Chapter 39 Encountering a Robbery on the Way Home
This bamboo rat is a mutated breed, much larger than the ordinary bamboo rats that weighed over a pound that she had eaten before. Judging from its chubby appearance, it must weigh at least five pounds.
It must have been tough on her little one. The little guy only weighs a little over five pounds, yet he managed to take down this big, fat bamboo rat with one paw. Well done!
Bamboo rats love to gnaw on bamboo shoots. Zuo Shan tied a rope around its neck, then woke it up, hoping it would lead her to its burrow to see if there were any unexpected finds.
The bamboo rat opened its eyes and immediately began to dart away in terror. If it ran too fast, the rope would strangle its neck. After struggling like this a few times, it became obedient and ran slowly.
Soon, they reached its nest. Zuo Shan dug for a while with a hoe and unearthed two bamboo rat cubs, each weighing more than a pound. They seemed to be the cubs of this bamboo rat.
Some people in her village raise bamboo rats, but unfortunately the conditions here don't allow it; otherwise, she would have liked to raise a few for sustainable development.
However, seeing the two little ones looking at her with their adorable, wet, frightened eyes, Zuo Shan found herself unable to bring herself to hit them.
In the end, Xiao Bao went over and knocked one of them unconscious with a single slap without any hesitation. He then tied Zuo Shan up with a rope and stuffed him into a sack.
We were really lucky today; we detected over a dozen bamboo leaves with moderate radiation. Xiao Bao ate three, and we packed the rest to take home.
Perhaps it's the bamboo shoot growing season, because we found more than a dozen bamboo shoots today. Unfortunately, the test results showed that only one had moderate radiation, and the rest were inedible.
However, this was enough to make Zuo Shan very happy, because the bamboo shoots here were quite thick, with each one weighing an average of more than 20 kilograms.
This only edible one is a little smaller, but it still weighs more than 15 kilograms!
However, judging from its texture, the outer part is very tough, so it is estimated that only a little bit of tender bamboo shoot can be peeled out from the center. In short, it will not exceed two kilograms.
However, although old bamboo shoots are not tasty, they are excellent for making soup, which is a rare find that money can't always buy.
Today's harvest was plentiful: three bamboo rats (one large and two small), plus a large edible bamboo shoot. On my way home, I felt light on my feet.
Despite being busy all day, I was in exceptionally good spirits and not tired at all.
However, there is a saying in this world: extreme joy begets sorrow.
Zuo Shan walked home, with lush vegetation on both sides. Walking in the shade, she would occasionally take out a testing knife to test the tender, shiny green leaves of the wild vegetables she had her eye on.
After walking about halfway, there are about 200 meters left to a three-way intersection. There is a big tree there, and scavengers who pass by usually sit in the shade of the tree to rest.
But Zuo Shan wasn't tired at all today, so he didn't plan to stop and rest, only thinking about walking back in one go.
This area was already a place where scavengers would often pass by, so Zuo Shan put Xiao Bao in his backpack early on to avoid being seen by others and attracting their covetousness.
Even Mao Li chose to remain hidden, quietly following her.
"Master, there are three men behind that big tree ahead. Be careful," Mao Li suddenly jumped onto her shoulder and whispered a warning.
The mechanical race's eyes are equipped with infrared sensors, so a single tree cannot block Chestnut's view at all.
Zuo Shan didn't pay much attention. It was normal to encounter resting scavengers here, and besides, her sack was mainly filled with bamboo leaves today, so no one would come to steal them.
However, when she reached the vicinity of the three-way intersection, the three men resting under the big tree suddenly stood up and surrounded her in a triangle formation.
If Zuo Shan were to drop the two sacks he was dragging at this moment, he could certainly escape.
But today, these two sacks contained three bamboo rats and a large bamboo shoot. How could she bear to throw them away?
It wasn't that she was greedy and didn't value her life; it was just that she hadn't had any meat for a month, and now that she had finally gotten her hands on some delicious, high-quality meat, she was afraid that if she just threw it away, she would regret it so much that she would want to bang her head against the wall.
But it's obvious that I can't defeat three adult men by myself.
She first took two steps back warily, then asked timidly, "What are you three doing?"
"What? Of course, I'm going to fuck you! I heard you're really slutty, sleeping with two mercenaries. You don't even have to scavenge anymore, you just go to that bamboo forest every day to pick bamboo leaves, just to make tea for those two mercenaries."
You must be very good in bed, otherwise they would be willing to support you for free.
The three of us brothers are feeling quite irritable and restless lately. If you behave yourself and take good care of us, we'll let you go back.”
"Brothers, if you want bamboo leaves, I'll give you both of these sacks. Please, please let me go."
"I'm over four months pregnant. Once this baby is born, I'll get a reward of five thousand silver coins. I promise to give each of you a thousand silver coins, okay?" Zuo Shan continued to plead.
"No, no, we've got our eyes on you today. If you know what's good for you, you'll cooperate and we'll be gentle with you. But if you're disobedient and anger us, don't blame us for being ruthless, hehehe!" The leading man chuckled evilly, his face full of sinister intent as he scanned her chest.
Zuo Shan finally understood that these three men weren't after money today, but rather after women.
But there has never been a precedent of men in District 50 stopping a pregnant woman from sexually assaulting her. If someone were to do such a thing, they would be despised by everyone.
After all, forcing oneself on a pregnant woman could easily result in the death of both mother and child, and it would also delay the recipient from receiving the 5,000 silver coin reward. For the impoverished scavengers of District 50, such an act would be utterly heinous.
It was obvious that these three people came from another district.
Since transmigrating, she has never offended anyone, and the original owner of this body had no past grudges against anyone in her memories.
Wait, no, she had a grudge against someone before, and that grudge was against Qi Yang's wife, Lin Dandan.
Thinking of this, her face grew even paler.
Even if she gave up the food in the sack today, or even agreed to transfer money to them, they would not let her go.
Because human nature is inherently greedy, always wanting more than they have, once she makes a concession, they can take two more steps forward.
Her only choice is to fight to the death!
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