Travel through famine years and awaken a post-apocalyptic survival system.

Zhao Qingsong smiled and said, "I know you didn't implicate me, but we have to be upfront about this, I have to be clear about the unpleasant things upfront!"

"Okay! It's settled then. So, what should we do with the meat?"

"Take it, I'll give you an address. Just say I introduced you to this place, and bring the meat with you."

Only then did Zhao Qingsong give him the address, which he wrote on a piece of paper.

Chen Ergou took it, looked at it, and said, "Okay, but could you find me a basket? I'm taking this out openly; what will I say if people ask?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Qingsong went to look for it and brought out the basket.

Lay out a rag, place the pork on it, and cover it with another layer of old cloth.

"alright!"

After Zhao Qingsong finished speaking, he looked at him, then asked as if he had thought of something, "Oh, right, I'll give you two jin of meat this time, but there's one thing! Be careful when you eat the meat, or someone might report you."

"Hey, don't worry, I'm not stupid. When I moved there, I thought I might still be involved in reselling, so I didn't live with my dad and the others."

Chen Ergou stubbed out his cigarette and continued, "That woman didn't want me to live there either. My dad bought me a house nearby, a three-room brick house with a yard. I can go there for a meal occasionally."

"Wow, where is it? How big is the house? How much did it cost?"

At that time, apart from public housing, private houses were allowed to be bought and sold. This would not be allowed four or five years later, but it is still allowed now.

"Oh, it's near Guang'anmen. I don't know how big it is, but it's just three tiled houses. The house isn't very big, but it's enough for me to live in. I bought it for 430 yuan, saying it's for me to use when I get married in the future."

Zhao Qingsong nodded slightly, "It's not particularly expensive."

Housing prices in Beijing are not expensive now. Even in the first ring road of the future, a 12-square-meter apartment in the best location costs only a little over 300 yuan. If the location is not very good, an apartment will cost only a little over 100 yuan.

"Your dad is really generous!"

"What do you know! I once peeked into the old man's bankbook and there was more than two thousand yuan in it. After buying the house, there's still more than a thousand yuan left. Besides, after buying the house, I won't be able to ask them for money again once I have a job."

Zhao Qingsong laughed and said, "You should be content! Others wouldn't even dream of having a life like yours."

Chen Ergou shrugged.

"You're right!"

"Alright, let's not talk about that anymore. What did you do here? Guang'anmen isn't close at all!"

"There's nothing we can do. They crack down really hard in the city, so you have to come here all the time. They don't do it as often here, since most of the people here are from the steel mill, so they turn a blind eye. There are cars coming and going here, so it's very convenient."

Zhao Qingsong nodded slightly.

Indeed, most of the people in the black market here are from the steel mill, and they turn a blind eye to it.

It mainly consists of troublemakers who frequent the black market year-round, as well as those who organize the black market.

He then said, "Since you live alone, I won't say anything. Be careful. Where are you going now? It's not even dawn yet!"

"Hey, where else can I go? I'll just stay here for a while and take a car when it gets light."

As Chen Ergou spoke, he walked to the edge of the heated kang and touched it.

"Wow, you're incredibly resistant to the cold! You don't even need to heat the kang (heated brick bed)?"

Zhao Qingsong was speechless for a moment.

It's only a little past five o'clock, and it's really hard to walk at this time.

I estimate that there won't be a bus to the city until 6:30, which is almost dawn.

After thinking for a moment, he said, "I forgot to add firewood last night. Come on, I'll treat you to breakfast, and then I'll take you straight to the station so you can catch your train."

Chen Ergou agreed: "Sure! Let's go, I have money and tickets, it'll be my treat. By the way, I have a lot of tickets here, do you want them? If you do, I'll get them for you, but let's be clear, even brothers should keep accounts straight, you have to pay me the cost price!"

"Okay, let's go. I'll take you to get something to eat, and we'll come back to get the things after we're done."

They took him straight to a nearby state-run restaurant.

The breakfast shops are always open very early, and some people who work the night shift sneak out to eat breakfast, since it's not very convenient after daybreak.

The two went over, ordered two bowls of wontons, a few fried dough sticks and fried pancakes, and ate there.

At the train station, Zhao Qingsong looked at Chen Ergou and instructed him, "There are a lot of people getting off the night shift, so go ahead and reserve a seat, otherwise there won't be any left. Make sure you put your things away properly."

"Hey, don't worry, I'll go back and take care of the paperwork today. If all goes well, I can start work tomorrow."

"Okay, remember to collect some of the things I told you to buy, understand? You can keep them at your place later."

"Sure! But what do you need so much junk for?"

"I'm sure it will work! Don't ask anymore."

"Alright then, I'll be going now! I just gave you these tickets, go buy them later, some of them are about to expire."

Zhao Qingsong nodded: "Okay, I understand. Hurry up and get in the car. Come find me after you've completed the formalities."

"Alright, let's go!"

He greeted them, got into the car, and placed the pork under the seat.

Seeing this, Zhao Qingsong rode away on his bicycle.

I passed by the supply and marketing cooperative and went straight inside.

Chen Ergou was lucky and managed to get two cans of malted milk powder coupons. In those days, this was considered one of the most high-end nutritional products for ordinary people.

Previously, tickets were not required; the price was simply too high.

With supplies scarce, most people who stutter need ration coupons.

Unfortunately, the supply and marketing cooperative also didn't have any stock.

After leaving, I went to the steel mill service center again.

I was lucky this time; there were only two cans left.

I bought both cans at 3.75 yuan each.

There were still some cigarette and liquor coupons left, not many, but we bought them all.

To his satisfaction, there was also a pound of first-class tea coupons.

I bought a pound of good tea for 8.6 yuan.

The money for the purchases was still deducted from Chen Ergou's hands, and it would be deducted from the pork later.

……

After buying everything, he pinched the bridge of his nose and wondered if he should take a trip to the mountains.

There are still 5 wild boars in the space, but I guess they can't keep up with Chen Ergou's selling of goods.

Since I had nothing to do and it was a rare day off, I decided to go for a walk.

He didn't really want to go on Sunday.

With that in mind, I rode my bike straight into the deep mountains.

I rode my bike two or three kilometers upstream, near the foot of Beishan Mountain.

A bridge leading to Mentougou

This time he did not go north, and this time he did not go into the mountains but instead turned west.

The mountains to the north are small, and there's a military region in those deep mountains. If we go too far in, we'll get arrested, which will be troublesome, even if the factory can explain it.

Then let's go to Mentougou in the west.

Mentougou is mountainous, and is known as having nine parts mountains, half part water, and half part farmland.

Two or three kilometers past the Yongding River next to the steel plant, there are continuous mountain ranges, not much different from the distance to the north.

I heard there's more prey over there.

Most of the people selling pheasants and rabbits on the black market are from that commune.

The problem is that there are few bridges now, so we have to take detours from upstream and downstream.

This is a main road leading to Beijing, connecting the mining areas deep in the mountains with roads leading to Hebei.

He reached the mountainous area after about three kilometers.

There were a few scattered residents here, but he didn't disturb them. Instead, he continued cycling, heading straight for the high mountain area.

……

Feeling that it was about time, he stopped, put the car into his spatial storage, and headed straight for the deep mountains.

At the foot of the mountain, there were tree stumps everywhere.

This is a product left over from steelmaking a few years ago.

Without stopping, we continued to explore.

"With improved physical condition, there's a real difference."

Zhao Qingsong quickly traversed the mountains and forests. Last time he went into the mountains, his attribute was only 11 points, but now it has reached 15 points.

It has improved significantly.

Plus, the area is sunny, and the snow has already melted, so even going uphill is not difficult at all.

There are indeed very few livestock here; I imagine there are quite a few people going into the mountains.

This was only because he had his radar on. If it were a normal hunter, he probably wouldn't find any prey even after wandering around this area.

……

Half an hour later, after crossing two mountain peaks, we began to enter the deep mountain area.

They only managed to kill a few rabbits and pheasants along the way, and captured only one rabbit alive, and couldn't even tell if it was male or female.

He also discovered some creatures during the trip, but he didn't chase after them.

Too far.

What he needs are several large prey.

During the trip, we spotted a few serows. These creatures were incredibly agile; they ran away before we could even get close, and we didn't bother chasing them.

Fortunately, along the way, by using a bow and arrow, I finally mastered my basic weapon and raised my proficiency to intermediate weapon mastery.

……

"We can't run anymore, or we'll get lost."

Zhao Qingsong looked around and realized he couldn't tell which way was which, so he decided to head south to see if he could find a way to get some good loot.

"Huh!"

He had only taken a few steps when his brows furrowed.

There were wolves not far away, and quite a few of them, nine in total. That's a considerable number of wolves.

The wolves are not the important thing.

are people.

The radar showed that five people were surrounded by a pack of wolves, and it was impossible to tell what was going on.

With that in mind, he didn't hesitate and headed straight for his destination.

With his current strength, even if he can't win, it's not a big problem.

The important thing is that he came alone this time, and he brought his precious baby with him.

Large wooden barrel.

This was made at home. When no one is around, if there is any danger, you can simply put the wooden barrel out to fend off wolves, or even crawl inside upside down.

The mountain road is less than two kilometers long, and at his pace, it only takes him about ten minutes to jog.

He quickly found his target.

Five people huddled at the entrance of a shallow cave in the mountainside. The leader was waving a torch, while the others held sticks.

There was another person lying inside.

To his surprise, there were already four or five wolf carcasses nearby.

There are more than a dozen of them?

Wolf packs are usually not very large. A dozen or so wolves is considered a large pack, and twenty or thirty wolves is extremely rare. It is estimated that they only have that many wolves in winter for the survival of their species.

"They have guns? How come they're trapped?"

Zhao Qingsong looked at the fallen guns at the feet of the group and was puzzled.

If each of these five people had a gun, they wouldn't have been trapped by more than a dozen wolves!

And judging from his clothes, he's Uncle Hat.

After looking around, I found a suitable spot and climbed up.

……

At the cave entrance, the five men warily watched the pack of wolves baring their teeth around them.

The wolf pack lingered there, ready to attack at any moment.

"Captain, what do we do? We don't have any decent weapons, these beasts are tough to deal with!"

Someone looked at the wolf pack and asked anxiously.

Song Cheng looked worried.

The bullets are all used up. These wolves are a real problem; they're no match for us unarmed.

Just as he was about to speak, he caught a glimpse of the surrounding commotion out of the corner of his eye and hurriedly shouted, "Watch out, these beasts are about to attack!"

He raised the stick in his hand.

At this moment, the wolf pack began their attack, and one wolf pounced directly at them.

"Bang!"

Just as the group was about to fight to the death, a gunshot rang out, piercing the forest.

The gray wolf that pounced fell to the ground instantly, letting out a mournful howl.

Quiet.

Song Cheng's expression changed, and he looked around warily. When he saw a young man in a tree in the distance, a hint of joy appeared on his face.

"There's hope! Hang in there, everyone!"

The others turned to look, their faces also showing delight.