As it got dark, Jiang Zhi packed up her stall and prepared to take a bath in her spatial dimension.
At that moment, she noticed a figure nearby.
"who?"
The night in the apocalypse is the most dangerous, as many mutated animals come out to roam, so basically no one goes out after dark.
Unless you're willing to die.
At this hour, who would dare to come to the door? Do they think they can freeload off me?
"Quick, Bao'er, go ahead. Mommy will catch up with you after I get the things up here."
"Mommy, slow down." Bao'er turned around very sensibly, but because it was getting dark, she couldn't see her mother's face very clearly.
The woman's name was Wei Hui. At this moment, her face was covered in sweat. She was pulling hard on a steel frame, and her backpack was full of collected iron blocks.
Without any special abilities, she was just an ordinary person. A year in the apocalypse aged her by more than ten years, and her eye sockets became sunken. But when she thought of her child, she felt that as long as she was alive, that was enough.
If I die, Bao'er will surely die too. She's so young; she can't live without her mother.
The woman's voice coming from afar sent a chill down Wei Hui's spine.
"Bao'er, we're almost there." Wei Hui realized what was happening, pulled the steel frame up with all her might, stopped, and touched Bao'er's head, which was very soft.
Jiang Zhi told Wan Fu to go to her space and get something to eat first, while she stayed outside to deal with the mother and daughter who were about to arrive. Her hearing was sharper than before, and besides, the mother and daughter were making quite a racket.
"Mommy, I'm scared." Bao'er saw a dark hole in front of her and was immediately filled with fear, so she moved closer to her mother.
"Don't be afraid, Mom is here. Let's hurry up and find Mr. Jiang, who can exchange grain for food. Then we'll have something to eat. After we've eaten our fill, we'll find a place to rest."
With Wei Hui's comfort, Bao'er finally mustered the courage to continue walking forward.
Jiang Zhi sat in the old chair and waited for the two people.
To be honest, she's a woman, and in this post-apocalyptic world, we should be more tolerant of women.
About five minutes later, Wei Hui finally arrived in front of Jiang Zhi's "cave".
A dim lamp flickered in the wind, and the air was still filled with the warmth of the earth. The ice blocks in the cave emitted a cold air, but Jiang Zhi didn't feel hot.
The mother and daughter in front of me looked as if they had been pulled out of the water.
Wei Hui said humbly, "Excuse me, are you Boss Jiang? I'm sorry to bother you so late, but I'm really desperate. I heard that you can exchange iron for grain here. I have some metal here, can I exchange it for that?"
Jiang Zhi did not get up: "There's a scale over there, put the weights on yourself."
Bao'er opened her eyes and looked at the woman sitting in the chair, then flinched.
This older sister looks scary, but Mom said she could get food from her. So, for a moment, she couldn't figure out whether this older sister was a good person or a bad person.
If only she could be like this older sister, she looks intimidating and must be a very capable person.
"Okay, thank you, Boss Jiang." Wei Hui finally breathed a sigh of relief. The food in her bag was only enough for Bao'er to eat for half a day tomorrow. If she couldn't find any more food, both she and Bao'er would go hungry.
Now she can exchange this iron for food. Although she doesn't know how much she can get, at least she no longer has to worry about Bao'er not having anything to eat tomorrow.
Wei Hui quickly put the metal she had brought onto the scale. She wasn't a superhuman and didn't have much strength; this was all she had managed to get.
There were 104 jin in total. According to the rumor, 100 jin of metal could be exchanged for one jin of grain. One jin of grain, if cooked into porridge, would be enough to eat for several days.
It was already dark when Jiang Zhi handed a pound of rice to Wei Hui.
After expressing her gratitude profusely, Wei Hui carried the rice bag and left with Bao'er. They found some ruins and searched for firewood.
Seeing that Jiang Zhi hadn't left, she cautiously stepped forward and asked, "Ms. Jiang, do you know where there's water around here? I'm running out of water, and I don't know where I can find some."
"Go down that way, there's a pool of water that will dry up soon," Jiang Zhi pointed, then moved the table into the cave and closed the iron gate.
"Thank you, thank you so much." Wei Hui pulled Bao'er and quickly went to the direction Jiang Zhi pointed out, and sure enough, they saw a pool. Because of the hot weather, most of the water in the pool had evaporated. After Wei Hui filled two large bottles with water, she returned to the ruins and skillfully set up a stove to start cooking porridge.
Jiang Zhi locked the iron gate, draped the tarpaulin over her shoulder, and went directly into the space.
Even if something earth-shattering happens tonight, she won't care.
Whether by luck or sheer coincidence, the mother and daughter outside were spared from any mutated animals within several kilometers, thanks to Wanfu. As night deepened, remaining amidst the ruins surrounding Jiang Zhi proved to be the safest option.
The next day, Jiang Zhi ate breakfast in her spatial dimension, then leisurely went to unfold the sign and hang up the sign indicating the day's business location. No sooner had she left than Zhou Heng arrived with a large group of people.
The team included both ordinary people and those with superpowers. This time, Zhou Heng not only brought a large amount of earth metal, but also five wood-type superpowered individuals for exchange activities.
I just don't know if Jiang Zhi is willing to hold this exchange meeting.
The base commander and various departments discussed the matter and decided that, with Zhang Zhaohe taking the lead, Jiang Zhi would receive more benefits if she wished.
Besides Zhou Heng leading the people from the Shuofang base, some scattered small refugees also came over with supplies after hearing about this.
However, because they were not familiar with the route, they were still looking for a way on the way. Zhou Heng took a shortcut and got ahead of everyone else.
“Sure.” Jiang Zhi didn’t mind the exchange meeting, but she could only offer some hypotheses, which might not necessarily be useful.
After the metal was weighed, it weighed 26,000 jin (approximately 18,000 kg). With the crystals added, it was enough to exchange for several thousand jin (approximately 3,000 kg) of grain.
Zhou Heng's people first buried the seeds in the ground, and then Jiang Zhi accelerated their ripening. Because there were enough seeds and enough land, one time was enough.
While the plants were ripening, the five wood-type ability users were also using their abilities to imitate Jiang Zhi and accelerate the growth of the plants.
But the results were minimal.
Jiang Zhi took out a crystal and handed it to Zuo Rou, the wood-type ability user who was closest to her. Anyway, these crystals were brought by the base, and she had too many of them. They were basically useless and could be used for play.
“Teacher Jiang, the crystal can recover quickly after using its power and adjusting its breathing. We have tried it, but it is difficult to make it compatible before the expiration period.”
"You can demonstrate to me how you use it." Jiang Zhi only had the experience of using crystals to restore her superpowers in her previous life, not in this one. However, during the early stages of the polar night, people had already practiced how to upgrade and use crystals.
The method Jiang Zhi told Yan Zhi and Wang Wan that day, which involved using crystals, was the method that was later put into practice.
Zuo Rou started using crystals to stimulate the growth, but after trying for a while, it was not as fast as using her internal supernatural abilities directly.
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