A smug smile flashed across Tan Qing's face.

"Oh dear, Brother Lu, as you know, earthquakes are happening everywhere right now, and the entire continent's tectonic plates have been severely disrupted. It's really not easy to find a place to settle down. Tell me, what kind of things can you grow where you are? If it's possible, I wouldn't mind giving you a good place to live!"

Lu Yuan cursed the old fox in his heart. The other party knew his situation and deliberately wanted to take advantage of him. But Lu Yuan was not one to be trifled with. Even if it was true, he was not willing to suffer losses in this matter if he was living in his own remote mountain village.

"Haha, Mr. Tan, you're joking. China has such a large land area, surely there's a place for us to stay? How about this: I'll provide all the crops, and your people and my people can grow them together. In return, you can provide me with a place to live. That would make our cooperation more reasonable!"

Upon hearing Lu Yuan's words, Tan Qing immediately frowned.

After thinking for a while, he finally spoke: "Haha, Brother Lu is indeed extraordinary. Meeting you today makes me feel particularly compatible. I, Tan Qing, am just an ordinary businessman. Since you have brought up this idea, I think it is acceptable. After all, we should work together and share the food. That's how it should be. Okay, I agree to this!"

Lu Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Then take me to see which area you plan to allocate to me, so I can bring people over!"

Tan Qing was somewhat frustrated at this moment. He hadn't expected that the other party would have the upper hand in this regard. It wasn't because of a food shortage that he had no intention of cooperating with Lu Yuan. However, seeing that Lu Yuan and his group were all in particularly good condition, and even the food that he considered a delicacy didn't seem to interest them, he finally realized that Lu Yuan definitely didn't lack food.

Tan Qing sighed, put down his chopsticks, then took a napkin, wiped his mouth, and said, "In that case, let's go take a look. I happen to have a vacant lot here, which is quite suitable for living, and it's all flat, so even if an earthquake occurs, it won't have too much of an impact!"

As he spoke, Tan Qing stood up, and the people next to him cleared away the food on the table. Then he stepped forward and walked towards the door.

Lu Yuan and Wang Ming followed closely behind, arriving at an undeveloped manor to live with each other.

However, the manor is now a ruin, with all sorts of weeds growing on the ground. Due to the long-term rain, the weeds have mixed with the soil to form mud, making it very uncomfortable to walk on.

After looking at the land in front of him with a frown, Lu Yuan said with some dissatisfaction, "Brother Tan, you're being a bit unreasonable. How can anyone live in a place like this? Why don't you give me a piece of your camp? I think although you have a lot of people there, if you tidy it up a bit, you can still make room for some of them!"

Tan Qing was a little angry after hearing this. The other party's attitude of taking an inch and then a mile made him feel uneasy, but he still had to keep smiling, after all, he still had hope.

"Alright, but we have a lot of people in our camp, so you can only bring a maximum of one thousand people. That's our limit!"

Lu Yuan shook his head and held up two fingers, saying, "Two thousand, I'm bringing two thousand men!"

After listening, Tan Qing frowned and said, "Brother Lu, you're going a bit too far. Two thousand people? I have to make this clear first: you'll be responsible for the management yourself. If any conflicts arise between the two sides, I won't be responsible for the management!"

Lu Yuan nodded and laughed heartily: "Brother Tan, don't worry, our people are all very easy to talk to and very approachable, so you don't need to worry about any conflicts!"

The other party sighed and could only nod.

So Lu Yuan continued to follow the other person around the area. By this time, it was getting late. Lu Yuan glanced at the time and saw that it was already past 10 p.m. It was getting darker and darker. It seemed a bit dangerous to leave here and cross the mountain to go back.

But seeing that there was no intention to keep him here, Lu Yuan couldn't help but sigh.

"Damn it, they won't even give him a place to stay. Oh well, let's just get him a tent to stay in for now!"

Tan Qing didn't refuse the offer of a tent, since the other party could afford it. So he found a tent for Lu Yuan so that they could rest there. However, Lu Yuan was just a little hungry, and Wang Ming and the others ate a little food hastily. Although the rat meat didn't taste very good, they had eaten rat meat for a year in Jinse before, so they didn't find it strange. However, because the rat meat had been stored for a long time and had undergone some processing, the taste of this rat meat was honestly quite hard to swallow.

So Lu Yuan had Wang Ming and the others gather some firewood and set up a campfire outside the tent. He picked up a small pot he carried with him, poured some water into it, and started cooking the dried meat.

In the pitch-black night, the faint warmth from the campfire slowly heated the water in the pot, preventing it from drying out. The water was then placed inside and quickly cooked, releasing a rich aroma of meat that filled the entire campsite.

Many people had already woken up again after a moment of laziness, and after touching their bellies, they couldn't help but curse inwardly.

"Damn it, people are still eating so late at night, and if you're going to eat, why make it taste so good? Are you trying to kill us all?!"

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