"Can we take a look?" Shu Ling'er asked cautiously.
"Okay, come with me."
Xu Lin led the group to the place where she and Zhou Pin lived, where a simple pigsty, sheep pen, and rabbit cage had been set up outside.
Sheep and rabbits are found in the village, and can also be caught in the mountains. It's just that the piglets in the village were not easy to herd up the mountain during the tsunami, so they were all killed and eaten. The only pregnant sow also died in childbirth due to fright. There are no pigs left in the village now.
Although wild boar meat doesn't taste very good, it's better to have it than nothing, and it'll be a good addition to the menu at the end of the year.
Shu Ling'er had Uncle Qi, an experienced man in the village, check the two piglets. They were a male and a female, and both were fine. She decided to keep them both and then exchange the remaining herbs for toothpaste and a toothbrush with Xu Lin.
The herbs used to exchange for piglets are plentiful, and the rest can only be exchanged for daily necessities such as toothpaste and toothbrushes. In the past year, the village has run out of toothpaste, and they have to rely on twigs dipped in salt to rinse their mouths. Salt is also a scarce resource, but fortunately, the villagers have the habit of stockpiling salt.
Xu Lin still has toothpaste and toothbrushes here, quickly replace some and go back.
Xu Lin had many things that Shu Ling'er wanted, and the two agreed to exchange them again the next day.
Li Jingjing and her group were not interested in herbs, so they did not exchange any supplies.
After exchanging some more stories about their experiences in the apocalypse, Shu Ling'er left with her entourage.
After seeing Shu Ling'er off, Xu Lin looked at Li Jingjing, who seemed hesitant to speak.
"What's wrong? Speak up if you have something to say, why are you hesitating?"
“Then I’ll be frank, Xu Lin, why did you exchange so many herbs? We’ll be migrating later, and carrying herbs takes up too much space. You’d be better off carrying more supplies. I’m not saying this for any other reason than…”
It was clear that Li Jingjing had struggled internally before blurting it out; Xu Lin didn't want her to feel pressured.
“I know, I understand what you’re saying. Thank you for thinking of me and telling me so much, but I have my own plans,” Xu Lin said.
"You know what I mean, I won't say anything more," Li Jingjing said.
Xu Lin increasingly felt that Li Jingjing was a good person. Although she was pampered by Sun Wei, she would do whatever she was supposed to do when she went out with Xu Lin, never shirking her responsibilities. She was also tactful in her speech, never saying anything she shouldn't and never prying into other people's business.
This time, I was just trying to be kind and didn't want Xu Lin to suffer any losses, so I offered my advice.
After seeing Shu Ling'er off, Xu Lin and Zhou Pin went back to their place for lunch. Xu Lin went into her spatial dimension to see what she would exchange with Shu Ling'er and the others the next day, while Zhou Pin went to cook.
In the afternoon, the two dried and packed the herbs they had collected. They also tidied up the chicken coop and sheep pen.
At the current rate of water level drop, the surface will be exposed in about a week. Sun Wei and his group will definitely go to the base in the Northwest to find Uncle Sun Wei. Xu Lin and her group will first go to Inner Mongolia Province to take a trip before deciding whether to go to the Northwest.
The base in the Northwest is directly controlled by the military and is much more formal than the base in Beijing. There is no power struggle among the upper management, so it should be a good choice.
However, if the two of them were to go to the Northwest, they would inevitably have to travel with Sun Wei and the others, and the two of them had too many secrets, making it too dangerous to travel with others.
So the two made an excuse that they had some business to attend to in Inner Mongolia, and that going from Inner Mongolia to the Northwest would be a good excuse to take things out of their spatial storage and bring them there.
That's really a lot of effort!
The two ate dinner early that evening, watched a movie together, and then went to bed. The next day, Shu Ling'er had to come over to exchange supplies, so they had to get up early.
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