Aqi took Leng Yi and Jiang Hao to find the place where Yang Qing hid the cows. The two put the cows on the speedboat and dragged the speedboat back to the farm.
"Is this cow so big?" Gao Yang was very surprised.
"What are we going to do with this beef?" Jiang Hao asked, "The beef just now wasn't even finished roasting that quickly."
"Do you want to exchange points?" Yang Qing asked.
Everyone was silent, and to be honest, no one could make up their mind.
The base hasn't even been built yet, who knows if the official is just empty talk?
If it takes one or two years to build, don't let everyone be gone before it's completed.
Now is the end of the world, nothing is more important than survival.
But what if the base is built and their food is eaten up, and they want to enter but can’t? What will they do then?
No one has ever experienced the end of the world, and no one can guarantee that the decisions made now will not be regretted in the future.
"Aren't there several cows? If we can find another one..." said Li Shengnan.
Judging from the size of this cow, if there is another one, it will be enough points for everyone.
You can keep this one for yourself.
"I'm afraid I won't be able to find it." Leng Yi shook his head, "Yang Qing and I searched for so long before we found this one."
"The others may have gone somewhere else, or been captured by others."
"Besides, Yang Qing is injured again now. I can't leave. What if someone comes again?"
Everyone naturally knew the seriousness of the matter, and no one wanted any of them to get into trouble because of a cow.
"How did you exchange the beef?" Yang Qing pretended to be ignorant and asked Jiang Hao.
"One pound of beef is worth four points."
Yang Qing nodded. "If we don't kill the cow, I wonder if we can get three points per pound if we transport the whole cow over."
"Then I don't know." Jiang Hao shook his head.
"This cow weighs about 1,200 kilograms. If we can exchange it for three points per kilogram, it will be enough for the seven of us."
"How about this, we still have several hundred kilograms of beef here, so instead of making all of it into beef jerky, we can save some to eat back home."
"This cow can be exchanged for points. Once we have the qualifications to enter the base, we will have no worries and can focus on stockpiling supplies from now on."
"If you don't want to enter the base in the future, you can sell your points card. I'm sure someone will want it."
Everyone nodded, thinking that Yang Qing had considered things more comprehensively.
"Then it's settled. Gao Yang, you take Jiang Hao and Li Shengnan to take the cattle to exchange for points. Try your best to get everyone qualified to enter the base."
"I'm here with Yang Qing and the others." Leng Yi said.
He really didn't feel comfortable leaving Yang Qing here alone. Instead of worrying about her, it would be better for him to stay with her himself.
"I'm fine, I can go too..." Yang Qing was about to say something, but Leng Yi's face turned serious. "Don't think your foot injury isn't serious. If you twist it again, you might break your bones and won't be able to walk for a hundred days. What will you do?"
Gao Yang also said, "Don't worry, Yang Qing. If we can't even do this little thing, we can forget about surviving in this world."
Yang Qing nodded, thinking that he had taken on too much. A good team should have everyone who can stand on their own, instead of relying on himself for everything.
"Okay, then I'll leave it to you!" Yang Qing nodded.
He asked Leng Yi to take a long gun to Li Shengnan and said, "Take this with you. If there are robbers, just shoot them. Those people will be scared!"
Li Shengnan nodded, "Don't worry!"
"By the way, take the hide and bones of this cow with you. Maybe you can exchange them for points." Yang Qing added.
"Can the assault boat carry such a heavy cow?" Jiang Hao worried.
"No problem. A small assault boat can carry two to three hundred kilograms. Our assault boat is medium-sized and can carry eight hundred kilograms. That's more than enough."
"You go in two assault boats and keep the hides and bones separate."
"Oh, cover the cow with this." Yang Qing took out two pieces of black waterproof cloth from his bag. "It won't be so conspicuous if you cover it up, and it won't attract people's attention."
Gao Yang took the cloth and said, "Don't worry, I will complete the task."
Leng Yi helped get the cow onto the speedboat, and the four of them dragged it to the foot of the mountain. After watching them leave, Leng Yi returned to the farmhouse.
"What about these now?" Leng Yi asked.
"Keep 20 kilograms of beef per person, and make the rest into beef jerky for easy preservation." Yang Qing said.
Leng Yi nodded and continued to roast beef jerky with Lu Lin.
Two hours later, Gao Yang and his two companions came back dragging the assault boat. They all had happy expressions on their faces, and it was obvious that they had gotten the job done.
"How is it?" Lu Lin asked.
"That cow was exchanged for 3,600 points, and the hide and bones of the other cow were exchanged for 200 points."
"I opened seven points cards. Each of the five of us got 500 points, and Yang Qing and Leng Yi got 650 points each." Gao Yang said.
Give everyone’s points card to them, and give Wang Min’s back when you get back.
"Okay!" Yang Qing nodded. The cow was found by her and Leng Yi, so it was nothing wrong to have more points.
"I'll leave 20 pounds of beef for each person, and make the rest into beef jerky."
"Of course, offal and ribs are also edible."
"How about we have hotpot tonight?" Jiang Hao suggested. There was a pot in the farm house that could be used.
"Sure, it will be perfect if we find some wild vegetables. By the way, see if there are any vegetables planted in the backyard. If there are, we can just pick them and eat them." Yang Qing said.
"Don't move, I'll go!" Leng Yi said hurriedly.
Yang Qing pursed her lips, feeling like a waste and feeling very unhappy.
Lu Lin handed her points card to Yang Qing, "Please keep it for me."
"Okay!" Yang Qing threw his points card and Lu Lin's into the space together, where no one could steal them.
Leng Yi found a bunch of green vegetables and washed them in the stone trough outside.
"It's really nice here, with mountains and water, vegetables to eat and houses to live in. Why don't we move here?" said Li Shengnan.
Yang Qing smiled and said, "Leng Yi and I discussed this yesterday. I'm afraid it won't work."
"It looks like we're on a mountain, but have you noticed that the farmhouse is right in a basin? If it rains for a few more days, the water level outside will rise and the water will flow back in."
"There is also the risk of being covered by mudslides, which is unsafe."
Look at the terrain here, it is indeed so.
"We'll look for other places later. If there's a safe place, we'll move there," Yang Qing said.
Everyone nodded, and this was the only way.
At noon, Lu Lin fried a large piece of steak for each person and added black pepper sauce. Everyone was very satisfied with the meal.
Continue grilling beef jerky in the afternoon.
After they were baked in the morning and cooled down, Yang Qing asked Leng Yi to put them into vacuum bags and evacuate them so that they would not go bad if stored for a year.
I spent the whole afternoon cooking, but I only cooked half of the beef. I have to continue tomorrow, so I have to stay here tonight.
Fortunately, the farmhouse has rooms and beds, so finding accommodation is not a problem at all.
It's summer now and we don't need quilts or anything, which is much more convenient.
In the evening, Lu Lin cooked hot pot. The seasonings were all ready-made, and there was butter, processed beef tripe, thinly sliced beef, and then hot pot with vegetables. It was simply delicious.
Everyone said it was very exciting.
"I haven't had such a good meal in a long time. It's a pity that Wang Min is not here." Jiang Hao said.
"That's not difficult. We can just go back and have hotpot again tomorrow, right?" Yang Qing smiled.
"Yes, I have all the tools at home, and I can also make beef balls." Lu Lin said with a smile.
"That's great. Let's continue eating hotpot tomorrow." Jiang Hao was very happy. He was from Sichuan and his favorite food was hotpot.
"I'll go find some wild vegetables tomorrow, they'll taste even better when hot pot is served," said Lu Lin.
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