Zhang Xiaoqiang would not be able to leave in a short period of time. The grassland was too big, and the nearest town was hundreds of kilometers away. Zhang Xiaoqiang found a national map, but he could not find their location on the map. It was very simple, the surrounding towns were not on the map at all.
Zhang Xiaoqiang could not just sit around and eat, so he asked the boss of the factory how to make money. The boss was not pretentious, and pointed out a clear way for Zhang Xiaoqiang, which was to kill rabbits. This made Zhang Xiaoqiang very angry. Did he still need to teach him?
However, he got another information. Because of the large-scale hunting ban before the doomsday, the breeding of wild animals was protected, so there were more mutant beasts here than in the inland.
Powerful mutant beasts were not the target of human beings. If they did not have eyes and provoked these invulnerable mutant beasts, the whole force might collapse. The bloody lesson let people here know that if they wanted to eat meat, they had to bully the less powerful mutant beasts. For example, the ubiquitous prairie rats.
Prairie rats were a great threat to the grassland. These things looked similar to their relatives in the inland, the house rats, but after the mutation, there were some changes. Their two front teeth were sharper, and could bite through iron. They were huge, similar to the previous house cats. They were agile, and if not for their short limbs, they might not even be able to catch up with a horse. They were also particularly alert, and their hearing and smell were greatly improved. The most terrible thing was that they actually had a premonition of danger. Often, when people noticed them, they would disappear without a trace.
Although compared to rabbits, they were easier to catch, but it was only relative. Rabbits could not be caught in a hundred traps, but prairie rats could always be caught in a hundred traps. Although the value was not as high as rabbits, it was also a delicious dish. The purchase price of prairie rats was five to seven bullets, mainly depending on freshness and weight.
Since they had decided to make money, Zhang Xiaoqiang naturally had to prepare the tools. Spending the night in the wild meant uncertainty, at least there could not be an open fire. Zhang Xiaoqiang knew how to dig a smokeless stove, so he had to prepare a shovel.
The cold wind in the wilderness was bone-chilling. A few days ago, Zhang Xiao Qiang had no choice but to be hugged by Meow Meow as a heater. Zhang Xiao Qiang had no love for the little shota. Hence, in order to prevent similar incidents from happening again, he had to get a tent. As for Li Grassland, Zhang Xiao Qiang generously bought him a very special blanket from his tribe.
The tools needed to deal with the prey had to be fresh, or else it could not be sold at a high price. Therefore, he bought a big iron cage, but they did not have the tools. Even if he gave them a car, they could not afford the fuel. This was easy to deal with. They found a tricycle and traded it with ten bullets, which made Zhang Xiaoqiang feel very distressed. Meow watched Zhang Xiaoqiang emptied her arsenal quickly with tears in her eyes.
In the end, Zhang Xiaoqiang exchanged a hand grenade for sixty bullets, which slightly relieved Meow's depression. However, Meow did not know that the hand grenade was stolen from her by Zhang Xiaoqiang, and her original one was used by Zhang Xiaoqiang as a training hand grenade.
When everything was ready, Zhang Xiaoqiang led his small team to the Grassland of Hope. On the first night, Zhang Xiaoqiang excitedly found a place to wait for the rabbit. After one night, Zhang Xiaoqiang had to admit that he did not have the talent to be a hunter.
The next day, Zhang Xiaoqiang and Meow sat on a tricycle and let Li Grassland, the pilot, take them around. Although Zhang Xiaoqiang had super long-range vision, he did not have the experience to hunt. It was not until noon that Zhang Xiaoqiang saw a rabbit.
The moment he saw the rabbit, Zhang Xiaoqiang was very excited. He shot an arrow at the rabbit's head. The arrow made of fine steel easily pierced through the rabbit's head like a piece of tofu.
By the time Zhang Xiao Qiang returned with the rabbit, he finally understood why rabbit hides were so expensive. Not every rabbit was a Ghost Shadow. This particular rabbit was just an ordinary rabbit. Although it was about the same size, its skin could be easily pierced with an arrow.
Helplessly, this rabbit became their meal. The hunting continued. This time, Meow was asked to run all over the world and try to drive out the rats hiding in the grass. When Meow was exhausted, Zhang Xiaoqiang only caught a dizzy grassland rat.
Looking at the grassland rat that was scared to death by them, Zhang Xiaoqiang wanted to cry but had no tears.
As the saying goes, failure is the mother of success. After countless failures, Zhang Xiaoqiang and the others finally understood that if they wanted to find a grassland rat, they had to find the rat's hole first.
Five days later, Zhang Xiaoqiang and the others finally set foot on the road back to the market. The three of them did not want to talk. Everyone was as tired as a dead dog. Even Li Grassland, who weighed 220 kilograms, was only left with 219 kilograms. Li Grassland was still riding the squeaky tricycle. There was a big cage on the tricycle, which contained more than ten grassland rats and three rabbits. Whether the grassland rats or the rabbits, there was a hole in their leg. They were all caught alive after being shot.
The things they had caught in five days were worth almost 100 bullets. On average, 20 bullets a day. If it was in the hands of an ordinary person, it would be a huge sum of money. It should be known that Zhang Xiaoqiang bought more than 20 kilograms of jerky, a bag of potatoes, tea bricks, and fried rice for only 30 bullets.
However, Zhang Xiaoqiang and Meow were not ordinary people. One had super long-distance vision, dynamic vision, and his strength and speed were several times that of an ordinary person. Needless to say, Meow was like a human S4, and he was even faster than Mu Peipei. The two evolvers earned 20 bullets a day. Each of them had 10 bullets. Li Grassland was not a human, so he had no bullets at all.
It was embarrassing to say it out loud. It should be known that Zhang Xiaoqiang had shot tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of bullets last week.
The group returned to the market. The gate was still the same as before. The guards knew Zhang Xiaoqiang and the others. They knew that Zhang Xiaoqiang was brought here by Xu Hao, so they did not make things difficult for them and let them in. Li Grassland saw the body of the child on the pillar at the gate. The body was hanging on the pillar, and a few huge black crows landed on the pillar, pecking at the rotten flesh on the body. It was as miserable as one could imagine.
When it came to the final harvest, the three of them were a little nervous. This was the first time Zhang Xiaoqiang had worked to earn money after the apocalypse. Meow, on the other hand, had used her private firearms to buy supplies before. Naturally, she wanted to earn back the money she had spent.
Sixteen live prairie rats, each counted as seven bullets. Three live rabbits, the price was a little higher, 15 bullets, totaling up to 157 bullets.
It was far more than 100 bullets. Zhang Xiaoqiang was a little surprised. After asking, he found out that the fresh ones were brought over on the same day, but they might not be sold on the same day. However, the ones Zhang Xiaoqiang caught were all alive. Mutated beasts had a long life, and they would not die even if fed for a few days. The shelf life of the so-called fresh ones could not be compared to them.
"Hehe... hehe..."
Zhang Xiaoqiang brought the other two out of the restaurant, and he could not stop laughing. He could not help but feel proud of his wise decision. He had spent five bullets to order the iron cage, but he had earned 50 more bullets. Did it not mean that he had a good eye?