Although they had made plans to catch bandits and bring them to the trailer, they really didn’t have that much food on hand to feed the labor reform prisoners. They still had to wait until spring began, when the reptiles passed the dangerous period and entered the calving season.
Let’s deal with the ghost in the back building first.
Shana will come over later and restore her sanity to 10.
Logically speaking, it should increase the stability value by 0.5, making the item visible, but it did not. I don’t know if it’s because it doesn’t like to be displayed, or if there is a gap in Shana’s stability and it was rounded off.
The remaining one also added resistance to Shana, the mystery returned to zero again, and the resistance increased to 14.
There are three people in Elena's family whose resistance is 11. Among them, Lin did not lose her sanity yesterday, Shana and Kai both lost their sanity, and Kai even went into a brief coma.
Calculated by distance, Shana was in the kitchen at the time, and Valya was closer to the scene by the window, but he was fine. So Wang Qi suspected that Shana and Kai might have some kind of psychological defect.
It's a pity that he is not a psychiatrist, he can only add a few points, and it is too normal to have some psychological shadow after growing up in the wasteland, and he can't control it.
Throughout the next day, the ghost in the back building only appeared once to replenish firewood, which was consistent with human behavior.
Wang Qi restored his stability and sanity the next day to avoid being knocked unconscious by the ghost's skills. He originally planned to wait for the plug-in to arrive again before talking to the ghost, but the ghost shouted downstairs first:
"Good Samaritans! We need help!"
Wang Qi asked Li to go and talk to Elena, take the remaining half a catty of fried beans with her, and go downstairs to deal with it himself.
In fact, he is not particularly brave, but he has the lowest chance of being harmed here, so he has to take the top spot.
Or take the underground garage to the courtyard.
Gui got straight to the point: "Our teammates haven't come yet, and now they have finished eating. Can you help us with some food? I can lend her to you."
As the ghost spoke, he pulled out the only woman and pushed her forward.
Although most of the woman was covered by the hood of her down jacket, she could still see some beauty.
But people and ghosts have different paths. Wang Qi used a steel bar to press against the woman's clavicle and said, "Back off."
The woman seemed a little disappointed and took a half step back.
"If you want food, you can collect salt and sugar nearby."
"But we are not familiar with the surrounding area. If we can't find it, won't we starve to death?"
If they were humans, Wang Qi might not be able to bear the thought of someone starving to death in front of his eyes, and would provide them with a minimum salary, but these people are not humans.
"Forget it if you don't want to. Just go hungry." He said and was about to go back.
"Let's go, let's go!" He stopped and the leader asked, "How much food does one kilogram of salt cost?"
"One and a half kilograms of beans. One kilogram of sugar and ten kilograms of beans. You can also chop some firewood. Every one hundred kilograms of firewood is also one kilogram of beans."
Wang Qi himself doesn't have that many beans, but he does have meat. Anna just exchanged dozens of kilograms of beans from the deserters. He can use the meat in exchange for part of his salary. Or just ask Elena's family to fund it. Anyway, the bid should be low enough, and Anna will be willing to do it.
"Isn't this... too little?"
Wang Qi shook his head: "We haven't counted the firewood you have used and will use yet. Go find salt, and you can also get warmth supplies for yourself."
The three ghosts were very embarrassed. After whispering a few words, they agreed.
Wang Qi then took out Li Xiang's fried beans and handed them over: "This is for you to eat in advance. Don't starve to death."
The female ghost received it and was immediately snatched away by the man. She opened it and took a look. Regardless of the situation, she stuffed a handful into her mouth and shouted vaguely: "Thank you, thank you!"
They had to be grateful that they were not human, otherwise they would have been arrested and put in a forced labor camp for their appearance and previous behavior of exchanging women for food.
Returning to the kitchen upstairs, the women were all there and told the ghost the price.
Anna said "Ah": "Is it too much?"
Wang Qi also said "Ah", she is darker than him.
Elena came to explain: "Food is so hard to come by in winter. In this case, the survivors will only squeeze out enough food to prevent them from starving to death."
Wang Qi nodded: "It's okay. If you think it's expensive, I'll trade my meat for beans."
"No, you have helped us a lot this year. We still have enough food, so we also need to save some salt." Although the price of salt fluctuates greatly, its basic price is more expensive than meat, and the fact that it does not spoil is very convenient for storage and is considered a hard currency.
"It's okay, but if there is any candy, I have to change it first. Next time you come downstairs with me."
So the three ghosts turned into wage earners and began their working life.
During this process, it was discovered that if there is no conflict with ghosts, they are no different from humans. They are indispensable for food, water, and warmth, and they will even have sex.
Wang Qi and Anna go downstairs to settle their wages with the ghost once a day.
Because they were not given a door-breaking hammer, their efficiency was average and they could only find less than two kilograms of salt per day. The women were responsible for collecting dead branches for firewood.
In total, the average daily expenditure on beans is just over three kilograms, which is equivalent to hiring three people for less than one kilogram of fresh meat. Although the work done by these three people cannot keep up with the efficiency of Walia alone, it is still cheap.
The point is that Wang Qi doesn't like to do these trivial things after he has enough food. Now that he has a means of trading, fighting the mantis monster is undoubtedly the most efficient and profitable way of action. Others can be hired to do it.
But ghosts are ghosts after all, and on the fourth day, they got into trouble.
When they were settling wages that day, they took out a large can of white sugar and put it in a plastic bucket like that used to hold lollipops. Due to repeated moisture, it was obviously agglomerated and looked a bit like polycrystalline rock sugar. It was enough to carry a bucket. 3.6 kg.
The problem is that this jar of sugar actually glows!
This behavior made Wang Qi very anxious.
Defeat a few ghosts. I'm afraid a few people will lose their sanity and stability. They may continue to lose their sanity and stability after they are resurrected.
Just accept the candy. Is this edible?
I don't dare to lose my temper, because my head is too big.
Wait, is it possible that many deserters have eaten the glowing food provided by ghosts?
In the end, Wang Qi took away the candy without counting the beans, and paid four kilograms of dried meat, which made the three ghosts happy.
Carrying the sugar bucket to the kitchen, he consulted Elena.
"Has anyone who had contact with ghosts turned into a monster?"
Elena was stunned for a moment and thought seriously for a while before shaking her head: "No, only those who disappear before spring like ghosts."
So glowing food will turn people into ghosts...?
There are still details.
It is impossible for Elena to monitor the private lives of other teams, and with the frequency of interactions between the people in the winter wilderness, it is estimated that no one knows what happened in the homes of the disappeared people.
There is also a situation where ordinary people have no mystery and cannot see the true form of ghosts, making them blind to some changes that cannot be observed optically.
Wang Qi was worried while holding the bucket of sugar. Elena asked, "Is there something wrong with the sugar?"
"Yes, the ghost added something in it."
"Then why did you exchange it? Is there something wrong with the salt?"
Can he say that he wants to drink sweet soy milk... It will affect his image a bit: "The salt is normal, only today's sugar is abnormal. I will study it and see if I can eliminate the abnormality."
Not much hope, but I still have to give it a try.
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