Chapter 40 Let's make a deal

Chen Qingqing neatly removed the knife from his hand and handed it to Shang Li.

"... He pretended to fall just now to cover for you." The man was very smart and almost immediately guessed when Chen Qingqing came in.

Shang Li chuckled: "Sorry, Brother Zheng."

The man didn't dare to move, just smiled.

"What's there to be embarrassed about? After all, I was the one who robbed first."

"You can kill me or behead me, it's up to you."

After saying that, the man closed his eyes.

Chen Qingqing and Shang Li looked at each other and saw the hesitation in each other's eyes.

Chen Qingqing: "You don't want to kill anyone, so I won't kill you either."

"Give us back the stolen supplies, and we'll leave immediately."

The man pursed his lips: "Then you might as well kill me."

Shang Li was anxious: "Brother, are supplies more important than life?"

At this moment, a baby's cry suddenly rang through the room, and then suddenly became much quieter.

Chen Qingqing was stunned, but locked onto the source of the cry.

Chen Qingqing put the dagger against the man's neck and tried to move there, but the man resisted strongly, and suddenly turned around and wanted to fight Chen Qingqing with his bare hands.

Chen Qingqing did not have an advantage in strength, but was extremely agile.

The moment the man raised his hand, she stabbed the man's right arm fiercely. The man cried out in pain and wanted to raise his other hand again. In the blink of an eye, Shang Li had already put the machete in front of him.

"...I'm sorry, big brother." Shang Li apologized sincerely.

Chen Qingqing glanced in the direction of the faint crying, and then looked at the man with bloodshot eyes.

"Is that your child?"

"...No." The man gritted his teeth.

Chen Qingqing lowered her head and picked up the can of milk powder: "I came to deliver the milk powder in person, and you still say it's not?"

As she said this, she was about to walk towards the direction of the crying.

"That's my brother's child!"

"My brother tried to put out the fire in the wheat field a few days ago, and was killed by those guys."

"Now my sister-in-law and the child depend on each other, and this milk powder is for life-saving!"

"Is this the reason why you robbed others?" Chen Qingqing asked.

The man lowered his head: "This is all my idea, and I am willing to bear any consequences."

"But those supplies are very important to us. There is no clinic in our village, and any illness could be fatal. So I am willing to exchange my life for those medicines."

"Otherwise, even if you want to use me to threaten them to hand over the medicines, I will take action before you and end my life."

"How much is your life worth?" Chen Qingqing frowned.

"Have you always liked this way of sacrificing yourself to be a hero?"

The man remained silent.

He had nothing to say, just waiting for Chen Qingqing to take action.

"How about we make a deal?"

Chen Qingqing suddenly said this, and the man turned his head away in disbelief: "What deal?"

Apart from this life, what else does he have worth trading?

"Where are the people who set fire to the wheat field now?"

The man froze when he heard this. He guessed something and laughed self-deprecatingly: "Since you already know, why are you asking me?"

Shang Li was confused: "Where are those people?"

Chen Qingqing: "I just walked around the village and found that a granary was locked with three locks and the outer wall was reinforced."

If there was food inside, there would be no need to reinforce the outer wall.

When she approached, she heard the sound of footsteps and collisions coming from the granary, which verified her guess.

She could also deduce the cause and effect.

The group of outsiders occupied the village, threatened the villagers by setting fire to the wheat fields, and tried to rob them.

But the man in front of him led the villagers to fight back after his brother was killed and took back control of the village.

Faced with the scarcity of supplies and the need to feed the elderly, the weak and the disabled, they gritted their teeth and chose the same method as the outsiders - robbery.

But they are much more conscientious than that group of people. They will not kill people, and will leave some for the other party.

They did not even deal with the group of outsiders immediately.

After Chen Qingqing finished speaking, she looked at the man: "Am I right?"

He did not expect that the woman in front of him could summarize everything they had experienced during this period of time through a short period of observation.

"...You are wrong about one thing."

"I left them alone, not because I was merciful."

The man clenched his fists, with a painful look on his face.

"That's how they treated us villagers before, saying that they could use zombies to threaten passers-by to hand over their supplies when necessary. I'm just giving them a taste of their own medicine now. If they die easily, it would be a bargain for them!"

So he locked those people in the granary, leaving them to fend for themselves, leaving them unable to live or die, and unable to reincarnate forever

. "So that's how it is." Chen Qingqing touched his chin and nodded, "You did the right thing."

"But leaving these zombies in the village is also a hidden danger for you, right?"

"...Yes." The man lowered his head.

His instinct was to kill them directly, but in order to avenge the villagers who had been forced to become zombies, he pushed the group into the granary where the zombie villagers were locked up.

As a result, there are at least fifty zombies in the barn, but there are only a dozen strong and capable villagers.

They dare not act rashly, for fear that if one of them fails to control the zombies, the zombies will swarm out.

He now only hopes that the barn is strong enough to keep the zombies trapped.

"They can live for a long time," Chen Qingqing mercilessly punctured his beautiful dream, "When they are hungry, they will eat their own kind, and the zombies that survive will be faster or stronger."

"By then, your small barn will not be able to hold them."

"...What can I do then?" the man muttered.

"So this is what I want to trade with you."

Chen Qingqing put down the knife in her hand and threw a roll of bandages to the man.

"I'll help you get rid of all the zombies, and then leave those medical supplies to you."

The man thought he was hallucinating: "...Are you crazy or am I crazy? You help me get rid of the zombies and give me supplies?"

What is she trying to do!

"Of course I have a plan."

Chen Qingqing took out a bag of seeds from her pocket and handed it to the man: "You help me plant vegetables, and I will come to harvest them in a month."

"You have well water, so you don't have to worry about water problems. As for taking care of crops, you know more than me, so I don't need to say more."

"If you agree, I can add another condition."

"Three cans of milk powder, how about that?"

The man clenched his fists excitedly: "You are not kidding me, are you?"

Shang Li smiled and said: "My sister is a man of her word, you don't have to worry, just agree."

The man swallowed his saliva, looked at Chen Qingqing solemnly, nodded and said: "I agree!"

If they ran out of food, they could still grow more, but milk powder and medicines could only be collected by going to the city at great risk. If they sent people to the city to find supplies, not to mention whether they could find them, the old, weak and sick people left in the village would also be in great danger.

This deal with Chen Qingqing solved the urgent needs of the entire village.

What's the big deal of growing crops for a month? They can grow crops for a year!

The man thought of this, handed the seeds back, and said seriously: "Sister, we can't take advantage of you. There are too few vegetables that can mature in a month. Why don't you come once a month?" ""

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