"Tsk, tsk, let me see where you can run."
Chen Gang's rough and arrogant voice was getting closer and closer to Wen Jiu. When Wen Jiu was dragged back to the place where there was so much garbage, Wen Jiu's body was already covered with tiny cuts from debris.
After finally catching the goods he was looking for, Chen Gang looked at Wen Jiu who fainted in front of him with satisfaction, thinking that after selling the little girl, he could exchange for a sum of star coins to squander.
But he didn't notice the little girl's left hand buried behind her back at all.
Chen Gang squatted down while humming a tuneless tune, and slowly approached Wen Jiu, wanting to tie her up more firmly with a rope before taking her away.
But in an instant, Wen Jiu, who was lying on the ground, suddenly opened his bright and clear eyes, like a ferocious beast that had been dormant for a long time.
In another second, Chen Gang covered his bleeding neck and fell to the ground twitching, his wide eyes full of surprise and fear.
The little girl who stood up again was holding a sharp piece of iron in her left hand, with scarlet blood dripping from the dark iron piece.
Chen Gang's blood surged like a fountain and he only convulsed for less than a minute. The cloudy pupils dilated, and the hands he tried to cover fell to the side.
It was not advisable to stay here for a long time. Wen Jiu calmly and quickly searched the man's body and found some things that looked like they could be sold for money. She quickly walked back to the oil can and picked up her big bag before leaving.
Braving the cold wind, Wen Jiu walked barefoot on the dirty soil. It wasn't until she saw the abandoned floating bus where she was hiding that she stopped to take a breath, and then carefully searched the surroundings. , and then got into the bus.
After Wen Jiu dragged his tired body in, he covered the car door with a wooden board standing aside.
The interior of the car was already full of rust, and the seats were removed leaving only an empty space. Wooden boards and iron pieces picked up by Wen Jiu were nailed to the originally uncovered windows. Because they had been abandoned for so long, there were still holes in the corners. Lots of wet moss.
However, in such an environment, it is not easy to have a place to rest.
Wen Jiu threw her pocket next to her. She was really tired. She fell down on the "bed" made of tattered fabrics with a thud. Although it was not soft, it was still more comfortable than lying on the hard floor.
After resting for a short while, Wen Jiu sat up and looked at himself. Her body was covered with mud and stains, her shabby clothes were stained with eye-catching bloodstains, and her limbs were streaked with bloodstains.
Fortunately, the wounds were not deep and there was no danger to his life. I just didn't know if there would be scars in the future.
Wen Jiu took out a handful of herbs from the bag beside him, crushed them, and then gently applied them to the wound.
"When will this day end?"
After taking care of the scars, Wen Jiu lay on the ground again and talked to himself, shaking his feet. The cold touch made her look down, and then she remembered that her shoes had been knocked off during the dragging process.
She had been digging through garbage for more than ten days before finally finding a pair of shoes that had no holes and fit her feet well. She hasn't been comfortable for a few days, and now she's back to being a barefoot fairy.
The already poor life is even worse.
Thinking that he had no shoes to wear again, Wen Jiu sighed deeply.
Life is not easy, I sigh for a long time.
Forget it, at worst, I'll pick up another pair. Wen regained his mood after a while.
She stood up and walked to the big bag and began to carefully clean up her harvest today. Although today's trash-picking operation was forcibly interrupted, her harvest was pretty good.
First there were five boxes of meat slices, and Wen Jiu checked them again. The packaging was intact, and the label showed that it was grunt meat, with a shelf life of the day after tomorrow.
She raised the boxes of meat slices to her nose one by one and sniffed them. After confirming that there was no rotten smell, she put the five boxes of grunt meat slices into the wooden box she used to store food.
Then Wen Jiu put some small parts into categories, and finally began to check the items of the trafficker who tried to sell her.
In the interstellar era, all money is stored in the star network. To access the star network, you must first possess and bind a wisdom ring. But Wen Jiu didn't talk about Star Network anymore. She couldn't even afford a wisdom ring.
But she knew that many smart rings had a location function, so in order to prevent someone from coming to her door, she did not take away the person's smart ring.
The man didn't have much on him, except for the rope that flew to tie her up, which looked relatively valuable, and the other sundries together could be sold for about a hundred star coins.
These star coins may not look like many, but they are already a considerable amount of money for Wen Jiu now.
You must know that the lowest level of nutrient solution costs five star coins, and one nutrient solution can satisfy the satiety of a meal.
Wen Jiu calculated in her mind that after buying twenty bottles of nutrient solution, she could endure it for more than ten days.
From the looks of it, the rest of her life will be relatively easy. Wen Jiu put the pile of items back into his pocket again, planning to wait until daylight before going to a scrap collection shop to sell them.
It was only 4:30 in the morning. She had drank a few drops of nutrient solution before, so she was not very hungry now.
So Wen Jiu shrank back to the pile of fabrics, closed his eyes and began to feel sleepy.
As time passed slowly, the only sound left in the car was her slight rising and falling breathing.
Not long after, the dazzling sunlight shone in through the cracks. Wen Jiu seemed to feel the warmth, and slowly opened his eyes and rubbed them.
Alas, when will this day end? She really wanted to wake up and go back to the beautiful life she once had.
But Wen Jiu only thought about it for a while and woke up from the fantasy. It was better to give up the fantasy and recognize the reality.
Wen Jiu dug out a pair of hole-in-the-wall cloth shoes from the wooden clothing box in the corner. Although her thumbs were sticking out of a huge hole, the shoes still fit her feet.
Then she found some clean old clothes and put them on. After all, if she walked out covered in blood, her mother-in-law who collected the scraps might have to close the door on the spot.
After pouring himself clean, Wen Jiu took out a box of Grunt meat slices from the wooden box.
She had finished drinking the nutrient solution and could only get some slices of meat to eat. It's just that the environment is crude and no complex processing can be carried out.
This is the first time Wen Jiu has picked up well-packaged and unexpired ingredients since he came here. Although fruits and vegetables in the interstellar era are much more expensive than meat, the price of meat is not much cheaper.
A poor person like her can only survive on nutrient solution.
Wen Jiu first dug out some of the seasonings he had collected before, then washed the meat slices with water and put them into a bowl. This sweet and sour pork is a bit like the pork belly from the ancient earth. It is red and white, fat and lean, but it is a pity that there is no wine to remove the smell.
But fortunately, Wen Jiu had found a plant similar to ginger before. He cut off a few pieces with a sharp iron and threw them into a bowl, then added some salt and pepper and stirred them well.
Then she found some sharp iron rods to beat with, and then threw a few flammable objects outside the car to make a fire.
After igniting the gorgeous flame, Wen Jiu put the pieces of meat on the iron rod and started grilling.
The sweet and sour pork slices are evenly fat and thin. When the fat meat is roasted on the fire, it will make a sizzling sound. After the fat seeps out of the meat, it drips on the fire and blooms with small sparks.
Not long after, as the meat aroma became stronger, the meat skewers in Wen Jiu's hands were finally cooked.
Sprinkle cumin and then she took a bite and tasted it.
The sweet and sour pork with alternate fat and lean meat has a rich aroma, and the taste of cumin is perfectly integrated into it. It is not obtrusive at all, and the greasy taste of the fat is melted away. I just feel that the sweet and sour pork becomes more and more fragrant as I chew it in my mouth, and it is not greasy at all.
Cool!
Wen Jiu sighed with satisfaction. After so many days, she finally had a bite of meat.
