Capítulo 13: Salt
When Zhou Yuanqiang saw that he was discovered, he stood up from the bushes with a wry smile and said, "I was just passing by here!" At the same time, he was also wondering, "Are these two brothers' hearing too sensitive? They were able to detect such a small movement." Being alert to the people of the end of the world, Zhou Yuanqiang was on guard with a 95-type rifle.
Compared to Zhou Yuanqiang's calmness, the two brothers Dali were shocked to see the gun in Zhou Yuanqiang's hand. The two pale faces of the two people quickly turned red, with a trace of despair and a trace of rupture in their eyes. Dali roared in a low voice, "Tell you, if you want to get our crystals, you have to step over our corpses."
"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding!" Zhou Yuanqiang also felt a bit of a laugh and cry. Looking at the two brothers on guard, he explained, "I really passed by here, but I heard some noise here, so I came to inquire about the situation." He glanced at the small cloth bags on the waists of the two brothers. There were dry bags inside, and there were obviously not many crystals. Was it worth it for him to get them?
Although the two brothers were still teenagers, Zhou Yuanqiang did not dare to relax his vigilance and kept the gun in his pocket. Who knows what will happen in the cruel end of the world? Maybe when he relaxes, the other party will pounce on him and cut his neck with a cold dagger. The gun in his hand is attractive enough for the people in the refugee camp to make them take risks.
The two brothers looked at each other and were relieved to see that Zhou Yuanqiang did not shoot. The older brother stared at Zhou Yuanqiang. After seeing that Zhou Yuanqiang was not a cruel person, he said: "I don't care whether you are passing by or doing something, we don't interfere with each other. Besides, we only have a few white crystals. You have a gun, and you only need to shoot a few times, which is better than the gains of the two of us risking our lives in the morning."
After speaking, he looked at Zhou Yuanqiang vigilantly, slowly pulled his brother back vigorously, and wanted to leave.
Zhou Yuanqiang shook his head. This person was really interesting. They knew that if something really happened, they would definitely suffer. So what he meant was that they only had a few white crystals, and it was not worth it for them to shoot and rob them. However, he, who had a gun, could easily get rid of the zombies, and the gains he got were much higher than theirs.
"Hey, wait a minute!" Zhou Yuanqiang suddenly stopped the two brothers who wanted to leave.
The two brothers who retreated were frightened and stopped. The despair in their eyes was revealed again. They said, "I... We really only have a few crystals. If you really want them, just take them." As he said that, the other party took off the small cloth bag around his waist without hesitation and gently put it on the ground.
Zhou Yuanqiang looked at the two brothers who were decisive and knew how to make choices, thought for a while, and said: "I said, I'm not here for your crystals. Let's put it this way, you probably come here to exchange these crystals for food. I want your crystals. How much food can you exchange for? How about I give you as much food as you can exchange for? Haha, relax a little, you have to believe that there are bad people in this chaotic world, and there are also good people."
The purchasing power of white crystals is really not very good. Usually, 10 level 1 white crystals can be exchanged for half a pound of potatoes. In refugee camps, if a person does not have a gun for a day, he can harvest more than 20-30 crystals a day by using traps and other means. It can be said that their daily food depends on a pound and a half of mashed potatoes. In addition to eating, there are not many crystals left, which are not enough for them to buy guns.
Of course, if you save a little every day and accumulate for a long time, you may still be able to afford guns. There are also some people who are lucky enough to harvest level 2 crystals, but they are a minority after all. In the absence of weapons, dealing with zombies above level 2 is undoubtedly a huge risk.
When they met a freak like Zhou Yuanqiang, the two brothers Dali were half-believing and half-doubting until the transaction was completed. Zhou Yuanqiang also figured out their names, the elder brother Xu Yuhai and the younger brother Xu Dali. The two brothers who lost all their relatives survived hard in the end of the world. There are countless zombie hunters like them who use primitive tools to hunt zombies in refugee camps, and most of them rely on this method to survive until now.
Xu Yuhai is smart, and Xu Dali, as the name suggests, means he is very strong. He was born with supernatural power since he was a child. Although he is now skinny, his strength is still amazing, and even a middle-aged man may not be as strong as him.
According to the brothers, they still have to continue hunting zombies after the transaction is completed. The food in their hands is barely enough for one meal, and they still have to work hard for dinner.
Zhou Yuanqiang finally met someone, why did he let them go? His food source can be said to be endless, so when he saw Xu Yuhai and his brother wanted to turn around and leave, he stopped them again, "How about this, anyway, you are slow in hunting zombies, and you won't get much in a day. I will hire you for a few days with enough food for three meals a day. Do you want to?"
Xu Yuhai and Xu Dali were stunned at first, and then they were ecstatic.
This kind of good thing may not be encountered even with a lantern in the end times. Human life is like grass. As long as someone provides food, who cares whether it is killing or arson? Anyway, hunting zombies is also fighting with life, and there will definitely be a lot of gains. It is for these reasons that the Xu brothers did not ask much. The only requirement was to pay for one day's food first.
Zhou Yuanqiang threw the small backpack he was carrying to them and said, "There are more than ten pounds of potatoes in it, enough for you to eat for two or three days."
With food, the Xu brothers, who had only eaten one meal yesterday, were immediately excited. They quickly gathered some dead branches, dug a small pit, buried half of the potatoes in the small pit, and started a big fire on it. Xu Yuhai said with a wry smile, "We only ate a little yesterday, and we worked hard this morning, so our stomachs are empty. After we are full, our lives will be in your hands."
Zhou Yuanqiang didn't mind. He pulled a handful of dead grass from the bushes, put it on the ground, and sat down. Zhou Yuanqiang grew up in the countryside and was not unfamiliar with this kind of roasted potatoes. The method used by the Xu brothers was just the most primitive and least technical method of roasting potatoes.
While chatting, Zhou Yuanqiang also had a preliminary understanding of the refugee camp. In the description of the Xu brothers, the refugee camp gave Zhou Yuanqiang more of a feeling, like a huge enclosure, with nearly 70,000 refugees living in it. They were just pigs and sheep waiting to be slaughtered, just a reserve force source for the Administration.
The high temperature penetrated the sand and quickly roasted the potatoes. The Xu brothers took them up and ate them in a panic, regardless of the fact that the potatoes were still scalding hot.
Zhou Yuanqiang took out a small bag of bulk refined salt from his pocket and said, "Add some salt, it will taste better..." The Xu brothers stopped eating and stared blankly at the refined salt in Zhou Yuanqiang's hand. Suddenly, they looked more excited, snatched it, sprinkled it on the potatoes, and ate more crazily.
After waiting for them to finish the potatoes and drinking a few sips of the water they brought with them, they looked at Zhou Yuanqiang embarrassedly, "Sorry... I'm not paying attention and I ate it all." Most of the small bag of refined salt was used up by them. Seeing them holding the salt bag tightly, Zhou Yuanqiang's eyes suddenly flashed with a gleam of light, and he murmured, "Why didn't I think of it?"
In the end of the world, food is certainly very important, but the importance of salt to people is actually not less than food. The sudden arrival of the alien virus has knocked down the entire human society, and countless industrial systems have suffered a devastating blow. In this case, far away from the densely populated coastal areas, it has become extremely difficult for humans to obtain salt. Salt is precious, often more precious than food and more precious than gold.
Zhou Yuanqiang didn't know how many people in the refugee camp had not eaten salt for a long time, but it was certain that there were definitely quite a few. This undoubtedly provided him with another new choice.
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