Chapter 30: The Petty Thug Trying to Take Advantage (2)
Lu Weiyi asked Liu Jie, the only person he was somewhat familiar with, about some details on the map. Li Zhuang took out forty percent of the supplies as the share to be handed over – this was the latest regulation.
Although it was quite unfair, Lu Weiyi didn’t lack those things, so he didn’t make a fuss. Especially since the new regulations also stated that the amount of supplies each person received depended on the number of zombies they killed, and in the team, besides Li Zhuang, Lu Weiyi killed the most. Of a pile of things, forty percent was handed over, Li Zhuang took thirty percent, Lu Weiyi took another twenty percent, and the remaining ten percent was divided among the other four people, who might only get two or three catties of rice or a few packs of instant noodles.
Dividing things house by house didn’t feel like much, but when the team’s personnel stabilized and everything was put together and divided at once, the obvious difference in quantity aroused some people’s envy.
Especially since there wasn’t a default equivalent standard for various material exchanges now, it was easy to cause conflicts. Several people even argued over the unfairness of one getting a pack of instant noodles while the other only got a ham sausage.
“A pack of instant noodles can fill you up, a ham sausage can only tide you over. Why should you get a ham sausage just because I got instant noodles?”
“Ham sausage is meat, it’s definitely more nutritious than instant noodles. You’re already taking advantage by taking a whole ham sausage.”
“According to you, vegetables are even more nutritious. Then shouldn’t he not take so much?”
Li Zhuang was Fang Ke’s man, and he was tall and sturdy, clearly not someone to be trifled with. Even though he took more than a catty of cured meat and dozens of eggs, and even canned fish first, they didn’t dare say much. But Lu Weiyi, who was young and carrying a bag of vegetables, became the target of everyone’s dissatisfaction.
Lu Weiyi had taken some cabbage, potatoes, carrots, and other vegetables that hadn’t spoiled after a few days. Although scarce, they couldn’t be eaten directly. Even if he gave them away, they might not take them. At this time, they were just using him as a scapegoat, saying the distribution was unfair.
Complaining about thin soup even after getting to drink some.
Although Li Zhuang took some meat, he only took a portion of the most scarce resource, water, without completely cutting off others’ chances of survival. Lu Weiyi had water in his space and only took two bottles as a token gesture. What he handed over were mostly flour and soybeans, and what he kept were edible instant foods.
If they really encountered someone excessive enough to take all the water, they would have no reason to stop them.
Lu Weiyi completely ignored these people who were taking an inch and wanting a mile. He carefully stuffed the map into his inner pocket and was about to leave when Brother Li, who hadn’t spoken to him much in the past few days, said his first sentence, “Kid, draw a copy of that map for me.”
“Sure,” Lu Weiyi turned back to look at him.
Seemingly not expecting it to be so easy, Li Zhuang raised an eyebrow, and then saw Lu Weiyi point to the meat and eggs in his bag. “Those belong to me.”
He knew he wasn’t someone who would suffer losses, like a noble cat. Even if he looked harmless, he would still show his sharp claws at a critical moment. Brother Li let out a “heh” sound and laughed. The others immediately stopped arguing and all looked at this scene, secretly thinking that if Lu Weiyi angered this person, they might be able to get some of the things he had obtained.
“Do you want the downloaded map too?” Lu Weiyi knew that he could always ask a few more people about the things marked on this map. What was valuable was the electronic map, because it could show every unknown small road, essential for travel.
“Everywhere?” Brother Li always had a half-smiling expression, and it was impossible to tell if he was interested.
Lu Weiyi wasn’t sure if he was just asking, but he glanced at the amount of things in his bag and nodded.
“Deal.” Brother Li handed him the bag. After Lu Weiyi took the things, he said, “My phone’s dead.”
Seeing Lu Weiyi frown, Li Zhuang became subtly happy again, waiting to see how he would solve it. Then he saw Lu Weiyi directly pick up his bag, take all the supplies he had gotten today, and say expressionlessly, “Here’s a fully charged phone for you.”
Brother Li raised his eyebrows and made an “OK” gesture.
“Hey, Little Lu, my phone’s also dead, do you think you could charge it for me too?” The man who had just been targeting Lu Weiyi immediately looked over with a smile.
“Sure.”
The eyes of the other few people immediately lit up, and then they heard Lu Weiyi add, “One bar of battery for one bottle of water.”
The few men looked at each other, and no one spoke. Lu Weiyi left first, carrying two large bags of loot.
