Chapter 22 Going to the Mountain to Find Supplies
"Let's go to the nearby mountains."
Zhang Yan glanced at Gu Luan and saw that she was looking around and didn't want to talk, so he spoke.
"Yes, to the mountains."
Tan Tao said loudly and asked people to row towards the mountain.
Manager Liu thought this was a good suggestion and nodded in agreement.
The others had no choice but to agree.
Gu Luan ignored everyone and looked at the flooded city with a deep gaze.
The end of the world had just begun and order was not too chaotic, so some people agreed to go to the mountain.
But when everyone is extremely hungry and realizes that there will be no peaceful life anymore, they will turn from victims into executioners.
All Gu Luan can do is try not to become an executioner.
More than twenty people rowed the boat carefully, enduring the beating of the heavy rain while being careful of the turbulent undercurrent.
"Follow this road, we are almost there."
The fisherman is most familiar with this road because there is a reservoir in the nearby mountains and he likes to go fishing there.
So when the city was almost flooded, he led everyone to the mountains relying on the remaining buildings.
“I saw the mountain.”
Bai Yue happily pointed to the mountain not far away.
Fortunately, due to the high terrain, only a small half of the mountain is submerged, and most of it is above water.
"Ah, what is that?"
Bai Yue suddenly cried out and pointed at the water with trembling hands.
After Zhang Yan saw it clearly, his expression changed slightly, "It's a corpse."
I don't know how long the body had been soaking in the water.
The entire corpse was soaked into a giant, with maggots faintly crawling in the rotting flesh.
The whole scene is disgusting and terrifying, so shocking!
"vomit!"
Bai Yue turned sideways and spit into the water, not daring to look over there at all.
Not only her, but everyone else including Zhang Yan and Tan Tao felt uncomfortable. Only Gu Luan had the same expression as before.
Tan Tao was convinced, completely convinced by Gu Luan!
Gu Luan threw away the finished lollipop stick and told people to walk around him expressionlessly.
"Aren't you afraid?"
Bai Yue, who had finally recovered, asked Gu Luan in a low voice.
"Afraid? This is just the beginning. Sooner or later you will encounter something more terrifying."
Gu Luan smiled faintly, her eyes were very complicated, no one could understand, at least not now.
Bai Yue was stunned, Zhang Yan was stunned, and Tan Tao was stunned.
What does this sentence mean? Why does Gu Luan seem to have something else in his words?
More than twenty minutes later, four rubber boats stopped at the foot of the mountain.
It took them more than two hours to get here after starting from the community, and everyone had a look of fatigue on their faces.
Manager Liu led his men to hide the rubber boat in the water, and everyone gathered together to discuss the next step.
"There are only a few families living in the mountains. I know where there are fruits, fish ponds and vegetable plots, but they are probably all flooded. I can only try my luck."
The fisherman pointed in a direction and walked over first.
Everyone followed his footsteps, but the wet ground was not easy to walk on.
Sometimes we have to walk on dirt roads, which causes everyone to slip and fall from time to time, getting covered in mud.
Everyone's shoes were wet, except Gu Luan who was wearing rain boots.
After walking for about ten minutes, the fisherman stood on a small hillside and frowned at the flooded pond. "There's nothing we can do here."
Everyone looked unhappy. It had been a difficult walk for more than ten minutes. After finally walking this far, they realized they had gained nothing.
The vegetable fields and fish ponds were flooded, so we had to look somewhere else first.
The fisherman walked up the mountain and saw fruits hanging on the trees from afar. He said happily, "Hurry, there are fruits."
All the people who originally had little strength seemed to be possessed by primitive power and ran quickly towards several fruit trees.
There are five fruit trees in total, a pear tree, a plum tree, two orange trees, and a mulberry tree.
Most of the mulberries were knocked to the ground by the heavy rain, and the remaining ones were immature.
No one talked much, just picked the fruits from the trees quickly.
Gu Luan also picked fruits. She picked five or six pears, more than ten oranges, and more than twenty plums. As for the mulberries that were soaked in rain water and not ripe, she did not take them.
The others divided the unripe mulberries, but Bai Yue even picked up the mulberries on the ground.
"Just fruit won't do."
Manager Liu was very worried and hugged the fruit tightly in his arms.
No one knows how long the heavy rain will last. Those who have food at home can only sustain it for one or two months at most.
What would they do if the heavy rain continued?
Tan Tao picked the most thanks to his height and momentum.
Holding the ripest pear in his hand, he came to Gu Luan.
"Sister, eat a pear. What should we do next? I will do it as long as you tell me."
His voice was flattering.
Zhang Yan and Bai Yue looked over with anticipation in their eyes.
Manager Liu, the fishing man, and more than a dozen other men looked over.
They also saw clearly that Gu Luan was a powerful woman, otherwise Tan Tao would not be so good to her.
Gu Luan looked around at everyone, took the pear from Tan Tao's hand, and took a bite.
Take a step forward and tap your toes to the ground.
"There are still a lot of wild vegetables in the mountains, there should be mushrooms, and this too."
The black and green things on the ground attracted everyone's attention.
“This is lichen!”
A man who recognized someone was overjoyed and looked around.
There is a large area of lichens around here.
This thing tastes good, whether it is fried or eaten cold, and more importantly, it is easy to preserve after drying.
"Not only that, there is a bamboo forest over there, and this season is when bamboo shoots grow."
Gu Luan’s words made everyone ecstatic.
"Look at me. I was so focused on these things that I forgot about bamboo shoots."
The fisherman slapped his forehead and laughed in annoyance.
The mood of the people who were originally depressed suddenly changed and they quickly squatted down.
Those who dig wild vegetables dig wild vegetables, and those who look for lichens look for lichens.
As for bamboo shoots, everyone planned to look for wild vegetables nearby before going.
Gu Luan also squatted down. She was digging wild vegetables, or to be more precise, herbs.
There are many medicinal herbs in this mountain. Although they are worthless, they are also indispensable medicinal materials.
After the extreme cold, many trees, flowers and plants will be frozen to death.
Gu Luan wanted to dig more in the space, maybe he could use it in the future.
After all, after the end of the world, there will be a plague virus that people will want to avoid.
“Are you digging herbs?”
Zhang Yan saw what Gu Luan was doing at a glance and asked in surprise.
"Well, medicine is hard to find, but if you get sick, you can rely on these herbs to get by."
Gu Luan whispered, his hands moving non-stop as he put the dug herbs into the large bag he brought with him.
Zhang Yan simply didn't look for lichens and followed Gu Luan to dig herbs.
"Do you know medicine?"
"I don't really understand, I just know a little bit."
In the second year of the apocalypse, Gu Luan met a woman who studied Chinese medicine and learned a little from her, but not much.
During this period, she stayed at home and apart from exercising and cooking, she read books, including Chinese medicine books, to identify herbs, hoping to learn more.
She has plenty of medicine, but she is afraid that she won’t know what disease she has after the end of the world.
It is better to learn more by yourself than to rely on others, even if what you learn is limited.
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