After a tiring journey, Yang Xiao and his party returned to the courtyard, and the old woman made a large table of delicious food to comfort everyone. The injured Lin Jiaxing lost too much blood and fell into a coma, and was placed in the room in a hurry, Lin Shuoguo quickly operated on him to remove the shrapnel in his body, and the fragments of shrapnel took out a plate so much, it was shocking to look at, and finally after Lin Jiarong's blood transfusion, Lin Jiaxing gradually woke up......

On that day, Huang's mother hugged Huang Yan and pinched her face and touched her body, for fear that the little princess would break a layer of skin, and the matter would be over......

Lao Huang, who had been in a coma for a few days, also woke up the next day, and the situation was quite optimistic, with no signs of corpse transformation! Knowing that Huang Yan had gone on an adventure, the family hugged each other and talked all night.

Everyone in the courtyard has a happy smile, and they live a satisfying life here for self-sufficiency, and every night Yang Xiao will sit on the roof of the building smoking a cigarette, looking at the scene in the wilderness, the country of zombie parades, this situation has become commonplace.

Three days passed in a flash, and after everyone was ready to recuperate, they began to plan to go to the cave on the outskirts of Panlong Town to find the secret cave passage.

I don't know why, Yang Xiao is a little melancholy, thinking of his good brother Brother Ji in the past, thinking of his past deeds, he can't help but feel a little uncomfortable, and he doesn't know if Brother Ji is still alive now, or has become a walking corpse.

On the night before leaving, Yang Xiao came to the roof alone again late at night, sat on the balcony and lit a cigarette, looking at the distance of Panlong Ancient Town, with mixed feelings in his heart......

"Brother Xiao, what's the matter, you came up to smoke again?"

Lin Jiarong's voice came from behind him, Yang Xiao turned his head, and Lin Jiarong, who had Chinese herbs tied to his hands, walked up with a light smile, stepped over the vegetables and fruits planted in front of him, and walked towards Yang Xiao.

"Yes, I'm used to staying up late, and I can't sleep, so I came up and took a look at the scenery." Yang Xiao casually found an excuse to prevaricate.

Lin Jiarong looked around, downstairs in the distance was full of zombies, the whole wilderness was the sorrow of the living dead, such a scenery was really miserable, and there was not even a single bird in the lifeless place, which couldn't help but make him smile bitterly.

"The scenery is not bad, right?"

"Haha, yes, that's good." Yang Xiao echoed: "Why did you come up too?" Don't spend more time with your son? ”

"Xiaojian is asleep, and I have nothing to do, so I came up to take a look at the scenery."

Lin Jiarong walked to Yang Xiao's side, also joking with the stalk, picked up a handful of dirt, pinched it into a ball, and threw it at the zombies downstairs......

"Do you smoke or not?"

Yang Xiao saw that Lin Jiarong was so bored, so he took out a cigarette and handed it over. Lin Jiarong, who looked at the cigarette, patted the soil on his hand, and took a cigarette.

"Brother Xiao, I heard your eldest lady say just now that you are going to leave the courtyard tomorrow and go to the barren mountains on the outskirts of Panlong Town to find a cave passage?"

Putting the cigarette on his mouth, Lin Jiarong began to get straight to the point.

Yang Xiao was a little stunned, took the cigarette butt from his mouth, looked at Lin Jiarong and smiled very depressedly, I really don't know who stepped on the horse and gave Shen Mingyu the nickname "Big Lady", although this matter is uncertain, but nine times out of ten it was Huang Ma who took the lead......

"yes, I thought you were all asleep and I'll tell you tomorrow morning, but I didn't expect the news to reach your ears so quickly."

After Lin Jiarong confirmed, he was a little puzzled: "What, Brother Xiao, are you in a hurry?" Don't recuperate for a few more days before leaving? ”

"No, I've been bothering you for many days, and now my father-in-law's injuries are starting to improve, everyone's mental state has recovered, and it's time to leave, not to mention that time waits for no one, there are two very important people still waiting for me."

Yang Xiao took the last puff of his cigarette and held the cigarette butt on his finger and flicked it away.

"I see, although I don't know what the important thing you are talking about, but I believe that you must have your own ideas when you do this, I understand you." Lin Jiarong put the cigarette in his mouth, then lit and smoked, took a long puff of smoke, and continued: "However, Brother Xiao, you and I have known each other, and there is one thing I have to remind you." ”

"Oh~" Yang Xiao looked at Lin Jiarong curiously: "What's the matter?" ”

Lin Jiarong stood on the edge of the balcony and pondered for a while, and said: "The supplies that my father promised you are ready for you at any time, and we can also provide you with whatever you need, after all, it is easy for us to stay here and difficult to attack, we only need to leave some defensive equipment." But your situation is different, you leave with so many supplies, be careful that it will attract some unscrupulous thugs, after all, materials are wealth these days, and money can't buy supplies, so your trip is not easy to walk. ”

Lin Jiarong's words in the clouds, what did he want to say, Yang Xiao was a little pondering, and said after half a sound: "Let's get straight to the point, Brother Rong." ”

"Alas...... In this case, I also said bluntly, when I was trapped in Panlong Town with my brothers, we often heard gunshots outside the suburbs of Panlong Town, and at first we thought they were survivors, but later we found out that those people did not seem to be attacking zombies, but two groups were fighting with firepower. Lin Jiarong said recallingly.

"Firepower? In this apocalypse, there are still living people shopping? Yang Xiao was skeptical, if this was the case, then these people would really have nothing to do.

"It was true, we were surprised at first, but then one night we suddenly heard shouting from the west, so we poked our heads out and found a large armed ship, and there were several small boats near the big boat, which we thought were the boats of the survivors, and we were about to send out a distress signal. But one of my brothers suddenly discovered that the clothes were not right, and that there were still living people on the ship who had been taken hostage, and who were captured and worked as slaves on the ship, even if they were beaten to death and starved to death, no one had mercy. There were a lot of thugs on board, all of them were wicked people with guns......" Lin Jiarong still remembered it vividly, and stopped his words with a puff of a thick cigarette.

"Is there such a thing? Why didn't you tell me before? What kind of ships are those? Saying this, Yang Xiao frowned.

"I didn't think it had anything to do with us after all, so I didn't tell you. As for what kind of ships those are, our brothers have guessed before, and it may be that they are outlaws who came from the Mojiang River and then formed an organization to become pirates. Those slaves were supposed to be living people who were desperate for help, and they were kidnapped and met by this group of thugs on the way. ”

Lin Jiarong replied thoughtfully, put his arm on Yang Xiao's shoulder and shook his head: "So I said, Brother Xiao, this time you are going to pass through Panlong Town, it is very likely that you will encounter those ships, if you see those ships, don't be lucky, there are very likely pirates on the boats." Since Panlong Town has sunk into a dammed lake, the lake water has flowed through the Mojiang River, so boats will definitely be able to reach the Mojiang River, and it is unknown what kind of situation will be encountered. ”

Yang Xiao was silent for a while, if what Lin Jiarong said was true, then they brought so many materials, once they were discovered by pirates, they would definitely die, and the materials were gold in these years.

"I understand, Brother Rong, you said before that the pirates fought against the living people, where did those gunshots come from?"

Lin Jiarong was asked like this, looked at the end of Panlong Town, and then pointed to the mountain that had been flooded a few kilometers away from Panlong Town.

"If I'm not mistaken, it's from the hills over there, because the sound reverberates."

Yang Xiao squinted, a little happy in his heart, but he couldn't help but feel nervous: "You mean to say that there are still living people on the other side of the mountain, and they are also armed organizations?" ”

"I guess, but I'm not sure, because I've only seen pirate ships."

"Are the living people on the other side of the mountain still alive? Have there been any gunshots lately? ”

Yang Xiao was a little anxious, if there were living people over there, it would definitely be Brother Ji, maybe Brother Ji was not dead yet, and he took his brothers to hide in the caves in the wilderness of Panlong Town, and the sound of those pirates fighting was the work of Brother Ji.

Lin Jiarong gasped, thought for a while and continued: "The night before you came over, the pirates seemed to have launched an attack, and the gunfire was also very violent that day, and it also caused a big commotion among the zombies in Panlong Town. ”

"I see...... In this way, Brother Ji must still be alive......"

Yang Xiao muttered to himself, a snickering smile couldn't help but flow on his face, and his fists were clenched so excitedly that he wanted to cry.

"What? Brother Chicken, who is Brother Chicken? Lin Jiarong was confused, and he saw Yang Xiao with an excited smile in the night.

"Nothing, I'm just talking to myself. Brother Rong, thank you for telling me such valuable information, otherwise we might really crash into the pirate's den in a daze when we encounter a ship. Yang Xiao retracted his excited smile and looked at the mountains and forests of Panlong Town in the distance full of anticipation.

"Well, Brother Xiao, I don't know when I'll see you again this time, good luck. I will inform my father and prepare for you the supplies on the road, you ...... Gotta stay alive ......."

Lin Jiarong hooked up with Yang Xiao with affection and righteousness, which could make Yang Xiao feel the sincerity of this man, and he could understand why so many brothers were willing to follow him.

Yang Xiao didn't speak, and nodded with a faint smile.

Looking at Lin Jiarong and turning away, Yang Xiao felt that this world was not all cold-blooded and ruthless, and his true feelings were at ease in the world.

One night, in the courtyard, the Lin family was very shocked and reluctantly talked, the general content was to worry about Yang Xiao and them, if it wasn't for Yang Xiao to leave in a hurry, Lin Shuoguo wanted to recognize Yang Xiao as his godson, and there was nothing wrong with living in the courtyard, self-sufficiency here could allow them to survive five or six years, maybe five or six years later, the epidemic prevention center would develop a drug against zombies......

But under Lin Jiarong's persuasion, the Lin family sighed heavily, and finally had to go to the warehouse to clear half of the materials, just like the promise made to Yang Xiao at the beginning. The amount of materials in the warehouse is exaggerated, and the two assault boats will definitely not be able to fit, but as for this, they will only wait for Yang Xiao to make a decision tomorrow, and they will take as much as they want, after all, what is more important than the material in this year is the friendship and family affection that does not lose humanity......