Chapter 44 Steel Plate
There are indeed some stalls selling stainless steel pots and pans on the side of the road, but these things are not cost-effective to buy alone, and they are not easy to buy with other things, and the number is too small. Luo Xun looked at a few shops at random and continued to walk forward, Yan Fei had no desire to go shopping at all, he knew very well that Luo Xun lacked nothing at home, they only needed some metal materials now. What's more, the street market of this flea market now makes Yan Fei, who is accustomed to neat and tidy rules, feel like he has nowhere to start.
Just like the car that bought underwear and underwear just now, although he also needed those things, he didn't want to squeeze in with those people to grab underwear that he didn't know how many people had touched and rubbed on how many dirty things he had touched and rubbed with those people.
Even the big box they found in the supermarket with Li Tie before was far cleaner in Yan Fei's heart than the current car.
There was a cry in front of them, and the two looked up curiously to see that it was a woman on the side of the road who was beating her child, and scolded while beating back: "Didn't you say that you are only allowed to eat half of it?!" Let you eat! Let you eat! β
On the other side, a customer is arguing with the seller: "This thing is also worth half a pack of biscuits?" Hungry and crazy! β
Luo Xun sighed in a low voice: "Isn't the wall being built outside?" There are so many people in the market now. β
"It's supposed to be new in the past two days." Yan Fei swept around and saw that many people had a fierce and bloody aura on their bodies, which was somewhat different from the temperament of the people who lived in this base from the beginning.
"Turn around from the front and take a look, the street is a little wider, and you might find something good."
The street in front of them was indeed wider than the street Luo Xun and the others had walked on, but under the sidewalk, on both sides of the road, there were all kinds of cars parked. Most of the owners of these cars are people who have not yet been assigned a place to live, but they are much luckier than those who come on foot or in official aid vehicles, and they at least have a car to live in.
Most of the stalls here are on the sidewalk, with vehicles passing in and out right in the middle of the road.
More cars means more likely to get the right thing. Luo Xun's interest was raised again, and he was about to drill inside, but he found that his arm was grabbed.
Yan Fei said calmly: "Don't go too fast, so as not to be squeezed out." As he spoke, he naturally took his wrist.
Although he didn't touch his hand, the temperature on his sleeve still made Luo Xun stagger two steps before he could barely stabilize it. Yan Fei was still wearing the mask he had to bring when he went out, only revealing a pair of eagle eyes that were more stylish and divine than ordinary people, so Luo Xun couldn't see the expression on his face at all at this time.
This kind of dear and loving mode of shopping with his little hands Luo Xun has never experienced it in his life, so that his limbs are strictly uncoordinated, and his walking posture is weird, comparable to the zombie king who is wandering around outside the base, and is regarded by some people who come over as a monster that is very likely to be infected with the virus and may mutate at any time.
Fortunately, there were more people on the street, and most of the people who didn't notice anything unusual were also the majority, and those people were just frightened and walked away without coming to look for trouble, otherwise someone would have to lose their face at their grandmother's house this time.
"Steel pipe!" Suddenly found that a big truck not far away was loaded with what seemed to be a car of steel pipes, Luo Xun instantly waved away the embarrassment about holding hands and pointed to the car.
Yan Fei's eyes lit up, and he followed him to move over there.
There were a lot of people in front of the car selling steel pipes, and Luo Xun couldn't squeeze in for a while, so he heard the people selling steel pipes shouting loudly: "A five-pack instant noodles for one meter!" Buy now, only one day! β
"Five bags and one meter?" The corners of Luo Xun's mouth twitched a few times, not to mention the amount they need, and this house is still sold so black, even if he takes all the instant noodles he has saved at home to exchange, I'm afraid it will only be enough to replace the earth dragon pipe that can fill a room, right?
Many people are shy away from hearing about it and are reluctant to buy it. Nowadays, the base no longer distributes food for free, and if you want to eat, you have to find a job to do by yourself, and you have no job and no food. Those who want to eat either desperately go out of the base to find supplies, or go to the designated place of the base to sign up for the construction of walls and houses. At present, many of the infrastructure in the base is not perfect, and there are many places that need manpower. But even if it is, it will only be enough for everyone to eat.
The vast majority of people are willing to eat a pack of instant noodles and a large steamed bun with the characteristics of the base a day. Like this, the sale of five packs of instant noodles can be exchanged for a steel pipe, and everyone thinks it is not cost-effective.
Seeing that no one seemed to want to buy it, the steel pipe seller waved a piece of steel pipe in his hand and shouted: "How cost-effective it is to exchange five packs of instant noodles for a one-meter-long steel pipe!" When you go out to fight zombies, it doesn't take much effort to have a steel pipe and one end, where can you find such a good weapon? After this village, there is no such shop! β
Luo Xun didn't squeeze in at all, he only heard the shouting movement from a distance and said to Yan Fei beside him: "It's not cost-effective, go." β
Weapons are very important, yes, but the lethality of steel pipes can be as big as watermelon knives? Besides, food is a scarce commodity now, and the steel pipes sold by those people are relatively thin, and this kind of steel pipe will deform after a few times when it is taken out, and it is better to find a brick that is durable.
Yan Fei followed behind Luo Xun without objection, what they needed was raw materials, as long as they were steel, durable, and bulky, and the two of them were not interested in such a thing with a single use and a high price.
Luo Xun held the back of Yan Fei's hand with his backhand, and his heartbeat accelerated slightly. This kind of cheapness can also be used to get used when there are many people and they are afraid of being crowded......
This street is a north-south road, and in the last days, you can walk all the way north to the center of the city. It is now also the only way to the gate of the base. The two did see a lot of stalls selling steel products along the way, compared to all kinds of steel basins and steel bowls, but the price of this kind of practical utensils is not low - everyone is not stupid, who knows when there will be danger in this chaotic day? With porcelain? Hehe, there's nowhere to spend a lot of money, right?
It wasn't until the two turned into another small intersection full of vehicle vendors that they unexpectedly found that there was a truck parked on the side of the road, and there was a small half car of steel plates on the car just now! This is when my eyes light up - I can really find it!
"How do you sell these things?" Luo Xun patted the car, and when he looked left and right, he couldn't see the person selling things, so he could only shout loudly.
"It's coming, it's coming!" A man with a cigarette in his mouth hurriedly ran out of the crowd gathered at the entrance of the community, holding a handful of cards in his hand, as if he was playing cards with someone. "How much do you want?" Not many people came to buy these kinds of things these days, and these things he picked up on the side of the road when he was out of the base - a large truck loaded with a lot of steel and iron materials and threw them on the road. But except when I first entered the base, there were people who wanted to use this thing to build temporary shacks, and no one cared about it for a long time.
And these days, instead of waiting here for someone to come and buy something, it is better to play cards with others to win rations and earn fast!
"How much is such a big chunk?" Luo Xun patted one of the long steel plates and asked.
"Just change the food, ten packs of instant noodles and a big piece!" The man opened his mouth.
Luo Xun rolled his eyes, pulled Yan Fei to turn around and walked back: "It's better for us to go out of the base to find it ourselves, how much did the steel pipes sell just now?" That one can still fight zombies. β
The man hurriedly said, "How big is my piece!" Do you look at the weight? Look at the thickness! Ten packs is not expensive, or eight packs are fine! β
Luo Xun stood still: "Your thing is big enough and thick enough, but we have to reprocess it ourselves when we buy it back, and the effort spent is not small, three packs of one, if it is suitable, we will sell a few more pieces." β
"That's not going to work, at least six packs!"
"Four packs, no more."
"Five packs, count me as a loss-making sale!"
It's not too far from the Hongjing community, and after negotiating the price, Luo Xun decided to simply go home and drive over to pull things.
He didn't expect to find a stall selling steel in such large quantities so quickly, so he didn't drive over. And the two of them didn't have enough hard currency in their bags, so they had to go home and get some.
There were fifty or sixty steel plates in this less than half car, and after Luo Xun and the others went back, they moved more than ten boxes of instant noodles downstairs and loaded them into small container trucks, and then drove to that place again.
The eldest brother didn't pay much attention to Luo Xun when he saw that he was going back to drive and transport things - the reason why he refused to deliver the goods to his door was because he was not sure whether Luo Xun had the strength to buy most of the things; Second, I am also afraid of being deceived, what if I am sent to a strange place and robbed? Three, of course, I am afraid of fuel, and now the value of gasoline in the base is rising day by day, and everyone knows that gasoline is definitely a good thing that is used less and less, and they are reluctant to waste it. They would rather lose their business than waste half a drop of gasoline.
It didn't take long to see Luo Xun and the two of them coming over in a small container truck, and they really moved boxes of instant noodles from the car, so that the people who played cards in that circle surrounded them with green eyes.
Putting aside the sorted instant noodles, Luo Xun and the two of them laboriously moved the steel plates.
The steel plate seller first stuffed everything into his car with a look of surprise, and suddenly looked at Luo Xun and the car behind them, and his eyes burst with a trace of greed - they could take out a dozen boxes of instant noodles in one go, indicating that they had more supplies in their hands!
Now it's just the two of them, but if they go back, I don't know if there will be companions......
Thinking about it, he looked like the person who usually played cards with him every day. And those men had the same greed in their eyes, and when they looked at each other, they immediately read what they thought in each other's eyesβto leave the two of them behind, and to ask if there was anything else to eat in their house!
The crowd quietly gathered around the two, but Luo Xun and the two of them stuffed a long steel plate into their car as if they didn't know it.
"I said, let's talk about it again."
Luo Xun looked at the man when he heard this, and there was a clear smile on his face: "What else are you discussing?" β
"Well, we don't think the price is a bit right." Luo Xun's composure made the person who bought the steel plate feel that something was not good, but the greed in his heart prevailed and forced these thoughts down.
"Oh, yes, I think your stuff is too expensive." Luo Xun sneered, there was a "click" on his left arm, and the two wings of the crossbow that had been tied to his left arm were violently unfolded - this was reformed by Yan Fei after Luo Xun's research, and it was usually tied to the arm without getting in the way, and it would be opened when needed.
The man was stunned for a moment, and his steps stopped. But there was a big man in the crowd who shouted: "What, you still have to force it to buy?" We won't sell it, can we?! β
Yan Fei coldly glanced at the passenger door that was secretly opened in front of the steel plate truck, and also sneered, and raised his hand - several steel plates on the truck flew violently!
Just as everyone was stunned to see this scene, the steel plates in mid-air suddenly and quickly decomposed, deformed, and condensed into steel needles! With Luo Xun and the two of them as the center, the tip of the needle is facing in all directions!
Before those people came to their senses, there was a string of "aggressive" sounds, and a row of steel needles were neatly nailed to a centimeter in front of the feet of the first row of people, and there was no error at all! What's even more terrifying is that there are dense steel needles floating in mid-air, just like if the man with the mask waves his hand again, those terrifying things will be nailed to everyone at any time!
"I advise you to give in, I can't guarantee that my hands will always be so steady." The cool sound drifted into everyone's ears, and the sound of "poof" came one after another, including the people who sold steel plates, and most of the people in the front circle sat on the ground with blue faces, and the rest of the people also retreated again and again.
Luo Xun suddenly raised his finger and pointed at the front of the truck: "That person is moving your instant noodles, is it that someone from your family wants to help you take it home?" β
The boss of the steel plate was stunned for a moment before turning his head to look, and saw a person tiptoeing to the back frame of the bicycle parked next to the car at some point, and there were already several boxes on the rear frame and basket of the bicycle!
"My instant noodles!!" With a shout, the boss of the steel plate rushed towards the man, and the man also panicked and stepped into the car and ran. But the instant noodles on the back frame of his car were not bolted, and as soon as he stepped on the pedals, the box behind him fell down with a clatter. Seeing this, the people who watched the excitement immediately rushed up and rushed up.
Luo Xun and the others didn't have time to deal with this group of people, Yan Fei raised his hand, and those steel plates flew into the small container honestly according to his command, and even those steel needles were loaded on their own. They didn't intend to expose Yan Fei's abilities at first, but since Luo Xun's hands and crossbows couldn't scare those people, and some people took the opportunity to hide in the crowd and stir up trouble, Yan Fei had no choice but to intimidate.
At present, the people in the base do not have a particularly deep fear and understanding of the superhumans, but they have been rumored to be supermen who can fight N people, whose strength is terrifying and short-tempered. While only some of these guesses are correct, they are enough to make the Adepts look up to and be afraid to provoke them in the base.
The owner of the steel plate finally limped back, holding only a box and a half of instant noodles in his arms, and the rest was coaxed and snatched away by unknown people. When he returned to the car and opened the car door, the owner of the car who was so angry that his head was smoking, he found that not to mention the leftover instant noodles in the car, and even the two boxes of cigarettes he had hidden in the car were gone!!
Outside, Luo Xun and the others loaded the car, returned to the cockpit to start and start, but the owner didn't dare to go out and stop the other party to make up for it as before, so he could only watch them drive away.
If Luo Xun and the others hadn't shown their abilities, the owner would definitely have stopped them this time and asked them to give them a few more packets of instant noodles - God knows if those robbers were found by these two people? Losing things by themselves may be their ploy!
Can now?
Looking at the row of small holes in the road next to the car that had been poked out by steel needles, the owner gritted his teeth and hid the remaining box and a half of instant noodles under the seat, and started the car back to where he lived - it would be better to think about selling the truck for a good price. Those steel plates aren't worth as much as this car!
"Enough of these things, right?" Luo Xun was in a good mood, he didn't expect to be able to buy what he needed when he came out, it was so smooth!
"Enough, even for 1601's house." Yan Fei nodded and said, "You don't need to cover the entire floor with steel pipes, and the thickness doesn't need to be too thick, these materials are enough." "Besides, there are a lot of these things in the house.
"That's good!" Luo Xun nodded with satisfaction, first get the floor heating of 1603! After a year and a half, if you make sure that no one is coming to the house you live in now, you can lift up the whole land of that house and get another set!!
With floor heating, it is equivalent to having a warm house with a stable temperature, and Luo Xun is full of expectations for this.
drove back to the place agreed with Li Tie and them, Li Tie and the others hadn't come back yet, so they were probably wandering around somewhere.
The two were not in a hurry, parked the car in a nearby open space and waited for them to come back, while they sat in the car and watched the flow of people buying and selling things below.
There are a lot of vehicles parked on the side of the street, and Luo Xun's car is not inconspicuous at all, and compared with those huge large trucks, their small container trucks do not take up so much space.
It didn't take long for Li Tie and the others to slowly squeeze out of the crowd and walk here.
Luo Xun stretched out his hand and waved at the five of them, Li Tie and the others hurriedly greeted them when they saw this, and said with a smile: "Why are you still driving in the car?" Did you buy anything? β
Luo Xun nodded and said, "I bought what I wanted." β
"That's really good, we just saw a guy selling steel pipes, and there is only one of the four packs of instant noodles! It's not worth it! β
There were not many people in the car, so Luo Xun slowed down the speed and slowly entered the community with Li Tie and them. I listened to them talking noisily about the situation they encountered when they were shopping and shopping before, and I also said a few words from time to time.
was walking into the depths of the community, when suddenly someone in the distance shouted to a few people. When they looked up, they saw a man in military uniform hurrying towards them. It was a non-commissioned officer who had contacted Luo Xun in their building before.
"We just went up to your floor, why are the doors and elevators on your floor blocked?" The non-commissioned officer ran up and complained.
A few people looked at each other a few times, and laughed embarrassedly: "We went out once a few days ago, and we shipped back a bit of a lot of things, and if someone wants to attack our idea, we temporarily sealed the gate, what's wrong?" Is something wrong? β