Outside the outpost, snow was falling.

At the south gate, Yu Hu, dressed in fur clothes, rushed over from the direction of Bate Street under the heavy snow.

After arriving at the outpost, Yu Hu originally wanted to find Chu Guang, but he didn't find it, but he happened to see the long queue in front of the sanatorium.

When he got a little closer, he saw his sister sitting at a small wooden table.

The immature little face is meticulously written.

She stretched out her little hand and took the silver coin from the blue coats in the queue, and carefully counted how many there were before poking it a few times on a screen.

"41 in total!"

Raising her head, she looked at the players in front of the counter with a sweet smile on her face.

"Crab crab! Be safe when adventuring. ”

"Woooooooooo......oo Damn, Si! Borrow me money! I'm still going to save it! ”

Sisi, who was standing behind, stroked his forehead with a headache on his face, and reached out to pull the sleeve of his tail.

"Okay, okay, Ah Wei, don't be embarrassed here, let's block the people behind."

"Don't you think it's cute! You unloving woman! ”

"Cute and cute, tsk, anyway, the convoy of the greenhouse ruins will depart in a while, and you can't go at all."

"Go! Damn, why do you have to work during the day and at night! What about casual games? Can't you just let me spend a little more time with cute things! ”

"I'm really sorry that I'm not cute enough, anyway, don't talk nonsense, it's important to level up and make money and buy equipment. Let's go, if you don't leave, the brother in the back is going to beat someone. ”

The tail that was still yelling was pulled away like this.

At this time, a large white bear came out from behind and stood sneakily in front of the counter, holding on to the door frame with some restrained hands.

Seeing this big bear, Xiao Yu was slightly stunned, but he was not afraid, and a sweet smile soon appeared on his face.

"Do you want to save money?"

Mao covered his face and blushed invisibly, and Roshan Da Bun clumsily took out the money bag and poured the coins inside on the table.

"I'm all here for you!"

Looking at the big white bear who threw down the money and left, Xiao Yu hurriedly said.

"Ah, wait, wait, that, ID."

"It's all for you!!"

In the end, thanks to Xiaoqi's help, Xiaoyu was able to find out the ID of the big white bear.

After carefully counting the coins on the table, Xiao Yu registered the numbers on the VM according to what Chu Guang taught him.

Although Yu Hu couldn't read or understand what those blue coats were saying, it didn't look like he was embarrassing his sister.

It was when the big white bear ran out that he instinctively startled him, and if it weren't for the fact that everyone around him didn't react, he almost pulled out his bow and arrow and shot.

At this time, Chu Guang walked over from the side, looked at Yu Hu and said with a smile.

"Why don't you go and say hi?"

"No, I'll just take a casual look, and I still won't disturb her work," Yu Hu smiled innocently and touched the back of his head, "I didn't expect Xiaoyu to be so capable, I was still worried last night, afraid that she would cause you trouble." ”

Chu Guang said with a smile.

"How so? Your sister is very smart and a fast learner, but there are a lot of things that no one teaches her. ”

Yu Hu sighed and said.

"Daddy, I still have my brother, and I usually have to go out hunting, and I can't teach her anything. My mother taught her how to pancake, but she never did very well. Last night I was worried about if she would mess up. I came here early in the morning, and on the way I was thinking that if she was really in trouble, I would take her back at all. But now look at ...... It's really much better to let the little fish follow you than to follow us. ”

"You can't say that," Chu Guang shook his head, "You still come to see her often, no matter how warm the bed is, you won't stay with your family." ”

Warm bed?

Is it progressing so fast?

Yu Hu was stunned for a moment and nodded.

"You're right...... Then I'll go first. ”

Chu Guang said politely.

"So anxious to go back? Let's stay for lunch before we go. ”

"No, no," Xu Hu shook his head again and again, waved his hand and said, "I won't bother here, I have to go hunting in a while, you are busy first, and I will go back." ”

Chu Guang no longer held on and nodded.

"Be careful on the road."

……

Coming out of the north gate, Yu Hu was in a good mood, although there was snow in the sky, he felt warm on his body, more comfortable than drinking.

But just then, he saw a caravan full of bricks, and a man standing next to him.

The man looked familiar.

Yu Hu walked closer and took a look, his eyes suddenly widened.

"Zhao Rat?!"

"Yu Hu?!"

"Wait, aren't you dead? I look at your family, the funeral has been done. ”

Yu Hu still can't speak, but Zhao Rat doesn't care about these things at this time, when he meets a fellow countryman in another country, it is really a tearful person.

"Brother, I almost died! Luckily, these blue coats saved me! ”

It took about five minutes for Zhao Rat and Yu Hu to tell their experiences in the past month or so, from being caught by marauders while hunting, to later when the group of blue coats broke through the stronghold of the Bloody Hand Clan and placed them in a brick factory by the river.

Although he instinctively felt that it was a bit strange to be caught by the marauders, Yu Hu's head couldn't figure out something too complicated, and he quickly paid attention to other places.

“…… In other words, you are working for Brother Chu now? ”

Zhao Rat was stunned and said.

"Brother Chu? Do you mean the manager? Anyway, it's quite comfortable to work here, I have food and shelter, I have meat every meal, I also give firewood and charcoal for heating, and now I pay 1 silver coin a day. The daily work is to use molds to make bricks, and then send them to the kiln to burn, and then transport the fired bricks back, and they are not tired. ”

Yu Hu nodded and asked.

"Then you won't go back again?"

A complicated expression appeared on Zhao Rat's face.

"Go back...... Where are you going? My father and mother are the only ones left in the house, as well as my eldest brother and his two children. The little food left is barely enough to survive the winter, and if I go back, the food at home will definitely not be enough to eat. Let's wait until the spring of next year begins, and then ...... We'll talk about it later. ”

As he spoke, Zhao Rat suddenly remembered something, threw down the sentence "You wait for me later", and then turned around and ran into the gate.

After a while, he took a small bag of coarse salt, about three or four taels, and stuffed it into Yu Hu's hand.

"This is what I got in exchange for my labor, bring it back to my mother for me, just say...... I'm fine, so they don't have to worry! I'll be going to see them next spring! There is also Yang Ergou, who is also alive...... But now he's busy, and you see if you should talk to his family too. ”

Taking the salt, Yu Hu nodded solemnly.

"Don't worry, I will definitely convey it for you!"

Yu Hu returned the way he came.

However, when passing by the south gate of the wetland park, Yu Hu suddenly noticed that not far from his footprints, there was a string of footprints that did not belong to him.

The footprints were shallow, and I had been looking at them for some time.

Out of the hunter's vigilance, Yu Hu squatted down, wiped his index finger on it, and frowned faintly.

Whose footprint is this?

……

Bate Street.

Hurriedly entering the door, Wang Biao went straight to Old Charlie's grocery store.

"Old butler!"

Charlie, who was sitting in front of the door with his eyes closed, opened half of his eyes, and when he saw that it was Wang Biao, he immediately understood and stood up from his chair.

"Come in and say."

The curtain is closed.

Wang Biao looked excited, didn't take a breath, and danced with his hands to report what he had seen and heard when he followed Yu Hu all the way to the old housekeeper.

The more Charlie listened, his brow furrowed.

"You mean...... Linghu Wetland Park, there is a survivor settlement? ”

Wang Biao nodded vigorously.

"Yes! Where are the blue coats, and there are the homeless people who don't know where they came from...... I guess it's from the north. They built a fence in the woods, dug ditches, and put barricades. I couldn't see it in the camp, but there was a chimney and smoke was floating all the time. ”

"From the north?"

Charlie's brow furrowed even tighter.

To the north is the territory of the Bloody Hand Clan, and there seems to be a mutant tribe not far away.

What's the difference between building a settlement there and giving away someone's head?

And......

Those marauders are all cannibals who don't spit out bones, how could they let them in.

Wang Biao didn't care so much, he just shouted excitedly.

"Old housekeeper, that little cub of the Yu family has broken the rules, let's arrest him quickly!"

He has long seen that the Yu family is not pleasing to the eye.

Especially Yu Hu, this kid also beat his third brother. and the stranger's shed, too, didn't even leave a door beam for them, all of them were kept for themselves, and he said in a loud voice what was given to him by others, which was really shameless enough.

Wang Biao's calculation was very loud, according to the rules of Bate Street, if he had a foreign caravan trader without permission, he would be regarded as a betrayal, and he would be fined a piece of animal skin, or expelled by confiscation of property.

It didn't matter if those people were caravans or not, what he cared about was the shed where Yu Hu lived. If he could be evicted, his family would be able to occupy the stranger's shed.

However, old Charlie is a knowledgeable person in the end, and naturally it is impossible to be as short-sighted as him.

Blue coat......

He used to be, though it was a long, long time ago.

After thinking about it for a long time, Charlie said cautiously.

"There's no urgency in this matter, remember not to startle the snake, I'll report the situation to the mayor first before making a decision."

Wang Biao was stunned.

What else is there to ask for?

Just raid the house and you'll be done.

As long as the town chief gave an order, the Wang family was the first to respond.

However, the old butler didn't talk much nonsense with him.

Throwing four white chips in his hand, old Charlie drove him out of the grocery store, relocked the door, and hurried towards the middle of the town.

……

The mayor's family lived in the castle in the middle of Bate Street.

Originally built as a recreational facility, the castle is now a symbol of the spire of the pyramid.

The castle housed the town's rulers, while the servants, guards, and descendants lived in brick and wood houses near the castle, and beyond were dilapidated shacks.

After asking the guard on duty at the door, after a brief body search, old Charlie was allowed to enter.

When he stepped into the main hall on the first floor, he happened to see two lovely children playing football in the hall on the first floor of the castle.

Their clothes were made of deerskin, and so were the balls they were kicking, and their clean faces and carefree smiles were something that the children outside did not have.

Noticing Charlie at the door, the slightly older boy shook his brown curls and picked up the ball on the ground.

"Charlie? You're back? Do you want to play together? ”

"I'm sorry, honorable young master, I'm afraid I won't be able to play with you...... I'm here to find your father. ”

The boy said impatiently with a look of disappointment on his face.

"Go ahead, he's in the study."

Charlie bowed respectfully.

Bypassing the children's playground, he was led by a servant to the elevator and took the elevator to the top floor.

As soon as the elevator door opened, a warm breeze blew in.

Directly opposite the fireplace, the fire burned and the wood crackled.

"I know the way."

Nodding to the servant, Charlie walked through the portico on the left to a two-man door.

This is the town chief's study.

Rows of bookshelves were displayed in the study, filled with poetry books and some bizarre collectibles that scavengers had picked up from outside.

Sitting at the antique wooden table, the mayor of the town leisurely sipping tea. The staccato sound of the radio on the table was his favorite piece of music played by the Red-tailed Warbler Orchestra.

There are three main radio stations in Boulder City, one of which can be heard even in the northern suburbs of Qingquan City.

Every evening from 6 to 7 p.m., the radio station will repeatedly broadcast the transaction prices of today's bulk commodities, and from 7 to 10 p.m., it will teach the experience of planting such in-demand "cash crops" as kamu trees and spirit leaves, and there will be some advertisements for arms dealers and clones in between.

The rest of the time, it's just playing the pop music of the pre-war era repeatedly, and this is the old mayor's favorite show, which can make him forget the bad times for a while.

Even in the ears of the real "pre-war people", this is an old-fashioned pastime.

Quietly waiting for the song to finish, Charlie walked over to his desk and bowed his eyebrows respectfully.

"My lord, I have something urgent to report to you."

The mayor raised his eyelids and said nonchalantly.

"What's the matter?"

In his opinion, the urgent thing that old Charlie can report is nothing more than the cockroaches in the shack outside, and what moths have happened.

Those people are like weeds, they will grow after a while, and he has never cared about the life or death of those people.

Old Charlie continued with his head down.

"In the Linghu Wetland Park to the north, there is a survivor settlement with a population of more than 100 people...... Maybe more. ”

"Linghu Wetland Park? Survivor Settlement?! How can it be! ”

The teacup was heavily placed on the table, and the mayor sat up from his chair and stared at Charlie standing at the table, "Is the news accurate?" ”

"There shouldn't be anything wrong with that."

Charlie nodded cautiously and continued in a respectful tone.

"Their strength should not be underestimated, and some hunters took their prey directly to them, exchanging it for salt and meat to bring back. And it seems that they are offering better terms than we do. I'm worried that if this goes on for a long time, your interests will be harmed...... I suggest that we should reach out to that group and adjust the price of salt appropriately. ”

The mayor's face was cloudy, and his index finger tapped lightly on the table, as if weighing something.

After a while.

With a slight movement in his heart, he opened the drawer and took out an envelope with a bloody handprint and a blank piece of stationery.

Picking up a pen and writing a few strokes on it, the mayor stuffed the letter paper into the envelope and threw it into Charlie, who was standing at the table.

"Find someone who is bold and trustworthy, and send this letter to the Bloody Hand."

Looking at the envelope in his hand, Charlie was slightly stunned.

"Are you going to ......?"

Mayor Mare's face was expressionless.

"This year's winter will be very cold, and if nothing else, next month, the bloody hand will come again."

He hated the greedy villains at the thought of them, but he couldn't help it, his guards were no match for those people combined.

Charlie hesitated a little, hesitated for a moment, and then cautiously reminded.

"I'm afraid that's not a good idea. Moreover, I don't think that the people with the bloody hands did not find them, and we need to be reminded-"

"Undoubtedly this is the best idea, or can you come up with a better way?" The mayor waved his hand impatiently, and then said, "We don't have so much surplus in our granary, and we can only give people what we can't get." You should know what happens to those who are captured by the marauders, right? Thinking about those broken families, I'm also doing this for the good of the people in town. ”

By this time, he felt sorry for the people in the town.

Picking up the teacup again, looking at the silent old Charlie, the mayor took a sip of warm tea and said slowly.

"The weather is getting worse."

"Pray, may our neighbors feed those jackals."

Charlie bowed his head and said respectfully.

"Do as you tell me."

Mayor Mare nodded in satisfaction.

"Let's go down...... By the way, after you go back, let those people collect more firewood and dry it as much as possible. The wood that had not dried out crackled and listened to the noise. ”

Charlie bowed his head and exited the study with the envelope.

"Yes, sir."