Chapter 135 Jinjiang Exclusive
"Brother Lu, do you still remember me?" Lin Qingfu smiled at Lu Xuan nervously.
"Of course I remember." Lu Xuan was a little surprised. "Manager Lin of Ruyi Pharmacy, I didn't expect you to be in Yangshan County as well."
Lin Qingfu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, his smile becoming more natural. He said, "I only arrived a few days earlier than you did."
Lu Xuan nodded and said, "I was able to successfully exchange the ginseng and ganoderma I dug for cash thanks to Shopkeeper Lin."
His first pot of gold in the true sense was earned from this shopkeeper Lin.
At that time, Lin Qingfu was a slightly plump middle-aged man who looked very amiable and prosperous. But now he didn't look plump at all, and he even looked a little thin.
Lin Qingfu waved his hand. "Even if I weren't there, there would be plenty of pharmacies willing to buy such high-quality ginseng and ganoderma. In the end, I'm the one who got the better deal."
pity……
Lin Qingfu said bitterly, "There is no Ruyi Pharmacy anymore, so I can't really be considered the owner."
Thinking of the purpose of coming to the east city, Lin Qingfu asked Lu Xuan expectantly, "I heard you're looking for someone with a special skill. I'm a decent accountant and I also know some medical skills. I wonder if I meet the requirements?"
Lu Xuan paused for a moment, "Do you know medicine?"
Lin Qingfu nodded. "Ruyi Pharmacy is my family's business. My ancestors were imperial physicians, but they encountered some misfortunes and fled to Baisong Town in hiding. However, the medical skills were inherited. Besides taking pulses and conducting medical examinations, I'm also quite skilled in acupuncture and massage."
After arriving in Yangshan County, he made a living by relying on his medical skills.
However, people's ideas about medical treatment have not changed much before and after the disaster. If a serious illness cannot be cured, they will not see a doctor. If a minor illness can be cured, they will not need to see a doctor.
Only those with better conditions were willing to see a doctor and had the means to obtain the necessary medicinal materials. There were not many such people, so Lin Qingfu's life was not very easy. At most, he was not starving to death.
Lu Xuan stared at Lin Qingfu for a moment, making sure that he wasn't lying to get benefits, and then he said, "We'll be leaving the county in a few days. We don't have a destination yet, so we might wander around. If Manager Lin doesn't mind, you can stay."
Lin Qingfu said quickly, "I have no objection. I am the only one left in my family. As long as I can live well, it doesn't matter where I am."
Lu Xuan nodded and said, "Then Manager Lin will be responsible for treating the villagers from now on. I will provide the medicine they need. The monthly salary includes 50 kilograms of brown rice, 20 kilograms of brown flour, 10 kilograms of meat, and a certain amount of vegetables and fruits. In addition, you can also receive a household subsidy. The harvest from gathering/hunting is distributed according to work. You can ask any villager for the details and they will tell you."
"Does Shopkeeper Lin have any opinion on this?"
Lin Qingfu was pleasantly surprised and said, "No objection, very good!"
There was rice and meat, and the amount of rice and flour was enough for him to eat his fill every day with some left over, which was better than he expected!
Lu Xuan said: "Then welcome to become a member of Yunlu Village."
Of course, it is impossible for new members to integrate into the villagers immediately, and an observation period is essential.
If he is sure that Lin Qingfu's medical skills and character are fine, Lu Xuan is prepared to lend him both the treatment equipment and the medicine-making equipment.
It just so happened that extra gold blind boxes were drawn, so from now on, any medical needs of the villagers can be handed over to Lin Qingfu.
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After Lin Qingfu, Li Tie left behind a blacksmith, a carpenter, and a hunter.
The total number of people is not that large, but when it comes to technical personnel, quality is more important than quantity.
In comparison, young people have gained more in finding partners. In less than two days, seven families have found suitable candidates.
Five families found suitable daughters-in-law, one of whom was a widower who remarried, and two families found sons-in-law who lived with the family.
Although he is called a son-in-law, he can actually set up his own household after the person is confirmed. After the marriage, the girl will also be married off, and the children will still take the man's surname.
It’s just because the current situation is special and the girl’s family is worried about their daughter leaving them, so the boy has to leave with them.
In order to test people's hearts, these were not said explicitly when they were seeing each other, so in the end only two people really decided on the relationship.
In fact, there were nearly ten households initially selected.
The three families that were missing either had difficult relatives at home, or after a brief contact, they found that there were some unsuitable aspects of their personalities, and the matter ended in nothing.
The three disappointed families, as well as the others who had not yet found a suitable candidate, continued their search with all their remaining time and without giving up.
On the other hand, Lu Xuan left Lin Qingfu in the village and did not take care of the follow-up. He left the county town with a large group of people from the two forces.
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"There really is charcoal!" Mr. Chen and others who had just gotten off the car looked at the charcoal on the ground that was soaked by the rain, their faces full of surprise.
Miao Yuanwai and others who were traveling with them were wearing raincoats. They looked through the rain at the black marks left on the surrounding mountains and fields by the burn, and their expressions were shocked.
"There was a wildfire here before? Was it during the high temperature period? The whole mountain burned?"
Chen Bing, who had followed, had a flash of inspiration in his mind, "Could this be where Brother Lu and the others were staying before? Is the entrance and exit of the cave also nearby?"
Lu Xuan glanced at him and said, "It is indeed this mountain, but I can't remember where the cave exit is."
He deliberately changed the direction of parking. This place was quite a distance away from where they came out before, and it was not even the same mountain.
It's said that caves are not suitable for living during floods, so what's the point of finding one? It's a waste of energy.
Pick up the charcoal well.
Old Master Chen obviously didn't have the heart to think about the cave. After sighing, he called out to the young men who had followed him, "Hurry up and move! Spread out and look for charcoal!"
Ever since we entered the rainy season that Lu Xuan mentioned, the weather has been getting colder day by day.
Although they found a batch of charcoal in a workshop in the north of the city, the quantity was not large.
After the rainy season, there will be an even colder winter. He was worrying about how many people would freeze to death without enough warming measures. Then Lu Xuan took the initiative to give them such a huge surprise!
The only regret was probably that the people of Yunlu Village were in a hurry to leave, and Lu Xuan only gave them two days.
The only thing we can do now is to seize the next two days and do everything we can to collect as much charcoal as possible.
[I didn't expect the host would actually bring them to pick up charcoal. ]
Rather than letting the charcoal continue to be completely scattered by rain or washed away by floods, letting the county residents pick it up is a way to make the most of it.
[Besides, the host didn't suffer any loss. Not only did he receive a 100-jin (approximately 100 kg) transportation fee, but he also received a processing fee of one-tenth for helping with the drying.]
[With so many people picking together for two days, the harvest will definitely be greater than that of Yunlu Village.]
This time, Lu Xuan brought Lei Yan with him to control two hovercrafts, which brought an overload of more than 300 people. This was twice the total population of Yunlu Village. With young and strong people working together, the efficiency would definitely be greatly improved.
It only takes two more days of delay and consumes a little energy of the dryer, but you can earn at least a few tons of charcoal for free, which is worth it.
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While the disaster victims in Yunlu Village and Yangshan County were busy with their own affairs, the rain was getting heavier and heavier. Most areas of the county were flooded with more than half a meter of water. For safety reasons, the disaster victims were moved to higher places in the city one after another.
Relocating thousands of people is not an easy task. The county town has to send people to the mountain to scout and determine whether it can accommodate so many people.
Before the disaster victims in the county town left, the people of Yunlu Village were already preparing to leave.
At the city gate, three hovercrafts were parked on the side, just as they had been when they entered the city ten days ago. Many people came with Old Man Chen and others to see them off.
Chen Bing looked at Lu Xing and the others reluctantly, and said unwillingly, "Do we really have to leave? In fact, you can definitely move with us. With more people, we can look after each other if we encounter danger."
Lu Xuan is gone. What if the treasures he exchanged are used up?
He lowered his head to look at his two children who had come to see him off. The two children were holding a large bag full of various candies and snacks that Lu Chen had prepared for them.
Chen Bing even had the idea of getting Chen Yao and Lu Chen engaged. As the saying goes, "A woman three years older than a man is more likely to bring him wealth", they are such a perfect match.
Unfortunately, Lu Xuan had no such idea at all.
Lu Chen is only seven years old. Why get engaged? He's not even fully grown yet. Let's talk about it ten years later.
Lu Xuan said: "We must leave. If Boss Chen is reluctant to leave, he can go with us."
Chen Bing said angrily, "Forget it." All his assets and relatives are here, where else can he go?
Lu Xuan said calmly, "Then we can only meet again in the future if we are destined to do so."
He had thought about replacing the communicator with them to facilitate communication, but the communicator had a distance limit for receiving signals. If they were too far away, they would not be able to contact each other. There was no point in replacing it or not.
If they can survive the disaster, even if they can only survive this year, there is a chance that they will meet again in the future.
Before arriving in Yangshan County, he did consider whether to let the villagers stay, but this idea was rejected by Li Tie and others as soon as it was mentioned.
We agreed to go south, how can we stay here?
Recruiting a dozen or twenty new people is not a big deal, but once they have to live in a place with a total population of thousands, there will be many conflicts.
Furthermore, although Mr. Chen and his companions bought a lot of treasures, it is impossible for everyone to get a share of these things, so there will inevitably be differences in treatment.
When the time comes, will the victims who can barely survive and see them eating and drinking well every day, not being troubled by the disaster, not be jealous, and not cause trouble out of injustice?
The villagers, who have become accustomed to the comfortable life in the hottest season, naturally do not want to become more uncomfortable.
To put it more practically, they are still waiting in line to take their own share of evolution liquid, how can they be left alone!
Go! We must go!
Old Man Chen, Boss Wang and the others knew that they had nothing to attract the people of Yunlu Village to stay, so they did not try to persuade them much. They just said the usual goodbyes to Li Tie and other villagers they had come into contact with.
Just when everyone was immersed in the reluctance to part, someone from the onlookers at the back suddenly ran out without warning and rushed towards Lu Chen who was talking to Chen Yao and Chen Rui with a ferocious expression.
When the others realized something was wrong, they couldn't help but shout, "What are you doing!"
"Stop him!"
"Child, run—"
Lu Chen, who was targeted, stood still. In a flash, another figure rushed out from the crowd, knocked the man who was about to catch Lu Chen to the side, then grabbed Lu Chen's hand and ran quickly towards Lu Xuan.
Lu Chen, who was dragged away, tilted his body and looked back at the man who was knocked crooked. He puffed up his cheeks in dissatisfaction, clenched his fists at the man, and shouted, "Get down!"
As Lu Chen finished speaking, everyone saw with their own eyes that the man who had attacked seemed to be hit by an invisible heavy object. He first let out a short scream, and then his whole body crashed to the ground, creating a human-shaped pit at least half a foot deep.
Mr. Chen and others: “!”
Other onlookers: “?”
Is this person so heavy that he could collapse the ground with just one fall?
Lu Xuan, who gave his younger brother a slight boost, kept his merits and fame to himself.
At this moment, someone in the crowd saw the man's appearance clearly and pointed out loudly, "I recognize this man. He's one of Boss Feng's men!"
The faces of the villagers in Yunlu Village turned dark.
Feng Hu's men? There are still some who slipped through the net?
What’s even more amazing is that the other party actually wants to avenge Feng Hu?
The audience, who were also shocked by the sudden accident, came to their senses and did not think that the other party wanted to avenge Feng Hu.
[Is it possible that the other party is simply seeking revenge for himself because he has lost his backing without Feng Hu and is having a hard time?]
[It must be! Feng Hu isn't some beloved boss. If he's dead, he's dead. Who would avenge such a scumbag? He's not crazy!]
[What a pity I picked the wrong person, tsk tsk.]
[Do you think our little brother Chenchen is easy to bully just because he's young? If the host is a big devil, then little brother Lu Chen, who has awakened his gravity ability, is at least a future little devil!]
[If I wasn't being dragged along, I would have been absolutely utterly overwhelmed with gravitational power with this clenched fist!]
After regaining his footing, Lu Chen smiled at the little girl who had saved him and thanked her, "Thank you for saving me, sister. I helped you once, and you saved me once, so we're even now."
The little girl, who was half a head taller than Lu Chen, pursed her lips, looking a little disappointed. "You're welcome."
Although she didn't know what happened, when she saw the man fall to the ground inexplicably, she knew that Lu Chen would be fine even without her help.
Lu Xuan paid no attention to the attacker who had been pinned down. He touched Lu Chen's head and glanced at the lost little girl: "You saved my brother, I can agree to one of your requests."
The little girl shuddered all over and suddenly raised her head to look at Lu Xuan.
She looked conflicted for a moment, then turned around and waved to her brother who was still hiding in the crowd, asking him to come over. She then pulled her brother to kneel on the ground and kowtow to Lu Xuan.
"Please take me and my brother in. We'll do anything! Even killing people!"
Lu Xuan was not surprised by the other party's request.
From Lu Chen's words just now, he guessed that the other party should be the brother and sister that the little guy met when he went to the north of the city to bravely help others.
He had discovered the whereabouts of the brother and sister before, but he didn't think much of it at the time. Now listening to the little girl's request, maybe he was envious of Ke Wei at the time?
Lu Xuan didn't agree immediately, but just asked: "Why do you want to go with us? You may not die if you stay."
Without the oppression of gambling houses and the county government, the lives of the disaster victims in the city are now much better than before. Instead of following these strangers, it is better to stay in a more familiar place.
The elder sister raised her head, her expression firm: "Your brother saved me, and you helped us too. I want to repay you."
Lu Xuan was puzzled, "When did I help you?"
The elder sister bit her lip, glanced at her well-behaved brother beside her, and whispered, "My brother was also targeted by that dog official in the county government before, and he was almost arrested several times. If you hadn't killed him, I'm afraid we wouldn't have survived for too long."
The audience in the live broadcast room was stunned for a moment, and then they couldn't help but curse again.
Old Deng!
Besides Brother Lu Chen, he actually fell in love with other children. He is such a scumbag who deserves to die!
Lu Xuan's eyes darkened slightly. Looking at his sister, whose expression was even more resolute than Ke Wei's, and his brother, who was clearly nervous but also had a hint of anticipation, he said, "If you want to follow, then follow."
The sister's eyes lit up, and she excitedly pulled her brother to kowtow to him three times again. She quickly ran back into the crowd, and soon came back with a big package in her arms.
[Pfft, even the luggage has been prepared in advance.]
[Opportunities always come to those who are prepared. Little sister has a bright future! ]
Seeing this, Lu Xuan said nothing and asked them to get in the car. He then took out a folded paper from his pocket and handed it to Mr. Chen. "Goodbye, I hope we'll meet again someday."
After saying that, he also got on the RV. The four hovercrafts started up quickly and left Yangshan County in full view of everyone and embarked on a new journey.
After watching the three hover cars and an RV disappear into the distance, Mr. Chen opened the paper and read the contents.
"This is--!" Mr. Miao's hands were shaking with excitement, but his eyes were fixed on the words on the paper, unwilling to look at them for a moment.
It clearly records the specific time when each natural disaster will occur in the next five years!
With this record, they can prepare in advance before every natural disaster occurs.
Just this thin piece of paper is more precious to them than the batch of supplies they just traded for not long ago. It is a priceless treasure that is enough for all of them to truly survive the disaster!
Mr. Chen carefully refolded the paper and decided to seal it in a vacuum bag for safekeeping when he got home.
He raised his head again and looked towards his wish, which was now completely empty. He took a deep breath, turned around and said to the people around him, "Brother Lu has already given us enough help. Now it's time for us to do our best and not let him down."
"After counting the number of disaster victims in the city, we will leave the county town early the next morning and head up the mountain!"
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