"": 200, "": "", "": "Cabinet Mountain Village was a place short on resources.
When there were plenty of Outsiders, the supplies they brought helped make up for the shortage.
The more people died, the faster Outsiders arrived. Once Zhong Zhicheng united the village, established rules, and brought out the Lamp Oil, the number of Outsiders began dwindling by the day. The village maintained a certain size without growing any larger.
There were people to grow food.
There were people to make furniture.
A basic standard of living was still assured. They had mountains and water, and although they couldn't live off the water, the mountains provided enough. The village also had skilled craftspeople. Things like coarse paper weren't complicated to make.
Gu Yiren got out of the passenger seat and hurried toward Chen Xianxian.
"Don't go too far! It might be dangerous!" Zhang Li immediately climbed out and shouted after them.
Chen Xianxian continued walking into the distance.
Gu Yiren followed close behind.
Luo Bin paid no attention to such a trivial matter. Man or woman, everyone had to answer nature's call. There was nothing unusual about it.
He returned to his seat and began rewinding his memories.
Gu Ya and Luo Feng stood beside the car. Luo Feng held her arm, patting it gently to comfort her.
Zhang Li had found a pack of cigarettes in the car earlier. He lit one and sat by the roadside to smoke.
He coughed hoarsely. The acrid smoke burned his throat.
Luo Feng caught the smell of smoke and turned to look, his eyes brightening slightly.
"Give me one, Zhang."
He even let go of Gu Ya.
Of course, Gu Ya was feeling much better by then.
Zhang Li stood up and simply handed Luo Feng the whole pack.