Chapter 23: The Cao Family
The S area, the most central house, is the residence of the Cao family, who are now in charge of the base.
Before the end of the world, the old man of the Cao family was the number one in the country. Mr. Cao has been the No. 1 chief for more than 20 years and has the absolute right to speak in the central government. After the end of the world came, several of Old Man Cao's sons and grandsons have awakened their abilities, and there are still many mutants in the Cao family. As a result, with the help of most of the central officials, the Cao family still firmly controlled the capital base.
As for the four families of Feng, Song, Xiao and Chu, compared to the real first-class Cao family, they can only be said to be first-class families, and the four families can barely resist the Cao family when they are united.
"Grandpa, I'm back!" Cao Xinrui entered the door and began to shout.
"Arrow, don't scream so loudly, be careful to scare grandpa!" The voice of helpless pampering came from behind Cao Xinrui.
"Got it, big brother, you're really inked!" Cao Xinrui turned his head and stuck out his tongue.
Cao Xinxiao rubbed his eyebrows helplessly, "You, ......"
Ning Xi, who had already entered the door, paused, and then greeted the old man who had gone downstairs with a smile, "Hello Grandpa Cao." β
The old man smiled and nodded, "It's good to come back, it's good to come back!" β
Cao Xinrui, Cao Xinxiao and Ning Xi all studied in S City. Before the end of the world, Old Man Cao got the news from the Xiao family and summoned all three of them back with the idea of "I'd rather believe it".
However, the three of them or more accurately Cao Xinrui, who has always loved to play, has to drive back to the capital alive or dead. So, the three people who passed by several cities happened to run into the end times. Fortunately, Cao Xinxiao and Ning Xi resolutely opposed Cao Xinrui's idea of riding a bicycle, otherwise......
"The food is ready, come and eat!" Cao's mother held the rice bowl and greeted the three of them.
Cao Xinrui took a deep breath, rushed to the table with an exaggerated expression, and gave Cao's mother a warm hug, "Oh my God! Mom, I love you to death! β
Cao's mother patted her son's back speechlessly, "Okay, let's go eat quickly!" β
"You eat first! I'll wait with Xiao Xi first! Cao Xinxiao glanced at Cao Xinrui helplessly.
Anyway, Cao Xinrui is also the son of everyone, and his good upbringing tells him that he can't eat alone. Although these are not useful for the last days......
So, he could only look at the table of food pitifully, waiting for his brother who was talking to his grandfather......
In order to welcome her son back, Cao's mother deliberately made a copy of everything she could take out. A plate of stir-fried cabbage, a plate of stir-fried cowpeas with potatoes, a pot of chicken broth, and a large pot of steamed buns......
Seeing this table of food, Cao Xinrui's only thought besides wanting to eat it was that his family was so rich! If it weren't for Xiao Xi's spatial ability, I wouldn't have anything to eat!
It's been two months since the end of the world, and the most lacking thing at this time is food! It can be said that after the end of the world, the saddest thing is that from the second month to the time before the mutant animals are discovered, because the food is decreasing little by little, only they can't get in and out, and what they bring to everyone is more panic......
Because of the mutation of the land, all kinds of seeds do not germinate at all! The capital base has also been eating the old book, and it can be said that the success of the seizure of power two months later has a lot to do with the lack of food!
"Grandpa, how is the situation at the base now?" As the eldest son and grandson, Cao Xinxiao is more concerned about the movements of the base, after all, these will be inherited by him in the future.
Hearing this, Old Man Cao couldn't help but shake his head silently, "You came back from S City, you should have experienced a lot of bases along the way, and you should know what the situation is." β
"Grandpa means, is it food?" Cao Xinxiao asked tentatively. Along the way, he saw a lot of tragedies for food. If it weren't for the fact that they would not be able to survive the capital if they hadn't relied on this spatial ability...... It's just that I didn't expect that the capital base also had a food problem.
"Compared to other bases, the situation in the capital base is a little stricter," the old man shook his head with a sigh, "Although the base looks orderly, after all, there are many people, and now fifty percent of the survivors of Huaguo are in the capital, not including those who are coming to the capital!" β
"This ......" Cao Xinxiao frowned, the situation was much stricter than imagined!
"Okay," a hoarse voice suddenly sounded, and a middle-aged beautiful woman walked down from the upper floor, "Ah Xiao just came back, let him eat something first, and talk about it later." β
"Mom, what's wrong with you?" Cao Xinxiao was startled, and quickly stepped forward to pick up the beautiful woman.
Cao Xinting paused, a pair of big watery eyes revealed a thick fierceness, her gaze swept over her son, and snorted coldly, "I'm not crippled yet!" β
Cao Xinxiao smiled and withdrew the hand that wanted to hold his mother.
Seeing Cao Xinting, the old man couldn't help sighing, and opened his mouth to relieve his grandson, "Ah Xiao is also worried about you." Okay, you guys hurry up and eat, wait a minute, the Xiao family will come over! β
Hearing this, Cao Xinrui, who had already started eating happily, couldn't help but be surprised, "Why did the Xiao family say that they were coming?" "Yada, he still wants to live well, can he not see the Xiao family!
"Xiao Qi said she had a way to grow plants, so I asked them to come over." Old Man Cao also knows what his grandson is thinking, but the Xiao family is indeed arrogant in the last days, and many things still depend on them.
Would you rather have a flash in your eyes, Xiao Qi? Not...... It seems that in the future, Xiao Qi will be the same thing!
"What are you thinking?" The warm breath sprayed to Ning Xi's ears, Ning Xi's face turned red all of a sudden, deviated a little, and turned to Cao Xinxiao and said, "Brother Xiao, don't pay attention to me being so close, if you talk, it's nothing if it's far away!" β
Cao Xinrui took a meal, and then continued to eat as if nothing happened.
Cao Xinxiao got up, "I'm sorry, I'm just used to it." However, looking at the way you look, you seem to have discovered something! β
Ning Xi shook his head, "I just think that Xiao Qi is very unusual!" β
The two who were talking about Zhenghuan didn't see the gloom in the eyes of Old Man Cao and Cao Xinting.
After eating, the Cao family sat on the sofa, and Ning Xi took the initiative to return upstairs, many things in the Cao family were not something she could participate in. Self-knowledge has always been a point of pride.
"By the way," Cao Xinrui suddenly thought of the people he had met in the observation room, "Grandpa, do you know about Major General Sun Ning?!" β
A gleam flashed in Old Man Cao's eyes, "Why did you suddenly think of asking this?" β
"I saw her in the observation room, and she was followed by her brother and a woman with a poisonous tongue!" 1 This paragraph can be seen, in fact, Cao Xinrui has no heart at all, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that among the three people is Liu Yayun as the leader, but Cao Xinrui has been with the three of them for so long, and he didn't see it!
Cao Xinting glanced at the old man, and was about to speak, when she heard a knock on the door.
Cao Xinxiao got up, "Is it Miss Xiao Qi?" β
Area S is a compound, that is, the military compound of the end of the world, most of which are small villas, but they are the kind without a yard, so it is very convenient to visit the door.
Hearing the unfamiliar voice, Xiao Qi was slightly stunned for a moment, and turned his head to look at Ding Jin. Ding Jin smiled slightly, "It turned out that Brother Xiao was back." β
Cao Xinxiao turned his head and glanced at the two parents, and decisively went over to open the door. Then he gave Ding Jin a big hug, "Haha, I didn't expect your kid to come together!" β
Ding Jin and Cao Xinxiao are more than ten years apart, but I don't know why they fell in love very much, it can be said that Cao Xinxiao was Ding Jin's best friend before Xiao Qi came, and even his only relative.
Ding Jin smiled slightly and gave him a fist, "It's good to be back." Turning his head, he saw that his sister's face was not very good, and he couldn't help but speak: "Okay, you can talk about the old at any time." My sister is in a hurry to find Grandpa Cao! β
Xiao Qi pulled Ding Jin and glanced at Cao Xinxiao before entering the door. Cao Xinxiao only felt a chill down his spine at that glance.
When Xiao Qi came in, he saw Cao Xinrui lying lazily on the sofa without bones. She remembered the man, or should I say he was impressed. This person was not created by her in the novel, but because of Xiao Yi's appearance. Xiao Yi is a cultivator, but this Cao Xinrui is Xiao Yi's fiancΓ©.
Originally, marrying the Cao family, it was the Xiao family who climbed high, but they didn't expect that Xiao Yi, who was only three years old, would be taken to the cultivation world by cultivators. At this moment, it has become Cao Xinrui Gao Pan Xiao Yi. The Xiao family originally wanted to break the marriage contract in the name of a cultivator, but Xiao Yi didn't do it, and the matter of the marriage contract dragged on......
In fact, in the entire Xiao family, Xiao Qi is the most jealous of Xiao Yi. Because Xiao Yi and Xiao Qi are sisters of the same father and mother, the two have an inexplicable feeling. In other words, Xiao Yi is the easiest person to find out that Xiao Qi's core has changed......
"Miss Xiao Qi, I don't know what method you said about planting?" Just when Xiao Qi was staring at Cao Xinrui, Cao Xinting suddenly asked.
In fact, it is just right for Old Man Cao to ask this, but in view of the relationship between the Cao and Xiao families, in order to prevent Xiao Qi from opening his mouth widely, Cao Xinting, who is recognized by everyone and moody, will ask questions, and the result may be more powerful for the Cao family......
Xiao Qi smiled slightly, and said the conditions that made the Cao family stunned......
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"Brother, what do you think Xiao Qi thinks?" Walking on the only trading street in the base, Cao Xinrui put his hands behind his head and suddenly asked such a sentence.
Cao Xinxiao sneered, "She has a good calculation." The so-called planting method is simply chicken ribs, and with such a method for that, Xiao Qi can be said to have made a lot of money! β
"My lord, take a look! It's all cheap! β
Seeing the Cao family brothers whispering, Ning Xi simply squatted down and looked carefully at the stall closest to her.
On the stall are some ornaments, there are gold, jade, diamonds......
"Wow, these jewels are beautiful!" A familiar voice suddenly sounded in Ning Xi's ears.
Ning Xi turned her head, and Liu Yayun and Sun Ning were standing behind her. It was Sun Yang who was squatting beside her who spoke.
"It's you!"
"It's you!"
Liu Yayun and Ning Xi spoke at the same time.
As a result, Ning Xi, who was originally rubbing behind Cao Xinxiao and Cao Xinrui, became four people......
PS: Xiao Wu's IQ disappeared, and he actually formatted his phone, and then, the three thousand words disappeared with the formatting...... Gone......
In other words, Xiao Wu once again returned to the state of running naked......