Read Novel Full Chapter 507: What Do They Really Want to Do?
Chapter 507: What Do They Really Want to Do?
Seeing that Yang Weimin didn’t say anything, He Tianming asked again, “Are they doing well?”
“They are doing well. I recognized them at a glance. They don’t seem to have changed much since they were in Aoyuan.”
He Tianming didn’t find it strange. Anyone with extraordinary abilities can always live well, whether in peaceful times or during a disaster.
On the contrary, he was curious about the relationship between the two and the Russians.
Yang Weimin didn’t know either. “The Russians are quite polite to them. I guess they can grow vegetables or have some other value. Anyway, their relationship with the Russians seems pretty good.”
He didn’t want to think too much on their relationship, but was concerned about the current situation. “Old He, do you think we can leave the Arctic?”
He had worked hard to survive until now just to find his son.
His son had entered the southern military base and was protected by the military. He must be alive and well.
He Tianming knew he was anxious, but it was useless to feel that way. “There will always be a chance.”
Yang Weimin couldn’t bear to wait any longer. “The Russians said that if we want to leave, we can anytime.”
He Tianming rubbed his temple. “We came on the same boat. There are only thirty or so people left. Some want to leave, and some don’t. How can we do anything if people are not united?
The Russians are slightly better than those at the United Base, but people’s hearts are hard to read. They seem polite to the Chinese, unlike how they treat those troublesome countries with constant fighting and insults, but how can they be sure it’s not just empty words?
“If they were really friendly, why is it that those who chose to leave didn’t get any supplies and were instead killed by crocodiles when they went out?”
Yang Weimin understood. “Those countries aren’t friendly to the Russians. I’m afraid they were…”
“We are not united, and if we go out empty-handed, we will all die.”
He Tianming also wanted to leave, and he even dreamed about it, but now was not the best time. “Old Yang, there will definitely be a chance; we just need to hold out.”
“Old He, it’s not that I don’t trust you, but I’m afraid that if we wait any longer, we’ll never get the chance to see my son again.”
Yang Weimin’s thoughts were consumed by his son, but he also trusted He Tianming’s judgment. After all, he was a psychologist. After the natural disaster, he entered the government department and was promoted continuously, even becoming the deputy mayor of Fengcheng.
Whether the other person was human or ghost, anyone passing through his eyes could not go wrong.
If these Russians were truly friendly to China, they wouldn’t have separated them.
Especially the man from today, who seems to be friends with Jiang Ning and Huo Yishen, but no one is really stupid.
Yang Weimin was puzzled. “What do you think they really want to do?”
He Tianming thought for a while. “They probably want to recruit them, which is why they keep being friendly, but they also worry that Jiang Ning and the others might pose a threat to them.”
Yang Weimin thought about today’s events. “Jiang Ning and Instructor Huo are capable. Do you think they’ll find a way to rescue us?”
He Tianming dispelled the thoughts he shouldn’t have had. “Old Yang, if they had the capability, even without us asking, they would have extended a helping hand; if they don’t, then asking for help might end up hurting them.”
Yang Weimin knew that when people are in despair, they can’t help but have fantasies.
In fact, Jiang Ning was his lifesaver. If not for her, he would have died years ago.
He Tianming’s words cleared away the thoughts he shouldn’t have had.
Jiang Ning was unaware of the situation on the base, but meeting Yang Weimin still reminded her of Fengcheng, Zhang Chao, Lu Wei, and many others…
Only when loneliness took hold of her could she not stop remembering.
The difficult days in the past, when she recalled them now, were actually sweet.
She hadn’t slept well at night and woke up late.
Outside, the sound of snowmobiles could be heard again, and it wasn’t just one.
Yes, Ivanov was here again, with a lot of boxes.
It’s all hydroponic glass containers, along with seeds, nutrient solutions, and other related items.
“Jiang, the vegetables you’ve grown are top-notch.”
His hands were not fast enough, and he didn’t grab many pieces yesterday.
“There are Chinese people like you in the base but they’ve tried many times and just couldn’t grow them, so I brought all the items over.”
The harvest was still fifty-fifty, and the excess could be traded for other supplies.
Jiang Ning didn’t agree. “Ivanov, growing vegetables in the Arctic requires constant temperature, which consumes a lot of fuel. The ones we grew before, it was barely enough for our family to eat, and there’s no way to grow more.”
After staying in China for a few years, Ivanov’s mind was more flexible. “Forty-sixty or thirty-seventy works. We can trade with fuel or supplies.”
The base has set up a hunting team that can dig ice holes to catch crocodiles or hunt seals, and the planting team is also expanding the planting of potatoes and corn.
Ivanov was generous. “If you need meat, how about exchanging one pound of meat for one pound of vegetables?”
Jiang Ning hesitated and thought for a long time before agreeing. “Seventy-thirty. You get thirty, and we can exchange fuel or meat later.”
With more and more neighbors around, they were always under scrutiny. Every aspect of their lives, eating, drinking, and even their waste, had to be accounted for.
Selling vegetables to the Russians seemed like a good idea.
But she didn’t finish her sentence. “We don’t have space in the house, so we’ll need to build an ice house. If it works, we’ll cooperate; if not, we’ll return the items.”
Ivanov said straightforwardly, “No problem.” After that, he asked his men to move the boxes.
Yang Weimin had also come, and while helping, he seized the chance to ask when no one was looking. “Jiang Ning, have you seen Ah Jie?”
Jiang Ning lowered her voice. “I saw him once at the military base. He went to the mall to buy an escape pod. He’ll definitely survive.”
Yang Weimin was aging terribly, losing hair and teeth.
Judging from his mental state, Yang Jie was likely his last emotional support.
After ten years of natural disasters, many people relied on their emotional support to hold on.
Jiang Ning didn’t know what was going on at the base and didn’t have the chance to ask.
Playing her part fully, she asked Ivanov how to build an ice house.
She had asked the right person. Ivanov had lived in Siberia for years and was extremely familiar with ice house construction. He was eager to help immediately.
Jiang Ning didn’t hesitate. “Call a few people over. The cost will be deducted from the vegetables.”
With more neighbors around, there were all kinds of people.
Let the Russians show their strength and intimidate anyone who dares to attack her house.
Ivanov readily agreed. “Alright, I’ll bring people tomorrow.”
Watching them leave, Jiang Ning did not move the hydroponic items into the house. First, there was no place to put it, and second, she was afraid that it would be moved around tomorrow.
She left it by the door; she figured no one would dare steal it.
The Russians were already the big bosses of the Arctic. Who would steal the tools of the big boss growing vegetables?
As early as when the white-robed local tycoons settled in, Jiang Ning had already started to enclose the land. She’d claimed a 100-meter radius around her house as her yard, building a snow wall over a meter high with thick snow.
From time to time, water was poured on the snow wall, which had become a thick ice wall that even bullets could not penetrate.
Once the ice wall at the bottom was solid, Jiang Ning planned to keep building it up to over two meters high.
In this way, it would be difficult for others to spy them.
As the ice wall was built up, the view from the container’s lookout was blocked.
But the wolf-hearted, dog-livered couple had keen hearing and smell, and no rustling would escape their notice.
Other survivors, no matter how strong, were nothing compared to the previous United Base.
They posed little threat to Jiang Ning and Huo Yishen.
Ivanov had arrived early with his people the next day: five Russians and five Chinese.
In addition to Yang Weimin, Jiang Ning noticed an old acquaintance—He Tianming.