rebirth of cataclysm

"Master Hu, how about I buy two bowls?" Duan Jinpeng asked tentatively when he saw those people rushing to buy instant noodles.

It's not surprising that Duan Jinpeng had such a suggestion, but that he and Hu Mingchen had also run out of food. Although instant noodles were not a good thing and were ridiculously expensive, at this juncture, there was no need to worry about that. Just have something to fill your stomach.

good.

Hu Mingchen shook his head: "Forget it, let others do it."

Seeing those people grabbing instant noodles, some of whom still took money from their underwear wallets, Hu Mingchen was unwilling to fight with them.

Of course, Hu Mingchen refused because he felt sorry for the money. For him, let alone 20 yuan a bowl, even 200,000 yuan a bowl was not much different from 20 yuan. He gave up because he really didn't want to seize it.

Other people's rations.

Think about those boxes of instant noodles. If Hu Mingchen and the others asked for two bowls, someone would definitely not get it. Relatively speaking, Hu Mingchen and Duan Jinpeng were both young men. If they skipped one or two meals, there would be no problem at all.

Hu Mingchen shook his head and refused, and Duan Jinpeng had to stand still. If a young master could bear it, what could he, a working man, not be able to bear?

Once a start was made, the boxes of instant noodles were sold out within ten minutes. In order to soak so many noodles, they only gave them a little boiling water for each bowl.

Drivers or travelers who were farther away heard that instant noodles were sold here and rushed over one after another. However, they arrived too late and there was no more instant noodles.

"No, no, come back later, go back, come back later..." Looking at so many people holding money to buy noodles, the man who shouted happily waved his hands.

Seeing the empty cardboard boxes, those who didn't buy anything could only go back disappointed.

"Brother, how much did you earn? I didn't expect it to be so easy to sell. Nearly a hundred bowls were sold out so quickly." The young man next to the big man looked at the big man with bright eyes and asked.

"Haha, it's more than a thousand yuan. Come on, hurry back and get some later. Pack your things and leave." He shouted, waved his hand with a smile, and greeted his younger brother.

It only took half an hour for the three of them to arrive and leave, so they arrived and left in a hurry.

"Brother Duan, have you been a soldier before?" Hu Mingchen asked Duan Jinpeng abruptly as he watched the three people leaving.

"Well, I have been a car soldier for several years, Mr. Hu, what's wrong?" Duan Jinpeng couldn't understand why Hu Mingchen suddenly asked him this question.

"Automobile soldiers are also soldiers. In this case, I will assign a task to you now." Hu Mingchen said.

"What mission? I promise to complete it." Since the subject of being a soldier was mentioned, Duan Jinpeng said as if he were a soldier.

"Follow them. Since they can sell instant noodles like this, there must be a big village or market town nearby." Hu Mingchen ordered.

Duan Jinpeng slapped his head: "Yes, Mr. Hu, I will bring you whatever you want to eat."

Duan Jinpeng thought Hu Mingchen was asking him to buy some food alone, and he suddenly felt a little happy.

"I want to eat hot pot, can you get it? I'm asking you to go, not to buy me food, but to understand the situation. So many people are stuck here without making some preparations in advance.

There will be problems." After Hu Mingchen said angrily to Duan Jinpeng, he gave him a simple explanation.

After being choked by Hu Mingchen, Duan Jinpeng became honest and put away his smile. After saying hello to Hu Mingchen, he quickly climbed over the highway guardrail and followed the three people.

The surrounding fields are vast and pure white, the cold wind is howling, and the icy air is overwhelming. Even if you are walking in the fields and have a high foot, you will fall if you are not careful. Moreover, it won’t be long before your ears and face will be damaged. It was so cold that it looked like it would fall off my head at any time.

After Duan Jinpeng followed, Hu Mingchen quickly returned to the car and wrapped a blanket around himself.

Hu Mingchen came from Pengcheng in the South. When Hu Mingchen left, it was still the early spring weather there in his early twenties, so Hu Mingchen did not wear very thick clothes. Even though he was in good physical condition, it was at least 78 below zero here. He would still feel a little cold even in the 10-degree weather. Because of this, Hu Mingchen arranged for Duan Jinpeng to follow him instead of going into battle himself.

If the surrounding villages or market towns are far away from the highway, then Hu Mingchen's thin clothes will not be able to bear it.

Hu Mingchen would give Duan Jinpeng such a task, not just for himself. The instant noodles brought by those three people seemed to be a lot, but they could only satisfy the appetite of No. 100 people. In comparison, what was stuck here There were more than a thousand people on this section of the road, and the instant noodles were just a drop in the bucket.

As time goes by, if no reinforcements come in, the cold and lack of food will cause many people here to collapse, and that is a situation that Hu Mingchen does not want to see.

Hu Mingchen waited in the car for about two hours before Duan Jinpeng, who had received the task, came back in embarrassment.

He was embarrassed. Not only did he not have anything to eat in his hands, but his clothes were almost wet, and his hair felt like it was frozen into ice. As soon as he got into the car, Hu Mingchen could still hear him. His teeth were chattering due to the cold.

"You can turn on the heater a little louder. Don't catch a cold or get sick." Seeing Duan Jinpeng's embarrassed look, Hu Mingchen said with concern.

Duan Jinpeng didn't care whether he would waste gasoline now. He only knew that he had to get rid of the cold quickly, otherwise, no matter how good his health was, he would not be able to bear it.

After a few minutes, Duan Jinpeng calmed down, and Hu Mingchen asked him about the results of his tracking.

"The closest village to us is a small village, only two or three kilometers away... But that village is a bit small, with only seven or eight households. However, there is a larger village about ten kilometers away, named It's called Guanbao Village. There is a store in the village. The goods of the three people came out of that store... I followed and thought I found a store, so I planned to bring you some food back. You know, they won’t sell me at all..."

"I won't sell it to you? Don't you want to sell it even if you give me money?" Hu Mingchen asked doubtfully.

"Yes, everything edible in the store was sold to those three people."

"It seems they are coming to the highway to make some money. They can sell it at a high price if they resell it. How could they sell it to you? I think if they come this time, instant noodles may not be available for twenty yuan. ." Hu Mingchen said thoughtfully.

"Mr. Hu, you are really good at knowing things. I heard them say when I was on the road, if I bring them again this time, a bowl of instant noodles will cost fifty yuan. People who pay twenty yuan don't care anymore. .

"Fifty? They plan to sell a bowl of noodles for fifty? This is simply a money grab with huge profits." Hu Mingchen's face turned ugly when he thought that they would increase the price. He felt that it was a bit too much. This basically broke the unity.

Well.

"Well, that's what they said. After all, all the food in that store was sold to them, so they have the confidence." Duan Jinpeng said.

It's freezing cold today. People are willing to sell the food here. The price is a little higher. Hu Mingchen can understand that it's not easy after all. But after just over two hours, the other party plans to sell it for fifty yuan a bowl.

, that’s really a bit too much.

This is simply trying to make money for the country, and it is simply blackmail that takes advantage of others' danger.

"You take a rest for a while, and when you fully recover, you take me to that small village to have a look." Hu Mingchen said, staring at the invisible small village behind the mountain.

Some time later, before Hu Mingchen and Duan Jinpeng set off, the three people came back again, and this time their team was larger. There were five people who came. In addition to the three people just now, there were two more people.

An old man in his sixties.

Each of them was either wearing a military coat or a thick cotton-padded jacket.

As soon as those people arrived at the highway, they put down their baskets and backpacks and quickly set up stalls, planning to sell things.

Maybe since they left, the drivers and passengers on the highway have been paying attention and looking forward to their arrival. So before the things they brought were laid out, the door of a car opened, and people in twos and threes came towards them.

The place is crowded.

"Boss, boss, bring me a bowl of instant noodles, hurry up and have a bowl." A middle-aged man rushed to them and shouted impatiently.

"Okay, fifty yuan, do you just want one bowl?" the man who shouted in the morning said cheerfully.

"Isn't it only 20 yuan this morning? Why did it go up to 50 yuan a bowl in the blink of an eye? You guys are so unkind." Hearing that the price had increased so much, the middle-aged man who wanted to pay also followed suit.

Stunned.

"Fifty is not expensive anymore. At least you can still buy it. Compared with those who have money and nothing to spend it on, the price is very reasonable." The man didn't care whether the other party bought it or not, but he was very confident.

said.

That's right, what they are doing now is a unique business with an exclusive monopoly, and there are no other competitors at all, so they are confident.

Think about it, so many people have nothing to eat, and the things they bring are not very much. Anyway, if you don’t buy it, someone else will buy it. It’s not a big deal, that’s how you get through the morning.

"Boss, are there any biscuits? I don't like instant noodles." A middle-aged woman asked at this time.

"Yes, a box of biscuits costs sixty yuan," the man said, gesturing with his hand as the number six in the air.

"Are you mistaken? Biscuits are so expensive..." I heard that biscuits sold for 60 yuan. The woman was also surprised. "A box of biscuits costs 60 yuan. It's a bit ridiculous."

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"Haha, it's not that the biscuits are expensive, it's that your stomachs are expensive. You can still have them if you want them now, but in a while you may be eighty and you won't be able to buy them." The big man sneered at Hu Mingchen as if nothing had happened, "If you want to buy it, buy it quickly.

We won’t have any more if it’s too late. Biscuits cost 60 yuan and ham sausages cost 40 yuan a piece. Please buy them quickly.”