Doomsday foresight

In the afternoon and evening of that day, everyone was resting in the tent. The chaos in the camp was not suitable for communication, so it was time to take a rest.

Jinxi and the others had breakfast early the next morning, and the various bases began to be lively. After eight o'clock, booths were set up in front of the tents or snow houses. It was similar to the previous trade fair. They had already inquired about the news yesterday. This exchange meeting is entirely based on barter, and there is no exact price for the items. It all depends on the negotiation between the two parties. Generally, the items traded are on-site transactions, but there are also post-transactions, that is, the two parties agree on a time and place to trade again. Such transactions Belong to relatively large amount.

Ye Qiu was in charge of their booth, and Jinxi, Jiang Chen, and Ye Ke went out to look at the items exchanged by other bases.

Jinxi was wearing a silver-gray fox fur half coat, the coat was attached to a hat with long fox fur, and he was wearing a snow goggle, which only showed half of his face, but he still wore a scarf just to be careful, if he really met someone he knew Just pull it up and cover it.

The three of them walked out of the camp. They went to the original base first. Clothes and food are the most important things in life. Jinxi and the others seemed to go to the Changyuan base to see cotton. There is no shortage of cotton cloth in the village, but they would like to change change points.

The Changyuan base is a large base. This base communicated with the outside world a long time ago. They themselves rely on the mountains and have sufficient food sources. The cotton in their hands can also be exchanged for useful materials, so the Changyuan base is considered relatively rich.

However, when Jinxi and Jiang Chen came to the Changyuan base, they found that the people in the Changyuan base were all blacker and thinner. If they hadn't seen their strength when they were working, they would have thought that the people in the Changyuan base People can't eat and are hungry.

"Don't look at them all, they are very thin. They grow cotton, which is similar to our grain, but the harvest lasts for two months, July and August. I heard that the current cotton matures for a short time. If it is not picked in time It is easy to be blown away by the wind or the seeds burst, so they often went to the fields to pick cotton in the past two months, so they got so dark." Ye Ke explained to them.

"Then it's hard for people to be exposed to the sun." Jinxi is very familiar with the heat of summer, just like when he went to the beach, he dared not go out when the sun was high. In summer, people are not allowed to go out for four hours at noon.What's more, the Changyuan base is to the south of them, so the weather should be hotter.

"I heard that many people got sunburned at the beginning, but now they get used to it and it's fine. You can see that they are very thin now, which has something to do with the sun exposure."

Jinxi feels that people nowadays seem to be evolving, changing according to their own needs and the environment, just like the people in their village are tall and burly, and this kind of body is suitable for living in the cold north, so that they can fight Huge bears and tigers, Changyuan base and theirs are also next to the forest, but obviously their bodies have not developed into burly, they are very thin and strong, and should be very flexible. He remembered that there were no big beasts in the forest at Changyuan base. , more should be small animals like pheasants and hares.Perhaps it is time to observe how people in other places have changed.

After thinking about it, Jin Xi came to Chang Yuan's booth, and now there were some cloths on their booth, "Oh, there are tricks here."

"Presumably Changyuan should have a printing machine." Jiang Chen guessed.

"Hey, little brother, you are right. We have an old textile factory in Changyuan. The workers in the textile factory were all laid off before. Those broken machines were thrown there and no one used them. They almost didn't sell scrap iron. After using it, all the machines controlled by the latest computer are not working anymore, so the old things are still good.” The middle-aged man standing in front of the table said very proudly.

"Hehe, no wonder you can weave." Jin Xi smiled and squeezed the fabric.

"Little brothers, look at our fabrics. They are all thick and warm. There are more than ten designs and colors. Our fabrics are half handmade and half machine. It’s the same canvas as before.” The middle-aged man said as he shook the fabric.

"It's quite thick but it's not suitable for making clothes, it's too hard." Jin Xi squeezed it.

"Little brother, I don't understand. Now we have to use this material to make clothes. You can see that this cloth is old and strong. If it is scratched by a wild animal, it may not be broken. According to the words of the young people, our cloth itself is not broken. Defensive, hehe, besides, although our cloth is hard, it is similar to denim, so I get used to it when I wear it, look at what I wear, pure cotton is very comfortable." He said and squeezed his body thick padded jacket.

The three of them looked up, and saw that the clothes this man was wearing were similar to the old Tibetan clothes. The right lapel was closed with a pipa button, and it was longer than the knees, with long sleeves and a wide belt around the waist. What's the matter, the collar and cuff buttons all have sheepskin, and there should be a lot of cotton inside. This person is relatively thin, and although the clothes are heavy, they don't look bloated.

Jin Xi touched his sleeves, and it was true that this man had worn his clothes for a long time, and the clothes were not so stiff anymore.

"Do you only sell cotton here?" Jinxi asked, looking around the camp, other people in the Changyuan base were also sorting things, and these people had similar clothes.

"Why don't you sell it? Look at our cotton." The middle-aged man said and took out a bag from below, opened it, and there was some yellowed cotton inside. "Look at this velvet, it's long and cottony."

"How?" Jiang Chen asked.

Seeing that Jiang Chen and the others were interested, the middle-aged man smiled, "That depends on what you exchange."

"Salt." Jiang Chen said as he took out a small bag from his backpack and handed it over.

The middle-aged man raised his eyebrows, and there seemed to be a light in his eyes. He took the bag and carefully opened it to reveal white salt.He pinched a little bit with his fingers and put it in his mouth. This salt has been dried twice, that is, the salt that Jinxi and the others reprocessed in the village after they transported the salt back. It is worse than coarse salt, but not as good as the previous refined salt. But now the salt is ready.

The middle-aged man tasted it, then turned around and screamed, and a man walked out of the big tent behind him. This man was in his 30s, and he was also quite dark, but he was a bit taller than the others, with a pair of eyes and a single eyelid. Very long and narrow.

The man came over and took a look at the bag of salt, "How do you want to change it?" The man asked with a hoarse voice.

Jiang Chen pointed to the cloth and cotton, "I exchange some of the cotton and cloth, I don't know your exchange price?" Jiang Chen didn't say how much they exchanged for salt.Ye Ke went to inquire about it yesterday. Now there is a general shortage of salt in various places. The salt well closest to them is also in another province. The situation there is still unclear. Now the salt in all bases depends on the stock in the past.

"Sixty catties of salt for a piece of cloth, or one catty of salt for ten catties of cotton." The man gave a price.

Jiang Chen shook his head, the corners of his mouth curled up, "One catty of salt is exchanged for fifteen catties of cotton, and fifty catties of salt is exchanged for one piece of cloth."

The man thought for a while and nodded, "One catty of salt can be exchanged for fifteen catties of cotton, but the cloth must not be less. I can only exchange 58 catties for you at most. Our cloth is not easy to weave, and the price cannot be lowered. But for you You have to exchange more than one ton of salt with us, and half of the cloth.” The man calculated.

Jiang Chen thought about it, they brought five tons of salt this time, and some of the things they exchanged back this time were to be exchanged with people from the outer city. These people had already accumulated some points, and the rest of the villagers would also exchange them with points. Cloth is easy to use. As long as people have the conditions, they want to wear new clothes during the Chinese New Year.

Their cloth is less than 50 meters, and it looks like 44 to [-] meters.A thousand catties of salt can only be exchanged for twenty bolts of cloth, which may not be enough.

Jiang Chen signed a one-ton exchange agreement with them first. They still need salt. When they go back to see how the demand in the village is, if they still need cloth, they can go directly to their base. It can be said that going to their base can be faster than here. Some.

"How do you change this cloth?" Jin Xi was picking out the pattern of the fabric, there are not many of these patterns, he was thinking of taking back one piece of each, as a sample, so that it would be easier to exchange next time, and the sound rang in his ear A somewhat familiar voice.He turned his head and saw that he was a tall young man with a round face and a long fur hat. He was wearing fur. He looked familiar but couldn't remember who it was.

"Let's go, let's go to the forest farm base." Jiang Chen suddenly pulled Jinxi out, and said to Ye Ke while walking, "You take inventory and get the things back first."

Ye Ke nodded, "Got it."

After walking a few steps, Jin Xi asked, "What's wrong?"

"The few people just now belonged to the Jingxi base. I saw a person who seemed to have left our village. That's when he was driven out."

"Ah, do you see who it is? I just saw a person who looks familiar, but it seems that he didn't come out of our village." Jin Xi thought about it but still couldn't remember who it was.

"I don't remember the name."

"Then you still keep Ye Ke. That person must know Ye Ke."

"It's okay, it's no secret that we came here. You are now tanned a lot, and your appearance has changed a little. If you don't look carefully, you won't be able to see it. As long as you don't let him come face to face, other people won't find you. Save some trouble." .When we finish our work, I will still trouble them. The matter of kidnapping you is over.” This fair is quite important, not only to exchange things, but also to communicate with these bases, and exchange with each other in the future Things are also easy, and when the relationship network is established, they don't have to come here.So they should not have a conflict until they are in touch.

The two of them walked towards the forest farm base while they were talking, and they saw Zhang Cheng halfway there. This guy was still holding a bunch of skewers in his hand. Taste it, it was exchanged from the stall over there, kebabs, with a new plant growing in them, it tastes very good.”

Jin Xi took a skewer and took a bite. There was a clear fragrance, and the skewers were not greasy at all. "tasty."

"What kind of plant do they change over there? You see, this is it. Let's go back and try it later. I heard that it tastes better in soup." Zhang Cheng took out a paper bag and opened it to find a green powder.

"Oh, they still keep it secret." Jin Xi smiled, pinched a little and put it in his mouth, but didn't taste anything.

"This has to be heated to taste." Zhang Cheng put the paper bag back.

Maybe the seasoning has been in his mouth for a long time, and a fresh fragrance came out, "It's really good." Jin Xi nodded, but he didn't know what this plant looked like.

By the way, the people I saw at the Jingxi Base just now also went to the original base, you didn't run into it, did you?

"I've met -- oops." Jin Xi clapped his hands suddenly, and the meat skewer fell off, Jiang Chen stretched out his hand to catch it.

"I remember who that person is?"