Surviving the end of the world

Not to mention that the vigilantes were trying to get some meat for the tooth sacrifice, such as frogs, clams and snails. But it's still a lot ruddy.

It took almost six days before they arrived at the beach, and then they were a little confused, where to go to change the salt!

But fortunately, it wasn't a group of them who came to exchange salt, and soon someone came over: "Big brothers, are you here to exchange salt?"

Several people hesitated for a moment, and all looked at Chen Jin. Chen Jin seemed to have become the leader of the group. Chen Jin thought for a while and nodded.

The man immediately became happy, and hurriedly said: "The place where the salt is exchanged is still a long way from here. I'll take you brothers there. Just give me two catties of grain!"

I just finished talking here, and before Chen Jin and the others agreed, several people ran over: "I also know the way, I only want a catty and a half!"

"One catty is fine!" "You bastards are making trouble, aren't you!" "Don't be unreasonable, in the end who leads the way, the big brothers have the final say, right!"...

Hearing that there was a quarrel over there, Chen Jin and the others looked at each other, not knowing what to do, but saw a few men in military uniforms approaching, a baby-faced man with a gun on his back, and yelled: "Again! It's you guys, you haven't been taught enough last time, get out!"

When the few people saw the soldier who came over, their faces turned pale, and they quickly distinguished: "Sir, we are also just eating!"

"Sophistry again!" Another short, stocky man snorted coldly, "Think we don't know the details of you guys! If not, let's see how we deal with you!"

A few people muttered a few words unwillingly, and left resentfully.

Li Lixin glanced enviously at the guns on the backs of the soldiers, and hurriedly said, "Well, officers, where did those people come from? Aren't they leading the way?"

"Lead the way!" Babyface spat, "He can lead people into the den of thieves. Many people have been deceived by their gang. When you get to their territory, it's better if you have more people, but if you have fewer people, Not to mention that things cannot be kept, and people have to be beaten up!"

Li Lixin was speechless: "Well, no one cares?"

Babyface was about to speak, but was held back by the short man, and said impatiently: "What do you care about, don't you want to change the salt? It happens that we are going back, just follow us!"

These few people looked like soldiers. After thinking about it, they followed up. No matter what, even if these soldiers didn't protect the common people, they wouldn't kill and rob!

These soldiers led them forward along a small path. A tall and thin man who had never spoken before asked, "This is your first time here. Which side are you from?"

"We're from Xinxiang!" Li Liwen, who was older, said with a glance at Li Lixin, who wanted to interrupt.

"The Xinxiang side? Wasn't Jiang San and the others in charge of the Xinxiang side before?" the short man asked.

"Their salt is too expensive. Last year's harvest was not good. We can't change the salt and stop eating. There is no way. We are the people who come here to find out!" Li Liwen thought for a while and asked again, "Sir , how do you change the salt here?"

The tall and thin man said casually: "Coarse salt is about three catties of grain for one catty, and refined salt is about eight catties of grain for one catty. You can also exchange other things. There are announcements over there. You can check it out later! How did Jiang San and the others trade with you?"

Li Lixin spat and cursed: "What a fucking profiteer, he came to us and bought a catty of coarse grain with sand mixed in it. At the beginning of last year, it was said to be five catties of grain for one catty, but later it became ten. Five catties, who can afford it!"

The eyes of several soldiers flickered. The people in the barracks did not live so happily. Although they were stationed by the sea and monopolized at least half of the salt needed by the province, to feed such a group of soldiers, they could only It's reluctant, but I don't know that most of the money is made by the second-class dealers, but there is no way to do it. These soldiers can't just leave their camps and go to sell salt by themselves.

When I was talking, I saw a big sign in the distance, with a few big characters written in chalk on it - the salt exchange place, and the ratio of salt exchange was marked below in detail, such as a few catties of corn kernels for one catty, and a few catties of soybeans for one catty. A catty, a few catties of rapeseed for a catty, a few feet of cloth for a catty, a few catties of sweet potatoes for a catty, a few catties of potatoes for a catty, and the ratio of using various vegetables, and even pigweed for salt, There are several rows of all kinds.

"Are you changing to refined salt or coarse salt?" When we got there, a young soldier sitting behind the table asked.

"Coarse salt is enough. Refined salt is too expensive. I can't afford it!" Several people swallowed when they saw the exchange ratio on the sign, then pushed the cart over and took all the grain piled on it. After that, "We have exchanged all the grain!"

A few people came over there immediately to help unload the food, and began to weigh it. Here, Chen Jin and Bai Jing walked over. Chen Jin took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket. Chen Jin didn't smoke, so he bought it before. Some of them were prepared to be given away, and some were kept later, and now they handed out one to several people: "Several, smoke a cigarette!"

The eyes of several people lit up. How long has it been cut off for this thing? They took it immediately, held it in their hands and looked at it for a long time, then bit the filter tip and lit it. They took a deep breath, wishing that the breath would not come out. His face was full of intoxication, and it took the short man a long time to puff out the puff of smoke, then leaned over and asked softly: "Brother, do you have any more? If there is still a pack, I'll make the decision and give you two Pack salt!"

Chen Jin touched it, took out another unopened package, handed it along with the half-born package before, and said with a wry smile: "There are only so much left, I bought it back to entertain people. , Fortunately, I don’t know how to smoke, otherwise I wouldn’t be able to keep it! I don’t need the refined salt, so I’ll replace it with a few catties of coarse salt!”

"Okay, I'll give you five catties of coarse salt!" Those people glanced greedily at the unopened pack of cigarettes, and then, the short man almost snatched the pack of cigarettes into his pocket. Inside the inner pocket, I would reach out to touch it from time to time, and looked at Chen Jin and the others with a lot more kind eyes.

Chen Jin tentatively asked: "Were the officers stationed in the provincial military region before?"

"That's not it!" This is not something that needs to be kept secret. There is only a small half of the cigarette left in Babyface's hand. He took a puff cherishingly, squinted and said, "But it will take a year to move here. If there are too many, there is no way around it. I heard from the higher-ups that more people will move here in the future, and they say they want to set up a safe base, but I don’t know what the regulations are!"

"Safe base?" Chen Jin's heart skipped a beat when she heard the word, and she immediately became vigilant, but she still looked forward to it, "What will the safe base look like? It shouldn't be like our own house. It will collapse after an earthquake!"

The tall and thin man on one side coughed dryly twice, and said: "Our brothers will not be the top soldiers of the bottom. It is good to know these things. As for the others, we don't know, but no matter how bad it is, it can't be bad. Now! Speaking of which, our luck here is pretty good!"

Chen Jin showed surprise at the right time: "It's not bad, the weather in the past two years has been terrible!"

"It's just plain, and there's something even worse!" The baby face obviously had the desire to confide in others, and he quietly lowered his voice, pretending to be mysterious and said, "You don't know in the village, we have nothing to do with other places. There is always some connection. The nuclear power plant in the south had a nuclear leak during the earthquake, and many people escaped. It was almost the richest place in the past. As a result, what is the use of having money? Can it block nuclear radiation? As soon as we heard the news, we immediately closed down the nuclear power plant on the seashore, and didn’t dare to reopen it after the earthquake, for fear that something might go wrong!”

Speaking here, several people who came to change the salt gathered around. Hearing the news, they were all amazed and secretly afraid. A few soldiers also aroused the desire to speak. Anyway, most of the news they knew had nothing to keep secret. Yes, after all, it has been almost a year, and everyone who should know knows it. Those who don’t know are people like Chen Jin and the others who live in the countryside and have no news. Even if the news can’t be blocked at all, naturally everyone can Be a bachelor.

Anyway, knowing about the so-called safe base and nuclear leaks, it was worth the price of admission this time.Chen Jin and the others couldn't find anything else for a while. The food they brought over there had already passed the scale. In exchange for enough coarse salt, everyone spread the coarse salt on three carts, and I managed to get some grass to cover it, and then I planned to leave.

Before leaving, the baby face sent them a certain distance, and halfway, he lowered his voice and said to Chen Jin: "If your village still has surplus food, come over and exchange some salt. We have established a safe base, I am afraid that the price of salt will be adjusted again by then!"

Chen Jin was taken aback for a moment, he nodded quickly, looked at the baby's face gratefully, and then planned to go back and talk to the village, so that the security base would not include their village and be caught off guard.

The way back was fairly peaceful, but everyone was much faster. Salt is a precious thing nowadays, and no one wanted to have any accidents on the way. Except for the necessary rest time, everyone almost traveled day and night. Fortunately, there were so many of them. Powerful people, even if someone has any doubts, they will not take the risk to fight against them.

A group of people ate pickles and tortillas until their stomachs were full of pantothenic acid water. When they saw the road sign showing that they had entered Xinxiang, everyone was refreshed. It was getting late, so Chen Jin suggested to rest for the night first. Starting early the next morning, we were able to return to the village before dark. Everyone was really tired, so naturally they agreed, and immediately found an open space by the river to stop.

It was still Chen Jin and Bai Jing who kept watch at night. Bai Jing and Chen Jin snuggled together, whispering the recipe in Chen Jin's ear. Chen Jin was listening with a smile, and was talking.