“It’s my fault!! I was despicable! It’s all my fault!! Miss Wen, I won’t dare do this again!! I’m sorry!! I’m sorry!! Please let me off just this once, I was also doing things according to orders!!” Zhang Xueming had kneeled in front of Wen Peishan, and was smacking himself profusely, while crying out pitifully.
Zhang Xueming had forcefully slapped his own mouth, to the point where blood started to flow from the corners of his mouth.
Wen Peishan’s heart softened and said: “Forget it! I’ll let you off this time. Give the confiscated items back to the kid!”
“Yes!” Zhang Xueming then stood up, before walking personally to Zhang He and returned his items: “Little brat, this are all items gifted by Miss Wen, hurry go and thank her!”
Zhang He held on to his prawns tightly like a wounded wolf, as he looked at the well-dressed good-looking Wen Peishan. Looking down he mumbled extremely reluctantly: “Thank you!”
After that, he immediately turned around and limped towards the distance.
Zhang Xueming looked at Zhang He who had looked extremely defiant as he frowned and asked Wen Peishan: “Damn it! That little brat doesn’t know his manners! Miss Wen, shall I go catch him back and teach him a lesson?”
“No need!” Although Wen Peishan was ticked off by Zhang He’s unruly behaviour, she was after all extremely kind-hearted, and did not want to make things difficult for Zhang He.
Yue Zhong looked at the few frail female survivors plucking the wild vegetation, before looking at those survivors staring into the horizon blankly, as he frowned, and seemed to ponder, before walking towards Zhang He.
“Wait!! Yue Zhong wait for me!!” Wen Peishan saw that Yue Zhong was moving, as she hastily chased after him.
Zhang He had just moved a distance, and saw Yue Zhong chasing after him from behind, as he gripped his plastic bag of prawns even tighter and asked warily: “What are you following me for?”
Yue Zhong immediately took out a huge bag of bread and held it out to Zhang He asking: “Do you want to eat your fill?”
Zhang He looked at the plastic bag in Yue Zhong’s hands, as he swallowed his drool, while a look of greed shone in his eyes. He clenched his fists tightly and shouted out: “I won’t hand my sister over to you people!! Even if you give us more food, I will not sell my younger sister away!!!”
Yue Zhong frowned as he knew Zhang He had misunderstood: “Younger sister?”
Yue Zhong immediately offered his conditions: “I want you to work for me! Help me do things! In exchange I will let you eat your fill everyday, and give you half a jin of cornmeal. If you do your tasks well, I will even give you cans of meat and dried pork!”
This Zhang He in front of him was only 12, just a kid
Yet he had courage and principles that was lacking in some adults. While the river was bountiful, and many survivors gathered, few dared to venture in, to actually fish. Since Yue Zhong wanted to gain a foothold in SY County, he naturally required someone who knew the workings on the ground.
He had already made friends with the upper echelon of society like Wen Peishan, Lu Chenguang and Tai Yiyan these people, he also needed someone on the ground.
Zhang He had courage, and his own resolve. Yue Zhong admired that and did not mind helping him out.
Zhang He’s eyes grew bright, with an expression of hope and asked: “You can really let me eat my fill?”
Truthfully, with regards to a large number of the survivors in SY County, as long as there was food, they would be willing to do things. Zhang He had wanted to even join gangs, but those gangs did not want scrawny brats without attacking strength or combat power.
Tong Xiaoyun walked to Yue Zhong’s side and eyed the little beggar-like boy and spoke on Yue Zhong’s behalf: “How would Brother Yue lie to you? Our rations are really beyond comparison.”
Zhang He looked at the pretty Tong Xiaoyun and the group of special soldiers behind Yue Zhong, and immediately kneeled in front of Yue Zhong and swore: “Benefactor, I don’t ask for much, just for my younger brother and sister to eat their fill. I’m willing to give my life for you!! Whatever you ask of me, I would do it!”
Zhang He was young, but mature. Those who could pull out such a troop was definitely not a small power in SY County, and he would only benefit from relying on him. His conditions were not outrageous as well, as long as his younger siblings could eat, he would be willing to slave for Yue Zhong.
In times like this where human lives weren’t worth much, for the price of a meal, countless survivors were willing to sell themselves. It was just that in this cruel world, even if you are willing, you may not find a buyer.
Yue Zhong curiously asked: “Get up! I want to know, near this river, why won’t those people go and fish?”
The river that surrounded SY County’s borders, was a huge treasure in Yue Zhong’s eyes, and the water was extremely beneficial in the growth of the plants and even aquatic