Doomsday rat

Chapter 457

"He, they wanted to snatch my mouse...yes, I caught it..." the little boy said while lifting up the object in his hand. It was a prairie rat, very fat, almost as big as half a hare .

"...The mouse is good, I like it, for a change...a bag of dried fish and a mouse, you earned!" Hong Tao said nothing, took out a bag of dried fish from the saddle bag behind his buttocks and threw it on the ground.

"...It, it is still alive, let me kill it for you!" Needless to say, the little boy also knew that he had earned money.But he didn't want to appear too urgent, he took out a palm-length knife sharpened with a saw blade from his coat pocket, and prepared to process the mouse to make it more valuable.

"No, I'm a hard worker... I'll ask you two questions, and we'll exchange if you answer correctly!" Hong Tao grinned and stopped the little boy's actions, just as the little girl also ran over.

"..." The two children nodded together. They couldn't recognize Hong Tao anymore. In other words, the refugees who often went out basically dressed in the same way. They were all dressed in hoods and cloaks, snow goggles or sunglasses, and they couldn't tell the difference without looking at their faces.

"You, you are the uncle who shot and killed the zombies..." However, the little girl seemed to have a supernatural power, and after taking a breath, she actually revealed the secret.

"You know me?" Hong Tao's heart skipped a beat, could it be that his disguise was such that even a little girl couldn't hide it.

It shouldn't be!Or is there any special mark on these two horses?It shouldn't be either!Although the refugees were poor, some gold diggers still had horses or donkeys. Otherwise, it would be a test of vitality to travel between abandoned cities on two legs.

"Your gun is different from theirs. It has a long barrel and it has no sound..." The little girl raised her finger and pointed. There was no trace of fear in her eyes, but she was a little proud.

"Very good!" It turned out to be so revealing. Although Hong Tao didn't think it was revealing, and most of the people who had the opportunity to see him draw a gun died, he still praised him sincerely and gave him a thumbs up.It is said that the children of the poor are headed home early, and these two children, especially girls, have strong observation skills.

"Thkanks...do you also speak English?" What surprised Hong Tao even more was that the little girl also expressed her thanks in English, and her pronunciation was quite standard.

"Who taught you English?" Hong Tao couldn't pretend to be stuttering anymore due to continuous surprise.

He really wanted to know the situation of the little girl. According to the age of both of them, they should have been born after the outbreak of the zombie disease, and they were children of refugees. It would be very good if they could read and write. Where did they learn English? What's the use.

"Father taught me, I will too!" The little boy felt left out, and immediately answered the girl's question.

"Well, children who study well in the old world should be rewarded...one piece for each!"

This answer was similar to what Hong Tao had expected. The father of the two children should have a relatively high level of education but relatively low hands-on ability. That's why he was not selected by the base and could only become a refugee. This situation is very common.But children's enthusiasm for learning should be encouraged, such as cheese.

"...We can help you with work, exchange it!" The little boy was about to reach out, but the girl stopped him with her eyes.

"Well, that's right, but this is a reward, not wages. I also have work to do here, you eat before you work, and you get paid."

Hong Tao could only nod secretly in his heart. This tutor was not bad in the old world, but it is top notch now.Then think about the biggest failure in my life, which may be educating children. No one is completely satisfied, failure!

"The dried fish is exchanged for the mouse, it's clear. You two help me carry it, don't let it fall on the ground, it's very expensive. How about another bag of dried fish when we get to the bridge?"

Seeing the two children licking the cheese with great reluctance, Hong Tao got off his horse and untied a pack of cheese from the pack horse, which weighed about five or six catties, and found a tree branch from the side of the road as a pole for the two children to carry. with.

"You have a horse, so you don't need ours..." The little boy was completely attracted by the salty and fragrant cheese at this time, and couldn't think of anything, what to do.But the little girl's eyes were still very agile, and she asked a rather sharp question.

"It sprained its feet when it went down the mountain, so it can't carry so many things. Without your help, I have to carry it by hand, and I can't shoot when I encounter bad guys." This nonsense has no rationale at all, so Hong Tao still He made a circle, and took another bag of cheese in his hand.

"Ajia, walk slowly, don't jump!" The little girl felt that this was the case, and she no longer doubted it. While telling the little boy to walk steadily, she pulled the sheepskin bag in the middle of the stick towards her.

"I also want to ask a question. Did you throw an empty can across the street one night?" Hong Tao rode a horse, and the two children walked slowly towards the residential area.

"...They are going to steal your things, Ajia threw them away!" With the conversation just now and the power of the cheese, the little girl told the truth despite hesitation, but put the credit on the little boy.

"Well, it's very good, and very smart. Do you know what it's called? It's called being brave, and it should be rewarded when I was young. Come, take it... you must take it, this is a reward, not wages!" The doubts were finally resolved, and Hong Tao was very happy.

After thinking about it, he took out a light brown plastic bag from his saddle bag and handed it to the little girl.Seeing that she hesitated, she simply dismounted and stuffed it into the cloth bag she was leaning over.By the way, I looked inside, and it seemed to be wild vegetables.

It seems that the two children came out to dig wild vegetables, and happened to catch a prairie mouse with no eyes, and it was the other children who saw it that caused the chase.Rats are also meat. For growing children, no amount of food is enough.

The little girl felt the weight and saw the texture of the bag. Knowing that it was not an ordinary thing, she hurriedly stuffed the cheese into her mouth, then sucked the residue on her fingers, and then went to get the contents of the cloth bag.

"Menu 18...?" It took a lot of effort to hold it with one hand, and it was all in English. After reading it for a long time, I only recognized one.

"Take it back and show it to your father, he will know. Remember, keep it well hidden, so that no outsiders can see it." Hong Tao smiled without explaining in detail.

This bag contains individual rations for the US military. There are a total of 24 combinations, and this bag is the 18th set.There are beef sauce and spaghetti gnocchi, which are called dumplings, but there is no filling, so it is gnocchi.

There is also a packet of coffee and coffee mate, a packet of sweet drinks similar to sports drinks, a packet of salty corn kernels, a packet of raisins, a packet of unleavened buns, a packet of cheese bacon sauce, a packet of gnocchi with tomato beef sauce, A pack of paper towels, a pack of wet wipes, a plastic spoon, two pieces of chewing gum, a small packet of salt, and a self-heating bag.

The total weight is about one and a half catties. Adults can't finish a meal, and one bag can guarantee a day's calories.It comes from the US embassy, ​​put together with the found weapons, there are more than 40 boxes, all produced in 19.

At the beginning, everyone was very novel, and they ate a bag if they had nothing to do, and the taste was still good.But after a long time, it is still not as delicious as fresh meals.The taste of foreigners is also quite different from that of Chinese people, so there are not many people patronizing it.

In the period of the Revival Alliance, the weapons and other materials found in the American embassy were hidden by myself several times, for the purpose of emergency one day.Unexpectedly, it was really used. When I was in suspended animation, there were more than 20 boxes left, all of which were carried on the plane.

Every time I go out for a long distance in these years, I will bring two emergency bags. Its shelf life is ten years, and it will be longer if it is placed in a place with a relatively constant temperature and low temperature.Behind the hut in Sailimu Lake, a vegetable cellar more than two meters deep was dug by myself, which should meet the conditions for low-temperature preservation.

In fact, even if it has expired, as long as it does not deteriorate, it is a good thing.The taste is different, but the heat is enough.In the deep mountains and old forests, even with magnesium rods and gasoline lighters, it is often impossible to ignite the fire. It is too humid, and it is not easy to have a hot meal.

Although the little girl didn't know what was in the bag, she took Hong Tao's reminder very seriously.Her method was relatively naive, she just turned up the wild vegetables under the cloth bag to cover it, but she didn't realize that the weight of the bag had exposed the stuffing of the cloth bag.

So Hong Tao had to help him put the cloth bag in the saddle bag and pass through the checkpoint so that the sentries would not bully the children to take him by the hand. Although he had a pass, he did not have the right to order the sentries.

(End of this chapter)