With these questions in mind, I returned to the courtyard step by step. Maggie and the others followed me without saying a word.

But when I returned to the courtyard, I vaguely felt that something was wrong here, as if something was missing, something strange. But for a while, I couldn't say it.

"What's wrong with Kuroko?"

Dabin scratched his head and asked me for some reason.

"Don't talk, there's something wrong here."

My tone was cold, like a bonfire that was about to go out, and like a pimple soup that had disappeared above it!

At this time, the big iron pot was empty, not even a single gnocchi.

Everyone who was present just now rushed to the gate of the temple, and no one stayed, so there was no need to think about who did it!

There was already a fire that had nowhere to be sprinkled, but now I actually encountered this incident, and my anger suddenly jumped from the dantian to the heavenly spirit cover!

"Get out! Three thieves! Get out of here! ”

I walked quickly to one of them's door and banged frantically on the door.

"Heihei, what's the matter, what are you angry about?"

Maggie didn't know why, and thought I couldn't control my emotions because of what I just happened and wanted to vent.

"Come out for me. If you have the courage to steal something to eat, you don't have the courage to come out, right? Don't force me to do it! ”

Maggie was beside me to dissuade me, but I ignored it and continued to bang frantically on the door.

When the others heard me say this, they all looked at the big empty iron pot in the courtyard. Sure enough, Dabin's old Liu Zhouping and these guys were also angry enough, and they came up to ask for an explanation, and the scene was chaotic for a while.

"We'll give you money when we eat, just this pot of pimple soup, 10,000 yuan, how about it? If you agree, I'll open the door. ”

Finally, I couldn't resist our pressure, and the antique seller in the room Boss Zhang spoke, and finally even told me about the conditions.

"Hehe, okay, you come out first."

Suddenly I laughed, and I laughed angrily.

"I said, it's not that we don't give money for dinner, how many pimple soup can you buy for 10,000 yuan? Besides, you have so much to eat, how about giving us a few points? ”

The antique slowly opened the door and said to us with great disdain.

As soon as I heard this, the evil fire rushed up, and I directly picked up my fist and smashed it on the bridge of Boss Zhang's nose in front of me!

"Click!"

"Ahh

The punch slammed into the bridge of the antique shopkeeper's nose with a crisp sound, thinking that the bridge of the nose should be broken.

The owner of the antique shop wailed, and fell to the concrete floor of the house and twisted back and forth in pain covering his face, but I did not intend to let him go, and rode directly on him, and my fists were like two iron hammers, and smashed wildly on the head of the antique shopkeeper. In just a few breaths, the shopkeeper had already been beaten by me, his nose and face were swollen, and finally he gradually lost the strength to wail, and lay on the ground, like a dead dog.

"Qi Mo! OK! If you continue to fight, you will die! ”

Seeing that I beat the shopkeeper like this, Maggie still refused to stop, and directly stepped forward and grabbed my shoulders to prevent me from continuing.

"Okay, okay, sunspot, just teach him a lesson, no matter how you say he's a human being, and... This is a temple. ”

Dabin also stepped forward and patted me on the shoulder, telling me to extinguish the fire.

I took a few deep breaths, my eyes gradually cleared, and I slowly stood up from the antique shop owner's stomach.

Looking at the shopkeeper like a dead fish, I didn't say a word and left the room.

The people behind me also persuaded me to extinguish the fire, these grandchildren have eaten, pay attention next time, just don't happen to similar situations again, there is no need to be angry with them, no matter how many of them are considered human beings. Even if you are a scum, you are not infected, so you can't kill someone. If it doesn't threaten our lives, let him fend for himself.

Seeing that the incident had subsided, the owners of the other two rooms opened the doors one after another and quietly stepped forward to check on the antique owner. When they saw the tragic situation of the antique shop owner, they were like frightened rats, and hurriedly put the antique shop owner Zhang, who was lying on his side on the ground and was dying, to the bed to rest. During this period, he also condemned us from time to time, saying that we are inhumane, morally corrupt, and beat people like this for the sake of food.

Hearing these words, my heart did not have the slightest wave, and they did not pay even the slightest attention to the current world

Untie. Money, having fallen from the altar of supremacy to the endless black abyss, is now not even as good as dung. Which of these foods didn't we bring out with our lives? But they think they can buy it with money. What else is there to explain for people who think like this? If my mind doesn't keep pace with the times, I don't have the ability to survive, and I have to die sooner or later, and I don't need to do it at all.

Having calmed my anger, I slowly walked to the fire in the center of the courtyard, and when I found that the fire was still alive, I quickly threw two pieces of wood into it and made the fire burn again.

"Fei Fei, I have to trouble you to make us some more food, we haven't eaten anything at all."

I said to Fei Fei in a calm tone.

Fei Fei seemed to be a little scared of me after the incident just now, and didn't dare to look at me. It's no wonder when have I ever dealt such a heavy hand to a survivor since the massive explosion of mutant cells? It is only when facing an infected person that the killer will be killed. Today's behavior is very different from what I used to be, and it's normal for Fei Fei to be a little unacceptable for a while.

"Good.. Okay, big brother Qi. ”

Fei Fei stammered to the errand.

Looking at everyone's hopeful eyes, Fei Fei was also motivated to cook, and everyone began to help Fei Fei with her work. Dabin and I went to carry firewood, Lao Liu Zhouping fetched two buckets of water, and Ruohan went to the kitchen of the temple to ask for some salt.

I didn't put salt in the pimple soup last time, although it smelled very fragrant, but it didn't taste at all. Now that there is salt, it is finally not so light in the mouth.

This time, we all gathered around the fire, and none of us left. Everyone was very unhappy about being stolen just now, so this time we will eat it in front of them and starve them to death! Although it is a bit petty, it can have the miraculous effect of disgusting them, because we can obviously see the door of the antique shop owner flickering, and someone must be peeking through the crack of the door. We all felt like mirrors in our hearts, but we didn't pay attention to them, we should chat, we should bake the fire, and directly occupied the only stone table in the courtyard.

During Fei Fei's cooking, everyone took out the stools from the house, and then sat in a circle around the stone table, crowded to the ground, waiting for Fei Fei to serve us the gnocchi soup spoonful by spoonful.

In just ten minutes, the fragrant pot of pimple soup came out of the pot again, this time it was much more elegant, and everyone did not look like a starving ghost like the first time, and rushed like crazy as soon as it came out of the pot, but quietly waited for the food to be distributed.

Looking at the pimple soup in front of me, I picked up a spoonful and blew it on the side of my mouth, and when the temperature was slightly lowered, I drank it in my mouth.

I carefully tasted the taste of the gnocchi soup. With the salt, it tastes much better. There seems to be some taste of mom cooking. I will never forget that smell...

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Twelve years ago

At eleven o'clock at night, in a small bedroom, I was hunched down at my desk and writing hard, trying to finish the large amount of homework that needed to be handed over to the head teacher the next day as soon as possible, and then go to bed quickly.

"Knock knock..."

Suddenly, there was a soft knock on the door in the quiet room.

"Enter."

I didn't even lift my head before I spoke.

"What about homework? Come, Mom cooked you a bowl of noodle soup, eat it while it's hot, and write it after eating. ”

Mom pushed open the door and put a steaming bowl of noodle soup in her hand directly in front of me.

I wanted to refuse, but at night, hurry up and finish my homework and go to bed. But as soon as I smelled the fragrant noodle soup, my stomach began to scream dishonestly.

So he picked up the spoon with his left hand and the chopsticks with his right hand, and ate it with a suck.

"Alas, your teacher Lu is really ruthless, with all this homework every day, the child can't sleep enough.."

My mother sat on a small bench next to me and complained a lot about my homeroom teacher.

"I can't blame him, it's the second year of junior high school now, and he also wants us to get a good score in the exam."

I sipped the hot soup and slurred my words.

"Silly son, he is also for himself, you did well in the exam, doesn't he also have a bonus?"

I didn't speak again, but concentrated on the soup.

After a while, a bowl of soup poured into my stomach, and I was happy to eat.

"Go to bed early, don't stay up too late. Mom will cook you something to eat every night in the future, and the child will be thin..."

My mother watched me finish eating, took the dishes and chopsticks on the table, and muttered to herself as she walked.

Since then, it wasn't until I was admitted to the market

In key high school, my mother would make me a bowl of soup with different tastes every night for me to fight with the lights in the middle of the night....

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As I ate, my clear vision somehow blurred.

"Qi Mo?"

Maggie noticed my strangeness and asked me gently.

"It's okay, I'm just happy. Fifi, thank you for cooking for us. ”

I smiled and wiped away the tears that were about to overflow from the corners of my eyes, and thanked Fei Fei again. Thank you to her for opening up those precious films for me.

"Wang!"

Suddenly, the general yelled at me.

I looked down and saw that the general was already in a hurry, for fear that I would forget about it.

"Okay, okay, got it, I'll get it for you."

He took the iron spoon in the big iron pot and filled the general with one or two bowls of gnocchi soup, and put it on the ground to dry.

Seeing that there was finally something to eat, the general quickly stepped forward to surround the food, and spun around in a hurry. Because the soup is so hot, it can't be eaten at all now.

It occurred to me that I still had two bags of drunkard peanuts in my backpack. So he ran into the house and took out the peanuts, and asked Lao Liu for a plate, and poured two bags of peanuts on the plate for everyone to eat. Everyone was drinking the pimple soup and chewing peanuts at the same time, and it felt so comfortable.

"Well, it would be nice to have a little wine now."

I sighed to myself, if I could drink some wine to warm up, it would be the most extreme enjoyment in the world.

"Yes! Xiao Wang, go to the house and take out my two bottles of white cow er. ”

Zhao Shengtian's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said very arrogantly.

"I said Lao Zhao, didn't you take the rice flour oil? Why is there still wine? ”

Taking advantage of this cheerful atmosphere, I took advantage of the situation to change my name to Zhao Shengtian and changed my name to Lao Zhao. After all, he was born all the way to death, and the call of Zhao Company Commander Zhao seemed too rusty.

"What's the matter, wine is not made of grain, wine is grain essence, the more you drink, the younger you are! Haha, at that time, I took advantage of your inattention and secretly carried two bottles in my arms. I usually like to drink two sips, and I just happened to see it, so I can't go through two bottles? ”

Zhao Shengtian was not very disgusted by this title. , and he seems to be excited, it seems that the incident that suppressed him before is slowly dissipating.

I was surprised that Zhao Shengtian could say this, it seems that he recovered really well, and did not fall down because of the collapse of faith and the sacrifice of his comrades, but stood up again.

"It's great if you have wine, in this way, Mei Qi Ruohan Feifei, you girls, sit next to the fire and roast the fire, and a few of us old men will be warm with some wine."

Although he has a bowl of hot soup in his hand now, the whistling north wind is like an emotionless killer, venting his energy in this small courtyard.

When the girls heard me, they obediently moved their chairs to the side of the fire and ate while the fire was cooking.

At this time, Xiao Wang returned to his seat with two bottles of Niulanshan Erguotou. Zhao Shengtian took the liquor, asked for a few cups from Lao Liu, and poured wine for the remaining men. Each of the seven people had half a cup of small drinks, and after a circle, a bottle of one-pound liquor had already bottomed out.

"I said Lao Zhao, you said that you are smooth, why don't you go well with some good wine, how much is two bottles of white bull? Thirty dollars, right? ”

I quipped at Zhao Shengtian.

"Hey, you don't understand this, do you? Let me tell you, I have a nephew who trains drug detection dogs in the army, and this kid comes to me to drink during the New Year's holidays, and he brings two bottles of white cattle every time. At that time, I said, "You stinky boy, come to see your uncle and carry this broken wine?" "Guess what this kid says?"

Zhao Shengtian seemed to be happier than me, and with the wine to drink, the conversation gradually increased.

I smiled and shook my head, indicating that I didn't know.

This kid said, "The people in the capital love to drink white cow two, and two drops of scrambled eggs are dripped into it, and all the indicators of our soldiers must be on par with the army in the capital, and of course we must be on par with the wine!" "Hehehe, in fact, this kid has no money in his pocket, so he told me that these things are out of tune. Later, I got used to it while drinking. Isn't that just a blessing? ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Shengtian's face suddenly became a little lonely.

"Alas, I haven't seen him for several years, and I don't know what happened to this kid now, he should be mixed with the platoon commander... Come, go one. ”

When Zhao Shengtian said this, he raised the wine glass in his hand to drink with me.

Hearing this, I probably understood what was going on, and I also raised my glass and comforted Zhao Shengtian.