351 Dumbfounded! (1/2)

Xu Jinyuan was absolutely reluctant to work, especially when it was something like digging for silt. It felt extremely degrading to him.

Seeing his companions that came with him to the settlement already starting to seriously work for the bullets, he was still hesitant and did not want to work.

Xu Jinyuan observed Ren Xiaosu and Yang Xiaojin in silence. After all, these two legendary supernatural beings were his top priority. As a low-level bandit who had just joined them, he thought it would be difficult to meet these two supernatural beings and interact with them. However, he was wrong.

Over the past few days, Ren Xiaosu and Yang Xiaojin had been working together with everyone. No matter how dirty or tired they were, they never complained once.

Xu Jinyuan was a little puzzled by this. How could they possibly be supernatural beings? So these were the specialists from Stronghold 178? How could they be this humble?

However, his pained face served as a reminder that he could not afford to offend the two.

Xu Jinyuan asked Jin Lan quietly, ”Brother Jin Lan, the two of them are just putting on an act, yet y'all still believe them? The big shots are just playing a child's game here, so how can you trust them?”

Jin Lan gave him a look of disdain and said, ”Our two lords are not putting on an act. We're not idiots. If they were just pretending, couldn't we tell? As for you, you only know how to laze around and not work. You're not allowed to eat the corn that's given by our fellow villagers today!”

Xu Jinyuan was speechless. What the fuck was that!

Xu Jinyuan said unhappily, ”You're a fucking bandit. What're you being so proud of when all you're doing is farming?!”

Jin Lan shot him a look and sneered, ”It's not disgraceful if we work hard to fill our stomachs! But it's a disgrace if all you know is how to be a lazy bum!”

Xu Jinyuan thought it over seriously. ”That does make sense…” 'Wait! Who the fuck are you calling a lazy bum!'

However, Xu Jinyuan had been observing Ren Xiaosu and Yang Xiaojin for a long time. He had been spending all his energy on observing them. In the end, he realized the two of them were not pretending. They could really take the suffering.

In fact, Xu Jinyuan was starting to believe the identities of Ren Xiaosu and Yang Xiaojin. It would be great if he could really be recruited by Stronghold 178 too, but somehow he felt it was a little unreal. Besides, his other brothers to the north were still waiting for his news. What should he choose?

The people who came here with a purpose would always be more difficult to convince than the others. That was because they already had an objective from the start.

At this moment, someone shouted, ”I need a few people over here. Boss said that those who help build the houses will receive 15 bullets each!”

Xu Jinyuan saw the people around him running over in an instant. Jin Lan was roaring, ”Don't anyone dare fight me!”

Xu Jinyuan followed right behind and muttered, ”Has everyone gone fucking crazy?”

When they reached the refugee settlement, the black bricks were piled up off to one side. However, someone said, ”But where are we gonna get mortar from?”

At first, everyone thought that building a brick house only required some beams, a roof, and bricks. However, they now remembered they had forgotten to make the cement mortar.

It was available in the stronghold, but they couldn't possibly go there and buy it, right?

Nearby, Ren Xiaosu said dumbfoundedly, ”Do any of you have any experience in building a house?”

The refugees and bandits shook their heads. ”We've never built a brick house before. We have been living in mud huts all our lives.”

Ren Xiaosu asked loudly, ”Does anyone know? There'll be a reward of 20 bullets if anyone does, so if you have the know-how, please don't keep quiet!”

Everyone looked at one another. Although they really wanted to earn those 20 bullets, they really did not know how to build houses.

Suddenly, Xu Jinyuan said, ”A very gooey mixture[1] of sticky rice mortar, lime, and hemp fibers can be used as an adhesive to fill the gaps between the bricks. It won't crack even after a decade or two.”

Ren Xiaosu's eyes lit up. ”What about the proportions? What's the ratio for each of the ingredients? Did you used to work in construction?”