Old Cow walked to the side of the long wooden pole and carefully removed a white string from the bottom of the pole. Then, he picked up the pole and struck the red dates on the jujube tree with two strikes.
He Jun looked at Lao Niu and sighed. He said with disdain, "You have a lot of tricks in your yard. Landmines? Haha … "
He Jun's tone was already unfriendly, but when he saw Gao Qi bending over to pick the jujubes, he didn't say anything. He just said to Gao Qi, "Wash up before eating."
There was a large water tank next to the well, and a gourd was hanging on it. He Jun didn't reach out his hand, but Lao Niu said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, there are still landmines …"
He Jun was stunned, and then he said angrily, "Old thing!"
Gao Qi quickly said, "Brother Jun! Don't be angry, don't be angry. "
Gao Qi held a handful of red jujubes in his hand. He handed the jujubes to He Jun and said, "Eat a jujube, it's very sweet."
He Jun took a jujube and threw it into his mouth. Gao Qi said to Lao Niu, "Uncle Niu, call the children out."
Lao Niu finally said, "Zixuan, bring the children out."
A woman who looked quite old, with dark skin and a ponytail, holding a child in her left hand and holding another child in her right hand, and a rifle's muzzle extended from her shoulder. She slowly walked out of the house.
There were two children, the older one looked seven or eight years old, and the younger one was still in the woman's arms.
After the three of them came out of the house, the older child looked at Gao Qi with curious eyes. But after the older child looked at Gao Qi, he immediately hid behind his mother.
Gao Qi couldn't tell what he was feeling. He could only smile kindly and say, "Hello, I'm Daniu's friend. I'm here to bring you into the city."
The woman stared blankly at Gao Qi and asked, "Is Da Niu gone?"
The woman asked even though she already knew the answer. However, she didn't wait for Gao Qi's reply and immediately said to Lao Niu, "Dad, Da Niu is gone. I … I don't want to enter the city."
Lao Niu didn't say anything to Gao Qi. He just said with a sad face, "Have you thought it through? Da Niu sacrificed his life for this."
The woman wiped her eyes. With tears streaming down her face, she whispered, "Think about it, Father. It's not necessarily a good thing for people like us to enter the city. It's fine if Da Niu is alive, but without us, what can he do in the city?"
Lao Niu sighed softly. Then he looked at Gao Qi and whispered, "This … Sir."
Gao Qi said, "You can call me Gao Qi or A Screwdriver."
He Jun said with a straight face, "This is our vice leader, Chief Gao."
Lao Niu whispered, "Chief Gao, since Da Niu is gone, the children won't enter the city. We'll keep the bullets, but ten thousand is enough. Thank you for thinking about our family. I'm very grateful."
Gao Qi furrowed his brows.
In this wasteland, it wasn't strange to kill your own father. But one thing was that you had to keep your word.
Especially when Huang Fei said that he had to keep his word. This had nothing to do with his character, but with his identity and the things he did, he had to have a good reputation.
It wasn't easy for Huang Fei to build a reputation among the wastelanders. It couldn't be destroyed because of Da Niu, so Gao Qi still had to persuade him.
"Uncle Niu, and this sister-in-law, our Group Leader Huang always keeps his word. Don't worry, he will definitely arrange for you to enter the city. Not to mention other benefits, at least you will be safe."
Lao Niu whispered, "Chief Gao, thank you for your kindness, but the children shouldn't go. I think they will have no one to rely on in the city. It's hard to say what will happen in the future. It's better for them to follow me. With these ten thousand bullets, we can live a good life."
Was it really a good idea to enter the city? Gao Qi began to doubt.
The people in the city had enough food, clean water, electricity, and too many things that the wasteland didn't have. But those things weren't available to everyone. Da Niu's children could indeed enjoy a basic education in the city, but what about other things? They probably couldn't enjoy anything else.
If Da Niu didn't die, he could work in the ability group. Then his children would definitely have a good future. But now Da Niu was dead.
But thinking about the increasingly crowded city, how long could the children of the wastelanders stay in the city? Also, the children of the wastelanders would definitely be discriminated against in the city. So was it really a good idea to let the children grow up in such an environment?
But Gao Qi didn't expect that there would really be people who could resist the temptation of entering the city.
Gao Qi looked at He Jun and said, "Brother Jun, how should we deal with this situation?"
He Jun said disapprovingly, "If they don't want to enter the city, then don't. In fact, it's better for them not to enter the city."
Gao Qi thought for a moment, then he suddenly said, "Uncle Niu, how many people are there in your family?"
Lao Niu was stunned for a moment, then he said in a deep voice, "Nine."
"Call them all over for me to see."
Lao Niu immediately showed a vigilant look. Gao Qi waved his hand and said, "Don't think too much. If I wanted to harm you, I wouldn't have said so much. I'm asking you to call them over for benefits, not harm."
Lao Niu thought for a while, then he nodded, put his fingers in his mouth and whistled.
A few minutes later, people slowly began to walk into the courtyard.
First, there was an old woman with an 81 rifle. Then, there was an old man who looked about the same as Lao Niu. Then, there were two younger men, each of them carrying a gun. After a while, two girls walked into the courtyard.
When everyone was here, Lao Niu pointed to the men who looked about the same as him and said, "This is my wife, this is my brother, this is my youngest son, this is my nephew, and those two girls are my nieces."
It was indeed a big family. Lao Niu's youngest son looked at Gao Qi with a vigilant look. He was holding a 95 rifle in his hand. Although the muzzle was facing the ground, he could shoot as long as he raised it.
Gao Qi looked at the people in the courtyard and said, "Just the nine of you, no one else?"
"No."
Gao Qi continued, "Do you have any contact with the nearby wastelanders? Do you have any friends?"
"What do you want?"
Lao Niu's youngest son suddenly asked. Gao Qi waved his hand and said, "I'm not calling you here to kill you. There's no need for that. Just answer my questions honestly and I'll decide if I can help you."
Lao Niu whispered, "The children are all grown up and should get married. When Da Niu was alive, we went to the nearby villages to take a look, but we didn't dare to interact with too many people."
"Then, is there a suitable one?"
"No, the people here are too … wild. The children were not willing, mainly because the two girls didn't agree. We didn't mention it again. When Da Niu was alive, no one dared to provoke us, and we didn't provoke them either. But when we first came here, Da Niu killed a few people before he could stand."
Gao Qi nodded and said, "Okay, Uncle Niu. I see that you're not young anymore. What did you do before the Cataclysm?"
Lao Niu thought for a moment and said, "I was a soldier. My brother was still in school at that time. When I recovered and returned home, the first Cataclysm came. I went back to my hometown and never came out again."
Gao Qi smiled and said, "Very good. Then why did you come out?"
Lao Niu sighed softly and said, "It's too hard in the mountains. The food we planted was ruined by the wild beasts. The children are all grown up. The boys can't find wives, and the girls can't get married. If it wasn't for the fact that we had no other choice, we wouldn't dare to come out."
"Do you have any relatives in the mountains? Are there other families?"
"No, most of them are dead."
"How long have you been here?"
"Half a year. Just half a year."
Gao Qi made up his mind, so he smiled and said, "I have a place for you to settle down. It's a farm run by the Pioneers. I know you're afraid that I'll cheat you, but listen to me first.
There are only three people left in my farm. I need labor, and I can decide who to let in. The farm is definitely not as good as the city, but it's definitely safer than here. Once you're in the farm, you'll have enough food and a safe house. These are the benefits. The downside is that you'll have to obey the management and work. When necessary, you'll have to protect the farm. But to put it bluntly, protecting the farm is protecting yourself.
You must understand. "Spreading his hands, Gao Qi said with a sincere face," I'm not close with Da Niu, but without his help, I wouldn't have survived until now. I'll acknowledge this favor, so I'll give you a relatively better place to go. I won't persuade you, nor will I force you. I won't wait for you to slowly make a decision. If you're willing to go, then I'll pull you over. If you're not, then I'll leave. It's that simple. "
Lao Niu didn't agree, nor did he refuse. After pondering for a moment, he said seriously, "What are the rules of the farm?"
"Whatever the Chief asks you to do, you just do it. If someone comes to attack the farm, then you have to defend the farm. If you collude with the Desolate Folks and attack the farm, then someone will be responsible for killing your entire family. The rules are very simple. I think that since you've survived until now, you're not fools. You must know what you can do and what you can't do."
Lao Niu looked at his family. His younger brother whispered, "Brother, is there such a good thing?"
Whether or not the farm was good depended on where it was compared to. It was definitely not as good as the city, but it was still much better than the life of the Desolate Folks. Therefore, in the eyes of the Desolate Folks, being able to enter the farm was a wonderful thing.
He Jun said impatiently, "Can you do it or not? Just say it. Don't be so shameless. It's your fortune that Chief Gao likes you."
Gao Qi reached out his hand to stop He Jun from being unreasonable. Then he said lightly, "You know how to use landmines. I think this is very useful. If you want to go to the farm, then show me your landmines. If you don't want to go, then you don't have to show me. You can discuss it. I'll wait for you outside for five minutes.
Give me five minutes. "When Gao Qi walked out, he suddenly stopped and turned back." Oh, I forgot. Tonight, I'll lead the ability users to clean up the area around the farm. In the future, no one will dare to provoke my farm. This is another advantage. Okay, you can discuss it. "
Old Cow seemed to have made a decision. He said in a low voice, "Team Leader Gao, our whole family knows how to play with landmines. Not only landmines, we can also make and use things that can explode. If you want to see it, I will show you."
Lao Niu was trying to prove his and his family's worth, just like what Gao Qi did with Huang Fei. Therefore, Gao Qi was very happy. He smiled and said, "Okay, let's see."
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