Chapter 356: Bitter Smile
Zheng Jieming checked the surroundings with a telescope again, and then returned to the ground with Luo Xue.
He checked the situation at several gates around him, confirmed that there was no significant threat, and returned to the management office.
Geng Zhi and the others had just returned from outside, and he and Zhou Jitang had just transferred the food to the car, and they also patrolled around the north along the wall.
"Didn't find any problems, did you?" Zheng Jieming asked.
"It's okay, it's safe now. Zombies slowly migrate them, and they don't have much direct impact on us for the time being. Geng replied straightly.
It's just that as long as everyone is quiet a little, the sound outside makes everyone feel uncomfortable.
"Well, that's good, let's put down what we're doing." Zheng Jieming said, "Get ready, let's have an event in the afternoon." β
After so many days of survival, who has ever thought of what kind of "activity" to complete? Zhou Jitang was even more puzzled when he heard him say this.
"Going to kill zombies? Ready to fight hard? β
"No, how is it possible now, we are not superhuman." Zheng Jieming shook his head, "Prepare soft foods such as melon seeds and beer, and have a small dinner party in the evening." β
Zhou Jitang also felt incomprehensible about this kind of plan no matter what, his mind was full of zombies outside the wall, and he didn't think to relax his nerves at all.
Geng Zhi thought about it, looked at Zheng Jieming, and understood his thoughts, "We have several big bags of melon seeds and peanuts, all of which were found in the supermarket, is it enough to take out one bag?" Get a case of beer, and don't let everyone drink too much. β
"Yes."
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For dinner on this day, the food in the cauldron was richer than ever.
Of course, they can't make too many hard dishes, they don't have so much meat reserves, and the so-called sumptuous dinner is just a few more wild vegetables, a small handful of peanuts per person, and a can of beer per person on the daily table.
They are now using a large pot to stew, after the stew is cooked, each uses a public spoon to scoop into their own lunch boxββββ since the end of the world, everyone uses their own exclusive lunch box, there is not so much water to clean the dishes and chopsticks, so as to avoid cross-infection diseases to the greatest extent.
Chang Bing and Zhuang Yi first helped Qin Qin take a box of food for lunch, sent them downstairs, and came up after a while.
Since her mental problems, Qin Qin has never eaten with everyone.
"What, there's a happy event today?" With a snap, he pulled open the beer ring and took a sip, scooped a large spoonful of food into the lunch box, and sat on the ground.
Zheng Jieming looked at Shunqiang, who was covered in sludge, sat on the ground and began to pull food with chopsticks, and swallowed it in his stomach.
"It's nothing, the situation outside is tense now, let everyone relax." Zheng Jieming said.
Jin Yue also took a can of beer and opened it.
Then she quietly walked up to Zheng Jieming and whispered.
"We didn't even ask before, is there not much food?" She didn't want to say it too loudly, for fear of affecting the morale of others.
Zheng Jieming didn't expect Jin Yue to think in this direction, and hurriedly clarified, "Yes, I just want to help everyone relieve tension." β
Jin Yue nodded, took a sip of wine, and turned around to go back to serve the meal.
She served a little less than usual.
Geng Zhi understood Zheng Jieming's intentions, and when everyone sat down, he began to talk about it.
He knew that if Zheng Jieming came out to Zhang Luo, he would be more deliberate, and Zheng Jieming's personality would be relatively more serious, not as smooth as him, and it would be easy for everyone to misunderstand that "the situation is not good".
"Let's sit around and get warmer!" Geng Zhi also sat down and took the initiative to start a topic.
"We've lived together for so long, but we've never understood what each other does, right?" Geng Zhi chewed half-cooked rice in his mouth and said, "If you want to say it, we are all friends of life and death." β
"Isn't it?" Zhou Jitang echoed, "I don't know how many zombies have been killed." β
Geng Zhi looked at Lao Zhou, smiled, and pretended to ask casually, "Hey, Lao Zhou, what did you do before?" β
"I ......" Zhou Jitang hesitated, he felt that his previous identity as a "subway security guard" was not so "decent".
But Geng Zhi had actually secretly inquired about Zhou Jitang's identity, knowing that he and Chang Bing were both security guards, he saw Zhou Jitang's stumbling appearance, and helped him take over the conversation, "I think you must have been a policeman before, you can fight and have a sense of justice." β
"Forehead......" Zhou Jitang felt embarrassed when he heard him say this, he glanced at Chang Bing, saw Chang Bing's indifferent look, put down his burden, and said, "Actually, it's not, I'm ...... Subway security only. β
"Haha, then we've all been searched by you, right?" Geng Zhi laughed, "If any of you have been searched in the subway, you can settle accounts with him." β
Geng Zhi teased like this, and everyone's atmosphere began to slowly become active.
"I've been searched a lot." Jin Hu said, "My appearance of five big and three rough is often considered to be out of the mix. β
"Oh? No wonder I've seen you. Zhou Jitang said, "I didn't know if I stopped you." β
Zhou Jitang finally let go of his inner concerns.
"It's better for everyone to talk about themselves, Geng Zhi is right, all of us are friends of life and death, but many people don't know each other." Zheng Jieming said, "Geng Zhi, what are you doing?" β
"I ...... Hey, I'm actually pretty plain from a background. Geng Zhi smiled, "I was still working a year ago, and I had a little savings, so I originally planned to come out and do it alone." β
He smiled wryly and shook his head, "I didn't expect the world to change." β
"You have a family, don't you?" Chang Bing asked.
Geng Zhi glanced at Chang Bing, took a deep breath, and looked back at Zhang Xiushan.
Zhang Xiushan immediately understood what he meant, took out a box of cigarettes from his arms, took out one and threw it to him.
"On point?" Zhang Xiushan handed over the lighter.
"Don't order, let's not affect other people, it's good to have wine." Geng Zhi didn't light the cigaretteββββ Fang Xinping was still holding Wang Chengnan beside him, he just put the cigarette next to his nose and sniffed it.
"I don't know how the two of them are doing......" Geng Zhi sniffed the smoke and closed his eyes, "Actually... The two of them are not in the northern metropolis, and our family is actually in a third-tier city in the south, so I always think that since they are not in the first-tier metropolis, maybe they are still alive. β
"When there is a problem with a loved one, people are telepathic." Zhang Xiushan also took over the topic, "I know that my relatives are gone. If you don't have that sense, they're still there. β
Geng Zhi smiled bitterly again and shook his head, "I don't know if it's as mysterious as you say, but if you say so, I hope they are really alive." β
"What about you? Jin Yue, Wang Xinrui? Two beautiful men in our team, tell me about your situation? Geng digressed from the subject.
Jin Yue took a sip of wine, she didn't say anything, her hair grew a little, and she knew very well that she was not in a good state now.
I don't know why, when she pondered how to introduce herself to other unfamiliar people, she first wanted to start with Li Yu.
Zhang Xiushan saw her appearance, walked to her and sat down, and naturally touched her beer.
"It's okay, everyone understands, let's take a walk."
Wang Xinrui leaned next to Hua Feng and introduced his situationββββ the student, who had not yet graduated, fortunately came out of school early that morning, wanted to visit a museum, and then encountered a zombie crisis.
"Then you don't have to worry about one exam after another." Zheng Jieming smiled.
"Lao Zheng, what are you doing? Seeing that you are so energetic all day long, forcing everyone to run around looking for food, you can't be an athlete, right? Wang Xinrui smiled and asked, "No, the coach is more likely." β
"Me? In the past, office workers and salesmen were actually not far from home...... It's just that I don't come to live often, and I have a suite in a farther place. β
"A little savings, huh? Can you afford a house in the North Metropolis? Jiang Cai's tone was a little strange.
"It's just a suburb, mainly because I don't want to live in an old house, it's very uncomfortable to live there, I'm half an orphan." Zheng Jieming said.
Every day in that house, he always thinks about his sister and his parents, and he is not happy.
"Orphans?" Luo Xue didn't expect this.
"Hmm...... Sort of, my daddy...... I cashed it out to Youguo a few years ago, but then my mother disappeared, and my sister disappeared later. Zheng Jieming said with a wry smile, "If I disappear at any time, I will all disappear." β
"Hehe, your family has missing genes." Geng Zhi smiled, "Let's take a walk." β
The rest of the people also slowly opened the topic and talked about their experiences.
Not all of them are talking about their unhappy experiences, but also some people say that they have a vision for the future, Zhang Xiushan is a typical "hopeful faction", he firmly believes that one day, human beings can defeat zombies, and at the same time defeat other human beings.
Zombies were still surging outside, and the noise came into the room from time to time, but that night, everyone's mood was indeed much lighter.
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In PW8893, Zheng Zhilan is not easy.
"Lane is big, and this group of people who are engaged in research seems to be making progress, but they are always hidden." The driver surnamed Yin said.
"They won't study vaccines easily, and their goal in coming to Zhongzhou was not to observe and cure, but to refine more lethal variants."
"What's the need? Isn't this what the Eagle Nation is secretly targeting Asians? You've achieved your goal, huh? The driver surnamed Yin was puzzled.
"The interests of the Eagle Government are not aligned with Stanley's. What's more, the loss of the allies of the Eagle State in Southeast Asia was not originally the plan of the Eagle State's government. Zheng Zhilan picked up a small nameplate from the table.
Above is the words SJS.
"It's of little use here, and I'll have to go back to the Kitty Hawk to see Stanley."