flstandardbreds Chapter 175
Chapter 175
There were two of them in one rubber boat.
There were a few young people from the community who went to Jiyun Mountain to dig soil.
When we arrived at the office, we carried the boat onto the cruise ship.
The cruise ship has a deep draft and cannot reach the shallow shore at Cumulus Mountain, so a rubber boat is needed to transport the soil dug from the mountain to the cruise ship.
They have been there twice. Cumulus Mountain is mountainous and the land is barren. The soil they dug back is not of particularly good quality, but there is nothing to complain about. If it were not for special care from above, they would not even be able to find such soil at this time.
The soil was not dug from the mountain, which is full of trees, but was dug from a parking lot illegally opened by locals on Jiyun Mountain.
These parking lots are not paved with cement, but are simply flattened by large trucks pulling back and forth.
Digging was difficult on the first day, but after loosening up a piece of ground, digging became easier on the second day.
However, the excavated soil is mixed with very fine stones or tree roots and grass roots, and needs to be sieved again.
In this way, the efficiency of digging is greatly reduced.
Fortunately, there were quite a few people going, with more than 30 people doing one job, and in the end they were able to return to the cruise ship with more than 20 fully loaded rubber boats.
Originally, the villagers were reluctant to allow people from Dongyuan Community to dig soil, but now everyone knows that only local people have soil and water sources and live the best life. People living in the city can hardly even afford to eat.
As word of this spread more and more, people who had already bought houses and moved out of the city have recently moved back one after another.
Zhou Shuwan also heard that because Jiyun Mountain is a scenic spot, almost every household has built a multi-story hotel.
So there are many places to stay.
Many communities in the city are now under great population pressure, so the authorities intend to transfer a group of people to Jiyun Mountain.
But once people move, they need to consider food and water sources, which is not something that can be decided in haste.
So, this matter is still under discussion.
After the sifted soil was transported to the cruise ship, Team Leader Du looked at the pile of fine soil and was tempted: "What do you think? I can take some soil back home to plant crops?"
Zhou Shuwan smiled and said, "Of course. Captain Du, if you want to plant some, I'll give you a large planting box. It's big enough for you to put on your balcony."
When we first met Team Leader Du, he always had a gloomy face, but after a long time, we realized that it was just his protective color.
He still has a sense of justice in his heart to help the weak.
Zhou Shuwan had a good impression of him, and she, Qi Mingyu and Dongyuan Community would need his care in the future.
Giving a fish tank is nothing.
Team Leader Du's eyes lit up. "My wife and I were discussing this yesterday. We're having trouble finding planting boxes right now. If you have any extra, that would be great. So, I'll buy yours. What supplies do you need?"
Nowadays, people are accustomed to trading materials.
Zhou Shuwan wanted to say it was a free gift.
But Team Leader Du interrupted her, "You can't give it away for free. Every household will want to grow vegetables and grains in a planting box in the future. Giving one to me for free is kind, but I don't want to owe anyone a favor."
Given his wealth, he can afford it.
Zhou Shuwan stopped being polite and thought for a moment before saying, "I can't think of what I need right now. Then let Captain Du see if he can exchange any supplies with me!"
This is actually a kind of care for acquaintances.
Team Leader Du thought for a moment and then asked, "How big is your planter box?"
Zhou Shuwan asked back, "How big a planting box do you need?"
Team Leader Du's eyes flashed. From what she meant, it seemed that there were so many planting boxes that he could choose from them.
After a few days of contact, he could already see that although Zhou Shuwan and Qi Mingyu were recommended out of necessity, their fighting power was not weak and their living conditions were not bad.
He was dressed neatly and comfortably, and his face was not as pale as others, but full of energy.
"My balcony is two and a half meters long and one meter wide. I also have a small balcony that can accommodate a one-meter-long and half-meter-wide one. Is there one?" asked Team Leader Du.
Zhou Shuwan nodded: "Okay, I'll bring it to you tomorrow."
Team leader Du was trading with Zhou Shuwan, and the other members of the water protection team were listening attentively.
After they finished the transaction, Zhou Shuwan was soon surrounded by several people who all wanted the planting box.
Zhou Shuwan asked about their respective sizes, which she had in her space.
But she was the first to explain: "My planting box is a little special. It's not a specialized planting box, but it's definitely as effective as a planting box."
Nowadays, everyone uses containers at home to store water, and there are no containers large enough to be used for planting.
Therefore, since Zhou Shuwan said that it was no different from a professional planting box, everyone had no objection.
When asked what to trade, Zhou Shuwan thought about it. Actually, she now has enough food, drink and other daily necessities in her space. She can't get those more special materials, and no one else has them either.
The transaction terms she set were to exchange the gold and jade jewelry at home, with gold calculated by gram and jade, whether it was Hetian jade, jadeite, or other gemstones, calculated by weight.
In addition, if it is not enough, add compressed biscuits, canned food, dry goods and other supplies.
The government still distributes supplies every three days, and these households have them, the only difference is the quantity.
No one knew what she wanted the jewelry for.
But except for a few people who are unwilling to exchange these, everyone else knows that what is most lacking now is supplies, and everything else is just material possessions. It is better to trade jewelry that is not suitable for eating or drinking than to give away supplies that can fill your stomach.
Therefore, everyone was surprised by her terms of exchange.
Seeing the water protection team exchanging planting boxes with Zhou Shuwan, the young men who were carrying soil in Dongyuan Community looked at each other, and then two brave ones came out and also wanted to exchange with Zhou Shuwan.
Zhou Shuwan did not refuse and repeated the same conditions.
After returning home in the evening, she wrote and drew on paper and counted the number of planter boxes traded. A total of 47 people wanted to exchange 55 planter boxes, and the households wanted smaller planter boxes.
In addition to 200 extra-large fish tanks in her space, there are more than 400 small and medium-sized fish tanks. After exchanging 55 of them, there are more than 300 left.
She plans to exchange 100 fish tanks for the community, and there are more than 100 extra-large fish tanks left.
If your relatives need them, you can leave a few more. You should leave a little more for yourself and for Grandma Pang as well.
Then you can exchange more than 200 of them, which is a lot of supplies.
In the evening, when they went to the county town to collect plastic sheets, Zhou Shuwan left the team halfway and went to the shopping mall in the county town.
When she was exchanging gold, jade and jewelry with others during the day, she suddenly thought that she should go to the shopping malls in the county town. The gold and silver jewelry stores might still be preserved in their original state.
Her idea turned out to be right. In all the major gold shops on the first floor, except for the jewelry in a few counters that had been taken away, all the others were left as they were.