"Aren't we already calling each other sisters?" Tang Guo asked, a hint of confusion in her voice, upon hearing Tang Li's words.
Looking at Tang Guo's clear eyes, Tang Li said, "I mean, like family sisters!"
"I feel that after everything we've been through together, we've come to see each other as family. From now on, there's no need to be so formal. And please, don't refuse what I give you anymore, okay?"
Tang Guo pursed her lips and replied, "Alright, we'll call each other sisters from now on, and I won't refuse your gifts anymore."
"But as I said: close relatives still need to settle accounts. I can't just assume that what you give me is a given!"
Seeing Tang Guo's insistence, Tang Li's eyes darted, and she said, "How about this then? The ownership of the mechanical exoskeleton remains with me, but I'm giving it to you to wear as employee benefits for helping me sell appliances and collect used ones."
"In addition, you're doing all the chores at home now, and taking care of my daily life. I might as well hire you as my housekeeper. I'll cover all your food and lodging, you won't have to pay for the food exchange points, and you won't have to pay half the rent anymore. I'll even give you a salary. What do you say?"
Tang Guo tapped Tang Li's head, saying helplessly, "You just said we should call each other sisters, and now you're talking about employees and housekeepers. This..."
"Lili, I know you want to take care of me, but you're giving me more than before!"
Seeing that Tang Guo had seen through her scheme, Tang Li had no choice but to give up.
In the end, Tang Guo accepted the mechanical exoskeleton that Tang Li had replicated from her space.
However, she declined the position of housekeeper, the housekeeper's salary, and the offer of full room and board.
This was because Tang Li paid for all the household utilities, including water and electricity, and the renovation of the glass ceiling.
Therefore, Tang Guo accepted to take care of Tang Li's daily needs as compensation, continuing to cook, do laundry, and clean for Tang Li.
After Tang Guo drove out to sell appliances and collect old ones, Tang Li also drove away from home. Although the 3.6 million points for the mechanical exoskeleton had been returned, Tang Li's points balance in her material allocation coupon account had returned to 7.6 million.
However, after witnessing the prices of these high-tech products, Tang Li suddenly felt that her current points were not enough.
Therefore, she decided to visit the black market in Jiangcheng.
Earlier, during breakfast, Tang Li had been contemplating what to sell in the black market today.
Grains were indeed in high demand, but their prices were likely to be low now. This was because, since the solar storm, large quantities of grain had been contaminated by delta particles. Many unscrupulous individuals, while not eating this contaminated grain themselves, were selling it to others in the black market.
Thus, the black market was undoubtedly flooded with grain contaminated by delta particles. Even if her grain was uncontaminated, its price would likely not be higher than before.
In some time, water would also become more sought after. Even water contaminated by delta particles could fetch a high price.
However, at present, due to the lack of severe water scarcity, and similar to grains, there were also unscrupulous individuals selling delta particle-contaminated water in the black market, driving down water prices.
Therefore, Tang Li did not plan to sell water or grains today.
The best-selling items in the black market now were likely appliances. Especially with the rising temperatures, appliances like refrigerators, air conditioners, and electric fans, used for cooling and relief from the heat, would surely be very popular.
Furthermore, the sun was scorching now, and there would be little rain in the coming period, so solar panels would also be needed by many people.
Therefore, Tang Li decided to sell these items today.
Finding a secluded spot, Tang Li parked her off-road vehicle. She first used the delta particle cleanser to spray her entire protective suit, then retracted the off-road vehicle into her space, replicated a pickup truck from her space, and sprayed it again with the cleanser.
Ensuring there were no delta particles in the vehicle, Tang Li then took off her protective suit. From the disguise options in her space, she selected the image of a middle-aged burly man and changed her appearance.
Before putting on the protective suit again, Tang Li tied her thought-activated speaker with a rope and hung it around her chest. This way, it would be concealed by the protective suit, preventing anyone from seeing it, and its sound originating from the chest cavity would not arouse suspicion.
After putting on the protective suit, Tang Li got out of the car and replicated many appliances from her space, placing them in the pickup truck's cargo bed and covering them with a cloth.
Then, she drove towards the black market in Jiangcheng.