Natural Disaster Apocalypse

Chapter 143:

Opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared. Originally, after the opening of the road between the two provinces, Cai Wentao had been thinking about the matter of dumping things. Now, seeing Qin Huai and the others making a big deal, the eagerness in his heart was even worse. But this matter has to be planned well, and now we can establish a good relationship with Qin Huai and the others, so that when he goes to Kangyun with his things, he won't be a headless chicken, at least he has a local person he knows.

Qin Huai and the others have a lot of money in their hands. For Mu Nan, he has never felt very safe about money. He always feels that if he does not replace it with supplies that can be piled up at home, money will not have much security, so he can use money If you buy something, spend all the money first, and then trade with materials after the money is spent.

There are many kinds of things in the market here in Qinghe, electronic products, books, some clothes and bedding, and even air-dried meat, but the meat does not look like animal meat at all, it is a black mass, Cai Wentao It is said that those are bamboo rat meat. Soak them in boiling water and fry them at home. The taste is still very good.

But Mu Nan was nervous about the word rat, even if he knew that bamboo rat meat was edible, it was still a bit difficult to accept physically.

Mu Nan said: "Is there anyone selling live animals in the market? Chickens and ducks?"

Cai Wentao said with a smile: "How could there be such a thing? Although it depends on the mountains, it is true that there is a lack of food. Don't look at the meat that can be sold in the market now. Just the bamboo rat, just an adult." It costs 20 yuan to cut the length of the forearm. Now the salary of a month’s hard work is only a little, and 100 yuan is not bad. Rent, water and electricity, rice, flour, grain and oil, all of these are used up and you have negative equity. Where is that? So don’t think that everyone here is not short of meat just because there is meat for sale, there is still a lot of shortage, and if you can really get the live chickens you want, you can only go through the relationship with the farm.”

Mu Nan quickly turned to look at him: "So you can still buy it?"

Cai Wentao didn't try to pretend to be a fat man with a swollen face: "I don't have such a network here, I only heard that there are some private channels, but they take big orders, not the kind of one or two, now this kind of Domesticated ones are harder to deal with than wild ones."

Qin Huai rubbed Mu Nan's hair: "Let's go around again, do you have any special products here?"

Cai Wentao said: "Special products may also be unacceptable to you, do you eat bamboo worms?"

Mu Nan shuddered immediately, shaking his head repeatedly, exuding the air of rejection from head to toe.

Qin Huai asked, "How does it taste?"

Cai Wentao smiled and said: "It can be described as extremely delicious. It must be deep-fried. Deep-fried in a large oil and sprinkled with a little salt, the meat will be delicious. If there are cumin or some aniseed ingredients in the oil , the taste is even better, if you want to eat soft ones, you can fry them for a while less, if you want to eat crispy ones, fry them for a little longer, and you can also fry the bamboo worms until they are crispy, and the oily aroma will be absolutely delicious after one bite."

Qin Huai asked, "How do you sell the bamboo worms?"

Cai Wentao is not sure, because the price varies from day to day: "It depends on the situation. Nowadays, people have less food to eat. Let alone deep-fried bamboo worms when they are hungry, live bamboo worms can be closed." Yan Tun, this area has not developed before, and it is backed by mountains. Many people have no food and are hungry to eat bark. The sun is so strong that even those big trees that have taken root for hundreds of years will die in the sun, let alone some other green Planting, the whole mountain is bare at a glance, and basically eats all the edible ones. There are too many poisonous insects in the deep forest, so no one goes in. Otherwise, they would have eaten bald long ago, so this bamboo insect is lucky to find one or two. For knotted bamboo tubes, you can buy three or five pieces for one or two yuan, if you are unlucky, you will not get much, so the price will naturally increase, and you can only buy two or three pieces for one or two yuan."

Although it seems that there are not many bamboo worms, last year's bamboo worms are obviously not as good as this year's. It seems that after a winter, those worms have absorbed enough nutrients and are quite fat. Insects are about as thick as an adult’s finger. This year, I found a lot of bamboo insects that are smaller, **** thick, and larger, as thick as half a palm. So although it seems that the price of each bamboo insect is not cheap, but in terms of size, Just two can cook a dish.

Seeing Qin Huai's agitated look, Mu Nan couldn't help showing panic in his eyes: "Brother, what do you want to do?" They don't lack meat, there is really no need to look at those bugs that can give goose bumps just by looking at them up.

Qin Huai stroked Mu Nan's back reassuringly: "Look first, if there are live worms, the price is right, you can ask for some."

Mu Nan was even more shocked: "Still, are you still alive?"

Qin Huai smiled and said: "People can accept grubs, but bamboo insects will be more acceptable. Let's look at the price first. If you can take some of the price back, let Jian Chu, Song Jia and the others be in the small Set up a stall in the square, fried and sold on the spot."

With a goal, they would naturally stop wandering in the market. The three of them went all the way to the back of the market, only to see a bamboo worm seller at a turning. Oil is very expensive now. Two yuan and three to five would be too bad. After all, oil is also a scarce thing, so it is usually sold live insects dug from the mountain.

Mu Nan couldn't accept that all the stalls in this circle were selling bamboo insects. Some of them were placed directly in woven baskets, and the white and fat things kept wriggling, which was disgusting. Others were placed in bamboo tubes, one by one. Climbing on the wall of the bamboo tube, just imagining it can numb the entire scalp, let alone looking at it.

Mu Nan was unwilling to take a step forward, Qin Huai had no choice but to let him wait outside: "Don't move around, don't walk around, call me if you need anything."

Mu Nan nodded humbly: "Hurry up, if you buy it, remember to pack it tightly, and don't let me see it."

Qin Huai chuckled, and Cai Wentao went directly to the bamboo worm seller.

Mu Nan turned his back to that side, and couldn't stand even looking at it from a distance, so he began to look at other people's stalls to divert his attention, otherwise even if he didn't look at it, it would be difficult to get rid of the picture in his mind.

At this glance, I saw an old lady with silver hair selling cloth. Those cloths are all solid color, a little grayish. For those who wear pure cotton, this kind of cloth is a bit rough to the touch.

Mu Nan asked the price curiously, but the old lady didn't want money, she wanted to exchange for food, and whispered in the local dialect: "I don't understand those mobile phones, I don't know how to get them, and I don't know how to get money into them." , don’t need money, just exchange for food.”

Mu Nan said: "Then how do you change the cloth? I have instant noodles, do you want instant noodles?"

He has a bag on his back. Although there is nothing in the bag, he can take it at any time. The instant noodles that were subsidized by the state before have not been touched much, not to mention that his brother bought a lot before, dozens of boxes in size. For instant noodles, I naturally thought of the rice that was distributed by the relief before, the kind of vacuum-packed ones, a small bag is two catties, and then said: "There is rice, can I change it?"

The old woman nodded again and again: "Change! This bundle is ten meters of cloth, and three catties of rice are exchanged for a bundle."

When Qin Huai came out, he was empty-handed, but he saw Mu Nan standing there waiting for him holding a pile of cloth, so he took the cloth over easily: "Why did you buy these cloth?"

Mu Nan said: "This cloth is more breathable and sweat-absorbing than pure cotton. You can make some vests and wear them at home. I thought the price was okay, so I changed some."

He asked for a lot, so he paid back the price a little. Two catties of rice cost a piece of ten-meter cloth. This was obviously homemade cloth weaved by himself later, not the kind of dirty cloth pulled from the ruins, so it was quite a bargain.

Qin Huai didn't ask how much it was for, but took the still heavy cloth and said, "Go back."

Mu Nan looked at him: "Didn't you buy it?"

Qin Huai said: "I bought it, and it will be delivered in one go in the morning of the day after tomorrow. All of them will be packed in bamboo tubes. When the time comes, we will go back and take them away directly, so as not to be difficult to deal with if we buy them now."

Mu Nan let out a cry, and went back home with Qin Huai. Now that they have almost understood what the market has here, they can go back and do some calculations. They haven't changed anything they brought, and they mainly want to change some chickens. If it really doesn't work, eggs that can hatch chickens are fine. If you still can't change it in the end, then get more bamboo worms and leather, at least change the materials on the surface.

When you go back, you can take some rice out of the space and share it with the neighbors, as if they bought it with money.

The three of them went to the neighborhood committee first. Qin Huai swiped his ID card and transferred the money to Cai Wentao's account after receiving the money. The leather and bamboo worms were all bought with money. They paid off together with the accommodation fee before returning. Cai's.

As soon as she saw the three of them, Aunt Yin fanned her big cattail fan and said, "I'll tell you when you come back, I asked you about buying chickens, and found a private way, but the price is not cheap. If you want, I will take you there now, and you can talk about it yourself."

Qin Huai quickly responded, "I'm sorry to trouble you."

Mu Nan quickly put the cloth back into the room, and then went with Qin Huai. Although Cai Wentao was already too sleepy, he followed. Maybe there will be a lot of money.

Aunt Yin took them to the back of a farm, and they could smell the smell of chicken excrement through the door, and there were all kinds of noises. Aunt Yin knocked on the door, and soon there was a skinny man The young man popped up, glanced at the people brought by Aunt Yin, and said, "Just them?"

Aunt Yin nodded: "Talk about it yourself, we'll go back first."

Cai Wentao wanted to stay and listen to the market, but he was dragged away by his mother. On the way back, he smiled and said: "I hope they can negotiate."

Cai Wentao came to his senses instantly: "Mom, are you still taking a commission?"

Aunt Yin glared at him: "I'm looking for a way to bridge the gap. Why don't you get a commission? It's not too much. A 3% commission is a little bit of hard work. On such a hot day, it's hard for someone to find a way out." The channel to buy goods should also earn some tea money."

Cai Wentao didn't think there was anything wrong with it, he just muttered: "Then it's better to talk about this matter directly, I still want to cooperate with them for a long time."

Aunt Yin turned her head quickly, with a bad expression on her face: "What is the cooperation? I won't agree to the transportation if you want to. It's dangerous. You just go to work honestly. Our family doesn't want to be rich or expensive, just be safe!"

The negotiation with Qinhuai went very smoothly. Although it was a trade in goods, it was enough for both parties to feel that they were not losing money. Fifteen catties of pumpkins, two catties of grapefruit sugar, and twenty pieces of soap were exchanged for ten chickens. The bargaining cost was only six. Four males, when the time comes, this person will come directly with the chicken coop, hand over the chicken and get the goods.

There are pumpkins in Kangyun, but they are grown in some private farms. Because this thing can be stored at high temperature, it can be used as a staple food and a vegetable, so many private farmers grow pumpkins. It is precisely because of this that Qin Huai will take it. Pumpkins come out for trade, but on Qinghe’s side, pumpkins are scarce and there are almost none on the market, so just exchanging a few big pumpkins for those chickens can make a profit, not to mention soap, anyway, the two sides trade Very happy.

When Mu Nan walked slowly towards Cai's house with Qin Huai, he sighed: "I hope my animal husbandry can develop well this time, and don't die halfway."

Qin Huai said: "No, I'll have a good check up tomorrow, as long as it's not a sick chicken, the electricity is running normally now, and there's a kang on the first floor, so I've made some preparations for this winter, and I think it won't be worse than last year. The second floor generates electricity for heating, and it can always be fed, but it’s really not good, we also brought back a lot of chickens during this trip, which can be eaten for several meals, and it’s worth it to go out to see the situation outside.”

This time the big head is settled, there is still a little soap and a few rabbits left, Qin Huai directly told Aunt Yin that he wanted to exchange some rice grains, rice or some miscellaneous grains, or sweet potatoes, fresh dry goods are all fine. .

This matter is easy to handle. The residents in their circle also have a group of owners. Aunt Yin often helps others in the group to sell some things, exchange or buy things. It's time to show up, and I want to exchange millet for a few bars of soap.

Some people still have corn and red beans at home, which are not suitable for staple food, and it is not a loss to change a little soap or meat.

People in twos and threes came together, because they all lived nearby, and the place of the transaction was Aunt Yin's house, so those who were familiar with each other were not afraid, and came directly with their own things.

Soon the soap and the little rabbit were replaced by bags of dried rice and grains, and even Mu Nan's last pound of grapefruit candy was replaced by several large bags of sealed dried sweet potatoes.

As for the fresh sweet potatoes, we don’t have any yet. Dried sweet potatoes are also in stock earlier, the ones sealed and vacuum-packed. Qin Huai checked the quality carefully. They have been placed for almost three years. Vacuum-packed, the contents inside are not bad, at least there is no mold and discoloration.

Seeing Qin Huai's careful inspection, the man hurriedly said: "It's all good, yesterday my family opened a bag of porridge, soaked it in water, the porridge is also sticky!"

Qin Huai saw that there was no problem, so he collected the things, and another sack of goods, at least he transferred out all the things in his hand.

Rested at Cai's house for another two days, and went shopping for two days in a row. When they encountered some things they hadn't seen in Kangyun, they bought them with money. They almost spent all the money before giving up. The transaction went smoothly. After killing the live chickens and bamboo worms, Qin Huai and Mu Nan left Cai's house in the early morning.

Looking at Uncle Cai and Cai Wentao who sent them out, Qin Huai smiled and said, "If there is a chance to come over next time, I will rent a room at your house."

Uncle Cai smiled heartily: "It's easy to say, welcome to come again."

After staying for such a few days, plus his wife's commission from selling chickens, they earned nearly twenty yuan, not to mention that Qin Huai thanked them for their help with the shipment, and even gave them a piece of soap. This soap is now rich I don't know where to buy it. It's a good thing for them. It's been a long time since I haven't been able to take a good bath.

On the way back, except for those chickens and bamboo worms that couldn’t be put into the space, Mu Nan put everything else into the space, trying to give these precious chickens a larger space to move around, although it was impossible to let them out of the cage , but the surrounding area is not so crowded, it looks looser anyway.

After tidying up the back seat, Mu Nan rubbed her neck and sat back in the co-pilot, fastened her seat belt: "I'm so tired, after this trip, I'm going back to sleep for three days."

Qin Huai said: "Aren't you going to sell bamboo worms?"

Mu Nan: "Sell it as soon as you get back?"

Qin Huai: "Of course, when we get to a place with a signal, we will contact Jian Chu and Song Jia and ask them to prepare the boiler for the stall. Put the fresh bamboo worms directly into the oil pan, sprinkle a little cumin chili powder, Go to the small square to set up a stall before the sun comes out, many people who have just got off work will pass by there, it is the best time to sell things.”

Seeing that Qin Huai had planned everything, Mu Nan naturally followed his plan: "I hope to sell all the properties at once. I feel that our whole small yard will be shadowed by this thing, but this trip went so smoothly. I thought there would be some uncontrollable situations.”

Qin Huai smiled: "That's because we went to Beishan, the most affluent place. Not all places in Qinghe are as peaceful as Beishan. It is said that many places are very chaotic, and no one cares about killing people and abducting people."

Mu Nan touched his stomach subconsciously. It's not that no one cares about him. Even if someone cares about him, he wouldn't be so rampant that he would rush into his little shabby house to rob and kill people. So no matter when, the world is divided, like The division between foreign countries and their countries, the division between the poor and the rich, even in the same region, there is a division between **** and heaven.

Seeing his movements, Qin Huai slowly slowed down the car: "What's the matter? Stomach discomfort?"

Mu Nan regained consciousness, shook her head, and quickly said, "I'm hungry."

Qin Huai laughed: "I just ate before departure, are you hungry so soon?"

Mu Nan took a lollipop from the space: "Let me eat candy, I won't be hungry if I have something in my mouth." I couldn't eat enough, so I also stuffed a lollipop into Qin Huai's mouth, even though I knew Qin Huai didn't like it. Eat sweets, but once in a while it's a treat for life.

The way back was very smooth. After all, it was the road we walked on when we came here. Qinhuai was almost speeding forward along the way. There were almost no vehicles on the road, let alone people. Naturally, there was no need to control the speed of the car. When it was almost at the high speed, Qin Huai found a fork in the dense forest, and when he came out again, one car turned into two.

The live chickens and worms were naturally in Qinhuai's car. Mu Nan drove his own car, took out all the things he had exchanged from Qinghe, and took some long-lasting vegetables and rice noodles from the space. They took more than 200 catties of rice. The rice was too good not because they were reluctant, but because it was not suitable. Now there is basically no good white rice, so they can only use the broken rice or the second-grade rice with a yellowish color.

When the car drove to the place where the mobile phone could finally receive a signal, Mu Nan made a video call with Jian Chu.

They have been walking for four days and three nights, and Jian Chu and the others are quite worried, mainly because they are worried about the chaos outside and it is not safe, and there are only two of them, so it is not easy to deal with any dangerous things. with.

When Mu Nan's video call came, Jian Chu was already lying in bed, and Yu Zibai just had a rest today, and the two of them tidied up the planting land at home, and did a big cleaning with the water they had accumulated for two days before going to bed. After a while, the phone rang, and when she saw it was Mu Nan, Jian Chu quickly sat up.

"What's the situation with you? Are you coming back?"

While driving, Mu Nan said, "We're coming back, the highway is almost over, you call Song Jia, my brother bought a batch of bamboo worms over there, and said that we should go to the small square to set up a stall to sell, you go In my kitchen on the second floor, the oil is in the lower cabinet, and the upper cabinet is some seasonings. Prepare everything from spiced star anise to cumin chili powder. Remember to bring a bucket of water. Think about what else is there for you. If you need to bring them, we will gather in the small square."

A video made Jian Chu wake up from all his drowsiness, and turned to look at Yu Zibai in bewilderment: "Bamboo worms?" What did they buy outside during this trip?

Qin Huai and Mu Nan went back home first, those chickens had to be kept at home, it was inconvenient to bring them in the car, Qin Huai drove an empty car to return the car, Mu Nan took a car full of things to the small square, Jane Chu Songjia, Yu Zibai and Wu Zheng were already there, and they were a little surprised to see Mu Nan driving a new car over.

Mu Nan said: "My brother made it outside, and we will have a car in our small yard in the future, so we don't need to line up to rent it when we have something to do."

Song Jia looked back and forth: "This car is so new."

Mu Nan smiled, thinking that of course it's new, it was just bought, the old one was really unable to avoid the camera and put it into the space, so apart from a RV, this is the only off-road car that was borrowed.

Mu Nan said: "That's a rare opportunity. I got it by chance. Hurry up and get the bamboo worms. If you don't do it, it will be dawn soon, and the worms will die."

As for the others, there is no need to say more. Anyway, no matter how hard you think about it, it is impossible to make up your mind to have the space to prepare supplies in advance. You will only think that they have a lot of ways. It is more convenient to say nothing than to say it.

Jian Chu was very resistant to this thing, and didn't want to get close to it, but Yu Zibai and the others were fine. When they saw stacks of bamboo tubes, they opened one casually, and there was a dense pile of white worms. Even if they were mentally prepared, they were still disgusted by the impact. for a moment.

Song Jia also hid far away, couldn't help but said to Mu Nan: "Why are you making such a disgusting thing, are there so many bugs over there?"

Mu Nan shook his head: "Not much, there is a shortage of food, but the backing, some meat sources are more or less more than ours, my brother said that there must be a market for frying bamboo worms directly, I discussed with my brother, the price At fifty cents a piece, Qinghe retails for about one yuan and three pieces, we made it round for people, and the price is lower, about five or six pieces for one yuan, and fifty cents a piece should not be a loss.”

When Qin Huai came over, he saw that a corner of the small square was already crowded with people. Wu Zheng was maintaining order, Yu Zibai was collecting money, and it was Daniel who fried the bamboo worms.

Mu Nan saw Qin Huai from a distance, and quickly waved to him. Qin Huai glanced at the stall, then looked at the three people sitting in a row and said, "Why is Daniel here?"

Mu Nan smiled and said: "Daniu got off work, and just happened to see us here, so we treated him to a freshly cooked bamboo worm, and Daniel said he would help us, probably because he saw that we really didn't want to get close to those Bugs."

Qin Huai said: "Then you guys just sit here, and I'll go and wash their bugs."

Mu Nan couldn't help but asked the two people beside him: "Do you think we can sell out in one go?"

Jian Chu said: "I don't know, it would be nice to have a small speaker."

Mu Nan thought about the space, and quickly said: "Yes, we saw a toy speaker at Qinghe's stall before, and I changed it. It's in the car, and I'll go get it."

The person who was busy frying and selling insects in front was suddenly startled by the sound of a trumpet behind him, and when he turned around, he saw Jian Chu standing on the stone platform with a trumpet and shouting: "Fried bamboo worms, fresh and delicious bamboo worms, The bamboo worms that grew up eating bamboo were just dug out from Qinghe Beishan. Don’t miss it when you pass by! This wave will be gone when they are sold out! Five cents for a piece of meat the size of a palm, three fresh bamboo worms for one yuan, deep-fried Fifty cents each with ingredients! Brother, come for bamboo worms, choose cumin and chili powder, and buy some bamboo worms with high protein and clean health for the children to go home with meat!"

Looking at Jian Chu who was shouting very vigorously with a loudspeaker, Song Jia couldn't help but said: "As long as it's about making money, it can revive him and awaken his vitality."

Mu Nan looked at Jian Chu with his hips akimbo and shouted with great vigor, and nodded: "Yes." This is probably the charm of wealth.