Chapter 256 What is our bottom line?
Lu Xingtang looked at the map and nodded: "Okay, let's go back to the imperial capital first!" If everyone is willing to stay in the imperial capital, Lu Xingtang will not force it.
Lu Xingtang understood what the three teachers meant. They probably wouldn't go to Lancheng with them. They wanted to stay in the imperial capital, die there, and even more so, send Teacher Zhang's ashes back to the imperial capital. Lu Xingtang and the others had been away from the imperial capital for nine years and wanted to go back and visit it.
After once again confirming the route back to the imperial capital, everyone regrouped and started walking with the little supplies given by the military at the border.
The weather in Heilongjiang Province is a bit cold, and people are wearing thermal underwear under their tattered clothes. However, everyone is cautious and deliberately pretends to be cold to avoid being discovered by other survivors.
However, they walked for several days without encountering any survivors, most likely those who had joined the Ice City base. After walking for ten days, they arrived at the Sui River and planned to cross the river by cheating. However, they saw people fishing in three fishing boats.
After observing them, he found that they were a disciplined and organized group. The fox's special assistant volunteered: "Shall I go and ask them about the situation?"
Qi Jingyi raised his hand to go with Fox Assistant, and Lu Xingtang agreed, asking them to show their goodwill and not cause trouble or offend the fishermen, otherwise they would have to wait until they left before they could take out their own boat to cross the river.
Fox Assistant: "If they offer to cross the river in exchange for supplies, what's our bottom line?"
"We have more people. Although they have boats, they will definitely be wary of us and may not agree to let us cross the river. Besides, we don't know those people! If they are willing to exchange supplies, just let them ask. As long as it's not too excessive, just agree!" There are so many of them. If they go fishing together, they can also gather supplies to cross the river.
After getting Lu Xingtang's approval, Special Assistant Fox and Qi Jingyi went to find the fisherman. Lu Xingtang and others waited on the side, observing the fisherman's expression. Sure enough, the other party was very cautious and pulled the trigger, almost shooting.
The fox assistant was a shrewd man. Seeing the other man pull the trigger, he immediately squatted on the ground and begged for mercy. "Brother, don't be impulsive. Most of us are doctors. If you feel unwell, we can treat you for free and even find supplies to exchange for you to cross the river. You name a price, and as long as we can do it, we guarantee it!"
"If we don't behave, you can shoot at any time. We don't have any weapons and can't resist!" Qi Jingyi said.
When the fishing captain heard that it was a doctor and he was delivering supplies across the river, he was excited. "Are you sure you can provide free medical treatment? How much supplies are enough?"
"Sure! Sure! As long as you keep your word and take us across the river, that's all!" said the fox's special assistant.
The fishing captain immediately called everyone back, and then looked at the fox assistant: "In this case, call all your people over!" Let them see a doctor first!
Lu Xingtang and the others went over immediately. Everyone had a small bundle in their hands, which contained clothes and roasted potatoes. Each person had about three to five potatoes in their hands.
The fishing captain coldly asked them to put down their bags and took them away: "Are you all doctors?"
Lu Xingtang pointed to his bag and said, "There are silver needles and medicinal herbs in my bag. The medicinal herbs were secretly hidden by us in Luo Country. You can open it and take a look." The medicinal herbs inside were actually some prepared herbs that Lu Xingtang found in the space to make this group of people believe it.
The fishing captain believed it the moment he saw the medicinal herbs and silver needles. He kept looking at them and suddenly heaved a sigh of relief. These people were not bipeds. Their eyes were very upright and they did not look like those who had been devastated by the end of the world.
"Are you sure you're just crossing the river?" the fishing captain asked. "You won't attack us?"
Lu Xingtang said calmly: "If you don't believe it, you can make your request and we will do it."
The fishing captain immediately asked them to treat their group of people. Lu Xingtang and the others did not hesitate and called Ji Yanmo and Su Cheng aside since they were not doctors. They asked them to choose whoever they wanted to treat.
The fishing captain and others were stunned for a moment. For safety reasons, they picked a few very honest people to see the doctor. Lu Xingtang and others were waiting very calmly on the side, not worried at all. This made the fishing captain feel a little relieved, especially when he saw that everyone was taking the pulse and examining the patients, and using the traditional Chinese medicine's three-dimensional diagnosis of "looking, smelling, asking and feeling" on them. They described the condition exactly and even told them what medicine to use. It was a pity that they had no medicine.
Lu Xingtang had medicine in his hand, but he would not give it to them. However, he gave them some of the medicinal herbs in his bag. As for how they dealt with them, Lu Xingtang didn't care.
Seeing how generous Lu Xingtang and his friends were, the fishing captain stopped making things difficult for them and suggested, "If you want to cross the river, it's easy. Three kilograms of supplies per person! Anything will do. Three kilograms will do."
Lu Xingtang did not bargain with them and asked everyone to go fishing. No matter what kind of fish they caught, they must catch all the supplies needed for everyone to cross the river. There were 34 people crossing the river, and each person caught three kilograms of supplies, which meant 102 kilograms of supplies were needed. 102 kilograms of supplies were not so easy to catch, but Ji Yanmo secretly helped and used the electric net to catch all the fish in the river to help everyone complete the task.
At five o'clock in the afternoon of that day, everyone exceeded the task and distributed 102 kilograms of supplies, and kept the rest for themselves.
The fishing team: "..." Is it that easy? They've been fishing for days, but they don't have much supplies!
The fishing captain kept his word and sent everyone across the river. However, to be on the safe side, he decided to send everyone across in batches, with one boat as an escort.
Each boat would send three people, and they sent five people to cross the river together, all holding guns, to prevent Lu Xingtang and his men from attacking them and stealing their fishing boats. If the fishing boats were lost, they would have no way to explain.
He didn't breathe a sigh of relief until he sent Lu Xingtang and the others to the other side. When he saw the supplies they had handed in for the journey, a smile appeared on his face.
After crossing the Sui River, Lu Xingtang and his companions discovered a village. After observation, they found no one in the village and no signs of human activity. "We will rest in the village tonight and leave tomorrow!"
Ji Yanmo calmly followed everyone into the village without saying a word. Lu Xingtang knew Ji Yanmo very well, and he knew something was wrong in the village as soon as he saw him like this.
The houses in the village were very dilapidated and not suitable for living. After searching around, I found a house with no skylight on the roof. There were discarded furniture inside, but the furniture and the floor were covered with a thick layer of dirt, as well as insects and spider webs.
"Just clean up quickly, we'll stay here tonight." Then he took out the broom from the space and distributed it to everyone. Everyone divided the work of cleaning together and soon it was clean. Then they lit a bonfire and everyone sat around it. Lu Xingtang took out a basket of sweet potatoes from the space and roasted them in the fire.
At this time, Lu Xingtang heard a rustling sound in his ears.
Asking for monthly ticket
(End of this chapter)
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