Surviving the end of the world

According to the previous plan, they spent the night at the other end of the village. The only troublesome thing was that after drinking the milk, the little thing disliked the soup that soaked the cakes. drank it down.

In the early morning of the next day, the woman came with her husband to feed the baby, and left a small pot of pre-squeezed food. She weighed the food and went back without saying anything.

"Tsk tsk, these two people really don't look like a couple, this woman is ten years older than the man!" Li Liwen said aside.

Pingzi snorted coldly: "This woman had so many miscarriages and gave birth to two, how could she not look old! Fortunately, it is not easy to find a wife now, otherwise, that man might have to change his wife!"

"Okay, don't worry about it, we're not affiliated with the women's federation, but we don't care about it!" Scarface said impatiently, "Let's hurry up and change the cotton and cottonseed, it's serious to go back early ! This little thing is killing me!"

Fortunately, it is not far away. In the afternoon, a group of people saw a large cotton field. At this moment, the cotton has just entered the growing season. Compared with the potatoes and sweet potatoes grown by ordinary people, cotton is obviously more important. painstaking effort.

Because there is no electricity, a series of natural disasters caused the water conservancy system such as canals to almost collapse. Therefore, most of the irrigation is done by manpower. It is already evening, and the people here are watering the fields. It was estimated that the fertilizer had been fertilized a few days ago, and the air was filled with a pungent smell, but everyone didn't mind because there were many people from outside the village.

When I first heard that cotton was grown here, no one thought that it was such a large-scale planting method. Except for a small amount of arable land that is not suitable for growing cotton, some private plots were planted with potatoes, and the rest of the land was planted. cotton!Just as far as Chen Jin and the others could see, there were nearly a thousand acres of cotton fields.Those farmers squatted in the field one by one, serving those cotton seedlings that were only calf high. Chen Jin had sharp eyes and looked at them with a little numbness on their faces.

Although Li Liwen is young, he can tell that this cotton is really difficult to take care of, so he clicked his tongue: "Well, let's change cotton and go back, it's too hard to grow this thing!"

Chen Jin snorted softly: "Although there are no pesticides and fertilizers, it is no problem to harvest three to four hundred catties of cotton per mu. Whoever consumes three to four hundred catties of cotton, each planted a few cents , enough for a family, but it seems that this village should have an agreement with somewhere to engage in big deals!"

"It should be like this!" Pingzi squinted his eyes and said, "But there are no big forces around here, who can swallow so much cotton?"

"But if this is the case, our plan will have to be changed!" Chen Jin sighed, "Since they have a channel to sell it, it means that the buyer can have machines for processing, and our few blueprints are not very useful. It's gone!"

While a group of people were discussing, someone had already come over and asked, "Are you here to exchange cotton?"

Pingzi replied: "Yes, there are more children in the village. I am afraid that the children will be wronged. I want to exchange some new cotton and go back to make some new cotton clothes for the children!"

The copper-colored face of the villager was full of wrinkles. Seeing that he was not young, he coughed twice and said, "Okay, you must be tired after walking so far, let's go into the village!"

"Okay, sir, you can get in the car first, and just show us the way!" Pingzi smiled, "What's your surname, sir?"

"It's expensive or not, these days, we people are a cheap life!" The old man smiled wryly, "Everyone in our village is named Liu, you can just call me old man Liu!" As he said, he was a little surprised He looked at the zebra pulling the cart, but he didn't ask any questions.

"Then I'll call you Uncle Liu!" Pingzi said with a smile, "Uncle Liu, I want to ask, how can I change the cotton?"

Old man Liu glanced at the grain piled up in sacks on the car, thought for a while, and said, "One price, one catty of cotton, ten catties of grain!"

"Ten catties?" Li Lixin couldn't hold his breath for a while, his eyes widened and he called out.

"That's really not much, we've always used this method of exchange here!" Old man Liu had seen many people, and he said calmly, "You have also seen that this cotton is harder to serve than food. Our village Most of the people spend most of the year in this cotton field, and the output of one mu of land is only two to three hundred kilograms. If the price is lower, the villagers will starve to death!"

"Well, why do you grow so much cotton? What if you can't get it out?" Bai Jing asked suddenly.

The expression on Old Man Liu's face changed, and finally turned into a sigh: "If there is a way, why do we grow so much cotton?"

"Could someone force you to fail?" Scarface interjected.

"Hey, isn't that right?" Old man Liu said helplessly, "It is true that we used to grow cotton here, but that means, at most half an acre of land. After all, even in the past few years, cotton The price is not very high, so if you grow cotton and play cotton quilts at home, you still have to grow food, what else should you eat? However, there is really no other way now!"

Old man Liu took a deep breath, coughed twice, and said: "I don't know what evil I did, just two years ago, a group of lions came near us, that's not counting, what kind of wolf Ah, the tiger, everyone in the village has seen it! That winter, the group of lions broke into the village directly, killed and dragged away nearly ten people, and many others were injured. Several of them could not be saved!"

Old man Liu probably told many people what he said, so he didn't hide it now, and directly explained the ins and outs of the matter to them.Their village is relatively remote, and there is a small hillside nearby. A few years ago, the government promoted greening and planted a lot of trees on the hill, and even surrounded a large area nearby to set up a semi-open so-called wild animal park. , a large number of animals on the African grasslands are stocked in it, and they plan to build a tourist attraction here, but the cost has not been recovered, and the end of the world has come, and everything is messed up.

The villagers used to go to the mountain to get some firewood and go back. Later, they found that the wall surrounding the wild animal park was destroyed, and many animals moved directly to the mountain. As the nearest village to the mountain, this became the hardest hit area. .

In addition to the villagers who were attacked and killed by the lions, the livestock raised in the village were often lost, which was naturally caused by those wild beasts.Later, someone came to the door directly. They had guns and knew martial arts. They easily killed a tiger in front of the villagers, and then promised the villagers that they would protect the villagers from these beasts. The condition is that the villagers Plant cotton and provide them with a certain amount every year. Of course, they will exchange it at a relatively favorable price. In addition to food, there are various daily necessities.

Old man Liu sighed, and said: "We don't know the origin of those people, but they are indeed very powerful! Because of their help, our side was indeed not attacked again, but those lions and tigers, they did not directly If we solve it, we have to keep begging them, and they should have many ways outside, and they can get everything, so we have to listen to them!"

As he said that, Old Man Liu suddenly remembered something: "These people still know how to use magic? My grandson saw it before. They pasted a talisman on the car, and then the big truck disappeared!"

At this moment, Chen Jin and Bai Jing understood that they should be a few low-level monks. After all, cultivation resources are scarce these days, and monks also have to eat, so they simply started the business of second-hand dealers.It is estimated that they buy cotton from these villagers at a low price. Whether it is processed by themselves or sold to the security base, it is a business that is sure to make money!

While talking, old man Liu had already brought people into the village, and then said: "Just wait at the entrance of the village, I will ask, who sells cotton. Most of them have been exchanged for those people, and some of the leftovers are for their own use, and some have to be left for relatives and friends!"

"Okay, then I will trouble you, Uncle Liu!" Pingzi said quickly.

"What's the trouble? Our village relies on this thing for food!" Old man Liu forced a smile. Cotton is no better than food, and this thing is not a fast-moving consumer product. It’s a cotton jacket. In today’s world, it can be three years old, three years old, and three years after sewing and mending. People who are close to each other have come to exchange cotton. Only Chen Jin and the others have a carriage. Can buy goods, otherwise, people farther away, how can they have the energy to come and exchange cotton, and then they will have to pay back to those people. No matter how reasonable the prices of those people are, how good can they be? Guaranteed food and clothing for the whole family!Earn as much as you can while you still have it now!

At this moment, many people are already cooking, and the smoke is rising from the chimney. Some half-grown children are running around in the village with bare feet. A small bag of grasshoppers and some cicada chrysalis were skewered and roasted on the fire until they were browned. No seasoning was added, and they were stuffed directly into the mouth.They looked at the two zebras, and they were not curious about it. They just glanced at them and then stopped looking at them. It is estimated that they have seen many similar animals, so it is not unusual for them, and they can still eat things in their mouths more important.The food here has to be earned from cotton, and most people only dare to exchange some coarse grains. The children in Xiaohe Village will fry some soybeans as snacks for the children at home, but few people here are willing to exchange many beans. , If you change it, you have to extract the oil. How can you give it to the children? If the children want to order snacks, they naturally have to figure out their own way.