They must remember this truth.

Shen Jufeng had a gentle look in his eyes and agreed with the method she proposed: “It’s very good. It just so happens that the price here is not high. If you resell it to them, you will not only make money, but it may also solve their cold situation. Even if they don’t have enough money, you can exchange it for materials such as grain.”

Lu Jiu nodded: “That’s what I thought.” After figuring out how to do it, she cut the vegetables much faster.

It would be okay if someone encountered difficulties before the end, and she could donate money, but it would not be okay to do so in the game world.

Besides, although the residents of Longjiao City sound miserable, they still have something to offer and are not at the end of their rope.

The two of them happily finished the barbecue dinner, and Lu Jiu went to find Yao Bingan, planning to tell her about the matter.

Shen Jufeng watched her sneak out indifferently and quietly put away the dishes.

Next time, he’ll make sure to ask her to wash the dishes.

*

Yao Bingan was still discussing with Li Aoting how to help the residents of Longjiao City. Her current idea was to give a batch of winter clothes, and saving a few would be considered a good deed.

However, Li Aoting always felt weird and couldn’t think clearly for a while.

Just as Lu Jiu arrived, she opened the door and let someone in. The cold wind carried the fragrant smell of barbecue from the other person’s body and rushed to the tip of her nose.

“What good food did you eat?” Yao Bingan asked her.

Lu Jiu sniffed herself and said, “Oh, barbecue, I came just after eating.”

Yao Bingan closed the door smoothly, and Lu Jiu realized that Li Aoting was here at her home: “Hello.”

Li Aoting nodded politely. She also knew Lu Jiu.

“I asked her to come over to discuss helping the ordinary residents of Longjiao City.”

Lu Jiu sat down after saying hello: “Actually, I’ve thought about what you said, but I don’t agree with you giving things to them for free. People over there have money but have no way to buy clothes. The price of winter clothes in the city-state is reasonable, and we have stock. You can do what I did before. You can buy things on behalf of them, and then resell them.”

As for whether to add more money, it depends on Yao Bingan’s wishes. Anyway, there were many ways.

When she said this, Li Aoting finally felt what was wrong.

It was not that those residents had no money or supplies, but simply couldn’t buy winter clothes or heating items. They don’t need to give away supplies for free.

“Miss Lu is right. The residents in the city are not short of money for the time being. We can help them the same way Miss Lu did before.”

Yao Bingan was also enlightened and patted her head, “That’s right. Look at my brain. I didn’t think about this before. When I heard the situation over there was pitiful, I was overflowing with sympathy for a moment.”

Li Aoting just patted her hand and said, “You have to be more careful in the future. Don’t think about helping all at once. If you help in the wrong way, you’ll get yourself in trouble.”

Yao Bingan nodded quickly.

Li Aoting began to think about other issues: “But now we should just let the vice-captain be the intermediary, or find someone else.”

Yao Bingan thought for a moment and said, “We are not familiar with the other teams in Longjiao City, but we are familiar with the people from He Ange’s team. Let’s let the deputy captain resell these first.”

She remembered that although the vice-captain kept a straight face every day, he was not a very evil person.

Li Aoting also met the vice-captain, who was a very serious person: “Let’s try it. As for whether he will sell his winter clothes to others, that’s not what we need to know.”

Lu Jiu looked at her and said, “Just stop thinking about helping for free from now on.”

Yao Bingan said that she had learned a lesson, “I won’t do it anymore.”

In the end, they decided to do just that, and Yao Bingan contacted the vice-captain to explain the matter.

The vice-captain didn’t expect Yao Bingan to help for free. He was just feeling emotional at that time. Moreover, supplies were scarce in winter. He wasn’t sure if the other party could provide a way to purchase them.

Unexpectedly, Yao Bingan was willing to resell winter clothes. The vice-captain was immediately willing to cooperate.

*

In Longjiao City, He Ange waited for several days before receiving a reply from Sun Ming, who promised to give him a thousand tempered fruits.

He showed a triumphant smile. No matter how unwilling he was, he had to cooperate obediently. Originally, he had no intention of keeping this team. It would be best for them to leave on their own next spring.

In the end, the two agreed to do business face-to-face in the restaurant. Sun Ming asked for a batch of winter clothes, as well as the most needed heating stove in winter, and finally medicines and equipment.

He Ange saw Sun Ming again. He didn’t look very angry, but still had a simple and honest expression.

After sitting down, Sun Ming got straight to the point and placed a thousand tempered fruits on the big table. “I discussed with my teammates and collected a thousand tempered fruits. City Lord He, our sincerity has been shown to you. Look, here you go…”

It means to look at the supplies he needs.

He Ange didn’t show off, and directly took out the supplies Sun Ming asked for and put them aside: “Captain Sun, I have cleaned out my small store, and you can just buy it at a low price.” He said as if he had suffered a loss.

Sun Ming cursed secretly. He acted like a good boy even though he got an advantage.

He smiled and collected the supplies. He could make a profit by reselling these things. He glanced at He Ange, who was collecting the tempering fruits, and the corners of his mouth raised even wider.

“Then we have a happy cooperation this time. If we need to rely on you, the city lord, in the future, I hope it will be as smooth as this time.”

He Ange saw a thousand tempered fruits put into his backpack and smiled in his heart. If there will be a next time, of course, it will go well, but he has to collect another batch of tempered fruits from them.

He doesn’t intend to keep them anyway, so he might as well extract more value from them.

“It’s easy to talk, Captain Sun, sit down, and I’ll treat you to this meal.”

Sun Ming didn’t shirk, he just wanted to talk to this kid about something else.

After sitting down, the NPC served them the food with an expressionless face. Sun Ming said: “City Lord, it is impossible that there will be no wild monsters outside throughout the winter. Do you plan to go out and take a look in the future?”

He Ange stopped picking up the food with his chopsticks and then continued to pick up the food as usual. “It depends on the situation. What, Captain Sun wants to go out for a walk?”

He paid attention to the outside. It looked desolate, and it didn’t look like wild monsters would appear. But this was a game world, so there was no guarantee that he would still see wild monsters when he went out.

“We were already short of supplies, so my teammates all suggested going out to take a look. If there are any wild monsters, it would be a good time to stretch our muscles and get supplies by the way.”

Sun Ming didn’t bluff him, they planned to leave the city.

Who would object to the lack of resources? He Ange was attracted by what he said.

Sun Ming didn’t seem to care that he didn’t reply, and continued: “Although there are few supplies this winter, the system also said during the update that food can be collected once a month, which means there are still wild monsters outside, but not many.”

He Ange nodded, “Yes, it’s a season of scarcity…”

Before he finished speaking, Sun Ming continued: “The supplies are already scarce, so of course we have to actively go out to search for them. Otherwise, if others go out to kill the wild monsters first, wouldn’t it be too late for us to go back later?”