"Dad, look… food." His son pointed at the biscuits, candies, and noodles on the mat.
"Xiaobao, Dad has no more money. We'll come back here tomorrow." The father's voice was full of guilt as he started to turn away, but then his eyes caught the sign on Nanzhi's stall: We accept authentic jade and spars.
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He thought he might have misread it because he was so hungry, but no—those words remained clear in front of him!
He cautiously approached Nanzhi and Lin Weihao's mat, took out the jade, and asked, "Are you accepting this?"
[The jade is worth at least 40 Tier 0 spars!]
Nanzhi pretended to examine the jade, her face serious. "Yes. This jade can be traded. It's worth at least 40 Tier 0 spars. Tell me, what do you want?"
He didn't understand why these people would want the jade, but he and his son were starving. His mind couldn't think of anything else!
"I want… are you really selling them for jade?" The father licked his chapped lips.
"Yes." Nanzhi nodded and began to explain the prices.
His eyes reddened. "Then please, give me biscuits, noodles…"
"Dad… candies… candies…" Xiaobao tugged at his father's sleeve.
The candies were cheap, so the father bought them too.
Lin Weihao wrapped everything they asked for in a plastic bag.
Even as the father began eating, he couldn't believe the supplies were real.
The seller a meter away, who was selling alien beast meat, was watching them and overheard their conversation about the prices of the goods.
His first thought was that he might it was his ears playing tricks!
Or perhaps these people were selling expired or moldy goods?
A packet of biscuits for only three Tier 0 spars?
A single packet of noodles for four Tier 0 spars?
One liter of water for five Tier 0 spars?
A one-kilogram bag of cornmeal flour for five Tier 0 spars?
A bag of dried mushrooms (250 grams) for seven Tier 0 spars?
A can of ham for five Tier 0 spars?
In the midst of his disbelief, another customer approached Nanzhi's stall.
It was Dai Yun. She had intended to secretly help the father and son, but instead, she witnessed how the father had been able to trade jade for real supplies!
It smelled suspicious!
She guessed the supplies were probably moldy or expired, but when she took a closer look, she was stunned.
These items looked far better than what the other sellers inside the temple had—and their prices were at least ten times cheaper!
Dai Yun, being a girl who liked to collect pretty things, had a collection of jade rings and a pair of jade earrings in her bag. Her brother often scolded her for collecting useless trinkets.
But now, she was glad she hadn't listened to him!
Looking at the milk- and chocolate-flavored biscuits, as well as the water, she fished out a small chest. "How much are these? Can I trade them for biscuits?!"
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