Chapter 198 Danger Comes from Underground
During the lunch break, the mercenaries' families returned to their makeshift tents and began handing over half of their loot.
Zuo Shan called Pan Duole and Ding Yi to finish work together, then followed everyone into the tent and sat there shelling bean pods.
With a little one at home, we never lack metal tools. Yesterday, after learning that we needed to pick bean pods, I asked the little one to make a few metal finger nails for me. They were modeled after the ones she had bought online for her mom before, the kind with pointed tips.
Peeling beans is not only quick and easy, but it also won't hurt your fingers or nails.
She specially asked Xiaobao to make a few extra, and also sent one to Ding Yi.
The three of them peeled the bean pods quickly and effortlessly, becoming the first to hand over their harvest. The mercenary families watching nearby were extremely envious and kept asking her where she bought them.
Zuo Shan casually mentioned Old Wu's small shop and planned to have Xiao Bao make more of it and consign it there for sale after returning home.
This way, Xiao Bao can experience the joy of making money, and Uncle Wu can also attract more customers. After all, once women enter the shop, they can't help but take a few more glances, and they might even buy some other things.
Moreover, Uncle Wu's products are always genuine and of the highest quality, and you won't be cheated when you shop at his store.
The gossipy old woman who had been slapped by Zuo Shan earlier had been secretly watching her. Seeing that Zuo Shan was the first to hand over the bean fruit, she pointed at the Ah Chen pendant hanging around Zuo Shan's neck and mocked her:
"It's not like we're going shopping, why bring a baby along? Tsk tsk, could he be a child of our Fearless Mercenary Group? Too bad, nobody's willing to acknowledge him!"
The woman thought that with two mercenaries around, Zuo Shan would definitely not dare to hit anyone again, so she mustered up her courage to vent her anger.
Zuo Shan glanced at her, his gaze icy, and said, "My son is naturally my child. It doesn't interfere with my work if I take him with me. What's it to you?"
"How about we have a contest to see who gets more, and the one with less gets slapped twice and then gives the other what they got this morning?"
"Hmph! I'm a well-mannered person, I don't resort to violence against people." The gossipy woman glanced at the large pile of beans that Zuo Shan had peeled, said this stubbornly but inwardly guiltyly, and then shrank into the corner, refusing to say another word.
The tall, strong young man among the two mercenaries was Cui Bin, the power-type ability user who had helped Zuo Shan dig an ant hole last time. He had originally wanted to help her when he saw her being bullied, but he didn't expect her to handle it herself.
"Ms. Zuo, your bean curd has been inspected. There are a total of 86 kilograms of moderately irradiated bean curd, of which 43 kilograms belong to you personally. I have already packed them into sealed bags for you."
In addition, there are four pods with low radiation levels. According to regulations, you can keep two of them, but I've separated them for you in small sealed bags, and then sealed them all in a large sealed bag.”
Cui Bin smiled and explained to her, then pointed out the sealed bag with her name on it.
Zuo Shan had only thought he looked familiar before, but now he remembered who he was, so he smiled and nodded, saying, "Brother Cui, thank you so much! Why didn't you go with the main force to clear out the enemy today?"
“Those who stay in the rear will get less of the mission share, so it’s all done in rotation. This time it’s just the two of us,” he said, pointing to the short, stocky young man beside him.
"Hello, Miss Zuo! My name is Song Bo. Thanks to you the other day, I also got to try an ant egg. It was delicious and very chewy." The short, stocky young man smiled憨厚ly, revealing two tiger teeth.
Left fan: There's a word on Earth called "Q-bouncy," but unfortunately, the Algae Planet people don't know it.
After exchanging pleasantries, Zuo Shan, not wanting to delay their work, returned to his original seat, took the sleeping A-Chen off his baby carrier, placed a small blanket on the burlap sack full of wild vegetables, and let him lie down to sleep.
While watching the baby sleep, Zuo Shan cleaned the wild vegetables in another burlap sack, cutting off the inedible old roots and shaking off the dirt stuck to the leaves.
She had actually collected some fresh wild vegetables in her spatial storage, but to avoid attracting attention, she left two sacks of wild vegetables outside. Some others had even dug up three or four sacks of wild vegetables.
This place is far away, and because of the mutated pangolin, no one has come here to collect things for a long time, so you can find edible wild vegetables everywhere.
Anyone who is quick-witted and hardworking will reap great rewards here.
However, the value of the beans is higher, so even if 50% is handed over, it is still more worthwhile than picking wild vegetables. However, since the beans are on the tree, testing and picking them are relatively difficult, so everyone is very enthusiastic about picking wild vegetables.
Ding Yi and Pan Duole also handed over their beans and gathered around her to help gather wild vegetables. They went out to collect with the mercenary team, and no one wanted to waste any time, so they couldn't take a nap, lest their things be stolen.
While fast asleep, Achen suddenly wiggled his little body. Pan Duole, with his sharp eyes, saw this and picked him up to go outside the tent to pee.
Zuo Shan greeted Ding Yi and asked her to watch the sacks. Then he followed her out and, using his backpack as cover, took out a bottle of reindeer milk and fed it to A Chen.
Even if others saw it, they would only assume that she was embarrassed to breastfeed in front of everyone, so she expressed the milk into a bottle and stored it beforehand.
Ah Chen opened his sleepy eyes, sucking on his bottle while glancing at his mother and Aunt Lele, his expression one of contentment and peace.
Suddenly, the baby's eyes widened, and he spat out the bottle, his little hand gripping the index finger of the left fan tightly.
Then, Zuo Shan sensed the fear and unease he was conveying – danger!
The Fearless Mercenary Group and the mercenary group from District 47 were clearly fighting together nearby, so there shouldn't be any high-level mutated beasts in the vicinity.
But even before Ah Chen was born, he had conveyed this premonition of danger to Zuo Shan more than once, and it had never failed him.
Thinking of this, Zuo Shan took out the baby carrier and hung A Chen back on his chest, wrapping the straps twice more to ensure that the baby wouldn't fall even when running at full speed.
Then he pulled Pandora into the tent, whispering in her ear, "Lele, try your best to take care of Ding Yi later. If you really can't, just run away yourself!"
She rushed up to Cui Bin and Song Bo, her face serious, and said, "Take out your firearms, one for each of you, and contact your regimental commander or deputy commander. Tell them we're in danger here!"
The two mercenaries were completely bewildered by her words; they had no sense of danger whatsoever.
Cui Bin had experience helping dig ant nests before, so he guessed that Zuo Shan might have some kind of special sensory ability or mental ability. He could ask him what it was, since people often choose to keep such abilities secret.
But he knew that Zuo Shan would never make baseless accusations or joke about something like this.
He immediately said to Song Bo, "Trust her. I'll send a message to the regimental commander, and you send a message to the deputy regimental commander!"
The two of them sent messages on their wristwatches at the same time, but the messages went unanswered.
While waiting for a response, both of them took out their laser guns, but unfortunately, these were the only simplest firearms they had left behind to guard the rear.
Zuo Shan glanced at the people in the tent and felt that it was really unsafe for everyone to be gathered together like this. After all, they were a group of ordinary people with little fighting ability, and most of them were women, the elderly and children.
Then she listened carefully to the outside, but heard nothing. However, the baby continued to convey a sense of danger to her.
Suddenly, a thought flashed through her mind. She remembered the invasion of the gold-eating ants and then connected it with the mercenary group's mission to hunt down the mutated pangolin.
She immediately lay down on the ground, pressing her ear to the ground and listening intently.
Sure enough, a gnawing sound came from underground: "Crunch, crunch, crunch crunch!"
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