Chapter 142: Preparation
Ling Tao's destination on this trip is a private house about a few hundred meters away from the school, located in a vacant lot, there are two pear trees in front of the door, in this early autumn season the pears have ripened, yellow, orange and orange are hanging all over the treetops, not to mention how gratifying, but if the pear tree grows new shoots and new leaves bloom in this season, it will look very strange with the pears hanging on the branches.
This villager's house is very dilapidated and very old, there are three rooms for a long time, weeds can still be seen on the roof, there are large and small holes in the earthen wall, it is hard to imagine that there is such a dilapidated house in the 21st century, it is a human habit, not a pigsty, thinking that this is the villagers' comfort nest, Ling Tao felt a burst of sadness.
In the past, although his family was not rich, his home was spacious and bright, and compared to the dilapidated house in front of him, his home was like a palace.
"This is Zhou Xiaopu's home, when he gathered at the school that day, the puppy accidentally broke his leg, and now he is recuperating in the school, and he didn't come with us this time", dozens of meters away from the private house at the destination, Uncle Zhou said to Ling Tao.
Ling Tao had never lived in the countryside, and if he wanted to find food here this time, he had to consider all aspects of the matter clearly, so he thought for a while and asked, "Uncle Zhou, can you give me a detailed introduction to the situation of this family?" How many people, how much land, what things are raised".
"Why do you ask this"? Uncle Zhou looked at Ling Tao and asked in surprise.
"It's very important, it's a matter of whether we can get food smoothly," Ling Tao said sternly.
Uncle Zhou thought about it, and said as if he didn't understand: "Okay, I'll tell you about it, the puppy is a man in his thirties, there was originally an old lady in the family, but in the big changes some time ago, it was too late to gather in the school, and I don't know what is going now, secondly, he originally had a daughter-in-law, but he didn't know where to go a few years ago, he was alone with two children, and it was hard enough, he was a good hand at making crops, and there should be a lot of food in the house, oh, he also raised a dog at home, There are also two pigs and a cow, and that's probably the case."
Uncle Zhou told the situation of Zhou Xiaodog's family like a few treasures, as a person in the village, which family is what the situation is, people are almost clear, unlike in the city, who have lived on the other side for decades and don't know what the neighbor's surname is.
Hearing Uncle Zhou's words, Ling Tao sighed in his heart, rural people are hardworking, not to mention a man with two children, but also to serve the elderly, and to make crops, and to raise so many livestock, it is not easy enough.
But while Ling Tao sighed in his heart, his heart was also extremely solemn, thinking that secretly Uncle Zhou said that if they wanted to get the food from Zhou Xiaopu's house, they might encounter a living dead, as well as a mutant dog, a mutant cow, and two mutant pigs, which was still without considering other hidden dangers.
Livestock that were originally raised by hard-working farmers have now become mutant beasts that threaten their lives, and they have to lament the wonderful transformation of the world after the change.
When Ling Tao said all the doubts in his heart, the dozens of people who came here were collectively silent, and a look of horror flashed in their eyes, not to mention so many mutant beasts, just taking out one was enough to run over these people without preparation, and in the end, I don't know how many people will die!
"So what now"? Uncle Zhou asked, because Ling Tao killed a mutant hare alone before, at this time he instinctively regarded Ling Tao as the backbone.
People are like this, when they have no choice, they will rely on other prominent people, this is human nature.
Ling Tao looked left and right, thought for a while and said: "In this way, there are more than 30 of us here, there is no reason why we can't get a few beasts, even if the other party mutates, it is the same, uncle, you are a good hunter, you should know that it is the stupidest way to deal with fierce beasts with brute force, so we can only outwit."
Uncle Zhou nodded and said: "Also, to deal with fierce beasts, there are only four ways to go, either kill the other party with sharp equipment, or dig a trap to trap the other party and slowly concoct it, or escape, and finally there is no way to choose to fight hard."
Ling Tao turned around and took a look, and found that most of the people behind him were cowering, even if they didn't run away, it was no wonder, what they were going to face next was a fierce mutant beast, everyone would be afraid, this is also human nature.
Ling Tao said in his heart that these people might not be able to count on it, and looked at Uncle Zhou with a sigh and said: "With the weapons in our hands, it is impossible to fight hard with a few mutant beasts that may appear, it is too late to dig traps, and we have not gotten food, and we are not willing to go back, so we can only think of other ways."
Uncle Zhou is worthy of being an old hunter for many years, after hearing Ling Tao's words, he nodded, and soon had an idea, and said: "In this case, we can only arrange some simple things to deal with the mutant beasts that may appear, when we came, we brought a lot of things, especially ropes, we can use ropes to arrange some rope sleeves to see if we can trap the mutant beasts, secondly, we can dig some large and small pits around, insert sharp weapons in them, and then lure these mutant beasts over, Once their limbs fall into the pit, they can also cause damage to them, and other methods are too hasty to arrange because time does not allow it."
Ling Tao really admired a hunter like Uncle Zhou, it was not easy to think of these methods in such a short period of time, in this way, he showed a smile on his face and said: "The mutant beast is not unkillable, with the arrangement you just said, block the progress of the mutant beast, you can rely on the musket in your hand to cause a certain amount of damage, and then the same is true for bows and arrows, in this way, when you really solve the problem with the mutant beast, the other party must have been injured, and finally we will go together again, It's not that there is no chance of killing the mutant beast, but we have to take into account the size of the mutant beast first, otherwise it may not be of much use to set up traps."
I have to say that life is the best teacher, Ling Tao, a person with no life experience, after experiencing this period of apocalyptic life, also used his wisdom to survive because of the change of the environment.
The reason why human beings have been able to rule the world is not because of powerful weapons, but because of wisdom.
After probably having a feasible solution, Uncle Zhou gave the order, he still had a certain weight in his words, arranged a few people to watch the dilapidated house to prevent the mutant beasts from running over, and secondly, let the rest of the people set traps, in front of them, use ropes to make rope sleeves, dig large and small holes in the ground, insert sharp weapons inside, and carry out all in a tense atmosphere.
In order to survive, they all took out a desperate posture and obeyed Uncle Zhou's arrangement, and soon there were large and small potholes on the ground, which contained sharpened sickles, iron drills and other objects, once the mutant beast's feet stepped into it, it would definitely be injured, and every little more injury of the mutant beast might reduce the damage for them.
To be honest, it is simply stupid to want to fight mutant beasts by personal force, human bodies are only that big, under the same conditions, can human strength be comparable to that of cows? It is not realistic to crush the mutant beast with strong personal force, after all, force like Wu Song fighting the tiger is still rare, so wisdom is particularly important.
The sun was in the west, and in a tense atmosphere, it was almost done, and then everyone looked at the houses in the distance with nervous faces, and no one knew what kind of dangerous thing would come out of it.
In fact, when arranging these, someone muttered in a whisper that everyone could see the house at a glance, and there was something that was not discovered at the first time, so there was no need to be so careful.
But in this case, Uncle Zhou pushed back with a word, saying that it is always right to be careful, the so-called not afraid of 10,000 is afraid of what if, although their arrangement may be useless, but what if it works?
"Now that it's all laid out, what do you do next?" After arranging, Uncle Zhou asked Ling Tao.
"What can there be, you have to see the mutant beast after all, to be honest, I still didn't think about it before, I didn't know what mutant beast I would encounter, maybe there wasn't at all, but I didn't dare to think about such an assumption, everything that was planned in the worst direction was always right, the main thing is that none of us dared to rush to that side", Ling Tao sighed, then shook his head and looked at the house and said, "The next thing is very easy to do, that is, to startle the snake and let the other party appear in our sight, It's better than us running over and sending us to death, in this way, Uncle Zhou, you shoot directly over there, if there is something, it is impossible not to appear."
As the saying goes, no one is perfect, and it is impossible for a person's wisdom to take into account all situations, and it is always not wrong to take into account the worst, even if it is to pay some useless labor.
Uncle Zhou nodded, naturally understood this truth, and then after saying something to make everyone careful, he raised the musket in his hand and fired a shot at the broken house dozens of meters away.
The gunshots rang out, and they came far away, and everyone looked at the house not far away, where there were indeed wild beasts!
Under everyone's gaze, the wall of the earthen wall courtyard not far away collapsed with a bang, and a behemoth rushed towards them......
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