food crisis [end times]

Zhu Yan slammed on the brakes suddenly, and Xiang Luo jumped forward without defense, fortunately he had a seat belt.

"What's the matter?" Xiang Luo looked forward, and soon found that the road ahead was a bit strange.

Unlike other places where there are clear to reflective black wheel marks on the ground, there is a thin layer of snow on the road ahead, as if the snow walls on both sides of the road were blown off.

It's just that in the crystal snow, if you look closely, you can find an imperceptible metallic luster inside!

trap!

The two looked at each other, Xiang Luo frowned, and stretched his hand under the chair.

The car stopped there and waited for more than ten seconds.There was an eerie tranquility in the air.

Suddenly, a shout came from nowhere, and a dozen people jumped down from the snow wall, holding various tools in their hands, including machetes, baseball bats, and even shovels and hoes.clamoring to come over and smash the car.

The louder they are, the less likely they are to hurt people.

This is a way of robbing money.

However, when they were yelling around to smash the car, one of them suddenly yelled, and everyone stopped in a daze.

The movement of the person who was yelling at the co-pilot was frozen there.

And what he was facing was a dark wooden barn.

Those who can go out in this world must be capable people, so the targets of their robbery are all selected.Traps were laid on the ground, and those who were caught would extort property in the name of helping, and those who were not caught would come up to grab it.But for those big convoys, or the military, they definitely dare not touch them.

Although the car owned by Xiang Luo and Luo today is very valuable at first glance, but with just one car, they thought they could give it a try.

The moment he faced Mu Cangkou, the man's mind went blank.

Although those who do this are licking blood from the knife edge, but it is impossible to not be afraid of this encounter.

Xiang Luo's voice sounded from behind Mu Cangkou: "Get lost!"

The people around were afraid of being affected and retreated again and again, but they didn't really leave, but waited and watched.

Being able to have a wooden warehouse means that this time it is really "fat", and I am not reconciled to letting it go, but if I grab it hard, it is inevitable that there will be casualties.No one wants to be that early bird.

So I was reluctant to let go, but I didn't want to take risks.

If there were two more wooden warehouses at this time, they would definitely run faster than rabbits.But there is only one wooden warehouse at the moment, and there are more than a dozen of them.If you want to do it, there will be at most one or two casualties.

But who will be the cannon fodder?

As the stalemate continued, Xiang Luo threw out two packs of compressed biscuits: "Sweep the front for me!"

Two packs of compressed biscuits are two catties.The value of this in this world is naturally needless to say.

On the one hand, there is the threat from Mu Cang, on the other hand, two packs of compressed biscuits have already been given.

It's not much, but it's already profitable.It's better than nothing.

Sometimes people are so subtle.Between fighting for a big business with your life and a small profit, the latter is often preferred.

Especially in the last days, it is too easy for a person to want to die, but it is difficult to live.

A leader cautiously walked over to pick up the compressed biscuits, making sure that there was no problem, looked up at the Xiangluo with the wooden warehouse mouth facing him, swallowed his saliva and slowly retreated: "Don't worry, we won't make things difficult for you. There is nothing wrong with that You can only do this. Since you have given something, there is no reason for us not to let it go."

Xiang Luo said coldly: "We will be back in a while, it's best not to let me see anything on the road then."

The man nodded again and again: "Don't worry, we'll clean it right away. Come on, don't make this buddy wait in a hurry."

Someone pulled a broom out of the snow and swept the road.Obviously it was well prepared.

Xiang Luo pushed the window up, and the car drove away again.

As soon as the people left, the group of leaders breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, Xiang Luo in the car was also the same.

It was really close just now.

Although he could fight, he might not lose against these dozen or so people.But there is Zhu Yan by my side!

He didn't want to take Zhu Yan to take risks together.

Zombies are helpless, but if they are both human, conflicts should naturally be avoided as much as possible.

Think about the black pimple in your hand that fooled them.

After driving for a while, Zhu Yan held the steering wheel with one hand, and stretched out the other hand to Xiang Luo: "Show me."

Xiang Luo handed over the wooden warehouse, Zhu Yan was stunned, and his eyebrows frowned: "Where did you come from?"

The weight doesn't look fake.

Xiang Luo laughed directly: "You can't see it either!"

Zhu Yan raised his eyebrows: "Fake?"

"I don't have the skills to make it real. This is a high imitation. But it's not from the right way. I bought it at a roadside stall for a few hundred dollars. It's made of steel balls. But it's also a bit fake, within ten meters It can penetrate a steel plate of about five millimeters, it can be fatal at close range, and it is enough to shoot birds at a distance.”

"You are really a bird gun." Zhu Yan threw the wooden warehouse backhand to Xiang Luo, "But this bird gun can fool those people, so it is quite useful."

"You can scare even you, let alone them. Only those who have touched the wooden warehouse seriously can see it. But it is impossible for this wooden warehouse to face the real wooden warehouse." Xiang Luo put the wooden warehouse away. Well, I still count on this to scare people in the future.

Drive all the way into the next door city, but this time the target is not the last warehouse.It's another one two or three miles away from that warehouse.This warehouse is no different than others. It has a large yard, and some containers are piled up in the yard.It's more like storing building materials for a construction site.

The gate has been completely vandalized, and someone has obviously visited in advance.

Xiang Luo frowned and looked inside.

"How can this place be visited by people in such a remote place?"

"All the fungus package raw materials are stored here, so it shouldn't be a big problem."

Most of the roads in the city have been cleaned up, and although most of this courtyard is covered with snow, the gate is open, and there is a snow passage dug inside.Apparently someone went in after the blizzard.

Xiang Luo led the way in with the imitation wooden warehouse, and Zhu Yan followed behind, using a flashlight to identify the direction and tell Xiang Luo which way to go.

Outsiders digging in is not directly facing the door, because they are not familiar with it, they will definitely go around two or three places to get to the main entrance.The two successfully reached the main entrance of the warehouse along the road, and sure enough, the main entrance had been destroyed.An open space was even dug out at the door, apparently the intruder wanted to facilitate the arrangement of supplies and get them out.But the ground is very clean, it seems that they have prepared for nothing.

At the door, Xiang Luo approached there lightly, stood at the door and listened for a while, making sure there was no sound inside, and then walked in slowly.

Inside is a very standard warehouse.

The most important raw materials for making mushroom bags are nothing more than sawdust, rice bran, and wheat bran.Generally these are randomly stacked.However, when Zhu Yan was preparing, he discovered the problem of moldy food and thought of this, so all these things were packed separately in woven bags in this warehouse, and some of them were also vacuum-packed.They are stacked on the shelves one by one like rice.

A lot of wheat bran was sprinkled on the ground, and Xiang Luo was standing next to the shelf, and he could almost imagine that when they first came in, they must have thought it was a warehouse for rice noodles, and after being overjoyed, they found out that it was something to feed livestock. That scene must have been very exciting .

So, unwillingly, they cut open more than a dozen packages in a row, and found that there was no one to eat, so they could only leave in shame.

In fact, to be honest, in particularly extreme cases, sawdust, rice bran, and wheat bran can be mixed into food.They are not only nutritious, but also have a particularly strong sense of satiety.It can also be regarded as one of the ingredients that should be used in extreme environments in the last days.

But although food is in short supply now, it has not yet reached the point where it is necessary to make a living on it.

In addition to becoming angry from embarrassment, they left without taking anything away.

Thinking about it this way, Xiang Luo really felt sorry for them.

The ones scattered on the ground already have a strong musty smell, have been polluted by super mold, and are clear and green.However, most of the colors of the packaged ones are good, except for a few green ones.

Xiang Luo picked up the two bags and looked at them, nodded and said, "Let's take back the two bags for proofing (sample)."

"Well, two packs are enough. What's more important is the other ones, such as calcium carbonate. Let's take more back first, so as not to be seen by others."

Compared with wheat bran as a base, these ingredients are the key to success.This family must first save more points.

"You said I'll move." Xiang Luo is better at physical work, and he is also reluctant to Zhu Yan to do heavy work.

Naturally, Zhu Yan would not force himself to stand out, so he called Xiang Luo to come, and he picked out some things that needed to be handled carefully and carried them into the car, completely filling the back seat of the car.

Then the two went out, and did not lock the door again, but posted a note on the door, writing:

"Only sawdust, if you want to start a fire, please feel free."

Go back and drive back with the goods.

After arriving at the section of the road that was robbed before, it was still quiet and nothing could be seen.The car drove past smoothly and nothing happened.

Obviously, the Anqun people knew that Xiang Luo's car was not easy to mess with, so they didn't make things difficult for them anymore.

As soon as they arrived at the entrance of the village, they found that the village chief and a few people from the village committee were all dressed thickly and were waiting at the entrance of the village.

It made Xiang Luo feel like a general returning in triumph.

The car stopped at the edge of the ravine, and the guards were busy laying the planks. After the car passed by, the two stopped and got off. The village chief, Zhou Zhenhua, came up and patted Xiang Luo on the shoulder eagerly:

"Good boy, you haven't encountered any danger!"

Xiang Luo sighed: "Don't talk about it, I met someone who robbed Dao. But it's not difficult, I will let you go after a few packs of compressed biscuits."

Zhou Zhenhua stared blankly: "Is this really the case?"

Xiang Luo only nodded, looking very worried.

Zhou Zhenhua hurriedly said: "Scared! Don't worry, how much compressed biscuits did you spend? The village will pay for you. As long as you come back properly, those are all belongings. By the way, have you got the raw materials?"

Forget about the rest, raw materials are the focus of their trip.

Xiang Luo knew that they were waiting for this, nodded and said: "I got it, how about I go back and try to make it. It will take two or three days, and we will officially go in two or three days. How many cars will be used, it depends on that." What is the plan of the village?"

Zhou Zhenhua naturally understood Xiang Luo's words. Now Xiang Luo represented the hope of the whole village, so he naturally relied on everything:

"Yes, yes, you know this matter best, and you all listen to you. The people have been selected long ago, and the tractors have been fueled. If you say you can go, we will go! Let's talk about how many raw materials you have. Approximate number? Let’s see how many cars we have prepared.”

Zhu Yan thought about it and said, "I can't say for sure, anyway, I only spent 30 yuan on those raw materials. I don't know how much your truck can fit, anyway, ten trucks were used to transport it in. And One thing is that the warehouse has been visited by people, and someone may have moved a part of it for firewood."

Large trucks and truck tractors...

In fact, people who work a lot can have an idea.

When Zhou Zhenhua heard that there were so many, he was naturally overjoyed and hurriedly said: "Then I understand! There are so many at least two trips to bring them all back! But don't worry, I will arrange these, and I will definitely understand! You can make mushroom bags! As long as the mushroom bags can produce mushrooms, our village will find its way out!"

There were a few people standing at the entrance of the village. They all had happy smiles on their faces, and their eyes were shining when they looked at Xiang Luo.

And at this time, an inappropriate voice sounded from behind the crowd.

"No matter how busy your family is, you can't make mushroom bags for the whole village."

All eyes were on the past, Xiang Luo only glanced at it, and the smile in his eyes faded.

The person who spoke was none other than Zhou Zhenxing, the younger brother of the village chief Zhou Zhenhua.

Xiang Luo didn't open his mouth, but Zhou Zhenhua had already opened his mouth and said, "I do as much as I like, you're the one to do things here!"

Zhou Zhenxing's spirit was obviously not as good as when he appeared in front of everyone last time.Not only was the person haggard a lot, but the look between his brows and eyes was even more gloomy than last time.

Hearing what his elder brother said, Zhou Zhenxing smiled a little, and said, "I don't have bad intentions. The old Xiang's child has a good heart, and I'm afraid that he will be exhausted. If eight families want to It’s easy to raise that, but if you want them all, you can’t bear it. It’s a bit of a burden for a few more family members to learn how to do it, and it’s okay to pay tuition if it’s not possible.”

If you pay tuition to learn how to make fungus bags, there is no one in the village more qualified than Zhou Zhenxing's family.First of all, his family has food, and there are a lot of food that can't be eaten up.Secondly, his family has experience in growing mushrooms. Previously, the whole village relied on the mushrooms eaten by his family.

In fact, it is reasonable to say that it is not his turn to come, but when the question came out, everyone didn't look at him, and looked towards Xiang Luo on tiptoe, wanting to hear what Xiang Luo meant.

Xiang Luo gave everyone this time to think, and asked them to calculate their own interests first, and then said:

"Actually, it's not that I haven't thought about what you said. But in our village, if you don't look up and look down, you will see it when you raise the money. My brother and I think that this is not valuable in itself, you say bacteria The bag can be sold, but it is just a formula, whoever wants it can take it directly. It’s just that we are still in the experimental stage, and the mushrooms we are currently planting in the house are still comparing and summarizing the grouping data, and the formula is still being upgraded. Now if I I’ll give it to you, if you can’t grow it, I’ll be scolded. Just wait a little longer, at most a month and a half, when we’ve confirmed the data, we’ll post it at the door and how to do it. We’ll also sell the raw materials later. .”

Zhou Zhenxing said this with a bit of an angry meaning. He wanted to wait for Xiang Luo to refuse, so that he could spread nonsense with words and let the villagers believe that Xiang Luo was just like him in the past, simply wanting to attract the whole village. Money feeds itself.

But Xiang Luo said so selflessly, but he was so choked that he couldn't speak for a while.

He didn't open his mouth, and the others hurriedly confirmed with Xiang Luo: "Are you telling the truth? Formulas are the breadwinners for your family!"

"That's right! Aren't you afraid that we will steal your business?"

Everyone said what they said, but there was some respect and admiration for Xiang Luo in the words.At least if it was them, they would never tell other people about this kind of eating guy.

Listening to their attitudes, Zhou Zhenxing thought that they had the same attitude when talking to him before, but now they turned their heads to Xiang Luo with such enthusiasm, and naturally felt uncomfortable, so he said sourly:

"Who knows if the one released for free is the same as what you made yourself."

These words made everyone present smell a sour taste.Zhou Zhenhua also felt that he was going too far, so he frowned and said, "You can save yourself a few words!"

Zhou Zhenxing was domineering and domineering in the village. He had offended many people by relying on mushrooms before, and Zhou Zhenhua, the elder brother of the village chief, was also scolded.

Xiang Luo glanced at him, and said with a smile: "If I really have this selfish intention, why should I disclose it? I don't even need to sell my fungus bag. Wouldn't it be better to just hire ten or twenty people to help me grow mushrooms? There are many mushrooms grown. , The food is paid back to me alone. It’s even better if I want to do this, and you said that you think I shouldn’t even sell mushroom bags?”

The more arrogant Zhou Zhenxing was when he sucked the blood of the whole village to enrich his family, the more the villagers resented him.

Although it is your love and my willingness to buy and sell, one is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer.But knowing that mushrooms are in short supply, and still asking for sky-high prices, don't blame others for this kind of worldly hatred.

Xiang Luo's path was different from Zhou Zhenxing's from beginning to end.Zhou Zhenxing only wanted food, but lost his heart.But Xiang Luo wants both!

In fact, Xiang Luo would also like to thank Zhou Zhenxing.The more annoying he is as a negative teaching material, with his foil, Xiang Luo's subsequent actions will be more noble.

Xiang Luo is not afraid of being robbed of his business, anyway, he has more than one card in his hole.

Moreover, he has temporarily mastered all the raw materials, and before a new source of raw materials is found, it is enough for him to release his next hole card.

Zhou Zhenhua was also afraid that what Zhou Zhenxing would say would embarrass the Zhou family, so he hurriedly said to Xiang Luo: "Then you go home first, and I will clean up the village here. No one will go to your house. How busy you are these two days One thing, try to finish what needs to be done. Of course, if you need anything, please let us know at any time, as long as there is something in the village, we will definitely give you the green light."

It is enough to have this sentence.Since they had something to do back in the village, Xiang Luo didn't carry them any more.And the back seat is so full that there is no room for anyone.

After returning to the car and driving the car to the house, I realized that many people had already arrived at the house. As soon as the car drove into the garage, some people came around to check what was there.

"When will we be able to produce mushroom packs here! Last time I bought small mushroom heads! It's so good! Leave me a few more packs!"

The author has something to say:

"I can only sell one this time, which is too little. My daughter-in-law also said that if I can buy more, I can send a few to her natal mother's house after the snow melts."

……

Everyone said what they said, but Xiang Luo had no choice but to drive people out: "Let's retreat first, and we will go to the warehouse to get the raw materials together in a few days and come back! When there are too many raw materials, it will be finished." If there are many, there will be no limit. When our technology is mature, we will tell you how to do it. Then we will sell ready-made raw materials and make as much as you want. But it is not urgent. If there is nothing else, just do it. Go back first, leave the place empty, we still have to study it."

——End of this chapter——

On track~