After Apocalypse, I Got Rich With Superpower

Chapter 99: Chapter 97: Noble

Chapter 99: Chapter 97: Noble

The fruit and vegetable section displayed via large carts featured a prominent sign for Panpan Farm’s produce along with price tags. Goodness, apples and peaches sold by the piece, thirty yuan for a peach, fifteen yuan for an apple.

Per piece, per piece.

Li Pan covered her mouth, lowering her voice, “Goodness gracious, they really dare to ask for that much. It’s like they’re chopping us with a nine-meter-long sword, I can’t afford to eat this.”

“Heh heh heh! Jiang Zhiping had the same expression after seeing it, hahahaha!”

Qin Jianzhong laughed mischievously and joyously.

“Cherries are outrageously expensive too.”

Sold by the box, two hundred yuan a box, not even thirty cherries inside.

“Is anyone stupid enough to buy them?”

“You didn’t see, they’re almost sold out, finished in a single day; they can’t even keep up with the demand. The rich want to eat well, safe, they don’t eat mutated meat, just poultry. There are a lot of kids in the rich district.”

Qin Jianzhong explained to them.

“Alright, I’m just inexperienced, my shop sells them so cheap.”

“Exactly, those elites aren’t as wealthy as the rich, they come to our shop and buy a lot to stock up, where do you think all those customers for fruits come from, after all, fruit is still expensive.”

“So that’s how it is, everyone has their own path.”

Li Pan didn’t feel jealous of others making money, it was just a path not suited for her; however, the pricing was just too exaggerated.

“All that coffee, I’ve already sold to the boss, he has the factory roast and bag it to sell to the rich district, and it sells so well. Xue Dong stopping you from connecting with the rich district also gives the boss a bit of leverage, now he can rely on your farm to negotiate with the rich district, asking for more spiritual plants and crystal cores to bring back for everyone, all this advantage he manages with great effort.”

“I get it now, if I dealt with the rich district, the Base Commander wouldn’t have as much leverage in negotiations.”

“Right, it would give them a loop to exploit. We were all raised by the Base Commander, we’re his children. The rich district can’t get involved easily.”

“I understand, it’s so complex, with my intelligence I better go back to farming. These tricky matters are better left to you guys.”

Li Pan rubbed her temples, feeling like many brain cells had died.

Xue Dong held her hand, laughing uncontrollably, “You don’t need to worry about these things, you just focus on farming.”

“Yeah, I still prefer farming, the land gives me food, what I put in I get back, and I feel secure knowing the land doesn’t play tricks.”

Li Pan swayed her head.

After walking around, she ended up buying some chocolates, wafers, and small cakes to take back for the kids to try.

Items like small cakes are quite precious, requiring cream, and are rarely sold outside because they’re too expensive for the market in the slum.

The Base Commander buying her breadfruit to open a store in the Elite District, and having shops in the rich district where prices are very fair, drew a lot of buyers. Earning some money this way helps buy more food. It’s wise not to put all eggs in one basket, but to have several backup plans.

The items in the rich district were really too expensive, and they gave up on the idea of buying a house there; it wasn’t suitable for living there, the cost of living was just too high.

Next, they went to check out several neighborhoods in front of the base’s main courtyard, starting with the apartments. This neighborhood was the same as Liu Hu’s, just not the same building, it was the one next to Liu Hu’s building.

This building had large apartments, with two smaller units on the very edge, each ninety-six square meters.

Seeing Liu Hu had bought here and they could look after each other, Qin Jianzhong decided to inspect two apartments here, one larger of a hundred and twenty square meters and a smaller one of ninety-six.

Li Pan looked around; the apartments were simply finished, with bare floors, but plumbing and electrical wiring were already laid out. If you wanted to, you could do your own renovations, or just move in without any if short on cash.

“We could just do some simple renovations and move in, right? This smaller unit would be really suitable for the girls to live in, wouldn’t it?”

“I think it’s quite good.”

Xue Dong liked the two ninety-six-square-meter units, and the prices were reasonable too.

They went on to check the larger one hundred and twenty-square-meter three-bedroom apartment with two bathrooms, which met their needs well.

“Reserve one of the large models and two of the small models, preferably next to each other,”

“Okay, I’ve noted that. Do you want to see the yard?”

“Yes.”

They went to see the large yard across from the base’s main court; the smaller yard was at the end of the street.

The yard was quite large, and the bungalow had been well-decorated, refurbished just two to three years ago, looking about eighty percent new. The yard was spacious with a total of ten rooms.

The kitchen and bathroom were individually decorated well. There was a porch at the main entrance with two rooms beside it, which could be used as storerooms or live-in quarters for a caretaker.

The kitchen consisted of two rooms, quite large, with a modern design and a traditional clay stove near the window.

The bathroom also had two rooms, the toilet was a single door divided into two sections, male and female separated. There was another large room outside that served as a bathroom and changing room, divided by a wall in the middle, all well-furnished by the previous owners.

There was another smaller yard on the street that Li Pan didn’t fancy.

“Brother, I love this big yard; we can plant lots of flowers and vegetables.”

“I like it too, Qin Jianzhong can buy it and put it in her name.”

“Alright, I’ve noted that.”

“Just negotiate a good price, and I’ll transfer the money to you.”

“Okay, I’ll bring the girl to take photos and press fingerprints when we sign the contract.”

“Then let’s make a round and head back.”

“I’m going to buy some wholesale beverages for the kids to take back, and our beer supply is running low, I’ll buy more for home.”

“Then go straight to the market.”

Xue Dong and the others went to the market to wholesale beverages for the kids, like cola and orange juice, which children love, and types of beer that men enjoy.

They also bought summer undergarments, vests, short-sleeved sport shirts, trousers, shoes, and other necessities. The household items like soap, towels, and shampoo were used up quickly; he would buy in bulk each visit, given the number of people.

They didn’t really differentiate among themselves; whoever went to the base would bring common goods back to the farm, they wouldn’t specifically wait for Li Pan to go shopping; that wouldn’t be proper, whoever went to the base just bought and took things home.

After shopping, the three visited the Base Commander. Besides viewing houses today, they would also stay for a day to treat a patient.

Additionally, they had arranged to meet Pei Yuan to inquire about some precautions after imprinting the Spirit Plant and discuss taboo aspects of nurturing Spirit Plants.

The next day they treated the patient and exchanged for some Five Elements Crystal Cores, securing Ice Element, Earth Element, as well as Wind Element and Water Element ones, to take back for their use.

Pei Yuan had returned from the planting area.

“Uncle, you’ve finished your tasks,”

“What, you need something from me?”

“Uncle, I’ve imprinted one of the Spirit Plants, it’s the sapling from the Five Elements Spiritual Fruit I got from East Mountain Base.”

“Now, how is your spiritual power?”

Pei Yuan frowned and raised his hand to check her forehead.

“Uncle, I’m fine, but I nearly had an accident. Luckily, I had Xie Ling’s peach to restore my spiritual power. I was also scared afterward; I didn’t realize it would need so much spiritual power, it almost wiped me out.”

“You’re too reckless, what’s the rush?”

“I just wanted to try, I didn’t expect I couldn’t retreat midway, and I was afraid of damaging the Spirit Plant, so I just pushed through with all my efforts, luckily it was successful.”

“Don’t do this again next time, come, I’ll tell you what to do next, this is just the first step…”

After listening, Pei Yuan scolded her with a sense of relief, and Li Pan obediently accepted the lecture.