The captain of the wolves immediately said, "We also want to buy some food, can we?"
"We want to buy some too," the captain of Wushuang took the opportunity to say.
The companions' faces showed a dazed expression, and they said nothing, but in their hearts, they secretly grumbled: Was the captain of Wushuang a repeater?
The captain nodded, "I'll ask for you, how much do you all want?"
"For white flour and rice, we temporarily want a thousand catties each, oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar as needed. It would be even better if there were canned fish, meat, or fruit."
"Us too."
The companions thought, is this captain of Wushuang determined to be a repeater until the end?
The captain said no more, but wrote down their requests on a slip of paper and passed it to Fu Xin Ci.
The wait was not long, and when the two captains saw the handwriting on the returned slip, they almost wept with joy.
They had come to Longcheng at the right time, if for no other reason than that they could at least buy grain here.
Food is paramount to the people, and what could be more important than food?
As for the price, they didn't worry at all. Their strength told everyone that these were all within their ability to afford.
Especially when they saw bags of rice and white flour being traded, the pure aroma of rice and flour filled the air around them.
The captain of Wushuang finally stopped being a repeater and said, "How long has it been since we smelled such pure grain aroma?"
"A long time," said the captain of the wolves. After speaking, he called out to his team members, "Let's go back and cook now. We can have a good meal today."
"Yeah, it's great not to have to eat moldy food anymore. Even without vegetables, we can still eat two big bowls."
The Wushuang mercenary team was also influenced by them and happily prepared to carry the grain back.
Before leaving, the two mercenary captains, along with their team members, smiled and nodded their thanks to the Long Teng companions.
The companions were quite busy now, with Xin Ci asking them what they wanted for breakfast tomorrow. She had prepared some vegetables for them.
Looking at the juicy tomatoes, crisp cucumbers, verdant lettuce, and deep purple eggplant, the people from Wushuang and Wolves couldn't move their legs.
After the captain of Wushuang stopped being a repeater, his movements were incredibly fast. Pang Dun even felt that his title as the number one foodie was about to change hands.
Fortunately, the Wushuang captain only rushed over without reaching out, but instead, with a negotiating tone, discussed with the Long Teng companions, "Brothers and sisters, these vegetables are truly too beautiful and have captivated my eyes. Can you brothers and sisters spare some of these vegetables to sell to us?"
"Yes," the captain of the wolves had now become the repeater, and the smile on his face was somewhat apologetic to his wolf-like nature.
You can't refuse someone who smiles at you, so the captain glanced at his companions. They couldn't eat that much, so they left half of the vegetables.
"Don't think these are too little."
"Thank you, thank you."
The two captains nodded their thanks repeatedly, then took out equivalent items and placed them in front of the Long Teng companions. They could no longer care about their dignity and began to divide the items in front of everyone.
Xiao Ai didn't want to leave. She hadn't expected two grown men to be so stingy when dividing things.
Later, she discovered that compared to stingy, there was only more stingy.
The captain of the Wolves was unyielding, inch by inch. If there was an extra stalk of lettuce, they would divide it in half, and even one leaf less was unacceptable.
Tomatoes were the focus of the two mercenary teams. They stared covetously at each other, fearing that if they were not careful, a tomato would disappear.
Xiao Ai remembered how Xin Ci had looked when she first found them; weren't her eyes shining with a blue light at the sight of fresh vegetables?
Therefore, the companions could understand their current feelings.
The captain ignored the onlookers, glancing sideways slightly, signaling that it was time to go back.
Yang Xin Jie then became playful, "Captain, please don't tempt us, we have the least integrity."
"Yes, we are immune to the captain's charm." Xu Jia Can had to join in this fun.
"Yes, Captain," Xiao Ai also showed a mischievous smile.
Pang Dun snatched the vegetables from his companions' hands and shouted loudly, "I'm leaving first, you guys can continue playing, no need to rush back."
Xu Ru Yi: "Is that okay? Stop right there."
Captain: "Still playing?"
"No more playing, hurry up and chase!"
If they ran any slower, the companions worried that all the tomatoes would have been eaten by Pang Dun.
Watching the Long Teng companions disappear in an instant, the base commander who arrived later was a bit confused.
He could have met the Long Teng people head-on, but why hadn't he seen them just now?
"Where are they?" He hadn't received any vegetables yet. Before anyone could answer, he ran back.
On the winter night, the soles of size forty-four shoes gripped the empty road, making a loud noise that carried far.
In the shadow of the tall wall beside them, the captain took the lead, bit into a tomato, and mumbled indistinctly, "Mmm, this is still delicious."
His agreement was met with chewing sounds, and occasionally Pang Dun's mumbling could be heard: "Next time, let Sister Xin Ci pick more tomatoes for us. I can never get enough of this pollution-free, pollution-free taste every day."
Before he could swallow the tomato in his mouth, Xiao Ai chimed in, "It's like we can eat enough."
"Mmm, we should be content. Look at the others in the trading hall; I bet they want to stuff us into sacks."
"It seems so."
Captain: "Next time, we should appropriately share some with others, otherwise we'll eventually be stuffed into sacks."
"Captain, are you afraid of them?"
"It's not fear; it's all for survival. Think about it, if in the end, only a few of us are left in Longcheng, it won't be much fun."
The companions: The captain seems to have a point.
"Are you done eating? If you're done, let's go back. Uncle Sun and Uncle Xu haven't eaten yet."
"Mmm, Uncle Sun and Uncle Xu are helping Xin Ci make knives. The gleaming blades are quite intimidating. As soon as I see that big saber, I feel a chill down my neck."
"I feel the same way. We should encourage Uncle Sun and Uncle Xu to finish quickly so they can trade it to Xin Ci."
Unanimously approved, the figures then scurried back to the dormitory.
The next evening, when Fu Xin Ci received the big saber, her eyes almost popped out.
"My heavens! This big saber is more than a level better than the previous one!"
"Of course, Uncle Xu and Uncle Sun's special abilities have been upgraded. Uncle Sun also said that when they upgrade again, they will forge a new bow and arrow for you."
Fu Xin Ci finally truly understood what it meant to be overjoyed.
Heh heh, who could be as happy as she was?