ebookland Chapter 144 Divide the Meat
Chapter 144 Divide the Meat
A large iron pot with a diameter of nearly 1.6 meters was placed on the fire to heat hot water. There was a wooden clothes hanger next to it, where a few tattered clothes were hung to dry.
There are also some wooden forks, wooden swords and the like placed on the side.
In addition to stone piers, there are also wooden piers, wooden basins, wooden bowls, and wooden chopsticks, and there are many more.
And in one corner, there was a mountain of firewood.
It was obvious that someone was making a fire here, and with a pot that big, there must have been a lot of people.
Jiang Yuan silently tilted her head and looked at Lin Xiao, as if to say, is this your secret base?
Then, people came out of the darkness and gradually gathered around the fire from all directions.
Jiang Yuan also saw their appearance clearly.
It’s true that everyone’s disability is different.
But the same characteristic is that they are tall and powerful, and Lin Xiao looks very miniscule standing in front of them.
Although he had told himself early in the morning, the people hiding here now were veterans of the hunting team who had been injured and had retired.
But when she saw it with her own eyes, she still couldn't help but feel a little sad.
The large group of people were not high-spirited, but exuded a sense of decadence and sadness.
There were twenty-one people in total, but not a single person with intact limbs could be found among them.
Most of them are old, with gray hair, wrinkles on their faces, and stooped backs.
The young eyes were sunken and surrounded by heavy dark circles, looking like they had just come out of a beggar's den.
They are simply a group of old, weak, sick and disabled people.
Who would have thought that they followed Lin Xiao and took away the rough stone from the escort?
"Boss."
Everyone stood in line and saluted Lin Xiao first.
Seeing him coming, everyone finally had a smile on their faces.
But this smile cannot hide their bitterness, poverty and embarrassment.
"Now I can confirm that the escort team has not cared about your departure. From now on, everyone can live here with peace of mind."
"What do we need to do after that?"
Hearing this, everyone's faces became a little more happy.
"Winter is about to enter, and everyone's range of activities is limited. Just guard this place. If anything happens, I will come over to discuss it with you."
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Jiang Yuan watched this scene silently.
There was a strange feeling in my heart.
This scene is very similar to Lin Xiao's vision of gathering a group of strong men with no way out, uniting to become the king of the mountain.
Could it be that the next step is to become a gangster?
A ruthless gangster who specializes in robbing escorts? Should that also be considered a righteous bandit?
Later, the old man in the team who was missing an arm took Lin Xiao and Jiang Yuan to see the supplies they were protecting.
The old man was over fifty, with gray hair and even wrinkles. He was obviously two meters tall, but he was hunched over. When walking with Lin Xiao, he was only a little taller.
He is considered the person in charge here, and Lin Xiao calls him Uncle Zhong.
When I hear this name, I think it sounds like a butler.
The three of them walked a long way, holding torches, and entered through a cave entrance.
The entire cave is filled with food.
Among them, meat is the most popular, including rough noodles, oil and salt, etc.
The two wild boars that were once were now turned into dried meat and bacon. The fat meat was boiled into lard and sealed.
"Wild boar is rare, and we didn't dare to exchange it, so the brothers used their points in the wild hunting team to exchange some rice, flour, and oil to take back up the mountain. It will be no problem for them to survive the winter this year. We will find ways to get some food next year. "
Food, as long as they work hard, they will never starve to death.
Uncle Zhong said firmly.
It can be felt from his words that he still yearns for the future.
"Let the brothers carry the two hind legs to the car, and I will take them away in a moment."
If this meat is kept in ordinary people's homes, how many years will it be eaten?
Uncle Zhong nodded and shouted outside, and someone immediately came to help.
Then, they went around to another cave entrance, and a smell hit their nostrils.
Under the light of the fire, it looked like a pigsty. The ground was covered with hay and surrounded by firewood. A total of nine piglets huddled together.
Seeing this, Jiang Yuan's eyes lit up.
Just little piglets, probably just born, but each one weighs at least a hundred pounds.
If you take good care of it, you will be free to eat meat next year.
"They eat a lot. The brothers harvested weeds and leaves for three days before the rain. They brought back all the food that wasn't black radiation. But at the moment, it's probably only enough for a month."
Wild boars are omnivores and can eat anything.
Moreover, the digestive system is also very special and is not very sensitive to radiation. As long as it is not marked with black marks, its body will not have much problems.
But even so, they are really edible.
Now that the mountains and forests are dry, where can we find grass for them to eat?
Therefore, I am afraid that if I can only raise them for another month, I will have to kill all nine piglets.
How can humans with food shortages be qualified to raise pigs in captivity?
"Keep it for now, and I'll think about if there's anything I can do."
Lin Xiao was not absolutely sure about this.
If there is really no food supply, of course they will just be slaughtered.
After a month, they will also grow up a lot, and they will become a lot of pork.
Jiang Yuan also thought about it seriously.
I'm afraid there is no solution in the living area.
But if you can go to the forest outside, where there are many and tall weeds, there shouldn't be too many weeds below the black mark.
It is really not easy to raise pigs.
After that, Lin Xiao chatted with the retired veterans here for five minutes, and they returned the same way.
This cave looked like it was in a deep mountain forest, but if Jiang Yuan saw it correctly, there was a sign of a living area on the roadside, making it look like another village.
"That was the former slum No. 7. An accident happened two years ago. There were only about 30 people left, and they were all merged into other slums. In fact, there are still several abandoned slums like this, and the population is also decreasing together."
Lin Xiao saw her staring and explained.
There are ten slums outside the safety zone, but the population is getting smaller and smaller, and has dropped sharply to only six slums.
No. 7 was abandoned only two years ago, so it is not particularly desolate.
What used to be No. 8, No. 9, and No. 10 can now be called deep mountains and old forests, with no trace of human beings at all.
"There is no one there. If a wild beast comes out, can they protect themselves?"
This was a dull topic. Jiang Yuan did not continue to ask and changed the subject.
"no problem."
How could a veteran of the wild hunting team not be able to protect himself?
Lin Xiao was full of confidence in them.
And it’s their own choice to go there.
From the day they left the safari team, there was no other way.
It took nearly two hours for the two of them to drive to Brother Zhang Hu's house.
The two wild boar legs brought weighed 600 kilograms.
They gave Zhang Hu three hundred catties.
When hunting wild boars, Zhang Hu put in a lot of effort, and even three hundred kilograms was lost.
"Brother Zhang can eat by himself without any shortage of meat. When spring comes next year, I will send some things to Brother Zhang."
But if you give him all the meat, he may not like it.