Chapter 17 Returnee

From the settlement to the provincial highway, there is a tertiary highway connection, about ** kilometers. There are more than a dozen villages nearby, as well as large areas of farmland.

When the end came, this highway became the only exit from the Xibu settlement to the outside world. For their own safety, the colony sent troops and evolutionary squads along the road to sweep away the zombies in nearby villages. At the same time, a barbed wire fence was fenced on the side of the provincial road, and troops were stationed to build a security zone.

In the safe zone, zombies are basically rare. It is also where most refugees look for food. In just two or three months, dozens of square kilometers of land in the security zone were swept away like locusts by refugees. Grass roots, leaves, insects and ants, everything they could eat were looted and turned into a barren land.

At noon, the scorching sun hangs high, and the fiery sun bakes the earth. Driving on the road, Li Ba rolled down the window, and the scorching wind blew in, blowing him unbearably hot.

"Damn! If only there was air conditioning! ”

Wiped the sweat from his forehead. Li Ba muttered. Under the sun's baking, the inside of the carriage is like a stove, and the temperature is more than 40 degrees. He felt that the fat on his body was going to be roasted out of oil.

With his left hand, there was an extra sorghum stalk, and Li Ba chewed and ate it. Not to mention, the taste of the mutated sorghum stalk is wonderful, the juice is rich, sweet and delicious, and the heat of the whole body immediately decreases a lot after eating.

While eating, he looked out of the car. On both sides of the road, the bones of refugees can be seen everywhere, and it is not known whether they died of starvation or thirst. Many of the bones were badly decomposed, emitting a foul stench. On the barren land on both sides of the road, you can see threes, threes, twos and two figures, some staggering, some lying on the ground, pouting their buttocks as if looking for something in the field.

The end of the world has come, the climate has become harsh, and the refugees have been scavenging like locusts, which has destroyed the ecological environment of this land. Nowadays, it is difficult to find grass from the safe zone, let alone food.

Refugees want to get food, either by going to the mountains or by leaving the safe zone and going to the other side of the provincial road.

For Li Ba, he will not take risks, and the reason why he buys cars and equipment is to wash the food grown in the bracelet space. After driving for five or six kilometers, the figure of the refugees gradually became scarce, Li Ba saw a rural gravel road in front of him, and without thinking much about it, he turned the steering wheel and drove directly into it.

He was looking for a hidden place.

Driving all the way along the gravel road, when passing a small village, Li Ba did not stop and continued to move forward. After the apocalypse, the village supplies near the safe zone have long been looted by the survivors. Even so, there are still refugees who come here in search of food. Therefore, the village is not a good place to wash the grain.

Continue to move forward until the end of the gravel road, Li Ba stopped. After opening the door and getting out of the car, he looked around, it was deserted and very quiet. More than ten meters ahead, there is also a small dirt slope, on which there are a few dead trees, the branches and leaves do not exist, but the body of the tree can still block some sunlight.

"That's it!"

Li Ba walked to the back of the tricycle, lowered the compartment board, and reinserted the steel spear in his back. After that, he took out the plastic sheeting from the bracelet space, spread it flat on the carriage, and with a wave of his hand, golden corn kernels appeared in piles on the plastic sheeting.

This corn is the grain that was just harvested this morning. In addition to the sticks, there are more than 500 catties. After the bracelet space is threshed, the corn needs to be dried to be sold back to the city because it is fresh.

He took out a wooden basket from the bracelet space, and Li Ba spread the corn kernels evenly on the plastic sheeting. With a small piece of space left, he took out the harvested wheat from the bracelet space and dried it in the midday sun.

Ten minutes later. After the work was done, Li Ba wiped his sweat, walked to the dirt slope, and took a cool break under a dead tree. He has a good line of sight here, and he can be the first to notice anything that happens around him.

Leaning against the tree, Li Ba squinted his eyes and sat back waiting for the sunset. If you are thirsty, you can quench your thirst with sorghum stalks. It's stuffy, and the cigarettes are stocked. It's also very pleasant. Seeing the corn and wheat drying on the carriage, his fat face unconsciously showed a happy smile.

Just wait until the evening and he can return with a full load.

"If Zhou Yan's girls see this cart of grain back, they will definitely drag Lao Tzu to see a striptease at night!"

It's rare that Li Ba still has this crooked mind at this moment. Thinking of the charming and sexy figure of the sassy girl, he didn't come to the lower abdomen for a burst of evil fire, thinking, when Lao Tzu is developed, he must let this kneel and lick Lao Tzu, even if it costs two thousand catties of food, it is worth it!

The fiery sun is gradually setting in the west.

In the evening, all the corn and wheat that had dried out were dry. At the beginning of the harvest, Li Ba first collected the corn and wheat into the bracelet space, where the consciousness body could easily sort and pack the grain.

When it was over, he whistled and got into the car, and with the roaring sound of the engine, the tricycle smoked black smoke and disappeared.

After the apocalypse, the climate changes, and the temperature difference between morning and evening is very large. During the day, the maximum temperature can reach more than 40 degrees, and in the evening, the temperature drops sharply by more than 20 degrees, bringing a hint of coolness to the scorching earth.

Night is falling. Ji'er stood at the intersection, her body not moving, staring at the street with a pair of big smart eyes, her little face full of anxiety and sadness. She used to be the granddaughter's favorite granddaughter of her grandparents. The jewel of your parents' palm. A good student with excellent character and learning in the eyes of the teacher. In the minds of classmates, people with superior family backgrounds are beautiful class flowers. Unexpectedly, the end will come and destroy all this beauty.

The whole family of five, grandma and parents were infected with the virus and turned into zombies. If it weren't for the grandfather who saw the opportunity and escaped from the house with her, she would probably be torn to pieces by her loved ones. After hunger, panic, despair, and a long period of darkness, she and her grandfather survived each other, and finally escaped from the city that had become a living hell with the help of the army. After hardships, I came to the Xibu settlement.

I thought I would be able to start a new life here. As a result, she and her grandfather were turned out of the city, wandering through a squalid refugee camp full of dangers and murderous machines. In order to survive, she and her grandfather, like many refugees, searched the wilderness for food. I have eaten grass roots, tree bark, and everything that fills my stomach. This cruel world filled her heart with despair. Fortunately, thanks to her grandfather's comfort and encouragement, otherwise she would have been unable to support it a long time ago, and would rather die than continue to live in this cruel world.

However, faith does not bring good luck. In order to take care of her, her grandfather was hungry and seriously ill. At the same time, the most despicable beasts in the refugee camp were attracted to eat grandpa and ...... to her

Fortunately, at the critical moment, Uncle Li's figure appeared, like a ray of dawn, bringing hope to her dark life. This man, who doesn't look like a good person, agrees to her grandfather's request before he dies, treats herself with an almost doting action, and gradually melts her desperate heart.

Life is starting to get better. Hunger and misery are gradually receding. It all comes from Uncle Li, whose broad shoulders and big belly have become his warmest haven.

For Ji'er, Uncle Li is the sky, the mountain she relies on. If it collapses today and the mountain is gone, she is terrified, and her heart has never been steady this day.

"Uncle Li, Uncle Li, you said...... Even if you die, you have to die with me, why do you want to go out of the city...... How dangerous it is outside the city, do you know ......" Before I knew it, tears blurred my eyes.

Zhou Yan and Sister Hua stood next to her. No matter how much they persuaded them, they refused to go back. She has to wait for Uncle Li here, and if she doesn't see her for a day, she won't be at ease.

Night falls. The wind suddenly blew on the street, the temperature plummeted, and the sister, who was wearing a short-sleeved shirt, shivered from the cold, still stubbornly stood at the intersection, waiting for her most important person to return.

Zhou Yan saw it on the sidelines, sighed in her heart, and felt even more guilty. If it weren't for her, the fat man wouldn't have gone out of the city. The dangers outside the city don't need to be thought about to know. It's so late, and the fat man hasn't come back yet, it's predictable ... Everything points to disaster.

Da Da Da ......

Just then, the roaring sound of engines was heard along the street, accompanied by harsh lights. A farm tricycle came galloping towards the intersection of the restaurant where Ji'er was standing, and stopped the car with a stabbing sound.

Ji'er couldn't open her eyes because of the light. I vaguely saw a figure getting out of the car, followed by an incomparably familiar laughter: "Girl, it's so windy outside, why are you standing here!" ”

Uncle Li!

Ji'er flew over, hugging the figure tightly, never wanting to let go again.

Li Ba saw that the little girl's face was full of tears, and knew that this day made her worry and worry, and her fat face was full of love, so she smiled and said, "Uncle is fine, you see, Uncle has a gun in his hand, enough for self-defense." He patted his back, and the steel spear and iron shield were stuck in his body. Even the shotgun was on his back, with a black trench coat, his tall and fat figure was full of majesty.

When the little girl saw it, she felt better. Guns are unattainable weapons of mass destruction for ordinary people. Uncle Li has a gun in his hand, so even if he goes out of the city, it will be much safer.

"Yo, I got a lot of supplies out of the city this time!"

Zhou Yan and the sisters came over. The three women were sharp-eyed and looked surprised when they saw six or seven bulging ** bags placed in the tricycle carriage.

Li Ba smiled and said triumphantly: "I got a lot of good things from going out of the city this time, and I have already sold a batch of them in the market, and I will take the rest home for you to see!" He pinched his little face, turned around and began to unload. When several women saw it, they all stepped forward to help.

One in one hand, he carried two burlap bags back to the hotel and stacked them in the corner. After a few trips, all the goods in the carriage were unloaded. Looking at the emptiness, Zhou Yan took a look at the sack, which was filled with yellow, orange, and orange corn, as well as plump wheat.

There are a total of seven sacks, each with a net weight of 100 catties facing up. In other words, this batch of grain alone has as many as seven or eight hundred catties.

"I really can't see that this fat man still has some skills!"

Zhou Yan's eyes lit up. Of course, she wouldn't know that these grains were all grown by Li Ba from the bracelet space, thinking that Li Ba went out of the city to search for them today, and her heart was full of surprises. The fat man is fine, come back safely, she won't have a bad conscience. Secondly, when he returned with a full load, this batch of grain alone was almost enough to pay off his debts.

Seven sacks, two sacks of wheat, all of which were fine grains. After the husking, it is worth at least three or four hundred catties of food stamps, counting five bags of corn, which should be enough to pay off the debt.

Zhou Yan was overjoyed. After the fat man paid off the debt, she took another step closer to her goal.

PS: Collection recommendation, one day a day. (By the way, I was banned somehow, and I couldn't reply to Zhixiangjun, so I asked weakly, brother, what about me, you want to hate me??? )