Chapter 58: Bai Endeavor (12)
I stood there, looking at the empty ground in front of me. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info some emotions were tumbling in my chest, like a volcano about to erupt, and the hot and heavy magma was tumbling deep on the earth's surface, overwhelming me, as if it was going to explode in any second.
I felt tears roll in my eyes, sadness, sympathy, the most basic compassion for one's own kind as a human being. What an ordinary family, what an ordinary young parents, and young children, just disappeared into the silent night. No matter how much I need to look at all the events in Wangxing Village from an objective point of view as an investigator, at this moment, between alien creatures and humans, I have to stand firmly on the side of humanity.
No matter how unintentional the universe is, how complex and terrible human nature is, I will always be a member of the human race. I could feel their panic, the love of an ordinary father for his son, the small and ordinary daily life between the young couple.
After all, making the most ordinary people like them happy is the greatest fairness that human society wants to achieve.
I angrily yelled twice at the empty Wangxing Village, vented my excess emotions, and sat down on the ground.
I felt lonely, so lonely, the kind of loneliness of the last human on earth. This place in Wangxing Village is really lonely.
I sat for a while, gradually recovering from my senses, and then I got up from the ground. I don't know where I'm going, and my mind is a little muddy. I remembered that I had heard Bai Mu say that Bai Endeavor was helping to look after the forest in an orchard in the south of the village, so I decided to take a look.
The topography of Wangxing Village is high in the north and low in the south. The highest hill is in the northeast corner of the village, and most of the houses are on the slope to the north of the village. The terrain to the south is relatively gentle, with a lot of farmland. I walked along the ridge for a long time when I saw a fruit grove not far away.
It's winter now, and there are no apples on the branches, only the bare dead branches are still standing there. As I walked, my mind couldn't help but think back to the one I had just seen.
But now that the cold wind is blowing and my emotions have calmed down, my mind can finally return to normal thinking. I noticed that when the family of three disappeared, my father was the first to show symptoms. In fact, during the whole process, their two-year-old child did not show any too serious symptoms, and it was not until the end that they began to have nosebleeds, crying and so on. But the child was the first to get sick.
Thinking back to the half-melted chickens, it is certain that the length of onset is positively correlated with the size of the infected person. Adult men take much longer from onset to disappearance than women and children.
I suddenly wondered if it had something to do with age. After all, even if it is an infectious disease, it is the first to attack the elderly and children.
If my assumptions are true, then the path I am walking towards is the path to the real "Patient Zero" of the Wangxing Village incident. Bai Endeavour, an adult man, was one of the first three people to become ill. Maybe he was infected earlier than I thought, but he didn't show it because he was fit.
I watched a tall light suddenly appear in front of me, carrying a basket on my back and staggering along the ridge.
I followed his light to a small hut in the middle of the field, and watched as he carefully placed the basket on the ground. There was an indescribable deliberateness in all his movements, as if he had to place the basket on the ground with great stability, whether or not there was something fragile inside; Or he will always stretch his arms far away when carrying things, trying not to let the bag in his hand touch him.
I don't know why he did it, maybe it was because the White Mother had trained him to do it, or maybe he had a code of conduct of his own.
I watched as he pulled out a plastic bag-shaped light from the light of the basket, and a flat bottle-shaped light. "Uncle Ma, you want radish cakes and wine."
There was another man's light sitting in the hut, and at this time he smiled and reached out to take the things in his hand. "Oops, thank you, forge ahead." The man said, "I'll count the money in your wages." β
"Hey, hey." The silly big man smiled and nodded, looking down at the oily fried radish cake in the man's hand.
The man looked up at him, stretched out his hand and tore half a piece of bread for him, "Go to work, don't let anyone steal the fruit." I don't have anything to do in the afternoon, so I won't be back. β
Bai Fenjin took the half of the cake with a smile on his face, stuffed it into his mouth, took a big bite, nodded and hurriedly walked out of the door.
I followed him to a grove of fruits, which were all dead branches. Watching him run excitedly to the two lights sitting there, "Fawn! Beautiful sister! β
"Ha," the short-haired light slapped him, "What sister, Cen Xiao is younger than you, call it sister." β
"Huh?" The stupid big man was a little confused, "Sister? But aren't you my sister? β
"You can have many sisters." Xiaolu said amusedly, and then turned to look at Cen Xiao, "You're right, you will also be his sister in the future." β
"Alright." The light beside her said angrily, but there was no trace of annoyance in his tone, "Don't mess with your brother anymore, he can't react." β
"Who, who said that." When Bai Enjin heard this, he immediately quit. He stood up and puffed out his chest, "I'm awesome." It's just not as smart as the fawn. β
"Yes, yes." Xiaolu didn't care about him, "What did Uncle Ma tell you to do?" β
"Oh, he told me, and I went and bought him radish cakes and wine." The stupid big man happily shook the bite of the cake in his hand, as if to show off. "He gave it to me."
"Oh, did he give you the money?" The fawn's tone was relaxed, but the point was clear.
"Heβhe said it was in my wages." Bai Fenjin didn't realize that he was being used as free labor, and he still ate the bread in his hand happily.
I heard Bai Yuelu's light sigh helplessly, turned my head and said to Bai Endew gently: "Brother, in the future, when people ask you to help buy things, you have to ask for money first, you know?" β
"No, that's fine." Bai Fenjin asked a little uncertainly.
"Not only will I give you money to buy things, but I will also give you an extra five dollars for labor expenses." His sister, who was seven years younger, taught him like an elder, "Otherwise, everyone will ask you for help, and you will be wronged." β
"IβI'm not wronged!" Bai Fenjin retorted, his voice slightly raised. He grabbed his sister's hand and said earnestly: "Mom said, suffering is a blessing." She, she taught me to be, to be willing to help others. With my condition, people can let me see the orchard, which is already very good. I must help Uncle Ma a lot, so that more people can come to me. β