Chapter 424 How Can We Stand Still?

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"Huh..." Xia Fan blew the porridge to cool it down and handed it to Li.

The latter opened his mouth and comfortably took the spoon in one bite.

"Well, it tastes pretty good. Did you put shrimp and fish roe in it?"

"Your tongue is quite sensitive... Recently, the price of seafood in the market has dropped to less than 10% of the usual price. Eunuch Li bought a lot of it for the villa. I heard that he is planning to dig an ice cellar on the back mountain."

"Oh? Then you can just move to the villa to live permanently in the future." Li chuckled.

"Is it necessary? I can buy these ingredients, right?"

"But you are not as delicious as the palace chef... not even half of it." She opened her mouth again, "Ah——"

Xia Fan tactfully handed over the next spoon.

The scene in front of him seemed familiar, but compared to the vigilant and suspicious fox demon in Qingshan Town, Li was now simply relaxed, leaning his upper body on the stacked pillows, not even wanting to stretch out his hands, just turning his head to receive the spoon that Xia Fan handed over.

Of course, the latter was also happy to see this.

This at least means that Li's injury is really not serious, and his condition is much better than it was at that time.

"My cooking is not delicious enough not because of my poor skills, but because I lack some necessary seasonings." Xia Fan emphasized, "For example, MSG that can make people feel the umami taste... The chef has time to thicken the soup to enhance the umami taste, but I don't have time to prepare them."

Li said meaningfully, "Can the listener hear how to cook?"

"No way, I don't know why I can listen so well." Xia Fan said shamelessly.

"Is MSG easy to make?"

"It's not difficult to say, but if you want to mass produce, you still need a lot of people to keep the production line running. You can't count on it in a short time."

"It's better to live in the palace." The fox demon shook his ears and concluded.

Xia Fan had to change the subject, "Yan Qing knows about your affairs."

"What?" Li shuddered, "Why did you tell Aunt Yan? No... You know her attitude, she will definitely not ask for trouble. Could it be--Luo Qingqing said it?"

Xia Fan raised his eyebrows to indicate his agreement.

"Alas, she will nag me again." She lowered her shoulders, "But Luo Qingqing is not a person who likes to shoot without purpose. Is she trying to use this to induce Aunt Yan to investigate Fei Nian's news?"

All correct.

Is this the insight of the fox demon?

"Indeed, but Yan Qing is still very annoyed and thinks I neglected it." Xia Fan said half-jokingly, "So you have to pay attention next time you act."

Li narrowed his eyes at him, "You actually want to say that it's better not to have a next time, right?"

Xia Fan directly blocked her mouth with a spoonful of porridge.

However, the fox demon swallowed it and insisted, "I know you care about me, but demons are not that easy to die-I was even cut open in Qingshan Town, but I survived."

"That's because you met me." Xia Fan said unhappily.

"I just want to emphasize the physical fitness of monsters!" Li raised his chin slightly, "and this is the way monsters train themselves - every injury will become an experience of progress. The more they fight against the strong, the higher the degree of improvement. If you require everything to be risk-free, you will only be at this level in your life. That's not what I want to see."

The two stared at each other for a moment, and finally Xia Fan gave in first, "Okay, but if you don't have the slightest confidence, you still can't bite the bullet and mess around."

"That's natural." The fox monster nodded with satisfaction, "I won't think my life is too long, don't worry."

After eating the porridge and Xia Fan left, Li breathed a sigh of relief.

She looked at the direction of the door and whispered "sorry".

She knew that the other party was worried about her safety, but she didn't want to live in a comfortable nest and watch everyone go further and further away.

Xia Fan's talent in shock technique is unmatched, Luo Qingqing is already a listener, Mo Yun can independently support the machine bureau of thousands of people, and even Fang Xiandao has a bit of divine calculation temperament, she can't stop moving forward.

Li didn't want to be the one being protected.

——She wants to walk shoulder to shoulder with everyone.

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Shenzhou, outside Anshen City.

The Jinxia army set up camp here and officially began to distribute grain for the first time. All the fish, shellfish, shrimps and crabs were neatly arranged and spread out on the thick frost. There was a price tag in front of each stall to facilitate people to estimate and buy.

In the past, even if Anshen and Jinxia were less than 150 miles apart, there would be no fresh seafood for sale in the city. Those who could enjoy seafood were all rich and powerful - they either asked the merchant to refrigerate and transport it, or went to Jinxia to taste it in person. It was the first time for the locals to sell seafood at a fair price to ordinary people.

In order to ensure that nothing went wrong, Wei Wushuang asked his father to go to Baihe City to support the battle, and he was responsible for the distribution of grain in Anshen City. He deliberately put on an orange tanned leather jacket and regarded himself as a guide, just like Luo Youer often did in the General Affairs Bureau - this position was closest to the people and could best see the problems in sales.

The moment the purchasing channel opened, people who had been waiting for a long time poured in instantly. They followed dozens of preset roads to enter the purchasing area, while those who arrived late had to wait in line at the back. This diversion method was the experience summed up by the Secretariat. Wei Wushuang usually didn't think it was anything special, but when he used it, he realized that this method had a lot of mystery. Each resident has a different entrance to the shopping area, but they can all see the four large stalls of fish, shells, shrimps and crabs. The fixed-price setting also avoids the trouble of haggling. The final checkout is at the exit, making the whole process efficient. And convenient.

"Sir, can this be cheaper?"

"I want to buy two more copies for my neighbors, is that possible?"

"How many days will it be sold for? Will the sales become less and less in the future?"

As a guide, Wei Wushuang was quickly surrounded by all kinds of questions. However, the grain department had already prepared for these common questions. He took out his amplifying notes and spoke the answer to each question loudly, which relieved other colleagues in disguise. burden.

"Now is a special period, so there is no bargaining, and each person is limited to one pound of fish, two pounds of shellfish, shrimps and crabs per day. You can buy less, but you must not exceed this amount. In addition, this camp will always be open. Even if the food shortage ends, we will We will continue to operate this business and provide more and more food categories! We will also add vegetables and fruits later, so please feel free to buy! ”

"Keep driving?"

"Doesn't that mean this place will become a permanent market?"

The surprised comments from everyone naturally reached Wei Wushuang's ears. In fact, not long after he arrived in Anshen City, several grain shops came to him and asked round and round about the price of aid grains. When they learned that the selling price of seafood was the same as that of rice and noodles on weekdays, they also hoped that the Secretariat could Raise prices to match poultry prices.

The "favor fees" stuffed in private are more substantial than the others.

Wei Wushuang refused without hesitation.

He knew that this was not a business relationship between Dawan Grain Store and other grain merchants, but an implementation of Jinxia City's grain policy. Since it is a policy, transactions are naturally not allowed.

"Sir, what should I do if I don't have money? Didn't the announcement from the branch office say that no one should go hungry?" Someone asked at this time. "But all this relief food has to be bought with money. Wouldn't the penniless people have to starve to death?"

Wei Wushuang followed the sound and found that the other party was a young woman. She was about sixteen or seventeen years old. She was wearing clothes of good quality and bright colors. She was wearing a pair of bright red leather boots. Even if she was not a young lady from a wealthy family, she was definitely not. How bad would it be? People like this don't look like poor people who have no money to buy food.