God feeds me (v1c31)
Ye Sheng placed the backpack on the ground next to her, without any trace of ink. The nylon bags inside were bulging with various grains, making it hard to guess what they were.
Maybe she had scavenged some rags from the wilderness.
But no matter what, Little Sheng was amazing for finding so many.
Old Lin came out from behind the glass cabinet, holding a special testing instrument in his hand. He pretended to be professional, trying not to shock the children with his reaction. He bent down and pulled the basket closer, opening the nylon bags.
He poured out the contents on the floor for a better view.
Then...
His smile gradually turned into astonishment, his eyes wide and his wrinkled face quivering with disbelief. He stared at the heap of things that he had just dumped out with his own hands.
They were all huge potatoes, sweet potatoes, peanuts, and more!
One of the round potatoes, as big as a basketball, rolled to Old Lin's feet. He pointed the testing instrument at it and scanned it.
'One medium-radiation potato detected, weighing 6.8 kilograms and in good condition'
'One medium-radiation sweet potato detected, weighing 8.5 kilograms, and of average quality'
'One low-radiation peanut detected, weighing 0.03 pounds and in good condition'
He knew that Little Sheng wouldn't bring any highly contaminated plants here.
But the test results still shocked him.
He knew that even a team of two hundred people wouldn't be able to gather so much in one day in the wilderness. But Little Sheng, a thin and frail girl, had managed to get such a rich haul by herself.
Was this a gift from God?
How lucky she was!
He had thought of not disappointing the children earlier, but now he was the one who felt overwhelmed...
Compared to Old Lin's shock, Ye Sheng looked curiously at the testing instrument in his hand. It was a unique device for the swap shop, which could not only show the name of the item, but also its weight.
How handy!
But it was only useful in the swap shop, and the ordinary detector was enough for the wilderness.
"Little Sheng, where did you get so many edible contaminated plants?"
Old Lin inspected some of the plants randomly and found that they were all edible. He didn't care about anything else and asked Ye Sheng with curiosity.
They had become somewhat familiar with each other after the last trade.
Besides, his questions were not inappropriate.
After all, just by looking at the variety of these grains, he could tell that they couldn't be found in one place. Little Sheng, a child, must have had some adventures.
Since they were adventures, they couldn't be repeated, so it was no harm to tell him.
It couldn't be copied anyway.
Moreover, as the manager of the swap shop in the mitigation area, Old Lin dealt with a lot of things every day, and he wasn't greedy for Ye Sheng's small gains.
The reason why he was so stunned just now was that he had underestimated Ye Sheng's luck.
He had assumed that the nylon bags contained some worthless relics from the wilderness. But when he opened them, he found that they were full of edible grains!
Even Old Lin couldn't adjust to this huge contrast for a while.
"Actually, this is the food I found in the cave of the porcupine rat that I killed yesterday. There was too much food for me to eat by myself, and cooking at home could easily attract bad people, so I decided to exchange it all for points."
Ye Sheng was relieved that Old Lin didn't mind the smell of porcupine rats on the grains. He didn't care about cleanliness, as long as he could fill his stomach with starchy food.
He could boil or roast them after washing them, and they would be delicious.
That was all the wastelanders needed.
Ye Sheng's answer confirmed old Lin's guess. Only creatures like porcupine rats would hoard such a variety of grains.
Old Lin was happy to know the origin of these grains. He started to weigh and calculate them.
He also chatted with Ye Sheng: "Little Sheng, the price of starch-contaminated plants is 10-25 points per catty. The ones you brought are good quality. I can buy them for 15 points per catty. The low-radiation plants have a different price."
(1 catty = 0.6kg or 1.33 pounds)
"No problem."
Old Lin's offer was more than generous.
Ye Sheng nodded eagerly, and Old Lin soon finished the calculation.
The total credit points was 1205 points.
She had earned over a thousand points just from these grains. She felt like she was floating.
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If she came a few more times, she would have over 10,000 points!
Old Lin stored the grains away and looked at Ye Sheng with admiration. He gave her a thumbs up, "Little Sheng, you're the luckiest person I've seen in a long time. Your harvest in two days is so amazing. You're blessed."
"Hehe."
Ye Sheng accepted Old Lin's compliment without modesty.
But then, she remembered something and took out an item from her bag.
"Old Lin, can you tell me how much this is worth?"
She stretched out her soft white palm in front of him, holding a black needle with a majestic wolf carved on it.
This...
Old Lin was stunned beyond words.
He examined the black needle for a while, then looked up at Ye Sheng, with a complex expression in his old eyes. He didn't know what to say.
He had underestimated Ye Sheng's luck again!
He didn't need a detector to know that this was a primary speed booster!
This booster alone was worth 2,000 points.
But that was only the selling price in the swap shop. It was a rare and valuable item that could save lives in critical situations. It was more in demand than repair fluid and often sold out.
Especially in the swap shop in the mitigation area, he had no chance to get any boosters.
But Little Sheng, had found one in the wilderness!
He couldn't help but envy her incredible luck!
"This is a primary speed booster. It's worth 2,000 points. It's a very powerful life-saving treasure. Little Sheng, please put it away quickly. Don't let anyone see it."
Old Lin sighed and warned her seriously. He made sure she nodded.
She had known that the booster was expensive, but she didn't expect it to be worth 2,000 points.
This trip to the wilderness was truly a fortune.
Later, when Old Lin wanted to light incense and worship Ye Sheng, hoping to get some of her luck, she was so embarrassed that she ran away without buying the strawberry-flavored nutritional solution.
She decided to stay at home for two days after earning more than a thousand points.
Even cows and horses needed to rest!
It felt like she had been working for more than a decade and suddenly got weekends off. Ye Sheng was moved to tears, and felt guilty for not sleeping in until the afternoon in the last two days.
She walked to the door of her house with a smile, took out the key and unlocked it. She was eager to share her achievements with the little girl.
But…
Where was Xiaodongxi?