Chapter 88 Exchange
Jiang Rong nodded when she heard this. Xin Jue was going out anyway, so she had no objection if he drove the car.
"Don't you want to go out and take a look?" Jiang Rong asked Cai'er.
"Go ahead. I want to go out and get some more mutant beast brain pills. There are too few mutant beasts in the village. They all went to the county town." Zhao Caier complained.
Although Rongrong gave her and Xin Jue nearly ten thousand mutant beast brain pills as soon as she came back, these were all stockpiled by Rongrong and her father after working hard for more than a month. How could she and Xin Jue feel at ease to accept so many?
The relationship between the three of them is good, but they can't rely on Rongrong alone to do everything, such as the money for stockpiling goods before the apocalypse, the supplies after the apocalypse, and the brain pills they need now.
Besides, both she and Xin Jue are capable, and if possible, it would definitely be better to go out and exercise rather than just stay at home.
"Then go without worry. Uncle Zhao and I are guarding the house. But you and Xin Jue have to be careful outside." Jiang Rong said this and was ready to talk to Cai'er about the situation outside later.
At this moment, Jiang Miao had already run out of the house and was running quickly towards where the two of them were.
"Sister Rongrong, Sister Caier, good morning."
Jiang Miao has recovered from her injuries at home these days, and will go out with the village's superpower team tomorrow. Her brother and Xie Lei haven't come back yet, and she doesn't know what's going on. She is worried, and her family is even more anxious.
Jiang Rong and Zhao Caier both nodded to Jiang Miao and said, "Good morning."
After that, the three of them did not stand still, but talked while walking.
Jiang Rong and Zhao Caier also knew that Jiang Miao ran down from upstairs so excitedly, definitely not just to come and say good morning to them.
"Sister Rongrong, Sister Caier, will you go out tomorrow? Sister Chenru and I will both go this time. If you want to go, can we team up with you?" Jiang Miao went straight to the point.
Jiang Miao was probably going there to look for her brother, so why did Chen Ru go there this time? She had just come back from being injured not long ago.
"Team up?"
"Yes, there are four people in a team, and one car for each team. There will be five teams in total this time. Everyone can find teammates by themselves." Jiang Miao explained.
"I won't go, but Cai'er will." Jiang Rong answered the first question Jiang Miao had just asked. As for what kind of team to form, it depends on Cai'er and Xin Jue's own ideas.
"I will go out with Xin Jue this time. If you are willing to team up with us, I will go back and ask him later." Zhao Caier herself had no objection. If Rongrong didn't say anything else, it meant that Jiang Miao and another person named Chen Ru were good people and it wouldn't be a problem for them to form a team.
"Okay, okay, no problem. I'll trouble you, Sister Caier." Jiang Miao continued with a smile.
During the time she was recuperating at home, she heard a lot of miscellaneous news. Among them, she also heard a little about the abilities of Zhao Caier and Xin Jue. Although they are usually very low-key, their strength is definitely not weak. If she and Sister Chen Ru can team up with these two, then there is no need to worry too much about their combat power.
In addition, these two are Sister Rongrong’s childhood friends. Judging from Sister Rongrong’s personality, her childhood friends’ personalities should not be too bad.
"Oh, by the way, Sister Rongrong, thank you so much for your help and Uncle Zhao last time. If it weren't for you, Sister Chenru and I would have died this time." Moreover, because of the snow locust liquid incident, it might bring danger to the people in the village.
"Sister Rongrong, if you and Uncle Zhao have any problems in the future, just tell Sister Chenru and me. As long as we can do it, we will never refuse." Jiang Miao said sincerely.
Jiang Rong nodded in agreement and did not refuse. In order to save Jiang Miao and Chen Ru, she and Uncle Zhao did put in some effort.
"Why is Chen Ru going this time?" Jiang Rong asked.
"Sister Chen Ru and I have almost recovered. This time, in addition to going out to look for people, we also want to collect more supplies. Our family has been living off the land, and we feel uneasy." Jiang Miao replied. She didn't know the details, but that's what Sister Chen Ru told her.
"In order to mobilize everyone to go out, the village has issued a new rule that everyone only needs to hand in 20% of the new materials they collect when they come back, and the rest can be theirs. So, Sister Rongrong, are you really not going out this time?"
Jiang Miao was still unwilling to give up and encouraged her. Although Sister Rongrong's fighting ability was not particularly strong and her supernatural power was an auxiliary one, she was reliable. Sometimes, compared with the ability of teammates, she and Sister Chen Ru agreed that character was more important.
Otherwise, it is still unknown whether she and Sister Chen Ru can come back alive this time.
Jiang Rong shook his head.
"I have no intention of going out for the time being."
For now, there are enough supplies in her space, so there is no need to worry for the time being.
Afterwards, the few of them walked around the village. Jiang Miao did not leave and followed them all the way.
Jiang Rong took the opportunity to tell the two people standing on his left and right about what he knew about the situation outside.
"So my brother and Xie Lei are most likely in 'Hanbing'?"
"If we rule out the Skeletons and the Light, then the possibility of them being in the Ice is higher, but it is also possible that they have not joined any of the forces and are just hiding somewhere."
Or, already dead.
Jiang Rong didn't say anything else.
"Okay, Sister Chen Ru and I will find a way to investigate then."
I heard from Sister Rongrong that all the people with special abilities in Hanbing are female, and their reputation is much better than that of the Skeletons, so it shouldn't be a problem to find out about the two of them.
"One more thing, don't let anyone see your faces when you go out this time. After the polar night last time, the corrosiveness in the air has obviously increased. Without the help of the snow locust liquid, the people outside will be in a much worse situation than the people in the village. If everyone is not careful to cover up, it won't take long before they are targeted. If someone doesn't keep a tight lid at this time, the village may be doomed."
They would know the specific situation outside when they got out, so Jiang Rong didn't say much. Besides, she felt that she had said enough today.
"Okay, I understand. Thank you, Sister Rongrong, for your reminder."
After Jiang Miao accompanied Jiang Rong and Zhao Caier on a patrol, he left to find Chen Ru to discuss the next steps. He had just learned a lot of new information and needed to share it in time.
Jiang Rong and Zhao Caier patrolled the entire village, which took about two hours, during which time they only encountered a highly mutated wild boar.
Zhao Caier could easily capture this mutant wild boar by herself, and Jiang Rong was ordered to watch from the side the whole time.
A sky full of golden feather arrows rose into the air, and then turned into a golden light and shadow, bombarding the mutant wild boar with protruding mouth and fangs on the opposite side. After a while, many golden feather arrows pierced the throat, and the mutant wild boar's body was covered with blood, and then it soon fell to the ground with a bang.
It looked like a one-sided massacre.
Jiang Rong looked at him with admiration and envy.
In comparison, some of the functions of his own abilities seem quite villainous.
"Let's go. I'll take you to the stock exchange. The market should not have dispersed yet." Zhao Caier tugged at Jiang Rong's sleeve, then walked in front to lead the way.
The Jiang family's house was on a slope, and the two of them were now walking on the village road at the foot of the slope.
At this point, there were also some people standing at the doors of the houses on both sides of the village road. Most of them were wearing thick pajamas, cotton shoes, scarves around their necks, masks or respirators on their faces, and some even wore gas masks, and hats on their heads.
In short, after being fully armed, I stood outside the door to bask in the sun and chatted loudly with the people opposite and next door.
Since the mutant beasts disappeared collectively around the village during the day, these people lost their initial vigilance. It was uncomfortable to stay at home every day. Every day when it was close to lunch, everyone would come out of the house at the same time. Those who had food would chat, and those who didn't would bask in the sun. If they were burned, they would go back and apply some snow locust liquid.
If I use those things I collected before sparingly, they will be enough for a long time.
Most of those who are more willing to move are middle-aged and elderly uncles, aunts, grandparents in the village.
On the contrary, the young people in the family can sleep all day when they have nothing to do.
I can’t go out anyway, the temperature is so low and there is no internet, so what else can I do except sleep.
Jiang Rong and Zhao Caier were walking on the right side of the village road. The villagers on both sides looked at them, but because they were wrapped up very tightly, they could not be recognized unless they were familiar faces.
So they just watched and no one talked to them.
"Won't the ordinary people in the village go out tomorrow?" Jiang Rong asked in a low voice.
"There should be some, but the people with special abilities in the village are not willing to take them, thinking that these people will be a drag. If anyone wants to go, they will most likely form their own team." Zhao Caier said something she knew.
Jiang Rong nodded upon hearing this.
There is a huge gap in combat power between people with special abilities and ordinary people. If there are teammates with the same special abilities, everyone will choose the one with special abilities.
This is understandable.
After all, they don't know the specific situation in the county, so it's human nature to seek support from those with strong strength.
When others are unwilling to take it, ordinary people with a little bit of ideas will find ways to be self-reliant, not for the sake of saving face, but for long-term planning. After all, the supplies that those psychics bring back after risking their lives have nothing to do with them except for the small part that they hand over.
And the village would not give them those things for free. If things get harder and harder in the future, those of them who have not contributed anything to the village will be the first to be abandoned.
In short, it is always right to be prepared for danger in times of peace.
But people who can think like this are often a minority, and most people only focus on the present. For the time being, they have enough food and clothing at home, and there are superpowers leading the way. Why would they need ordinary people like them to go out and die? It's better to stay at home and don't cause trouble for the village.
"But it should not be that all people with special abilities are unwilling to be brought along. Some have good relationships with us, and some give some benefits. In short, there are policies from above and countermeasures from below. We will know when we set off tomorrow." Zhao Caier said indifferently.
After that, the two walked forward for nearly a hundred meters and arrived at the exchange that Zhao Caier mentioned.
There are indeed a lot of people and it is very lively.
In the past, Qingshan Village was located in a remote area, and the elderly in the village would go out to the market once every two weeks. Now that the situation outside is unclear, these people dare not go out, so they set up an exchange in the village to exchange what they need.
There are three houses in total.
The original owners of these three houses were unlucky and died at the beginning of the apocalypse.
The house at the back became the public property of the village and was used as a place for villagers to trade.
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