After the bandit leader's leg was bandaged, Lu Xingtang apologized to him: "I'm sorry, we didn't know you were good people!"
Upon hearing Lu Xingtang's words, the bandit leader repeatedly said, "No need to apologize. We were the ones who wanted to rob you first, and you fought back in self-defense without knowing anything about it. There's nothing wrong with that, not at all."
The bandit leader felt a little embarrassed after he finished speaking. He looked away, not daring to look at Lu Xingtang and the others. It was too embarrassing for his elder brother.
"Salt?" The moment the bandit leader looked away, he saw Teacher Cao pickling fish with salt. "Do you have a lot of salt? I'd like to trade with you. We have a lot of dried fish, all kinds of fish."
The thing that people living in Pengli Lake have the most of is fish. To be honest, they have been eating fish for seven consecutive years and are tired of it. They have long wanted to change the taste, but there is not much food at home. Fish is also an important supply for them, so they have to eat it even when they are tired of it.
"In addition to fish, we also have a lot of dried mushrooms, dried wood ears, and many dried wild vegetables. Can you exchange some salt for us?" The bandit leader forgot his fear and looked at Lu Xingtang and others with full expectation. The other bandits' eyes lit up the moment they saw the salt.
Because of severe salt deficiency in their bodies, their teeth had almost fallen out and their hair was as thin as a bald man, but they were still considered lucky. Many other people in their nest had no teeth or hair at all, and their bodies were very weak. However, they could not find salt and had no way to make salt.
Lu Xingtang and her family had plenty of salt. She and Ji Yanmo had stockpiled a lot of it before the apocalypse. The salt in the car was all left over from the Zong family, and no one dared to use it carelessly. They only added a little bit each time they cooked, just enough to meet their body's needs. Glancing at everyone and seeing them nod, Lu Xingtang asked, "How much salt do you want to exchange?"
"We have a total of 60 households. Each household has a bag of salt, and each bag of salt weighs 20 kilograms?" The bandit leader knew that after the outbreak of the apocalypse, salt would be a very scarce commodity, and it could not be exchanged even if one had money and supplies.
Lu Xingtang stared at the bandit leader for a long moment before saying, "No!" Three years after the apocalypse in his previous life, 30 kilograms of supplies could be exchanged for one bag of salt. Now, ten years into the apocalypse, the price might not have increased much, but 60 bags of salt was a lot for them, enough to last them several years. The supplies they exchanged wouldn't last them three months, so the price was unreasonable.
"30 kilograms of supplies for a bag of salt?" The bandit leader was anxious, "Or, you name a price, as long as we can provide supplies, we are willing to exchange!" At least let the children taste the taste of salt and let them grow up healthily!
Lu Xingtang discussed with Su Cheng and others and finally decided to exchange 35 kilograms of supplies for a bag of salt. The main reason was that Ji Yanmo told Lu Xingtang that they were indeed not short of supplies. The place where they lived had all become fertile fields, and every household had a lot of supplies stored.
Dried fish, dried mushrooms, dried wood ear mushrooms, dried wild vegetables, etc. are not worth mentioning to them.
When the bandit leader saw that Lu Xingtang and his men agreed to exchange for salt, he immediately asked his men to go home and tell their families the news, asking them to prepare the supplies and send them over.
Lu Xingtang told them not to worry, as it was already dark and they would exchange supplies tomorrow. They would stay in Pengli Lake for a few days and would leave only after all the supplies were ready.
The bandits were relieved. However, seeing the wound on his leg, they thought of the medicine Qi Jingyi had just given him. “Do you have much medicine? I want to trade some with you. You decide the price.”
Lu Xingtang asked, "What medicine do you want? Let's discuss it. If it's possible, I'll definitely give it to you!"
Bandit leader: "Cold medicine, fever reducer, hemostatic medicine, abdominal pain medicine, painkiller..."
They have all these medicines, not many Western medicines, but they can prescribe Chinese medicine for them: "We have several doctors in our group. If you want to get treatment, you can bring supplies here to find us. We can treat you. The cost of treatment is the supplies. If we have medicine, we can sell you some. If we don't have medicine, as long as we can find relevant herbs near Pengli Lake, we will prescribe medicine for you!"
If they agree, they will stay for a long time this time, but will receive very generous supplies.
The robbers' eyes lit up and said, "Early tomorrow morning, we will bring our patients and supplies to exchange for supplies. We can use the supplies to see doctors and buy medicine."
After the bandits left, Lu Xingtang asked everyone to sit together to discuss the amount of medical supplies and medicines to be exchanged. After discussion, it was decided that each medical visit would cost one kilogram of supplies. The medicines were a bit more expensive, so 10 kilograms of supplies for a box of medicine was already a cheap price. This was because they were really good people, otherwise they would not have exchanged 20 kilograms of supplies. In addition, they were all Chinese medicine practitioners and could find medicines in the wild, so they would not be short of too much medicine.
If the illness can be cured within their capabilities, the price of the supplies is also 10 kilograms, not including the time spent looking for medicine. The cost of taking them to find medicine will add another 10 kilograms!
After everyone discussed it, there was no objection. Lu Xingtang and Ji Yanmo also communicated secretly. After confirming that the robbers could accept this number and would not empty their pockets, they decided to go with this price for supplies.
After daybreak, everyone found the salt and medicine. As soon as they found them, the robbers came with their families and supplies.
Lu Xingtang asked three teachers, Su Cheng, Special Assistant Zhonggou and Special Assistant Fox, to help keep an eye on the material transactions, while Lu Xingtang asked the class monitor to pick a few students with the best medical skills to treat everyone.
The bandits had no objection to the amount of supplies proposed by Lu Xingtang and his men. They felt that they had gotten a great deal and felt a little guilty, so they carried a bag of sweet potatoes and taro from home and asked them to roast or cook them.
The moment he saw the taro, Lu Xingtang quietly kept a few, threw them into the space, and planted them in the black soil.
Lu Xingtang and Ji Yanmo did not participate in it, but told Su Cheng that they were going out for a walk. Su Cheng did not believe that Lu Xingtang and Ji Yanmo were going out for a walk. They probably wanted to use the space to store some supplies or solve physiological problems. Su Cheng said: "Go ahead, and come back early!"
As soon as Lu Xingtang and the others left, the classmates asked, but Su Cheng's answer made everyone shut up and no one continued to ask: "Someone thought about it!"
After Ji Yanmo and Lu Xingtang left the team, they went to a freshwater area farther away, used the water towers, buckets and other containers in the space, as well as the water pump, to fill the water towers and buckets with fresh water.
After filling it up, they caught a lot of fish and put them into the space fish pond.
It’s a pity that they didn’t see any finless porpoises after walking around. The finless porpoises are probably extinct.
No rare animals were seen, including white cranes and water birds.
If you encounter them, you must find a way to collect them into the space and create a place for them to survive in the space.
When Lu Xingtang and Ji Yanmo returned to the team, everyone looked at them with very ambiguous eyes, which made Lu Xingtang speechless. He also knew that this was Su Cheng's masterpiece.
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