Five Hundred and Fifty First, Teachers and Students
To be honest, this was the first time Ren Xiaosu met someone who was willing to take others on a ride in the wilderness.
After all, everyone knows that this wilderness is not absolutely safe. The so-called guard against others is indispensable. If it were Ren Xiaosu, he would never let others hitch a ride.
Of course, not many people dare to ride in his car.
The middle-aged man smiled and said, "Since we are going to Fortress No. 74, it is also on the way, but we will turn to a remote place on the way. If you don't mind, we will drive you to Fortress No. 74."
Ren Xiaosu froze for a moment, then smiled and said, "Okay, thank you then."
The young man in the co-pilot also enthusiastically said, "Get in the car."
Ren Xiaosu was sitting in the back row. Suddenly, he was listening to the music played on tape in the car. How could the singer's voice be so familiar...
After a few seconds, Ren Xiaosu realized, isn't this Li Ran's voice? Although he had never heard Li Ran's song, the voice was very recognizable.
For a moment, Ren Xiaosu didn't know what to say. He ran out alone to hide from that woman, but he could still hear her song when he came out.
On the way, Ren Xiaosu discovered that the middle-aged man and the young man were not father and son. The young man yelled at each other, apparently he was a master-student.
The other party didn't ask his identity, nor did he ask what he was going to fortress No. 74 for, as if he was simply giving him a ride.
However, the middle-aged man specifically said before that he wanted to go to a remote place to do some business, which made Ren Xiaosu vigilant. What can there be in a remote place? The entire wilderness is sparsely populated, if we turn to a remote place, we are afraid that we will lead Ren Xiaosu into a trap?
However, Ren Xiaosu didn't speak, but asked calmly, "What are you two going to fortress No. 74 for?"
The middle-aged man on the other side said with a smile: "Actually, we just passed by the No. 74 barrier, and we didn't go in. After we put you next to the barrier, we went into the mountain to collect herbs. There are many babies growing up."
Ren Xiaosu asked curiously, "Is it the legendary treasure of heaven and earth?"
Mr. Storyteller has told stories about Fengshen Yanyi in his stories. In those stories, heaven, wealth and earth treasures are of great help to practitioners.
Hearing Ren Xiaosu ask,
The middle-aged man said with a smile: "No, no, I'm talking about mountain products, which are ordinary herbs, which can help my apprentice's body."
Ren Xiaosu nodded, it seems that the other party is Lianjiazi?
There is an old saying that the poor study and the rich learn martial arts, just because reading can change the fate of the poor, and those who are not rich can't practice martial arts at all without medicinal supplements.
But the other party went to the deep mountains and old forests, really just to collect medicine? Ren Xiaosu didn't believe it.
In the afternoon, the off-road vehicle suddenly deviated from the main road and drove towards a more desolate wilderness. Ren Xiaosu sat calmly in the back row, but his face was expressionless.
I just thought in my heart that the other party might be about to attack, whether it's robbery or seeking revenge, I'm afraid the other party has been plotting for a long time.
After parking the car, the middle-aged man put his fingers in his mouth and whistled. Ren Xiaosu frowned. Is there any help?
The next moment, there was a rustling sound in the nearby woods, and then four or five seemingly honest refugees came out. These refugees surprised the middle-aged man, "Old Li, you haven't been here for a while."
"Okay, the medicines are all in the trunk, hurry up and move them down," the middle-aged man called Lao Li said with a smile: "This time, all you bring are antibiotics, which are the things you most lack in the wilderness."
Ren Xiaosu, who was ready to kill at any time, was stunned suddenly. He thought that the other party had brought him here for the convenience of the other party, but it turned out that it was to deliver medicine to the refugees?
Ren Xiaosu couldn't be more clear about what a refugee is like. He looked around the woods, but he couldn't see anything clearly because of the darkness.
Lao Li opened the trunk, and Ren Xiaosu saw two cardboard boxes in the trunk, which were simply sealed with tape.
One of the men held a basket of eggs and handed it to Lao Li: "We don't have any good things here, just these eggs, you keep them."
The eggs are as big as a fist. It looks like wild eggs that have evolved in the wilderness. They are completely different from the domestic chickens in the barrier. In the past two years, game has been very popular in the barrier. Who can invite others to eat game? It's something Bel has a face for.
At the beginning, Ren Xiaosu was able to sell sparrows because the barrier people were good at it.
However, no matter how expensive wild eggs are, they cannot be more expensive than antibiotics. You must know that medicines can change lives these days.
But seeing that Lao Li didn't refuse, he took the egg and handed it to the apprentice next to him: "I'm still in a hurry to go to the No. 74 barrier, and I won't be here today to eat with you. Is there anything you need here?" , I can bring you some when I return from Wall 74."
A refugee hesitated for a moment and said: "It's time for winter. There are a few children in the mountains who are not resistant to the cold. Can you buy them some cotton padded clothes? If it's really inconvenient..."
Lao Li asked decisively: "How many pieces do you need?"
"12 pieces."
"Okay, I'll go back to the market town at Fortress No. 74, there are some for sale there," Lao Li said with a smile.
The refugee rubbed his hands and smiled, "I'm so sorry, I've been bothering you all the time."
"It's easy to do," Lao Li said with a smile.
"I don't know how much cotton clothes cost in the market town now?" the refugee asked, "We still have some savings here."
Lao Li pointed to the eggs in his apprentice's arms and said with a smile: "These wild eggs are very valuable, enough."
After the matter was over, Lao Li took his apprentice back into the car, and after the car started, Ren Xiaosu thought that the two of them didn't look like fellow drug sellers.
"For a basket of wild eggs, at most I can change into a cotton coat. I know the prices in market towns quite well. Are you doing this purely to do good deeds?" Ren Xiaosu asked.
Lao Li smiled while driving: "We have a rule. After becoming... an adult, you need to go to the market town to see what the life of the refugees is. At the beginning, I was arrogant, but when I arrived in the market town, I almost couldn't even eat. Or This group of refugees gave me a bite to eat. Later, they couldn't bear the exploitation of the consortium and the fearful life in the market town, so they escaped."
Ren Xiaosu nodded. It turned out to be like this. There are also honest people in market towns. Everywhere, there are people who bear it silently, which will further fuel the arrogance of those ruthless people, and eventually they can't stand it and escape from the market town.
Moreover, if you work for a consortium, you will only have one shack when you are old. Nothing belongs to them. Even farming for the consortium is paid for.
So some people would rather live in the wilderness more bitterly, and hope that the things they grow belong to themselves.