Chapter Twenty-Six: Visiting the Bazaar
In the blink of an eye, Li Jie's family has been living in this temporary security camp for a week. During these seven days, in addition to restricting the activity area and taking the temperature every day, it made people feel as if they were back in the collective life of the university. Of course, if there were no weeping cries from the families of the infected, it might be more like.
As the army rescues survivors in the city every day, there are more and more survivors in the camp. The number of people who were found to have a fever gradually increased, but the vast majority of people were only suffering from colds because of the sudden drop in temperature these days and the fact that they only lived in tents in the camp, so they quickly recovered on their own, and there were no follow-up symptoms of hunger, so that the work of the epidemic prevention department gradually improved.
All kinds of supplies are gradually becoming abundant, and they have even begun to circulate, and they will soon be supplied with power to the temporary camp! This will greatly alleviate the inconvenience caused by the continuous cold and snowfall.
It is also reported that the center of AX is surrounded by ancient city walls, and the government has cleaned up the area inside the ancient city walls, and will build a defensive line along the gates of the four city walls, and the next step, the camp, or the citizens, will enter the city center to live. The army will gradually clean up the entire city and restore order!
The good news came like snowflakes, and people who have experienced this terrible epidemic are desperate to return to their old lives.
In the makeshift camp, small bazaars have been formed, where people trade their belongings, whether a pack of cigarettes or a bottle of liquor. As the number of people who are actually infected gradually decreases, the list of prohibited sensitive items is also decreasing, except for controlled knives, weapons and the like, and well-packaged items such as cigarettes, alcohol, and non-staple food, which have been allowed to appear in the camp.
The original currency has collapsed, and the new monetary policy has not yet been announced. However, the basic subsistence allowance is distributed by the Provisional Government on a daily basis, and the impact is not significant. The bazaar began to be traded in its most primitive form of barter.
Li Jie and Zeng Pei walked hand in hand in this spontaneously formed small bazaar, casually watching people put out the things they exchanged.
"Husband, come and see!" Zeng Pei's eyes suddenly lit up, and he pulled Li Jie to a stall, pointing to a few bottles of unopened facial cleanser and some bottles and cans for daily feminine care, and looked at Li Jie expectantly. The eyes blinked and began to pretend to be cute.
Li Jie was also drunk, looking like he was defeated by you, he gave Zeng Pei a wordless grimace and looked back at the stall owner. The stall is a middle-aged man about 30~40 years old, with a delicate face and a face that does not look like a businessman.
Li Le, the stall owner, looked at Li Jie and his wife and noticed the facial cleanser on their stall, and their sad look was also a joy, the things they put out were all hoarded by his wife at home before, and then his wife was infected, and his 8-year-old daughter was rescued by the army with him. She wasn't old enough to understand the situation. In order to get some non-staple food and supplement the child's nutrition, he had to sort out the things in his bag when he fled, and took out the valuable ones to see if anyone was interested.
Seeing that there might be business patronage, Li Le hurriedly came up and greeted Li Jie: "This ...... Sir, the things I have here are all genuine products from the previous counter! It's not easy to get right now! Now you can use some food and you can exchange it! ”
While looking at Li Jie and Zeng Pei, he subconsciously took out a few things from his bag, lest Li Jie be dissatisfied. The current situation, being able to eat enough and having a safe place to live, has made people very satisfied, and people who care about this kind of toiletries can't say that they don't have it, they can only say that there will definitely not be much. After all, life matters! Everyone knows that in this special period, food and medicine are the most important materials for the government at present.
"What do you want to eat? Isn't the government in charge of the food? Li Jie was puzzled.
"This ...... It's really okay, but it's ...... There is also a child at home, who has been spoiled before...... Alas, anyway, if you want to change something to eat, chocolate or something, fruit or something, anything! Li Le hurriedly replied, seeing that it was not a business material, he handed over the initiative to the other party in a few sentences.
Coincidentally, Li Jie is not short of food.
Took out 2 apples from the bag behind him, the game is produced, it must be a high-quality product! This apple is red and big, and as soon as you take it out, you can't help but take a deep breath when you smell the unique fragrance of apples! Especially for people who haven't eaten fruit for a long time, it's simply unstoppable.
Li Le is like that. In these days, he used to be a middle-class person, and his quality of life went from heaven to hell, this kind of good-looking apples used to cost dozens of dollars a catty, and now it makes him see a big pot of dishes every day, his eyes lit up, saliva began to secrete subconsciously, and he subconsciously swallowed saliva.
"Grunt".
Li Jie looked at Li Le funny, Li Le also smiled awkwardly, and he had no awareness of price increase at all, so he nodded busily: "Okay, okay!" Just two apples! “
He is aware of the preciousness of apples now! This kind of fresh fruit is actually the most lacking in the camp at this stage.
In the past, most of the fruits and vegetables in the market were kept fresh in cold storage, or planted in greenhouses, and the high-end ones were shipped from southern cities and even abroad! Either way, in the current situation of no one to maintain, it has long been rotten or broken. The government is searching for supplies outside, and it is very difficult to get this kind of fresh vegetables, melons and fruits that are not rotten.
Therefore, the camp has been fed mainly with regular vegetables that are easy to preserve in winter, such as cabbage, carrots, potatoes, etc. For the survivors who were trapped at home and lacked food and clothing, they were naturally very satisfied at first, but after eating for more than ten days in a row, it simply drove these people who were used to living a good life crazy!
The stall owner Li Le excitedly took the two apples from Li Jie's hands, and in the envious eyes of the rest of the vendors, he didn't care about the cosmetics on the stall, held the two apples in his hand, as if holding two gold bricks, turned around and ran in the direction of his tent, while running, Xin Xin muttered ecstatically: "Nannan, Dad got you fruit...... Your favorite Big Apple!! “
Looking at the vendors in the distance, facing the bottles and cans on the ground, Li Jie opened his mouth and raised his hand to call him, after all, the two apples were only going to be exchanged for 2 bottles...... You can wait for me to tell me the price! But seeing that it was gone in a blink of an eye, the speechless Li Jie looked back at Zeng Pei, who was smiling, and said, "What is the situation?" “
Zeng Pei said with a smile: "Stupid, fruits are rare now!" “
While laughing, he cleaned up the cosmetics on the floor, "Yikes! These are all brand goods! As soon as his eyes lit up, Zeng Pei hurriedly put these things together, and then simply put them in Li Jie's backpack together, and floated Li Jie with his eyes with satisfaction, signaling him to hurry up and put it on the old lady's back!
Then happily continue shopping.
Alas, seeing that the world is over, women love shopping a little bit, but they still can't change it??