Chapter 15 Mobilization Order

  The sun is already hanging in the sky, I'm afraid it's getting late, it's definitely too late to go back now.

  Chu Guang would rather stay in Bate Street for one night than rush the night road at night.

   Having had several unpleasant experiences, he knew too well how dangerous it was, and it was God’s eye that he could survive.

  Chu Guang wrapped the iron tube rifle he bought in a plastic bag and tied it to the sharpened water pipe behind him. No one could tell from the appearance that it was a gun.

  Although Bette Street does not restrict the survivors from carrying weapons, Chu Guang did not want the mayor's eyeliner to find out that he had privately traded with the outside caravan.

  50g of blue umbrella mushrooms will only be exchanged for 1 point of chips.

  Thanks to these bloodsucking leeches for being able to figure it out!

   Go through the gate on Bette Street.

  Chu Guang saw that there was a dark circle of people around the entrance of the recycling station, men and women, old and young.

   They are in ragged clothes, with yellow faces and thin skin, carrying woven bags or frames on their backs, and carrying plastic buckets or other containers in their hands.

   Their daily routine is simple.

   Exchange the picked up garbage into chips, and then use the chips to exchange for the necessities of life.

"The new arrival of soap! It is produced by the Jushicheng Chemical Plant. It only takes 3 chips to wash off those disgusting odors on your body. Hurry up and buy one for your wife to use. There are only 30 pieces, come first. First serve."

"Edible oil, no matter what it's made of, it's all fresh and good stuff. It's shipped from Brown's Farm. It only costs 10 chips per liter... It's a bit expensive, but it's expensive for a reason. You'd better find someone to do it. a bit."

   "Let me see, yes, there is coarse salt! A piece the size of your thumb is only 5 points... Don't care how it came, do you still want to eat it? Come and buy it."

   "There are also tobacco leaves, whether you smoke it yourself or use it for bacon, it's good. It's also Brown's Farm... Forget it, you can choose it yourself, I'll take a break."

   Old Charlie was shouting lazily at the door, with an attitude that didn't look like a businessman at all.

   In fact, this is really not a business, it is more like a kind of charity from the master to the servant.

   Not to mention Bate Street.

   In this five-mile area, many things can only be bought here, and people living here have no right to choose.

   Also, don’t think the five-mile land is short.

   Although Qingquan City is located in the Great Southern Plain, it has long since become a reinforced concrete cemetery that is more dangerous than a forest...

  Old Charlie wiped his sweat and handed over the work of collecting the money to the guy in the store, while he sat on the side, squinting and resting.

   At this time, a thin young man in a gray coat, waving a wooden sign in his hand, walked to the crowd.

   "Mobilization order! Lord Mayor's mobilization order!"

   "Before the end of the month, each household needs to hand in 100 kilograms of firewood and 2 squares of fur."

   "Tell each other!"

   There was a commotion in the crowd.

   complained loudly, but no one came out to resist.

   After all, it was like this in previous years.

  Bett Street does not collect taxes, but it does not mean that living here is free. In addition to the soft exploitation of trading rights, the mayor will always collect a batch of materials in one way or another.

   And the mobilization order is one of them. It will be issued every August and September.

   As for the refusal to collect?

The    penalty is also fairly straightforward.

   All men and women over the age of 16 living in a settlement, regardless of whether they live alone or not, as long as they are not married, they are considered to be a single household.

  If the materials are not handed in, the housekeeper who registered the household will cross the name of the householder from the register, confiscate his shack on Bate Street, and evict the survivors from the stronghold.

   In this world where life is thinner than paper, losing your shelter is no different from death.

   Especially in the cold winter.

  Better Street is not rich, but it is better than the Brown Farm next door. At least the survivors living here can have a little bit of freedom.

   "It seems that the mayor is planning to make another profit before the last batch of caravans arrive this year, and use the exchanged supplies to have a good year."

  Chu Guang pondered in his heart, but did not take this so-called mobilization order seriously.

  He will be out of here before winter.

   When the time comes, he will go by himself.

   bypasses the recycle bin.

  Chu Guang went straight to his shack, but before he reached the door, he saw Yu Xiaoyu and a man standing at the door, arguing about something.

  The man was about seventeen or fifty-six, he was not tall, he was a teenager. Chu Guang didn't know him well, but he only remembered that he seemed to be the third son of the Wang family, whose name was Wang Defu.

  His shack was in the farthest corner of the settlement, diagonally opposite Yu’s house, and then Wang’s house, and usually he wouldn’t visit there.

   I don't know what happened, but the third child of the Wang family actually found himself here.

"Step aside."

  Wang Defu looked impatient, stretched out his hand and pushed Yu Xiaoyu who was in front of him, the little girl staggered backwards, but still stretched her arms like an eagle protecting a chicken and did not give in.

   "No, this is not your home!"

   "It's not your home either."

   "But he asked me to help with the housekeeping!"

   "What's so beautiful about a dead man's home."

   "He is not dead." Yu Xiaoyu stared at him with eyes like goldfish.

   "Don't lie, that foreigner hasn't come back for four or five days."

  Wang Defu continued impatiently, "Don't your Yu family just want a piece of the pie, and I don't plan to take it alone. In this way, the beam and the door of the shed belong to me, and you take the rest."

  The house of the dead is unoccupied and is usually divided among the neighbors.

   There is no quasi-believer who says that a person is dead if he doesn’t come back for a few days, but usually no one comes back for several days. Everyone agrees that he was either captured by a slave trader or a looter, or was taken by a different species to feed the cub.

   No one can survive nights outside.

   Even an experienced hunter is difficult to do.

   Yu Xiaoyu bit his lower lip so blue, his eyes stared like a small goldfish, he didn't let go, but he didn't do anything else.

  Wang Defu didn't want to wait any longer. It was time for the men of the Yu family to come back. He couldn't get any benefits by himself, so he was going to push her away forcibly.

   However, at this moment, a hand was placed on his shoulder.

   "Who said I was dead?"

  Wang Defu's body was covered in quivering hair, and he jumped to the side, looking at Chu Guang with fearful eyes like a beast. Yu Xiaoyu quickly slipped behind Chu Guang to hide, and reported in a low voice.

   "He came yesterday and wanted to tear down your house."

"thanks."

  Chu Guang looked at Wang Defu with a half-smile, and then said.

   "Are you going by yourself, or am I taking you off?"

  Wang Defu knew that he was right, but could not argue, then glanced at the steel pipe dipped in blood on the tip of Chu Guang's back, and finally left silently.

   He is not afraid of the Yu family, nor this stranger, but no one wants to offend a man with a strong physique.

   Especially this guy is alone and has no weaknesses at all.

   Looking at this man's back, Chu Guang suddenly felt a little sad.

   Although some people are alive, they are no different from the hyenas and vultures outside.

   He once saw a mutant hyena bite off the neck of an injured companion and divide its flesh. At the time, he didn't think much about it, he just thought it was a natural law, but now he actually feels a little bit of it.

  I only left for a few days, and these people are already ready to move.

   Yu Xiaoyu, who was hiding behind Chu Guang, didn't leave. She thought that if she waited a little longer, she might be able to eat the candy she ate that day.

   She had never eaten something so sweet, she almost chewed on a plastic stick.

   noticed the big eyes looking at him.

  Chu Guang was stunned for a moment, then he realized what was going on, smiled and took out a lollipop he forgot to eat from his pocket and stuffed it into the little girl's hand.

   "I've troubled you these days."

"No trouble!"

  Xiaoyu happily tore the plastic paper, stuffed the lollipop into his mouth, and said vaguely, "I have nothing else to do anyway, I can help you watch when you go out."

   At this time, the men of the Yu family came back from the direction of the recycling station carrying their loot. It can be seen from the bulging package that they have gained a lot.

   Seeing his eldest brother, second brother and father, Xiaoyu quickly hid back into the house.

   Earning candy to eat is just a side hustle, staring at foreign talents is the job that the elders gave him, but Xiaoyu didn't forget the elders' advice to him.

   However, no matter how fast she moves, she can’t be faster than the hunter’s eyes.

  The head of the Yu family—the old man with a healthy physique and a wrinkled face, glanced at Chu Guang, said nothing, and entered the house with his eldest son, who was carrying two bags of green wheat.

   Yu Hu, the second son of the Yu family, stopped in front of Chu Guang.

  Chu Guang recognized him.

   The people here don't pay much attention to him, and this eighteen or nineteen-year-old boy is one of the few people who will take the initiative to talk to him.

   It's just that this man always speaks in a straight line, as aggressive as his name.

   "You haven't been here these days, I thought you were dead."

  Chu Guang said.

   "It seems that your intuition is not accurate."

  Yu Hu was stunned, then grinned and touched his head.

  This foreigner is very interesting, his way of speaking is different from others, and he always likes to turn a corner.

   didn't care, he continued.

   "I have to tell you, the mayor just issued a mobilization order, and each household must hand in 100 kilograms of firewood and 2 squares of fur before the end of the month."

  The Yu family has three adult males who need to pay 300 kilograms of firewood and 6 square meters of fur. They are considered "big taxpayers" in Beit Street.

  For the former, it is good to say that the city is full of vegetation, and the outer suburbs to the north can see a large area of ​​woodland. Even if there is no mobilization order from the mayor, they have to cut some back to prepare for the winter.

   But the latter is not so easy to deal with, at least four, or even five mutant hyenas have to be killed for 6 square fur.

   "I heard about it when I came back."

"That's good."

  Yu Hu didn't beat around the bush, and went straight.

   "We were discussing with the Li family just now. We are going to try our luck in the woodlands in the north. It is said that there are traces of deer migrating there. If we can catch two, not only the skin, but also the meat. Would you like to join us?"

   "It's still not possible, I'll think of a way myself."

  Chu Guang declined politely, but silently remembered it in his heart.

  The scavengers on Beit Street are going to hunt in the north, and Linghu Wetland Park is just a little bit west of the north.

  Yu Hu naturally didn't know what Chu Guang was thinking, he just thought he was embarrassed and continued to persuade him.

   "I can see that you are a capable person, but no matter how capable a person is, there is a limit. The Wang family's kid dares to bully you, just relying on the number of people."

   "Well, my sister will be married next year. Why don't you marry her, so that we are a family."

   "If you're in a hurry, it's okay to have a drink tonight."

  Chu Guang was almost choked by this sentence and coughed.

   "No need."

  What?

How did the    topic jump to this.

   Besides, the marriageable age that these survivors can accept is not acceptable to Chu Guang from a civilized society.

   After all, I am still young, so it is too early to get married.

   "Hey, that's fine."

  Yu Hu did not persuade him any more, but only expressed regret in his heart.

  The people who came out of the sanctuary had good heads, just like the old man named Charlie, who had been helping the mayor since he could remember, and was a big man in the eyes of the neighbors.

   Old man Charlie said that Chu Guang also came out of the shelter, so there shouldn't be anything wrong, thinking about it, his head must be very good.

   If he can have a son with his sister, maybe the Yu family will be able to produce a big man like old man Charlie in the future.

   He even planned to convince his father.

   But now it seems that he is self-indulgent.

   Carrying things back home.

  Yu Hu grabbed his sister.

   "Xiaoyu, brother asked you, would you marry you to brother Chu Guang next door?"

   Xiaoyu said with a lollipop in his mouth.

"Yes you can."

   It's just outside the door anyway, not far.

   In her eyes, the so-called marriage is just sleeping in a different place, and there is nothing wrong with it. Maybe you can get two more candies.

   Yu Hu, who was planning to give up, said happily.

   "That brother will help you to persuade him."

   "Ow."

  Xiaoyu responded casually, just eating candy, not caring.

   It was Yu Hu, who summed up in high spirits.

   "Okay, I'll go talk to my eldest brother and daddy, but don't just wait there. If you have time, go to your mother to learn how to pancakes... What are you eating, give me two bites too."

   "No!"

   Seeing that the second brother was going to **** his candy, Xiaoyu was instantly unhappy, the cat dodged and ran away without a trace.

   (end of this chapter)