Chapter 63 Big fish eat small fish, small fish eat shrimps (1/4)
While Chu Guang was talking to the head of the Yu family, the players watching on the sidelines were also whispering.
"Do you understand what the manager just said?"
"No!"
"I understand a little bit. To put it simply, one kilogram of coarse salt is used in exchange for ten skins?"
"This kilogram of coarse salt seems to have been exchanged for three kilograms of bacon!"
"Three kilograms of bacon in exchange for ten skins? Damn it! What a win! Ten skins can't be exchanged for two guns? It's such a bully to the natives!"
"The layout has become smaller! By the way... how many silver coins are the coats and leather goods that the manager sells to us?"
"...?"
"Gan?!"
"What the hell???"
These cute little players seemed to have discovered a serious problem, but Chu Guang, who had won the game, didn't take it to heart.
Does it matter?
Obviously not important.
If you don’t buy low and sell high, is it still called an NPC?
Do you think you have traveled to a different world?
I can't bear to open a private server and change the silver attribute equipment as much as I want. I can do as many rivers as I want.
Yu Hu, the second son of the Yu family, was still counting on his fingers. Addition and subtraction within one hundred was somewhat difficult for him.
A hyena skin is exchanged for 150g of coarse salt. 150g of salt costs 3 chips in Beit Street. In other words...a hyena skin is exchanged for 3 chips?
One more chip than sold to old Charlie?
But the quality of this coarse salt is much better than what Old Charlie sells...
None of them are mixed with sand!
Finally coming to his senses, Yu Hu turned to look at Chu Guang and said uneasily.
"How can that be done? Aren't you losing money by changing it this way? How about 100g? Just change it the same as this time."
Looking at the innocent child in front of him, Chu Guang suddenly didn't know how to face him, so he looked at the sky and reached out to pat his shoulder.
“Have you ever heard of the term win-win?”
"Together, win-win?"
This foreigner always said something difficult to understand. Yu Hu finally figured out how much a piece of skin cost, but he was confused by this word that he had never heard before.
I just feel...
Brother Chu's expression looked very unpredictable.
"That's right," Chu Guang nodded and continued, "You have earned it, and so have I. We are now a win-win situation."
Yu Hu looked at his father happily.
"Dad! Let's sell all our furs to Brother Chu from now on! This way we will win together!"
"you shut up."
The head of the Yu family obviously thinks more,
But it's obviously not because of the price. After all, the son follows his father in terms of education.
Looking at Chu Guang, the old man still had worries in his heart.
"I understand what you mean, but the mayor won't let us do business with outside businessmen. If we are discovered..."
Once or twice is fine.
In the long run, it will definitely be discovered.
After all, the slaughtering and tanning were done in Beit Street. In the end, the skin disappeared and was not sold to old Charlie. Someone would always be suspicious.
Hearing this, Chu Guang smiled carelessly.
"Am I a businessman? Obviously not. My home is here! We are neighbors and even friends. Is there a problem with visiting a friend's house? Obviously there is no problem."
"As for that old leech... Well, I mean the mayor of Beit Street. It doesn't matter if he prohibits you from contacting us. You don't need to take anything out from home. You just need to bring the prey you kill directly to me.
here."
"Our people can even help you peel the skin and get the meat for free and handle it in person, ensuring that you are not short of anything!"
"You can keep the skin then and go back with the meat and the salt you got. Or you can just sell the prey to me directly. Not only can I exchange it for salt, but you can also exchange it for grains and smoked dried meat.
It’s definitely more cost-effective than going to Old Charlie’s with your chips!”
After hearing these assurances from Chu Guang, the old man's brows finally relaxed and he whispered excitedly.
"That won't work... We can't let you get the meat for us for free. According to the rules of Beit Street, 30% of the prey is slaughtered, and we will share 30% with you!"
Damn it?
Is it profitable to open a slaughterhouse on Beit Street?
But think about it, butchering is a craft.
Chu Guang sighed.
Sure enough, I am still too kind.
"You're too kind."
"Thirty percent is too much, just 20%!"
…
Chu Guang didn't want to worry too much about 30% or 20%.
No matter how you calculate it, he wins more.
Of course, for these Beit Street waste pickers, doing business with them is definitely not a loss.
After all, I am different from a businessman.
Those vampires are more ruthless than leeches. All they do is one-shot deals, and they wish they could even suck out the bone marrow. After all, it is unknown whether they will be alive tomorrow, so who cares about the day after tomorrow?
And myself.
The picture is certainly not just a few pieces of skin and meat.
If done correctly, it may not be too long before Beit Street has a new mayor.
No matter what happens, once both parties have accumulated enough trust, a group of people will choose to leave their homes and come to seek refuge with them.
He needs an opportunity.
The young and old of the Yu family thanked Chu Guang, finally accepted the kilogram of coarse salt, and prepared to leave.
However, at this time, Xiaoyu, who had been hiding behind Yu Hu, suddenly came out from behind his brother, looked at Chu Guang with his big black eyes, and said crisply.
"Are you going back?"
go back?
It had only been two weeks, but when Chu Guang heard this question, he suddenly felt like he was in another world.
Seeing that Chu Guang didn't speak, Xiaoyu continued.
"The second brother said that you were not taken away by the hyena and you are still alive, but you will not go back in the future, but you can bring me to see you, so I came with you. Xiaoyu just wanted to ask, do you still need that shed?
?”
This child still had difficulty breaking up sentences as before. He wished he could squeeze everything into one sentence and finish it all at once.
But Chu Guang probably understood it, and was somewhat touched in his heart.
In his original plan, the shack on Beit Street was just an escape route, and he could exchange some supplies during the land reclamation period. Xiaoyu could guard it for him for two or three days, which was enough.
If you don't go back for three days.
It means that there is no need to go back.
"Have you been watching over me?"
"Um!"
Nodding like he was making a fool of himself, the little fish raised the tip of his nose proudly and looked very proud. Now he was no longer afraid of strangers and no longer shy.
"Xiaoyu promised that I would look after it for you and never go back on my word. The second brother said that there was dust on your door and you would never come back. I even swept away the dust for you."
"Although that little bastard from the Wang family is always targeting your door beam and trying to secretly pry open the door while I'm not paying attention, Xiaoyu's ears are very sharp and he can hear every sound! He doesn't dare to
Beat me, my second brother has beaten him before."
The more Chu Guang listened, the more regretful he felt.
Although he had never deceived anyone when he was working in sales before, he had also deceived people a lot and taken advantage of people's greed. But when he encountered such an honest, naive and kind-hearted customer, he really couldn't do it.
What to say?
Why!
never mind.
Maybe this is the reason why he has never been a popular man or a rich woman even though he has a handsome face like Yanzu.
"Thank you for helping me look at my home for so long! But I won't need it anymore..."
"Consider that shed as a coming of age gift from me. If there is anything in it that you need to use, just remove it without asking me."
Xiao Yu nodded in understanding.
"Aren't you coming back?"
In fact, this was the only thing she wanted to ask.
"Well, my companion needs me, and I will stay here from now on." Chu Guang used a euphemism.
"All right."
Thinking that there would be no more candy in the future, Xiaoyu felt a little depressed, but he still cheered up.
"Thank you for the gift! Then, Xiaoyu, can you give it to your brother? My little nest is very good, but my second brother needs a bigger nest to get married, so that he doesn't have to marry too far away, and can still
Come back often to visit.”
"Ahem, your brother... that should be called marriage. Anyway, it's up to you. It's already yours anyway."
Chu Guang touched her little head, then took out all three lollipops from his pocket and stuffed them into her little hand.
"Take and eat, these are for you...remember to tear off the wrapping paper."
Then he said he was worried.
"Also, don't stuff them all in your mouth. You can only eat one at a time, otherwise you will get tired of it because of the flavor."
"Ouch, Crab!"
Finally got the lollipop that he had longed for. Although he was a little reluctant to part with it, Xiaoyu still went back with his family sensibly.
It will be dark in a while, and the monsters will crawl out of those tall and large buildings and go to the streets to look for food.
She has heard this since she was a child...
…
evening.
There was a lot of activity in front of the north gate of the outpost.
It seems that a well-established market has formed here.
Players insert wooden signs on the ground, engrave their identity numbers and IDs, and mark a medium-sized area to indicate that this is their fixed stall.
The people who were here yesterday are here today, and no one is here to cause trouble and tear it apart.
There are fewer people in the game now, and people come in from person to person. Everyone is more or less friendly and well-educated.
After all, what good does it do to get in the way of others?
All of you here are the first-tier players in the future, and you are still a second-tier strong person. It’s embarrassing to be a third-tier brother.
If you don't care about your face now, how can you mess around in the future?
Seeing that the players were so orderly, Chu Guang, the manager, was very happy to have some free time. He simply followed the "public opinion" and posted a piece of paper in front of the north gate.
[From now on, one hundred meters outside the north gate will be called the "market", and shelter residents can freely set up stalls and trade.]
[The consignment shelf is located in the residents’ hall of the shelter. You need to pay a rent of 1 silver coin to consign the items. If no one is looking for it, it will be removed from the shelf after seven days. After the removal, the rent can be extended. ]
After the note was posted, the players all ran to see it and cheered after reading it.
"The manager is awesome!"
"Great! Is this an in-game update? The market feature is finally out! Yay!"
"Does anyone buy the fangs of mutated hyenas? Now that the market functions are available, will the enchantment be punched and inscribed with inscriptions still far behind? If you don't stock up on materials now, why are you waiting! How can you become stronger?"
"Is anyone buying mushrooms? Fresh big mushrooms! Come and buy them. I promise not to raise the price again. From now on, it will only be 4 copper coins, really!"
"Boss Crow, has your mushroom gone to college?"
"Can you lay eggs?"
"Can I buy it and release it?"
"Can I let Diona spit in my drink?"
"Damn, you're so perverted!"
Looking at the noisy players, Chu Guang had a fatherly smile on his face.
Life is getting better day by day.
On this day, it gets dark earlier and earlier...
…
Before dark, the Yu family returned to Beit Street, but the atmosphere here was a little different from usual.
I saw a cart parked in front of Beit Street. Next to the cart stood two men wearing animal skin coats and carrying iron-pipe rifles, and an unkempt, ragged man who was indistinguishably tortured.
Slaves of both sexes.
Old Charlie stood at the door, negotiating with the leading man, with a flattering smile on his face.
The latter's face showed obvious impatience, and he blew a smoke ring on old Charlie's face. Another strong man also urged the latter to hurry up.
Not long after, old Walter, the gatekeeper, pulled out a woman from the door.
Her body is wrapped in a robe, her hands and feet are shackled, and her ankles have a bar code printed on her. Her looming snow-white color makes even a woman, let alone a man, unable to help but feel a fondness for her.
Xiaoyu has never seen such a beautiful sister. Her dark eyes blinked, full of curiosity and envy.
"Brother, who is she?"
Yu Hu whispered.
"I don't know. The old mayor probably bought it from outside. I heard it was cloned."
"Clone, look at her eyes. She has no soul. Don't look at her!" Dad obviously saw more. He reached out and grabbed his son and daughter, and whispered, "Don't make any noise, and don't have anything to do with those people."
Make eye contact and we'll wait for them here for a while."
The two of them followed their father obediently and hid in the shadow of the street corner.
The man wearing animal skin inspected the goods, smiled, patted old Charlie on the shoulder and gave him a thumbs up.
Then Xiaoyu saw that the rude man tied the sister's hand to the cart and waved his companions away.
"Brother, where will they take her?"
Yu Hu didn't know how to explain this problem. He was a man, so he could guess it, but he didn't know how to explain it.
Every time when winter approaches, every household on Beit Street must respond to the mayor’s mobilization and hand over supplies. Doesn’t the old mayor need to pay tribute to others?
Obviously not.
It's like big fish eating small fish, and small fish eating shrimps.
"You're still young, don't ask so many questions."
"I'm not young anymore." Xiaoyu said depressedly.
Yu Hu listened happily and rubbed his sister's little head.
"Be good, eat more meat when you are not young. Only by eating meat can you grow taller... What is that plastic stick of yours? Is it delicious? Do you have any more? Give me one to try."
"No! You go find Brother Chu yourself." Xiaoyu dodged like a small fish nimbly.
"time to go."
The old man carefully hid the salt in his arms, then reached out and took off the plastic stick that the little fish had in its mouth, and threw it into the corner. Regardless of the latter's grievance, he dragged the two of them toward Beit Street.
Old Charlie glanced at the three of them, but didn't say anything. He just chatted with Old Walter next to him in a relaxed tone, as if nothing had happened.
"Did you have such a beautiful girl in that shelter before?"
"No, the people living in my shelter are normal people."
"Is that woman abnormal?"
"There are two types of human clones. One type starts from a baby and grows naturally, almost the same as a normal person. The other type is a quick product, which stays in a culture chamber until it is fully developed, and is no different from an animal... This
There are so many different types, and their uses and development cycles are so different that you wouldn’t understand even if I told you.”
Old Walter chuckled and gave Charlie a cigarette.
"Anyway, it will still be dark for a while, so let's talk about it."
Old Charlie sighed and talked about that short but wonderful time for him as if telling a story.
Xiaoyu also wanted to stop and listen, but her father didn't want to, so he pulled her and Yu Hu involuntarily and hurried home.