Chapter 15 Aunt Nan
"Do they still know how to repair firearms?" Long Yuehong looked at Bai Chen in the driving position and pushed open the car door.
He means that this is no longer a simple repair.
"If you can't eat this bowl of rice, you can't open such a shop." The cold wind was howling outside, and Bai Chen couldn't help but pull the gray scarf around his neck.
"And sometimes, broken guns may not be really broken, or they are not so bad." Jiang Baimian speculated based on his own experience and insights, "It's just that the people who sell guns don't understand it very much."
Bai Chen nodded and said:
“That’s the most profitable part.”
After saying that, she closed the car door and walked towards the "Afu Gun Shop".
"Money?" Long Yuehong learned this term, but he only saw it once in reality, that is, the old world coins that Shang Jianyao got from Wu Shoushi.
Jiang Baimian said casually while passing through the windshield:
"This is part of the big force, and there must be coins circulation, but they are often limited to the internal ones.
"Actually, the company's contribution point is essentially a little equal to money. Have you forgotten the concept of general equivalent?"
Long Yuehong recalled for a few seconds and said weakly:
“We haven’t learned it…”
Jiang Baimian was speechless and laughed for a few seconds:
"Let me give you some books and read them carefully.
“Although this is useless in terms of life within the company, it helps us understand a lot of things for us who often go to the dust.
"And if you can integrate it, it will be easier for you to transfer from the 'old transfer team' and you can even be assigned to the department responsible for foreign trade."
"Okay, okay." Long Yuehong's eyes lit up when she heard this.
Although he will definitely be in the "old transfer team" for the next half year, if he does not have a long-term plan, he will have immediate worries, and he still has to prepare for his future job transfer.
Otherwise, if you adapt to such a high-income position, it is really easy to make people feel disappointed.
Besides, I have to support a family in the future!
Jiang Baimian nodded with a smile, then looked at Shang Jianyao suspiciously and said:
"Why don't you speak?"
The quieter this guy is, the more she is afraid of what he can do.
Shang Jianyao touched his stomach and said:
“Save energy.”
"That's right..." Jiang Baimian also felt hungry.
It's been a while since lunch time.
While talking, Bai Chen came out of the "Afu Gun Shop" and returned to the jeep.
Behind her, a young man in an old windbreaker followed and opened the iron fence gate a few meters away.
This leads to the rear of the building where the gun shop is located.
This is a square yard surrounded by several buildings. The ground is covered with gray-white stone bricks, but it has been broken a lot and some rainfall has accumulated.
Bai Chen found a place to park the jeep, and said while opening the car door:
“It’s here.”
Jiang Baimian nodded gently, got out of the car and looked around, and kept the locations of the four exits of the yard in his mind.
Then, they followed Bai Chen and walked into the back door of the "Afu Gun Shop" and followed a cold and humid gray-white staircase to the second floor.
There is already a waiting place for a woman who looks like she is in her thirties.
Her black hair is tied into a bun, and her facial features are not outstanding, but she has an unspeakable style.
At this time, she was wearing a dark red cotton jacket and a dark scarf on her neck, and she was very clean.
"Aunt Nan." Bai Chen greeted him.
Aunt Nan glanced at the "old commissioning team", without asking anything, pointed to the end of the corridor on the second floor and said:
"Your room is the innermost two. When you have problems, you can jump into the yard or on the street.
“The key is on the door.”
Jiang Baimian looked at the scarf around Aunt Nan's neck, and smiled and said:
"Thanks."
"It's not for you to live in for nothing." Aunt Nan smiled, "Two rooms, a 500-gram military canned food a day, I hope you don't owe any debts in the end."
Jiang Baimian said in a brisk tone:
"Don't worry, I can't afford it anymore, I'll let them find something to do."
She refers to Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong.
Aunt Nan smiled indifferently:
“In Wild Grass City, the competition for ruin hunters is very fierce.
"Sometimes, they even take on the task of delivering lunch and supper."
She paused and added:
“The toilet and bathroom are on the other side, and you can see it in the end.
"If you want to take a shower and are afraid of the cold, it is best to choose between 12:00 and 12:30 noon and 6:30 to 7:00 pm. At these times, we have just cooked the meal and there is enough hot water in the empty wall of the stove, which can be directly pressed up. Haha, save some. If you miss these two points, you have to put the water into the water heater, boil it with electricity, and then adjust the cold water to the appropriate temperature.
"Well, it's winter now, the water is not sufficient, and the living area only provides electricity for five hours a day. It's from 11:30 to 1:30 noon and from 5:30 to 8:30 in the evening, so you can calculate the time yourself."
Long Yuehong and others were not surprised at Aunt Nan’s reminder. After all, the energy supply within “Pangu Biology” is even stricter than this, and they are all quota systems.
"If we use electric water to boil water ourselves, do we need to pay an additional fee?" Jiang Baimian knew that Bai Chen might not be so easy to speak, so he took the initiative to take the responsibility of bargaining.
Aunt Nan glanced at Bai Chen:
“One can four times.
"If you want us to prepare your meals, you have to say it in advance."
After confirming the details, Jiang Baimian said goodbye to Aunt Nan and walked towards the room along the cold aisle where light shone at only two ends.
The two doors stand opposite each other and are painted with dark red paint, which has certain traces of damage, giving people a very ancient feeling.
The layout of the house is the same: a high and low bed, a table against the window, a wooden cabinet with insect marks and two square stools.
Because of the climate and environment here, the air is a little wet, and the coldness seems to be able to penetrate the clothes and penetrate the bone marrow.
"It's still the same rule." Jiang Baimian pulled out the brass key from the room near the street, "Shang Jianyao and I are in the same room, and you two are in the same room."
She had to watch Shang Jianyao in person to prevent this guy from doing anything with a thrust in his mind.
For example, turning on the speakers and disturbing the public late at night.
For example, when you hear something happening on the street, you will jump down the window and "participate".
Bai Chen obviously couldn't deal with Shang Jianyao.
Without giving Shang Jianyao a chance to speak, Jiang Baimian looked at the electronic watch with his wrist:
"There are ten minutes to half past twelve. Everyone hurry up and take a battle bath, change clothes, and then go out for dinner and contact the intelligence officer."
Compared to mechanical watches, she prefers electronic watches because they have more functions.
Today, all the members of the "Old Transfer Group" can be said to be well-trained. They completed the bath in just two minutes and replaced them with clothes that were closer to ordinary ruin hunters and civilians in Wild Grass City:
Shang Jianyao's upper body was a dark blue short down jacket. The fabric was a bit old, but the overall was not so shriveled. The lower body was made of thicker pants made of blue denim, which had a very little impact on the action;
Long Yuehong is wrapped in a black cotton jacket that is in the thigh position; Jiang Baimian is the same style as him; Bai Chen is a gray windproof suit that has just covered his armed belt.
Their pants are similar to Shang Jianyao. Men's feet are all brown high-top leather shoes, while women's feet are black short boots.
——This is all the benefits the company gives to employees who need to go to the surface to perform tasks in winter.
"Hide your pistols." Bai Chen pulled the scarf around his neck and reminded him, "In Wild Grass City, there is a strange ban, that is, 'You can't let patrolmen see your weapons'."
It doesn't count in the gun shop.
"It's not prohibited, but you can't let the patrolman see it?" Long Yuehong asked in surprise.
"Yes." Bai Chen nodded, "The first time I saw it, you will confiscate your weapons. The second time I saw it, you will be locked up for a month. The third time I saw it, you will be locked up for three months, and then expelled from the city and declared an unpopular person. This will also lead to the deduction of credit points from the Hunter Guild."
"It's so strange, can't you just ban the gun?" Long Yuehong said she couldn't understand.
For example, there is a clear gun ban inside "Pangu".
"I don't know why." Bai Chen replied calmly.
Jiang Baimian smiled and said:
"In many places, there are similar and strange bans, and every such ban has profound historical reasons."
"Why is Wild Grass City?" Long Yuehong asked.
Jiang Baimian gave him a blank look:
“I don’t know either. I hope I can find the answer later.
“It’s a fun to dig like this.”
In fact, she had some guesses, but it was difficult to say it without being sure.
After talking about this topic, Jiang Baimian looked at Shang Jianyao, who was touching his stomach and hinting wildly, and laughed:
"Let's go and go out for dinner."
Hearing this sentence, Shang Jianyao turned around first and walked along the cold aisle to the entrance of the stairs.
After going down to the parking yard, Bai Chen pointed at the Jeep:
"I have to exchange things for coins."
"How to change?" Long Yuehong always asked if she didn't understand. She was a qualified and good student.
"When you go to the municipal building, there is a row of 'exchange windows' that can exchange local money with different materials. If you are not afraid of trouble and have acquaintances, you can go to the Hunter Guild, bar, teahouse, nightclub, and find an underground market to exchange it. It would be more cost-effective." Bai Chen briefly explained, "In Wild Grass City, within the sphere of influence of the 'first city', all transactions on the surface can only use their coins."
"That's how..." Long Yuehong suddenly had some expectations for what happened next, because it was something he had never experienced and was very fresh.
Jiang Baimian thought for a while and said:
"It's better to go to the redemption window. Before contacting the company's intelligence personnel, it's best not to have contact with the underground forces here."
Bai Chen had no objection, pointed to the remaining cans, energy bars and compressed biscuits:
"How many?"
"What do you think?" Jiang Baimian has always respected the judgment of "authoritative people".
"Half." Bai Chen replied without hesitation, "The value of coins here often fluctuates, so it's safer to leave more supplies in your hands."
"Fluctuation?" Long Yuehong asked curiously.
Bai Chen replied casually:
"The coin of 'First City' has the smallest denomination, followed by Delasse, and the largest is called Aure.
"Under normal circumstances, in terms of purchasing materials, a company's contribution point is about two ounces, while 1 ounce is equal to 10 ounces, and 1 ounce is equal to 10 ounces. Well, that is, 1 ounce can buy 1 pound of raw pork, but sometimes, you can only buy 8 ounces, and sometimes you can buy one pound and two ounces, or more."
Cass, Drasser, and Aure are all words in the Red River language, from the names of several leaders when the "First City" was established, 1 S, 1 S, and 1 O are the simple names in the gray earth language.
In Wild Grass City, the official language is Honghe language, but the folk language is mainly gray and earth language.
"If this happens, sometimes I can make a profit?" Long Yuehong asked keenly.
"Yes." Jiang Baimian smiled, "In the old world, this is a specialized business, but now, it doesn't matter if you make a living by making a living, you will be dragged out to be shot."
"Baoying." Bai Chen made corrections.
This is the punishment habit of "First City" on similar personnel, and one batch at a time is solved.
Long Yuehong hissed, and then took a big mouthful of cold air into her body, deeply feeling what it means to be cool in the heart.
This time, without Shang Jianyao's hint, Jiang Baimian had heard the purr of someone's stomach, laughed, ended the topic, pointed outside and said:
Chapter completed!