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"Huh..." Xia Fan blew the porridge to cool down and handed it to Li.
The latter opened his mouth and took the spoon in one gulp.
"Well, it tastes pretty good. Did you put dried shrimps 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 them for the villa. I heard that he also plans to dig an ice cellar in the back mountain."
"Oh? Then you might as well move to the villa to live permanently in the future." Li chuckled.
"Is it necessary? I can also buy these ingredients, right?"
"But your cooking is not as delicious as the palace chef's...not even half as delicious." She opened her mouth again, "Ah—"
Xia Fan wisely handed over the next spoonful.
The scene in front of him seemed familiar, but compared to the wary and suspicious fox demon in Qingshan Town, Li was now more relaxed. His upper body was leaning on the stacked pillows, and he didn't even want to stretch out his hands. He just turned his head. Take the spoon extended by Xia Fan.
Of course, the latter is also happy to see this.
This at least means that Li's injury is indeed nothing serious and he is in much better condition than he was at that time.
"The reason why my cooking is not delicious is not because I am not good at it, but because I am missing some necessary seasonings." Xia Fan emphasized, "For example, the MSG that can make people feel the umami taste... The chef has the skills to add umami to the thick soup. I didn’t have time to prepare them.”
Li said meaningfully, "Can the listener also hear how to cook?"
"I can't help it. I don't know why I can listen so well." Xia Fan said shamelessly.
"Is it easy to make MSG?"
"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. There is no way to 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 no choice but to change the topic, "Yan Qing knows about your matter."
"What?" Li was agitated, "Why did you tell Aunt Yan? No... you know her attitude, and you will definitely not ask for trouble. Could it be that Luo Qingqing said that?"
Xia Fan raised his eyebrows to show his acquiescence.
"Oh, she will talk about it again then." She lowered her shoulders, "But Luo Qingqing is not a person who likes to make random mistakes. Could she be trying to use this to induce Aunt Yan to investigate the news about Fei Nian?"
all hit.
Is this the fox demon's insight
"That's true, but Yan Qing is still quite annoyed and thinks I was negligent." Xia Fan said half-jokingly, "So you have to be careful next time you act."
Li narrowed his eyes at him, "You actually want to say that it's best not to have a next time, right?"
Xia Fan blocked her mouth with a spoonful of porridge.
However, after the fox demon swallowed it, he still insisted, "I know you care about me, but demons don't die that easily—I even had my stomach cut open when I was in Qingshan Town, so I didn't survive."
"That's because you met me." Xia Fan said angrily.
"I just want to emphasize the physical fitness of the demon!" Li raised his chin slightly, "And this is the way the demon trains - every injury will become an experience of progress. The more you fight against the strong, the higher the level of improvement will be. . If you are required to do everything without risk, your life will only be at this level. That is 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 are not sure at all, you still can't act recklessly."
"It's natural." The fox demon nodded with satisfaction, "I don't think my life is too long, don't worry."
After finishing the porridge and Xia Fan left, Li let out a sigh of relief.
She looked in the direction of the door and whispered "Sorry" softly.
She knew that the other person was worried about her safety, but she didn't want to live in her comfort zone and watch everyone move further and further away.
Xia Fan's talent in the earthquake technique is unparalleled. Luo Qingqing is already a listener. Mo Yun can independently support thousands of people to create a situation. Even Fang Xiandao has a somewhat calculating temperament. She also We cannot stand still.
Li didn't want to be the one being protected.
—She wants to walk side by side with everyone.
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Shenzhou, the outskirts of Anshen City.
The Jinxia army set up camp here and officially began to distribute grain for the first time. All the fish, shells, shrimps and crabs are neatly arranged in categories and spread flat on the thick frost. There is a price tag inserted in front of each stall to facilitate everyone's estimation and purchase.
In the past, even if Anshen and Jinxia were less than 150 miles away, there would be no fresh seafood for sale in the city. Those who can enjoy seafood are all wealthy and wealthy people - they either entrust trading companies to transport them in cold storage, or go to Jinxia to taste them in person. This is the first time for local people to have seafood sold at affordable prices to the general public.
In order to ensure that nothing went wrong, Wei Wushuang asked his father to go to Baihe City to suppress the battle, while he was responsible for the food supply in Anshen City. He deliberately put on an orange-red tanned leather jacket and regarded himself as a guide, just like Luo Youer often did in the General Affairs Bureau - this position is closest to the masses and can 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 bargaining. 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, but 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 not exceed this amount. In addition, this camp will always be open. Even if the food shortage ends, we will We will maintain this business and provide more and more food categories! Vegetables and fruits will be added later, so please feel free to buy!"
"Keep driving?"
"Doesn't that mean that 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 would not be a young woman. How bad would it be? People like this don't look like poor people who have no money to buy food.