Chapter 50: The Guests in the Courtyard

"Here it is."

Dongzi stood outside a gate and stopped.

The one-person-high wall blocked An Qitong's view, and he didn't know what it looked like inside the wall, and in the middle was the gate where Dongzi was standing.

An Qitong looked at the red lacquered gate in front of him, and there was a pair of handles with little lion heads in the middle of the symmetrical position, which looked very magnificent. It's just that the place that was originally locked has been picked off, leaving a round hole-shaped hole that adds a bit of hilarious feel to the door.

Dongzi stretched out his hand to push open the door and walked in first.

"You all come in, there are still others living here for the time being, but don't worry, it's a very good family."

Dongzi walked straight to a bungalow on the left and knocked on the door.

"Brother Zhang, are you here, we have a new partner."

Stepping through the gate, An Qitong was attracted by the two-story building in front of him.

Although there are only two floors, the exterior walls of each floor are carefully decorated with tiles, the windows on the first floor are very large, probably the entire wall, in addition to the windows of each room are designed as bay windows, there is a large balcony on the second floor, the door on the first floor should be smaller, that is, an anti-theft door, the roof is the kind of inclined roof, and the red glazed tiles are still shining in the sunlight.

It's a nice little villa, and if it's in town, it would have been a lot of money.

There is a small yard in front of the small building, on the left is the small bungalow where Dongzi just knocked on the door, and on the right is designed as a small vegetable field, the edges are all separated by red bricks, not big, at this moment there are some common vegetables in this season growing in the field, An Qitong even saw the red tomatoes hidden in the branches.

An Qitong swallowed his saliva unexpectedly, he hadn't eaten fresh vegetables for a long time, so he missed the taste of tomato and egg soup.

Hu Min was more direct than An Qitong, when An Qitong was nostalgic, he looked around, and just found the tomatoes in the vegetable field, hurriedly threw the bag in his hand to Xiao Dapeng, rushed to the vegetable field in a few steps, and picked it off.

"Wow, I'm not dreaming, it's actually a tomato, God, I haven't eaten it for a long time, it's been dry food since the end of the world, this red and bright tomato, it must be God's encouragement to me!"

Hu Min was holding the tomatoes exaggeratedly, and anyone could see at a glance how excited she was.

"Hu Min, is it that exaggerated?"

An Qitong smiled, how do you feel that if it were Xiao Dapeng, it would probably be like this?

Hu Min didn't care whether it was dirty or not, he opened his mouth and took a bite, and the slightly sweet taste made Hu Min almost fly happily.

"Hey, don't just eat for yourself, aren't you ashamed of so many people watching?"

Xiao Dapeng was not polite, he thought that Hu Min was throwing him the bag for something, it turned out that he was just enjoying eating alone.

Just as Hu Min and Xiao Dapeng were choking each other, the door of the bungalow opened.

What came out was a man holding a little girl, about 30 years old, wearing a simple white shirt and slacks, and was saying something with a smile to Dongzi, while the little girl he was holding in his hand was looking at An Qitong and them curiously, tilting her head slightly, and wearing a small ponytail, wearing a pink solid color dress, with a pair of goose-yellow cave shoes on her bare feet, and her big eyes were still a little confused.

It's cute, An Qitong smiled back softly, but the child quickly hid behind the man, not daring to look at An Qitong anymore.

Probably because so many people suddenly appeared, the little girl was a little frightened, and no longer leaned out, but quietly pulled the man's clothes, and quickly ran into the house behind her.

The man shook his head helplessly and followed Dongzi to everyone.

"Hello, my name is Zhang Junbai. It was my daughter Yaoyao just now, and there is still my wife in the house, but she is a little uncomfortable, don't mind. ”

The man who claimed to be Zhang Junbai stretched out his hand, Lin Zihao shook it back, nodded, and introduced everyone one by one.

"Is your wife sick?"

Hu Min swallowed the last bite of the tomato into his stomach, as if he had heard what he was most concerned about. In this world, it's not a good thing to be sick.

"She's just a little cold, just take a break."

Zhang Junbai replied nonchalantly.

"Okay, let's live here for the time being, this bungalow is where Brother Zhang's family lives, I lived in this villa before, and there are still a few rooms in it."

Dongzi pointed to the small villa that made An Qitong feel foreign, nodded to Zhang Junbai and left with everyone.

Zhang Junbai didn't say anything, turned around and opened the door and went in.

An Qitong heard the occasional cough in the house, the sound was quite loud, it seemed that Zhang Junbai's wife was not lightly ill.

"Hey, Dongzi, have you seen his wife, what kind of illness is it, coughing so loudly, I feel like I'm going to cough out my lungs."

Hu Min felt that it should not be as light as Zhang Junbai said, just listening to the voice, he knew that it was not a small cold.

There are doubts and Lin Zihao, judging from the feeling he felt when he shook hands with Zhang Junbai just now, this man should have a similar experience to him, and at the moment of shaking hands, Lin Zihao even felt the heavy calluses on Zhang Junbai's hands.

This should have been formed by holding the gun for a long time, as if it were in his own hands.

"I haven't seen it either, Brother Zhang, they only came two days ago, and they chose that bungalow to live in as soon as they came, I'm still wondering, I don't live in such a good villa, why that simple bungalow, I've seen it before, that bungalow should just be stacked with sundries, not even a bed. I really don't know what Brother Zhang thinks, but he just said that he didn't want his wife's illness to bother me. ”

Dongzi shook his head, in the past two days, he only met Zhang Junbai when he was in and out, and they were all greetings, which was very simple, which made Dongzi feel that Zhang Junbai was a person without a frame and was very easy to talk to. So he just said that Zhang Junbai is easy to get along with.

"Forget it, don't think about it so much, maybe it's really what people say, I'm afraid of disturbing others."

An Qitong stood at the door of the villa, looked back at the small window of the bungalow, and saw that the little girl was looking at them through the closed window glass, without blinking.

If it weren't for the end of the world, these people would be strangers who had no intersection, and if they were strangers, they wouldn't know it, no matter what the purpose was, if they didn't take the initiative to tell them, there must be a reason, as long as it didn't affect themselves, that is, other people's own private affairs, wasn't it?

An Qitong's love for the house prompted her to be reluctant to care more about other people's affairs, and she was even more reluctant in the last days, just escaped from a life-threatening accident, Sister Wang's lesson is still vivid, An Qitong doesn't want to pay too much attention to strangers in a short period of time, she doesn't want to be deceived anymore.

"By the way, Dongzi, we can eat whatever we want in this vegetable field, but I don't know if there is a place where we can make a fire and cook."

When his eyes saw the vegetable field, An Qitong remembered that he still had to ask Dongzi, although there were many ownerless things in the last days, he always felt at ease that he could only use it after asking.

Therefore, the pre-apocalyptic moral rules in An Qitong's heart are still imprisoning her one by one, reminding her.

"Fool, you, we even moved into such a good house, not to mention the vegetable fields outside, what else to ask, and who else to ask, I don't know if the original owner is still there."

Hu Min rolled his eyes, sympathized with An Qitong, and saw that An Qitong was still standing at the door, so he hurriedly pulled her in.

"I said, Miss An, it's the end of the world, you can put aside your etiquette or something first, and now hunger is the biggest thing."

Hu Min added, quite a bit of hatred for iron and steel.

"Ah, yes, it's me who is stunned."

An Qitong patted his head, he was going to despise himself, Hu Min's words woke up An Qitong, it's the end of the world, can etiquette or something be eaten as a meal?

"Hehe, of course, basically every household in this village has its own small vegetable patch, but the size is different, and I was very happy when I first came. Don't look at the house is very foreign, but the kitchen also has a small stove, and there is a well behind the house, don't worry about not enough water, everyone can take a hot shower. ”

As soon as Dongzi's words were finished, Hu Min cheered, and pulled An Qitong to the kitchen to take a look.

Sure enough, the kitchen is very large, and the most conspicuous thing is the stove, although there is only one pot, but An Qitong seems to see fragrant rice and vegetables passing under his nose, and his stomach is singing happily.

"Fortunately, I lived in the countryside with my grandmother when I was a child, otherwise I would have wanted to cry without tears."

An Qitong felt that the experience of being a child was her most precious memory, in addition to people, there was also the experience of her grandmother who taught her the experience of living in the countryside, and the difficult environment gave her the perseverance to endure hardships.