Chapter 484 Visiting the Big Market
Jingtian was a little surprised. How did Wang Lian know that he wanted to draw a talisman?
"I've heard before that talismans are drawn on yellow paper and cinnabar." Wang Lian saw Jingtian's surprised look and explained with a smile.
"So that's how it is. You guessed it right. I just want to draw talismans." Jingtian also smiled and nodded.
"Sir, you will definitely succeed." Wang Lian said confidently.
"You really have confidence in me. I'm not 100% sure myself." Jingtian said with a smile.
"Sir, there is nothing you can't do. I firmly believe that." Wang Lian said seriously.
"Haha, if someone else said this, I would definitely say that he was flattering me." Jingtian laughed and felt more and more that he liked Wang Lian's words.
Wang Lian smiled again, not thinking that there was anything wrong with what she said.
"But I thought about it, the things you need may not be easy to find now." Wang Lian changed the subject.
"Yeah, I guess no one would collect this kind of thing now. If they come across it, they will just throw it away." Jingtian nodded and smiled bitterly.
This thing can't be exchanged for money or food now, it's really useless.
The two drove along and soon approached the city center , where there were more shops.
The most central area has been visited by both Sedum and Victoria amazonica.
General Niu’s auction house is in this area. Wang Lian and Xia Xiao had some unpleasant incidents with General Niu’s women here.
The two men found a spacious spot to park the car and began to wander around the shops, with their main target being the grocery stores.
The items in the sundry shop here are very messy, and are all daily necessities collected from various places.
There are also some papers and books, and brushes are relatively easy to find. What I need are wolf-hair brushes.
But the yellow paper and cinnabar were not found.
I spent half an hour visiting all the nearby grocery stores, but still couldn't find it.
Jingtian was helpless and finally contacted General Niu through his consciousness.
Now General Niu has secretly joined forces with Tong Lin and others.
In addition to the reason of Jingtian's enslavement, General Niu was also shocked by Jingtian's magical power.
Upon receiving Jingtian's call, Niu Jiang quickly responded respectfully, "Master, what do you want?"
General Niu used to be so arrogant and conceited that his strength was no worse than that of deputy leaders like Meng Shenji and Li Anyan.
But in front of Jingtian, he could only bow down.
"It's nothing big. I just want to ask you where I can get yellow paper and cinnabar." Jingtian said directly.
"Yellow paper and cinnabar? This... I've never heard of such things." Niu Jing said after a moment of confusion after hearing Jingtian's request.
Jingtian frowned. In such a big city like Beijing, is it really impossible to find the materials he needs?
"By the way, master, I can ask someone to look for it in the big market. Maybe it can be found there." General Niu felt Jingtian's disappointment and suddenly thought of a place.
“What is the big market?”
It was the first time Jingtian heard of it, and Wang Lian didn’t know even more about it.
General Niu quickly explained to Jingtian.
It turns out that Beijing has a large population, and some shops obviously cannot meet the needs of everyone.
The main reason is that some ordinary people simply do not have the ability to enter shops, but as long as they are alive, they will have necessities. When they don’t have good things, they will collect some sundries, set up a stall in one place, and then barter with other people in need.
Of course, if it can be purchased with gold or points, they will naturally sell it, but basically no one who goes to that kind of place will buy it with money.
There are five such large markets in Beijing.
After understanding the situation, Jingtian did not reject General Niu's approach, but he also decided to go and take a look.
Then he and Wang Lian drove according to the route guided by General Niu and headed for the nearest large market.
General Niu pointed to the big market that Jingtian had visited. It was less than three kilometers away from here, which meant it was still within Lu Ziyuan's territory.
But Jingtian doesn't mind. If he is lucky, he would really like to meet Lu Ziyuan by chance.
A moment later, the Ares arrived at its destination, which was a former high-end factory area.
The surrounding areas are all residential areas, and the factory compound has become a free exchange market. Naturally, some office buildings and factory buildings are used as residences by some ordinary survivors.
After parking the car at the door, Jingtian and his companion saw a bustling crowd in the yard as soon as they got out of the car.
There were people at the door paying attention to the two "big shots" who were driving over.
Victoria is still wearing a leather jacket as always, and Jingtian is wearing the same beach pants and white T-shirt that he always wears for thousands of years.
Although the residents around here were dressed decently, most of them were dirty and some even had dirt on their faces.
The main thing is skin color.
Sedum and Victoria regia have fair and clean skin.
The people here all have red and black faces, which are the result of being frequently exposed to the scorching sun outside.
80% of the residents here are ordinary people, and the few with special abilities are of low level.
Low-level ability users have weak combat capabilities and no talent for advancement, and eventually become ordinary people.
However, ordinary people can live a slightly better life because they have the ability to go out to collect supplies or do something.
Not far inside the door is the trading area.
There is no one managing the stalls, and they are scattered all over the place, looking very random.
Everywhere there were sounds of bargaining, cursing and fighting.
After Jingtian and the other person blended into the crowd, there was no big reaction except that those who were close to them looked at them in surprise.
The items on the stalls are really varied, ranging from needles and thread to refrigerators and color TVs. In short, all the daily necessities for household use can be seen here.
As for whether anyone can use these things, I really don’t know.
However, there were some food, seasonings and other things on a few stalls.
These stalls are all owned by people with low-level abilities, and even if ordinary survivors are jealous, they dare not provoke them.
"It seems that the food shortage here is still very serious."
Wang Lian glanced at the rare grain stalls and whispered to Jingtian.
"With so many people and no output, we can only rely on collecting the surplus from the past. There will definitely be more and more shortages. Otherwise, there wouldn't have been people like Xia Xiao and Xing Tian who were sent out to collect those small strongholds everywhere, just to make them pay tribute to food and supplies to the capital." Jingtian said.
"Thanks to you, sir, otherwise I don't know what will happen to human beings in the future." Wang Lian nodded and said with a hint of emotion.
Obviously in Wang Lian's heart, Jingtian's ability is equivalent to that of a savior.
"Don't think of me as so great. Even if you don't have my ability, there is still the grain export from the south. Although it will cost a lot, slowly everyone will have food to eat." Jingtian shook his head slightly.
Now that the clone has arrived in the south, he has some understanding of the situation there.
I have learned from Jiang Da and Rong Qing that the crops in the south are about to mature.
Maybe the North won’t get much at the beginning, but it doesn’t mean forever. As long as we persist for a period of time, I believe it will definitely be passed on.
The two chatted in low voices while searching between the stalls.
A moment later, as the two were becoming increasingly disappointed, a soft, weak female voice suddenly came from behind them.
"Sir, is that you?"
