Desperate Night

Although the woman is short, she has a strong figure. She is holding a machete as long as her forearm in her hand and is looking at Yu Hong with a scrutinizing gaze.

"Is there anything to eat?" Her eyes turned to the steel-nailed pyroxene rod in Yu Hong's hand.

"Do you want to change? What do you want?"

she added.

".Is there any medicine?" Yu Hong looked at the strong body curve of the other party and felt that this woman might be stronger than him, and he felt wary.

He scanned the surroundings with alert peripheral vision while sizing up the other person. "I want anti-diarrhoeal medicine, anti-inflammatory medicine."

"What do you want to exchange for? I just need food! Lao Yu hasn't been back for two days. Several families around us are short of food. If you have it, you can exchange it for whatever you want." The woman said quickly.

Her tone was sincere, and at the same time, the knife she held in her right hand seemed to be playing tricks unconsciously.

The forearm-long machete is straight and sharp, with a blade as wide as an adult's hand. Not just anyone can do it with a knife.

This move immediately raised Yu Hong's vigilance to the highest level.

He suddenly felt that he had made a mistake by running out to exchange so rashly.

These people who have been able to survive alone outside for such a long time, even the weaker women, definitely have unique skills to ensure their own safety.

But the other party can't figure out his details. As long as he doesn't take action, everything is unknown and a test, so it's easy to tell.

"I have something to eat." Yu Hong replied quickly. "But I don't have much on me, so I have to go back and get it. Do you have any medicine?"

"There are some, but you have to figure out what disease you have, otherwise it will be a waste." The woman said quickly.

"Diarrhea, I had it several times in a row. I suspect it was caused by drinking rainwater." Yu Hong answered quickly.

"Rain!?" The woman looked startled, paused, and stared at Yu Hong. "Did you drink it directly or filtered it?!"

"Filtered." Yu Hong looked at the other party's reaction, and his heart suddenly sank, feeling bad.

"It's okay, that's okay." The woman said in a relaxed tone. "Rainwater must be boiled and drunk. Ever since those ghosts started to appear two years ago, rainwater has contained toxins. Once you drink it directly, you will suffer from severe diarrhea. Only people with strong constitutions can withstand it."

"Then what should I do now?" Yu Hong asked with a frown, while taking a lizard stem from the bag and throwing it over.

The other party caught it, smelled it, bit off half of it, and chewed it slowly. When he looked at Yu Hong, his eyes were much gentler.

"Fortunately, what you drank was filtered. Didn't anyone tell you that you can't drink rainwater?" She said speechlessly.

"No, I have a companion, and she drinks whatever she wants." Yu Hong recalled the days when he lived with Little Stutter, who seemed to drink rainwater often, but never gave him a drink.

"...You have a very strong companion." The woman also fell silent.

"I guess she's like a bison and can pick you up with one hand."

"That's not the case. But can you tell me how to solve it?" Yu Hong threw a piece of dried meat over again.

The woman caught it with a smile on her face.

"It's very simple. In the soil on the ground, there is something black with a little purple. You dig it out and dig it out. Eat as much as an egg. Mix it with water and swallow it. You will be cured soon."

She stood up straight and looked at Yu Hong.

"Besides, this must be your first exchange with someone, right? Just hand over your details. You must have been from the bunker in the town before?"

"." Yu Hong didn't say anything, but there was a look on his face that said, "How do you know?"

Of course he is not a bunker person, but this does not prevent him from guiding the other party to guess in that direction.

"You are Yu Hong." The woman suddenly said his name, "Yiyi's words are indeed very strong. I heard her talk about you. There are very few new people joining us within dozens of miles around here. It’s just you.”

"Okay. I'm Yu Hong, who are you?" Yu Hong felt a little more relaxed when he heard Yiyi's name and knew that the other party was an acquaintance. But he still held the stick in his hand.

"I'm Jenny. I'm a leatherworker. You must have heard Yiyi say that. I can repair anything worn by those of us around here." The woman's tone softened.

"Where's Yiyi? Why didn't she come instead of you this time?" Jenny asked doubtfully.

"She went to town." Yu Hong did not say that Yiyi left, but simply lied.

"Okay, is there anything to eat? I told you the treatment for rainwater diarrhea. If you have anything else to change, you can bring food. Do you want a change of clothes?"

She glanced at Yu Hong's dirty T-shirt and smiled.

The originally gray-white short-sleeved T-shirt had now turned gray-yellow, completely soaked by the grime formed by dried sweat.

The clothes were greasy and cold, and they weighed a lot.

"Are there any nails?" Yu Hong thought for a while and asked. He needs nails to make things, and this thing is much more convenient than a mortise and tenon structure.

"There are quite a few, what do you want this for?" Jenny was stunned, and soon she thought of something, "Is it possible that you can still make things by yourself?"

"I know a little bit." Yu Hong nodded and took out the water filter cup he made. "This is the water filter cup I made. If you want it, you can order it from me. Medicine, clothes, unprocessed pyroxene, or help me with some work. , can be replaced.”

Jenny looked at the water filter glass in his hand, her eyes shining brighter and brighter as she looked at it.

If this workmanship is really effective, everyone nearby will benefit.

"Because of the big skin last night, we are all gathered in Lao Zhou's bunker now, and we will come to you to change after the peak period!" she said quickly.

"Do you want to change this cup now?" she asked, pointing to the water filter cup.

"Change." Yu Hong nodded.

He knows how to do crafts and does good work. This is the foundation of his identity that he had thought about in advance.

This foundation can help him ensure a certain basic safety in the neighborhood.

Because as long as he is alive, he can continuously make things that everyone needs.

This is his value.

"Wait for me, I'll be back soon." Jenny didn't say how much she had to change, turned around and ran away, then slipped into the forest and disappeared.

Yu Hong looked in the direction she left, and carefully found a place to hide, no longer standing in the open like this stupidly.

He was now extremely eager to complete the intensive training regimen. My physical fitness is so bad now that I'm afraid I won't be able to beat anyone.

If the training method is successful, he will be able to strengthen similar survival methods in the wild, lurking and hiding methods, and other survival methods.

But the premise is that the strengthened method can be used by oneself.

‘Exercise also requires adequate diet and rest. It would be great if we could figure out how lizard jerky is made. And mushrooms.’

Yu Hong squatted and hid in the grass, thinking and waiting.

Fortunately, this is when the sun is at its strongest, and ghost shadows usually don't appear at this time.

And for unknown reasons, there are hardly many mosquitoes and few insects in the forest.

So he won't be bitten even if he squats in the grass.

The sound of rustling leaves waxed and waned with the wind, and the sun was strong, shining on me with waves of warmth.

But apart from the sound of branches and leaves, there was no movement or sound of life in the forest.

No birds, no insects, everything was dead.

Yu Hong glanced around from time to time to make sure he wouldn't be rashly approached by a strange shadow.

This dead forest was bright and sunny, but it gave him a strange feeling of terror.

No butterflies, no bees, no flowers, just grass, branches, roots.

Light green, emerald green, dark green, yellow green, branches and leaves of various levels are layered on top of each other, intertwining into a real and weird forest.

‘This forest, it’s like it’s dead. It's so lush and quiet that it's false. ’

This thought flashed through Yu Hong's mind.

About a few minutes later, footsteps were heard again from the side of the post office stone house.

"Yu Hong? Are you there? I'm coming."

Jenny's voice sounded.

Yu Hong heard the sound and carefully looked through the grass in the direction of the sound.

I saw Jenny still dressed as before, holding a small cloth bag in her hand, standing there looking around.

He did not go out immediately, but continued to observe for a while to make sure that the other party's movements were natural, not stiff, and that he walked step by step.

It's obviously not a ghost.

Moreover, there was no one else around, only her.

After confirming this, he slowly stood up.

"I'm here. Have you brought anything?"

"Brought it." Jenny squinted her eyes and looked this way. "Stand still and don't move!"

She suddenly said loudly.

"What did we agree to exchange?"

"Water filter cup and nails!" Yu Hong replied immediately.

"good!"

Seeing that she was right, Jenny also breathed a sigh of relief and stepped forward to get closer.

"Here." She handed over the small bag in her hand.

Yu Hong took it and opened it and took a look. Inside was a large handful of rusty iron nails, each one as long as a finger.

"About thirty pieces, which is enough for a while. But it's not enough to replace the water filter cup."

He looked up at the other person.

"Add this." Jenny put down a backpack from her back, opened it and took out a patched long-sleeved sweater.

"I guess you need a change of clothes. Otherwise you'll get a fever if you get wet from the rain."

She smiled and winked at Hiro.

"Deal!" Yu Hong nodded. Hand the water filter cup to the other party and take the sweatshirt.

The sweatshirt is gray, woven with some unknown fine grass, and has some animal fur added, making it look very warm.

"This dress is made of wild boar skin, which can prevent rain, but it is not suitable for being exposed to the rain for a long time. You can take it easy on yourself." Jenny reminded, "It was originally made for my daughter. She works in a bunker in the town. Every month I’ll come back once. Speaking of which, she should be just a little younger than you.”

Speaking of her daughter, a soft smile appeared on her face involuntarily.

"You love your daughter very much." Yu Hong put away his clothes and nails.

"Well, she is my pride. She combines the advantages of me and her father. She is beautiful, confident, capable, and can handle everything in life." Jenny replied with a smile.

"By the way, if I want to contact you remotely, is there any way?" Yu Hong suddenly changed the subject.

"You can use a long-distance communicator, but charging it is troublesome. It was useful before the black disaster came, but it is useless now." Jenny replied, "The postman has one, and he can contact the bunker in the town at any time."

"What about charging? How to solve it?" Yu Hong's heart moved and he asked quickly.

"The hand-operated generator is used, and there are also solar power generators, but because the power has decreased over time, the conversion is now very poor, so it can only be used as a supplement." Jenny replied, "What, you want it?"

She keenly guessed Yu Hong's intention.

"It's a small electrical appliance. It would be a big help if it could be charged. When the postman comes back, can you help me ask if the solar generator is for sale?" Yu Hong said.