Chapter 19: The Old Man
The neighborhood is quiet, as if no one has ever lived in this place, not to mention that the living people have not even seen the shadow of half a zombie.
Several people also went from sneaking around and groping around to walking towards the unit building openly and upright.
The floor of the unit building is not high, Cai Yiyi lives on the fourth floor, and there are only two houses on the other floor, and when the four of them walked up the last step, Mo Mo, who was walking in the front, suddenly paused.
The corridor was very narrow, and the light was a little dim, and the three people who followed him couldn't see the situation in front of him clearly.
Zheng Tianyun was about to ask him what was going on in front of him, when he suddenly saw Mo Mo squatting down, and then he beckoned the people behind him to keep quiet.
"Shhhh
Got zombie corpses? The two girls in the back quietly glanced at each other, and they thought to themselves, could it be that there are living people in this place?
After confirming that the thing on the ground had lost its breath, Mo Mo moved his position out of the way, and only then did several people see the rotting corpse on the ground, and then he saw Cai Yiyi covering his mouth.
"This is our neighbor," she said, frowning as she stared at the man lying flat on the ground, "and he's the son of Aunt Liu next door to us." ”
So saying, she pulled out the key and tried to open the door of her house.
Even if the elderly are not at home, they do not have insurance, and they are full of fear that their granddaughter will sometimes come back, but they will not be able to open the door.
At this moment, Cai Yiyi hoped that the people in the door would hear the footsteps outside, open the door, and be able to pounce into her grandmother's arms and see her grandfather's kind smile in the house.
But just as her key was about to touch the keyhole, she was forcibly interrupted by Mo Mo with words.
"Cai Yiyi, don't move yet."
Mo Mo saw that her emotions were a little out of control, and hurriedly called Wen Wan'er next to her to pull the girl who was going to open the door, "Hold her, don't let her open the door." ”
No one knows whether the people behind that door will be greeted by a kind old man, a dangerous hell, or a tragic and bloody picture.
Hearing this, Wen Wan'er quickly stepped forward and hugged Cai Yiyi tightly.
The two young ladies didn't have much strength, and soon Cai Yiyi struggled a few times and found that she couldn't break free and didn't move, so she turned her puzzled gaze to Mo Mo.
Mo Mo didn't look at her, he and Zheng Tianyun squatted down to carefully observe the corpse in front of them, although they were not professionals, but they could find some subtleties when they looked closely.
The surface of the zombie corpse was intact and there was no damage, until Mo Mo brushed away the black hair that covered his forehead, and saw a small hole in the center of his eyebrows.
Seeing this, Zheng Tianyun immediately raised his head and glanced at Mo Mo, and an idea popped up in their hearts at the same time.
This thing on the ground was killed by a single blow, and Zheng Tianyun had witnessed the scene of Mo Mo killing zombies many times.
Most of their corpses were either skulled or exploded, and the tragic death was unbearable to look at, and it was the first time they had seen such a complete corpse.
"This should have been shot."
Touching the feeling of the zombie's eyebrows concave, Zheng Tianyun looked at Mo Mo with his eyes, and came to such a conclusion faintly.
Mo Mo's eyes were deep and he nodded, but he couldn't tell which caliber of gun left the hole.
However, the presence of guns here is most likely a sign that there have been modern firearms troops.
"There may be an army in this place," Mo Mo stood up and glanced at the three people in front of him, telling the two girls this important information.
Until, when he saw Cai Yiyi, his expression was slightly stunned.
Because she was downstairs just now, she once told herself that her grandfather was a veteran, so could it be that someone from the military came here specifically to take the old family away?
But if this is the case, then the old man's former position is not as simple as being a soldier.
"What level did your grandfather have in the army before," Mo Mo asked softly as he looked at the girl who was gradually calming down in Wen Wan'er's arms.
"I don't know very well," Cai Yiyi shook her head, her mind was a little messy now, but she remembered a few things,
"On the occasion of the Chinese New Year, I saw soldiers in military uniforms coming to my house to pay respects for the New Year, and they also saluted my grandfather."
Is that so?
Mo Mo pinched his eyebrows and thought about it, the information given by the zombie corpse was really limited, even if it was combined with Cai Yiyi's words, he was still not 100% sure whether this place had been rescued by the military.
However, seeing Cai Yiyi's anxious look, she could only choose to go to the door.
"You promise me one thing first," Mo Mo looked at her reddened eyes and said to her seriously, "No matter what's in it, you have to choose to accept it, okay?" ”
Cai Yiyi nodded, letting Wen Wan'er let go of herself, she took a deep breath at the door, and inserted the key into the door hole with trembling hands.
Hearing the crisp sound of clicking, Mo Mo had already clenched the iron rod and stared at the door, beware of the monsters that might pounce on him at any time.
But there was no one in the house, and it seemed that there was no more kind grandfather, and there was no more food cooked by grandma.
In the dim room, the wooden sofa and reclining chair, the scene is still familiar, but the person is no longer there, just a moment, Cai Yiyi's eyes are red.
However, this strong girl never chose to shed tears, because her grandfather once told her that even if she bleed, she would never shed tears.
Perhaps in her usual way of entertaining guests, she opened the door of the shoe cabinet to get two pairs of slippers out.
But when she looked at it, she was suddenly stunned, because there were two pairs of shoes missing from the shoe cabinet.
Grandparents wore very few shoes, and the old people who came from that era had the most simple thoughts and styles.
Nowadays, people always want to change their shoes when they wear out, and they only want to make up for their shoes when they wear out.
So Cai Yiyi found out at a glance that there were two pairs of thick cloth shoes that had been sewn and repaired missing from the shoe cabinet.
"What's the matter," Mo Mo, who was behind her, looked at the girl in front of him pulling the shoe door in a daze, he was afraid that the girl's mood would collapse again, so he had to ask gently.
"Shoes," Cai Yiyi muttered in a low voice, while turning her body to the side and motioning to Mo Mo to look, "My grandparents' shoes are gone." ”
Mo Mo leaned forward and took a few looks, and sure enough, in the middle of a row of slippers, there were two empty places, which seemed to be the place where the old man's shoes were originally placed.
"Didn't you say that your grandfather had a set of military uniforms," Mo Mo thought for a while and looked at Cai Yiyi, and motioned for her to look through it to see if she was still there.
The military uniform is actually easy to find, and it has always been placed on the counter in the living room, but when Cai Yiyi walked over, she found that there was nothing on it.
There was only one photo album shelf on the empty counter, not even the family portrait on it
But at this time, the hope in her heart is quietly awakening and rekindling like ashes that have not been completely extinguished.
"Don't worry."
Mo Mo stepped forward and patted the girl's shoulder and smiled slightly, "It seems that we are not mistaken, your grandparents should be safe." ”
Cai Yiyi touched her eyes, and a smile gradually bloomed on her face, this is the best news she has received in the past few days.
Yes, the old people are safe, judging from the layout of the scene, they have been picked up by the army, and they probably did not think that their granddaughter would come home.
In other words, they are not willing to stay here and wait, and eventually let themselves become the concern of their granddaughter, or even a nightmare.
But they had already been taken out of this zombie country before they had time, and perhaps not had a chance to leave anything for her.