Chapter 16: A Strange Vegetable Patch
"Woohoo." The big yellow dog barked non-stop.
"You're saying you found a cave?" Zeng Qiang understood the meaning of the big yellow dog.
"Wangwang." The big yellow dog jumped around happily and then ran quickly outside.
Zeng Qiang and Wang Xin followed closely.
The big yellow dog ran down a dirt road to the hill behind the house.
There is not much vegetation on the mountain, but it grows sparsely and everywhere, and most of it is shrubs except for cypresses.
The two of them followed the big yellow dog for about ten minutes, and behind a bush, a half-human-high hole appeared in front of them.
The entrance to the cave is not large, but the two tufts of weeds in front of the cave grow on either side as if they have been trampled on.
"Be careful, maybe there's someone nearby." Zeng Qiang blocked Wang Xin behind him and cautiously followed the big yellow dog in.
Zeng Qiang cautiously walked into the entrance of the cave, the hole was very deep, and there was a faint breeze blowing out of it.
The whole cave was very quiet, and the big yellow dog had already run to the depths of the cave, and from inside came a dog barking.
Zeng Qiang walked for a few more minutes, and the cave suddenly opened up, and a light came from inside.
In front of you is an open area, with many cracks in the roof of the cave that allow direct sunlight to shine down, and a spring flowing from the mountain wall.
Zeng Qiang looked around, the whole cave was about 200 square meters, the sunny place was full of potatoes and sweet potatoes, there were more than a dozen sacks of corn kernels and rice in the open space, all kinds of condiments and clothes were piled on a stone platform, there were a few beds on the ground next to it, and an iron pot was set up not far away.
"Wangwang." The big yellow dog barked proudly at Zeng Qiang, and next to it lay several zombies with bitten necks.
Judging from the clothes of the zombies, there are two men and two women, which reminds Zeng Qiang of the family under the mountain.
In the last days, their family luckily did not mutate, and then a large family hid here with food, perhaps they planned to settle in this cave, so they planted food in the cave.
I don't know when one of them began to mutate, and then bit the others, and finally the whole family turned into zombies, until they were found by the big yellow dog and died under its dog's mouth.
Zeng Qiang's brain made up for the experience of this family, and he deeply felt sad for the family after the end of the world, if they didn't mutate, maybe the family could be lucky to live.
After all, it is not easy to live after the end of the world, and it is even more difficult to live together as a family.
"Wowhaha, there is so much food here, the environment is not bad, it can be enough for us to settle down." Wang Xin actually followed, looking at the furnishings in the cave and shouting excitedly, as for the zombies lying on the ground, she had long ignored them.
"Brother Qiang, what do you think of here, let's settle down here, I will give you children in the future, hahaha." Wang Xin began to get nervous again.
"No, I want to live a few more years." Zeng Qiang quipped.
He still decided to live here for a while, at least the environment here is not bad, and he thinks that it can be used as a post-apocalyptic foothold in the future.
And he also plans to take advantage of the fact that the end of the world is not long now, and hurry up to collect some food and daily necessities in the vast countryside, because as time goes by, it is estimated that many things will be gone in the future.
He also has a plan to simply train Wang Xin, not to ask her to help at a critical time, at least to have the ability to protect herself, if you want to survive in the last days, you can't do it without some means of self-preservation.
The whole cave was not found to be in any danger, so Zeng Qiang simply made some cooked food on the food in the cave, that is, fried shredded potatoes and cooked a large pot of sweet potato porridge.
This is a very simple meal before the end of the world, and after the end of the world, two people and one dog can eat exceptionally delicious, at least in their opinion, it is comparable to the meal of a star hotel before the end of the world.
After eating a big meal, Zeng Qiang left the big yellow dog to look after the house, and then took Wang Xin to walk down the mountain.
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In the evening, the sky turned gray and gloomy, the air was sultry, and the distant mountains loomed in the clouds.
"Didi." Zeng Qiang rode a farm tricycle along the country road, Wang Xin sat in the car and sang loudly, and next to her were stacked all kinds of food and daily necessities that were taller than her.
"Come on, this is the last one today, we need to get back before it gets dark." Zeng Qiang was wearing a floral shirt found in a family's house, a pair of toad glasses, and a Hongtashan brand cigarette in his mouth.
"Brother Qiang, you are so handsome, you are my idol, you can finally go home, so happy, Ouye!" Wang Xin also wore a straw hat from a farmer cutting wheat, and also wore a pair of women's sunglasses on his eyes, a plaid shirt with an exposed navel on his upper body, and a pair of skinny jeans on his lower body.
"I really don't understand why you're collecting so many supplies, Brother Qiang, the cave is almost over, and the food alone is enough for us to eat for a long time."
Zeng Qiang shook his head when he heard this, and said, "No one will produce these things in the future, and no one will grow any more grain." ”
Zeng Qiang spit out the smoke ring, he even cherishes a puff of cigarette now, he always feels that if he smokes one, there will be one less in the world, and he will probably not even have a cigarette in the future, right?
After hearing this, Wang Xin said very seriously: "Brother Qiang, you are right, then we need to store more, we can't use it up, and we can leave it for our children in the future." ”
I'll go! Zeng Qiang almost rode the tricycle into the ditch.
In fact, in Zeng Qiang's thoughts, it is very simple, that cave is actually very suitable for living, as long as you find a way to block the entrance of the cave, it is estimated that even if you encounter the mutant zombies before, it is very safe, and ordinary zombies are estimated to not be able to find such a remote location.
He thought about storing more supplies, and ran away from the surrounding farmers within five kilometers and brought back nearly 1,000 catties of rice, as well as flour, peanuts, sweet potatoes, potatoes and other foods.
There are also some scattered condiments, medicines and clothing, hundreds of catties of edible oil have also been found, and diesel and gasoline are about half a ton;
And that's not even counting the unharvested millet in the fields and some of the fruits and vegetables that grow in the garden.
The countryside is really rich in materials, no wonder Taizu put forward the great strategy of surrounding the city from the countryside.
Zeng Qiang thought about it, parked the tricycle next to a vegetable patch, and all the cabbages planted in the vegetable patch couldn't help but swallow his saliva while looking at the tender and faint cabbage leaves.
He has long been greedy, he found more than a dozen catties of old bacon in a family before, and he will fry a bacon cabbage when he goes back after a while.
Zeng Qiang just plucked a cabbage, and his cautious mind made him vigilant again, because a part of the cabbage not far away rotted in the ground as if it had been crushed by something.
Looking at the half-acre vegetable field in front of him, Zeng Qiang wondered in his heart, it is difficult to know that it is difficult to eat a bite of fresh vegetables in the last days, but so many cabbages grow well in the ground?
Isn't there a single survivor around?
The answer is obviously impossible, there are so many zombies in the city, but there are still people who survive, and the chances of survival in the vast countryside should be greater.
Besides, why didn't you see a single zombie around?
"Brother Qiang, do you feel that the surroundings are very quiet?" Wang Xin even sensed that something was wrong.
"Withdraw, get out of here." Zeng Qiang threw the cabbage in his hand on the tricycle, and was about to leave on the bike.
"Why? One cabbage is not enough for me? Wang Xin asked puzzled.
"We can't eat so many cabbages, and if we pick too much, it will be bad at home, and we want to eat it again if we stay in the field." Zeng Qiang always felt that something was wrong here, but he couldn't say it.
"Okay." Wang Xin pouted and climbed onto the car body, although he was not satisfied, but he didn't say much.
Suddenly, a piece of land in the center of the vegetable field arched, and a lot of cabbage rolled to both sides, as if it was being crushed by something.