Chapter 90: Chapter 90 A Child’s Potential Chapter 90: Chapter 90 A Child’s Potential As they spoke, they arrived at Shi Liang’s house, and Deng Fang opened the door to see Gu Pan, her smile blooming instantly, “Sister, brother-in-law, co inside quickly.”
In her heart, they were the only ones who treated them like family after the apocalypse. It was impossible to find their real relatives, and those they did find only sought things from them, none truly treated them as their own.
Gu Pan entered the house and said to Deng Fang with a smile, “You two seem to be doing well, that eases my mind.”
Deng Fang replied, “That’s all thanks to the supplies and self-defense techniques you and brother-in-law taught us before. Without your supplies, we would have had a hard ti getting through the epidemic.”
“Let’s not stand on ceremony, we can’t stay long and we’ve brought you so more things,” Gu Pan said as she began pulling items out of her backpack.
A bag of freeze-dried vegetables, extrely important given the absence of fruits and vegetables; without vitamins intake humans wouldn’t last, then a bag of dried at, followed by two bags of compressed biscuits, and then water, ten bottles of mineral water, for ergency use in case they couldn’t find water, which could sustain them for a few days.
Food was unnecessary, as Shi Liang was a second-hand dealer and wouldn’t lack food, but such valuable supplies were hard for them to get.
Shi Liang and Deng Fang watched in awe as Gu Pan pulled so many items out of her bag. Sister really is sothing; if her bag is this heavy, how much heavier is her brother-in-law’s?
They didn’t know that Gu Pan used the bag as a cover, actually pulling the items from the “Space.”
Finally, Gu Pan pulled out a box of birth control items for Deng Fang, “You absolutely must avoid getting pregnant at this ti; it would be very hard to survive.”
Deng Fang took the box, her face slightly red, “I understand, sister, don’t worry.”
Without dwelling further, Gu Pan turned to Shi Liang, “Liangzi, how much gold do you have? We brought food and can trade with you, then we must head back.”
Shi Liang took out all the gold hidden in the crevices of his ho, “I have five kilos, saved up by myself, so don’t talk about money, sister.”
Gu Pan looked towards Lu Ruisheng.
Understanding her cue, Lu Ruisheng took out ten kilos of rice, “We have uses for the gold. Let’s trade as it should be traded; otherwise, we won’t co to you in the future. Business is business, and even blood brothers must settle accounts clearly. Besides, people above you know, and if they found out, you’d be in trouble. Gold is more useful to us than food, we’re capable of getting our own food, so however much it needs to be, it will be.”
Shi Liang insisted, “This isn’t business, this is sothing I saved especially for sister. I don’t have much to give you or help you with; this is just a token of my intention.”
Lu Ruisheng placed his hand on Shi Liang’s shoulder, “If we took this gold like this, your sister would lose sleep over it tonight.”
Gu Pan also chid in, smiling, “We’re not in need of food for now. It wouldn’t do us much good to take it back. The day we can’t find food, you’ll be the first ones we co to. So save up so supplies, you might see us one day.”
Shi Liang looked at them, “Then I won’t be polite with you, sister, brother-in-law. I’ve always saved food for both of you, in case you need us one day, we will definitely be there without hesitation.”
“Alright, let’s stop with the politeness, you two tidy up at ho, we’ll go to the night market to see if we can exchange so more gold,” said Gu Pan.
Shi Liang looked at the rice, “Sister, gold is cheaper now, one kilo of rice for one kilo of gold, you’ve given half more than you should, you were the one who said there aren’t accounts between brothers, you must take half back.”
This Gu Pan didn’t refuse, “Okay, then we’ll take it with us to the night market to exchange for stuff.”
Shi Liang and Deng Fang saw Gu Pan and Lu Ruisheng out, bidding farewell before they left.
Returning to the night market, they exchanged for another five kilos of gold, then rode their motorcycle to a deserted area.
First, they didn’t bring the gold and entered the “Space,” confirming its area was 8120 square ters, then ca out and took in the ten kilos of gold, which increased the area to 8320 square ters. Simply put, a hundred square ters required five kilos of gold.
Gold was easier to exchange now, so they went to several other exchange points. The dayti ones had moved to nightti, though they were late, and many second-hand dealers had left, only small traders remained. However, at three locations, they barely managed to exchange another ten kilos, increasing the area by another 200 square ters, now totaling 8520 square ters.
They could now regularly exchange gold, the bigger the “Space,” the better their survival in the apocalypse.
They only reached ho when it was nearly daybreak, the temperature was rising, so they hurriedly closed the windows and turned on the air-cooling fan.
After washing up, they slept, as sleeping during the day had beco the routine for most people.
They went out together that night. The day’s haul wasn’t very good; at tis like this, without good luck or a clear target, one couldn’t find much, but managing to gather enough supplies for the day wasn’t a loss, at least they didn’t need to dip into their reserves. Having found the rice before, they weren’t worried about survival, so there was no pressure.
They returned quite early today, so they continued to visit a few friends.
Their first stop was Guo Gang’s house. The building was getting increasingly dilapidated, and the human presence dwindled, the epidemic likely having taken many lives.
At Guo Gang’s house, seeing no accumulated dust at the doorstep and recent traces of the door being used, they knocked comfortably, but there was no response from inside.
Gu Pan thought they might be guarded, pretending no one was ho if it wasn’t soone they knew.
So she directly announced her na, “Brother, sister-in-law, it’s Gu Pan.”
Soon there was a sound from inside, moving furniture, unlocking chains, and then the door was opened, but the person opening it was shorter than their line of sight, and the voice ca from below, “Auntie, uncle, you’re here.”
It was Guo Gang’s daughter, ng ng. Her parents had told her she could trust only Uncle Lu Ruisheng and Aunt Gu Pan, and she also liked Gu Pan.
Gu Pan held ng ng’s little hand as they entered, “Are you ho alone?”
ng ng nodded, “Yes, mom and dad went out to find supplies, and I’m watching the house.” She pointed to a handgun on the table next to the door, “I can use this.”
Gu Pan looked at the loaded gun, unable to help but reflect that the apocalypse truly brought unimaginable situations. Such a young child already needed to know how to use a handgun. She wouldn’t have the strength to load it; Guo Gang likely loaded it for her, just in case. They wouldn’t be out long, so it wasn’t necessary to keep it loaded for short periods, and it wouldn’t damage the gun much.
This kind of sentint could probably only be understood in the apocalypse, but what could be done? Either survive or perish, sotis taking unconventional paths.
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