Take a bite (v1c54)
"You should also know that the plantation is now closed due to the attack of polluting creatures, and the opening date is uncertain... In other words, except for the first batch of people who arrived at the plantation today, everyone else can only watch."
Seeing the question mark on Ye Sheng's head, Old Lin paused for a moment, and then told her the reason, "The spring harvest event officially organized by the base is very good, and it can feed a lot of people every year, but now that it's closed, many people are starving in the mitigation area. They might resort to bad things."
All old Lin could do was say, "Someone might break into your house tonight."
Ye Sheng was not stupid either. After understanding, she frowned.
After arriving in the wasteland world, because there were mercenaries patrolling the mitigation zone, it was not as violent, dangerous, and disorderly as the real slums.
Even though she had heard of someone stealing, she never thought that a home invasion would happen!
What's more, they were worried that polluting creatures would attack the walls of the safe zone in groups, and people in the mitigation zone would be used as human shields to resist the polluting creatures...
"Little Sheng, I think you're still a child and there's no adult around you to warn you, so I'd like to remind you... look around and see if there are any people you know. It's best to move there and stay for a few days before coming back!"
Ye Sheng's family had a little pitiful girl that needed to be hidden, so staying at someone else's house was out of the question!
With luck in mind, Ye Sheng asked a question.
"But no one else knows who went to the plantation today, right? I just dug up a piece of potato and put it in the basket. They couldn't see it at all."
Old Lin shook his head helplessly, thinking that she was still young and didn't know the twists and turns inside.
So he patiently explained to Ye Sheng: "The official registration information of the base is not a confidential document. You can get the specific list by giving some gifts, and then start checking according to the list, and your identity information can be found in one search."
Having said this, Old Lin sighed. He had experienced a lot at his age and could naturally imagine the worst outcome.
It was precisely because of this that he reminded Ye Sheng.
“If they know you're the only person in your family, they'll come over whether there's a harvest on the plantation or not.”
"..."
After hearing this, Ye Sheng couldn't help but smile bitterly.
As an orphan, although she didn't have to worry about being exposed as not being the original, it also brought a lot of dangers... Especially, if she wanted to survive in the wasteland world, most people chose to join a group to keep warm.
When a person was alone, even a dog would come over and bite them...
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"Well, thank you, Old Lin, I'll be on guard."
Now that she knew that she might be in danger, Ye Sheng calmed down and carefully selected the crossbow arrows in front of her. Before, she was thinking about buying some cheap wooden arrows and a small number of iron arrows to save her life.
Now, she would buy all the iron arrows!!!
But after seeing that Ye Sheng knew what he was thinking, Old Lin didn't say anything else and began to recommend these types of crossbow arrows.
Compared with ordinary bows and arrows, crossbow arrows were smaller in size and had many tricks.
"This is a ridged and two-winged arrow. There's a ridge in the middle of the arrow. Because it has two wings, it can't be pulled out after it hits the human body, unless a piece of flesh is torn off... Of course, it depends on the situation when dealing with polluted creatures. You can shoot some with weak defenses. They're strong."
"There are also three-pronged arrows. The arrowhead is in the shape of an inverted fork, with a sharp blade in the middle and small protruding blades on both sides. The entire arrowhead is in the shape of a flat triangle. It is more powerful than the two-winged arrow. No matter where it is shot, the arrowhead will not be taken out. It will always be painful.”
Old Lin watched Ye Sheng focus on the iron arrow and quickly selected the two most suitable ones.
In fact, there were more high-tech crossbows, but they were too expensive and children like Little Sheng could not afford them, so these two types of crossbows were pretty good.
In this regard, Ye Sheng chose the three-pronged arrow without hesitation and bought fifty arrows.
Even though Old Lin asked her to think about it again and buy less first, Ye Sheng simply waved her hand and refused.
Just kidding, was it a matter of quantity?
She also wanted to live.
However, it was indeed expensive... Ye Sheng's identity card had a total of 8,435 base points. After buying fifty three-pronged arrows, 1,500 points were suddenly gone.
Later, when Ye Sheng was in pain and happy, Old Lin recommended the new watermelon flavored nutrient solution.
Ye Sheng couldn't help but buy ten bottles of watermelon flavored nutrient solution, and lost 100 points.
As for the reason why she bought the nutrient solution at home even though she hadn’t finished it... Xiaodongxi was seriously injured and could only drink nutrient solution. She would get tired of drinking strawberry-flavored nutrient solution all the time!
Ahem, she could also try it to see how the watermelon flavored nutrient solution tasted.
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When Old Lin started selling the vacuum machine again, Ye Sheng quickly waved to Old Lin and said goodbye. If she stayed any longer, she would not be able to keep her remaining points!!!
After leaving the swap shop, the relaxation area outside was still busy.
However, when Ye Sheng came here, she only thought the gossip was interesting, but now that she heard it, it turned into a reminder of her life.
People were shouting that they were hungry...
It made her feel complicated.
"Shengsheng!!!"
When Ye Sheng was carrying a basket full of arrows and thinking about what traps to make when she went home, Zhou Lin's loud voice rang out, and not long after, she flew over like a small cannonball, happily circling around Ye Sheng.
At the same time, she never forgot to say, "Shengsheng, This month I won't be hungry!!!"
Compared to Ye Sheng who was more frightened, Zhou Lin had a large family and was not afraid of home invasions and robbery.
When the time came, it wouldn’t be certain who would rob whom…
Ye Sheng looked at Zhou Lin with a happy face and was also happy for her. On the way to the garbage dump last time, Zhou Lin kept talking about wanting to eat starchy fruits.
She finally ate them this time.
"That's great, but you have to be careful and don't get noticed!"
Looking at Zhou Lin's cheerful look, she knew she was lucky. She was not attacked by porcupine rats in the plantation, unlike the last time she was attacked by Green Frog.
When she heard Ye Sheng telling her to be careful, Zhou Lin's eyes widened.
Her smile swiftly faded into a look of concern as she approached Ye Sheng. Drawing closer, she whispered, "Shengsheng, come to my house tonight. Even if I can't manage the food, I can handle the accommodation."
"You know?"
"Yeah, I'm not afraid of my family, but it would be terrible if those black-hearted guys come to your house."
If it hadn't been for Old Lin's previous reminder, Ye Sheng wouldn't have understood Zhou Lin's words.
Now that she understood, she raised her hand and patted Zhou Lin on the shoulder, shaking her head and refusing, "Zhou Lin, thank you for your kindness, but I can't leave... Don't worry, if there is really danger, I will escape!"
After chatting with Zhou Lin for a while, the two said goodbye and parted ways.
Ye Sheng quickened her pace and returned home.
Upon unlocking and pushing the door open, she found Xiaodongxi sleeping peacefully. The worries and fears stemming from the home invasion and robbery quickly faded away, leaving Ye Sheng feeling resolute.
No one could harm her or Xiaodongxi!
After making up her mind, Ye Sheng lit the green wood charcoal, added some wood, and started roasting the low-radiation potatoes. When the potatoes were cooked, she only needed to add some salt to taste.
She let them cool down and took a bite.
Ye Sheng: (✧◡✧)
Low-radiation potatoes are delicious!!!
No wonder Zhou Lin had been craving them, they were really tasty, more delicious than the potatoes before the apocalypse~
Unfortunately, this low-radiation potato was only about the size of a fist. No matter how slow Ye Sheng ate, she finished it quickly.
Ye Sheng indulged in the savory taste of potatoes, her lips tingling with satisfaction. Retrieving her crossbow, she embarked on a practice session within the shack, aiming to hone her skills and become a proficient archer.
Her confidence wasn't unfounded. Back in her temple fair days, she effortlessly hit balloons with precision whenever she threw darts.
The boss would beg her to stop and let him go.
But this time the situation was different. A life was at stake, so Ye Sheng practiced until dark, and stopped to maintain her mental and physical strength.
Lying beside Xiaodonxi in a daze, and feeling sleepy, she heard a "crash" sound.
Ye Sheng suddenly woke up and realized that the rope tied to the iron can outside the door had been touched, signaling that the bad guy was coming!