Chapter 44: Enlightenment
The four cars staggered away from Shen Huiguang's faΓ§ade and drove towards the village deep in the mountains.
From the inverted mirror, I watched the fire engulf Shen Huiguang's house and yard little by little. Shen Li was already crying and fainting in her little arms, still screaming for her mother, her mother in her dreams.
Cao Ping clenched his fists, but there was no way, Li Jie was a behemoth to him. There is simply no way to shake him at the moment. So there is no choice but to retreat. Burn down the house, leave no trace, bury all information in the flames.
The sky was overcast, Cao Ping was also in a low mood, he didn't want to be a leader or anything, but others looked at him very dependently, Cao Ping was worried that his decision would be wrong, and then kill everyone who believed in him. But seeing the panicked crowd, they could only sigh and think carefully before making a decision.
Coming to this village, Cao Ping is almost helpless, cut off from the outside world, it sounds like a very good doomsday shelter, but it is also facing a lack of supplies, if you want to search for supplies, you have to drive a long way, if you run out of oil, the battery is also used up, you can only rely on walking.
Cleaning up zombies is easy, because almost all zombies are locked up in their own homes, just smash the doors and kill them one by one. But it also wasted a day of Cao Ping's time. Li Dongting also suggested that Cao Ping burn the corpse, otherwise, it would cause corpse plague.
Everyone accepted the suggestion and was busy for another half of the night. After finishing their work, everyone rested in the courtyard of the village committee, some slept in RVs, and some slept in clinics.
The vigil was still Cao Ping and Wu Xiaoming, but there was one more Zhang Yumei, and his son slept with Li Dongting early.
The moonlight made the earth transparent, and with the faint light of the bonfire, Cao Ping looked at Zhang Yumei and Wu Xiaoming and frowned. Cao Ping took a puff of the cigarette and handed it to Zhang Yumei, Zhang Yumei was stunned for a moment, then took it with a smile, took a deep breath, and then spit out a big smoke ring, and then spit out a smoke ring, just through the big smoke ring.
Wu Xiaoming looked at Zhang Yumei in surprise, looked at the smoke ring in a daze, scolded, and said, "I have smoked for nothing in the past few years." β
Seeing that the atmosphere was lively, Cao Ping also coaxed, making Zhang Yumei spit out a trick. I have to say that Zhang Yumei is really good at drawing smoke rings, and actually spit out the shape of the five rings.
Cao Ping watched Zhang Yumei spit out cigarettes and wanted to try it too, but found that the cigarettes in his cigarette box were gone. Cao Ping asked Wu Xiaoming for one, but Wu Xiaoming said with a bitter face: "Brother Cao, I'll return one." β
Seeing that there was indeed only one cigarette in the cigarette box, Cao Ping didn't want to come over, he didn't have a habit of smoking, smoking was just boring. It is better to leave it to Wu Xiaoming, who is very addicted to smoking.
"Cao Ping, when I killed zombies today, I checked the houses in this village by the way, and I found that there were almost no supplies for winter." Zhang Yumei threw away the cigarette butt and said.
looked at Zhang Yumei suspiciously, and asked, "Isn't this a rural area?" Shouldn't there be a lot of padded jackets or something? β
Zhang Yumei shrugged his shoulders and said with a wry smile: "I thought the same way at first, but after a busy day, we didn't find much food, let alone cotton clothes." Later, Mr. Wu said a possibility. What he meant was that when young people went to work in other places, their houses were handed over to the village committee to take care of and rented out as accommodation in farmhouses. So apart from bedding, there are almost no padded jackets or food to be found. β
This is really bad news that can't be in bad news. Living in the mountains, although there are not many zombies, there are not many supplies. Alas...... Cao Ping also scratched his head, sighed, and asked, "We still have a few days to eat food." β
Wu Xiaoming thought about it and said: "It will look like it will be like for a day or two, but I found half a bag of noodles in the canteen of a farmhouse in the afternoon, and I should be able to eat it for two days." β
Standing up and looking at the still white night sky, Cao Ping felt that the air was filled with the smell of ridicule. So, he turned his head and asked Zhang Yumei and Wu Xiaoming, "You say, is it wrong for me to decide to come to this place." β
The two looked at each other in silence and did not speak. Cao Ping sighed.
The next day, everyone got up early in the yard and did exercises according to Mr. Wu's requirements, Cao Ping was very resistant at first, what years are they, is it the end? Still doing? Is it to go to zombies with fifteen sets of radio gymnastics? But after a few days of perseverance, I found that every time I was sleepy and tired, I was very energetic, and Cao Ping felt that doing exercises was like a warm-up before running, simple and useful.
Cao Ping, who had breakfast, sat on the stone bench in the courtyard of the village committee in a daze, and the rest of the people went to look for supplies.
"Xiao Cao, I saw your sluggish momentum yesterday, can you tell the teacher about your confusion?" Mr. Wu took out the tone of being a teacher, which was undoubtedly warm but warm.
Cao Ping sighed and asked the question he asked Zhang Yumei and Wu Xiaoming last night. Teacher Wu smoothed his beard and said, "Actually, in my opinion, your decision should be the wisest decision you have made recently. β
Listening to Mr. Wu's words, Cao Ping looked at Mr. Wu in surprise, hoping that he could solve his doubts.
Teacher Wu smiled and said: "Actually, I don't blame you, since the new national policy after 2020, land has been transferred, the countryside has gradually disappeared, and the village has become a community." The generation since, almost all of them have forgotten how to farm. Let the old man count, according to your age, you should also be a person who has never been to the ground haha......"
Teacher Wu's words made Cao Ping hear a hint of taste, but he didn't understand the point. Let Mr. Wu continue.
"You...... It's just impatient. Come, let me tell you more about it, you see, first of all, the layout of this village, as long as individual intersections are blocked, is it possible to isolate most of the zombies from entering the village, this is a safety issue. Secondly, not to mention that there is a lot of land around the village, even the large courtyard of the village committee can be used to grow a lot of food in the spring of the next year, which is enough to supply daily needs. You see, the safety concerns and the dietary issues are solved, and you say that your decision to come here is right or wrong? β
Savoring Mr. Wu's words, Cao Ping jumped up in surprise, he was just thinking about safety at first, but yesterday's lack of food almost shook his decision. However, Mr. Wu's words today made him understand what he had overlooked.
Cao Ping happily walked back and forth a few steps back and forth, and said: "That is to say, as long as we survive this winter, we will be self-sufficient next year." β
Teacher Wu nodded and laughed.
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October 1, 2038 is cloudy
I picked up my notebook and wrote down the date, and I remembered that the seven-day vacation had begun, but TMD I guess every day is a holiday now
Today, Mr. Wu's words let me know that I was a local owner and old man. Ha ha......
I can't be too happy yet, though, because this year's winter is going to be a very difficult day. Think about how many people out there will freeze and starve to death this winter.
Recently, I also found a problem, that group of evil zombies seem to be because of the cold weather, the movement is much slower than when the end first broke out, is it because it is approaching winter, that group of zombies will walk like a puppet, when they are not berserk, they all walk slowly like a mummy. If that's the case, then next summer won't the zombies go faster than they are now. Or even start to run?
Now that I think it's not good news that zombies are slowing down.