xia Gold.
Boss Tang was still lounging lazily as usual. When he saw Huai Yu, his round, plump figure smoothly squeezed out from behind the counter, a big smile immediately spreading across his face, “Got some yard-long beans?”
“Yes,” Huai Yu nodded, slowly squatting down to place the basket on the guest service table.
She then stretched her shoulders and groaned as she relaxed her stiff muscles.
Boss Tang laughed, “Good, good, good! I knew you could do it—look at this, you’ve brought so much again. Must be tired, huh?”
He quickly moved a chair for Huai Yu and, while at it, carefully handed her a slightly yellow, semi-transparent irregular crystal, “Here! This is some rock candy I just got, from before the disaster!”
This was really high-quality stuff!
Huai Yu took it without hesitation, popping it into her mouth. Instantly, she was conquered by the cold and sweet taste.
She swung her legs while sitting in the high chair, her face filled with joy, “So sweet!”
“Right?” Boss Tang also became proud, “Of course, it’s me! A few years ago, this was a strategic resource, but this year, they’ve started relaxing things… Fortunately, I have connections, and I’m generous with the points, so that’s why they were willing to sell it to me!”
He took out some more rock candy to show Huai Yu, “But there’s not much left. I think these two jars of yellow rock candy were found somewhere in the kitchen… I couldn’t bear to sell it before.”
He looked at Huai Yu again, “If you want it, I can reluctantly sell you half a jar.”
“How much for half a jar?”
Huai Yu asked curiously.
Since this rock candy had been sealed the whole time and hadn’t been contaminated during the disaster, it was a rare and delicious treat.
Boss Tang hesitated, finally giving her a price with visible pain, “500.”
Huai Yu: “…”
She knew it was expensive, but she didn’t expect it to be this expensive!
She looked at the numbers on her wrist, and there were only a few points left before she hit the 10,000 mark—
“Forget it,” she gritted her teeth and refused, “I’ll look at the yard-long beans first.”
“The test card is here, mutation value is still 9.”
It seemed that it would remain at this value from now on.
The two baskets she picked yesterday had already been sold, and the vines still had quite a few beans that were slowly ripening.
But Huai Yu wasn’t in a hurry, the mature yard-long beans tasted better than the beans themselves, and anyway, they would all sell for money.
Boss Tang wasn’t being stingy either, “I told you I’m generous, I won’t be stingy with points! How much did you sell yesterday? 18 points? Not me, I take all of it, 20 points per pound!”
He said this with great confidence, but then his tone softened, “So, Little Yu, next time you have good stuff, don’t set up a stall in the market, come to me! I’ll take it all!”
“If I can’t take it, don’t worry, I’ll definitely find another buyer for you!”
“If you get a lot, I can even come and pick it up myself!”
Huai Yu had already explained that she wasn’t fond of selling it in the market—last time, organizing everything took quite a long time.
But this time, she simply nodded seriously and promised again, “Hmm, I’ll remember.”
…
This time, she sold a full 80 pounds of yard-long beans. After receiving 1600 points, Huai Yu looked at her 10,490 points and then glanced at the jar of rock candy beside her. She suddenly found herself in a dilemma.
Boss Tang was editing a message to send to his big clients. When he turned around and saw the young girl staring at the candy jar, he sighed, “Forget it, forget it. How many points can you spare? I’ll sell it to you.”
“500 points is already the lowest price. If I sold these to someone else, it would cost at least 700 or 800.”
Having spent some time getting to know Boss Tang, Huai Yu now understood his character. She hesitated and then raised her wrist, “I’ll buy it for 490 points.”
Boss Tang: …
“You kid!”
He thought Huai Yu was joking. He carefully weighed the entire jar of rock candy on the scale, then hesitated for a while before taking one piece out and placing it back.
“Here, 490 points worth.”
Looking at the scale, the two half-jars of rock candy weighed 1350g and 1344g respectively.
Huai Yu was immediately satisfied!
As she watched Boss Tang carefully wrap the rock candy and hand it to her, she felt like today had been a great harvest.
And…
She glanced at the time and realized that after waking up early, she had so much free time now!
This whole morning, she had gone to see Zhou Qian’s new house, prepared breakfast, and picked so many yard-long beans…
Now, after leaving the hospital, selling all the beans, it was only just past noon!
She thought for a moment and decided to visit the hospital again.
