76.Chapter 76: A Family of Five
When the shift changed at night, Ding Chen knew that the part of the food handed over by the two sides in the morning was not only the price paid by the apartment, but also part of it was purchased by Su Ying to replace people, which surprised Ding Chen. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info it is obvious that a refugee can't even exchange a bag of old grain.
However, the apartment was really paid in full, and Su Ying only paid a part. On the one hand, it was because there was not enough food to sell in the apartment, so it was all sold to Su Ying. When the refugees are gone, the people in the apartment can pack their bags and flee with them.
On the other hand, because Su Ying wanted to bring people back to the caravan's base, they were understaffed and it was difficult to control the excessive population, so they needed to use food to whet the appetite of the refugees and prevent them from running away when they got the food.
Tomorrow they will send a group of people back to the base with the selected refugees, and on the way they will pass through places like apartments, and then they will continue to buy food and deliver it in batches.
When Ding Chen and Ye Dai walked down the stairs side by side, they found four caravan members with guns standing in front of the door of the innermost large conference room, and it seemed that the refugees they bought were all in that room. When the two of them came down, they happened to see someone carrying a large bucket of porridge and steamed buns into it.
Ye Dai glanced at the four men, didn't say anything, and walked directly into the restaurant.
It was dinner time, so the restaurant was full. The people in the apartment were a little better. The people in the caravan all looked more excited than yesterday, shouting and screaming one by one, and it was a miasma. Fortunately, everyone still knows that you can't mess around here, and no one talks nonsense about Carlo and the others, but there are some women who help in the restaurant, and the caravan people are more familiar with them, and they know that these can be teased, so they are very presumptuous in their words, and no one will deliberately avoid Carlo.
Seeing Ding Chen and Ye Dai coming in side by side, the noise in the restaurant suddenly fell silent. First, the aura of these two people is good, the women are handsome and the men are beautiful, and everyone is a little distracted. Second, although Ding Chen left the rifle on the top floor, the black knife behind his back was still there, and the deterrent effect was still very strong when he came in with such a big knife.
After the room was quiet for a while, everyone recognized Ye Dai, and naturally knew that the guy who was following her was the guy who had been in the limelight recently, so the noise in the restaurant immediately returned.
Ding Chen stood in place and looked around, and found that there were already people sitting next to several tables in the restaurant. To his surprise, the family of five of the refugees was also sitting behind a table in the corner, along with Daddy and Hoss. Apparently seven people were eating and chatting.
Ye Dai also saw them, raised her hand and said hello to Carlo who was busy standing behind the bar, and then said to Ding Chen: "You go to get food, I'll go over first." As he spoke, he turned and walked over there.
Ding Chen didn't think there was anything to be ashamed of running errands for a beautiful woman, so he walked to the bar and waited for Carlo to serve dinner to the two of them.
Carlo looked like he'd been busy for a long time, and his fair forehead was covered with a thin bead of sweat. She is just the right age, and she doesn't need to go outside, her skin is fair and delicate, and she is full of healthy redness at this time, and her teeth and lips are red.
Seeing Ding Chen coming, she looked very happy, wiped the sweat on her forehead with a towel hanging around her neck, and asked Ding Chen, "Do you want a new potato?" ”
"Mashed potatoes?" Ding Chen's eyes lit up and said, "Give me one." ”
"It's boiled potatoes." Carlo said apologetically, "I don't have time to make mashed potatoes today." ”
"Then two potatoes." Ding Chen said.
Carlo took out a wooden plate, served food on it, and looked at Ding Chen with his eyes and asked, "Are you going out at night?" ”
Ding Chen was stunned for a moment, looked at Carlo, and couldn't see any clues from her face as he wished, so he asked suspiciously, "What are you doing out at night?" I still have to keep a vigil with your sister Dale. ”
Carlo looked relieved, nodded and said, "That's it, what are you going out for this big night." ”
Ding Chen inexplicably took the plate, walked to Ye Dai's side and sat down, just in time to hear Ye Dai ask the middle-aged man, "What are your abilities?" ”
The middle-aged man obviously felt very uncomfortable with Ye Dai's appearance, and became nervous inexplicably. The youngest girl beside him grabbed his arm tightly in fear.
So the father had to help him out of the siege, "He used to raise pigs." He explained.
"But we don't have pigs for him to raise." Ye Dai frowned and said. Her gaze swept over the man and his four family members, and then she asked the man, "What else will you do?" ”
The man glanced at his father pleadingly, and said, "I'll also build a pigsty." ”
"We have to get back to farming." Daddy said, "His talents can be used." ”
Ye Dai spread her hands and said to her father, "I didn't question your decision. ”
Daddy nodded, like Ding Chen. Ding Chen felt very helpless, his father's intention was obviously to let himself take care of Ye Dai, but the conscience of heaven and earth, he was really powerless.
Huo Si coughed and explained to Ding Chen and Ye Dai: "Originally, there were only three children who were sold, and he took the initiative to stand up with his family. ”
Ye Dai glanced at the man, lowered her head and went to take the potatoes on the plate.
The father said to the man with relief: "In this world, it is not easy to protect your family. ”
The man said yes again and again as if he had met a bosom friend, and almost burst into tears.
Ding Chen saw that the eldest of the man's three daughters had been staring at the potato in Ye Dai's hand, so he picked up his own one and shook it at the little girl, "Do you want it?" ”
The girl was startled and quickly lowered her eyes. Her mother pulled her nervously, then squeezed out a smile at Ding Chen, shook her head and said, "She doesn't want to." ”
Ding Chen smiled, handed the potato in his hand to the man, and asked him to pass it on to his daughter. The man subconsciously refused, but Ding Chen directly stuffed the potatoes into his hands.
"I'll go get a few more." He said.
Hoss sighed and said apologetically to the man, "I'm sorry, I didn't know they made potatoes. ”
Obviously, the food on this table was brought by Hoss. Carlo is not as enthusiastic about Hoth as he is about Ding Chen, so naturally he will not take the initiative to introduce the dishes, and Hoth is not a delicious person, basically what to eat. So all I got was simple polenta and steamed buns with pickles.
When Ding Chen got up to get the potatoes, he pulled Ye Dai and motioned for her to go with him. The two of them returned to the bar, and Ding Chen told Carlo his request, so Carlo went back to the pot to pick up potatoes.
Ding Chen saw that there was no one on either side, and then said to Ye Dai: "What's the matter with you?" You're scaring the kids. ”
Ye Dai pursed her lips, shook her head and said, "I just don't like to look at his wretched look." ”
"Not everyone will be brave enough to fight." Ding Chen said: "I think his appearance is the reaction of normal people. ”
"Is he just watching himself and his family being sold as goods?" Ye Dai said: "If it weren't for meeting his father, he wouldn't have been able to keep the family intact. ”
"At least they're together." Ding Chen said helplessly: "I thought you understood. ”
"Of course I do." Ye Dai said: "That's why I'm angry." ”
"Okay, if you're angry, you'll be born slowly after eating." Ding Chen saw Carlo walking back with half a plate of potatoes and decided to end the topic. He asked Ye Dai, "Do you want to be on duty at night?" ”
"Of course." Ye Dai said: "You are with me." ”
Ding Chen noticed that her tone was very affirmative, and it seemed unquestionable, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised. Normally, Ye Dai would not order herself like this.
It seems that Ye Dai's temper is indeed very bad today, he thought. Then he picked up the plate handed over by Carlo, squeezed his eyes at Carlo, and returned to the table with Ye Dai.