Chapter 7: Encounter with a wolf
In the end, Xu Zhengze got what he wanted, of course, he is a person who pays attention to fair trade, not a scoundrel, he is not willing to bear the reputation of bullying the weak, so although the other party was so scared by him that he almost peed his pants, Xu Zhengze still gave him two fish. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Xu Zhengze felt that he had done a trivial thing, but he didn't know that a man was secretly drawing circles behind his back and cursing him.
Through the primitive barter trade, several people exchanged for some salt, but Xu Zhengze took a look, and the color of the things exchanged was slightly yellow, the size of the grains was different, and it was a little bitter and astringent when he put it in his mouth, but he didn't shout, he read a lot of novels, and he also knew that most of the salt in ancient times was like this. It's better to have green salt, but it's just rare. That's why someone in the book made a fortune with this, of course, Xu Zhengze didn't have this idea, even if he got out of the salt, who would he sell it to? Not to mention that he didn't get much salt.
Objectively speaking, Xu Zhengze is a bit of a bully, he is not familiar with the environment he is in, how can he know how expensive the price of salt can be now, not to mention that buying and selling is voluntary, how can he buy and sell so strongly.
But without the coercive force constraints of all aspects, Xu Zhengze is also a little casual, but he feels that he still thinks about some moral bottom lines in his heart, and he talks about restraint, but he doesn't realize it.
The following days were actually lackluster, Xu Zhengze still didn't know how long the years were, and he was just busy every day for the food, clothing, housing and transportation of the three of them. There are enough fish in the lake surnamed Wu, although they want to vomit, but the faces of the two brothers and sisters are rosy day by day, and a few wild things such as hares will be trapped in the trap from time to time, so that a few people occasionally change their tastes.
There are not a few people in the village, Xu Zhengze and their trio have artifacts such as bamboo guns in hand, and they are like village tyrants for a while, and those people have to come over from time to time to contact feelings, but Xu Zhengze is still like that, everyone is equal to the exchange, of course, according to his price, except for some unintentional mistakes that do not understand the situation, in fact, everyone feels that this person is not as domineering as everyone thinks, and it is quite reasonable.
Gradually, the weather is getting warmer, and the green in the field is more obvious, a few people often go out to pick some wild vegetables, mixed with fish and shrimp to eat, the two little brothers and sisters know a lot, think they often pick wild vegetables, Xu Zhengze heard his grandfather say, when they were children, the country has not been liberated, they fight every day, and they can't eat enough, they have drunk thin chaff, picked wild vegetables, gnawed bark, and the days are very bitter. However, Xu Zhengze picked some things that couldn't be eaten, or simply poisoned, and made a lot of jokes.
A month passed unconsciously, the weather was warm, Xu Zhengze gradually sweater, down jacket can not wear, he is sexually clean, during this time only three or four baths, uncomfortable itching. That day, he went into the depths of the reeds, took a bath happily, and was so cold that he almost wilted, probably in February and March, the local area was still very cold, especially at this time, the cold and warm measures were far less than in the past, he slept at night without even a bedding, and the next day he got up with a cold, his whole body was soft, his nose was runny, and he sneezed, which scared the two brothers and sisters into tears.
Xu Zhengze didn't know that in terms of medical conditions at this time, a cold, that is, wind chill is quite a fatal disease, but it is not the same thing at all, of course, he is physically strong and resistant, and he will be fine in a few days. In those days, the two brothers and sisters forced him to rest, and he shouldered the heavy responsibility of life alone, taking care of him while managing his livelihood, and he was really strong.
The boy is the elder brother, and he is only 14 years old, and at their age, the elder brother is only in the second year of junior high school, and as for the younger sister, she is still in the fifth grade of elementary school.
Illness is like a small episode, it will get better soon, Xu Zhengze, who loves clean, insists on taking a bath every day, he understands that the current conditions are not as good as before, here, it is too important to have a healthy body, if it can't be reached, then you have to exercise diligently, after all, it is a matter of life. What's more, Xu Zhengze has always worshiped Taizu, and he admires his old man's behavior of taking cold showers in winter and liking to swim across the big rivers.
After he recovered from his illness, Xu Zhengze also did something, that is, let the two brothers and sisters start exercising with him. The most basic queue, turning left, turning right, and walking in unison and the like, is mainly something that exercises and saves life, and he has always had this idea since he knew that the world was not peaceful now. This month, the fish and meat are full every day, and the two siblings' bodies have also improved a lot, so Xu Zhengze put the plan on the agenda.
The two of them were quite in awe and relied on Xu Zhengze, although they felt awkward, but when Xu Zhengze said that practicing these can save their lives, plus in fact, they train a little bit every day, mainly when they go out, the three of them use queue walking, and they are really not tired. In just a week or so, the two of them slowly got into shape. Children like to fight, and from time to time they poke around with bamboo guns, and the power is not small.
The wheat seedlings in the field suddenly jumped a foot higher, the willows began to sprout, the ground was green, Xu Zhengze had begun to run around wearing only his shirt, at this time the world was full of vitality, in fact, it was the most difficult time of the year for people.
There are many refugees nearby, and there are many people gathered by the lake. There are nearly 100 people in total. Many of the empty houses in the village were also occupied.
asked the two little brothers and sisters, and under their explanation, Xu Zhengze understood the ins and outs of the matter.
In fact, as soon as the little brother and sister said it, he remembered an idiom, green and yellow. Last year's grain was gone, and this year's grain is still planted in the field, which means that the farmers will be without food for at least four or five months. Think about it, how terrible it is for people to not be able to eat.
Not to mention that the above statement is an ideal situation. In fact, after paying the landlords' rents and the government's exorbitant taxes, their remaining grain generally could not last until the end of the year, and they often had to live on wild vegetables.
What's more, the situation on the ground is even worse, you must know that bandits and soldiers are more natural disasters than natural disasters. Nakajo Mountain is the hiding place of those bandits, they often rush out to plunder the place, and the villages near Nakajo Mountain are basically very badly damaged, like the parents of the little brother and sister who went there because of this.
Otherwise, the people who are now gathered here would be in the thousands.
There are many people, and there are many things, and from time to time there are fights and brawls and the like, Xu Zhengze doesn't care about them, but a few people go out more carefully, carrying bamboo guns with them, looking like they want to fight, and no one dares to provoke them for a while.
However, one day there was an accident, and a few people went out fishing, and when they returned from their work, they found that the house was turned over and messed up, but it was a thief.
Fortunately, he didn't lose anything, Xu Zhengze's backpack contained some clothes, as well as wallets, mobile phone keys, etc., this is the only connection point between him and the past days, and it is his thoughts, so he always carries it with him on weekdays. There was some food left in the house, but it was all gone, some straw mats and other things were stolen, and the remaining three bamboo guns were left in the house, and those people did not know the goods, but they did not take them.
Overall, there is no loss of anything important, and it is not easy to check, is it easy to find it one by one? It's troublesome, and it's easy to provoke the anger of the public, if those people dare to rob them in person, they would have been beaten back by Xu Zhengze. So several people had to consider themselves unlucky.
It's like an inconsequential episode in life, the lives of several people are still going on, but the precautions are tighter, and when they go out on weekdays, Xu Zhengze is also secretly investigating who stole their things, although he thinks he is unlucky, but he has no idea of teaching the enemy a lesson.
The lake surnamed Wu is very large, and there are more than 100 people, but they can also support themselves, no matter how these people work, but the healthy people either have their own ability, or a few people work together, they will not starve to death. But there are always a few old and weak refugees who have fled, and after half a month, Xu Zhengze finally saw someone lying on the ground, with flies buzzing around him, and when he saw it from afar, he took his two brothers and sisters to quickly avoid it. But in the days that followed, the figures lying on the ground seemed to shake in front of him often, and the more he didn't think about it, the more often he thought about it, the more he thought about it, the more he was afraid, the more he was afraid, the more he thought about it, as if he had hit an evil spirit, and he had several nightmares at night, dreaming of dead people's things, which were terrible and disgusting, and he was so frightened that he screamed so much that he had to burn the brazier at night, with the light of the red fire, so that he was not so afraid.
In the past few days, he heard a long howl in the middle of the night, the sound of "......", and listened to the seeping panic in the middle of the night. He didn't sleep well in those days, and this time it was even worse. When he asked the two siblings the next day, he found that the younger siblings were also scared enough, and sure enough, it was the sound of a wolf howling.
On that day, several people had to go out because of the food they had to eat, so they chose to go out with bamboo guns to look for food in the morning when the weather was warm and the sun was shining.
Xu Zhengze didn't know that his fate, on this day, began to turn to another fork.
Outside the village, a few people first looked at the traps they had laid, but they had no gain, so they had to go to the lake to fish, and along the way they met two or three skeletons of bones that had fallen in the field, and none of the three wanted to see more, so they immediately detoured and walked away when they saw it from afar, but unfortunately they did not see it, otherwise they would have run home immediately.
As soon as they walked into the depths of the grass, Xu Zhengze and they heard a terrible cry, and a few people who didn't know why followed the sound to find a person, who was holding a knife to defend against two hungry skinny wolves, and behind him, there was another person, very old, who seemed to be his elder. In an instant, Xu Zhengze hated himself for being cheap, and he recklessly broke into this circle of right and wrong.