Chapter Twenty-Four: Old Man Ham
Herring sat on the ground and rested for half an hour before his heart beat steady, and he stood up from the edge of the ice crevasse with his body propped up, and he almost collapsed on the ground with a feeling of weakness. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Gotta go." He Ling muttered to himself, looking at the huge ice crack stretching in front of him, he was still afraid for a while.
Herring walked in the direction of the crack before the crack slowly closed, and a huge ice cap grew on its edge.
He Ling stepped on the ice sheet, his eyes were firmly fixed on his feet, for fear that a similar ice crevasse would appear in front of him, and after facing a life and death crisis, He Ling's vigilance in his heart increased a lot.
The wind was blowing in the Antarctic continent, and Herring was moving slowly on the ice sheet like a tiny black spot, and in front of him was a huge city, the city of Lysha had finally arrived.
With a long sigh of relief, Hering looked up at this strange city, the outer part of the city was still a tall steel city wall, but this city wall was much more dilapidated than that of Nanjiang City, and the soldiers patrolling inside were also dozing.
Herring frowned and walked forward.
"What for?" The two soldiers interrogated, they were dressed in military coats, holding old-fashioned submachine guns on the edge of the hole, without any majesty, and they looked at the two rickety old men alive.
The guards of Nanjiang City are all well-equipped overrun soldiers, while Laisha City is an ordinary soldier with backward equipment, and it is obvious how strong Nanjiang City's comprehensive strength is.
"On official business, please let me go." After Herring took out the black card and the letter and showed it to the two soldiers, the two of them were shocked and let them go with a flattering face.
Although Herring did not have any firearms or weapons, the winter suit on his body made the two guards envious, staring at his clothes with straight eyes, and asking him if he could sell them at a high price.
He Ling refused without hesitation, this kind of cold-resistant clothing is the sophisticated equipment in the overrun army, and it costs a lot of money, He Ling They were sent to Nanjiang City in advance, so they were lucky to get this cold-resistant clothing, usually even if they want to buy it, there is no price.
Through the deep tunnel, Heling obviously felt that the tunnel was much shorter, that is to say, the thickness of the tall iron wall was not large, and there was a faint feeling that this Laisha City seemed to be quite poor.
The light appeared in front of him, and Herring walked into the interior of Lysha City, the existence of the protective shield made his body warm a lot, and a sense of sleepiness struck, Herring bit his tongue before he calmed down and went to find the Uncle Ham that the bearded man said.
As far as the eye can see, the streets of Laisha are desolate, with dilapidated and dilapidated buildings lined up one after another, the roads are full of filth and filth, various low-rise buildings occupy Herling's field of vision, and only a few skyscrapers are in the middle of all the buildings, becoming the core of Laisha City.
Herring wandered the streets of Depression looking for the guy named Ham, but there was no trader-looking guy on the street except for the ragged pauper.
"Hey, lad, you're Baker's man?" A low, hoarse voice came from Herring's right, and Herring turned to see a deep alley, utterly dark, and at the edge of it, a white-haired, bearded old man sitting next to a garbage dump greeted him.
The old man's face was full of filth, and his dense beard made him look very sloppy, and Herring turned to him and asked, "Are you Ham?" ”
"Yes." The old white man nodded slowly, although he was dirty, but his eyes were bright, he supported his body with his arms, and barely stood up, it seemed that he was lame on one leg, and he limped when he walked, and it was very difficult to get to Heling's side.
"Did Baker call you to buy something?" Ham's voice was hoarse and his breath was faint, and Herring was suspicious that he would die suddenly the next moment.
"Can you do it physically? I think you can't take it anymore. He Ling asked lightly, this old man was wearing a coarse cloth short coat, barefoot, and a metal frame on his right leg, which was twisted and uncomfortable.
"Of course I can, retired fighters won't fall so early, come on young man, follow me, I'll get you the goods." Ham smiled a slump in his eyes, and though his eyes were dark and he looked like he hadn't eaten in a long time, he didn't show it in the slightest.
Herring silently followed him to the street, "By the way, show me your cards and letters, people are useless when they are old, and they almost forgot to confirm their identity for a while." Ham turned abruptly and asked.
Herring showed him the letter and the cards, and Ham nodded and smiled, limping forward with Herring.
"Do you have food, young man? Help me, old man. Ham asked softly as he looked at a humble tavern on the side of the street.
"I'll take you to eat," said the old man, who began to rumble in his stomach as soon as he said it, as soon as he said this, he found that his stomach began to growl.
"What a generous young man." Ham complimented, and followed Herring into the messy little restaurant.
"What do you have to eat?" Herring asked, taking out the spare coin that Baker had given him before leaving, thirty star coins, which looked like he should be able to eat a full meal here.
"Only ramen, sir." He was greeted by a thin child, who looked malnourished at first glance, and he looked up and said to Hering kindly.
"Then two bowls of ramen and more soup." He Ling ordered the meal happily and found a table to sit down.
Ham sat down with him, looked at Herling with admiration, and said in a low and kind voice, "Young man, you are very loving. ”
"What can love do here?" He Ling smiled, love is not a fart in this world now, love will only make you fall into the abyss.
"Of course I can do a lot of things, although people are good and are bullied, but being kind is indeed a good quality, and now there are too few people who have love, and they don't care about the life or death of me, a veteran." Ham joked with a laugh.
He Ling looked at each other and smiled, and said, "Everyone else can't eat enough, right." Baker told me to buy two cigarettes from you. ”
"I know, kid, what's your name?" Old man Ham's nose was red, and he was overjoyed to see the noodles coming, and hurriedly picked up his fork and ate it.
"Herring." Herring picked up the fork, a little unaccustomed, so he ate it like an old man.
"Not a bad name," the old man said as he munched on the noodles with pleasure, steaming, "Beck wants two cigarettes, that's enough for him to smoke for two years, he's an old smoker like me." ”
"Is smoke rare?" Hering asked, after all, five hundred star coins is not a decimal, and no one would be willing to hand over five hundred star coins to make people simply run errands to buy cigarettes, although this errand would be so dangerous.
"Smoke is not rare, but after gamma rays hit the earth, the number of smokers increased in large numbers, and people were worried, worried about food, worried about survival, worried about everything." Ham shook his head helplessly.
"So most of the human beings on the earth are smokers, and the demand for tobacco is very great, but the productivity of human beings has been devastated after the catastrophe, and no one will be stupid enough to produce tobacco instead of food, you must know that the land is concentrated in the hands of those in power." Ham smiled helplessly.
"Only those of us who have no support have taken the risk of reselling the smoking ban in order to make a living." Ham Road.
Herring nodded, the cigarettes were very cheap, and the bearded Baker gave him a total of 100 star coins to buy two cigarettes before leaving, which was much lower than the errand fee.
"Young man, can you give me the money first? I'll give you the goods when you get there. Ham said in a low voice, his eyes strange, and there seemed to be a hint of anger in his eyes.
Herring frowned, and there was a hint of malice in his heart.