Chapter 9
After Ye Qingyun had walked away, Jiang Zhi turned back.
If she wasn't mistaken, the man she saw last night at the base store who was asking for low-toxin food had just appeared in this area.
Jiang Zhi walked back a moment and saw Niu Dali carrying his wife anxiously toward the clinic, with a pale-faced little child silently weeping behind them.
Niu Dali's eyes were bloodshot. "Axu, hang in there a little longer. I'll go to the clinic right now and get someone to give you some pain relief medication!"
The woman weakly tried to stop her: "D-Dali, forget it, let's leave our family's points for Xiaolu..."
The remedy only delays her treatment; it can't cure her completely. Instead of wasting points on her, we should leave the hope to the child.
The little child clung tightly to Niu Dali's clothes, and upon hearing this, burst into tears, crying, "I don't want it! I don't want the points! I just want my mom!"
Everyone had gone outside, leaving only the elderly, women, and children in each household. Hearing the child crying, they all craned their necks to look outside, but fearing trouble, they all hid.
Niu Dali ignored his wife's advice and ran straight towards the clinic.
As she passed Jiangzhi, she stretched out her right hand to block their path.
Niu Dali was in a hurry and was about to speak when he heard the girl in front of him say, "I have something with low toxicity."
Niu Dali was delighted to hear this, but quickly became wary and asked, "You're willing to sell to me?"
Jiang Zhi thought for a moment, "I can give you the item, and if it works, you can give me points."
Jiang Zhi's uncertain words made Niu Dali's face stiffen, and a sense of despair rose in his heart once again.
He looked down at his wife's almost unconscious face, and after a moment his resolve hardened: "Alright! As long as Ah Xu can get through this, I'll do whatever you ask of me, as long as it's not about murder or arson, or harming my family!"
Jiang Zhi muttered, "There's really no need for that."
She had an idea in her mind last night when she saw Niu Dali.
She has two fangs from a low-toxicity fanged rabbit.
These two teeth, like the bone club she had given to Jiang Shu before, were a light gold color on her dashboard.
—The product is good, but I don't know how to use it.
Jiang Zhi approached Niu Dali not out of sympathy, but to conduct an experiment.
Let's see what the items marked with gold are actually used for.
She took a small medicine box out of her pocket.
Inside was baked rabbit tooth powder, which had been ground into powder; she only put in thirty grams.
In the case of Niu Dali's wife, it would require 500 grams of low-toxin plants or 200 grams of low-toxin meat to alleviate her condition.
Normally, even with meat, 30 grams wouldn't have much effect.
Niu Dali looked at the small amount and expressed his disappointment, "This... this little bit?"
Jiang Zhi stretched out her hand expressionlessly: "Do you want it or not? If not, give it back to me."
Niu Dali immediately withdrew his hand, shouting, "I want it! I want it!"
He was completely desperate and wanted to gamble on even the smallest attempt, hoping to buy himself a few more days.
After tossing the medicine box to Niu Dali, Jiang Zhi glanced at the teary-eyed boy next to her and left.
Whether or not they can be saved in the end, we'll find out eventually.
Afterwards, Jiang Zhi did not linger in the self-built area. She wandered around the neighborhood for a while before returning to the low-rent apartment to let her brother go out for some fresh air.
Jiang Shu was overjoyed.
He found out yesterday that area C is not far from area D.
He had long wanted to see what mutants were like.
Although most superhumans currently only have physical enhancements, it is said that some superhumans have abilities that are based on the five elements.
These abilities, which only appeared in novels, are now within reach for Jiang Shu, who is determined to join in the fun.
Jiang Zhi wasn't interested in this.
I decided to stay in the rented room and pack my things.
If nothing unexpected happens, the family will be able to check out soon.
Not long after Jiang Shu left, Ye Qingyun returned, a smile on his face.
Jiang Zhi's mood improved a bit. "Mom, what good thing happened?"
“I found a part-time job,” Ye Qingyun said with a smile. “There’s a private clinic near the No. 5 low-rent housing complex that’s hiring nurses. It just so happens that my major is a perfect match, so I went to ask about it. I usually change dressings for the wounded and help the doctor brew some mutated herbs.”
That sounds pretty good, Jiang Zhi asked, "How much is the salary?"
"Daily wages, 25 points per day."
That's not a small amount, considering that the staple food in the base store only costs 15 points per pound.
It is precisely at times like these that skilled workers have more opportunities to thrive.
Ye Qingyun said with some regret, "If only your grandfather were here. I think traditional Chinese medicine doctors are more sought after than Western doctors at the base now."
Jiang Zhi's grandfather, Jiang Aiguo, was a well-known barefoot doctor in the area when he was young. He had many folk remedies that could cure diseases and save lives. Later, with the support of national policies, he passed the exam for traditional Chinese medicine when he was over seventy years old. He was indeed an expert and obtained a medical practitioner's license, which made him a legitimate traditional Chinese medicine doctor.
After the cataclysm, without the equipment for making medicine, Western medicine was almost extinct, and in many cases, it was extremely difficult to obtain a single medicine, and every little bit used was a finite amount.
On the contrary, the mutated Chinese herbal medicines have developed many medicinal effects.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Zhi joked, "Once we find our grandfather, the two of you can open a clinic."
Just as Ye Qingyun was about to respond, the detector suddenly went off.
It was Jiang Shan's men who infiltrated.
Ye Qingyun was overjoyed.
Being able to make contact proves that Jiang Shan has returned to the base area, and at the very least, his safety is not a problem.
Sure enough, after the call connected, Jiang Shan's voice came through: "Qingyun, we're back. We're at the West Gate. Bring the children over here..."
Ye Qingyun excitedly replied with "okay" several times, and then asked a few questions about her husband's safety. After receiving an affirmative answer, she finally turned off the communication.
While the couple was on the phone, Jiang Zhi tactfully called her brother over.
Ye Qingyun was very satisfied. "As expected, my little darling is so easy to take care of. Let's hurry up. Your dad said we need to buy the land before the sun goes down."
Jiang Zhi was still very excited to hear that she could buy the land today.
Fortunately, they didn't have much stuff, and the mother and daughter quickly packed up the remaining luggage, checked out, and headed straight for the West Gate.
When the two arrived, Jiang Shu was already following closely behind Jiang Shan and getting to know the pioneers.
They looked so familiar with each other, they were practically about to put their arms around each other's shoulders.
When Jiang Shan saw the mother and daughter arrive, he naturally took their luggage and carried it on his back.
Ye Qingyun: "Are all the big items still there?"
They left the car behind and only took some essential items; they didn't take things like folding seats.
Jiang Shan: "They're all still here." Seeing his wife wink at him, he whispered back, "The car paperwork is all done, and Chen Li promised to let us choose any piece of land."
Ye Qingyun was overjoyed.
Why don't you try to negotiate the price more?
Jiang Shan said helplessly, "You know I'm not cut out for that."
What Jiang Shan didn't say was that the car had been left outside overnight. When they arrived, the mutated vines had completely enveloped the car. It took the pioneer team a lot of effort to get the car out. If they had been any later, the mutated branches would probably have penetrated into the car's internal parts, making it unusable.
Fortunately, they took everything they could with them when they left yesterday, otherwise they would have suffered heavy losses.
As soon as he finished speaking, his son Jiang Shuyang said smugly, "Mom, Dad doesn't know how to bargain, so he had to rely on me."
He brought over the spare tire from the SUV.
Ye Qingyun asked in surprise, "What is this...?"
"Brother Chen said that since we have a connection with this family, we don't need our spare tire."
Brother Chen is Chen Li's cousin, Chen Rixin.
Speaking of which, Jiang Shu is a righteous person who doesn't like to fuss over small things but is clear-headed about important matters. In addition, because of the Jiang family's off-road vehicle, the mutants in the pioneering team are happy to hang out with him.
Jiang Shan smiled upon hearing this.
His silly son is actually quite lucky.
This spare tire is worth quite a few points.
Seeing this, Ye Qingyun felt relieved: "I'll have your dad take it and modify it to make a flatbed cart."
He then instructed his simple-minded son: "After we settle down in a few days, buy some things and send them over to them."
Only through give and take can human relationships be built.
The land reclamation team still had tasks to complete, so they needed new team members to accompany them through the land purchase process. To their delight, because Chen Li's wife was an insider, the staff also gifted them 100 kilograms of clay and three months' rental rights for mud brick molds.
Although the quantity is small, it adds up to a considerable amount when converted into integrals.
The clay used in the base is all transported back little by little by the members of the reclamation team.
Priority will be given to supplying the base construction; only any surplus will be put on the shelves in the store.
The price has never been low.
Ye Qingyun roughly told Jiang Shan about the land he had his eye on.
Jiang Shan fully approved of his wife's judgment and had no objections. After the couple agreed on the terms, the next step was land certification, obtaining the certificate, and going through the procedures...
This perfectly illustrates the saying, "It's easier to get things done if you have connections."
The land purchase went more smoothly than they had imagined.
Emerging from the meeting hall, Jiang Shu still couldn't quite believe his eyes when he saw the property deed in his mother's hand. "So, we finally have a home?"
Ye Qingyun's upturned lips never left his mouth. "We have land now, but we still need to build houses!"
Jiang Shan said, "Don't worry, we'll have these eventually."
After everything was settled, Hu Yang, who accompanied the reclamation team, even helped them move.
After helping unload the luggage, Hu Yang wiped the sweat from his forehead: "Uncle Jiang, Aunt Jiang, is there any other luggage you need to move?"
The young man's face was still youthful, and he looked to be only eighteen or nineteen years old. However, he did his best along the way and shared a lot of useful information with them.
Ye Qingyun handed over the Zippo creative kerosene lighter that he had in his hand, saying, "Xiao Hu, thank you for accompanying me on so many trips today. We don't have anything good right now, so please don't mind."
After Hu Yang saw what Ye Qingyun was holding, he waved his hands repeatedly, "This is what the captain instructed, it's all what I should do."
That lighter was a valuable item even before the catastrophe. Although it looks a bit old, it would still fetch a good price even now. How could Hu Yang dare to take it?
Without saying a word, Ye Qingyun stuffed it over, saying, "It's your captain's business to give instructions, and it's my business to give it to you. Take it. Come over and have a meal together after your aunt has finished building her house."
Hu Yang couldn't refuse, so he accepted it. He scratched his head shyly, feeling a little embarrassed to accept it for nothing, and said, "Auntie, I'm on a mission these days. It's a swampy area with a lot of clay. I'll bring some back for you."
Ye Qingyun said politely, "How could I possibly accept this?"
Hu Yang smiled and said, "It's nothing, it's just something I did on the side. My family is also planning to build an extra room, so we need some too. It's just that the quantity might not be much; I can only help you carry a hundred or two hundred catties a day at most..."
Ye Qingyun knew that her family really needed these things, so she didn't say anything to refuse. "That's great, it doesn't matter how much you have. Thank you in advance, Auntie!"
Hu Yang chuckled, didn't linger, and left after adding Ye Qingyun as a friend.
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