Doomsday rat

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"No, dare... I don't want a penny... No, no... It's the price given by You Sihai, I'm just running errands..." Lu Wei'an wanted to vomit again, but he didn't dare to vomit, so he could only suppress the despair in his heart , close your eyes and wait for death.

Chapter 611 It's Not I Don't Understand

"Damn it, I'm not as expensive as a bag of biscuits! Come on, this chair is good, help me move it down... By the way, is there any vacant house near your house?" Hong Tao thought to himself what the prices here are like It's already a bit of a spectrum, even though the population is more than ten times that of Yining, but the price should not change much.

Population, or labor force, is a hard currency no matter where it is. If you introduce a refugee, you can get four yuan as a favor, which is really not low.However, whether it is low or high depends on the price of a commodity to fully evaluate, such as grain.

"No... not too suitable..." Lu Wei'an almost pulled his trousers out of his pocket when he heard that these murderous gods were going to approach his home and planned to live nearby.In his opinion, not only would he be murdered today, but he might also implicate the whole family.

"Boss Lu, you must be aware of current affairs. Take a deep breath and think about it carefully. If you don't have the courage to burn the boat at this point, is there any hope of saving your life? It's useless to beg for mercy now, you have to rack your brains to change yourself." It must be valuable. Let me test you first, what kind of talent is the most valuable at present?"

Hong Tao didn't want to comfort Lu Wei'an every time he said a word. This guy's brain is not very bright, or he doesn't have much courage, but now no one can use it for him immediately except him, so he can only make do with it.But the premise of make do has to be able to make do with it, if it doesn't work at all, it's better to go to the first floor as a corpse.

"...Yes, yes, there is a house to live in... It's just that the conditions are not as good as here, I'm afraid you may look down on them!" It's okay, Lu Wei'an is not so stupid that he can't understand it, he shows it with practical actions value.

Lu Wei'an didn't lie, he lived on the east side of the street of Youlong Company, the streets were narrower and the houses were more dilapidated.It is roughly equivalent to the gap between commercial streets in the old world and residential areas in the old city.

There are few shops and street lights, but it is much better than the new shantytowns in the west. At least there is still part of the asphalt road under the feet, not so much dirt.

This is a three-storey building facing the street. The light from the window suggests that it should be full of people and it is well guarded.Inside the door reinforced with scrap steel plates and steel bars stood two guards with spears.

Even if Lu Wei'an is a resident here, he is strictly restricted if he wants to bring friends home, no more than two people at a time, and he cannot enter with weapons.But this is not a rule formulated by the alliance, but a joint defense mechanism spontaneously organized by the refugees.

After Hong Tao asked about the origins of the two security guards, he and Xiao Ma handed over their guns, and after being groped all over, he walked into the iron gate with vigilant eyes.

"Are they carrying homemade rifles?"

At this time, Hong Tao noticed another nuance. The guns held by the two security guards looked a little rough, and even the solder joints were not smoothed, obviously not the products of the old world.A few guns were also found on the body of more than a dozen people killed in the shantytown at night, no matter how old they were, they were standard guns.

"I bought it from the market in the north!" Lu Wei'an was very anxious as soon as he was about to enter his home, and he didn't even talk much.

"Does the Alliance allow refugees to own guns?" The refugee area actually sells guns, which is different from the Redeemer-controlled area.Hong Tao intends to ask what level of force is here, so as to determine the level of arming of his group in the future.

If there are no restrictions, then there is no need to hide the smuggled weapons and equipment. It's so cool to go shopping with a bazooka on your shoulders. It's so cool to see who is okay before you dare to make a wrong idea.

"In principle, it is not allowed to own standard weapons in the old world, but the rules are rules, and sometimes there are many ways to work around it. For example, if you remove the handle of the gun and replace it with a self-made one, it cannot be regarded as a standard weapon. However, this type of weapon The price is very high, and most refugees can’t afford it, so they can only use homemade ones instead. Don’t look ugly, it’s very powerful at close range...here..."

The door on the farthest east side of the third floor is Lu Wei'an's house. It should be a two-bedroom house. There is indeed a four or five-year-old boy in the house, who is lying on the table alone and drawing by the light of the oil lamp.Seeing Lu Wei'an entering the door with a smile on his face, he was frightened back by Hong Tao and Xiao Ma who followed him.

"Yo, young man, it's yours to call grandpa. Smell it, is it fragrant?" Without asking too much detail, Hong Tao believed that the little boy was Lu Wei'an's son.The gene worked, and the two looked very similar between their eyebrows and eyes.As a reward for not lying, he took out half a piece of chocolate and handed it over.

"..." The little boy didn't answer in a daze, and there was not much desire in his eyes, he stared straight at his father.

"Take it, take it... This is Dad's elder, you have to call it... Grandpa!" Lu Wei'an had completely surrendered at this time, and immediately satisfied Hong Tao's evil interests without any hints.In fact, it is not a loss for the little boy to call him grandpa, and it is also an advantage for him to call him grandpa directly.

"Is this a tank?" Xiao Ma had checked the back room at this time, and nodded slightly to indicate that nothing unusual was found, so Hong Tao dared to leave the door and walk to the table to look down.

"Self-propelled gun..." The little boy was quite polite, and he didn't open the wrapping paper of the chocolate immediately in front of outsiders.

"Excellent, good drawing, draw well, and I will give you a reward when grandpa comes again... Boss Lu, don't you want to go to the toilet, hurry up, don't delay the child's rest at this late hour."

This answer made Hong Tao stick out two thumbs, as if he saw the young Van Gogh, his eyes widened and his face was full of astonishment.But he didn't do it thoroughly, or it was perfunctory, so he turned his head and walked outside.

Lu Wei'an quickly followed him out, changed his clothes and pants, and the smell of raw shit on his body was basically gone. He still held an umbrella in his hand, and when he arrived at the door of the building, he took the initiative to prop it up to cover Hong Tao's head.

"I'm drenched, is there any point in holding an umbrella? You can support yourself, where's the child's mother?" But Hong Tao didn't appreciate it, wiped the rain off his face and started asking questions again.

The little boy must have been born after the outbreak of the zombie disease. It would not be difficult or easy to marry a wife in the refugee area of ​​the New World, unless both of them survived together.Could it be that this guy with little character is so lucky, or was he even stayed in the base back then?

If it's the latter, I'm sorry, I must die.The ghost knows whether he has seen him back then, and it's hard to tell after he can't see the dawn clearly at night. This kind of risk can't be taken.

But unlike the illegitimate children in the old world, the mother of this child will not recognize it, because they regard it as a job to give birth to a man, and whoever pays will give birth to him.After the baby was born and the body was healthy, I immediately left gently, just as I came gently, waving my hand without taking a cloud.

As the child's biological mother, they have nothing to do with the child in the future, so don't go looking for them, they won't recognize them.It's just doing things with money, which is similar to going to the mall to buy things, and regardless of the warranty, let alone return.

Chapter 612 It's Not I Don't Understand 2

Don't get me wrong, according to Lu Wei'an, these women were not forced, and no one remotely coerced them from behind, they were all voluntary.Moreover, this kind of business is very popular. Many refugees have worked hard for several years, and they are willing to find a woman to have children for themselves after saving enough money. The supply is simply in short supply.

Then why not spend more money to marry a daughter-in-law?This is Hong Tao's natural thought, but Lu Wei'an's answer is very simple. Most refugees can't afford to support their wives and children, so they can only choose one of the two!

Except for regular residents who get married collectively in accordance with the law every year, and the alliance bears part of the cost of raising children, the income of most refugees is not stable. Once they can't find a job, their wives and children will have to starve together.

In this way, even if you are willing to marry, many women may not be willing to marry.But most men also have the need to breed offspring, so such an industry was born.In the beginning, it was just a few women doing it secretly in private. Gradually, the industrial chain gradually improved, and the number of practitioners increased.

Moreover, these women didn't come out of bad luck because they were poor. Many of them voluntarily gave up the opportunity to enter the base as official residents and took the initiative to engage in this industry.

They are unwilling to be subject to militarized management every day, to work hard like robots, and even less willing to simply sell their bodies and dignity, but want to live a more comfortable life. Giving birth to men just meets the needs of these people.

"Then what should I do when I'm old?" Hong Tao could understand part of this statement, but there was still something he didn't quite understand.

"First of all, we must be able to live to old age... Many people can't get sick because of a cold, fever or diarrhea. Even if they can afford medicine, they may not be cured..." If Hong Tao didn't have a gun in his hand, Lu Wei'an would Answer this reality that even children know with the eyes of a fool.

"How much did you spend back then?" Xiao Ma said suddenly.

"15 yuan... There are younger and more beautiful ones, but the price is more expensive. I know someone, he may be able to find the first child..." Compared with Hong Tao, Lu Wei'an seems to be more afraid of this taciturn, always holding hands. The young man holding a knife is busy showing his worth.

"Where's the house!" Hong Tao turned his head and glanced at the red-eyed pony, interrupting the topic.

Alas, what the ancients said is too true, food and sex are also.As soon as I had a full meal and my own safety was not guaranteed, I began to think about the happiness of the lower body.And it's not just the pony, the tiger's eyes would still be red if they heard it.

"The front is..." Lu Wei'an shrank his neck, returned to his air-conditioned virtuousness, and pointed tremblingly at a four-story building across the street.

"Why are there no lights on the high-rise over there?" Hong Tao stopped and looked around, feeling that something was wrong, and it took him a long time to figure it out. None of the houses with lights were in high-rise buildings. Three or four floors more.

"Uh...it can't be repaired, and it's not safe!" A trace of contempt flashed in Lu Wei'an's eyes, and he quickly covered it up, and honestly began to tell the story.This time, without waiting for Hong Tao to ask, all questions related to housing in the refugee area were basically covered.

That's right, the problem that Hong Tao discovered does exist, and the reason is very simple, just one, high-rise buildings are not safe!It doesn't mean that the law and order is unsafe, but the building itself.

Although there has not been a major earthquake like that in Xinjiang Province near the capital, it is not without any disturbance. There have been many large and small earthquakes in the past ten years, of which there are two that are relatively strong and destructive.

After these two earthquakes, most high-rise buildings were more or less affected, such as cracks, walls falling off, doors and windows out of shape and so on.Some of the quality is not very good, simply collapsed.

In this case, the survivors would not dare to choose a high-rise building as their home, for fear that they would not be able to escape if they wanted to run again.It's better to choose a bungalow or a low-rise building to live in. Even if it's not too strong, it's okay, and it's easy to run.

In addition, low-rise buildings, especially old buildings with brick-concrete structure, are easier to maintain. You can renovate them more comfortably and safely by removing some bricks and tiles from other buildings. The utilization rate is many times higher than that of bungalows, so they are very popular.

The four-story building Lu Wei'an recommended to Hong Tao is a relatively high-end rental house, or apartment, on this street.Most of the people living here are refugees with relatively high income and relatively stable jobs.According to the old world, this is a high-end residential area, except for white-collar workers, it is a small middle class.

And this four-story building also belongs to the company's property, but this company is not engaged in labor force, but in real estate. The name is quite special, Mrs. Xiushan's Apartment.

That's right, this is a company run by Japanese survivors, and the leader is a Japanese woman.But Hong Tao didn't see her. There were only two old men in the office on the first floor. They should also be Japanese. They spoke Chinese quite well, but their accent hadn't changed.

"Damn..." When he first entered the building, Hong Tao couldn't help but spit out the essence of the country.If you don't look at the outside, it looks like a diplomatic apartment here.

There were several children running around in the foyer, and there was a restaurant next to it, with more than a dozen people sitting in it.Regardless of children or adults, most of them have obvious foreign characteristics.They were also neater than the refugees they saw on the street, but when they saw Hong Tao and the pony, they all showed unbelievable or unfriendly eyes.

"Isn't this place specially for foreigners?" The remaining half of the people had East Asian faces, but Hong Tao felt that they were more likely to be Japanese or Korean, so he couldn't help asking the question again.

"The Alliance does not allow people to live together according to ethnicity... There are many foreign survivors in the refugee area, and they have to live with us." Lu Wei'an couldn't help it anymore, and began to show more and more foolish eyes.

"Fuck... how much would your house cost if you rent it out!" After chatting with two old Japanese men who were in charge of managing the place, Hong Tao began to learn Chinese again.

The environment here is good, but the price is even better, it is really similar to the diplomatic apartments in the old world.A two-bedroom apartment costs ten yuan a month. Although running water and AC electricity are included in the rent, the price is still a bit high.

"About three or four yuan..." Lu Wei'an was a little uneasy, for fear that Hong Tao would go to his own house to squeeze in order to save money.

"No, tell me the truth, how much money can I earn a month working on a construction site?" Hong Tao's mind was a little messed up. He thought that the most expensive food, food, housing and transportation should be food, and the house is the least valuable, but the reality seems to be different. thing.

"Probably... 1 yuan per week..." Lu Wei'an hesitated, wondering if he should tell the truth.

"How much is the shed in the new area a month?" Hong Tao still didn't quite figure it out.

"The big one is 1 yuan, the small one is [-] cents..." Lu Wei'an answered very firmly this time.

"Yeah, I'm fucking poor, I'd better live in a shed..." Hearing the price, Hong Tao finally heaved a sigh of relief, pulled Lu Wei'an outside, and immediately attracted another look. It's sarcasm.

"There are so many unowned houses outside, can I find a few unowned ones and repair them by myself?"

Hong Tao didn't care about these eyes. When he was a gold digger, he was looked down upon by the soldiers at the checkpoint every day, and he even withheld goods.However, he felt that it was a bit unjust to spend money to live in a simple earthquake-proof shelter, and it was best not to spend money.

"You can only live in the planning area of ​​the alliance. It is dangerous to enter the red zone without approval, and you will be caught by the patrol and sent to do hard labor..."

Faced with this old hat who doesn't understand anything and is too low to be high, Lu Wei'an can hardly bear it anymore.But there is no way, people can fight and kill, if they don't want to die, they can only continue to show their value.

"... Are there any vacant houses in the safe zone?" Hong Tao couldn't bear it anymore. The East Asian Alliance is too good at making money. There are so many houses that are not allowed to live in. They have to live in their designated area. If there is no oil and water in it You can take the dog's surname as yourself.

But people have to bow their heads under the eaves. Besides, this regulation cannot be said to be too excessive. At least some life services are provided, such as public security, electricity, and running water. If they don’t make money, how can they maintain it.

Chapter 613 Continue to eat tiles

"If you want to buy...it's not expensive...a small house can be bought for a hundred or ten yuan, and a larger one may cost thousands of dollars. But after repairing it, you can rent it out. In addition to paying taxes to the alliance, you can earn it back soon. !"

Lu Wei'an seemed to know what this guy was going to do, and without waiting to be questioned, he told the rest of the link in one breath, and also made an investment suggestion that sounded more promising.

"...Well, find a bigger one!" Hong Tao thought for a while. Indeed, there are nine people in his group. If he rents a house to live in at least four rooms, it will cost a lot of money every month.

It’s almost winter, and living in a shanty town is too painful, so I might as well buy a house and fix it myself.Although the one-time investment is a bit large, there will be no big investment in the future, and there will be a steady flow of income.

Being a landlord is a job that you can do by yourself. As the saying goes, what you do is not what you do. This is a very promising industry.It's just that I didn't expect such a big change in the world, but the vitality of eating tiles is still strong.

"Yes... there are suitable ones in the third east district!" Lu Wei'an finally showed a smile, stretched out his hand and pointed to the east, and raised his leg to leave.

"Closer to your house!"

"...Yes... there is a three-story building on South Street, far away from high-rise buildings, and the main structure is made of reinforced concrete, which is quite strong." Hearing this additional condition, Lu Wei'an's smile that had just bloomed immediately froze on his face. He swallowed, stretched out his finger to the side of the guide, and walked very heavily.

This three-story building fits Hong Tao's requirements very well. It has a large area and each floor has at least [-] or [-] windows. It is not far from Lu Wei'an's house. Standing at the door, you can see the lights in his small building with your naked eyes.

It just looks a bit miserable, the southernmost corner has collapsed, leaving only a few concrete beams standing alone.Most of the exterior wall coating has peeled off, and all the windows are gone. The black hole looks scary, and there are many small pits and holes on the north and west walls.

Hong Tao took a closer look and probably knew the reason. Bao Buqi was hit by an anti-aircraft machine gun.This area was also considered the main battlefield during the first capital defense war, and the collapsed houses in the south were probably also bombed at that time.

"Scalper, go in and take a closer look at the quality of the house. If it can be repaired, then calculate whether we can do it alone."

The man called Huang Niu, whose full name is Huang Yan, is in his early 40s, with a short stature and a simple and honest face.Before the zombie disease broke out, he was growing cotton near Licheng. When he was free, he followed the villagers to Urumqi to do infrastructure projects. He was a good bricklayer.

"Boss Lu, this house is supposed to be in a good location, so why hasn't anyone bought it?" Hong Tao is not very good at evaluating the quality of houses, but he has to figure out some problems before making a decision.

This small building is located near the edge of the inhabited area, but it is next to the road to the south, very close to the alliance gun tower or sentry post, and has higher security. If the asking price is not too high, it is unreasonable that no one cares about it for so many years?

"Uh... You may not know the situation here. From the easternmost district to the new district you see, there are five districts in total. The further north the house is, the more sought-after it is, and the southerly the house is, the less people want it. .”

"Look, the road to the south is the red zone. It has not been cleaned up like the area we passed by when we came here. There are still zombie remains in many places, which is too scary."

"In addition, the repair work of this small building is a bit heavy, and it needs too many building materials. After spending a lot of money to repair it, I am afraid that the rent will not be high. With this money, it is better to wait until the new district is opened to grab a house in the north. "Lv Wei'an swallowed, scolded Hong Tao's eight generations of ancestors almost, and felt deeply hopeless at the same time.

This group of people, especially this mouse brother, is too difficult to deal with.Not only is she ruthless and has strong combat effectiveness, but Nima has a slick heart, she can inquire about everything, and she can draw inferences about everything, which is not like a newcomer at all.

"Can the building materials and doors and windows in those high-rise buildings be removed?" Lu Wei'an said tactfully, but Hong Tao understood.Having killed so many people by himself, it is most suitable to live in a remote place, which is not too noticeable.

As for the price, with so much money robbed from Youlong Company, it is obviously affordable.But Lu Wei'an obviously didn't know that he was not a robber who murdered and robbed, but a person who was very good at living.Money comes easily, so it cannot be wasted.

"It can be dismantled... the doors and windows used to be dismantled here. Now all the building materials, doors and windows that can be dismantled in the refugee area, including furniture that can be used for fire, must have owners, and they can only be bought. There is a big market in the north. , it sells everything. I know a few stall owners, and I guarantee that they are all good products, with the lowest prices in the market!"

Lu Wei'an really wants to say that you are the only one who is smart, no one else will do it, and they are just waiting for you to dismantle it!It's a pity that these words can only be passed around in the stomach, not only must the words be pleasant, but also the attitude must be respectful.

"Brother Shu, the big frame and foundation are fine, and the walls don't need to be moved much. The roof of the third floor may need to be repaired. The main reason is that the doors, windows, wires and water pipes are troublesome, and even those buried in the walls and ground have been planed away. There is nothing left." While talking, the scalper came out of the building door, turned off the flashlight and described his preliminary survey results.

"How long will it take to fix it?"

"If there are enough materials... it will take about a month to complete the project."

"Boss Lu, your business is here again. Tomorrow, you will take the money to buy this building in your name! If anyone asks, they will say that they have caught up with the nobles in the Northwest doing business, and brought back a lot of gasoline. , anyway, no matter how you make it up, you are not allowed to tell us. We are just refugees you hired to work and repair houses with money, understand?"

Hong Tao felt that he could bear it for a month, and this small building was also a good place to stay.But I don't have an identity yet, even if I can get a temporary identity when I go to the construction site tomorrow, it doesn't make sense for a refugee who came to work as a coolie to suddenly have money to buy a house, so this industry has to find a suitable person to settle.

"Don't dare, dare not, such an expensive house..." Lu Wei'an definitely didn't dare to take it, racking his brains to try to evade it.

"Boss Lu, you are a smart person. You should understand that there is only one dead end besides joining us. Even if you go to report, you have to think about whether you and your child can survive. You can count how many people here , and think carefully about how many people there were when we got off the train."

Want to get away?There is no door!Hong Tao pointed to several figures scattered within [-] meters, and made the cruel reality clear, letting him choose where to go.

"Yes, yes, I will do what you say, and I dare not have second thoughts..." Lu Wei'an didn't count at all, because he had already counted all the way, and only found seven people, and nine people boarded the train together, and got off the train together. There are also nine on the train, and nine on the carriage.Where did the other two go, who knows.

"Little Ma, you accompany Boss Lu home, Daheitian must ensure safety." Hong Tao beckoned and let Xiao Ma go home with Lu Wei'an.

"Brother Mouse, isn't this guy unreliable?" After the two figures walked away, the tiger came over, lit two cigarettes, and expressed some concern.He's just here for the first time, and he really doesn't know what to do.In such a big city, the eyes are smeared. There is no idea of ​​where to hide and where to be a dead end.

"No one can be relied on except us brothers who have died! But living in this place is no better than Yining. It is far from enough to rely on us alone. We have to learn to cooperate with others."

"Skinny Monkey, Water Snake, don't go with us tomorrow, you two, go to the construction site alone to register for your identity, and then rent a house in the shop we visited just now."

"You don't have to do anything, just find out the rules here first. If we don't look for it, you are not allowed to come here, just pretend that you don't know each other. Let's go back to the shed to endure the night." But Hong Tao didn't feel strange at all. After a short walk and Lu Wei'an's introduction, he already knew the exact location of this place.

The road in the south that distinguishes the refugee area from the red area should be the Southeast Fourth Ring Road. The place where you want to buy a house is probably called Shibalidian Village. The big market in the north is also a market in the old world, called Dayang Road Wholesale Market of Agricultural and Sideline Products.

I have been here many times, and the variety of seafood here is quite complete.Even the small building where Lu Wei'an lived probably knew what to do in the old world. It was a row of shops along the street, mostly restaurants.Every time I come to buy seafood, I park my car in front of the shop.

Chapter 614 The most glorious labor