Chapter 337: Smell it, what does it smell like?
At three forty in the afternoon, the sky cleared after the rain in the depression.
The thunderstorm that raged all night has completely stopped.
It rained for nearly ten hours, not only bringing a terrifying 700ML of rainfall, but also outlined two rainbows, one shallow and one deep, hanging high above the depression.
If you can stand at a distance and look at the entire depression at this moment, you can see that at this point in time, the silver-gray iron stone mountain has been washed away by the rain, and two lines of smoke are flowing along it. The sky rises, intertwined with the rainbow.
Tranquility, peace.
Like the small fishing village that is secluded from the world, under the protection of Somo, there are no disputes and no harassment from alien races. Although there are few people in Hope Village, its cohesion can undoubtedly be called the forefront of the wasteland!
Of course, on this day worth celebrating, the village is much more lively.
Standing on the mountain road, two militiamen guarding the entrance to the mountain cautiously looked into the distance while taking a break and chatting from time to time.
The militiaman on the left is called Su Yuan. Because he and Sumo have the same surname, and because he was a fitness instructor before, he was lucky enough to stand out in the militia selection.
The militiaman on the right is Chen Kai, the cousin of the village chief Chen Shen. He also has tendons and extraordinary strength.
Relying on these two people to guard the gate of the mountain, not only the management is relieved, but even the villagers joke:
This is the door god of our Hope Village!
But today, the two goalkeepers were obviously in a trance.
"Kaizi, Kaizi, quickly open your game panel and see if your brother has sent you a message. This is making me anxious to death. Please ask how much this will sell for. ! ”
When he said this, Su Yuan looked nervous and even swallowed twice in an exaggerated manner to relieve his inner anxiety.
He is in a hurry!
It’s the kind of eagerness that can’t be faked at all!
After being called by him, Chen Kai first looked around, and after not observing any suspicious figures, he shook his head helplessly:
"Brother Yuan, don't worry. Ah, look at you now, you can't even hold the spear steady. I'm not talking about you. It's only been less than two hours since we were put on guard duty. This is the fourth time you've asked me, what's up? , are you still afraid that the things ordered by the director will not be sold?”
"Just be patient, I promise, they will definitely give you a satisfactory number when you go up there later!"
As Chen Shen's cousin, Chen Kai obviously knows more. He was also more calm. At least his hand holding the iron spear was very steady, and he didn't look flustered at all.
But Chen Kai didn't know that the more he acted like this, the more panicked the man standing opposite him became.
This time the village purchased the colloid of the white sap tree at a price that even a large shelter could hardly imagine!
Like oak trees, white sap trees are not uncommon in the wasteland.
This leads to the fact that if you want to acquire something and clear the market inventory immediately before others react, you have to spend a lot of materials to replace it.
It is simply not enough to complete this sky-high purchase just by relying on the taxes each villager paid to the village after harvesting the grain.
Ever since, “crowdfunding” has begun!
As the initiator of the plan, Sumo certainly set an example and subscribed for 50% of the quota.
Of the remaining 50%, 8% is taken away by the village’s remaining taxes, and the remaining 43% is covered by the villagers’ personal savings.
Of course, because each villager had different food reserves during the previous welfare disaster harvest, the amount of materials each villager gave during the subscription this time was also different.
To be cruel, take out 80% of your storage quota, leaving only three months of rations during the disaster, to prevent the dilemma of losing even the stuttering if the operation fails.
The more normal thing is to keep half a year's rations and give 70% to the village, which becomes the safest choice.
But besides these two types of people, there are also a few Wolf Slayers.
Su Yuan is one of them!
At this time, after hearing Chen Kai's comforting words, Su Yuan's hands were shaking even more, and even his forehead was covered with a layer of sweat in such a cool weather.
"Kaizi, Brother Yuan is not trying to trick you. This time, others invested 70% of the supplies. Many people invested 80%. You know how much I invested, Brother Yuan! A full 95%. , I basically only have half a month’s worth of food left from the grain harvested before, and the rest will be handed over for operation. If this is a loss, you, Brother Yuan, will go back to before liberation!”
"It's not that I don't believe in the director. Didn't we all see it on the public notice board? The director subscribed for a full 50%. This is not a small amount, but you also know that I was almost People who starve to death. If the director hadn’t forced an end to the blizzard, and if you hadn’t picked me up from outside, I might have died in the ice and snow a month ago. How could I have survived? Seeing our village change more and more. The better, how can I still stand here with you in this cannibalistic apocalypse and talk about the harvest."
Su Yuan burst into tears when he said this.
Not all people who can live in Hope Village have a good life!
Not to mention Su Yuan, more than 60% of the people in the village today were lucky enough to join in after almost losing their lives.
Seeing that this tough man who had frostbite all over his body and still insisted on working in the fields without shedding a single tear was in such a situation now, Chen Kai pursed his lips.
Then, he responded angrily: "Brother Yuan, we all know what you said. To be honest, if it hadn't been for the director, I would have had to explain it to the saltpeter mine. You didn't know. When the Maeda Japs forced us to work, each of us would work for a day before being given a potato smaller than a fist."
"It’s such a civilized era that no one would pick it up if it was thrown on the ground. Potatoes, at that time, I would think about them every day when I fell asleep, thinking about when I could eat two, I could eat three, I was so hungry, you had to dig in the mines for a whole day to eat them. At this point, I feel that if the director had not come to save us, I, Chen Kai, would have told us where we were digging for a week, but in the end..."
"When I saw the director wearing armor, he directly left the camp. When the door exploded and people rushed in, killing people everywhere, haha, thinking about that scene now, it’s so exciting!”
"At that time, when all of us were standing on top and saw the director killing the kobolds, we were so excited. These dog thieves had oppressed us for so long, and finally we could seize the opportunity, so with this force Han Jin, we didn’t know where we had the strength at that time, so we rushed down and followed the director, but do you know what happened next?”
At this point, Chen Kai paused, and Su on the other side asked. Yuan was also interested. Although he had a worried look on his face, he still responded cooperatively:
"What? Come on, please don't whet my appetite at this time!"
Without giving away, Chen Kai nodded and continued: "Hey, I knew you wouldn't guess. This matter can be regarded as my cousin's dark history. He usually doesn't let me tell anyone, but I will tell him today. Don’t spread the word!”
“At that time, we had been hungry for so many days, and we rushed down and fought fiercely for a while. Everyone fell to the ground with low blood sugar and couldn’t think of anything. Next, my cousin Chen Shen didn’t know where his brain circuit came from, so he thought that the director was a general who traveled through time in ancient times. He was also stupid, so he directly tricked Lu Bu, the most powerful person in the Three Kingdoms, and asked us to imitate the TV series. If you do that, bow down and see if General Lu Bu will take us in!"
"These other people, after being hungry for so many days and being frightened like this, naturally have no choice but to do this. But you know, what was I thinking when we called Lord Lu Bu to take us in? "
Su Yuan raised his eyebrows: "Think you can finally join the director and enjoy the blessings?"
"No, no, no, how can you be so profound? Think about it. Do you still think about this when you are about to freeze to death and starve to death?"
Chen Kai shook his head: "What I was thinking at the time was whether General Lu Bu could kneel down for the sake of following us. , we were given some food from the supplies seized from the camp, and I didn’t think much about asking for it at the time. I just wanted two potatoes. Really, even if I died, just give me two potatoes to eat. I am willing to die"
"But at this time, Director, oh, Director, he is such a good person!"
"At that time, supplies were so tight that the director forced us to find all the food and opened a big pot in the camp. He didn't take any of the potatoes and let us eat them all in the pot."
< br>"In that meal, I ate two and a half, and they were two and a half as big as a fist. I almost bit off my tongue when I ate it. Really, at that time, I felt like I had never eaten in my life. Such delicious potatoes, and even the soup used to cook the potatoes later, I drank two full bowls of it."
After a pause, Chen Kai said again: "I know you might not believe it if I tell you now. But before leaving, the director not only pointed out the location of Candlelight Village to me, but also put down a stack of big cakes for us. From that time on, from the moment I saw the big cakes, I thought that if the director took me in, , as long as he gives me something to stutter, even if I sacrifice my life for him, I am willing"
"So this time, don't think I am as stable as an old dog, I also voted 95%, and my cousin voted More, except for the remaining week's rations, he voted in everything!" After saying so much in one breath, Chen Kai was also a little out of breath, but it could be seen from his expression that he was passionate about the village and...
Loyalty to Soma!
“And Brother Yuan, even though we are just guards at the gate now, you also know that with the director, our village will definitely grow bigger and bigger, and it is not impossible to even restore it to what it was like on earth. There will definitely be more powerful people at that time. If we want to maintain our current status and climb up, we have to use more brains and make more contributions, instead of being as anxious as we are now."
“Don’t you want to know the status of the transaction? We don’t need to know the numbers, you just need to smell the smell!”
Pointing to the top of the mountain, floating down in the breeze In the smoke, Chen Kai smiled, saying nothing.
“Taste?”
Standing opposite Chen Kai, Su Yuan accepted Chen Kai's earnest instruction that was almost accusatory. Instead of being angry, Su Yuan nodded in agreement and smelled it seriously.
In the first second, a look of confusion appeared on his face.
The next second, his doubts turned into surprise.
But in the third second, he seemed to suddenly realize it and nodded repeatedly.
He is familiar with the smell that comes from the mountains. This is the smell that comes when beef and carrots are mixed together, wrapped into buns and steamed in a steamer.
After previously seizing the supplies of these criminals in Zeus Sanctuary, the village had been evaporated once to celebrate.
At that time, the smell and fragrance made everyone unable to concentrate on their work for the whole day. It was not until everyone had finished the dinner that normal order was restored.
As a person who is afraid of hunger, Su Yuan remembers this smell very, very well!
But now, on this ordinary day, I smell this smell again, smell this smell that represents "celebration".
Looking at Chen Kai with a leisurely look on his face, and feeling that his IQ was severely suppressed, he stood back silently without speaking.
Su Yuan's look made Chen Kai, who was standing aside, nod calmly.
But just when he wanted to continue talking, his sharp eyes caught a black spot on the horizon.
"Su Yuan, 9 o'clock direction!"
"Ready for signal transmission at any time!"
No guns, encountering an unknown enemy, two militia guards The mission is more like a warning, just pass the message up.
But as the black spot got closer and closer, their bodies slowly relaxed.
Although the car that appeared was slightly "fatter" than before, they could still recognize that it was Su Mo's Tihu.
After the car stopped, the group of people who got off Dihu were also very familiar to them.
It is the intelligence team that appears and disappears every day.
Considering that Chen Kai had just reminded himself to use his brain more a few minutes ago, he looked at Pei Shao who was walking at the front with a lost expression on his face, not knowing what he was thinking about.
Su Yuan had a smile on his face.
At the same time, he stepped forward to meet him, with a meaningful smile on his face: "Team Leader Pei, the mission is over, thank you for your hard work!"
Hearing someone talking to him Saying hello, Pei Shao, who was worried, nodded and kept walking: "Well, the mission is over, I'm ready!"
When I said this, because there were too many things in my mind, and the road surface It was slippery, and Pei Shao accidentally fell and fell right into Su Yuan's arms.
But the next second, when Pei Shao raised his head and was about to say thanks, he saw Su Yuan looking at him with an aunt's smile on his face.
Pei Shao: "???"
Su Yuan: "Team Leader Pei, I know you are anxious to find the answer, but don't worry, smell it carefully, what is this smell?"
< br>Like the Riddler, Su Yuan's face was full of tenderness, and at the same time it also contained a hint of suppressed intelligence.
Instinctively, after hearing Su Yuan's commanding tone, Pei Shao sniffed it subconsciously.
Huh?
After a rainy day, there is a fishy smell of earth.
But there is a fresh smell of revival of all things.
The smell of exhaust from the Tihu has not dissipated on the intelligence team
Wait after the rainy day, what about the smell?
Think about it. In the past six hours or so, under Sumo's command, the Dihu changed directions twelve times, always circling within 100 kilometers of the depression.
After thinking about the trip of himself and others, the smell, and the unexpectedness in such weather.
Pei Shao suddenly understood the real purpose of why Somo wanted to travel on this day in such a harsh environment.
“It turned out that the director’s idea had always been to alert the snake and see if the aliens would reveal their flaws. In order to prevent there being a traitor in the base, he even deceived me.”
“ Damn it, Pei Shao, Pei Shao, even the gatekeeper can think of it, how can you be so stupid as an intelligence captain!"
Suddenly "understanding" Su Mo's true thoughts, Pei Shao suddenly trembled and stood up from Su Yuan's arms.
Then, his face showed a trace of solemnity.
"Brother Su Yuan, I wonder if you have the idea of joining the intelligence organization. We really need someone with such meticulous observation like you!"
"Oh? Captain Pei is not qualified for this. Every position has its own meaning. The intelligence team is very important, and so are our gatekeepers!"
Su Yuan, who knew that he was a "big-tailed wolf", saw Pei Shao like this! He was also shocked by his appearance.
But his humble look made Pei Shao nod again.
With a feeling of sympathy, Pei Shao did not continue to speak. After patting Su Yuan's shoulder with some emotion, he disappeared on the mountain road with the intelligence team.
"Kaizi, your brother Yuan is doing well this time!"
Looking at the dumbfounded Chen Kai next to him, Su Yuan raised his hand quite proudly.
But what greeted him was a sharp shout from Chen Kai:
"Stop it! The director is here!"
(End of this chapter)