Chapter 6: The Story of Tonight (I)

The night was deep, and the cicadas that had been noisy for a long time had also fallen into weakness.

Zhou Nan sat lonely on the edge of the fire, throwing some dry grass and fine wood into the fire from time to time. Uncle Guizi and Lao Lai in the pit on the side slept soundly with a clear conscience, and the thunderous cry of the mountain paid tribute to this dead land.

The pit was comfortably cleaned up, filled with soft weeds and cushions pulled from wrecked vehicles, a luxury for a construction worker who had no place to live.

Since the husband and wife and the child left, Guizi and Lao Lai began to have a grudge against Zhou Nan. The two of them cleaned up without saying a word, this "ruthless" young man was disliked by them, Zhou Nan did not say a word to exonerate himself, and silently kept vigil for the two of them.

We all like to judge others by our own worldview, and to label their actions as evil or good, and to define stupidity or wisdom for inexplicable reasons. Zhou Nan is like this, and so is Guizi and Lao Lai.

The verdant branches crackle after being smoked dry. The thick smoke drove away the hungry blood mosquitoes and also drove away Zhou Nan's sleepiness. He looked at the two of them sleeping like pigs in the pit with amusement, and held the iron rod in his hand tightly.

There's another good show tonight.

A hundred meters away from the place where the crowd gathered, the "family" happily shared the spoils, most of the materials were taken away by the man, the woman held the bread that she had disdained in the past, she took the fruit candy that the child threw on the ground and hid it in her arms, and glanced at the child who was happily catching fireflies next to her in disgust.

"Brother Lu Ming, where did you pick up this little rabbit cub, it's all a trouble for people, and it's a waste of food to raise!" she quietly leaned over and whispered in the man's ear with encouragement.

"After throwing it away, rely on a waste like you?" the man despised it, "The brain is better than a pig!" After leaving Zhou Nan and the three of them, Lu Ming, who was respectful and cautious just now, reinvigorated his majesty as a man.

"I'm pretty flexible......." the woman retorted in a whisper.

"Flexible?" the man scoffed, "Don't tease labor, okay? I don't understand, you still have this thing hidden as a bird, and you still think it's a treasure!" said as he roughly pulled the purse from the woman's bodice and slapped her in the face. Then with a wave of his hand, he threw himself into the air, and the brightly colored banknotes flew all over the sky.

The woman was in a hurry, jumping into the air and frantically scooping up pieces of paper.

"Auntie, don't pick up this garbage, the bank doesn't know how much money everyone has saved after the power outage, and these banknotes can't buy anything to eat!" the woman laughed at the boy's funny appearance, and he said with a grin.

The woman's movements stiffened suddenly.

"Heh, it's better to be a child than dare to say that he is clever!" Lu Ming mocked mercilessly, picked up a banknote from the ground and rubbed it softly, and then wiped the cookie crumbs from the corner of his mouth, "It's really rough ......... of his mother."

"That'....... So many people have worked hard for most of their lives to earn this money, if it's useless, how will they live in the future!" the woman cried.

Lu Ming was silent for a long time, and did not answer the woman's question, "I forgot to ask before, what is your name!"

The woman protested quietly, but reluctantly accepted her new identity under Lu Ming's gloomy gaze.

Then Lu Ming nodded at the boy again, "My name is Lu Ming, you will be my son in the future, so you will call Lu Mingming to know?" Whether they could escape from Zhou Nan's hands before was largely because of this child, so Lu Ming's attitude towards this smart imp was much better than that of Cuihua.

"Got it, Daddy!" the boy replied dryly.

"See! This is called smart, you can't survive two episodes in a stupid TV series like you!" Lu Ming shouted at his newly found daughter-in-law.

Zhao Juan....... Well, it was Li Cuihua who bit her lip aggrievedly, "Old ....... Husband, let's just forget it? You see you've been beaten like this by that little HUN egg, and my arm is still swollen!

Lu Ming gently touched his wound that was still oozing blood, and the resentment in his heart was detonated. His expression was hideous, and he sneered at Li Cuihua, "Forget it, labor and management have never suffered such a bird loss in society for so many years!" He clenched his fists and gestured in the air, "How did he beat us, I will fight back tenfold!"

Lu Mingming pouted, "But Dad, we can't beat those three uncles!" The child called one by one, and his father called very smoothly.

Li Cuihua looked at the smiling Lu Ming and was puzzled, what kind of vicious plan did this man come up with........

...........................

Most of the people were exhausted by the continuous march, and the broken roads were full of sleeping people, and only a few glimmers of light were left to guard the safety of everyone.

A few sneaky figures crept past the sleeping crowd, carefully rummaging through the packages they were carrying, and finally gathered around a young man with a scar.

"That's it?" Scarface looked at the generations of biscuits and tea eggs on the ground, and the best harvest was nothing more than a bag of braised chicken legs, he naturally stuffed it into his pocket and looked around at a few people and asked, "No one has a private hand!" He flashed the watermelon knife in his hand, the blade flickering.

"Hey, Brother Scar, don't you know the brothers!" someone replied. It seems that this group of people knows each other well.

"Yes, Brother Scar, I really can't find it, everyone ran out in a panic and didn't have much to bring, but the food has been eaten for two days, and we have touched everything we can find!" everyone spoke.

This group of people was originally a group of habitual thieves who were running around in the capital, and they used to commit crimes in buses, subways, and crowded places all day long, and Scarface was their head thief, this young man debuted early, and his temperament was ruthless, and the scars on his face were also made when he grabbed land with his peers, so this group of thieves were also convinced of him.

"Okay, okay, you guys be quiet, don't wake people up!" Scar used a watermelon knife to light a few bags of snacks on the ground, "You can divide these things yourself!"

Looking at the coaxing of everyone, Scar sniffed the cold metal aura of the blade and was irritable in his heart. "In this world, the team is not easy to lead........"

"That, big brothers, I have a business that you can't take........" Lu Ming's family of three quietly approached. Scar had actually noticed that these three people were sneakily approaching, and he was curious about what this man with a full face wanted to do. Scar's people are still very conspicuous in the crowd, and a group of young people who are angry are avoided by everyone, not to mention taking the initiative to find fault.

Second, Scar is also tempted by the food that these three people are holding in their hands.

Brother Scar showed his blade, pointed at the materials in Lu Ming's hand, and then nodded to the ground, looking at Lu Ming indifferently and silently. The surrounding brothers tacitly surrounded Lu Ming and the three of them, all with unkind faces.

Lu Ming began to sobb quietly, he hugged his father's thigh and looked at Brother Scar pitifully, "This big brother...... I, I have a deal I want to talk to my brothers!" Li Cuihua's face was as ugly as a pig's liver, and she desperately shook Lu Ming's sleeve and motioned for Lu Ming to hurry up and hand over the things.

Lu Ming's face was full of helplessness, so he had to do it.

"Hmph........" Brother Scar sneered, unceremoniously took the supplies, and then looked at Lu Ming and the others.

"Are you a family?" asked Scar, interested.

"Yes, yes, this is my daughter-in-law Li Cuihua and my son Lu Mingming!" Lu Ming nodded desperately. Li Cuihua next to her looked nervous, "Yes, yes, this is my husband and son" She echoed, and pulled her son out from behind her husband to introduce Scarface.......

Brother Scar was a little speechless: "You two are blind to this trick, can't you?"

The thieves suppressed their voices and laughed, and Lu Ming trembled and began to regret his decision.

"You've been beaten and want us to help you get revenge, your little thing isn't enough for a few brothers!" the little thief pointed at the ugly wound on Lu Ming's forehead and laughed.

"Okay, don't laugh, talk about the waste, tell your business............"