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Chapter 6 The Grandma Selling Chestnuts

Before the start of the bloody countdown, there were still many roadside food stalls on both sides of the road in the alleys of Xining.

But now there are only abandoned vehicles left, lying aside in disarray, in disarray.

It makes the already narrow alleys appear more crowded.

Chen Ye moved the trolley in front of him, barely freeing a path.

Suddenly, a fragrance came from the depths of the alley in Xining.

"The taste of fried chestnuts in sugar."

Chen Ye immediately smelled the aroma of fried chestnuts, and the hunger in his stomach suddenly became stronger.

He swallowed, his ability to think suddenly seemed to have declined, and there was only one thought left in his mind——

"So hungry!"

"Stir-fried chestnuts in sugar...so fragrant..."

"Want to eat..."

At the end of the alley, a trolley suddenly and slowly moved from the corner, accompanied by a hoarse shout.

"Sugar-fried chestnuts, fresh sugar-fried chestnuts."

"Five coins a catty."

"Hehe, you don't need to pay for the first taste, but you can taste it for free, and you don't need to pay if it doesn't taste good."

When Chen Ye opened his eyes again, his eyes were blurred.

Followed by.

There was an extra trolley in front of him.

A pair of pale, wrinkled and callused hands are holding a trolley, which is full of fried chestnuts fried until golden and crisp, with a tangy aroma.

The old lady selling chestnuts showed a kind smile.

"Fresh sugar-fried chestnuts, come and taste it, it's free, it's fragrant and delicious."

Chen Ye felt that his consciousness became erratic from time to time, his surrounding vision was becoming blurred, and the focus of his pupils seemed to be slowly slackening except for the fried chestnuts.

finally.

Only the fresh fried chestnuts in sugar remained in his eyes, which were so golden and red as blood, as if they were full of fatal temptation.

The hunger in my stomach became stronger.

that moment.

It seems that the only thing left in my mind is the desire to eat!
"Eat it!"

"Eat it!"

"Eat it!"

Chen Ye took another step forward.

At this moment, there was a burst of erhu sounds from far away, like complaints and complaints, and the sad melody pulled Chen Ye's mind back slightly...

A gushing black mist suddenly seemed to diffuse from the candied chestnuts, and instantly rushed to Chen Ye's face!
Chen Ye shivered suddenly, and suddenly felt a chill down his back!When he looked at the sugar-fried chestnuts again, he found that there were no chestnuts in the stove at all, only broken fingers!
When she looked up again, the old lady who bought chestnuts had a horrified smile on her face.

The gap at the corner of the mouth was in a non-human form, almost crooked to the crow's feet, and the wrinkles on her face were like wriggling maggots, continuously crawling across her face.

"Want to buy chestnuts, boy?"

The voice of the old lady no longer became kind, like the sound made by thousands of bugs rubbing in her throat.

Chen Ye only felt as if there were countless ants crawling in his ears, his heart was itchy, and his whole brain was "buzzing".

The eyes are getting darker and darker, as if consciousness is about to sink gradually...

at this time.

If he raised his head, he could see the halo of luck on Chen Ye's head, gradually surrounded by a halo of black mist.

Moreover, in the black mist, there is still a bloody light permeating the air.

That's a sign of death coming!
At this critical moment, Chen Ye gritted his teeth and focused, trying his best to calm down his brain.He used the "[-] little knowledge about how to get along with tricks" in his mind to quickly think about the corresponding countermeasures.

As an internal beta player, Chen Ye had already had a lot of game information in his mind, and now he had to keep calm in reality and not lose his footing due to panic.

The dialogues that often appeared during the internal test and when going through the game plot suddenly appeared in my mind.

Chen Ye quickly thought of a countermeasure...

He hastily lowered his head in shame, his sight away from the old lady:

"I do not have money."

Stir-fried chestnuts in sugar cost five coins to buy a catty.

According to the currency system of "Strange Era", most of the commodities here can be exchanged with coins, which are common currencies, divided into copper coins, silver coins and gold coins.

One hundred copper coins can be exchanged for one silver coin.

One hundred silver coins can be exchanged for one gold coin.

Copper coins are usually exchanged for general goods, such as food, water and other basic supplies.

The commodities that can be exchanged for silver coins and gold coins are even more different. They can even be exchanged for characteristics, or magical objects with extraordinary abilities.

Gold coins also have a special meaning in "Weird Times", so they will not be used for regular transactions at will.

In "Strange Era", equivalent exchange is one of the rules to follow, and any item that is exchanged on the premise of exchange is reasonable.

Therefore, if you taste the old grandma's sugar-fried chestnuts for free, the result is that Chen Ye will have to pay the price.

The first is to have currency.

If there is currency, it is easy to handle.

As long as you pay the value of sugar-fried chestnuts, you can get a fresh meal.

Eat it and you will be full.

And there will be no negative effects.

But if there are no coins, the trouble begins!

The old lady can choose an item on Chen Ye's body as a trade item in exchange for the value of sugar-fried chestnuts.

If you don't have coins, choose carry-on items.

The only belongings are a set of tattered clothes, almost worthless, so choose skin, flesh and blood, hair, nails...

If you eat more than one catty of sugar-fried chestnuts, but ten catties, twenty catties... hundreds of catties, then the surface value of your body is not enough to exchange, you can choose eyes, tongue, kidneys, heart...

Chen Ye tried his best to keep his mind clear and resist the unceasing sense of confusion.

There seems to be a magical power in the words of the grandmother who bought chestnuts, which can make people lose their minds temporarily and thus lose their ability to judge.

At this time, because I am too hungry, I may only have the ability to eat.

So he swallowed the fried chestnuts in sugar.

Eating and eating, I'm afraid I don't know how much I will eat.

According to the principle of equivalent exchange, the grandmother who bought chestnuts can choose any item from Chen Ye.

Including his heart!

Thinking about it carefully, I felt a chill down my spine.

If it wasn't for the erhu music that came from the alley just now, I'm afraid it would have been fatal.

At this moment, the old lady selling chestnuts said with a smile:
"It's okay, try it, you don't need money for the first time."

Chen Ye thought for a while and said, "Next time I bring the coins, I will come to you to buy a few more catties of fried chestnuts."

"Okay, young people should keep their word."

The old lady selling chestnuts smiled even more.

but.

The smile on her face has returned to her kindness and kindness. With her back arched, she slowly pushed the small cart, and her back disappeared into the deep alley.

There was still a vague shouting sound in the distance.

"Selling chestnuts...fresh fried chestnuts...does any kid want to taste it for free?"

Chen Ye felt that the desire to eat was no longer so strong.

A gust of cool wind blew by, and the coolness came from behind.

Only then did Chen Ye realize that his back was soaked in cold sweat, and he said with lingering fear: "Games and reality are really two different things!"

Facing the weirdness in person, the sense of oppression brought by it is completely different!
In "Strange Era", even the most ordinary thing may contain a fatal crisis.

Chen Ye's hunger was gone, and seeing that he almost ate the bloody fingers, he felt nauseated.There was a constant feeling of wanting to vomit in the stomach and intestines. After taking a few deep breaths, he managed to calm down.

At this moment, the sound of the erhu came from the depths of the alley again, but the tune became visibly more cheerful, and the melody was a little more melodious and melodious, and it was no longer as depressing as before.

Chen Ye's heart skipped a beat.

It was the erhu sound that saved my life just now!

He pondered for a moment, then walked towards the direction of the erhu.

The sound is getting closer.

After turning a few corners again, Chen Ye's eyes suddenly fell on an old man.

The old man was sitting cross-legged on a shabby floor, holding an erhu in his hand, and the melodious erhu sound came from here.There was an iron bowl in front of him, and there were a few coins in the bowl.

at the same time.

Chen Ye opened the pupil of luck, and found that the head of the erhu old man was surrounded by a faint purple air...

(End of this chapter)