Chen Daoyan was excited, and as he spoke, he held my hand tightly: "Go, I will take you to see Xiao Ruo. She sees you here, I really don't know how happy she will be."
While he was talking, he turned his head and ordered one of his subordinates: "Tang San, I'll leave it to you here."
Chen Daoyan and I walked to Taniguchi side by side, and saw Taniguchi erecting a barricade, with a table on one side, and three strong men sitting behind the table. Old Chen put the lamb on the table and said, "Thank you. tax."
I asked a little puzzled: "What tax to pay?"
Chen Daoyan pulled me: "You follow me, you don't have to pay taxes. Just register a name and the date of entering the valley, and that's it."
After registering his name, Chen Daoyan strode forward, but surpassed Lao Chen and others.
As soon as I entered Taniguchi, I couldn't help being stunned. I saw a large village in the valley, scattered with thousands of wooden houses, and some houses were littered with smoke, and the village was crowded with people.
Chen Daoyan explained: "You didn't expect that there are so many living people here? I told you that after the catastrophe, the people in the surrounding cities who were still alive, all of them all took Mangshan as a refuge and came one after another. Here it is."
I was amazed and asked: "How many people are there?"
Chen Daoyan said: "In the beginning, there were only more than 1,000 people. Later, more and more people fled. Now I don't know how many people there are. Anyway, there should be seven or eight thousand."
Chen Daoyan paused, then said, "I'm afraid all the survivors from the whole province are here."
The number of seven or eight thousand shocked me and said: "It's almost a small society." I thought that these thousands of people are just a huge mouth. No wonder the food and materials in the scenic spots in Mangshan are all covered. The search was empty.
Chen Daoyan said, "Of course. There are people from all over the country, but most of them are locals. They get a month before they get close to the water."
On both sides of the dirt road in the village, there are actually people doing business. There are food stalls, department store stalls, tea stalls, knife stalls... People are either busy or walking leisurely. Compared with the outside world, there are two worlds.
A man fell in love with a handful of Hanyue, hit the price with the old man selling the knife, and finally exchanged a handful of Hanyue with a bag of corn.
I was stunned, feeling that a pair of eyes were not enough, Chen Daoyan solved
The explanation said: "Everyone trades things by barter, and the money here is just a piece of waste paper."
He said, patted the quiver on my body: "Don't worry, you can't get hungry here. Crossbow arrows are the most popular hard currency here. One crossbow arrow can be eaten for a meal."
I followed Chen Daoyan through the village and came to the end of the village. Chen Daoyan reached out and pushed open the door of a small wooden house and shouted: "Xiao Ruo, who do you see is here."
There was blue smoke in the wooden house, and a young girl squatted by the fire in the middle of the wooden house and was putting firewood into it. A black pot was standing on the fire, steaming hot.
This girl is Xiao Ruo, she froze for a moment, suddenly jumped up, threw herself into my arms, cried and laughed: "Brother Xiaoqiang! It's you! It's really you!"
I hugged Xiao Ruo, with the same sadness and joy in my heart, and sighed: "Xiao Ruo, I didn't expect that we would still meet on this day."
Xiao Ruo cried in a mess, Chen Daoyan let me sit down by the firepit and said, "Let's celebrate today!"
Xiao Ruo snuggled on me and stopped crying for a long time. She stood up and said, "I'll cook."
After half an hour, Xiao Ruo prepared three dishes, one plate of fried potatoes, one plate of steamed wild boar, a large bowl of boiled beans, and a bowl of corn rice.
Chen Daoyan was in a happy mood and said, "Xiaoqiang, you are Xiao Ruo's lifesaver, but unfortunately there are no good dishes to entertain you."
I said, "That's enough."
Chen Daoyan said: "It would be great if there was a bottle of wine."
Xiao Ruo said, "I'll go to the store to buy it."
Chen Daoyan said: "Your father earns enough to eat every month. Where can I get extra things to exchange for wine?"
I asked Xiao Ruo: "How many crossbow arrows do I need to exchange for a bottle of wine?"
Xiao Ruo stretched out four fingers and shook in front of her eyes.
I said, "Where's cigarettes? How many crossbow arrows for a box?"
Xiao Ruo retracted three fingers with four fingers, and said, "A crossbow arrow."
I took out a crossbow arrow from my pocket, about two dozen, and said, "Go change two bottles of wine and two boxes of cigarettes. You keep the rest."
Seeing Xiao Ruo jump out, I thought to myself, there is a problem with the value exchange of Luo Tiegu. A crossbow arrow can be exchanged for a box of cigarettes, and a meal can also be exchanged. Why is food not important
After a while, Xiao Ruo came back with a bunch of things in his coat. In addition to tobacco and alcohol, he also had a braised pork head cold dish. He smiled and said, "Uncle Wu gave me such a big bag for a crossbow arrow."
The braised pig's head is made of wild boar, which tastes very chewy. Chen Daoyan took out two glass cups, filled them with wine, and said, "Brother Xiaoqiang, let's make a drink first."
I picked up the glass, and the two of them were clean. Chen Daoyan was in his forties, with a dusty expression on his face, showing the simplicity of a rural person.
I picked up the bottle to pour the wine, and asked Chen Daoyan: "Are there anyone from the Star Civilization Organization in Luotiegu?"
Chen Daoyan was taken aback: "What star civilization? I have never heard of it."
When I heard it, my heart suddenly became cold. It seems that Zhuo Huina was completely wrong to guess that his father Zhuo Zhenlong was hiding in Mangshan based on the letter paper.
Otherwise, Chen Daoyan has been in Mangshan for more than a year, and it is impossible not to have heard of the organization of Star Civilization.
I thought to myself, since Zhuo Zhenlong is not in Mangshan, why would he write a dozen Mangshan on the paper? Is he arguing and deceiving someone
I felt lost for a while, the huge Silk Country, where would I go to find Hu Xiaoyun and the others
Chen Daoyan said: "What Star Civilization?"
I said: "An organization, don't mention it." Turning the subject, "Where did the corn rice come from?"
Chen Daoyan said: "The large tracts of corn in the back of the village are both publicly owned and privately planted."
Xiao Ruo said: "I also cultivated a piece of land behind the house, and tomorrow I will also plant corn."
I smiled and said, "Xiao Ruo, you are really not bad."
Chen Daoyan smiled and said, "What does she know? It's only mid-March now, and spring corn will not be planted until April. The planting is too early to freeze to death, and I will plant corn tomorrow? Haha! Don't waste the seeds."
Xiaoruo took his father's arm and said coquettishly: "Dad, then if you don't make me morning, you will waste my energy."
Chen Daoyan smiled: "I deliberately didn't say that you have cultivated the land, didn't you also exercise your body? In these years, you have to have a good body, and you can support yourself when your dad is away."
Xiao Ruo said, "Dad, you are not allowed to talk nonsense." He stretched out his hand to cover Chen Daoyan's mouth.
I see the father and daughter show their true feelings, they are happy, and they are also happy.
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