Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Wake up!
Ignoring the evil system, Su Qing walked and stopped, and only when it was dark did he drag the man back to the cabin.
There was limited space in her house, so she could only put him on the floor with the bamboo raft. The man looked strong and should be living a good life. In this end times with scarce resources, he must be either very strong or extremely cruel.
In order to prevent this man from doing anything wrong when he woke up, Su Qing tied him to the bamboo raft with a rope.
After doing all these, she felt hungry and sleepy. She took out canned food and bread from her backpack and ate several of them before the discomfort in her stomach was barely relieved. After eating, Su Qing could no longer suppress her sleepiness. She sat on the chair, holding a wooden stick in her hand and dozed off.
After an unknown amount of time, Su Qing suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the ground.
The man lay there quietly, still the same as before.
There was a stranger in the room, which made her feel insecure and afraid to fall asleep. She had just had a light nap and was now quite energetic. She stared at the man on the ground for a long time. Su Qing felt that the man's breathing seemed to have become much heavier.
She turned on the flashlight and shone it over there. What she saw scared her. The man's face was flushed and the corners of his mouth were blue. She stood up and walked over quickly to touch the man's forehead.
Hiss! It's so hot! He has a fever!
The burning heat coming from her hand made Su Qing wonder if the man was going to be cooked by the heat. She quickly opened the redemption mall and exchanged for antipyretic and anti-inflammatory medicine.
He struggled to pry open the man's mouth and stuffed the medicine in, then took out a bottle of water and handed it to the man's mouth, but the man still couldn't swallow it, and Su Qing was so anxious that he broke out in a sweat.
"Swallow it! If you don't take the medicine and the fever continues like this, your brain will be damaged! Cooperate with me if you want to stay alive." Su Qing shouted to the man.
Perhaps after hearing her words, the man finally swallowed the medicine.
Su Qing took out another towel, soaked it with the stream water he had filled it with in the afternoon, and put it on the man's head.
Everything in the backpack is in a static state, and the things put in it will always remain in their original state. The cold stream water is just right for physical cooling.
After about half an hour, the man's high fever slowly subsided.
Su Qing couldn't help but sigh that the medicine produced by the system was indeed highly effective, and it was worth it for her to owe such a huge debt.
Seeing that the man was fine, Su Qing turned around and planned to go back to his chair to take a nap.
"Water..." A hoarse and weak voice came from the side.
She looked back at the person on the ground, unsure if she had heard it wrong.
"water……"
It really is the voice of a man!
Su Qing walked over. The man still had his eyes closed, his brows furrowed, and a layer of white skin on his lips. She lifted the man's head slightly to feed him water. He stopped only after he drank half a bottle, and then fell asleep again.
Seeing that the man was no longer making any sound, Su Qing sat back in his chair and continued to doze off.
Su Qing slept and woke up all night until dawn broke outside. She couldn't sleep anymore and got up to stretch her stiff body. This night was too hard to endure. She simply washed up and helped the man change the medicine and bandage it. At this time, his injury was much better than yesterday, but he still seemed unconscious.
After breakfast, she walked towards the fields. She came back too late yesterday and didn't water them. The cool weather in the early morning was perfect for watering.
Walking to the planting area, Su Qing discovered that the things she had planted in the soil yesterday had sprouted and popped out today. It was indeed an efficient land. At this growth rate, she believed that she would be able to harvest a wave of vegetables and fruits in a few days.
She took out the watering can she found in the supply and marketing cooperative, filled it with water and watered the crops little by little.
The tender little leaves of the vegetables in the field were stained with water droplets, which sparkled crystal clear under the rising sun. Su Qing hummed a little tune while watering the vegetables, and felt very happy looking at these young seedlings.
As a flower grower, some skills are ingrained in her genes, and she is serious about farming!
"You saved me?"
Su Qing was concentrating on watering the plants when he suddenly heard a hoarse voice behind him.
Turning around, she saw the rescued man leaning against the wooden wall outside the cabin, his arms folded in front of his chest, looking at her with a hint of inquiry in his eyes.
"Aren't you tied up?" Su Qing was a little surprised. She had clearly tied the person to the bamboo raft with a rope.
The man frowned and looked apologetic, "Sorry, the rope was not tied... tightly enough." When he just woke up, he thought he was caught and tied up by his enemy, but as soon as he struggled a little, the rope tied around his body came loose.
Lu Chen had actually been observing in the house for quite a while, and when he found that there was only a little girl outside, he simply walked out and asked.
Su Qing subconsciously held the watering can against her chest and looked at him with a slightly wary look.
Looking at Su Qing's actions, Lu Chen stiffly adjusted his expression, trying to make himself look friendlier. He said in a humble tone, "I won't do anything, please rest assured."
Su Qing saw that his expression was stiff and half-smiled, which was indeed a bit unpleasant. Then he looked at his disheveled appearance with his hands folded over his chest to cover his face, and said, "Um...should you put on your clothes first?"
A trace of embarrassment flashed across Lu Chen's face. He woke up to find that all his clothes had been taken off, leaving only his pants that were torn to his thighs. It was difficult to find clothes for the time being, so he could only make do with what he had.
"Excuse me, do you have any clothes I can lend you?" Lu Chen asked.
Emmmm, there were only some women's clothes in her backpack, and this man couldn't wear them at all with his body...
Su Qing looked at the man and thought he didn't look like a bad person, so he put down the watering can, washed his hands briefly, and walked over.
"Are you hungry? I have some food here."
"You trust me so easily?" Lu Chen looked at the person in front of him who had let down his guard a little.
Su Qing asked back, "I'm broke, what's there for you to gain?"
Her place is so small and everything is visible at a glance. She couldn't be poorer. Besides, with the system in place, she is not too worried about her personal safety.
Lu Chen looked around and found that the place was indeed desolate. "My name is Lu Chen, thank you for saving me."
"My name is Su Qing. It's because you have a strong desire to survive, otherwise I couldn't save you." She nodded to Lu Chen and walked into the wooden house.
In fact, in that situation, if Lu Chen had not subconsciously pulled Su Qing, allowing her to feel his strong desire to survive, perhaps... Su Qing would not have made up her mind to save him.
After standing for a while, Lu Chen felt a little exhausted, so he followed her in.
Su Qing placed the food and water that he had taken out early in the morning and piled on the floor on the table. Seeing Lu Chen come in, he said, "Eat something first."
Then she picked up a bath towel and handed it to him, "Although there are no clothes, you can wrap yourself with a bath towel first. I have never used this before."
Lu Chen thanked him and took the towel, wrapping it around his waist. He looked at the bread, biscuits, canned goods and mineral water on the table. It had been more than a year since the apocalypse, and production had completely stopped. Most of the items that could be found were produced before the apocalypse, and the packaged bread in front of him should have expired and rotted long ago, but these things on the table were all new.
Remembering what he had heard when he was half asleep, Lu Chen walked forward calmly and said, "These foods are very valuable. Any one of them can sell a lot of new coupons."
"Huh?" Su Qing was a little confused. What were the new coupons? "It's okay. I still have some. You can eat them."
The girl's thoughts were all on her face, and she didn't know how to hide them at all. Lu Chen knew what she was thinking at a glance. She seemed not to know the value of the packaged food, nor what the new notes were. After the apocalypse, the new notes were uniformly formulated as the circulating currency in the large base. Everyone here knew about it.
Looking at this man again, he was dressed cleanly, with fair and shiny skin, bright and pure eyes, and he was not wary of others. He did not look like he had experienced the suffering of the end of the world at all.
In this case, one reason is that she was well protected and had never faced the cruelty of the outside world, or else...
He just looked around the wooden house and the surrounding environment, and there was no sign of life at all. Lu Chen looked at Su Qing thoughtfully.
Seeing Lu Chen standing there silently, Su Qing thought he was embarrassed to eat her food, so she said, "You lost a lot of blood yesterday. Although these things are not very nutritious, they can fill your stomach. You should eat some to regain some strength."
"Thank you, are you the only one here?" Lu Chen sat down at the table and picked up a piece of bread, asking casually.
"yes."
"It's been so long since the end of the world. I see there's nothing here. It must be very hard for you, a girl."
"That's okay. You eat first. I won't disturb you while you eat." Su Qing seemed to realize that this person seemed to be trying to trick her, so she stopped talking.
Seeing the girl's alertness, Lu Chen stopped asking questions and said, "You saved me. If you need anything from me, just tell me."
One year after the end of the world, in a world without laws and regulations, people's hearts are extremely sinister. He has experienced too many conflicts and betrayals, and subconsciously has doubts about everyone. He wants to confirm the information he vaguely heard in his confusion before, and now he has a rough understanding of it.
Su Qing nodded without saying anything. She watched him eat slowly, then turned and left the house. She wanted to build a simple kitchen, and since she was free at the moment, she began to think about how to do it better. After thinking for a while, Su Qing took out wood, bamboo, rope and a large piece of rainproof cloth from her backpack.
She had seen simple scaffolding built in survival videos before, and she began to build the frame while recalling it.
First, dig a few holes in the ground, select two long and two slightly shorter pieces of wood and stand them in them, then pad them with stones to stabilize them, fill them with soil and compact them, and then tie a few more pieces of wood on top of the four pieces of wood to connect and fix them.
It's just that...she seems a little...out of reach.
"Do you need help? What can I do?"
Just as I was struggling, Lu Chen came over.
"I want to build a shed here, but it's a little out of reach. You haven't recovered yet, so go and rest. I'll figure it out myself."
Lu Chen walked over without saying a word and took the wood and rope from her hands. After roughly understanding what Su Qing needed, he quickly built the frame, laid the rainproof cloth on the top at an angle, and secured it with ropes.
Seeing that he was agile and skillful, and not at all weak as he was yesterday when his life was on the line, Su Qing once again marveled at the awesomeness of the system. She decided to keep the remaining medicine well, as it could save her life at a critical moment.
With Lu Chen's help, the simple kitchen was easily built. Afterwards, Su Qing dug some soil nearby, mixed it with water to make mud, mixed some weeds in it, and built a simple mud stove under the shed.
"Congratulations to the host for successfully building a simple kitchen and activating the building interface. An additional 5,000 gold coins will be awarded, which will be directly deducted to offset the current outstanding balance of 44,800 gold coins."
The system's voice suddenly rang in my head.
Building interface? Su Qing saw an icon appear next to the exchange mall. Clicking it, the page showed a variety of buildings, houses, shops, restaurants, etc. However, these small icons were all gray.
I randomly clicked on a building icon, and it said that the building materials needed were: 500 glass, 500 wood, 500 cement, and 500 steel bars.
Very good, just like her wooden house, she doesn’t have any of these materials except wood. It seems that she needs to put going to these factories on the agenda as soon as possible.
Seeing Su Qing staring at the scaffolding for a long time without moving, Lu Chen asked, "What else do you want to do?"
"Ah? I was wondering how to make a fire without matches and lighters." Su Qing ignored the newly appeared building interface and came back to his senses.
She found so many things, but nothing to start a fire! She was so desperate.
Making a fire? Lu Chen subconsciously searched his trouser pockets and found them empty. He thought that the lighter must have fallen out during the fight or when he rolled down the mountain. He thought for a moment, "Looks like I can only make fire by rubbing two sticks together."
"Drilling two sticks to make fire? Do you know how to do it?" Su Qing felt overwhelmed when he heard about rubbing two sticks together to make fire, and frowned at Lu Chen.
Lu Chen didn't answer and just turned and left.
Su Qing thought Lu Chen didn't know how to do it so she walked away and sighed. She might not have mastered the skill of making fire by rubbing two sticks together. She had clearly followed the steps in the video she had watched before, so why couldn't she make a fire?
Isn't she going to get blisters on her hands again...
Su Qing got up in frustration and went back to the house to take out the tools he had used to make fire by drilling wood, and then found a new piece of wood, ready to continue striving for the great cause.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
