Chapter 49 Acquaintance

"Uncle Jiang? What are you doing here?"

After going to the bathroom, washing her face and rinsing her mouth, Jiang Qian went to the kitchen.

She scooped a bowl of rice from the cupboard and added water directly into the pot.

In the past, she would definitely not fail to brush her teeth and would wash the rice at least twice before cooking, but now, due to limited conditions, she can only keep things simple.

Although everything can be bought in the system mall, they don’t have many magic crystals available now, so they still have to use them sparingly.

Not long after I started cooking the porridge, the other people in the family got up one after another.

After the family washed up, Jiang Weimin took his son to use the water used by the whole family to wash up and sprinkled it in the flower pots to water the vegetables.

The vegetables I planted a few days ago have started to sprout, and seeing them so vibrant makes me feel good.

"The bok choy has sprouted. In a dozen days or so, we will have tender leaves to eat!" Jiang Weimin happily shared with everyone at the dinner table.

"I hope you can grow up quickly!" Jiang Dong picked up a piece of pickled vegetables from the plate with his chopsticks. "If you don't grow up soon, we won't have any more pickled vegetables to eat!"

"Are we going back to City B this morning?" Huang Liping asked.

"Yeah." Jiang Qian nodded. "Let's leave around nine or ten o'clock. The airport is still too deserted."

Moreover, compared to City B, which is full of crises, this place is relatively safe, and there should not be many people who want to go back to City B.

She also confirmed with the system last night that although the train's protection function is only elementary, it can still withstand the attacks of a certain number of zombies.

If there really is any accident, they will leave immediately.

Because this car is an interstellar product, many of its functions are set according to interstellar laws when it leaves the factory, and even the artificial intelligence system cannot change it.

But according to interstellar traffic rules, as long as the specific departure time is not set in advance, the vehicle can start again and head to the next station fifteen minutes after arriving at the station.

Jiang Qian said to her family, "After we leave, if we encounter zombies or other guests, we probably won't be able to get off the bus again. So if you feel stuffy, you can get off and get some fresh air later."

Huang Liping listened and nodded. "Then I'll go look around and see if I can find any edible wild vegetables."

Although the ground of the airport seemed to have been leveled, the wildfire could not be extinguished and would spring up again with the spring breeze.

The vitality of wild grass is always tenacious. Even if only a seed falls on the ground, it will gradually spread, generation after generation, endlessly.

Although the airport is deserted, there are still a lot of wild grass growing there.

Jiang Dong naturally felt uneasy about his mother being alone, so he immediately said, "Mom, I'll go with you."

“You don’t know wild vegetables!”

Jiang Dong: "But I can protect you!"

Finally, in addition to Huang Liping and Jiang Dong, those who went to pick wild vegetables together included Jiang Weimin, who not only knew about wild vegetables but also could serve as a bodyguard.

The three of them took hoes and rode electric bikes along the familiar path.

Based on his previous impression, Jiang Weimin took them to find a wild vegetable field they had seen before.

The three of them collected food while watching the wind, and soon the bamboo baskets on their backs were filled with a thick layer of food.

Jiang Dong straightened up, rubbed his aching waist, shook the wild vegetables in the basket behind him, and asked, "So many? Should it be enough to eat?"

Huang Liping glanced into his backpack and shook her head. "It looks like a lot, but after blanching it's barely enough to make a dish!"

She said, looking at her husband, "Did you see it anywhere else before?"

My grandson has been constipated again because he has not eaten much vegetables these two days!

Jiang Weimin thought about it and actually thought of another idea.

"There's another place, probably about ten minutes' walk away."

Jiang Dong looked at his watch. "It's only 7:30 now. There's still some time until the agreed time. Shall we go?"

"Go!" Huang Liping made the final decision.

This was a rare opportunity, so she wanted to get some wild vegetables, either dehydrated or sun-dried. At least until her own vegetables came back, she would have vegetables to eat every meal.

The three of them got on their bikes and followed Jiang Weimin's memory.

But before they reached their destination, they saw a car approaching from a distance.

There was nothing but empty land all around, not even a place to hide. Even if they wanted to leave, an electric car couldn't keep up with the speed of a car.

As the car got closer, Jiang Weimin and Jiang Dong tightened their grip on their hoes. Huang Liping also began to regret why she had to dig up those wild vegetables.

If I had gone back earlier, maybe this wouldn't have happened.

I don’t know how many people are on the bus, nor do I know whether they are good or bad.

The people in the car seemed to have seen them as well. The car, which was originally going straight, suddenly turned and drove towards them.

The three men were facing a formidable enemy, clenching their weapons tightly, thinking that if the car hit them, they would dodge, and if they couldn't dodge, they would jump directly to the front of the car and smash their car windows.

But unexpectedly, the car stopped suddenly.

The passenger window rolled down, revealing a face I had only met a few times.

"Uncle Jiang? What are you doing here?"

His eyes swept across the backpack behind Jiang Dong and then retracted, and he realized something.

Jiang Weimin hadn't expected that the person driving by was actually from Xiaozhao Village. Seeing Zhao Qingshan, he relaxed a little.

"We're here to find some wild vegetables to eat. What about you? What are you doing?"

He leaned over to take a look inside the car and estimated that there were about six or seven people in it.

Zhao Qingshan did not answer directly. He turned around and spoke a few words to the person behind him through the gap between the seats and asked.

"Uncle, have you encountered anything strange here at the airport?"

"Something strange?" Jiang Weimin was worried, thinking he had overlooked something. "No? What happened?"

They have been here all night since they came back yesterday afternoon and really didn't find anything unusual.

Zhao Qingshan saw the nervousness and confusion on his face and quickly explained, "Wasn't it this morning? Two people from the village came and said they took a flying car from City B yesterday. We asked them to take us to the airport to have a look."

As they were talking, the rear window of the car was opened.

A gentle man with glasses was sitting by the window, and sitting next to him were two faces that were very familiar to the Jiang family.

Zhao Wen smiled as he looked at the people outside the car window. When his eyes swept over Huang Liping, his brows frowned, but he continued to smile and said, "They said that the car was parked at the airport yesterday. You were all here at the airport. Didn't you see it when you came out?"

Jiang Weimin didn't expect that the strange thing they were talking about was referring to his own car. He was caught off guard and stuttered when he responded.

"No...no," he pretended to think, "I really didn't see it. The airport is so big, it must be a bit far from where we parked!"

Jiang Dong noticed his father's awkwardness when he was lying, so he stood out and attracted attention.

"You're talking about a flying car? What's that? If you said it was a helicopter, I could believe it, but a flying car... are you sure?" Jiang Dong asked curiously, "Even dreams have to have a basis, right?"

After he said that, he apologized to the two passengers from yesterday in his heart.

Liang Jing and Qi Hang in the car were already immune to everyone's doubts.

After they got off the bus yesterday, they walked all the way north.

Because we were dragging luggage and had to be alert to our surroundings at all times, we didn't walk fast. It was almost evening when we found a few mobile homes on this empty land.

Even though the area was deserted and looked safe, the dimness at night made them afraid to continue. So they checked out the trailer, stayed there for the night, and then continued their journey the next morning.

Unexpectedly, after walking for a while, they met nearby villagers. They wanted to ask how to get to the nearby roads, but were asked where they came from.

They were both upset about the train incident, and since they had an audience, they told them everything.

As expected, no one believed it.

But even though no one believed them, the villagers they met told them about the situation nearby and asked them to wait two days before leaving, saying that the village was currently clearing out the zombies from the neighboring village.

Although the two men did not completely trust these villagers they had never met before, they did not intend to recklessly test the law.

In order to return home as soon as possible, after a few whispered discussions, the two decided to follow the villagers to see the situation, and asked if they could join the villagers' zombie-killing team and return home as soon as possible.

It was also at this time that they met the person in charge of the village.

Unlike other villagers, the man called "Brother Wen" was very interested in what they said.

So, the villagers sent people to go with them.

Liang Jing and Qi Hang were sitting in the car and didn't say anything when they heard Jiang Dong's questioning voice.

They also knew that their words were hard to believe, but they really came here by car and did not lie.

The two could only hope that the train was still there and could serve as evidence to support their "outrageous lies."

Zhao Wen just smiled after hearing Jiang Dong's words, but Zhao Qingshan agreed, "Really? You think it's outrageous too, right? What they say is like a novel. If Brother Wen didn't want to go and take a look..."

Having said this, he thought of the person in the back seat and stopped talking.

The brother Wen he mentioned looked at the three people in front of him and said, "I think it's quite interesting. We already have zombies, so who can say this world isn't a fiction? What if that flying car is real? We'll have more escape routes. Isn't that great?"

He looked at the three Jiang family members with a smile, "We are going to take a look. Uncle Jiang, what about you? Do you want to go with us?"

Jiang Weimin didn't expect that he would invite him to go with him, and an awkward smile appeared on his face.

Look? What are you looking at?

The family stayed in that car almost every day and had seen enough.

Nothing to be curious about.

He was about to refuse, but the words of refusal circled around his lips and he swallowed them back.

Anyone who wants to leave here, even if they think it's outrageous, shouldn't be indifferent to this news. If they just refuse outright, wouldn't that seem a bit strange?

Besides, they will have to go back sooner or later. Unless you can get on the bus before them, if you go back after them and are accidentally seen, all your previous concealment will be wasted, right?

If they didn't go back, they would be worried about Jiang Qian, Ren Ru and their grandson being the only ones in the car.

Jiang Weimin weighed the pros and cons, and after much deliberation, he decided that he should go along just this once.

He smiled innocently at the people in the car and said, "Then let's go along and have a look, and broaden our horizons."

Jiang Weimin signaled Jiang Dong to ride the electric bike, and he and his wife also rode behind the car.

The wheels rolled over the familiar path. Half an hour later, Qi Hang, who was always paying attention outside the window, suddenly lit up his eyes.

"Look, that's it!"

Then, everyone saw a silver-white train shining in the sun.

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【Author’s words】

The update for this chapter is complete! In the next chapter, we will return to City B and meet new passengers!

It is still in the early stages of development and many things have not been explained clearly. As the development gets faster in the later stages, the pace will be faster.

I had previously estimated it would be finished at a little over 200,000 words, but now I feel I can write 250,000 to 300,000 words.

The background of the previous chapter should have been basically explained clearly. I hope there are no bugs!

Next, the all-purpose assistant "Zero" is online! This is the system customer service that our heroine has always wanted, hahahaha!

Building a new home from scratch, hence the name "Zero," meaning "first generation." I was originally considering using that name, but I couldn't think of anything else more fitting for the system, so I left it as it is.

But every time I type the word zero, the face of a blond, dark-skinned handsome guy still appears in my mind.

Why!

The next update should be on the 11th.

Thank you all for your support, mua!