Even though he had not slept the whole night, Luo Yuan was still full of energy. After breakfast, he took some money and left the neighborhood to look around.
He quickly found out the location of the nearby food market.
The food market was crowded, but the spacious layout and densely packed stalls made it not crowded. Luo Yuan walked in to find out more. Just like Donghu City, there was a maximum trading volume, but the amount of trading was far more than that. Everyone could buy 50 catties of food at a time without the need for identification.
It was obvious that Hedong City was not short of food. Part of the reason was the preference of the provincial capital. Most of the food reserves were given priority to Hedong City. But the biggest reason was that there was the largest reserve rations base in the province here.
The entire market was filled with an unpleasant moldy smell. Some of the old grains were even more than ten years old. In the past, these old grains could only be used as raw materials for animal feed, but now they had become life-saving food that people scrambled for.
The price of a catty of food coupons referred to the old food. The price of the new food was 1.5 times that of the old food.
According to the description on the wall of the food market, the food was enough to feed three million people for a year. Of course, the government's propaganda and reality might be a little different, but it was still possible to feed three million people for half a year.
Besides that, Luo Yuan was surprised that one of the big stalls was selling corn.
Of course, what surprised Luo Yuan was not the corn before the mutation, but the freshly harvested corn.
Each stalk of corn was about two feet long, and the grains were as plump as jade. They gave off a strange sweet smell that made people salivate. Many people were watching, but not many were buying.
Luo Yuan squeezed into the crowd and asked about the price. He was shocked. Each catty of corn cost five catties of food coupons, and they had to be sold whole. If he bought a stalk of corn that weighed about six catties, he could buy 30 catties of old food. It was an extremely extravagant thing for ordinary people to fill their stomachs.
This kind of thing was obviously new. Many people were doubtful about the price, thinking that it should not be so expensive. The scene was very noisy.
It was actually very normal to think this way. In the current environment, as long as the plants were planted, they would grow quickly. The corn stalks were extremely tall, and there was no need to worry about the weeds dying from blocking the sunlight. Many people believed that corn would replace rice for a very long time!
In the end, the official manager became a little impatient from the questions. His face darkened as he said loudly, "Corn stalks grow very fast indeed. Not bad, they can also grow to a height of three to four meters. They are the only food species that can be grown in the wild. But I'm afraid you guys don't know that its fruiting rate is very low. A corn plant can only bear one corn cob at most. Most of them don't even bear one. But this is only the first batch. The people from the Institute of Agricultural Sciences are working hard to improve the seeds. The price will drop in the future. "
He heard the other party say that the corn stalks grew very long, but the rate of bearing was extremely low. Luo Yuan suddenly realized that he had not seen any flowers or trees blossom or bear fruit since the disaster had started.
Survival and reproduction were two instincts imprinted in the depths of one's genes. In the past, these two behaviors did not contradict each other, and reproduction was a step in survival. However, now that the biological world was going through a frenzy of evolution, the species needed to first consider how not to be eliminated by other species in this frenzy of evolution. In order to gain a competitive advantage, reproduction, which required a lot of energy, was naturally greatly reduced or even temporarily abandoned.
Just like an employee who had just entered a highly competitive company, the first thing he would consider was how not to be eliminated in the competition. Only after he had established himself would he consider promotion, salary increases, etc.
Next, Luo Yuan walked to the vegetable market which was located about ten meters away.
Most of the vegetables were vegetables. Not only were they cheap, but they were also very big. Vegetables that weighed seven to eight catties or even more than ten catties could be found everywhere. However, looking at the crisscrossing thick fibers on the leaves, it was obvious that they did not taste very good. At least, they were hard to swallow.
Of course, there was meat, but it was relatively less. There were mutated pork, mutated chickens and ducks, and a small portion of other mutated creatures. They must have been obtained from outside. Luo Yuan secretly identified them. They were all white level meat. There was not a single light blue level meat. The meat was quite expensive. Generally, it cost five to six catties of food stamps per catty.
He wanted to buy a few catties of fresh meat, but he did not have any food stamps, so he could only take a look.
After walking out of the vegetable market, he went straight to the bank. Without food stamps, it would be difficult to move around in Hedong City. However, Luo Yuan did not intend to exchange all his money for food stamps. He realized that the food stamps were printed privately in Hedong City and could not be used in other places.
Even if the currency depreciated, it would still be better than one day, when something happened in Hedong City and all his food stamps turned into a pile of waste paper. Even so, he had exchanged 2,000 catties of food stamps, which had cost him 46,000 yuan. Until now, he had less than 80,000 yuan.
The food stamps and the food he had stored should be enough to last him for a long time.
As soon as Luo Yuan walked out of the bank, there was a commotion on the street.
In the distance, a group of people who looked like refugees walked over in a grandiose manner. Some of them still had bloodstains on their bodies. Other than a few of them who seemed to have just cried, most of them had expressions of fear and relief on their faces.
"Who are these people?" Luo Yuan asked a middle-aged man who had been watching the commotion.
"Oh, it's the refugees from Donghu City," the middle-aged man said with a hint of disgust. The middle-aged man said with slight disgust. There was an obvious dissatisfaction on his face. "Looks like they were attacked on the highway, and some people died."
"This is only the second batch. I think there will be a third and a fourth batch coming. Sigh, life will be even more difficult in the future. I don't know what the higher-ups are thinking. We didn't even have enough food, and now everyone is going to starve to death, "a short-sighted young man who looked like a university student said.
"I don't think we should have saved them. There are so many people in the province. Do we have to bring all of them to Hedong City?" a woman said, looking at the group of people with hatred.
Luo Yuan understood their mentality very well. It was like a poor family suddenly hearing that outsiders were coming to live and eat for free for a long time. Anyone would feel repulsed. However, as a citizen of Donghu City, Luo Yuan could not help but feel angry when he saw the attitude of the people around him, who wished that all the people of Donghu City would die.
"I'm from Donghu City!" Luo Yuan said, looking around coldly.
After leveling up to Saber Proficiency, the aura he exuded was even more terrifying. Coupled with the fact that he was still unable to fully control it, under the influence of his anger, the terrifying aura was released uncontrollably. The faces of the people nearby turned pale as if they were extremely frightened. One of them seemed to have a bad heart. He held his chest in pain and fell to the ground.
The onlookers were in an uproar.
"Murder!"
"Help!"
"The soldiers are killing people!"
"Catch him!"
…
Some of the quick-witted people shouted maliciously, but no one dared to help him.
Luo Yuan was stunned. He had not expected such a thing to happen. A few soldiers who were stationed at the bank had noticed that something had happened and were walking over hesitantly. Seeing that things had gotten out of hand, Luo Yuan could not care less about the man on the ground. He hurriedly squeezed into the crowd, relying on his great strength and agility to quickly escape from this place!
Luo Yuan did not go to the market again because he was worried about being chased by the soldiers. He walked to the living room and saw some fresh meat and vegetables on the table. There was even a big corn.
"You're back!" Huang Jiahui heard his voice and walked out of the kitchen, wearing a scarf.
"Did you buy this?" Luo Yuan asked in surprise, pointing at the food on the table.
"Of course I bought it. Did you pick it up?"
"That's not what I meant. I was asking how you still have money. Alright, I forgot about my bank card. How much money do you have now? "Luo Yuan smiled bitterly.
"I have about 1.7 million in my card. I just withdrew 100,000 to exchange for some food stamps. What's wrong?" Huang Jiahui said honestly.
Luo Yuan was surprised. He had not expected Huang Jiahui to be a rich woman. Thinking about the current situation, he said, "Don't put your money in the bank. Withdraw all your money while you still can. I'm worried that you won't be able to withdraw it in the future."
When Huang Jiahui heard this, she immediately became worried. The possibility of this happening was very high, and it might really happen. She frowned slightly and said, "It doesn't seem safe to exchange it for money. Gold in troubled times, antiques in prosperous times. Money is the easiest to depreciate. I don't know if the bank can still exchange it for gold."
Huang Jiahui was more experienced than Luo Yuan, so she quickly thought of a better way to preserve her wealth.
"It's still early for dinner. Should we go now?" Huang Jiahui said eagerly.
"Not today. Something happened." Luo Yuan smiled bitterly. He was not sure if the patient with a heart attack would die.
Thinking about the hatred and disgust the people from Hedong City had for the people from Donghu City, he could not help but worry. As the people from Donghu City continued to arrive, the whole city would be in conflict.
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