Apocalyptic life from scratch

Chapter 217 Market News

"Later...it's nothing, I used some gentle means to invite those two people out."

"Uh……"

Kong Zhe shook his head amusedly. It is definitely impossible to do things in a gentle way, but Kong Zhe didn't care too much. He was quite at ease with Hong Ling, and he acted decisively and measuredly.

"Then I'll occupy the second floor!"

At this time, Xue Feifei was carrying a box with one hand, and pointed to the room above with the other to ask Hong Ling.

"Okay, okay, as long as you don't blow up the top, you can do whatever you want."

"Well, it won't collapse. It's just a few holes at most. Well, I'll reinforce the room for you later. This kind of cement wall is really too fragile, and there is no sense of security..."

Xue Feifei said these amazing words that only belonged to her, and then looked at Kong Zhe at the door: "You came just in time, come and help me, and put all my equipment on the second floor." Involuntarily pulling Kong Zhe upstairs.

In the following time, Kong Zhe was directed by Xue Feifei, until an hour later, the furnishings of the whole room finally looked a little bit better.Those instruments were also placed where they should be.

After finishing the work here, Kong Zhe proposed to go to the market in the safe zone to buy some things.

For things like shopping, ordinary women, like Hong Ling, naturally became energetic immediately and asked to go with her, but Xue Feifei, a senior house girl, was not interested at all and was still fiddling with her equipment.He even showed a puzzled expression to the excited Hong Ling, as if wondering why she was willing to go to such a crowded place.

Hearing Kong Zhe's words, Tuantuan, who was about to fall asleep on the sofa, had a cat's ear trembling, and suddenly became energetic, and shouted: "Shopping? Me, I'm going too!"

Originally, Xue Feifei didn't want Tuantuan to wear that strange cat ear hair accessory again, but after that night, Xue Feifei found that when Tuantuan wore cat ears, she would be more energetic. Of course, the sleeping time would not be reduced, lethargy That hasn't changed one bit.It's just that when he was awake, he was indeed more energetic, and Tuantuan seemed to be willing to wear that thing, so Xue Feifei didn't object, so he acquiesced.

"No! You stay here and have a good rest!"

"Hey? Don't meow!"

Tuantuan pouted to retort, but seeing Xue Feifei's still stern face, she knew that it was impossible for her to let him out.So I can only give up.

"I see...then you have to buy me something to eat!"

Tuantuan pointed to Kong Zhe and said, "I want to eat fish, all kinds of fish, but I don't want to eat canned fish anymore!"

Kong Zhe shrugged his shoulders and nodded slightly. This is not a big deal. After all, Jincheng is a city near the sea. Vegetables and other meats are hard to find in the market, but fish can be found everywhere.

"Oh, by the way, wait a minute, I need you to buy something too!"

Xue Feifei also thought of something after being made such a fuss by Tuantuan, and hurriedly stopped the two of them, took out a pen and paper, and quickly made a list on the table.

"Here, buy some for me according to the above. Just buy the quantity according to the above. Of course, the more the better, but at least it must meet the above amount, or it will not be enough."

Kong Zhe took the list and looked at it, and couldn't help frowning: "Hey, you can accept iron and copper, but the 'platinum', 'nickel', and 'rosin' in the back, this kind of Is there really something for sale?"

"Yes, as long as you are willing to look for it, there must be some. I don't want pure metals. You just need to find some compounds containing this stuff, and then I will extract it myself."

Xue Feifei nodded while patting Kong Zhe's shoulder, with an expression of leaving this simple matter to you.

"hope so……"

Kong Zhe could only smile wryly and shake his head, and then went downstairs with Hong Ling.When he was about to leave the house, he could vaguely hear Tuantuan's cries from more than ten meters away.

"Don't forget my fish..."

……

The two walked around the camp for about half an hour, and arrived at the southwest corner of the safe zone. After turning a corner, there was a huge square with many people selling stalls.

Kong Zhe and Hong Ling walked in this bustling market, and the vendors here shouted their wares and greeted customers loudly.

Many Awakened people are coming and going in the square, picking out their favorite products, and the sound of bargaining can be heard from time to time. Compared with the tranquility of other places, this place is the busiest place in the entire safety zone.

After strolling around for a while, Hong Ling was amazed that there were all kinds of goods in this square, almost everything was sold, all kinds of daily necessities, books and even the equipment of the Awakened had been specially designated for people to buy and sell.

Of course, compared to other things, the most valuable and rarest thing is still food.In this last days, you can live without any luxuries, shelter or even clothes, but the only thing you can't live without is food, because it is a necessary thing for anyone to maintain life.

Many people who have food don't sell it, and what they do usually come with a hefty price tag.Even expired food is the same.

When the two entered the food area, a smell of fish came to their faces.This can be regarded as a feature of this safety zone, because this place is close to the sea, so there are many fishermen, and there is a large natural fishing ground near the edge of the safety zone.Even ordinary people, as long as they are careful, they can catch some fish to sell in the fishing grounds, and after being impregnated with magic power, the fish now don't look like the ordinary fish before, most of the fish are under the influence of magic power. Under the effect, with some kind of evolution, most of the body sizes have become extremely large, and some highly evolved fish have a certain degree of aggressiveness.

Most of the fishermen who catch these fish are reluctant to eat them. Except for those with richer families, they usually use them to exchange for money or some slightly deteriorated food. After all, the fish is fresh and it is meat. Can change a lot of things.

So in this specially opened food market, the most are all kinds of fish.

Although the price of food is expensive, it is compared to ordinary people. For Kong Zhe, who got rich a while ago, this gold coin is actually nothing. Compared with the gold coins he prepared for enchanting materials and equipment later, it can be regarded as A drop in the bucket.So Kong Zhe bought a lot of fresh fish without hesitation and stored it in the ring.

After shopping, Kong Zhe was about to leave, but found that Hong Ling beside him was staring at something in a daze, looking in the direction of her line of sight, Kong Zhe was stunned by what happened there.

On the ground in the distance, a woman with disheveled hair was kneeling on the ground, completely dressed in rags. On the ground in front of her was a board with the words 'one silver coin at a time' written on it.

Everyone is not a brainless person, and of course they understand what is going on when they see this. Many people around are pointing at that woman, and many even show disdainful eyes.And the woman kept her head down, silent, revealing a pair of lifeless eyes from under her messy hair.

"Why, don't you look down on her too?"

Kong Zhe's question brought Hong Ling back to her senses, and she glanced at Kong Zhe with complicated eyes.

"It's not... I used to think I could accept this kind of thing, but when I actually saw it now, I suddenly felt a little... a little..."

Hong Ling thought for a long time, but couldn't think of a suitable word to describe her thoughts.

"Aren't you angry?"

"Um...almost..."

Hong Ling sighed and nodded slightly, indeed she should be in this mood.A silver coin is actually not much. With the current food prices, even if you eat the cheapest food, you can only guarantee a full meal at most.But just like that, some people are willing to sell their bodies for this time. Is a woman's dignity so cheap?
In her opinion, even an ordinary woman, as long as she is not a handicapped person with severed limbs, is fully capable of going out to hunt to support herself, at most she has to take some risks.But in her opinion, those dangers are much smaller than her own dignity.That's why she didn't understand, why couldn't this woman be braver?Instead of choosing this most cowardly approach to survive?

"Don't worry about it!"

Kong Zhe sighed, patted her on the shoulder, turned and walked away: "Everyone has their own way of life, and some people's ideas can never be changed by others. There is no absolute right or wrong in this world, so you have to All you have to do is stick to yourself, as for others, you can completely ignore it.”

"Maybe……"

Hong Ling murmured softly, and then stopped paying attention to the things here, and continued to stroll with Kong Zhe.

Originally, Hong Ling didn't think about it any more, but she soon discovered that this phenomenon of selling one's body for a living was not an exception. In just a short while, she had seen more than a dozen people similar to the previous woman.

This made her wonder, are people really so vulnerable in the face of death?
"Hey, brother..."

At this moment, Hong Ling heard a discordant voice from the side, and turned her head to see that a man with mischievous eyebrows was approaching Kong Zhe, whispering something next to him, and at the same time kept looking around, as if afraid of being caught. Everyone else heard the same.

Hong Ling frowned, because she was close, and with her good hearing, she also heard the second half of the other party's sentence.

"Do you want a maid?"

Hong Ling froze for a moment, and then a burst of anger rose in her heart.She couldn't explain why she was so angry. She thought this person was just a thief, but she didn't expect to be a human trafficker. Thinking of the women who were dragged away by robbers at the gate of the city, she probably was this kind of person do it!

Hong Ling clenched her fists, and just when she was about to step forward to beat this person, she heard Kong Zhe's faint voice: "No need!"

(End of this chapter)