"What on earth do you want to do?" Facing the stranger holding Lao Lan at knifepoint in front of me, I chose a gentler attitude. There was nothing I could do about it, my attitude often depended on my mood, not to mention that Lao Lan was still fine now, I always

You can't just pull out a gun and yell at them: How dare you kidnap my friend? I'm going to kill your whole family! Something like that. The most important thing is that he is holding a knife in his hand.

"If you can put down all your weapons," the strange man opposite replied, "maybe we can have a good talk."

That's right, I thought to myself. When facing a stranger, can you judge what kind of person he is from his brief movements and behavior? I always feel that I am being impolite first.

Besides, this is their territory.

Look at this stranger again. He looks quite old, with a weather-beaten look, and his beard has not been trimmed for a long time. He looks like a bad old man. However, his body is very strong.

, you see, at this age, I am still wearing trousers, leather shoes and a vest, which is really fashionable. For others, I am more curious about the hider who is now suppressed under my feet. I want to ask questions more than once

, what exactly does he want to do?

"Okay", I withdrew my hands, but did not release the weapon. "Look, I don't mean any harm."

The stranger also let go of Lao Lan, and at the same time threw the fruit knife on the table, and then catered to me: "I am just protecting myself, and it is inevitable that I will encounter trouble when doing business... But with all due respect, you can

Breaking in and attacking my clerk, doesn't that mean you have no ill intentions?"

"I'm also trying to protect myself. I have no choice. I can't guarantee that you hiding behind the counter will find time to stab me in the back." I replied harshly.

"Everyone has a choice, kid." He smiled bitterly and looked at me and Wei Lao, who was holding a weapon and ready to support me not far away. Finally, he raised his voice and pointed at the corpse of the thug not far away.

While saying: "This is the third intruder like you today, almost four."

I have no idea and don't want to hear his wordplay. But so far, I guess he thinks we are intentional offenders. It's ridiculous, and I'm still trying to figure out what he's up to in the store.

Then, I also put away my weapon and explained to him: "I was just passing by. No one would let go of food when they are hungry." I paused and looked at the sparse goods on his counter.

He added: "Not to mention you have beer and sugar here."

He did not laugh at me, but looked at our faces with stern eyes. It was obvious that he did not welcome the arrival of us barbarians.

"So, you are a businessman?" Wei Lao paused in silence behind him.

"Reserving food, clothing and supplies," he replied indifferently, "can only provide a little convenience for myself and the remaining citizens, but judging from the current situation, the remaining citizens are just those people."

Those people? Do you mean us? Or those thugs?

I don’t know. In my impression, there are a lot of people selling things in Nancheng District, and there are even people selling coffins. No matter what kind of store they are, none is as weird as this one. It’s hard for you to imagine that in a wasteland

In urban areas, there is a small store in sparsely populated or barren mountains, and the boss is so mean that when you enter the store, you can still see blood and bent knives. The weirdest place

Still with me, no one welcomes you.

"Then why are you here? This is not a public facility, it's just an ordinary store," the boss asked.

Mr. Wei and I helped Lao Lan up from the ground. The three of us looked at the boss in front of us, not knowing what to say.

"There are no such kind hearts in the world, my friends. If you just want to come to this place to search for things, maybe you should go to the north. The prices here are not worth a lot of money," the store owner said angrily.

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"That's the problem, we can't even go east." I answered with a frown.

"Why do you have to go around looking for things to make a living? There is a war elsewhere, do you want to get involved?" the store owner said slowly, while returning to the store counter.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"It's not interesting, my friends, are you still struggling with the problem of wandering and living in place? There are too few wandering people like you."

"The supplies in Nancheng District won't last long," Wei Lao added, as he seemed to know this area very well.

"Who knows, I have no idea what's going on outside," the boss replied.

I could see that this slightly older man was just squatting in the store and living off his own supplies from nearby stores. Almost everyone in the city knew what happened seven days ago.

Catastrophes are no small matter to urban people, so much so that when the number of people plummets, our thoughts are still stuck in the good and happy times before.

But not everyone died in this disaster. In such a big city, it is impossible for just such an explosion to wipe out all the citizens. I still believe that a considerable number of citizens rely on hoarding supplies.

, staying at home waiting for rescue. This shop owner of unknown origin is one of them.

"Then we are definitely not the first customers," I mocked.

"The first one," the store owner replied angrily: "The people who came before were all prisoners and thugs. They not only wanted the things in the store, but they were also unwilling to pay for it."

I looked at the pool of blood in front of the door, and it had now formed a dark red mark. And the corpses next to the store counter, I could also tell that they were among the prisoners, because they were all bald... So

, did these thugs escape from the prison or the community center not long ago? It seems that there are still a lot of prisoners. I don’t think we killed enough. If they didn’t come out, I believe there are people in this store.

There won't be much left.

"So what do you sell here?" I couldn't help asking angrily.

"Daily necessities, clothing, food and water," the former replied.

"That's fine, if this is what you want." I took out the only 300 yuan I had in my pocket and slapped them in front of the counter.

"Of course! My friend, this is the logic of businessmen. Money is what businessmen need most." The store owner's brows relaxed instantly, but not completely. Then I guess it is the problem that I didn't give enough money.

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Remember what I said before, we need this store, but also the things in the store. I have not forgotten the current task, which is to find the food and water we need. Of course, the food in this store is not enough for us.

In terms of personal consumption, what we are looking for is enough survival food for us to stay for a month. This is just enough to get us to Dongcheng District, and then we can make plans. Secondly, we need armor and equipment.

As for weapons, we no longer have pistols and ammunition, currently we only have mechanical sticks and knives. If thugs are rampant in the city, or if we encounter those prisoners again, we cannot deal with them directly with our bodies. The reason why we need armor is

That's the error tolerance to prevent someone from accidentally stabbing you.

But where can we get armor? I know this city is a big military-industrial city, but the important military-industrial factories are all in the north, and the south is mostly old business districts, mainly light industrial markets. I want to look for it here.

It is basically impossible to find some kind of body armor, bulletproof plates, polymer material carbon fiber armor. In addition, the sale of firearms is prohibited in this city, so it is ridiculous for me to find firearms in Nancheng District.

Therefore, you can only make the armor yourself.

"So? I guess you have a lot of leather here, right?"

"Leather?" Facing the store owner's question, I nodded affirmatively.

"Why do you need leather? Although I also have some pieces of tanned cowhide here, but..."

I impatiently patted a few bills in front of the counter, and then told him to just take it as it was. But when he got the pieces of leather and handed them to me, I was stunned. It wasn't because the leather was old.

, the most fatal problem is that it is too thin, only about 1.5mm thick.

"Is that all there is?" I asked.

"Well, that's all."

Looking at the leather in front of me, I fell into thinking. It is impossible for me to use these leathers to sew a whole piece of clothing as armor, stitch by stitch. At present, all I can think of is to use these leathers to make armor.

Deck. I sighed and spent 300 yuan to buy a few pieces of leather, some food and water. Although the dry food was not enough, it could barely support the three of us to reach Dongcheng District. It shouldn't be a big deal to find food there.

Big problem. As for the armor, I could only take the materials and use a sewing machine to make it slowly. But fortunately, there is a tailor shop behind this store, so I had time to make armor plates for the three of us.

As for whether this is necessary? I don’t want to meet those prisoners again. If they accidentally stab an organ, it’s basically over. Secondly, talking about the armor outer skin, we used the armor from the outdoor equipment store next door.

The nylon outer skin is stabbed, and then six simple armor plates are sewn into three layers of leather and two layers of nylon fabric. Although this kind of armor cannot protect the neck and sides of the waist, it can protect the front and back, especially

Vital organ parts. And it can barely resist the direct stabbing of ordinary knives. Such a lightweight armor plate is completely enough for us to deal with some small troubles. If I have extra leather, maybe I can get something else.

Arm guards and the like.

Why don't you just use stab-proof clothing? First of all, we don't have the opportunity to pick it up. Secondly, the stab-proof clothing in the community has been picked up by the militia groups. The only thing left on me is the aramid-lined bulletproof one.

It’s just a vest. In fact, soft stab-proof clothing is what we need most right now.
Chapter completed!