Zheng Hanbing and others lined up for inspection with baskets on their backs.
He looked at the dilapidated pickup truck in the driveway next to him, his eyes filled with envy.
It would be great if they had a car. If they had a car, they wouldn't have to walk. The seven or eight hours of walking could be compressed into two hours.
And you don’t have to carry such a heavy basket on your shoulders, it’s highly efficient and doesn’t require much effort.
It's not difficult to build a car. There are a lot of scrapped vehicles out there. If you spend some time assembling them, you can put together a drivable car. The key is fuel.
Without fuel, a car is just scrap metal.
They...can't afford fuel.
However, Zheng Hanbing looked down at the basket with hope in his eyes, and it would definitely get better and better in the future.
"Hey, buddy, what's in your basket? It's wrapped in cloth, it's mysterious..." A man in front of Zheng Hanbing was carrying a large package and asked, staring at the basket.
When Zheng Hanbing heard this, he took half a step back, but he quickly realized that he was now in the Wengcheng of the trading market. Even if this person knew what was in his basket, he could not rob it.
So he said calmly: "What's in your package?"
The man in front smiled and said: "Hahaha, what's the matter? The contents of my bag are all cicada sloughs and wild sweet potatoes."
"Wild sweet potatoes can still be found near Oil City. Shouldn't they have been dug up long ago?" Zheng Hanbing asked in surprise.
The corners of the man's mouth raised, but he did not directly answer his words.
Naturally, it is impossible to tell others where you dug things from.
"What's in your basket? I've already told you what's in my package. Besides, you'll have to take it out sooner or later for inspection later."
Zheng Hanbing thought about it, so he answered: "Wild vegetables."
"Wild vegetables? So many wild vegetables?" The man's eyes were full of surprise.
The seven people were all carrying identical baskets, so they were obviously together.
There were seven people and fourteen baskets, all of which looked full.
This was the first time he saw so many wild vegetables.
Faced with the man's question, Zheng Hanbing did not continue to explain.
Soon, it was their turn to be inspected.
The man in front did not lie, it was indeed cicada slough, which can be eaten and is also a traditional Chinese medicine. It can be used to treat constipation, sleep disorders, enteritis, rhinitis, irregular menstruation, bronchitis and other diseases.
In the No. 3 receiving shop in the trading market, you can exchange for high points.
"What's in here?" the inspector asked Zheng Hanbing.
Zheng Hanbing quickly explained: "They are all vegetables, edible vegetables."
The inspector's brows jumped. Vegetables? He didn't quite believe his ears. Wasn't it a wild vegetable?
"Open it and take a look." The inspector said to Zheng Hanbing.
Zheng Hanbing waved to the people behind him, gesturing for them to take out all the vegetables.
This is not the first time for them to come to the trading market, so they naturally know the rules here.
They lifted off the layer of cloth on top of the basket, and then took out the cabbage on the surface one by one. At the bottom were cucumbers, vegetables that are not easily crushed.
"It's really vegetables, cucumbers and Chinese cabbage. Where did you get these?" the inspector asked in surprise.
Zheng Hanbing originally didn't want to answer, but after all, this was a question asked by the inspector, so he had no choice but to get closer and answer in a low voice: "We grew it ourselves."
The inspector looked strange. The vegetables looked very fresh, as if they had been picked this morning.
But these days, it’s not easy to plant crops outside. Not only do you have to face robbing by other survivors, but you also have to worry about damage from zombies and natural disasters. You may have to work so hard to sow seeds, spend time and energy fertilizing and watering, and may end up with no harvest.
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The inspector looked at the vegetables and said to Zheng Hanbing: "When it comes to food safety issues, you go over there to try them and undergo careful inspection."
Zheng Hanbing nodded helplessly. It seemed that the management of Wengcheng was stricter now than two months ago.
But there is one advantage, that is, you no longer need to pay the city entrance fee when entering and exiting the trading market.
Soon, he led the team members to the food area to inspect.
In the food area, you need to go through several processes, including the carriers trying to eat it themselves, and randomly cutting off a small portion and using a microscope to see if it contains zombie viruses.
Zheng Hanbing met the man again here.
The two didn't communicate much. After checking for fifteen minutes, Zheng Hanbing carried the vegetables as expected and led everyone to the trading market.
As soon as he entered the trading market, he was shocked by the business district.
Xie Dali, a young team member next to him, even exclaimed:
"Let me go, how did this place become like this? The changes are too big!"
Several other people also expressed emotion.
"The changes are really big. There seem to be many more shops."
"It's only been two months, why did it become like this?"
It had been too long since he had come in. Zheng Hanbing looked around and saw the bulletin board next to the city gate.
There will be some basic information about the trading market on the bulletin board, and it will be updated as the trading market changes.
For example, if a new store is added in the trading market business district, the number and name of the new store will be written on it.
Zheng Hanbing wanted to learn some of the latest information about the trading market from this bulletin board.
When he saw that there were three levels of housing in the trading market and that level 5 personnel needed to pay for housing, he felt like the sky was falling.
In the past, there was no need to pay rent for housing, but now you have to pay rent.
The truth is hard to accept.
But when he saw that the cheapest rent only cost 0.01 points, he was relieved.
He quickly asked Xie Dali next to him: "Dali, do you still remember how many points we had in the trading market before?"
"I don't know, there seems to be not much left."
Zheng Hangbing thought for a while, "It doesn't matter. Anyway, we live in the cheapest one. It only costs 0.07 points. We only stay one night. We should have such points. And we will sell vegetables later, so we will definitely be able to get some points."
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A middle-aged man next to him asked:
"Mr. Lin told us that it would be best to sell to someone from Oil City."
Zheng Hanbing nodded and said: "Yes, I know. I just saw the sales point. Shop No. 3, let's go."
As soon as they finished speaking, the seven people picked up the vegetables and walked towards the business district.
In fact, they can earn more points if they set up a street stall and sell it themselves.
The reason why I want to sell to self-operated stores in Oil City is not to set up a street stall and sell it myself.
Mainly because they don't want to be public and let many survivors know that they have the source of vegetables.
This is why wealth should not be exposed.
These vegetables are just superficial, smart people can see the root of them.
Now that we can grow vegetables, does that mean we can grow other things? Where are they grown? How are they grown? When are they harvested?
A thoughtful person will think about these issues and wonder if he can snatch it away outside the city with his own strength.
By selling vegetables to Oil City, they don't have to set up stalls to show off in the market and reduce everyone's attention to them.
On the other hand, there are fourteen baskets of vegetables, so many vegetables that only the officials of Oil City can eat in one sitting.
Moreover, the vegetables won't last long in such hot weather, so they have to sell them as soon as possible.
To sum up, selling it to the Oil City officials is the most appropriate.
They lowered their heads and wore hats as they walked towards Shop No. 3 of the Trade Market.
Ten minutes later, they arrived at Shop No. 3.
Shop No. 3 is a store that specializes in collecting various groceries.
These include various grains, vegetables, meat, animal skins, seeds, traditional Chinese medicine, electronic products...and so on.
Shop No. 3 was originally only about a hundred square meters, but now it is more than four hundred square meters.
It's much bigger than when they came two months ago.
The huge shop No. 3 was crowded with people.
One by one, they came with various items to exchange for points.
For all kinds of things, as more and more things are exchanged, a pricing system gradually develops, and it becomes more and more reasonable and detailed.
They found the counter where they should queue at the sign at the door.
Counter No. 5 collects various staple foods, vegetables and other foods.
There are not many people queuing up in this line. There are only a dozen or so people queuing up, holding various things in their hands.
There was a man carrying a stick with seven or eight pheasants tied to it.
There was a man carrying a basket on his back, filled with purslane.
There was also a person carrying a broken bag in his hand, and the inside of the bag seemed to be in the shape of a can.
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At the end of the team, a familiar figure appeared.
Zheng Hanbing was surprised to find that the man he had just met in Wengcheng met him again at this moment.
"What a coincidence." Zheng Hanbing greeted.
The man looked at Zheng Hanbing behind him with some surprise in his eyes.
He came in nearly 20 minutes before Zheng Hanbing. He had just gone to the traditional Chinese medicine counter to sell cicadas, and now he was selling sweet potatoes. He never thought that these people would meet him again.
Moreover, it happened to be right behind him.
"Introduce yourself, Liu Dongdou, you can call me Lao Liu." The man's eyes were startled at first, then a smile appeared in his eyes, and he reached out his hand.
Zheng Hanbing looked at the stretched out hand and stretched it out, "Zheng Hanbing."
"Did you just go sell other things?"
Liu Dongdou nodded and said: "Yes, I just went to sell cicada sloughs. 3 points per pound, that's awesome. I didn't expect these cicada sloughs to be worth the same price as gold."
Zheng Hanbing's eyes showed an expression of envy, "Tsk, tsk, awesome. I just saw vegetables and now they only have a few tenths per pound. It's really incomparable."
"You have so many vegetables, at least several hundred kilograms, which is much more than mine. It was not easy for me to make this cicada. It took me a long time to get three kilograms." Liu Dongdou replied.
When Zheng Hanbing was in Wengcheng, he saw sweet potatoes in his package, so he asked curiously:
"You can just sell the cicada sloughs, but why are you selling the sweet potatoes?"
Liu Dongdou smiled, "When you put it like that, I wonder if this is your first time at the trading market."
“It’s inconvenient for me to carry dozens of kilograms of sweet potatoes on my back, and I have to worry about others stealing them. It’s also inconvenient for me to go out of the city, because I’m worried about others robbing me.”
“Moreover, it’s cost-effective to exchange sweet potatoes into points to buy tortillas. You can also save the points and use them whenever you want, and you don’t have to carry a sweet potato around.”
"I'm telling you, this tortilla is not good to eat, but it's good for fighting hunger, you know."
"I understand."
Zheng Hanbing is not someone who has never eaten corn tortillas. Hearing what Liu Dongdou said made sense to him.
Originally, he wanted to exchange vegetables for points, and then use up all the points to exchange for the supplies they needed.
But at this moment, he hesitated. He was thinking that if all the vegetables were sold, they would definitely get a lot of things to take back, and the journey back would be quite dangerous.
They will also go back to the trading market in the future, so it is better to leave some points here. If a natural disaster breaks out in the future and they can get back in time, they can continue to use the points here.
Even if they don't avoid natural disasters, they will still need to use the points there the next time they come to the trading market to buy the supplies they need.
Thinking of this, he decided not to use up the points in his card.
Soon, the queue reached them.
He placed the entire basket on the counter. The person checking the food inside was a third-level non-staff personnel who had been supported by the Da Zhangshu Base.
When he opened the cloth and saw the vegetables inside, his eyes suddenly widened.
"You grew this yourself?" Inspector Deming asked.
"right."
Dai Ming looked behind Zheng Hanbing and asked:
"Are those at the back all vegetables?"
"They are all vegetables." Zheng Hanbing answered honestly.
There was no need for him to deceive the people of Oil City. Oil City's performance during the previous thunderstorm disaster had won the trust of almost the survivors.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! It is precisely because of this trust foundation that the trading market can be developed.
"Come in, I have a few questions to ask you." Deming was a little shocked after seeing the quality of these vegetables.
These people are actually able to grow vegetables outside, and the quality they grow is so good. How do they do it?
Zheng Hanbing was a little surprised when he heard this. He didn't know what Deming wanted him to do, but out of trust in the officials of Oil City, he still entered the counter through the side door.
At this time, there was no one behind Zheng Hanbing, so there was no one to rush him.
"Xiao Liu, take these vegetables for testing." Dai Ming said to a young man next to him.
Any food item entering the trading market will undergo two inspections.
The first step is the food inspection in Wengcheng, and the second step is that the No. 3 store where the food is collected will also be tested.
Dai Ming looked at Zheng Hanbing with bright eyes.
He knew that Zheng Hanbing and the others were able to bring in the vegetables. Naturally, they had passed Wengcheng's food inspection, so there should be no major problems.
He had many doubts in his mind, but he was thinking about how to ask more appropriately.
"How many of these vegetables do you have?" he asked.
"Two or three acres," Zheng Hanbing replied.
Two or three acres is too little, at least for the size of the trading market.
Deming was much less interested in Zheng Hanbing.
"Can you provide stable supply in the future?"
"OK."
"Where did you get these seeds? Who taught you how to grow them? Most people can't grow vegetables of this quality."
"this...."
Zheng Hanbing hesitated a little. The careers and resumes they wrote when they first entered the trading market were all fake. At that time, they didn't really believe in the Oil City.
So they didn't write down what they really did before.
After much hesitation he replied:
"There is a person in our team who is good at planting. He used to be a professional planting..."
Deming didn't seem to want to say anything from his tone, so he stopped asking.
"Okay, I understand, go out and give me your number plate."
"Okay." Zheng Hanbing quickly handed the team number plate to Dai Ming.