A few people gathered around the fire, eating and chatting, and no one paid any attention to the greedy, envious and jealous looks around them.

A woman, holding a sallow-skinned child, slowly walked over to Mu Cheng and the others. She said in a pleading voice, "Brother, sister, can I trade some broth for the child?"

Several people looked up at the woman, who was holding five bags of instant noodles and a bowl. She smiled awkwardly and said, "My son hasn't eaten meat in a long time. Your broth smells so good that he's crying and craving some. Please be kind and give him a bite. Just one bite will do."

The woman in front of him did not make him feel disgusted, so Mu Cheng turned his attention to the child beside her. The little guy was only five or six years old. He was not thin, but his skin was sallow, which was obviously caused by lack of nutrition. At this time, the little guy stared at the broth bubbling in the pot with his eyes, swallowing his saliva continuously.

Mu Cheng could be indifferent to everyone, but facing those innocent eyes, she couldn't say no, so she stretched out her hand and said, "Give me the bowl!"

"Thank you! Thank you so much." The woman thanked with a grateful look on her face, and bent down to hand the bowl and instant noodles in her hand to Mu Cheng.

When Mu Cheng was about to take the bowl, he saw the jade bracelet on the woman's hand. It was a bluish-white jade bracelet, and judging from its appearance, it should be an old item.

Xiaojiu said that she needed to collect a large amount of jade with spiritual energy. She didn’t know which kind of jade had spiritual energy, but as long as it was jade, she could throw it all into the space.

After this thought came to his mind, Mu Cheng just took the bowl and pointed at the jade bracelet on the woman's hand. "I don't want your instant noodles, so I'll exchange it for this jade bracelet!"

If it was before the apocalypse, Mu Cheng's request would only result in a scolding from the other party. However, now it is the apocalypse, food is more precious than anything else, and these accessories are worthless in comparison.

The woman hadn't expected Mu Cheng to not want the instant noodles, but instead the worthless jade bracelet. She thought Mu Cheng wanted to help them, so she left the instant noodles for them, and ordered something in exchange. Tears suddenly shone in her eyes, and the gratitude on her face deepened. "You are such a kind person. Since you like it, I have another jade pendant here, I'll give it to you!"

After saying that, the woman quickly took off the gold and jade pendant on her neck and the jade bracelet on her wrist and handed them to Mu Cheng.

Mu Cheng smiled faintly, put the things in his hands, picked up the soup spoon and filled a bowl of broth.

The woman took the bowl and said thank you while saying to the child beside her, "Thank you, thank you, son, say thank you quickly."

The child bent down and said respectfully, "Thank you, big sister, big brother."

Mu Cheng reached out and touched the child's head. "Little one, you have a great mother."

In the end times, it is good enough not to go hungry, but this woman was willing to exchange at least five meals of food for her child to have a bite of meat soup. Such a mother is great and worthy of respect.

The child smiled innocently and said, "My parents are the greatest people in the world."

Mu Cheng smiled and nodded. "Yes, they are the greatest people, so you must grow up quickly and take on the responsibility of protecting them."

"Yeah!" The child nodded heavily.

Cheng Jiang and his group rested next to Mu Cheng and the others. They found a chair in the restaurant to use as firewood, lit a fire, and then boiled some hot water. They drank the hot water while eating biscuits.