Chapter 56
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Chapter 56: Stunned
Regarding his own luck, Luo Ji himself always felt it was very subtle.
When playing some gacha games before, he was often categorized by the group of chieftains in the chat as a european spy, but in reality, he knew in his heart that his luck was sometimes good and sometimes bad.
When it was good, it was very good.
When it was bad, it was a complete mess.
Even he couldn’t quite figure it out.
“Will there be medical talent in this tribe?”
At this moment, Luo Ji’s mood was tense with a hint of anxiety.
Without idle talk, taking advantage of the opportunity when everyone in the tribe was gathered, he decisively opened their panels one by one to confirm, and at the same time, check their loyalty at a glance.
After quickly checking over ten people, Luo Ji’s expression became slightly solemn.
Forget medical talent, among over these 10 people, there wasn’t even anyone slightly outstanding.
Several of them were even ‘true ordinary people’ with all attributes only reaching 2 stars.
People like this, without any special skills, could only be used as laborers or helpers in this era.
However, his fluctuating good and bad luck had given Luo Ji the mindset of never giving up until the last moment.
There was still nearly half the population left.
It was too early to be disappointed now.
After looking at another five or six people, he finally found a talent that could slightly improve Luo Ji’s mood, a new addition to the tribal hunting team.
Continuing to look, perhaps after a period of bad luck, his luck was starting to improve slightly.
He later found several talents with single or double attribute caps reaching 3 stars.
However, at this moment, Luo Ji, who had looked at the last person in the entire tribe, was completely unable to be happy.
Crap!
What about the promised medical talent?!
He had even checked the little snot-nosed kid in the tribe, and there was none at all!
“Are all the people in the tribe here?”
Luo Ji asked again, still a little unwilling to give up.
How could such a group of old, weak, sick, and disabled people have survived that half a month of severe cold?
It couldn’t possibly just be because of good luck, right?
And facing Luo Ji’s question, among the group of people, the old man who looked at least 60+ years old slowly walked out.
Although Luo Ji’s strange behavior of checking everyone one by one just now made him feel very strange, what was there for an old man who had lived for most of his life not to understand?
Their situation was overwhelming.
Becoming a slave in another tribe was better than dying right now.
Holding this mindset, the old man was quite cooperative.
“Everyone is here, my lord…”
However, just as he opened his mouth, before Luo Ji could even hear what he was saying, Luo Ji couldn’t control himself and retreated two steps, then subconsciously pinched his nose.
The words that were about to come out of his mouth blurted out.
“Damn!”
“A mouth full of garlic smell.”
“How much garlic did you eat?!”
As soon as the words were spoken, the old man was stunned.
Luo Yong and the others were also stunned.
Finally, even Luo Ji himself was stunned.
The others were stunned because they had no idea what garlic was.
Luo Ji was stunned because he actually smelled garlic here?!
At this moment, he somehow came to a realization.
There was garlic in this place?!
“You ate something, right?”
Luo Ji, who had come to a realization, stared intently at the old man in front of him with bright eyes.
In this era, it was not easy to live to his age.
This old man was clearly also a sensible person.
Seeing that his private stash couldn’t be hidden anymore, he honestly confessed.
He reached into his bosom and took something out.
When Luo Ji saw it, wasn’t it a head of garlic?
And this garlic head was obviously air-dried, so it could be preserved for a long time.
Garlic was a good thing.
Luo Ji remembered very clearly that when he was in elementary school, during flu outbreaks, their school lunch tray would have three cloves of garlic.
This stuff prevented the flu, and it could also fight cancer and ward off cold.
Most importantly, garlic pork was his absolute favorite dish!
Just thinking about it made him swallow two mouthfuls of saliva.
Days without seasoning were really difficult to endure.
His mouth was so bland he craved any strong flavor.
If it weren’t for everyone watching, he would have peeled a clove of garlic and popped it in his mouth.
And the reason why the people in this tribe were able to survive was obviously because they ate enough garlic on a daily basis and had strong resistance.
Maintaining his chieftain image, Luo Ji took the head of garlic in his hand, then glanced at the old man.
Old and shrewd, he always felt that this old man wasn’t being honest.
Of course, the main reason was that he confirmed the old man’s loyalty, which was only 65 points.
Coupled with the old man’s rather cooperative performance just now, he immediately understood the situation.
This was probably a fence-sitter.
He would lean whichever way the wind blew.
He wasn’t particularly loyal, but he wouldn’t cause any trouble under normal circumstances.
Thinking about it carefully, it made sense.
This old man could live until now.
He clearly understood the way to preserve his life very well…
With this thought, Luo Ji decided to bluff him.
“What else do you have? Take it all out!”
Upon hearing this, Luo Yong’s toned muscles bulged.
He didn’t have as many thoughts as Luo Ji.
His idea was very simple.
If their chieftain said there was something, then there definitely was!
This old man was not being honest!
Thinking this, Luo Yong immediately glared at him on the spot, his eyes clearly filled with malice.
Feeling the hostile gaze, coupled with those toned muscles, the old man’s heart trembled.
How would he dare to play any more tricks?
He quickly had people bring out everything.
Looking at the people who were happily running to bring things out, Luo Ji glanced at Luo Yong, who was demonstrating, and for a moment, couldn’t help but roll his eyes.
“Put your clothes on.”
“It’s the middle of winter.”
“Aren’t you cold?”
Although the temperature had been warming up during this time, it hadn’t reached spring yet.
Now, being told this by Luo Ji, Luo Yong also shivered and quickly put his clothes back on.
After this commotion, the old man also had people bring out all the private goods they had hidden.
Looking at the things piled in front of him, Luo Ji’s mouth simply couldn’t stop curling up.
This small tribe had even more stuff than he had imagined!
The pile of air-dried garlic heads goes without saying.
The pile next to it, with good-sized, round ones, wasn’t that cabbage?!
Picking up a head of cabbage, Luo Ji held it in his hand.
He didn’t know if it was because the temperature was too low or because it wasn’t stored properly, but many of them had already rotted.
However, in this era, who would care about that?
Being able to eat was already good enough.
Being picky would starve many people to death.
At this moment, Luo Ji felt both angry and amused.
He was angry that the old man was too brazen in hiding private goods.
As for the amusement, it was obvious.
Although he didn’t find medical talent on this trip, he discovered two crops, garlic and cabbage.
This was enough to make Luo Ji wake up laughing in the middle of the night.
Not letting this amusement show on his face, Luo Ji forcefully put on a stern face and spoke fiercely.
“Anything else?!”
“No, really no more, my lord…”
The old man said with a mournful face, looking utterly miserable.
Luo Ji didn’t have any particular thoughts about this.
He estimated it was about everything.
He spoke as if just going through the motions.
“Really no more?”
“If I find you’ve hidden anything else later, you can figure out the consequences yourself…”
Who knew, before he even finished going through the motions, the old man’s face suddenly turned bitter.
This time, Luo Ji was completely stunned.
Damn!
He didn’t expect there actually was more?!
How many private goods had he hidden?
If this old man were placed in other dynasties, he would be a major corrupt official and traitor!
The kind whose name would be cursed for generations!
