Chapter 7: Entering the City (I)
Li Ba can swear that he has never eaten such a delicious fruit in his life, it should be said that it is a melon. The green jade melons grown in the bracelet space are big, sweet, crispy and delicious, making people want to eat them.
The melons weighing fifteen or sixteen pounds were quickly eaten up by him and his sister-in-law. One big and one small were lying on the wooden bed, their bellies swollen and round, unable to move.
"Cool......"
Since the damned end of the world came, Li Ba was still full for the first time, touching his big belly, and his fat face was full of satisfaction. With the mysterious space, he no longer has to worry about not having enough to eat, and the next step is to solve the security problem.
The camps are too chaotic and in poor conditions to be inhabitable. Therefore, if you want to seek a stable and peaceful life in the last days, you must go to the city.
"Into town! Be sure to go into town! ”
Li Ba was lying on the bed, and his small eyes flashed with a gleam. With the mysterious space, he can grow and obtain a lot of food, and if he wants to enter the city, it should not be a problem.
According to the rules of the Xibu settlement, refugees can be eligible to live in the city as long as they hand over a certain amount of materials. Li Ba didn't know exactly how much to hand over, he had never gone out to look for supplies, and he didn't know anything about it.
"I'll have to go to the north gate and find out what is going on."
After the end of the world, the weather seemed to be affected, with little rain and drought, and the scorching sun hanging in the sky. It was only two hours at most, and all the clothes that were drying outside were dry. After getting dressed, Li Ba was going to take his concubine and go to the north gate for a walk to inquire about the situation. As for the hard work, with the super-large green jade melons grown in the mysterious space, he had already given up.
When she went out, she grabbed a handful of dust from the ground and made her little face dirty. Li Ba saw it in his eyes and sighed in his heart, if it was a peaceful day, the little girl would definitely be under the care and love of her elders at this moment, but now, she can only rely on herself to protect herself.
Li Ba didn't stop it, the little girl stained her face, perhaps, she would avoid some trouble.
One large and one small, the two figures walked towards the north gate of the settlement. At this time, look at the sky, about nine o'clock. The coolies in the camp have long since left for work, leaving only some of the old, weak, sick and disabled. Walking on the stenching road, Li Ba vowed in his heart that he must leave this damn refugee camp and take his concubine to live a good life.
Coming to the north gate, the city gate is very lively nearby, there are pedestrians, there are cars, the roar is endless, and the fish go in and out. Looking at the people in camouflage uniforms and armed with guns in the car, Li Ba's fat face couldn't help but show envy. These guys are not all armed police officers and soldiers, and many of them were originally civilians. When the apocalypse came, they picked up guns and fought the zombies, and all those who survived were those who were strong in battle. Some belong to the government, and some form their own teams to go out to hunt zombies and search for supplies. Although they live a life of licking blood from the knife edge, they are undoubtedly much more comfortable than the people in the refugee camp.
Going out to hunt zombies and searching for supplies, Li Ba is reluctant to do this job. He has a mysterious space, as long as he enters the city, I believe that it will not be long before he can live a good life with his sister-in-law.
On the left side of the city gate, there is a row of simple prefabricated houses. Quite a few people gathered there, mostly refugees. When Li Ba walked over with his concubine, he looked at the past, and there was a blackboard in front of the board room, which was full of names of various materials, and at the same time, it also indicated the amount of materials needed to enter the city.
Three hundred pounds of grain!
This is the fee that needs to be paid to enter the city, three hundred catties of grain per person.
Food is a general term and a standard for measuring the value of materials. The blackboard is written in great detail, with a wide variety of materials, covering almost all daily necessities, and the exchange rate for food is also different, such as meat, one pound can be worth ten pounds of food. A pound of live poultry and livestock is worth dozens of pounds of grain.
Li Ba and his entourage looked at it, and suddenly, his fat face trembled, and he unconsciously showed surprise. It is clearly written on the blackboard that fruit can be exchanged for grain and meat, and one pound can be exchanged for ten pounds. There is also a mark next to it, if someone can pick edible mutated fruits from the mountain, after identification, one catty can be exchanged for thirty catties of grain.
Mutant fruits!
I believe it should also be a fruit that has been mutated under the influence of the damn end times. Its value is even higher than meat, which Li Ba did not expect. He estimated in his heart that the super-large green jade melons grown in the mysterious space, whether in appearance or taste, should belong to mutated fruits and the like, otherwise, how could ordinary melons weigh more than ten catties!
If the green jade melon grown in the mysterious space is really a mutated fruit, then a big melon will be worth nearly five hundred catties of grain. Two big melons can allow him and his sister to obtain the qualifications to enter the city, and it will be a lot more.
Li Ba was pleasantly surprised. took her little hand and quietly withdrew from the crowd.
"Girl, stay here, don't run around, uncle has something to do, come back soon!" Li Ba said in a high voice. He was now impatient to learn the value of the oversized green jade melons he had grown. In order to avoid suspicion, he had to find a suitable reason to leave the camp and wander around for a while before he could take out the green jade melon in the bright light.
Ji'er didn't think so in her heart, her big eyes were suspicious and begging, and her little hand pulled the corner of Li Ba's clothes, refusing to let go.
"Silly girl!"
Li Ba immediately reacted and touched her little head, "Uncle won't leave you, even if you die, Uncle will die with you." Looking at his round face, full of sincere emotions, Ji'er unconsciously let go of her hand.
"Wait for me."
Li Ba smiled and pinched the little girl's face, turned around and trotted away. In one go, he returned to his home in the camp, pulled out a plastic bag, and then left the camp and walked around the safety of the camp.
After that, he resisted in the pocket on his shoulder, and there were already four more green jade melons. I'm not sure if the green jade melon I grew is a mutated fruit, so I took out more. Even if the green jade melon is an ordinary fruit, it should be enough for him and Ji'er to qualify for entering the city.
Resisting sixty or seventy pounds of melons, Li Ba walked quickly and trotted towards the city gate. He didn't want the little girl to wait in a hurry, his pace unconsciously accelerated, the weight of eighty-five kilograms, plus sixty or seventy kilograms, had no effect, and the speed was faster than the previous 100-meter sprint!
This is abnormal, and Li Ba did not notice it. His heart was full of thoughts of going into the city at the moment, and he didn't care about anything else. When I came to the city gate, I saw my little head poking out from afar, looking around, and when I saw Li Ba coming, I cheered and greeted him.
"Let's go, Uncle will take you into the city!"
Li Ba stopped, his face was not red, he was not panting, his hand patted the pocket on his shoulder, and beckoned Ji'er to stride over.
Luo Jianjun was a middle-level cadre of the Liyang County Materials Bureau before the apocalypse. When the end came, he evacuated with an armed police force stationed in the local area and came to Xibu. After the establishment of the Xibu settlement, he was appointed as the deputy director of the material management office, in charge of the affairs of the outer city. Whenever he saw those scrawny and foul-smelling refugees, gathered around his desk, asking this and that, he did not feel the slightest disgust in his heart, but patiently explained to the refugees the policies of the settlements, and fulfilled his duties, which was commendable.
In his heart, he sympathized with the refugees outside the settlement, but he also knew the difficulties of the settlement, and the limited materials could not support so many people. He could only do his best to help the refugees.
"Uncle, your radio is only worth three taels of food at most, and you want to go into the city...... It's not enough! Luo Jianjun fiddled with the radio in his hand and said to an old man in front of him with an apologetic face. This radio may be worth dozens of dollars before the end of the day, but it is a waste product in the last days, and the survivors can't even eat enough to eat, so how can they bother to listen to the radio. Besides, when the end of the world comes, all communications will be cut off, and even if you want to listen to the radio, you won't be able to listen to it.
"Leader, leader, I know this thing is worthless, I didn't want to go into the city, I just wanted to change some food." The old man said tremblingly. For the sake of the radio, he ran to a nearby village, almost losing his life, and just wanted to change more food to fill his stomach.
"At my age, there's nothing sorry to die, I just want to ...... Die and be a full ghost! ”
Luo Jianguo listened, nodded, his face was a little heavy, and said to the colleague next to him: "Xiao Li, give the uncle half a catty of grain." "There are strict rules in the settlement, and if there is an extra tael of grain, it is very likely that it will be deducted from his salary.
"Thank you for the leadership, thank you for the leadership." The old man took half a pound of grain, was grateful, and turned around and left tremblingly. This half catty of grain, which is composed of broken rice mixed with corn, is enough to eat for two days when I go back to boil a pot of porridge.
Watching the old man leave, there were many refugees staring at the old man with hungry wolf eyes. Luo Jianguo sighed lightly, if he is unlucky, this old man may not be able to wait to finish cooking the porridge, and the food has already become someone else's.
This is the end times! The end times of the cannibalization of the weak!
In front of these refugees, there are really a few who can come up with enough supplies to get the qualification to enter the city. Without guns and knives and strong force, they went out to search for supplies, were eaten by zombies, and were attacked to death by mutant beasts, which was the final end of most of them.
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