I'm Hoarding for the Apocalypse

Looking around, everything around them was extremely clear. Those who had not encountered the thick fog would not understand this feeling. Du Yue stood at the door and watched for a long time. When she got tired of standing, she climbed onto the roof of the car and sat on it to continue watching. The view from the roof of the car was good, and she could clearly see the desolate grassland. At this moment, Du Yue suddenly saw some black shadows approaching them quickly at the junction of the grassland and the sky in the distance. As the black shadows got closer and closer, Du Yue felt the ground shake. Although Du Yue had never ridden a horse, she often saw them on TV.

Those black shadows that were gradually approaching were people riding horses! They had lived here for two weeks, and during this time, they had not seen a single creature that could breathe. Du Yue was surprised and excited when she saw people. It was not bad to be able to interact with people occasionally! As long as they didn’t have ill intentions!

Du Yue shifted her butt and shouted into the car, “He Xing, some people are riding horses toward us.”

He Xing was cleaning up the house. When he heard Du Yue’s shout, he walked out of the house. “How many people are there?”

“About a dozen!” As soon as Du Yue finished speaking, the group of people riding horses had already arrived near their fence. Du Yue took a closer look and realized that they were all wearing ethnic costumes. Apart from their costumes, their looks were different from the Han people.

Most of them had deep eyes and high noses. Although their skin was a little darker, they were still dressed quite cleanly. When Du Yue observed them, they had already stopped outside the fence. The leading man on the horse asked Du Yue, “Hey! Where are you guys from?”

Du Yue was a little surprised when she heard the man’s standard accent. She thought that she would not understand what he was saying at all. “The first base,” Du Yue answered loudly.

“Is life there good?”

“Not good, but not bad either.”

“Then why did you come all the way to the grasslands?”

“Because I’ve had enough of staying in one place.” The man listened to Du Yue’s answer and nodded thoughtfully. Then, he turned around and said something to the person behind him in a dialect that Du Yue could not understand. Du Yue sat on the roof of the car and looked at them quietly. Not long after, the man spoke again, “We want to use sheep to exchange for some salt with you. Is that okay?”

Du Yue raised her eyebrows slightly. “How do you want to exchange?”

When the man heard Du Yue’s answer, his deep eyes instantly lit up. “Six catties of mutton for one catty of salt. Is that okay?”

Du Yue was not in a hurry to reply. She had never traded mutton and salt with anyone before, so she did not know the approximate value of these two things.

Just as Du Yue was deep in thought, He Xing had already climbed onto the roof of the car and stood beside her. “Alright, we can exchange ten catties of salt for you!” He Xing shouted at those people.

When the man heard He Xing’s answer, he subconsciously frowned. “Can’t you trade more? Our mutton tastes very good!”

He Xing and Du Yue did not say anything else for a long time, and the man seemed to be afraid that they would go back on their word. Thus, he quickly agreed, “Okay, ten catties it is!”

Although it was a little less, it was better than nothing. He Xing nodded. “Alright, then go and bring the mutton!”

The man agreed readily. “We’ll be back soon!”

As soon as he finished speaking, the man turned his horse around and led his men in the direction they came from. Watching them leave, Du Yue turned to ask He Xing, “Is this price reasonable?”

He Xing smiled. “Don’t worry. Captain Zuo mentioned it to me before. People on the grasslands often bring mutton to the first base to exchange for salt, but the price of salt is higher than what he just said. But I don’t think it’ll affect us much. We also get to eat some fresh mutton.”

Du Yue nodded and agreed with He Xing’s decision. It did not matter if it was more or less. They would just treat it as making friends. Although they were now far away from the crowd, it did not mean that they would not interact with people in the future. It was inevitable for them to interact with people when they first arrived at a place. Just as Du Yue was about to speak, she heard Xia Ju’s surprised voice from below.

“What’s going on? I’ve only been doing research in my room for a few days and the fog outside has disappeared?”

Du Yue smiled. “Even 1 was quite surprised to see the fog dissipate bit by bit every day.”

Xia Ju looked up. When she saw He Xing and Du Yue standing side by side, she smiled even more happily. “Are the two of you trying to tear down the roof? Why did you go up there?”

Du Yue walked down the stairs of the RV and arrived in front of Xia Ju in a few steps.. “Is the research going well?”