The next day, the ghost and Canaan finally returned.

They found dozens of tons of ammonium nitrate fertilizer, which were now piled up on a hillside away from the castle, and brought back some iron pipes and things needed to make mines.

When they heard that we went into the mountains to find Hua Kai's father and Hua Kai, and met the mountain people Zhang's family, Daning Tsai sacrificed to save Zhao Yue, they were all embarrassed.

Their trip was not smooth, the road from the farm to the mountains was not smooth, they encountered several waves of small-scale corpses when they went, they could rush hard when they went, knock the zombies away, and when they came back, there were more explosives in the car, and they didn't dare to hit the corpses with the car, and they had to get out of the car to kill the zombies and clean the road, but fortunately, they were all strong adult men, and no one was injured.

The next day, the ghost and his group ran to the hillside outside the pit and began to develop a ground mine.

People in the past also followed, mostly working, a few sentry, and work.

And the others, I recruited a small handful, to go to the hillside to help Hua Kai's father to fight grass, I am also one of them, there are not many young and middle-aged people who can work in the castle, such a division of labor, there are not many people who can clean up the corpse pit.

But the grass is not good if it is not beaten back, and the cattle and pigs that we have worked so hard to raise cannot starve to death, after all, we are not only to survive, but also to live.

After cleaning up some of the zombies that were in the way, we carried the tender and juicy grass back to the valley, went straight to the breeding area, and sent the big basket full of grass to Hua Kai's father as soon as possible, and Hua Kai's father smiled happily and hurriedly went to feed the hungry pigs and cows, as well as the chickens.

It was almost noon, and everyone was hungry, so they returned to the castle from the breeding area, and went to their respective rooms to wash their hands and faces, and then prepared to go to the restaurant to eat.

I was wiping the water droplets on my face with a towel in the bathroom, when I suddenly heard a muffled sound, which was like the blasting sound of rocks in the mountains, not good! I immediately thought of the men tinkering with the mines on the hillside!

When I rushed out of the room, I saw that everyone else had run out nervously, and at this time, I saw Canaan and Sunshine at the gate of the castle, looking back.

I hurriedly ran to Canaan's side: "Fortunately, you are all back, what is the explosion?" ”

Canaan looked anxious: "The ghost asked us to come back for dinner first, he still has some things to finish there, only Chen Da accompanied him, saying that he would come back soon." ”

Talking in our mouths, we didn't stand stupidly, we all ran in the direction of the hillside, and just a few steps later, we saw Chen Da walking back with the ghost, one of the ghost's hands wrapped around the clothes, it's bad! He's hurt!

When we ran closer, we saw the ghost's gray face and pale face: "This thing is too unstable, you can't touch it again, don't do the mine for the time being." ”

Canaan anxiously asked, "Ghost, what's wrong with your hand?" ”

The ghost was injured in his left hand, and he smiled bitterly: "It's okay, the finger is still there, the skin is wounded, fortunately I threw that thing into the trap in time, but it blew up a few zombies below." ”

We sent the ghost to the infirmary, and the angel and Qiqi hurriedly tended to the ghost's wounds, and the outside of the palm was torn, and even the tiger's mouth was cracked! It will take some time for this injury to heal properly.

As a result, Jihua, which created the land mine, ran aground, and the hillside became a forbidden area for us to enter, you know, the ammonium nitrate piled up there could explode at any time, which was really dangerous!

Uncle Zhang brought us a big bag of pork, which was not enough for the whole castle to eat, so my father thought of a way, he asked people to chop the pork into meat filling, and then found someone to pick a lot of green peppers in the vegetable field in the valley, and after chopping them, they were mixed with the meat trap to form dumpling filling, and wrapped dumplings for the old man and children!

Dad's dumplings taste a must, this dumpling has made many old people cry, not too delicious, but reminds them of the Taiping New Year's scene, said since coming to the castle, this is the first dumpling.

Hua Kai's father remembered the tombstone of Da Ning Tsai, and used a thick wooden board to varnish and engraved: The tomb of the little hero Da Ning Tsai. Then he carefully colored the words in black.

On the day of the tombstone for Daning Tsai, there was a light rain in the sky, everyone stood silently in front of Daning Tsai's grave, no one cried, Zhao Yue bit his lip and stood in front of the tombstone, rubbing it with his hands over and over again, caressing, and no more tears.

But I saw that his lips were bitten out of blood.

Every day we still have to clean up the zombies in the trap in time, I wanted to pile them on the outside of the pit, as an obstacle to stop the zombies, but this is summer, the corpses of the zombies are foul, and the rotten ones are even more terrible after they die, the smell has drifted far into the castle, in order to avoid the plague, and we are afraid that the smell will be bad for the children's bodies, we decided to throw the dead bodies of the zombies into the natural pits on the mountain.

Let their dead bodies rot on their own and turn them into fertilizer for the forests.

It was not an easy job, we had to make some wooden carts and put spare tires on those vehicles parked outside the valley to transport the dead bodies, which were choked by the smell of corpses every day in the summer, but no one cried out in bitterness.

Perhaps this wave of corpses has crossed the mountainous area, and in the days that followed, there were fewer and fewer zombies.

Although we don't know the reason, we finally don't have to clean up a large number of stinky zombies from the corpse pits every day, and gradually return to the original normal life.

On this day, the weather was fine, we had lunch, and as usual came to the side of the corpse pit to inspect it, this time I brought Xingzi and Xiao Zhan, Zhao Yue and a few teenagers over, they have slowly shed their jerky, and when facing zombies, their movements are becoming more and more mature.

The children had just disposed of the two zombies that had fallen into the pit, and suddenly the grass on the opposite side was shaking, and we stared at the weeds vigilantly, not knowing how many would rush out this time?

Unexpectedly, it was not a zombie that rushed out of the grass, but a young country woman holding a boy of two or three years old.

When she saw us on the other side of the pit, she was startled at first, and then her eyes lit up, and she shouted urgently: "Please, the eldest sister and a few little brothers, save me and my baby, please!" ”

I hurried to get the bridge ladder and took the mother and son.

It was only when I saw that this woman was not only extremely thin, but also very embarrassed, her clothes were scraped by tree branches, her hair was unkempt, and the cloth shoes on her feet were also exposed toes, and her face was covered with dust.

But the boy in her arms had a clean face and was neatly dressed, which showed that she was extremely well protected.

I told the boys to continue patrolling the grave, and walked towards the castle with the woman and the child alone.

On the way back with her, I began to ask in detail, "What's your name?" Where did it come from? ”

The woman looked at me gratefully: "My name is Caicai, this is my baby Qiangzi, I came from Jingcun in the north." ”

I looked at the strong son, who was also thin and obviously malnourished, and was now holding his mother's neck in horror and staring at me tightly.

I sighed, "Why are you starving your child so thin?" Is there a shortage of food in your village? ”

I didn't expect it to be okay not to mention it, but when I mentioned this, Caicai's face changed drastically: "After our village knew that there were zombies outside, no one dared to go out of the village to find food, it turned out that the food in the village was long gone, and everything that could be eaten in our village was eaten!" The child really had nothing to feed him, so he had to escape. ”

After a pause, she asked cautiously, "Eldest sister, are you short of food here?" ”

I looked at the panicked and helpless mother: "Caicai, we don't have a shortage of food here, don't worry." By the way, how old are you? How old is Hadron on? ”

Nana steadied: "I am 23 years old, and the strong son is two years old and three months old. ”

When the castle arrived, I led the mother and child to the kitchen, asked the women who were preparing dinner, and then brought it to the dining room next to it, and arranged for her and the child to eat first, and saw that she and the child looked hungry.

Caicai saw that there was something to eat, and hurriedly fed the little qiangzi, this is the mother! Even if he starves to death in the next second, he will be able to feed his children first.

I watched quietly from the side, and couldn't help but say, "If you don't mind, I'll help you feed the child, and you can eat it yourself." ”

Nana stared at me nervously and hugged Hadron tightly: "Don't!" Don't touch my kids! ”

I was taken aback by her sudden demeanor, and thought to myself, could it be that this woman was mentally stimulated, and there was something wrong with it?

Nana cowered and watched me and continued to feed her baby, I saw her like this, so I had to stay away from her to reassure her.

Seeing that the child was choked and coughed, I remembered to pour warm water for the mother, and I have been busy until now, not only did I not eat a mouthful of food, but I also did not drink a mouthful of water.

When Nana saw the water, she couldn't help but lick her chapped lips, it's summer! It seems like she hasn't drunk water in a while.

But she still passed the water cup to Hadron's mouth first, and fed the child to drink first.

No matter how strange she was, as a mother, she was no different from me.

When the child pushed the cup away, she drank the water with a grunt, and the cup quickly bottomed out, obviously thirsty.

I poured her another glass, and she looked up at me, her eyes clear with gratitude but with obvious fear.

What is she afraid of? I wondered, am I that terrible?

When Hadron was full, Nana held him with one hand and a spoon in the other hand and began to eat, gobbling it up.

While eating, Nana suddenly burst into tears and choked up and couldn't eat.

I was stunned, what's going on?

She suddenly dropped the spoon and stood up from the chair with the baby in her arms, and knelt down in front of me: "Sister, I beg you, you don't lack food here, please take us in, I'm not afraid of hardship, I can do anything, please save me and my baby!" My baby can't be changed out and let them cook it! ”