Cave Refuge

Although Dong Tianyu had a rough idea of what "Mutual Aid Contribution" implied, but he still asked directly, "Mutual Aid Contribution?" for confirmation.

"Brother, you should realize that in these transactions, it's difficult for both parties to be satisfied with what the other offers, or some people's goods can't be stored for long, but they can't find suitable trading partners in a short time.

Initially, it was for the convenience of trading, we used our reputation as a guarantee, and created this Mutual Aid Contribution similar to cash.

It was hardly used in the past, but as the number of people joining our Mutual Aid Society grows, most people now choose to use Mutual Aid Contribution for transactions unless both parties are satisfied with what the other provides. After all, it's easier to settle accounts this way.

Of course, don't worry that the Mutual Aid Contribution will collapse. Like how currency uses gold as an equivalent item for collateral, the Mutual Aid Contribution has also collateralized items. And this collateral, like gold, could depreciate, but depreciate at an extremely slow rate, it could even appreciate."

Hearing the other party so confident, Dong Tianyu murmured, "Food?"

"Both fine and coarse grains are available, and they are all non-aquatic, can be preserved for a long time."

Upon hearing Ye Liuyun's words, Dong Tianyu nodded, seemingly agreeing with Ye Liuyun's point of view.

"What's the exchange rate of Mutual Aid Contribution? For example, how many Mutual Aid Contributions can a marinated egg be exchanged for?"

Hearing Dong Tianyu's inquiry, a trace of embarrassment appeared on Ye Liuyun's face. The value of Mutual Aid Contribution is high, Ye Liuyun can't possibly increase the purchase price of his fertilized eggs just to make Dong Tianyu feel that the bullet prices are not expensive.

Ye Liuyun was silent for a moment.

"One fertilized egg is worth one contribution point!"

Upon hearing this, Dong Tianyu found it unbelievable. According to this calculation, one hundred fertilized eggs can only be exchanged for one bullet.

Although fertilized chicken eggs are small, a hundred would weigh at least one jin, less than two, it's a joke that such many eggs can only be exchanged for one bullet.

Given the bullet quotation provided by the other party, Dong Tianyu would rather directly buy a gun from Ye Liuyun, considering the gun a bonus to the bullet.

After hearing the sales quotation, Dong Tianyu ditched the idea of bargaining and left immediately.

Seeing the straightforward departure of Dong Tianyu, the seller didn't mind. His is the only one at the Mutual Aid Centre that sells bullets. Although the Ye Liuyun has bullets, they agreed not to sell them separately.

After the two left the compartment, Dong Tianyu wanted to go to other places that sell food to investigate prices, but considering Ye Liuyun's presence, he gave up on this idea.

"Brother, how many do you plan to buy? If it's not much, I can help you to find the seller for a talk?"

Seeing the price list given by the sales, Ye Liuyun knew that the other party was blatantly trying to fleece people.

However, he had a monopoly on the business. Although he does not sell guns, he monopolizes the consumable items–bullets.

The seller here is actually the upper echelons of the officials. There are two reasons why bullets are priced so high, one is to make more money, the other is to use high prices to prevent those who buy guns from shooting at will.

After all, if the bullets are sold cheaply, it may impact the current stability.

Dong Tianyu thought that since bullets were so expensive, he might as well treat guns as consumable items. But considering that he's about to reach the Foundation Building Stage, the utility of firearms will decrease dramatically, so after thinking about it, he finally decided to proceed with his original purchase plan.

Five pistols, two fully automatic rifles, two sniper rifles.

In fact, Dong Tianyu also wanted to buy more of consumable items like hand grenades, but unfortunately, Ye Liuyun was unwilling to sell them, so he decided to buy these for now.

Although he had been here once before, the time for the next trade was set near the office building and was set for 10 days later.

For convenience, Dong Tianyu directly choose 290jin of marinated eggs.

Originally Ye Liuyun also wanted some chicken, but he stopped asking after hearing that Dong Tianyu wanted to trade hand grenades.

After the two left the top floor, Dong Tianyu was 'dragged' by Ye Liuyun to the cat house on the ground floor.

Unlike the imagined individual rooms, it's more like a large fashion show stage. Except that there was no one at this time of the day, it appeared rather empty.

"This is the hall where there are usually fashion shows at night. If you are free, you can come and have a look at night, there is no entrance fee."

While introducing the situation here, Ye Liuyun ushered Dong Tianyu further in.

After leaving the exhibition hall, the two entered a room with a very simple decoration. The room was not big, but very clean. The two had just sat down at the tea table when a woman in a white cheongsam walked into the room.

Before the other party could speak, Ye Liuyun ordered directly, "A pot of first-class tea."

Hearing Ye Liuyun's words, the other party nodded and left.

"Brother, what are you up to? I want to go back asap to gather materials for our trade."

Hearing Dong Tianyu's words, Ye Liuyun laughed, "There's no rush, we were tired from shooting just now, let's rest a bit and have some tea."

As soon as Ye Liuyun's words fell, a girl with a pure look sat across them with a tea set.

Just as the tea maker was about to demonstrate the Kung Fu tea for the two, Dong Tianyu was surprised to find that the other party's pair of poor mountains rested on the table.

(Tea lovers would understand the meaning of 'poor mountains'.)

Seeing the other party's appearance, Dong Tianyu finally comprehended the concept of pure sexuality.

However, Dong Tianyu just glanced at it a few times, then ignored her and leisurely chatted with Ye Liuyun.

Without reaching the Foundation Building Stage, the more he thought, the more he would disturb his own mind, so at this point, Dong Tianyu was very open-minded.

After entering the room, Ye Liuyun carefully observed Dong Tianyu's every move. When the tea maker entered the room, he could clearly feel Dong Tianyu was attracted by her.

Under normal circumstances, the content of their conversation should have gradually shifted towards the erotic, or Dong Tianyu would narrate his high profile experiences, showing his masculinity.

However, after a while of chat, neither of the two situations occurred. No matter what he said, the other party only seemed to echo perfunctorily, with no intention of attracting the tea maker's attention.

When accepting the tea from the tea maker, he behaved properly and did not make any superfluous gestures.

Without having initially noticed that the other party was attracted, Ye Liuyun would have thought Dong Tianyu was not into women.

Once again confirming that Dong Tianyu had no interest in this place, the two didn't stay long in the tea room.

Ye Liuyun who had originally wanted to take Dong Tianyu for a stroll inside, was promptly rejected by Dong Tianyu.

It was not until Dong Tianyu's figure had faded away that Ye Liuyun turned and went upstairs, but he still kept thinking about how to get Dong Tianyu to join the Mutual Aid Society in his mind.