When the Village Chief heard about the exchange, his expression became more normal, but he didn’t care: “What can you exchange? Didn’t the government send people here to tell us to be careful of outsiders like you?”
Ruan Ning said: “We are just two women, can we rob your entire village?”
As she spoke, she took off her backpack and said, “Besides, I didn’t come here by myself. The boss sent us here. I can show the boss’s sincerity right away.”
Ruan Ning took out five bags of salt, five bags of sugar, and a box of anti-inflammatory medicine from her backpack.
Seeing the medicine, the Village Chief’s eyes lit up: “Do you have medicine?”
Ruan Ning said, “Yes, you also need salt and sugar. It’s been three months, and these things are not available. How can people live without salt?”
The Village Chief hesitated.
Ruan Ning said: “We don’t want much, just a pair of chickens and a pair of ducks. Anyway, it’s a live animal, preferably a pair of male and female.”
Before the Village Chief could answer, a militiaman asked in surprise, “How about fertilized eggs? I have them at home.”
Ruan Ning blinked: “That’s fine.”
“I know this kind of thing is expensive now. You can name your price. I will definitely not treat you unfairly, after all, this is your territory.”
Seeing that everyone was eager to try, the Village Chief hesitated and said, “It’s not that we can’t exchange, but the government took away some live chickens and ducks a while ago, so we don’t have many left. We also want to keep the eggs.”
Ruan Ning said, “Then, let’s do this. If you have a chicken or a duck, I will exchange it for five bags of sugar, ten bags of salt, and a box of anti-inflammatory medicine.”
“If you don’t have enough food, I can exchange compressed biscuits.”
The Village Chief suppressed his inner surprise and looked at the two of them: “You two only have two backpacks, how can you carry so many things?”
Ruan Ning: “We came here in a rubber boat. The boat is still hidden at the bottom of the mountain. As long as we change, we will bring things up immediately.”
The Village Chief winked at a member of the militia, and that person quickly ran back to the village.
About ten minutes later, he pulled out a pair of chicks.
They were real chicks.
Generally, chicks were not hatched in this season.
Ruan Ning was surprised: “So small?”
The Village Chief said: “Some time ago, the government came and said that they would store this, so we can only hatch it as we can.”
Ruan Ning said ‘Oh’ and took out a total of 10 bags of sugar, 20 bags of salt, and two boxes of anti-inflammatory drugs from her backpack and Zhou Sulan’s backpack.
The Village Chief said, “You have some compressed biscuits, right? How much compressed biscuits can I get for one bag of sugar?”
Ruan Ning raised her eyebrows: “Five catties of compressed biscuits, but some of them are stockpiled by our boss. They are not the military rations issued by the higher-ups, so the shelf life is not that long.”
The Village Chief’s face lit up with joy, which meant that 5 bags of salt could be exchanged for 25 catties of compressed biscuits, and there was also medicine, which was much better than the purchase and storage price given by the government!
“Then we will exchange for compressed biscuits.” He said quickly.
The militiaman hurriedly said: “Uncle Li, my children haven’t eaten sugar for a long time. Sugar can supplement nutrition.”
The Village Chief said, “What kind of nutrition do you want to supplement? Isn’t it more important to have a full stomach right now?”
The man said, “It’s sunny now, right? If it’s sunny like this, the water will recede in two months at most.”
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