Chapter 19: Hoarding Candles
"Now there are 126,308 yuan (126,308.5) in the deposit of Chinese dollars, how much do you want to withdraw today?" The staff patiently replied after reading the passbook.
Lin Xiaoquan was stunned, but he didn't expect his grandmother to leave so much money for him. After she came back to her senses, she asked, "If I take it all out today, will the bank have enough cash?" ”
"I'm sorry, but now there are only 110,000 cash left in the bank."
"Okay then, I'll take 110,000, thank you!" Koizumi was glad that it was okay after hearing it, at least he could take most of it, today was really an unexpected surprise, and at the same time he deeply missed his grandmother.
After Lin Xiaoquan was "fully armed" in the bank, put on a cap and mask, went out and rode his bicycle and continued to the farmer's market. After turning the corner, Koizumi slowed down his cycling speed, put one hand into the cloth bag, and transferred the 100,000 bundles of cash inside into the Taoyuan space, leaving only 10,000 cash in the cloth bag, ready to be purchased in the farmer's market.
By the time Lin Xiaoquan arrived at the farmer's market panting, the sky had changed from gray at noon to splashing ink in the evening, just like before the storm. Koizumi rode her bicycle directly in the empty aisle, and when she arrived at the daily necessities area, she searched for a while and finally found a shop with an open door, and she hurriedly stepped forward to ask the boss if there were any candles and lighter matches for sale.
The owner of the shop, a middle-aged couple, replied vigilantly: I want to look for it to see if there is any stock, and even if there is, it is very expensive now.
"It's okay, it's definitely more expensive at this time." Xiao Quan was afraid that they would not sell, so he hurriedly played the emotional card: "I am a student at the Provincial Agricultural University, and I didn't go home for the New Year because of something at school during the winter vacation this year, so I stayed in school." Now there is a power outage, and the dormitory only supplies electricity for half an hour at night for us to wash, and it is really scary and inconvenient for me to stay alone in the dark dormitory. If you have it, even if it's more expensive, I'm willing to buy it. ”
"Okay! We also have a child at the provincial agricultural university, who was a freshman last year and came back during the winter vacation. For the sake of you and my children being classmates, I don't ask for a price. When the middle-aged woman heard that Koizumi was also a student, and that she was left alone at school during the New Year's Festival, she relented, and as she spoke, she took out a pack of packaged candles from her hidden place, and pointed to it: "This kind of white candle for ordinary household emergency lighting has two sizes, both in a pack of 100 candles. ”
"How long will the tuba last?" Koizumi asked.
"The large candle is about 17 centimeters long, about 5 centimeters thick, and burns for about 60 hours, if you want a pack of 1,000 yuan."
The middle-aged woman was afraid that Lin Xiaoquan would misunderstand, so she hurriedly explained: "After the power outage, we went to inquire, and now the purchase price is very high, and the supply is not stable, so I really don't make any money from you." ”
"Auntie, thank you! It doesn't matter, I want more, and I want more matches and lighters. Koizumi returned to the shopkeeper gratefully.
In the end, Koizumi spent a total of more than 6,000 yuan, nearly 7,000 yuan, to buy two-thirds of the candles in the store, basically large candles, and also bought some smaller and shorter portable trumpets, matches and lighters, and the shopkeeper also gave her a few candlesticks of different shapes to facilitate her use in the dormitory.
As for the flashlight, Koizumi has seriously considered it, and now that electricity and energy are scarce, the price of batteries is estimated to be rising, and the tools that use electricity seem to be chicken. Perhaps, as the student council advocacy book says, people will have to learn to adapt to these changes in the future, especially in terms of lifestyle. So Koizumi doesn't plan to spend money stocking up on flashlights and batteries.
In addition, there are a few flashlights left over from the old house in the Taoyuan space, and some batteries, which really need to be used in an emergency, and it is estimated that it is enough.