Chapter 66: A bumper harvest at the farm
Wang Lu said, "It shouldn't be a big problem. They're all quite intelligent now, so if we talk to them nicely, there shouldn't be any problem. And haven't you noticed that Xiaozhi's mutant mice are all quite large, but Huihui doesn't seem to have changed at all."
Yin Shan said: "I think Huihui's mutation may be reflected in his intelligence, and he is more flexible. He can perform some anthropomorphic movements, which allows us to understand what he wants to express.
In other words...it might be much smarter than the ones at home..."
Hou Ting said: "If that's the case, then we can educate Huihui like we would a child. After all, it might have been Xiaozhi who taught Huihui before, and Xiaozhi himself was still confused, so there was no system to speak of.
We can teach Huihui some common expressions and let him learn them. This way, communication might be easier. Maybe Huihui can even communicate with Hanhan and the others! After all, the ones at the base can communicate with each other..."
Yin Shan nodded. Indeed, Huihui’s anthropomorphism was stronger. If he was given to Chen Feng and others to train, he might become a little scout.
The three of them arrived at the quarry, but this time there was no one there. Yin Shan only collected some equipment and two large parked trucks.
After a simple meal, the three of them found a secluded place. Yin Shan released the RV and wondered whether he should take out a container to block the attack.
Wang Lu said, "Well... I'm not too sleepy anyway. How about you take out those things from the logistics station and let's take a look. Don't attract a bunch of maggots!"
With a twitch of his lips, Yin Shan put out a container first.
Hou Ting walked around the container and said, "My dear Shan, have you noticed that there are stickers on the container door saying what's inside? Look at this one, it says electrical appliances."
Yin Shan: ....blame me, I accepted it without reading it!
We took out tools to pry open the door of the container, and found that the things inside were not damaged. It seemed that the waterproofing measures were well done. I just don’t know if these things can still be used after experiencing the extreme cold.
After taking back the container, Yin Shan probed into the space with his consciousness and found another container with the word "food" written on it.
The three of them walked a little further away. Yin Shan released the container and opened the first one. The smell of corruption hit him in the face.
Wang Lu: Oh...this one is broken too. Please throw it away later.
Yin Shan said, "The other ones have some daily necessities written on them, so you can take them back and use them. I don't know if the appliance I just saw is broken, I'll check it out when I get back to the base.
You two should wash up early, it's too hot, I'll throw this container away."
The night passed peacefully, and the next morning, no mutant maggots or anything like that were causing trouble. The three of them packed up the RV, took out an SUV, and headed to the farm east of the city.
When they arrived at the breeding farm in the east of the city, Yin Shan took out a telescope to observe and found that there were indeed survivors.
The three of them stopped the car 30 meters away from the farm, and Hou Ting went forward to negotiate.
About 10 minutes later, Hou Ting returned and said, "They do have live poultry and livestock here. I offered to trade them, but they wanted vegetables and grain.
They seemed to be living well and were very alert. They were probably organized spontaneously by nearby villagers, but there were not many people with special abilities.
They made us wait for 10 minutes.”
Yin Shan nodded and spread her mental power. She hadn't noticed anything unusual yet. But she didn't dare let her guard down, and she didn't withdraw her mental power until the farm staff arrived.
The leader was an old man, who brought with him about 10 young men with a variety of weapons. They stopped about 10 meters in front of Yin Shan and the other two.
Seeing that there were three little girls coming, Jiang Lixin was stunned. He originally thought that they were the rich people who came to buy mutton last time. The villagers also said that rich people are different and can keep changing women in the apocalypse.
But the three girls had pure eyes, clean clothes, and unlike the ulterior motives of the refugees they had driven away earlier, they subconsciously felt a positive reaction. So, they said, "My name is Jiang Lixin, and I'm the head of Xinghua Village. This farm belongs to our village. I heard you'd like to exchange it for some poultry and livestock?"
Yin Shan raised his eyebrows. Jiang Lixin, who was in charge of the breeding farm in Kyoto Base in his previous life, was an upright and somewhat saintly person. But it could be said that if it weren't for Jiang Lixin and his gang, Kyoto Base would have collapsed long ago.
Knowing his character, she nodded and said, "My name is Yin Shan. What would you like to change?"
Jiang Lixin said, "These poultry and livestock have all mutated, but they're not aggressive, just a little bigger. We villagers have eaten them before and there's no problem. There's been some unrest around here lately, so we wanted to exchange them for some food and vegetables. Then we moved to the Xinlong base."
Yin Shan asked, "Has Xinlong Base started accepting survivors?"
Jiang Lixin said, "We all heard the broadcast yesterday. They've just started accepting survivors, but each person has to hand over 50 kilograms of food. We're worried about the dangers along the way, so we want to process this and exchange it for some food that's easier to carry."
Yin Shan knew in his heart that if one lived frugally, 50 kilograms of food would be enough for one person to eat for more than a month.
A buffer period of more than a month is enough for the Xinlong base to continue storing food. I guess they have also started to go out to find food.
After some bargaining, Yin Shan finally took out 2,000 kilograms of broken rice, 200 dried vegetable packages, 100 kilograms of salt, a large truck fully fueled by gas, four bows and 200 arrows in exchange for two pairs of lambs, four pairs of chickens, four pairs of ducks, a pair of piglets and a pair of calves.
Plus two adult pigs and a bull.
Some commonly used veterinary medicines were also replaced.
But these animals have experienced extreme weather, and their physical condition is naturally poor, so they need some veterinary medicine just in case.
Yin Shan said, "Village Chief Jiang, I suggest you take some poultry and livestock to the Xinlong base. These are renewable resources, and you can exchange them for more food. After all, your village isn't all young and strong; there are certainly elderly, weak, women, and children."
If the Xinlong base wanted to develop long-term, it would have to start breeding sooner or later. Rather than catching them now, it would be better to raise them directly. These people all had breeding experience and had pure eyes. Yin Shan didn't mind helping them a little and doing a favor for Commander Chen.
So he said, "Go to Xinlong Base and show this to the people at the base. They will make arrangements for you."
Yin Shan pretended to take out an armband from his backpack. It was given to him by Commander Chen when he went to Xinlong Base last time. As long as these people took this armband with them, Xinlong Base would definitely know that it was Yin Shan who asked them to go, and they would take better care of them.
The east of the city is only about 10 kilometers away from the Xinlong base. As long as Yin Shan and his team pretend to escort them for a while, there will be no problem.
You don't have to worry about your armband being taken away by others.
Jiang Lixin took it and said, "Excuse me, I really don't know why you gave this to me. After all, apart from this transaction, we are strangers."
Yin Shan smiled and said, "I will discuss the details with Commander Chen, and you will just have to cooperate when the time comes.
But we're heading back to base, why don't we go together?"
Jiang Lixin thought about it and refused, "No, Miss Yin, I'll take this armband. If you need it, you can come to the base to get it back.
Also, I don’t know why, but I still thank you for your kindness.”
After hearing this, Yin Shan stopped forcing himself and waited for Jiang Lixin's men to come back for the transaction.
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