Chapter 36 Transaction
"Then ask again tomorrow!"
Previously, most of the zombie's lower legs were blocked by the remaining straw in the wheat field, so they didn't notice it at first.
They thought they were just zombies wandering around the village and encountered them by chance, but they didn't expect there might be human factors involved.
"There should still be people in this village." And there should be quite a lot of people, even enough to use zombies as roadblocks.
Seeing this, Jiang Weimin had to give up his idea of going into the village to take a look.
The situation in the village was unclear, so he didn't dare stay any longer. He was about to leave with his two children when several figures suddenly appeared not far away.
"Stop!"
A loud shout came from behind, but Jiang Weimin did not dare to stop. He shouted "Hurry up" to his children and got into the car.
The next second, the electric car carrying the people rushed out like flying.
It was not until they were several hundred meters away that Jiang Qian looked back and found that the person who had just shouted at them to stop was not chasing them.
They stayed where they had just dealt with the zombies, seemingly surrounding them and checking something. They didn't chase after them, only occasionally casting a few glances in their direction.
After confirming that the distance was safe, Jiang Qian asked her father to stop the car and watch from a distance.
The people who had called them before looked at the zombie's body for a while, then carried the body aside. After a while, a cloud of gray smoke rose from the wilderness not far away.
Jiang Qian realized that they were clearing out zombies and felt a little more favorable towards the people who had chased them out.
Maybe they are not bad people after all!
Just as she was sighing, those people looked over here.
Jiang Qian was just wondering whether to tell her father to leave immediately when she saw that only two people in the group were walking towards them, while the others remained where they were.
The three members of the Jiang family looked at each other, felt that they could still handle it, and finally stayed where they were.
The two people over there were getting closer and closer, and Jiang Qian could see their faces clearly.
A middle-aged man in his forties or fifties, and a young man who looked to be in his twenties, both holding farm tools like them.
The other party was obviously also very alert and stopped when he was twenty meters away.
But even though they were some distance apart, the three Jiang family members did not dare to let their guard down and silently tightened their hoes in their hands.
Jiang Weimin thought he was an outsider and apologized first.
"Brother, are you from Xiaozhao Village? I'm sorry, we were just passing by and wanted to see if we could find anything. I didn't expect that the zombies were the roadblocks you set up. I'm really sorry. Don't worry, we'll be leaving soon."
The two people across from him looked at each other, without saying whether they believed it or not, but simply asked, "You look unfamiliar, are you not from here?"
Jiang Weimin didn't want to hide it.
Even though they were from the same city, their accents were completely different, and it was impossible to hide it.
"Yes, we are from Nanhe County."
The middle-aged man opposite then asked, "Then how did you get here?"
"We drove here. My family and I all work and do business outside. Our home was flooded, so we had nowhere to go back to. We thought we'd go to the base, but we didn't have a map, so we got lost."
Jiang Weimin spoke half-truthfully and asked calmly, "Brother, do you have any gasoline? We want to exchange some."
On the way here, they did see quite a few construction vehicles, but most of them ran on diesel, which cars couldn't use. Since they were new here, it made sense for them to ask for gasoline instead.
The two people opposite looked at each other and did not answer. Instead, they continued to ask, "Which way did you come from? What's the situation outside?"
"We don't know either," Jiang Weimin pretended to think for a moment. "We took the highway at first, then got off the highway and took the provincial road. Then it got dark, and we encountered zombies. To avoid them, we took many turns and didn't know where we were. We used to follow the navigation, but it doesn't work now, so we don't know where we went."
"Why? Brother, do you guys want to go to the base too?"
The middle-aged man remained silent, but the young man spoke for the first time. "You said you wanted to trade for gasoline? What can you offer us in exchange?"
Jiang Weimin and Jiang Dong exchanged a glance and said, "I see you're not short of food. I don't have any gold or silver, but our family is in the tobacco and alcohol business, and we have some stock in the car. Is this okay?"
Jiang Dong also said, "The world is in chaos. Cigarettes and alcohol seem useless now, but they will definitely be in short supply in the future, and they are also convenient to carry. How about it, brother, do you want to exchange them?"
They still have a lot of cigarettes and alcohol. These things don't seem to be of much use now. They are not necessities for survival and will not attract the covetousness of others. They are relatively safe trading items.
"Our liquor has a high alcohol content. Even if we don't drink it, it's still good for disinfection. After all, medicines will probably be hard to come by later."
Jiang Qian looked at the person opposite and whispered a few words to him. Finally, the young man spoke.
He glanced at Jiang Qian, his eyes a little vague, "Do you have sanitary napkins?"
Jiang Dong and Jiang Weimin suspected for a moment that they had misheard, but Jiang Qian immediately said, "Yes, yes, but this must be exchanged for food."
"No problem." The young man agreed immediately, saying, "Ten liters of gasoline, two packs of cigarettes, and two bottles of wine, okay? As for the food for the sanitary napkins, you decide."
Both men of the Jiang family looked at Jiang Qian.
Jiang Qian lowered her head and thought silently, then said, "One daily sanitary napkin can be exchanged for ten kilograms of rice or flour. I also have two pairs of pajamas, one pair can be exchanged for fifteen kilograms. How about that?"
Jiang Weimin and Jiang Dong took a deep breath. They didn't expect her to be so bold.
The young man was silent for a moment, then said, "Sure, I want a pack of daily sanitary napkins and the sleeping pants."
Jiang Qian quickly calculated in her mind, "The sanitary napkins I bought have eight in a pack, which weighs a total of 110 kilograms. I need 40 kilograms of rice and 70 kilograms of flour."
"Okay." The young man agreed quickly, "When do we trade?"
Jiang Qian had just thought about it. "Tomorrow morning, around nine or ten o'clock. You should know the mobile home at the airport, right? It's right there."
"good."
After the deal was done, both sides stepped back. Jiang Qian was about to let her father ride away when she heard the young man suddenly ask, "What did you dig out of the zombies?"
Jiang Qian turned around, not expecting to be asked this question at the last moment.
She was sitting in the back seat of the electric car, and the sound drifted over with the wind.
"There should be other zombies in your village, right? You can dig them up and take a look. I think this thing could be useful in the future."
After hearing this, the young man didn't ask any more questions.
After the car disappeared around the corner, the middle-aged man patted him on the shoulder and said, "Go back!"
All the way back to the village entrance, the people who had just come out with them were still there.
Seeing the two people coming back, he asked anxiously, "How is it? What did they say?"
The middle-aged man shook his head and said, "They are from outside the area and don't know which way they came here."
"Damn it." The man who asked the question threw the things in his hand to the ground fiercely. "Are we trapped in the village and unable to leave?"
After hearing this, the others also became depressed.
Most of them are villagers from Xiaozhao Village.
Because an airport was being built near my home in the past two years, I didn't go out to work and just found a job near my home.
When the heavy rain came, they were very grateful that their area was not flooded and there was no power outage because the terrain was high.
When the incident happened, they were even more grateful that they did not go out to work, so that they could stay with their families in times of crisis.
But recently, they found that staying in the village was not so good.
The village had plenty of able-bodied laborers; the zombies had long since been cleared out, with even a few left to watch over them. With the food they'd harvested from the fields, they had plenty to eat and drink. However, other daily necessities were gradually running out.
Toilet paper, sanitary napkins, baby formula, diapers, and various medicines...
They seem like insignificant little things at ordinary times, but once they are missing, they feel inconvenient everywhere.
When there was still signal in the village, they saw news online about bases being established in various places and wanted to go to the bases, but after several attempts they had to return to the village.
There are two roads leading out of the village, but no matter which way you go, you have to pass through two large villages. One is Dazhao Village, which shares the same origin with them, and the other is Gengjiatun, which has a population of over 2,000 people.
There are many people in these two villages, but they are not as lucky as them. Now there are basically no survivors.
Their scouting convoy passed through two villages, and if it weren't for the driver's quick reaction, they would have almost been unable to return. Although they finally returned safely, there were more than a dozen zombies following behind the car, and they had a hard time dealing with them.
For the safety of the village, they could only temporarily block the road out of the village, but even so, they had to send people to patrol from time to time to see if there were any zombies from other villages wandering over.
Recently, there have been more and more zombies wandering around, and they have to consider finding other routes to leave.
So when they saw outsiders appearing at the village gate today, they sent someone to ask.
Seeing everyone was frustrated, the young man explained that he had exchanged items with the other party and offered comfort. "I think they're still a little wary. Maybe they're not telling us the truth. I'll ask again tomorrow after we exchange items and see if I can find out anything more."
Although others did not think that outsiders could be more familiar with this land than them, the other party did break through the layers of blockade of zombies and come to their village.
"Then ask again tomorrow!"
After the group finished talking, they turned around and were about to go back when they heard the sound of something heavy falling not far away.
They looked in the direction of the sound and their faces changed instantly.
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【Author’s words】
This is today's update. There will be another chapter tomorrow, probably in the afternoon or evening!
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