There were deep wrinkles on Zhou's mother's face and calluses on her hands. It was obvious that she was overworked.

In the past, she relied on this to support her children. If she could take her old friend away, he might be useful someday.

This time, he looked at Lin Jiu with anticipation.

"Yes!" Lin Jiu didn't ask what it was for and packed it up and took it away.

Lu Xingyan hesitated for a while: "Can you wait for me a little longer? I want to go out again."

He wanted to go back to get some things, and Lin Jiu agreed since he had nothing to do: "I'll go with you."

Zhou Chi also wanted to follow, but Lu Xingyan said to them, "Too many people will get in the way, protect Auntie."

Lin Jiu followed and arrived at the village. After some detection, he found that the defense was quite good. The whole village had four layers of defense, which was why it had been able to resist the zombies until now.

The defenses are still being strengthened. There are farmlands and vegetable gardens in the village, so basic life can be self-sufficient.

"I'll be back as soon as I go."

"Wait, what are you taking?"

"Of course, we take whatever is valuable. They have worked so hard for so long, so a little protection money shouldn't be a big deal."

Lin Jiu opened the system panel and saw everything easily.

"There are still many crystal cores in this village. I'll tell you where they are, but you can decide what to do."

Lu Xingyan's eyes flashed, and he didn't ask Lin Jiu why he knew so much at first, but instead felt hatred.

This time he used the excuse that he was injured while hunting and needed to go to the base for treatment. The entire village gave him five crystal cores, saying that there were very few left and they had to keep them for buying supplies later.

They were even afraid that the smell of his blood would attract zombies, and seeing that there was little hope of rescuing him, they threw him into a dilapidated house at the entrance of the village to fend for himself.

Zhou Chi's family sold their property to take the patient to see a doctor, and were driven out of the village. Although it was a trick, it was also very disheartening.

Now that Lin Jiu said there were many more, how could he not hate him?

Lin Jiu mentioned three places, all of which were places with relatively large quantities.

"wait for me."

Lin Jiu took the opportunity to check whether there were any zombies around the system, and then took another look at the temperature on the system panel.

The temperature has obviously risen a bit in the past two days compared to before, and has risen by more than ten degrees. Although it is still cold, people can go out to work and it is no longer life-threatening to go out.

Lu Xingyan came back quickly, carrying a large sack, with a dark face instead of a happy expression.

"There's still one place we haven't visited yet. Please tell us about the other places as well."

He thought that the quantity Lin Jiu was talking about was large, at most a few hundred, but it turned out to be only three or four hundred. The village chief's family had more than five hundred, and those places with less were probably also quite a few.

Most of them were zombies killed by them, but the crystal cores were not theirs.

Lin Jiu mentioned a few more places, and Lu Xingyan quickly disappeared.

After Lin Jiu had figured out the situation here, Lu Xingyan carried another sack back, but this time it contained two pieces of bacon and some dried mountain products.

"Let's go."

Lu Xingyan finally breathed a sigh of relief. These bastards were really cunning. They said they were taking the money for a trade, but they actually kept a lot of it at home.

When Lin Jiu brought the people back, it was almost dawn. Lu Xingyan went to the village and stayed there for a while.

Except for Lu Xingyan, the remaining six people looked around curiously.

Lu Xingyan took out a small bag of crystal cores: "I owed you last time."

"No need, keep it for your expenses at the base."

Gu An was strolling outside and had stayed in the house for too long. Lin Jiu called him over and said, "Tell them and arrange accommodation for them."

Lu Xingyan said bluntly: "No need, I have already learned about it before. I rented two houses with a larger area."

Gu An asked, "Do you want to live together or separately?"

"There is a house in the back, 2 floors, 3 bedrooms, 1 living room, but there is only one left. Here are the houses in the building, all on the 4th floor, but one of the houses is smaller, 2 bedrooms, 1 living room. I'll take you over to have a look."

Lin Jiu thought for a moment and said, "I'll put your supplies in the warehouse first, and you can come back to get them."

Lin Jiu didn't care about the little supplies they had, but it was different for them.

Now that Lu Xingyan had the crystal core, he was willing to spend the money and followed Gu An to the fourth floor. Zhou Chi's mother had been injured before and was having a hard time.

In the end, Zhou Chi carried him on his back and said, "Brother Yan, why don't we stay on the second floor over there?"

He couldn't stay upstairs all the time, Lu Xingyan hesitated. In a strange place, he still hoped to live together and take care of each other.

Especially Zhou's mother, since she met him, she has never treated him badly and treated him as her own child.

It is convenient to take care of people when they are close by.

Gu An looked at the few people and said, "There is a hospital in the base where you can go for treatment. If you want to be cured completely, you can find a healing psychic, but it will cost you more crystal cores."

What Lu Xingyan lacks the most at the moment is crystal cores: "Approximately how many?"

"Depending on the condition, the minimum is thirty crystal cores, and the specific details need to be examined."

Zhou's mother waved her hand immediately after hearing this: "No, I'll just walk slowly, this is already good enough."

She was reluctant to spend money, and Zhou Chi also wanted to see a doctor for his mother, "Then let's go to the hospital later."

There were no conditions in the village before, and later I wanted to go to the base, but I couldn’t afford the high fees, and I didn’t have time to go to the base, so I kept delaying it.

It’s different now. There is a hospital here and they can earn crystal cores on their own.

They still don’t know how many crystal cores Lu Xingyan stole from the village. With their experience of killing zombies last time, they feel that they should be able to raise enough money for treatment after going out twice.

"What kind of work do you have here?"

They have to find a job, and only after working can they feel a sense of belonging.

"Yes, you can go to the office hall downstairs later. There are positions there and you can apply. There are also hunting missions outside during normal times and you can participate."

"it is good."

In the end, they rented two apartments. As long as Zhou's mother recovered from her illness, climbing the stairs would not be a difficult task.

"You can go move the supplies first, and then go to the office lobby to handle the rental procedures when you get to work."

Gu An took his men to the unused warehouse outside and looked at the two machines. It would be a bit difficult to move them into the building.

Lu Xingyan said directly: "Can these two machines be temporarily placed in the warehouse? We can pay the rent."

"also."

Gu Anren’s two machines, one is an oil press and the other should be a noodle press, which will be useful when he opens a store in the future.

There weren't many people at the base early in the morning, so they simply ate a few pancakes.

Once the base is operating normally, start processing various formalities.

Qi Chong ran in happily: "The hospital is open, Asen is waiting in line."

When Zhou Chi heard this, he immediately carried Zhou's mother downstairs. Zhou's mother looked conflicted. She wanted to get treatment but was afraid of spending money, and she felt like she was a burden.

"Mom, as long as you get better, you can go to work."

This sentence dispelled Zhou's worries. Who would want to live like this for the rest of their life? No one would object at this moment.

"Little sister, lock the door at home and keep an eye on your things."

Gu An said that the base was very safe, but they were still worried!

"Uh-huh."

After everyone left, the thin girl locked the door tightly, and moved some things to block the door out of concern.

Zhou Sen had already completed the registration, and just as Zhou Chi arrived, he carried someone in.

He said all the words he had organized in his mind thousands of times: "Doctor, please check my mother. She was chopped before and didn't get good treatment. Now one of her legs is paralyzed and her back is also injured."

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