Chapter 1239: This Old Six

Little Bear's home isn't Daigua's home, which is perfectly normal—Daigua belongs to a white-faced monk monkey troop. Zhang Song said that counting Daigua, the troop has nine monkeys; the two-year-old Daigua already has the ability to survive independently and is currently in the stage of exploring the Evolution Forest.

This brain-evolved little monkey is very brave—its exploration range has already extended into human territory. After visiting its friend, it should return to Mountain No. 62 and reunite with its troop.

Xia Qing greeted Daigua's friend, "Little Bear, I'm the human Xia Qing. I'm in my own territory, very far from your cave—I need to ride that buzzing big bird in the sky to get here. Is the green-light honey good? If you like it, you can trade supplies with me."

Zhang San……

Very good, very good indeed—another species has been added to the list of bizarre humans this weirdo human trades supplies with.

The northern bear troop has little contact with humans; the greedy Little Bear couldn't understand Xia Qing's meaning, leaned over and licked the phone, confirmed the thing was inedible, and continued licking the honey.

This guy isn't just greedy—he's also a sneaky old six!

Through the blurry screen, Xia Qing called out to the little monkey, "Daigua, the transparent bag holding the phone is dirty—what should we do?"

"Eh!"

The little monkey in the bear cave cheered, immediately pulled out a piece of cloth Xia Qing had sold it from its small bag with its little black paw, and wiped the phone bag clean.

Zhang San, who had leaned over to see this scene, fell into thought.

Daigua truly is a brain-evolved monkey standing at the top of Blue Star's pyramid—excellent work. In front of her idol, Xia Qing didn't dare say this out loud, and could only praise it simply through the now-clear screen, "Daigua is amazing. When you get home, remember to wash the cloth you used to wipe the phone and hang it up to dry—you can use it again later. Did you call me because you need something?"

"Oh."

Daigua called out again. It had forgotten the existence of the rear camera, and after adjusting the angle for a while, finally managed to fit what it wanted to show Xia Qing into the phone screen.

After seeing clearly what Daigua was showing her, Xia Qing was shocked. Zhang San curiously leaned over for a look, and also showed a surprised expression.

Xia Qing asked gently, "Daigua, you want to use this big mineral to trade for the phone and the power bank?"

Daigua appeared in the screen, grinning and showing its teeth.

Xia Qing beamed with joy, "We can trade—this mineral is very beautiful. Daigua truly is an evolved monkey standing at the top of Blue Star's pyramid. Just back in the Evolution Forest and already found a mineral to trade for the phone. Next, Daigua can have a good rest."

After confirming the trade, Daigua hung up the call, put the phone into its backpack, and squatted beside its good friend to dig up honey and eat together.

Not long after, a huge brown bear appeared at Little Bear's cave entrance, lifted its nose to sniff, and a pair of wise eyes fell on the supplies the monk monkey had brought back.

"Based on the monkey's size, that colorless transparent single-crystal quartz column is no less than 2 meters tall, no less than 20 centimeters in diameter, and should weigh over 166 kilograms. The transparency of this quartz column is excellent and can be used to make high-precision instruments."

After analyzing the quartz column, Zhang San sat back in his chair and asked coldly, "You voluntarily traded that phone to that ugly monkey?"

Xia Qing immediately shrank back, and answered carefully, "No, it was—it saw the Broken-Waist Wolf trade for a phone last night, and this morning it proposed a trade to me. Third Brother, look at the value of this quartz column—is it enough to trade with you for one phone? Also, the Broken-Waist Wolf wants to trade with you for two phones, one for itself and one for the head wolf. If you agree, I can give you 100 jin of green-light mountain walnuts—the Broken-Waist traded most of its mountain walnuts to me."

Zhang San placed his cup on the table, took out the No. 3 scalpel handle from his pocket, then took out a small blade from the drawer, and slowly began assembling them.

Xia Qing……wanted to run……

After assembling the scalpel, Zhang San cut the sour-date cake into strips of exactly uniform thickness, speared one and put it in his mouth, then looked at the bizarre human across from him, "The Broken-Waist, the old wolf from the southern territory, and that ugly monkey all have fairly high brain-evolution levels. Don't make the price difference of your supply trades with them too large—otherwise, once they find out the actual price of supplies, it will lower their trust in you."

Phew……that's over? No scolding? The middleman Xia Qing answered carefully, "Don't worry, Third Brother. I know my limits."

You don't know any limits!

Zhang San speared another piece of sour-date cake, "That ugly monkey is also learning knowledge?"

"Yes, it was always listening on the side when I gave lectures to the wolf pack. It didn't show much interest in learning, but I found it learned everything." After saying this, Xia Qing plucked up her courage and suggested, "Third Brother, Daigua's brain-evolution level really is quite high. It may not be good-looking, but please don't call it that in front of it—it likes to hear praise."

Zhang San, holding the knife, looked at Xia Qing who was grinning wolfishly, "Daigua, Broken-Waist, Broken-Face, Blind-Eye—which of these names has any praise in it?"

Xia Qing……

After being chased out of the lab by her idol, Xia Qing calmly left Territory No. 7 with two encrypted phones and continued participating in the Soil Research Department's experiments.

"Xia Qing, after we bought crab-shell fertilizer in bulk, it caused a market reaction—now crab-shell fertilizer has risen to 10 points per jin!" Kuang Qingwei called Xia Qing, his voice tinged with excitement and worry.

Xia Qing responded, "Qing-ge, keep a close eye on the suppliers and urge them to ship as soon as possible."

Kuang Qingwei had called Xia Qing precisely for this issue, "I called you for exactly this matter. Two suppliers called to say their stock is insufficient and they need to transfer goods from Guicheng. My words don't carry enough weight, so……could you find time to call them? I figure they're not trying to take the chance to raise prices—they want to use this opportunity to get in touch with you and, by the way, fish for information."

If the fertilizer is held up, it will delay the soil improvement experiment progress and the farming season. Xia Qing replied calmly, "Okay, Qing-ge, send me their phone numbers."

"Got it!" After sending the phone numbers to Xia Qing, Kuang Qingwei continued following up on the shipping progress of several other sellers.

Just as Kuang Qingwei had guessed—Hui San, the currently hot, straightforward top sniper, and Xia Qing, Director of the Ninth Center, made two phone calls, and the other party was very enthusiastic, solemnly promising to immediately transfer goods, definitely load them within two hours and ship them to Northern Zone One Territory, ensuring safe delivery within six hours.

Xia Qing replied, "The truck doesn't need to leave the Safe Zone. I've already contacted the Qinglong Squad—have the goods delivered directly to the Qinglong Squad base, and this batch will be transferred by helicopter. Details like shipping costs can be discussed between Director Zhang and our alliance's Minister of Commerce, Kuang Qingwei."

"Understood, Director Xia, you're busy—I'll contact Minister Kuang right away." The middleman surnamed Zhang hung up the phone, his face full of mixed feelings.

The pockmarked-faced Old Kuang, who used to count for less than a grandson in front of them, had been squeezed out of the Safe Zone and yet had struck it lucky, latching onto that big shot and Xia Qing, and had truly become a man of real power in Northern Zone One!

"No need, I'll just use the helicopter at the Safe Zone to transport it directly."

Hearing that the Safe Zone's helicopter was free, Xia Qing didn't stand on ceremony with Yang Jin, "Alright, thanks for the trouble, Captain Yang. When you come over, let's discuss cooperation."

Yang Jin laughed, "Sister Qing, are you thinking of building a crab-shell fertilizer plant?"

Great minds truly think alike. Xia Qing smiled, "I do have that idea. I wonder if Captain Yang is interested?"