After a few people expressed their emotions, they went to find gold.

In the last days, most people who have a little money have some gold belts on them.Now that there is no food, it is natural to exchange it for food.It's just that gold is a very valuable item in peacetime. In this end-of-the-day trading market, a bracelet of more than ten grams can earn only one or two catties of food here, so you have to meet someone who is easy to talk to.

Ye Zi knew that although the food in the base was not in short supply, the supply to these survivors was decreasing and decreasing.The three steamed buns served every day have changed from white cloth to Sihe noodles to white flour plus cornmeal.Moreover, less than half of it is the meat of mutated animals.

Although the meat of mutated animals is edible, it is not as delicious as the meat before the mutation. The meat of all mutated animals has become thicker, except for cows and pigs.But it is difficult to hunt, and the meat of other mutated animals still has a sour taste.Now it has become the main food for ordinary survivors in the base, otherwise, they have to go out of the base to hunt zombies and exchange the crystal nucleus for food.Some survivors only hunted mutant animals when they went out, such as small animals such as rabbits and chickens.

Ye Zi and Li Jiecheng frowned and looked at all kinds of items on the ground, but there was no food.The yellow-faced and thin-faced people make people feel hopeless from the bottom of their hearts.

Xiaotian's small hand tightly held Ye Zi's hand, his small mouth was tightly pursed, and he stared at those people with numb and dull eyes.

"Mom, I'm hungry." A faint voice attracted Xiaotian's gaze.A small stall, a piece of rags less than one meter wide was spread there, and a thin woman was sitting on it, holding a five or six-year-old boy in her arms.

The boy's small face is very thin, with big eyes.At this time, he was nestling in the arms of the woman, crying weakly.

The boy was wearing a small padded jacket of good quality, but it was a bit worn out and dirty.On the bare head, the black hair was already very long.A few strands nearly covered the child's eyes.

"Be patient, Mom will give Zhengzheng something to eat in exchange. Zhengzheng is obedient. Think about the story about Aladdin's magic lamp that mom told Zhengzheng and you won't be hungry." In front of the woman, there was a game console. A game console is worth a lot of money at first glance, but who would want to play this thing now.

Xiaotian stood in front of the woman's stall, staring at the little boy.Hands pulled Ye Zi behind his back to prevent him from moving.

Seeing someone standing in front of her, the woman immediately hugged the child tightly and stood up. She smiled excitedly at Ye Zi and Li Jiecheng and said, "This game console is the latest model of this year, and it also comes with a battery that can be charged. Just in case, you have a child, you can let him play, if you want, you don’t need to give more, just give me a bag of bread, or half a bag.”

Ye Zi couldn't leave. He didn't have any game consoles in his space. He also had a few, and there were more than a dozen boxes of remote control toys and batteries.Moreover, besides the places in his space that can be charged, is there still electricity in other places?

Seeing that Ye Zi was silent, the woman bit her lip and lowered her head: "How about... I can serve you all night, as long as I give the child a bite to eat."

"Tiantian, do you like it?" Ye Zi asked with a smile as he looked at Xiaotian who was always holding his hand to prevent him from leaving, but refused to plead.

"Hi... I like it." Xiaotian raised his head and glanced at Ye Zi who was looking at him with a smile, his face became slightly hot, and he lowered his head in embarrassment, looking at the little boy.When he saw the little boy's big eyes, he couldn't help pleading with his uncle. Along the way, they saw a lot of suffering.But what happened to the child in front of him made Xiaotian inexplicably feel that he wanted to help him.

"Then try it and see if it works." Ye Zi let go of Xiaotian's hand and signaled.

"Uncle." Xiaotian raised his head and stared at Ye Zi.Ye Zi nodded, always looking at Xiaotian with a smile.He doesn't approve of sympathizing with others, but in the base, he doesn't want to hit the kindness that is left in Xiaotian's heart.He has no objection to Xiaotian's doing so without compromising safety.

Xiaotian squatted down and picked up the game console on the stall.After trying the switch, the game console still works. It seems that the woman brought the game console out because of the little boy.It was only because of future problems that children were not allowed to play with it, otherwise, the battery might have run out of power long ago.

Then look at the little boy's big eyes that suddenly became bright, and stretched out his little hand, pointing to the buttons on the machine: "Brother, play, it's fun."

Xiaotian stood up happily, took the game console in his hand, and looked at Ye Zi.

Ye Zi looked at the game console, but the woman spoke.He took out another battery from his pocket and handed it to Ye Zi: "Here is a spare, you can take it too. It's a pity that the charger was lost on the way here. I'm sorry. However, this spare battery The battery is fully charged, and I can still play for a few days." The woman's face was a little embarrassed, as if she had taken advantage of Ye Zi and the others.

"What else can you sell?" Ye Zi glanced at the woman, then at the well-behaved and sensible boy in her arms.

"Do you still want it? I still have a blanket and a kettle at home." The woman had a ecstatic expression on her face.

"Can you show us? Or, show us." Ye Zi was really afraid that if he gave the food or bread to this woman, she might not be able to keep it.

"This...Okay." The woman hesitated for a moment, glanced at the child who was honestly nestled in her arms, and nodded slightly.Put the little boy on the ground and put away the rag.

Xiao Tian stretched out his hand and pulled the little boy up.The two children got to know each other very quickly, with childlike smiles on their faces.

Avoiding the market, the woman glanced at her child, and found that the child's mouth was bulging and moving, and there was a satisfied smile on his face.Laughter came from the child from time to time. Although it was low, the child's mood was obviously happy.

Three adults, with a woman leading the way, and two children in the middle.Behind are Ye Zi and Li Jiecheng.When the five people walked through the crowd, both men and women had clear expressions on their faces.Some women even looked at that woman enviously. At least, this woman with a child in tatters was wanted. At least, she could get food today.

In the northernmost corner of Area D, there is a dilapidated tent, which can no longer be seen from its original appearance.There are all kinds of cloth, and even a few pieces of plastic.

"It's very small inside, I'll take it out." The woman got into the low tent, and after a while, she took out a dirty blanket whose color couldn't be discerned, and a blanket in the other hand. Only the well-preserved aluminum ones can also be used as lunch boxes for dual water bottles. "We only have these things."

"Your stuff is too dirty, we don't want it anymore. However, I want this game console. I'll give you two steamed buns." Ye Zi motioned Li Jiecheng to take out two steamed buns, put them in a small pocket, and handed them to the woman .

The woman's eyes were fixed on the pocket, and she saw with her own eyes that the man with a stern face who hadn't spoken a word put two white steamed buns into the pocket.

The expression on the woman's face carried a faint resignation.She reached out to take it, and said in a low voice: "Thank you, can you please take the child away first?" The woman put her hand on her neckline and whispered with a pale face.

"Huh?" Ye Zi was startled, and immediately understood what the woman meant.Ye Zi smiled, "This is the 'money' of the game console. I have a lover, and I won't make a deal with you."

The woman's eyes stared at Ye Zi in astonishment, she opened her mouth, and squeezed the bag in her hand almost in disbelief.Huo suddenly hugged the bag into his arms, plopped, and knelt down: "Thank you, thank you kind sir."

Ye Zi glanced at the child next to him who was whispering something to Xiaotian: "I have a child too." After that, he walked over and patted Xiaotian's head lightly, "Can we go this time? We still have something to buy."

Xiaotian reluctantly looked at the little boy who was staring at him with big eyes, held the little boy's hand tightly, and said goodbye in a low voice: "I will come to play with you when I have time." Yes, okay? Zheng'er."

"Okay, I like Brother Tian." Although the boy's face is thin, his eyes are surprisingly beautiful.

"Well-meaning sir, maybe I can help you with what you want to buy." The woman carefully stuffed her pockets into her shabby padded jacket, and asked carefully, stepping forward.

"Oh, we want to exchange some gold, do you know where I can get it?" Ye Zi walked a block, but they didn't see any gold for sale, and they hadn't had time to look at the remaining few blocks.

"Gold is not just bought and sold in the base. You must be careful when trading. Otherwise, if you are robbed, the base will not care." The woman looked around and whispered, "I heard that the base I am also collecting gold, but it seems that the price is a little low, and those who have some in their hands are unwilling to sell. However, even if they don’t want to sell it now, I’m afraid they will sell it sooner or later.” After finishing speaking, he sighed softly , pulled the child to his side, "If you want to buy, I can help you find out. I have lived here since the day of the disaster. I have sold everything that can be sold. If the child is not too young, I will also learn to go out. Fighting zombies and exchanging crystal nuclei for food. It's much better than squatting in the market, if only someone could help look after the children."

"Oh, so you have been staying in the base for a long time, so I can ask you to help." Ye Zi thought for a while, the gold in his hand was really not enough.It seems that even if he can hunt crystal nuclei in the future, he wants to use these crystal nuclei to improve the abilities of the team members rather than exchange them for food.Since gold has to be exchanged for bases, he can exchange as much as he can.It seems that gold is also useful for the base, but I don't know what it is useful for.

"Are you planning to exchange food?" the woman asked softly.

"Yeah. Steamed buns and rice flour are fine, as well as potatoes and sweet potatoes." Ye Zi has plenty of food, and he can't finish it after several years. Moreover, the new food in the space is coming down soon. Although his old food will not change in quality , but it is not as delicious as the rice that just came down.

"Gold is usually secretly traded in the base, ten grams of gold is exchanged for two or three steamed buns or a bag of bread, which are the kind of steamed buns distributed in the base. If it is like yours, one steamed bun is enough. But..." The woman glanced at Ye Zi with some concern, "I'm afraid they don't like to change this kind of steamed buns." After all, although this kind of steamed buns are delicious, they are so heavy.She would never believe that this man used such a big steamed bun in exchange for gold, it was too eye-catching.

"Well, I see, let's use flour. I'll give you ten grams of gold for a catty of flour, and you can exchange as much as you can. If you feel worried about keeping your child by your side, you can go to D521 in the northern area of ​​the villa area Find me. Here I will leave you five catties of flour first, and if you can exchange for more, you can go to my place to get the food." Ye Zi thought it would be best if she didn't come forward, and let this woman come forward to exchange gold for them .If you change more or less, it depends on what this woman does.As for the five catties of flour, he is not afraid of women being greedy.

Sometimes, this kind of reassurance is the best way to get along, and it is also the most direct way to make people believe.What's more, Ye Zi is sure that this woman will do her best to exchange for more gold for them.

"Sir." The woman looked at the bag Li Jiecheng handed over in surprise. This man is very generous with food, "How much are you going to exchange?"

"Whatever you want, you can exchange as much as you can. However, you'd better not let people notice you. Especially when you come to our residence, I don't want people to know that we want this gold." Ye Zi said seriously.

"Understood, I will do it well, please rest assured." The woman did not take the flour immediately, "Are you assured of putting so much grain here?"

"Are you afraid of being robbed?" Ye Zi asked.

"No, although there are no patrols in the slums, the place we live in is too remote to be noticed. Besides, I'm an old man here, and I know how to avoid trouble." The woman's eyes were straight.

Ye Zi nodded: "Then I will trouble you." Ye Zi pulled Xiaotian up, and Li Jiecheng turned and walked back.

The woman collected the bag and took the little boy back to the tent.

The little boy looked at the woman with a sweet smile on his thin face.Holding a piece of melted chocolate in her dirty little hand, she handed it to the woman's mouth: "It's delicious, mom."

"Zhengzheng, whose is it?" The woman looked out of the tent subconsciously, stretched out her hand and lowered the curtain of the tent, and asked in a low voice.

"Brother Tian gave it, two yuan." The little boy said, and took out another piece of pure chocolate from the worn-out little padded jacket.

The woman took it and looked at the beautifully packaged chocolates.They used to eat this kind of thing all the time.But since the disaster began, she hasn't seen her again, because she has no ability to eat this kind of thing anymore, it is food for children.She didn't bring food out when the food was not at the level it is now.Realizing the danger of food, she exchanged these things for food for her and her children early on. Otherwise, how could she, a weak woman with a six-year-old child, survive for so long in the last days?

"Mom." Zheng Zheng watched the woman stare blankly at the chocolate in her hand, stretched out her small hand to take the small kettle, and opened the lid.Just when she was about to make a move, the woman grabbed the child's hand, shook her head, and whispered to the child, "Zhengzheng, didn't mother tell you? Don't let people see and know Yes? Promise mom!

"Well, Zhengzheng knows." The little boy nodded heavily.

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