(MTL) Natural Disaster Apocalypse

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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 smiled and said, "How could there be such a thing ? Meat can still be sold in the market now. Just the bamboo rat, which is as long as the forearm of an adult, costs 20 yuan. Now a month's salary for hard work is only a little, and 100 yuan is a lot. Not bad, rent, water, electricity, rice, flour, grain and oil, these will be negative assets once they are consumed, where there is such a condition to buy, so don't think that everyone here is not short of meat because there is meat for sale, there is still a shortage, and you can really get what you want The live chickens can only be related to the farm."

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

Cai Wentao didn't slap his face to pretend to be fat: "I don't have this here. I only heard that there are some private channels, but they take big orders, not the kind of one or two, and now this kind of domesticated ones are more difficult 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: "Maybe special products are not acceptable to you, do you eat bamboo worms?"

Mu Nan shuddered suddenly, shaking his head repeatedly, exuding rejection from head to toe.

Qin Huai asked, "How's the taste?"

Cai Wentao smiled and said, "It can be described as delicious. It must be deep-fried. Deep-fry in a large oil. Sprinkle a little salt, and the meat will lose its fragrance. If you can have cumin or some aniseed ingredients in oil, the taste will be even better. If you want to eat soft ones, fry them for a while less, and if you want crispy ones, fry them for a while longer. You can also fry the bamboo worms so that they are crispy. The smell of the oil is absolutely amazing."

Qin Huai said: "How do you sell bamboo worms?"

Cai Wentao is not sure, because the price varies from day to day: "It depends on the situation, people can eat less now, don't eat if they are hungry. Speaking of deep-fried bamboo worms, live bamboo worms can be swallowed with closed eyes. Before this place has not developed yet, and it is backed by mountains, many people have no food and are hungry to gnaw on the bark. The big trees are going to die in the sun, not to mention some other green plants. The whole mountain looks 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 it will be too late. So the bamboo worm is lucky enough to find one or two pieces of bamboo tubes, and it looks like three or five pieces for one or two yuan. Two or three."

Although it seems that there are not many bamboo worms, last year's bamboo worms are obviously not as good as this year's, as if after a winter, those worms have absorbed enough nutrients and become much fatter In the past, bamboo worms were almost as thick as an adult's finger. This year, I found a lot of bamboo worms that were smaller, two fingers thick, and larger, as thick as half a palm. So although it seems that the price of each piece is not cheap, but In terms of volume, 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 surprised: "Still, still alive?"

Qin Huai said with a smile: "People can accept grubs, but bamboo worms will be more acceptable. Let's look at the price first. The price is OK. Just take some back home, and let Jian Chu and Song Jia set up a stall in the small square and fry them up and sell them on the spot." With a

goal, they would naturally stop wandering in the market, and the three of them walked all the way to the back of the market , I just saw bamboo worms at a turning point. Now the oil is very expensive. If you sell the fried ones directly, it will be too bad for one, two, three or five. After all, oil is also a scarce thing, so it is generally sold. Sell ​​live worms dug from the mountains.

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 have anything."

Mu Nan nodded: "Hurry up!" If you buy it, remember to pack it tightly so that I don't 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 exchange this 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. Instant noodles, naturally I thought of the rice that was distributed by the relief before, the kind of vacuum-packed, a small bag is two catties, and then said: "There is rice too, can I change it?" The old woman nodded repeatedly: "Change! This

one The bundle is ten meters of cloth, and three catties of rice

is exchanged for one bundle." Qin Huai came out empty-handed, but saw Mu Nan standing there waiting for him holding a pile of cloth, so he took the cloth over easily: " How did you buy these cloths?"

Mu Nan said: "These cloths are more breathable and sweat-absorbent than pure cotton ones, so you can make some vests and wear them at home, thinking that the price is not bad, so I changed some." He asked for more and returned a

little As for the price, two catties of rice cost a ten-meter piece of cloth. This is obviously a homemade cloth weaved by myself later, not the kind of dirty cloth pulled out of the ruins, so it is quite a bargain.

Qin Huai didn't ask how much it was for, but took the 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 a one-off in the morning the day after tomorrow. Delivery, all packed in bamboo tubes, we will take them away when we go back, so as not to be difficult to deal with if we buy it now."

Mu Nan said oh, and went back home with Qin Huai, now they almost understand this place You can go back and do some calculations. They haven't changed the things they brought. They mainly want to change some chickens. If it doesn't work, eggs that can hatch chickens are fine. If they still can't be changed in the end, then Get more bamboo worms and skins, 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."

Mu Nan quickly put the cloth back in the room, and then went with Qin Huai, although Cai Wentao was already sleepy It's too late, but he followed suit. He was also curious about the way his mother found. If it can develop for a long time, it might bring in a lot of money in the future.

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 that Aunt Yin was

leading, and said: "Just them

? " I checked the market, but was dragged away by my mother. On the way back, he still smiled and said: "I hope they can negotiate a deal."

Cai Wentao reacted instantly: "Mom, are you still taking a commission in the middle?"

What's the matter with the commission, and don't want too much, the 3% commission is a little bit of hard work, in such a hot day, it should be a way for people to find a way to buy goods, and earn some tea money." Cai

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

Aunt Yin quickly turned her head back, with a bad expression: "What are you cooperating with? You want to transport me?" Don't agree, it's so dangerous, you just go to work honestly, our family doesn't want to be rich and powerful, just be safe and sound!"

Qin Huai's negotiation went smoothly, although the transaction was in goods, neither of them felt that Losing money is fine. Fifteen catties of pumpkins, two catties of grapefruit sugar, and twenty pieces of soap are exchanged for ten chickens. It takes six females and four males to bargain. At that time, this person will come directly with the chicken cage and hand over the chickens with one hand. 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 still sighed: "I hope my animal husbandry can develop well this time, and don't die halfway." Qin Huai said: "No, I will check it out tomorrow

. Let's see, as long as it's not a sick chicken, the electricity is running normally, and the first floor is still on the kang. This year's winter has been prepared, and I think it won't be worse than last year. At worst, we will generate electricity and heat on the second floor, and we can always support it. No, we brought back a lot of chickens this trip, and we could eat several meals, and it was worth it to go out and see the outside situation."

This time the big head is done, and there is still a little soap and a few For a rabbit, Qin Huai directly told Aunt Yin that he wanted to exchange some rice grains, rice or some miscellaneous grains, or sweet potatoes, fresh and 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, I opened a bag of porridge at home and soaked it in water. The porridge is also glutinous!" Seeing that there was no problem, Qin Huai put away the things

. Another sack of goods was collected, at least all the things in his hand were transferred out.

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 you have 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."

Living like this In a few days, plus his wife's commission from selling chickens, they made almost twenty yuan, not to mention that Qin Huai thanked them for their help with the shipment, and even gave them a piece of soap, which is not worth the money now Knowing where to buy it is a good thing for them, and it has been a long time since they have 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 his neck and sat back in the co-pilot, fastened his seat belt: "I'm so tired, I'm going to go back and sleep for three days after this trip."

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 already planned, Mu Nan naturally followed his plan: "I hope I sold all the properties at once. I feel that our whole small yard is covered by this thing, but this trip went so smoothly. I thought there would be some uncontrollable situations." Qin Huai smiled: "

Then It's because we went to Beishan, the most affluent place, and not all places in Qinghe are as peaceful as Beishan, many places are said to be very chaotic, and no one cares about killing and trafficking." Mu Nan touched his stomach subconsciously

, It's not that no one cares about it, and someone who cares about it won't be rampant enough to 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 poor and the rich The division of people, even in the same region, has the division of hell and heaven.

Seeing his movements, Qin Huai slowly slowed down the car: "What's the matter? I feel sick to my stomach?"

Mu Nan came back to his senses, shook his 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 and said, "Let me eat candy, I won't be hungry if I have something in my mouth." I couldn't eat enough, and stuffed it into Qin Huai's mouth One, although I know that Qin Huai doesn't like sweets, but eating it once in a while is a treat for my 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 over there? Are you coming back?"

Mu Nan said while driving, "I'm coming back, the highway is almost over, you call Song Jia, my brother got a batch of bamboo worms over there , said let us go to the small square to set up a stall to sell, you go to my kitchen on the second floor, the oil is in the lower cabinet, and the upper cabinet is some seasonings, such as five-spice star anise, cumin and chili powder. Come on, remember to bring a bucket of water, think about what else you need to bring, and we will gather in the small square."

A video woke up all of Jian Chu's drowsiness, and he turned to look at Yu Zibai in a daze: "Bamboo Insects?" 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.

" It is impossible to imagine that there is space to prepare materials in advance, I just feel that they have many ways, maybe they have a private way to go out for this trip, sometimes it is more convenient not to say than to say.

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, and couldn't help but said to Mu Nan: "Why are you doing this disgusting thing, are there so many bugs over there?"

Mu Nan shook his head: "Not many, there is a shortage of food, but Backing, some meat sources are more or less more than ours. My brother said that there must be a market for directly frying bamboo worms. I discussed with my brother. The price is 50 cents a piece, and Qinghe's retail is about 1 yuan for three pieces. , We made it round for people, and the price is lower, about one yuan, five or six, 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, and Wu Zheng was maintaining Order, Yu Zibai is collecting money, but the one who fried the bamboo insects turned out to be Daniel.

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

Mu Nan smiled and said, "Daniu After work, we happened to see us here, so we invited him to eat 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 worms." Qin Huai said: "

Then You just sit here, I'll go and wash the bugs for them."

Mu Nan couldn't help but asked the two people beside him: "Do you think we can sell them all 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. I'm in the car, I'll get it."

The person who was busy selling bugs in front was suddenly startled by a horn behind him, and when he turned around, he saw Jian Chu standing on the stone platform with a horn and shouting: "Fried bamboo Worms, fresh and delicious bamboo worms, bamboo worms that grew up eating bamboo, just dug out from Qinghe Beishan, don't miss it when you pass by! This wave of sold out will be gone! Fifty cents for a piece of meat the size of a palm, Three pieces of fresh bamboo worms cost 1 yuan, and fried ones cost 50 cents each! Big brother, come for bamboo worms, cumin and chili powder are optional, and buy some bamboo worms for the children to go home with meat, high protein, clean and hygienic! "

Look Looking at Jian Chu who was shouting very vigorously with the trumpet, Song Jia couldn't help but said: "As long as it's about making money, it can revitalize him and revitalize him." Mu Nan looked at Jian Chu with his arms akimbo shouting extremely vigorously

, Nodded: "Yes." This is probably the charm of wealth.