Chapter 17: The Problem of Food
The man observed Gong Jian for a while and said, "Yes, but you can only come at night, there are many people in the village during the day, and the world is not peaceful." ”
"No problem, how long can I buy food with all this money?" Gong Jian asked.
"If you buy tortillas for 1,000, you should be able to eat it alone for about three months." The woman pondered for a moment and said.
"So much?" Gong Jian was stunned, he originally thought that $1,000 would only be enough to spend a few days.
Seeing Gong Jian's question, the woman said. "If you want to eat cassava, the amount for half a year should be about the same, and we have cassava here that is relatively cheap and very hungry."
"What if you add meat and vegetables? How much is a month? Gong Jian kept calculating how much money he would have to spend to meet his daily life.
"There aren't a lot of meat and vegetables in town, and they're very expensive, and if all three meals are like this, I'm afraid it will cost $3,000 a month to buy them back." The woman was a little suspicious that the person in front of her didn't have so much money, after all, food was really expensive here.
After knowing how much it costs, Gong Jian said: "I will come to pick up food once a week, a total of four times, each time I ask for $1,000 for goods, if there is a special need, I will notify you in the next purchase, and give you $100 for labor each time, what do you think?" ”
$100 is already a huge amount of money in their eyes, their income in the mine is less than $200 a month, and $100 a week is already half of their monthly income.
"No problem, we'll go to town today to buy some food." The man had already put down his weapon at this point, and said with a smile.
"Great, then I'll go find a place to live first, and I'll come back later to get the food I need, by the way, where is there a dry forest or a rocky place nearby?" Gong Jian asked only when he knew that his food problem had been solved.
"Less than 1 kilometer to the east, there is a dry forest, not far away is the ledge, but few people will go to the location of the ledge, and then go east is no man's land, and anyone who has entered has never seen it out, so the locals are also very afraid of that place."
Hearing the other party say this, Gong Jian knew where was the best place for his life, would not disturb anyone, and could also ensure the safety of his area.
"Okay, thanks, it's commission, I'll come over and pick it up later." After saying that, Gong Jian took out another $100 and put it on the stack of money just now, and then walked to the east.
The distance of one kilometer in the desert is very long, because you have to climb over various sand dunes to get there, but fortunately, one kilometer is not a big problem for Gong Jian, and it didn't take long to reach the place that the middle-aged man said just now. In the distance, endless ledges and dense dry trees mingle together.
Gong Jian saw that there was still some grass growing in the distance, and he knew that there must be a water source here. Gong Jian got closer and closer to the ledge, and soon found a way to go to the inside of the ledge, the ledge here is not very brittle, but after years of weathering, many places have begun to fall slag.
After finding a place to live, Gong Jian looked around to make sure that there were no animal nests nearby, and then Gong Jian started the great business of repairing the family.
And in an unknown place, the picture of Gong Jian at this time is being projected on the big screen. A woman in a military uniform was sitting on a stool looking at the big screen, holding a glass of red wine in her hand, and after she took a sip, she said to the people around her: "Do you think he can complete this mission?" ”
The people around didn't seem to hear her speak, but she didn't get angry, but looked at Gong Jian on the big screen with a smile.
Gong Jian didn't know that someone was observing him through the satellite, and Gong Jian was not busy until the evening, and had already built a place where he could basically sleep, and also made a boom and cart, although they were all wooden structures, but in the desert, these things could already save Gong Jian a lot of effort.
This time, Gong Jian still walked to the village just now with a backpack, but this time the difference was that he was still pushing a small cart, and the man who came to the village in the morning was waiting at the door of the house, and there was food in a basket at the door of his house. After seeing Gong Jian pushing a small wooden cart, the man hurriedly greeted him, and then said: "I have bought everything for you, but there are not many sold in the water town, and it is estimated that it can be used for a week if you save it." ”
Seeing that the food and water were piled together, Gong Jian felt that the cart he had spent a lot of effort in the afternoon was not in vain, so he immediately thanked the man and began to carry the food and water onto the cart.
After the man helped Gong Jian get it done, Gong Jian said: "I live in the place you told me, my name is Gong Jian, if there is anything important, you can go over and call me." ”
The man who heard what Gong Jian said was stunned, it was the first time he heard that there were people living there, and then responded: "My name is Martin Felix, and I am the chief of this village. ”
Gong Jian was also surprised to hear that the other party was the chief, but then he was also relieved, and after saying goodbye to Martin Felix, Gong Jian pulled his small cart back to the place where he lived.
Gong Jian lit the fire after pulling the small cart up with a crane arm, and the lack of a fire at night affected the activity very much, and after the fire was lit, Gong Jian roasted a chicken, I have to say that Martin Felix thought very thoughtfully, and bought all kinds of seasoning things together.
After eating and drinking, Gong Jian began to imagine what work he was going to do tomorrow, and the place where he lived could only be said to be barely habitable, but it was definitely not possible to be comfortable, and he had to look for water near this ledge, and no water source was also a big problem, and the other Gong Jian didn't have to think too much, the temperature in the ledge was very low, and the food would not deteriorate at all.
And there will be some dangerous animals in this vicinity, so Gong Jian still needs to work hard in terms of safety. Back to his makeshift house, Gong Jian blocked the entrance of the cave with wood, and it was pitch black inside, because this was originally a recessed hole, so Gong Jian had no way to light the fire, because the smoke could not float out.
But he knew that it must be safe inside, the fire outside the house Gong Arrow had not been extinguished, he needed to save the fire, although it was feasible to drill wood for fire, but when there was an emergency, it would definitely delay time.
Gong Jian slept like this one night, and the next day at dawn, Gong Jian woke up naturally, and saw through the narrow gap in the wood that Gong Jian saw that the fire outside had not been extinguished, so he immediately removed the wood and walked out, and then added some dead wood to the fire.
There were too many dead trees here, but Gong Jian had too few tools at hand, and after exercising for a while, Gong Jian decided to go to Martin Felix's village again.