Exchange Price List:
New rice: 30 trading coins per jin
Old rice: 20 trading coins per jin
Brown rice: 10 trading coins per jin
Potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes: 15 trading coins per jin
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Xu An followed her mother's指 directions and looked at the screen, finding that the prices for basic food staples were indeed as stable and low as her mother had said.
However, meat and poultry such as beef, chicken, lamb, and pork were all marked with "Today's Price" and cost about five times that of basic grains.
At the registration desk earlier, the staff had given Xu An a Lighthouse Handbook that also contained information about material exchange. However, for many items, the exchange price was listed as "To be determined."
Only now did she understand what was going on.
Xu Yan pulled Xu An over and pointed to a screen in the corner.
Exchange Price Table:
1 jin of gold: 50 trading coins
1 jin of platinum: 100 trading coins
1 jin of jade: 150 trading coins
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1 jin of indium metal: 500 trading coins (Extracted from LCD displays and tablet screens, exchanged by actual weight.)
1 jin of rare earth: 600 trading coins (Extracted from composite materials, magnesium, aluminum, titanium, and other alloy materials, exchanged by actual weight.)
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Xu An's eyes lit up after reading the list. Although she didn't recognize most of the rare metals on the price list, she had gold.
Xu Yan had converted some of her assets into gold earlier, and with what Xu An had scavenged from supermarkets, they had about 7,000 jin in total.看書溂
Xu An had also scavenged some diamonds, which added up to nearly a jin. However, she didn't plan to exchange them. The markup for these items was too high, and the Lighthouse's prices were too low. It was better to keep them, as there were quite a few wealthy people in the Lighthouse.
No woman dislikes jewelry, especially wealthy and idle women.
Selling these diamonds to them later would maximize profits.
Xu An grumbled inwardly, but still... the gold in the Lighthouse was too devalued. Before the apocalypse, a jin of gold was at least 150,000, but now it could only be exchanged for 50 trading coins.
After browsing for a while and getting a general idea of the day's prices, they left the trading hall.
They went to pick up Gou Dan on the way.
Gou Dan seemed very excited when it saw Xu An, circling around her incessantly. Xu An remembered the ungrateful little thing following someone else with its big wiggling butt and disdainfully pushed away its pouncing head.
Gou Dan was not discouraged and, sticking out its tongue, tried to burrow into Xu An's arms again.
"Gou Dan really misses you. It was restless last night and didn't eat much."
Xiang Qin watched Gou Dan with a smile, as if defending it, proving it wasn't a fickle little dog!
Xu An replied, "Thank you. I'll bring Gou Dan back tonight."
Seeing Gou Dan's fur was clean, she knew Xiang Qin had washed it for free. Thinking about how to repay Xiang Qin later, she disliked owing others.
However, she didn't believe the smelly dog hadn't eaten because it missed her. It was more likely that the compressed biscuits were too unpalatable, and it knew she was coming today, waiting for jerky!
Yesterday, when Xiang Qin asked for dog food, Xu An could only grab three packs of compressed biscuits from her bag. She couldn't possibly give Gou Dan's actual dog food to Xiang Qin.
Looking at the now fragrant Gou Dan, Xu Yan also smiled brightly. "Come, Gou Dan~ Give Grandma a hug~"
Gou Dan immediately abandoned Xu An, wiggled its butt, and plunged into Xu Yan's embrace, sniffing and looking extremely aggrieved.
Xu An: "..."
Who did this dog learn to act spoiled from? Is it becoming a spirit?
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Following yesterday's route, when Xu An returned to the entrance, she realized that the four giant pillars supporting the Lighthouse were actually passenger elevators.
After leaving the Lighthouse, Xu An led Gou Dan to the place where she had sold her car yesterday.
"Hello, can I rent the vehicle I mortgaged yesterday?"
"Yes, you can. What kind of car would you like to rent?"
"A Wuling Hongguang is fine."
"You need to pay a deposit of 100 coins, and the rental fee is 20 trading coins per day."
Xu An nodded, handed over her ID card, completed the transaction, and her Wuling Hongguang was back in her possession.
At this moment, several suspicious figures appeared in Xu An's line of sight.
Three hours later.
"Nannan... It looks like there's a car following us," Xu Yan said with a solemn expression.
"I know. I noticed it when renting the car. It's those three men who had a conflict with us this morning."
Xu An's tone was somewhat cold. She hadn't expected these people to be so impatient and come looking for her so soon.
City B was currently under military jurisdiction. If she were to kill someone here, she might attract attention.
Xu An didn't want to cause any trouble for herself, not even a one-in-a-million chance.
So, she kept accelerating, aiming to leave City B.
"Chase them, you damn bitches! We'll teach her how to behave today!" the leading man shouted excitedly.
It was as if Xu An was already meat on his chopping board, ripe for slaughter.
"I didn't expect this little bitch to make so many enemies. Even that gossipy old woman wants to get rid of them."
"Who cares? They're fighting amongst themselves, and we can profit from it."
"It's just that old woman is too stingy, only giving 100 trading coins."
"Big brother, let's find a chance to deal with that old woman too. I heard she exchanged a lot of supplies and is looking for wives for her son in the Lighthouse."
"Why? What time is it now? Is that old woman crazy, still looking for a wife?" the leading man asked curiously.
"It's all because of her son. The man is an idiot. He must have suffered some kind of shock and can't even take care of himself. With her son like that, no girl would be interested, and the old woman's mouth is so vicious and gossipy. How could she find anyone?"
"That's right, that's right! I heard from 'Mouse' in Warehouse No. 2 that the old woman managed to scare away four young girls in one morning."
Mouse was a girl, though Mouse was just her nickname. She was a famous gossip in the relief warehouse. By selling small rumors and supplies, she was doing quite well there.
The leading man sneered, "Isn't that pure idiocy? But that old woman has a lot of supplies. Let's just kill her afterwards. Along with her useless son, I'll be doing her a favor, saving her the trouble of worrying about her useless son after she's dead..."
"Hahahahaha..."
"..."
The men's harsh laughter echoed throughout the carriage as they began to calculate how to spend the soon-to-be-acquired trading coins.
Xu An glanced at the black Toyota chasing them in the rearview mirror and a cold smile curved her lips. Upon spotting the boundary, she didn't hesitate and sped through the protective net, leaving City B.