34. New era banknotes
For loneliness, Lin Xuan is already so used to it that he can't get used to it, not to mention that he still has a little white strip now.
Smack!
Putting the things on the bed, Lin Xuan took out a bucket of instant noodles from his backpack and began to prepare dinner for himself and his pet.
"Meow~"
The little white stripe wagged its tail gently, and it was already hungry after not eating for a day.
"Don't be in a hurry, it'll be done soon."
Lin Xuan cracked his mouth and smiled, tore open a bucket of instant noodles and poured in mineral water, and then took out the Jiujiang brand lighter, which was already strengthened +2.
After strengthening +2, not only the temperature of the lighter's flame has increased again, but the size of the flame can also be controlled.
The smallest one is a cigarette, and the largest one becomes a one-meter or two-meter fire snake, which may be almost hot to kill zombies, but it is definitely enough to cook things.
Especially in the case of infinite gas.
Tick!
The lighter was pressed, Lin Xuan adjusted the flame to the right level, and just like that, he was happy in this small isolation room.
I believe that friends who have smelled it know how strong the taste of instant noodles is, and they can definitely float in one room.
At first, those who were also quarantined had a good meal, and in the evening, they would eat some bread and the like to cope with dinner.
But after the smell of instant noodles came out, they instantly felt that the bread was not fragrant.
Bread is usually hard to eat, that is, it is eaten when you have just come back from a trip, and it can be called delicious in the gathering place.
But now...
"Big brother, I want to eat instant noodles too..."
A young man with a dirty face put down the hard bread in his hand and looked sideways at the big brother beside him.
The big brother was the middle-aged man who had spoken before and told everyone to pay attention, and he said angrily when he heard the words: "You think of beauty!" I don't have to eat, but you think about it first. ”
"Oh..."
The young man shrunk his neck, and when he saw that the big brother had a bad face, he immediately closed his mouth, for fear that the big brother who lived in a compartment would hit him.
They are all in a small team, and the leader of the team is a middle-aged man who looks strong, so the prestige of the other party is very high.
Usually laugh together, but when they get angry, they will be beaten up.
The rest of the people wanted to shout too, but when they saw the young man's encounter, he shut up and swallowed the bread with his head down.
The middle-aged man also took a bite of the bread, but felt nauseous and couldn't eat it.
"! I can't stand it! ”
As soon as he slapped the bread on the bed, he took a few notes from his pocket and went to the door.
His room is opposite Lin Xuan, and the door is a steel welded strip door, so he can see the opposite side at the door, but Lin Xuan is facing away from him, and he can't see it clearly.
However, when I got to the door, the smell of instant noodles became stronger.
Touching his stomach, the middle-aged man coughed lightly and said, "Little brother, can you sell me a bucket of instant noodles?" ”
Lin Xuan was cooking noodles seriously, and turned back with some confusion when he heard this: "What did you just say?" Are you going to buy my instant noodles? ”
"Yes."
The middle-aged man smiled and nodded: "Your instant noodles are so fragrant, my brother is still young, and he cried just now, so I... Hey. ”
Laughing honestly as he spoke, he really felt like an honest brother who felt sorry for himself.
"Is your brother crying?"
Lin Xuan grasped the key point at once.
"That's right."
The middle-aged man nodded vigorously and pulled the little brother behind him over: "It's him, you see how pitiful this child is, please do me a favor." ”
The young man who was being pulled looked confused, but he quickly reacted and quickly cooperated as if he wanted to cry.
"Brother, don't cry, brother..."
"Wow! Brother, I want to eat noodles, if you don't give me food, I'll roll over! ”
"Oh, my brother doesn't cry, my brother will help you buy noodles."
Lin Xuan opened his mouth slightly and looked at the two of them who were like drama spirits, and he really didn't know what to say at this moment.
But the people around them are accustomed to it, as if they are used to it, so it can be seen that this is not the first time that these two people have done this.
"Brother, it's my brother, please ask you."
The middle-aged man "comforted" the good brother, and handed out the note in his hand: "You can rest assured, my brother didn't ask you for nothing, I will exchange these food stamps with you." ”
As he spoke, he shook the note, and finally threw it away in order to show his sincerity.
Lin Xuan frowned slightly, and motioned for Xiao Baitiao to pick up the note.
Xiao Baitiao understood, quickly jumped to the side of the note, stretched out his paws, picked it up and held it in his mouth, and then handed it to his master.
The middle-aged man stared fixedly at the small white stripe full of agility, and a faint and inexplicable color flashed in the depths of his pupils.
"Big brother..."
The young man tried to speak, but was interrupted by the middle-aged man raising his hand slightly.
They thought they were very secretive, but in fact, they had been fully regarded by Lin Xuan, but he didn't take these things seriously.
He was now carefully examining the note in his hand, which was the food stamp in the other person's mouth.
The stamp, which was the size of a dime, was printed on a color printer, with a national symbol on the front and a photo of the gate of the Aster Leisure Lodge on the back.
"Brother, each blue food stamp can be exchanged for a pound of grain at the logistics office, and my five can be exchanged for five pounds of grain, and you will definitely not suffer a loss if you exchange your instant noodles now."
The middle-aged man was a little distressed, if he wasn't really greedy, he would never be willing to exchange it for this price.
"A pound of grain?"
Hearing the other party's introduction, Lin Xuan immediately became interested in the blue food stamps on his hand.
"Yes."
The middle-aged man nodded and said, "The food stamps are officially issued by the gathering place, and they are absolutely authentic and valid in the gathering place, and they can be replaced at any time." ”
He paused as he spoke, and after a while, he continued to speak: "And not only can it be exchanged for food, but it can also be exchanged for something equivalent to the value." ”
"Oh? Can I exchange it for something else? ”
Lin Xuan looked up at the other party, and became even more curious about this matter, because according to this statement, there is no difference between food stamps and banknotes, and it can even be said to be a new kind of banknotes.
"Well, I'm sure you've guessed it, in the gathering place, food stamps are equivalent to the previous banknotes, and even more useful!"
The middle-aged man smiled and spoke, looking very talkative, and poured the information out without Lin Xuan asking.
"Because now the food stamps can not only be exchanged for food, but also for guns and ammunition that could not be bought before!"
"You can also buy guns and ammunition?!"
Lin Xuan was really surprised this time, because these things were not a joke, except for special reasons, no ruler was willing to let the masses under his rule have these unstable factors.
After all, when rulers rule the people, they use these weapons of mass destruction to deter.
However, he was slightly relieved to think that he had brought a gun and not be confiscated.
"Naturally, I was able to buy them, because if you want to get these food stamps, it is not so easy to get them without guns and ammunition."
The middle-aged man smiled, with a hint of vicissitudes in his eyes, as if he had seen through something.
Lin Xuan was silent when he heard this, and then handed the freshly cooked instant noodles in his hand to Xiao Bai Tiao, and motioned for Xiao Bai Tiao to send it to the other party.
"Thank you for your doubts, I took your business, everyone is fair trade."
"Thank you, brother."
The middle-aged man smiled and nodded when he heard this, and reached out to take the instant noodles in his mouth from the little white strip that came from the iron bar door: "Brother, if you encounter something in the gathering place in the future, you can report the name of my Wang Cannon, I believe it is still a little useful." ”
"Okay, thank you, Brother Wang."
Lin Xuan nodded politely, and took out instant noodles from his backpack to prepare dinner again.
Wang Dacang nodded kindly again, and couldn't wait to pick up the fork and eat noodles.
"Brother, I really want to eat~"
"Get out of the way! You have to eat and buy it yourself! ”
The young man who played the younger brother just now licked his face and stepped forward, but he was kicked aside by Wang Dacang, and the amiable big brother just now was completely gone.
The young man wanted to cry without tears, but he could only look at it pitifully, for his pockets were much cleaner than his face, and he did not have a single food stamp.