Surviving the end of the world

"Who?" Chen Jin casually pulled out a burning twig from the fire, while Bai Jing rushed over and quickly pulled a person out.

It was indeed carried by hand. It was a very thin young man with hair like weeds on top of his head, his face was blue and yellow with hunger, and the clothes and pants he was wearing were scratched several times. With finely shredded grass leaves hanging, his arms and legs were as thin as hemp sticks, he looked at Chen Jin and Bai Jing with some horror.

Bai Jing casually threw him to the ground, and sneered, "What are you doing squatting there?"

The young man swallowed his saliva, his eyes rolled quickly, and he stammered, "I, I understand!"

Chen Jin and Bai Jing almost didn't laugh out loud, they were wearing their pants and undressing, let's be kidding!Apparently there was also a speech problem over there, and his face turned even paler. He looked nervously at Chen Jin and Bai Jing. His legs were weak at the moment, and he couldn't even bring up the idea of ​​running away, so he could only keep a pale face. , unconsciously twisting the corner of his clothes with his hands, his eyes wandering, and his heart became even more flustered.

Bai Jing snorted coldly, took a piece of cake and skewered it on a bamboo stick and roasted it on the fire, and sprinkled some homemade salt and pepper, the fragrance wafted out, the young man's attention was attracted, he stared at Holding the piece of cake, Chen Jin clearly heard the sound of him swallowing.

Bai Jing didn't think it was too hot, so he took the cake, broke it in half, gave one half to Chen Jin, and stuffed the other half into his own mouth. While chewing the corn cake, he asked vaguely: "Boy, What is your name?"

The boy licked his lips before whispering, "My name is Jiang Jianping!"

"Is it from Jiangjiabao over there?" Chen Jin asked after thinking about it.

Jiang Jianping stared at the piece of cornbread in Chen Jin's hand, and his stomach grunted in disbelief. He felt his stomach throbbing and nodded subconsciously.

Chen Jin asked casually, "Is Jiang San from your village?"

Jiang Jianping has already attracted all the attention at this moment. He ran out only for a bite to eat. Naturally, he had no idea that he would rather die than surrender. He said casually: "He is my cousin!"

"He asked you to come?" Bai Jing interjected from the side.

Jiang Jianping showed a nervous look on his face at this moment, hesitated for a while, licked his lips again, touched Kong Kong's belly with his hands, and asked with some uncertainty: "I tell you, can you give me something to eat?" ?"

Chen Jin threw the half of the cake in his hand, and Jiang Jianping took the piece of cake almost in a hurry, and then stuffed it into his mouth. The cake was very dry and hard, but fortunately it was not rough. Jiang Jianping chewed hard As he chewed, he couldn't wait to swallow it until he chewed a little bit softly. He didn't know if it was a psychological effect. He felt that the pain in his stomach eased a lot, and he ate half of the cake. The big guy is just a drop in the bucket, he covered his stomach, and looked at Chen Jin again, he could see that Chen Jin was much easier to talk to than Bai Jing.

Chen Jin didn't speak, just looked at him like this, with a smile on his face, Jiang Jianping quickly understood, and said directly: "Uncle Santang and the others asked me to come, they said you came from the sea, it must be I went to change the salt, saying that I want to teach you a lesson, so let me come and find out!" He was also very depressed, and he squatted nearby to watch for a long time, until he saw most of the people fell asleep, and only two people were left to watch the night At that time, I wanted to go back and inform others, but I didn't know that because I squatted for too long, my feet became numb, and when I got up, I moved a little too much, so I was discovered.

But he didn't have any other thoughts other than a little annoyed.Speaking of which, Jiang Jianping never had a hard time before. His parents started doing business in the last century. They first sold cloth, then sold clothing, and then opened a clothing factory. Jin's place also bought a house, and his family's household registration has been moved to the city, so naturally, the land is gone.When he was in the city, in order to protect him, one of his parents was crushed to death by the robbers, and the other was also injured. They barely managed to send him back to his hometown and died.He lives with his grandma, who is not young anymore. Because of the large population in Jiangjiabao, he has less land, and his family has less than one mu of land owned by his grandma, together with the land in front of the house and behind the house. The private plots add up to only a little over an acre, which is naturally not enough for food.

Now that he is out of service, Jiang Jianping is young, can't do much work, and has a lot of appetite, so he has to find other ways. He and some gangsters in the town try to find a way to beat the sap on the road, and sometimes do some things to help others, Running errands for some people in exchange for some food, this time it was Jiang San who came to him and promised to give him two catties of salt and ten catties of grain if he succeeded .

He is also a bachelor. At this moment, he told the whole story like beans in a bamboo tube, and then looked at Chen Jin eagerly. Chen Jin snorted softly, and still took two more pieces of corn tortillas and threw them over. Then he said: "You just stay here obediently, and we will leave after dawn. Otherwise, you said that if I break your legs now, will Jiang San come to rescue you?"

Jiang Jianping's face turned pale again, and he didn't say a word. He just took one piece of corn tortilla and slowly bit into another piece and put it in his trouser pocket.

Bai Jing didn't like this kid very much, he gave Jiang Jianping a look, and then complained: "A Jin, you are so kind, according to me, since this kid is not kind, it would be a good thing if we don't beat him up, or Isn't it a waste to give him something to eat!"

Chen Jin waved her hand and said, "Okay, it's because he's still young. If he's older, I'll just throw him into the river!"

The two chatted and laughed casually, making Jiang Jianping, who was sitting there, trembling in his heart, wishing to run away, but Bai Jing's eyes swept over intentionally or unintentionally, he felt that if he dared to run, he might really have his leg broken, so he had to be a little bit Sitting there stiffly, I didn't even dare to move my legs, but after all, I was young, and I still couldn't bear it in the middle of the night, and fell asleep.

Jiang San and the others were always cautious. Seeing that Jiang Jianping hadn't gone back, they naturally didn't move out easily. The next morning, a few people who had fallen asleep woke up, and saw an extra boy lying on the ground in a daze. Opening his eyes, Li Lixin couldn't help being a little puzzled, and asked, "Who is this kid?"

Chen Jin said nonchalantly: "The guy from Jiangjiabao nearby is going crazy with hunger. He came out to find something to eat, and I happened to meet him. I was afraid that he would go back and talk nonsense, so I asked him to wait until we left, and then let him go back! "

"It's still Uncle Chen who is thoughtful!" Several people were flattering there, and one by one hurried to the river to wash their faces, driving away the remaining drowsiness, and then prepared to leave. Before leaving, Li Liwen thought about it and left a piece of corn The cake was given to Jiang Jianping: "Okay, boy, this is for you, don't talk nonsense when you go back, otherwise, next time I see you, I will have a look at you!"

Jiang Jianping didn't expect that Chen Jin would lie for him, he was in a daze, now he got another piece of cake, he was overjoyed, afraid that they would repent, he quickly put the cake into his trouser pocket, covered it with his hands, and looked at them with some vigilance One glance, and then run away.

"This kid runs really fast!" Bai Jing drank his saliva, looked at Jiang Jianping running away quickly, and said in surprise.

"Leave him alone, let's go quickly, return to the village early, and be at ease soon!" Chen Jin interjected.

"That's right, brother Liwen, you are too rotten and kind. Who knows what that kid's plan is, you give him food back, and you don't know if he will sell us if he eats it later. !" Li Lixin complained from the side.

"It's just a piece of pancake. It's not easy for everyone these days. That kid is still young, so hungry!" Li Liwen argued.

Bai Jing casually threw the water bottle onto the cart, and said impatiently: "Okay, leave early, I want to go back to sleep early, I haven't closed my eyes all night, and my eyelids are almost out of control!"

"Brother Bai, you are troubled!" A few people on one side laughed and got up and pushed the cart onto the main road.

When they passed Xiaochenzhuang, Chen Jin asked them to go first, and took Bai Jing and six catties of salt and abducted them to Father Chen's side.Father Chen was also very surprised to see so much salt. When he saw Bai Jing, he was a little surprised. He pulled Chen Jin aside and asked, "He still lives with you, didn't he go back?"

Chen Jin said directly: "He hasn't been in touch with his family for a long time! Besides, I'm with him now!"

"Together?" Chen's father repeated a little dullly, but he didn't realize what Chen Jin meant for a while, and when he understood what Chen Jin meant, his eyes widened all of a sudden, and he wanted to say something, but he met Chen Jin firmly. His lips trembled, "You, you have been hiding it from me, I'm afraid you hooked up before!"

Chen Jin nodded without hesitation: "That's right, Dad, he is the one I want to spend the rest of my life with!"

Father Chen wanted to curse, but he still maintained some clarity in his mind. He stared at Chen Jin, and finally said weakly: "You, just don't regret it in the future, I can't control you anymore, just go away! "

Chen Jin pursed her lips hard, and finally said, "Dad, take care of yourself!" As she spoke, she took Bai Jing's hand and left without looking back.

Father Chen looked at his son, his body became even more stooped, he let out a heavy breath, and staggered back.In the room, Yang Xiaoyun and the others looked at Papa Chen's unsightly face, their hearts were tumbling, but their expressions remained calm. Chen Zhe served Papa Chen's meal, and Papa Chen lost his appetite after eating a few mouthfuls. He used the excuse that he was tired and wanted to sleep. After taking a nap, he opened the simple door curtain and entered the bedroom separated by only half a wall.

Chen Jin didn't think too much about the shock that this news brought to Dad Chen. He took Bai Jing to catch up with the large army, and returned to Xiaohe Village before the sun set.The children playing at the head of the village were the first to see them, and cheered and reported back to the village. Although everyone was very tired, they cheered up and pushed their carts into the village.Putting the salt they brought back to the old captain, Chen Jin and the others who went there briefly explained the exchange ratio, and each took back the part that belonged to them, and then went back to rest.And the villagers who came one after another after hearing the news also received their own salt according to the part of the food they had delivered before. While scolding the black heart of the previous group of salt sellers, they also breathed a sigh of relief and changed With so much salt back, at least within half a year, there is no need to worry about eating salt.Wait until this season's grain is harvested, and then change it again, and change some more, no matter what, it is better to ensure the amount for a year.