Chapter 52 51. Where to patch it up?

Huaiyu doesn't believe it!
"But your ginseng is so small and has such a high mutation value, it's not even as good as a carrot. Does it have any medicinal effect?"

"If it's a big tonic, where does it go?"

"What if it gets patched to the mutation value?"

These three questions really frustrated Uncle Zaozi, because no matter how much he thought about it, he still couldn't come up with a definite answer.

If it were someone else, he would still be able to brag a lot, and it would just depend on who can win the argument.

Although Huaiyu's face was tender, the dates he ate made his heart hard, and now he couldn't help but speak in a weak tone:

"Well...then I don't know either. I'm just a jujube seller...ah! A ginseng seller, what can I know?"

"Sister, if you don't want to buy it, don't bother me."

Huaiyu didn't say anything, but squatted down with him silently. After waiting for a long time, no one came, and he became more curious:
"Uncle Zaozi...Okay, uncle. Don't you have to charge for setting up stalls now? Why do you always sell these unsalable things?"

Uncle Zaozi glared at her: "What do you mean I always sell these things that can't be sold... I have already found a buyer for the things I can sell before entering the market."

"But you said this ginseng is a good thing, and it is. The mutation value is really high. It just sits there, like a useless thing. Am I not giving up and wanting to find a home for it?"

"Besides," he raised his eyebrows proudly, "Do you think I'm as incapable of saving points as you young girls? Let me tell you, before the disaster, three supermarkets on this street were owned by me! I have a special contribution card, so I can come in and set up a stall and no one will charge me!"

"I just wanted to find something to do. Collecting rent. Do you know how it feels to collect rent?"

After he was proud of himself, he remembered something and looked at Huaiyu cautiously: "Um...your family...did they finish their mission in the wasteland?"

"It's over." Huaiyu said calmly, "He even brought me a flower."

"Oh, oh, oh." Uncle Zaozi was relieved and looked at her backpack again: "I said, you are spending money here again, it doesn't look like something happened at home... Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, look at this quilt, what color is it, girl, these years of disaster have ruined your aesthetic taste."

Huaiyu: ...

Is it the aesthetics that are delayed? Clearly it is poverty.

She snorted and asked, "Uncle Zaozi, if you want to try this ginseng, I'll pack it for a quarter of a bag."

No matter how small this thing is, it is still ginseng. I can purify it later and take it out at the critical moment... How much should it be worth?
Uncle Zaozi was furious: "I told you not to try it! Besides! How can I buy it for four points this time?! I have to get twenty points!"

"Oh." Huaiyu counted his savings and stood up quickly: "Then I don't want it. I want to save my money to buy a bed."

Whether more than 100 points are enough to buy it is another matter.

Unexpectedly, Uncle Zaozi's eyes lit up instantly.

"Buy a bed?! Tell me what kind of bed you want! What good ones are there on the market? They're either extremely expensive or second-hand."

Huaiyu was a little unconvinced: "Really? Then I want a camp bed, do you have one?"

"What a simple thing!"

Uncle Zaozi instantly lost his previous weakness and was full of confidence: "I don't know how popular this kind of thing has been in the past few years. You should have told me earlier! I have it!"

Huaiyu was a little confused: "How many points does it take?"

Uncle Zaozi looked confident and said, "Give it to your family? Actually, there's no need. The quality of the official ones is much better than ours... But it's a thoughtful gesture if you give it to them."

"Well, there is a super light folding camp bed that weighs only 12 pounds."

"If you want..."

He snorted, "160 points! I'll sell you the ginseng too! There are eight ginsengs here! It will take eight to nine meals to stew an old hen, right?" But he didn't know who would use this unpalatable food to stew chicken. Just look at the girl's slender white hands and you'll know that she must have done well.

In this case, buying a camp bed for your family is a thoughtful gesture, and buying ginseng as a tonic is also a thoughtful gesture, isn’t it?

160 points? !

Huaiyu was instantly attracted.

The reason why she was lingering here was because the folding camp bed in the store they just went to was only 12 kilograms, but it was too expensive, costing 210 points.

There is also a second-hand one, weighing 16 kilograms, which also costs 160 points.

She was a little hesitant about the price, so she was wandering around the street. But now Uncle Zaozi offered her this price and gave her ginseng as a gift...

buy!
She made a prompt decision: "Where is the stuff? I need to see if the quality is good."

Uncle Zaozi laughed immediately, and put eight small ginsengs into a ball at the four corners of the torn sack.

Then he took Huaiyu to the home furnishing store opposite and pointed at the 210-point camp bed and said:
"This is her. Feel her for a while. If you're okay with her, carry her on your back."

Huaiyu: ???

She stared at Uncle Zaozi with wide eyes, but he patted his pants and said, "Why are you looking at me? If you like it, just take it. The owner of this shop is my wife."

Huaiyu: ...

If I had known this earlier, I wouldn't have to secretly carry the pickled bracken and scallions, intending to give them to Captain Zhou on the way back, and then ask them if they have any cheap beds...

……

There were just as many people on the way back as there were on the way here. As they quickly got off the bus at the Jinyuan Community stop, Huaiyu finally found a place to sit. How many people live in this community?!
She got out of the car carrying the 12-pound camp bed and felt her legs and feet numb from standing.

But when I look back at what I have gained today, I feel satisfied again!

Let’s go! Back home!

There is still a lot of work to do at home!
The warm sun shines on my body, and even the breeze is pleasant. I left at around eight o'clock today, and now it's just past twelve o'clock when I get back.

Huaiyu was full of energy. He just drank a bowl of salt and sugar water casually, and then started to work hard!

First, turn over the quilt that had been warmed and fluffy in the sun, and then put the bed sheet on top.

The hay drying on the ground is of no use at the moment, so let's turn it over.

The room was filled with mottled sunlight, hot moisture was steaming, and it was obviously still a little humid.

But it doesn’t matter. The moisture is now in the soil underneath. The house will be dry again after two more days of sun exposure.

Huaiyu squatted down and removed the blue bricks that were used to build the bed frame. Then he used these blue bricks to build a platform around the tree house so that more things could be placed on it.

When everything is ready, the camp beds are disassembled and placed, and the newly purchased bits and pieces are put into their proper places...

Finally, he took out the pickled bracken and dried onion segments that he was going to bring to Captain Zhou and put them back.

——There is no urgent need now, so let’s do these things next time.

Send them separately next time so it will appear more low-key.

　Update two.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)