94: Grain coupons from 1960!

【Today's Intermediate Intelligence refresh: At 3:00 PM this afternoon, a crazy Old Beggar begging for food will suddenly appear at the North Gate of Qingshan Residential Complex. After being given a bowl of rice by a kind-hearted person, the crazy Old Beggar will offer a 1960 nan city one qian grain coupon in gratitude. Suggested selling price: 26,000 Yuan.】

Chen Kai was stunned. Can you even intercept a deal like this? And are Nan City Food Coupons really that valuable?

He searched on TikTok and found that most Food Coupons weren't worth much. The circulation was too high, and since they weren't recycled, rarity determines value; a large surviving quantity definitely meant they were worthless.

Only the misprinted ones, those with special denominations, or those with low circulation were worth a bit more.

He thought about it, checked the time, and sent a message to Liu Yunshang.

"Sister, are you home tomorrow? Did you miss me?"

Liu Yunshang replied almost immediately. Just after his message was sent, he saw that she was typing.

[Liu Yunshang: Not at home~ But Sister misses you a ton, so I'll just take a day off to spend with you. Did you miss your sister?]

"I only miss you a ton, too."

[What a stubborn little brother. When are you coming over tomorrow? Sister will be waiting for you at home.]

[Hmm~ Are we still watching the game?]

"Sure, I'll come over tomorrow afternoon."

[Okay~ Waiting for you to come over. I'll start preparing what we're going to eat tomorrow. Little brother, do you want to order a dish?]

"Whatever Sister Liu makes, I'll like it!"

Chen Kai stared at his phone and chuckled. After chatting for a while longer about DNA, he slowly drifted off to sleep.

...

The next day at noon, Chen Kai opened his hazy eyes and lit a cigarette while sitting on the edge of the bed.

"Puff."

He picked up his phone to check the time. It was past eleven; it was still early.

He checked WeChat again, and both women had left him messages.

[Tang Yunshu: Photo.jpg.]

[Brother, look at this new outfit I bought online. Is it good-looking? I'll wear it for you this weekend!]

[Liu Yunshang: The food is ready, all the things you love to eat, little brother! Also... I've taken a shower too~]

Chen Kai opened the photo Tang Yunshu sent and almost choked on his cigarette, swallowing his saliva uncontrollably.

This... might be at a level that violates the rules!

Her and Liu Yunshang's figures were truly impeccable, completely different styles. One was a sassy mature woman with defined abs and an amazing figure.

As for Liu Yunshang, she was just purely beautiful, with long legs, and she believed in the light—Tiga Outerman.

He chatted with both of them for a while, then got ready, put on the outfit he wore when dating Tang Yunshu, and went out. He went downstairs, hopped on his Electric Scooter, and headed toward the small supermarket next to Qingshan Residential Complex.

...

In less than half an hour, Chen Kai walked into a random Convenience Store, grabbed a small basket at the entrance, and wove through the rows of shelves.

"Instant noodles... let's get a few big packs... grab some instant hot pots, a few packs of bread... Vacuum-packed chicken legs and duck legs? I can get more of these..."

"These rice balls are good, but I can't take too many. If they go bad, the Old Beggar won't be able to eat them."

"Hmm... these Convenience Store bento boxes look quite appetizing... I'll take two."

Chen Kai walked around and took almost every instant food product; the arm-length shopping basket was already full.

He walked slowly to the counter. "Check out, and could you please give me two hundred in change?"

The young Cashier nodded and took the items out of the basket one by one, scanning them with the barcode scanner.

"That's 302 in total. Do you still want 200 in change? That would be 502 in total."

The young attendant smiled and waited with the scanner in hand.

Chen Kai showed his payment code, paid readily, and walked out of the store carrying two bags of instant food and two hundred in change.

The reason he spent five hundred was that he felt a bit sorry for him. Although there was no major issue with Scoring a Bargain from a crazy Old Beggar—it wasn't swindling or cheating, and the Old Beggar offered the Food Coupon voluntarily.

He wasn't a saint; if he didn't Score a Bargain, this Food Coupon would just end up in someone else's hands.

But... since he knew it was a beggar, a real beggar at that, the kind that only begs for a meal, he would just take a fraction of the Food Coupon's value.

He might as well help out if he could.

He checked the time; it was only past two. He simply rode his Electric Scooter toward the North Gate to wait there, so no one else would intercept the deal.

Just as Chen Kai parked his vehicle at the North Gate, he noticed an old man walking with a tottering gait on the street full of restaurants, not far across from the residential complex entrance.

His clothes were tattered and patched. Although the clothes were worn, they were clearly clean, not the kind that looked filthy at a glance.

He carried a cloth sack on his back. His hair was long but not dirty.

"That must be him, right?"

Chen Kai watched him stop at the entrance of every restaurant along the way. He didn't enter the shops, just begged at the doors with the broken bowl in his hand. But within a few seconds, the old man would walk toward the next one with a disappointed look.

He went to four or five places in a row, and the result was always being shooed away.

Chen Kai sighed, parked the Electric Scooter, and walked toward that street carrying the two plastic bags.

"Hello... I... I haven't eaten for two days. Could you give me something to eat?"

The Old Beggar in tattered clothes stood in front of a shop entrance, swallowing his saliva uncontrollably while smelling the fragrance inside the restaurant.

"Can't give you anything! You have hands and feet, why are you pretending to be a beggar! What kind of beggar is this clean?"

"Next time you pretend to be a beggar to scam money, remember to get your clothes dirty, okay? You're this clean and you're a beggar? What a joke. Can't give you money, get lost!"

The Old Beggar lowered his head, his stomach making "rumbling" sounds. He opened his mouth but said nothing, then continued walking toward the next shop in a dejected manner.

Chen Kai watched this scene and sighed helplessly.

The business owners were scared by fake beggars who scammed money.

This Old Beggar... probably couldn't figure out why he was still disliked even though he kept himself so clean.

He walked over quickly and looked at the Old Beggar.

To his surprise, there was a sense of clarity in the Old Beggar's eyes; he didn't look like a madman.

And dressed so neatly and cleanly, he didn't look like the type of person who would be reduced to being a beggar.

The Old Beggar also noticed Chen Kai walking toward him carrying a bag of food and couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

"Hello... I... I haven't eaten for two days. Could... could you give me something to eat? I don't want money, just food is fine."

The Old Beggar stopped him and said pleadingly.

Chen Kai deliberately pretended to be stunned, took out two bento boxes from the plastic bag, and handed them to the Old Beggar.

"Tha... thank you... kind-hearted person."

Before Chen Kai could hand over the chopsticks, the Old Beggar squatted on the side of the road, grabbed the rice with his hands, and stuffed it into his mouth in big mouthfuls, filling his entire mouth until it bulged.

He didn't even let go of the grains of rice that fell on his clothes, pinching them up with his fingers and stuffing them into his mouth.

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