Desperate Night.

Chapter 23 023 Exchange Three (Xie Chun, the leader of the Nine Lotus Treasure Lantern)

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

"Is there anything to eat?" Her eyes moved to the steel nail pyroxene stick in Yu Hong's hand.

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

She added.

"Do you have any medicine?" Yu Hong looked at the other person's agile body curves and felt that this woman might be stronger than himself, and a strong sense of vigilance arose in his heart.

He looked around with alert eyes while sizing him up. "I need anti-diarrhea medicine and anti-inflammatory medicine."

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

She spoke sincerely, and the knife in her right hand seemed to be playing with it unconsciously.

The forearm-long machete is straight and sharp, with a blade as wide as an adult's palm. Not everyone can perform knife tricks.

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

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

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

However, the other party couldn't figure out his background. As long as he didn't take any action, everything was unknown and just a test, so it would be easy.

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

“There are some, but you have to find out what disease you have, otherwise it will be a waste,” the woman said quickly.

"I have diarrhea for several times in a row. I suspect it's caused by drinking rain water." Yu Hong answered quickly.

"Rainwater!" The woman was startled and paused, staring at Yu Hong. "Did you drink it directly or after filtering it?!"

"Filtered." Yu Hong looked at the other party's reaction and suddenly felt a sinking feeling in his heart, not good.

"That's fine, that's fine." The woman said in a relaxed tone. "Rainwater must be boiled before drinking. Ever since those ghosts started to appear two years ago, rainwater has been toxic. If you drink it directly, you will have severe diarrhea. Only people with strong constitutions can withstand it."

"Then what should I do now?" Yu Hong asked with a frown, and at the same time took out a dried lizard from the bag and threw it over.

The other party caught it, smelled it, bit off half of it, and chewed it slowly. Then he looked at Yu Hong with a much gentler look.

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

"No, I have a companion, she drinks it whenever she wants." Yu Hong recalled the days when he lived with the little bastard. The little bastard seemed to drink rainwater often, but he never gave it to him.

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

"I guess she's like a wild bull and could pick you up with one hand."

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

The woman took it with a smile on her face.

"It's very simple. There's a black substance with a hint of purple in the soil. Dig a lump of it out, add as much as an egg, and swallow it with water. You'll be well soon."

She stood up straight and looked at Yu Hong.

"Also, this should be your first time exchanging with someone, right? You just handed over your details directly. You should have been someone from the bunker in town before?"

"." Yu Hong didn't say anything, but his face showed a look of how did you know.

Of course he is not a bunker man, but that doesn't stop him from leading the other party to guess in that direction.

"You must be Yu Hong, right?" 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 within dozens of miles around here. You are the only newcomer in recent times."

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

"I'm Jenny. I'm a leather worker. You should have heard Yiyi about it. I can repair anything that people like us wear around here." The woman softened her tone.

"Where's Yiyi? Why is it your turn this time? Why doesn't she come?" Jenny asked puzzledly.

"She went to town." Yu Hong didn't say that Yi Yi had left, but simply lied.

"Okay, do you have anything to eat? I told you how to treat diarrhea by drinking rainwater. If you have anything else you can exchange, you can bring food. Do you want a change of clothes?"

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

The originally gray and white short-sleeved T-shirt had now turned gray-yellow and was completely soaked with dirt formed by dried sweat.

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

"Do you have nails?" Yu Hong thought for a moment and asked. He needed nails to make things, which were much more convenient than mortise and tenon joints.

"There are quite a few. What do you want this for?" Jenny was stunned, and then she suddenly thought of something, "Could it be that you can 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. Medicines, clothes, unprocessed pyroxene, or helping me do some work, all can be exchanged."

Jenny looked at the water filter cup in his hand, and her eyes became brighter and brighter the more she looked at it.

If the workmanship is really good, everyone nearby will benefit from it.

"Because of the big fight last night, we're all gathered in Lao Zhou's bunker. We'll come back to trade with you after the high is over!" she said quickly.

"Are you going to change this cup now?" she asked, pointing at the water filter cup.

"Change." Yu Hong nodded.

He can do manual labor, and his workmanship is good. This is the identity foundation he has thought of in advance.

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

Because only when he is alive can he continuously produce the things that everyone needs.

This is his value.

"Wait for me, I'll be back soon." Jenny didn't say how much she would change. She turned around and ran, disappearing into the forest.

Yu Hong looked in the direction she left, and carefully found a place to hide, no longer standing in the open like a fool. He was now extremely eager for the training method that was about to be strengthened. His physical fitness was too poor now, and he was afraid that he could not beat anyone.

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

But the prerequisite is that you can use the enhanced method yourself.

"Exercise also requires adequate diet and rest. It would be nice to find out how lizard jerky is made. And mushrooms."

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

Fortunately, this is the time when the sun is at its brightest, and the ghostly shadows generally don't appear at this time.

For unknown reasons, there are almost no mosquitoes and very few insects in the forest.

So he wouldn't get bitten even if he squatted in the grass.

The rustling sound of leaves changes with the wind. The strong sunlight shines on my body, bringing waves of warmth.

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

There were no birds, no insects, everything was dead silent.

Yu Hong looked around from time to time to make sure that no ghostly figure would approach him rashly.

This dead silent forest was brightly sunny, yet it gave him a strange sense of terror.

There are no butterflies, no bees, no flowers, only grass, branches, and roots.

Light green, emerald green, dark green, yellow-green, various levels of branches and leaves are stacked layer upon layer, interweaving into a real yet weird forest.

'This forest is like a dead forest. It is so lush and quiet that it seems fake.'

This thought flashed through Yu Hong’s mind.

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

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

Jenny's voice rang out.

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

Jenny was still dressed the same 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.

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

After confirming this, he slowly stood up.

"I'm here. Did you bring anything?"

"I brought it." Jenny squinted and looked over here. "Stand still!"

She suddenly said loudly.

"What did we agree to exchange?"

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

"it is good!"

Seeing that they matched, Jenny breathed a sigh of relief and walked closer.

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

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

"About thirty or so, enough for a while. But this is not enough to change the water filter cup."

He looked up at the other person.

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

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

She smiled and winked at Hong.

"Deal!" Yu Hong nodded. He handed the water filter cup to the other party and took the sweatshirt.

The sweatshirt is gray, woven with some unknown fine grass, and added with some animal fur, which looks very warm.

"This dress is made of wild boar skin, so it can keep out rain, but you can't stay out in the rain for a long time, so take it easy." Jenny reminded, "It was originally made for my daughter. She works in the bunker in town and comes back once a month. Speaking of which, she should be only a little younger than you."

When talking about her daughter, a gentle smile appeared on her face involuntarily.

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

"Well, she is my pride. She combines the best qualities 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 it's troublesome to charge. It was useful before the Black Disaster, but it's useless now." Jenny replied, "But the postman has one, and he can contact the bunker in town at any time."

"What about charging? How to solve the problem?" Yu Hong's mind moved and he asked quickly.

"We use a hand-cranked generator. We also have solar power, but the power has decreased over time and the conversion is very poor now. We can only use it as a supplement." Jenny replied, "Why, do you want it?"

She keenly guessed Yu Hong's intention.

"It would be a great help if some small electrical appliances could be charged. When the postman comes back, could he please ask me if they sell solar generators?" said Yu Hongdao.

(End of this chapter)