Flowers Blooming in the Wasteland

One-eyed Tuke returned his hand to the table. He had to admit that Fu Yunlan was right. He and his four young and strong sons could still keep their goods from being robbed by hungry people in Hummingbird Town. If they go to other places, they will probably be robbed of everything and lose their lives. Leaving Hummingbird Town must be the last and most compelling choice for the Tuke family.

However, One-Eyed Tuke will not just compromise like this: "You are indeed eloquent, but I can't give you my car. Even if you have a large number of people, it doesn't matter if you are professional mercenaries, everyone in the Tuke family has their own reasons. Desperate determination to defend our own property, otherwise we would not be able to survive in this crazy wasteland until today. Even your father never thought of robbing our private property, you left with the mercenary group Where did the courage come from to think that the Tuke family will obediently submit to your hegemony?"

"You don't have to be so excited." Facing the angry One-eyed Tuke, Fu Yunlan seemed very calm, "It's just a borrowing, no one intends to take away your property."

"Yes, 'loan' to you, without any mortgage and lease fees, and you may borrow at any time." One-eyed Tuke said, "It's not the first time you have broken the car, why should I do it? This is a loss-making business."

"You can think of this as an investment, and investment is risky." Fu Yunlan said calmly, "Although it seems that there is no benefit for the time being, if you refuse, it doesn't matter whether the mercenary group dies in the future or through other means. If you don’t use the method to support it, your life will not be easy.”

"Are you threatening me?" One-eyed Tuke snorted coldly, "Come on, I'm not afraid of your threat. If the mercenary group plans to attack us, maybe the Tuke family is not your opponent, but it's impossible for you to fight with your whole body. Retire, there are only a few people left in the mercenary group, how many lives are you going to take to rob my property?"

"I said, I won't rob you, it's not good for the reputation of the mercenary group." Fu Yunlan still looked at the one-eyed Tuke's one-eyed calmly, "The Tuke family makes deals with the bandits outside in private , buy their stolen goods, sell them ammunition and guns, how many out-of-town travelers in Hummingbird Town were killed by the bullets you sold them, and became their food? Your money has already been stained with the blood of innocent people, if When the townspeople know the truth, they will immediately rush forward and tear Tuke's family to pieces, and the mercenary group only needs to wait for the aftermath, and there is no need to bear the bad name themselves."

One-eyed Tuke subconsciously wanted to deny: "You are talking nonsense, there is no such thing at all."

"Don't you think that your father really doesn't have any thoughts about you? He didn't touch the Tuke family just because there is no need for that at the moment. At the beginning, I installed the camera myself, and the surveillance video captured the process of your transaction. If it’s clear, it’s meaningless to continue to deny it.”

The muscles on One-Eyed Tucker's face twitched unnaturally, and then he smiled: "So what if it's true, you have no proof—even if there was once, it's gone now."

Fu Yunlan smiled softly: "The court only talks about the evidence, and the angry people don't care about it. They have too many negative emotions to vent recently, and they only need a channel and an excuse, and-"

He took out a recording pen from his pocket and pressed the playback button, and Tuke's voice came out clearly: "So what if it's true, you have no evidence..."

Fu Yunlan put away the recording pen: "Even if it wasn't there before, it's there again now."

One-eyed Tuke was trembling with anger, and put his hand behind the table unconsciously. Fu Yunlan said, "I was able to survive from the hands of mutants, but you haven't touched anyone in a few years? Your children Just downstairs, think clearly about the consequences of impulse."

Miriam's innocent laughter came faintly from downstairs. One-eyed Tuke hesitated again and again, and finally let go of the weapon in his hand in despair: "Okay, you win, my car is yours now."

"The mercenary group still needs ammunition."

One-eyed Tuke gritted his teeth in pain: "Okay, I'll give it to you."

Fu Yunlan continued to increase: "From now on, you must completely stop dealing with the gangsters."

"……it is good."

Fu Yunlan seemed to see through what he was thinking: "Don't try to be obedient, the defense of Hummingbird Town is very weak now, if you continue to provide them with ammunition, there is no guarantee that one day they will break into the town while we are out and kill Kill your son, rape your daughter, take your property and burn the rest. Unlike the mercenary group, they don't need to care about their reputation at all."

One-eyed Tucker said unconvinced: "If they are cornered, they will be more likely to take the risk of attacking Hummingbird Town. Those desperadoes are hungry and can do anything."

"That is also an attack with no ammunition and food, not a well-prepared attack."

"Well, I won't even sell them a single hair clip in the future." One-eyed Tuke was still persuaded by Fu Yunlan, but the nature of a businessman made him want to get some benefits for himself, "I'll give you what you said. I can promise you anything, but I have one condition."

"Tell me." Fu Yunlan didn't want to push the other party too hard, he knew that appropriate concessions would be beneficial to both parties.

"You know, Miriam has always favored you." After being slapped hard by this kid, One-Eyed Tooke had the idea of ​​turning him into his own family.

"I understand what you mean." Fu Yunlan said, "But if you really care about your daughter's happiness, I'm not a good choice for her."

"...Are you really gay?" One-eyed Tuke didn't understand. Miriam wasn't ugly. In the wasteland where most women were malnourished and skinny, or tortured by hard life, they called her a hummingbird. The most beautiful girl in the town is absolutely no exaggeration, and all the men in the neighborhood flock to her—except Fu Yunlan, the only one she has a crush on.

"Yes." In order to get rid of One-eyed Tuke's entanglement, Fu Yunlan simply admitted it.

"...Well, I will persuade her to give up."

"One more thing." Fu Yunlan looked down on his daughter, but was quite interested in his sons, "I heard that your son wants to join the mercenary group."

"Don't even think about it!" One-eyed Tuke suddenly became excited, "I can agree to other conditions, but my child must not be a mercenary, not any of them!"

"As you wish, I just hope that when the mercenary group is out, they can assist the garrison in city defense and patrol work. After all, if Hummingbird Town falls, neither your cargo nor your family will be safe." Fu Yunlan knows the truth of accepting good things, and also knows that it is better to give some benefits after being slapped, "correspondingly, the mercenary group has no extra manpower to manage supplies and logistics, and all the spoils we get back will be handed over to you." I will handle it for you, and [-]% of the profit will be paid to you."

"Deal!" One-eyed Tuke finally heard a condition that made him not so depressed.

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Celeste has realized more than once that this world is realistic and cruel.

Some people have to do high-intensity work in mushroom factories or farms every day to support themselves. Some people are forced to deal with dangerous chemicals and nuclear pollution in order to eat one bite. Can't find any jobs, can only live by begging or eating mushroom factory waste. Thelister has seen them cook the residue mixed with mushroom stumps, mycelium and wood chips into a paste to fill their stomachs Well, such "food" can't provide much nutrition at all, and every day of life is just a dying day for them.

In Hummingbird Town or any other survivor forces, children are extremely rare, and the number of women who could have survived is much less than that of men. And extreme malnutrition can't bear children. For most ordinary workers who have neither professional skills nor special status, only when both husband and wife work hard and save part of their rations can they barely support a child.

And Celeste, today, like countless days before, has nothing to do.

Fu Yunlan was not at home as usual, he was sitting in front of the table playing with a few bullet casings, trying to fold them up with his inflexible fingers.

He tried many times, but he collapsed after stacking three or four.

Thurliste was overwhelmed by an emotion called depression.

Although his hands may not have been so dexterous in the past, at least he wasn't so clumsy. He didn't know what happened to him. After waking up from the nuclear explosion, many things seemed to be different.

Although he suddenly gained a lot of strange knowledge and abilities, apart from adding a lot of psychological pressure to him, these unexplained "mutations" did nothing to improve his living conditions. His body became very wrong. At the beginning, he couldn't even grasp the balance of his body. After a while, he was less likely to fall when walking, but he still couldn't perform some finer movements with his hands.

In such difficult times, not many people could not work and live on idle food. Even if Celeste had a very well-paid scientist mother, she had to help in the laboratory since she was a child in Merced in exchange for some time. Not much reward.

But now, Fu Yunlan was too busy to take care of him, and he didn't say anything about letting him go to work, but Celeste didn't think he could just sit around and wait for death. One day he would fend for themselves.When one day he needs to go out to work, he dares not let people know about his abnormality, and his hands and feet are not as flexible as normal people. What kind of work can his body be capable of?