I survived with my sister in the doomsday
Chapter 12 Bartering for Things
I want to perform well as a volunteer today, so I'd better go early to see what the situation is.
I am fat, and fat people sweat a lot. The T-shirt I wore yesterday was covered in sweat and I didn't have time to wash it off. The smell of sweat was very strong. It was not noticeable in the hall because the overall smell was turbid, but now in the small room, the smell can really affect the air quality. Although the girls over there didn't say anything, I could clearly see the disgust in their round eyes. I want to go out early to see if there are any vests in Lao Wang Supermarket, and buy one to change into.
After leaving Dormitory 456, I arrived at the entrance of the supermarket within a few minutes. I greeted Mr. Wang, the supermarket owner, and asked with a smile, "Brother Wang, do you have any vests for outerwear? I want to buy one."
Lao Wang replied, "Yes, there is." He asked me to go in and take a look. After entering the supermarket, I realized what I saw. The vest he mentioned was the kind of vest with short sleeves worn by old men! I knew there would be no good things in this shabby place. I asked Lao Wang, "Don't you have any half-sleeved T-shirts?"
Lao Wang, who was also wearing the same waistcoat, shook his head and told me proudly that these were all the goods he had and they were still in great demand. He asked me if I didn't buy them now, they would be out of stock in a few days.
I thought about it carefully, and what Lao Wang said made sense. I asked him how much it was, but he insisted on asking for a hundred. His cheap vest was only worth five yuan on the street stalls, so why did he sell it to me at twenty times the price? Isn't this taking advantage of the national crisis? I secretly complained that Lao Wang was very cunning and shrewd.
Forget it, I won't argue with him. I have money in my space every day, so I spend it. I also want to ask if there are any women's underwear or other items, because I can't just think about myself at this time. I have to buy some necessities for my sisters. When we ran out, my sisters didn't bring anything except my backpack and this little money, and they didn't have any change of clothes. I don't know how long I can stay here. My little sister has her period and needs to change her underwear.
Lao Wang asked me back, "Are you buying it for your wife?"
I answered no, I'm single, but I brought my sister with me. Lao Wang nodded and said: What a good brother. As he asked, he pulled out a stack of women's underwear, the kind that is pure cotton and cheap. I remember that these are worn by aunties in their 50s and 60s, but there is nothing to choose from. The girl's vest has sleeves, and there are also shirts to wear outside, and the kind of large pants that can be worn by both men and women.
He was charging a hundred dollars for a vest that usually costs five dollars. So I asked for men's and women's underwear vests for my sister and grandfather. Even if each of them bought two sets to wear alternately, it would still require ten pairs of underwear. Girls also have to wear underwear under their vests. After I calculated that if I bought all of them, it would cost at least a few thousand dollars. Suddenly, I thought that since he could sell me such expensive things, I could also exchange my space items with him!
He immediately became alert and asked Lao Wang if he liked to drink. I saw that there was no liquor in his supermarket. Lao Wang sighed and replied that he had a few bottles of beer and liquor, but they were taken away by the superiors yesterday, saying that alcohol could not be sold during the disaster relief.
I smacked my lips pretending to be regretful, and suddenly whispered mysteriously to Lao Wang, "I brought two bottles of good wine when I came here, and I don't like to drink, so I will exchange these clothes with you for the wine, what do you think?"
Lao Wang rolled his eyes and showed a lack of interest in his response: "Even if I like to drink a little wine, I can't drink it now."
I immediately approached him and said mysteriously that I had a bottle of good wine from home. It was a 53-proof Qinghua Fenjiu that usually sold for more than yuan. You got a great deal by exchanging these clothes with me. These clothes won't be damaged in an earthquake. The Zheng government may subsidize refugees for free in less than two days, but the good wine may be broken in an earthquake. Do you want to try it? There was temptation in my eyes, trying to get Lao Wang to take the bait. Sure enough, Lao Wang's eyes flashed and he wavered. I took the opportunity to take out a bottle of Red Star Erguotou worth more than yuan from my trouser pocket. The bottle of wine was only in an iron box as big as a palm. I handed it to him with a majestic look and said, "This bottle is a buy one get one free gift for Brother Wang!"
He took the small bottle of Erguotou and couldn't let it go. I knew he must be interested and the deal was done.
I asked him for a big bag to put the newly bought underwear, girls' shirts, underwear, and large underwear that can be worn by both men and women into it and told him that I would send the things back first and get the wine for him.
After that, I quickly took my things and ran back to dormitory 456. I gave the clothes to Feicui and asked her to share them with my younger sister and grandpa. Just as I was about to leave, my younger sister Zhenzhu said that there was no soap here, so how could she wash her clothes? In the past, their clothes were washed by me and my mother. Now that my younger sisters are older, it is not easy for me to wash the girls' underwear, so I started to let them wash it themselves.
When she asked this, I remembered that I forgot to buy soap. I couldn't run back and forth between the supermarket and the dormitory again and again just for a few things. I saw that the door of the apartment was actually a very sturdy anti-theft door. I took out the key in my hand and gave it to Feicui and told her that we only had this one key and asked her to keep it safe. Then I took out two thousand yuan. I took out the money from the cash register in the space today because I was afraid that there would be duplicate bills. I asked her to go to the supermarket later to see if she needed anything and buy some things. However, I specifically told her that the prices in the supermarket are very high now, and there is nothing we can do about it. Save your money and don't buy things that are not very useful. Don't conflict with others again. If we fight again, I won't care about you!
After I explained the jadeite, I saw it was almost ten o'clock, so I hurried back to Lao Wang Supermarket. This time I came out with a backpack, and inside was a bottle of Fenjiu that I promised to give him. Lao Wang took the wine and whispered to me happily not to tell anyone about our exchange of goods. I agreed even more readily, because I was afraid he would tell others.
After I finished here, Sister Zhang's group was almost gathered. I said hello to Lao Wang and went to Sister Zhang to get food from the canteen. I saw that there were more than a dozen volunteers, all of them were males between 20 and 30 years old. I was the tallest and fattest one among them.
Everyone was quite friendly and greeted each other. Sister Zhang and another older sister in her forties, who introduced herself as Li Meimei and the second-in-command of this area, asked us to call her Sister Li.
Sister Li gave each of us a fluorescent vest, saying that this was a signature garment specially given to volunteers. After putting on the vest, we must take on our responsibilities and obey the assignments.
We also answered loyally, "Yes! We will complete the task and obey the assignment!"
The two elder sisters were very satisfied to see how serious we were. I wondered why we didn't leave yet?
It turned out that they were also anxiously waiting for a phone call. I looked at the old-fashioned wired telephone on their table and instantly understood that now only such communication tools are not affected by network signals and can continue to be used, because this kind of phone does not rely on signals and network connections. Therefore, some things are not the more advanced the better.
The phone finally rang. Sister Zhang picked up the phone and answered "yes" solemnly. Then she hung up the phone, stood up and faced us. She said in a powerful tone:
Comrades, we are only responsible for managing the lunch boxes for the victims on this floor. We are now allocated 2,000 lunch boxes. The higher-ups stipulate that ordinary victims will only be given one lunch box a day, and each volunteer will receive two lunch boxes.
She counted the number of people again. There are fifteen volunteers. You are responsible for taking back 100 and 30 lunch boxes respectively. When you take the lunch boxes back and distribute them, you should appease the victims and explain to them that bread and canned food will be distributed again in the evening. The most important thing is not to let the victims protest or riot!
After listening to it for a long time, I think it is acceptable. The victims do not have any work to do and do not need much physical effort. Although they only have boxed lunches and bread and canned food are distributed at night, this is also a huge expenditure of the government in the face of difficulties. We rely on government support and should understand the government's difficulties.
After that, Sister Zhang and Sister Li led us downstairs from the employee passage and headed straight for a huge factory building at the back of the base. As we got closer, we could already smell the aroma of food, which was the smell of fried shredded potatoes!
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