Chapter 187 Returning Empty-Handed

Today's country roads are overgrown with half-human-high weeds, whose serrated leaves can quickly cut through the flesh passing by.

Earl moved upwards, using the safety straps to hold his body from sliding down, while lifting his legs high and placing them on the shaking horse's butt.

An old horse knows the way; it knows which way to go home.

Suddenly, the wheel of the car hit a rotten big bird and the car tilted to one side.

Penny quickly grabbed the handrail and kicked Ace, who had hit her leg, to the other side with disgust. Then, due to the tilted angle, Ace almost fell out.

His hands hung down weakly, and after coming into close contact with the leaves, Ace let out a dull "hiss".

"There's a vampire! It's sucking my blood!"

He pulled his hand back with his eyes half open, holding his bloody hand and shouting loudly.

"Shut up, you stinks! Even vampires can't eat you." Penny brought two sacks of potatoes to her side and threw the only empty sack in his face. "Go drink your northwest wind!"

Ace was in a daze and only felt a darkness in front of his eyes and an indescribable smell. He thought that a vampire had wrapped him under its wings and screamed in fear.

Earl, who was closest to him, couldn't stand the buzzing in his eardrums, so he covered his ears and pulled off the sack to put under his butt.

"Penny, please, stop making him yell. We're in the danger zone ahead!"

Behind the barbed wire fence a thousand meters away from the carriage, the dense zombies became agitated after hearing the noise, and kept shaking the last layer of defense that was shaky.

Earl didn't know how long the iron fence could last. It seemed that he had to go out and look for new materials and put the matter of repairing the iron fence on the agenda.

"Oh, shit!" Penny raised her hands high and picked up the potato digging tool and smashed it hard on Ace's head.

Ace fell to the ground without a word, and soon a big bump appeared on his forehead.

"Cruel woman, he's almost dead." Earl knew what was happening without even looking back.

Penny didn't care, "Then let him die."

...

"They're back!" The thin girl with beautiful emerald green eyes jumped up excitedly when she saw the carriage speeding in the distance. She turned around and threw herself into the arms of the equally thin woman, hugged her neck and said happily, "Dad is back with food! We have dinner tonight!"

The woman also had the same beautiful emerald green eyes. She held her child tightly and looked forward to the carriage carrying food.

Not far away, two other families were equally happy.

"Divani, if they bring enough food today, we won't have to risk going out to pick wild vegetables tomorrow." The neighbor winked at her. "I have some pepper at home. If you need it, you can come and get some."

Most of the people living here are friendly, and Di Jiani has received a lot of help from everyone.

"Thank you, I'll be there if you need me."

It is wrong to give and receive endlessly.

Di Jiani hugged the child again and looked at the carriage with anticipation. She had already thought about making a sweet mashed potato meal in the evening, which would be delicious with the last bit of honey tea.

The carriage gradually approached, and it was indeed Earl and his friends.

"Dad!" Earl's son rushed over with his arms open.

The others behind him exclaimed, but it was too late to stop it. Fortunately, Earl was quick to tighten the reins, and the horse raised its front hooves high, narrowly avoiding the attack.

"You little bastard!" Earl jumped out of the car, picked up the child and kissed him twice, "Look what I brought back."

He opened the sack, revealing the food inside.

"It's potatoes! I love potatoes the most!"

"Hahaha, I'll let you eat as much as you want tonight. Tomorrow, Dad will take you to eat delicious food." Earl also hugged his elderly mother. "You will never imagine what I encountered today. It's such a wonderful day! Let's go together tomorrow!"

Penny also jumped out of the carriage, threw the sack over her shoulder, and stopped her parents who wanted to go forward to help.

"Don't worry, I can do it."

She turned to look at Earl and said, "We're going tomorrow too. Remember to call me before you leave."

"Okay. Can you carry it? Do you need my help?" Earl said as he was about to put down the sack in his hand.

"No, don't underestimate me." Penny said as she shook the sack up and down with a relaxed expression.

Seeing that they had harvested so much, Divani put the child down and walked to the car to get the potato sacks, but she didn't expect to see her boyfriend with a big bump on his forehead and unconscious.

"Oh my god! What happened to you?!"

Divani's panicked voice attracted others.

Penny then remembered. She put down the sack and said to Divani with an apologetic look on her face: "I'm sorry, he was too noisy. I was worried that he would attract zombies. I'm sorry."

Earl patted his son's thin shoulders, and the latter used all his strength to pull the potatoes home.

"He was drunk. This is a bit complicated to explain, but to put it simply, we came across a hotel today that had a buffet and served alcohol. Ace... you know, all he had eyes for was the alcohol, so he drank too much."

"We tried to persuade him, but he wouldn't listen," Penny added.

A huge feeling of loss came over Divani, and she took the empty sack handed to her by Earl with empty eyes. There was not even a single potato in it.

The light sack was like a piece of paper.

Seeing her mother like this, the little girl hugged her legs in fear. She looked at her father who had his eyes closed and felt that the big purple bump on his face looked familiar. Isn't that her mother's color?

Seeing her like this, Penny felt a little sorry for her and took out two potatoes and stuffed them into the bag. "Consider it my medical expenses."

Halfway through, she turned back again and said, "Remember, this is from me for you and the child. Don't let it enter the mouth of someone who shouldn't."

Earl also took out three large potatoes and put them in.

He first sent his family and potatoes home, then came back to tie up the carriage, carried Ace on his shoulders, and picked up the girl. "Let's go, I'll take him back."

Divani nodded and followed behind with the hard-earned food. She looked at the tall and strong Earl in front of her and Ace who was unconscious with his head down, feeling complicated and weak in her limbs.

Earl put Ace on the bed, said hello and rushed home.

"Mom?" The little girl tugged at her clothes carefully.

Divani took a deep breath and tried to smile. "Don't worry, go have fun. I'll call you when dinner is ready."

Just as she was stirring fresh mashed potatoes and serving sweet honey water, she and her daughter, who were sitting at the dining table, heard noises in the bedroom.

"Mom!" The girl was startled and quickly jumped off the chair, hiding behind her mother, leaving only her two big eyes exposed as she stared at the movements in the bedroom.

There are always demons running out of hell at night and disappearing at dawn.

Divani froze, watching Ace's figure gradually appear behind the door.

He touched his forehead and cried out in pain. He was so drunk that he had no idea how the injury came about.

Ace didn't care how he got back home, his eyes stopped on the dinner in Divani's hand.

"Salt and pepper mashed potatoes with honey water? Great, it'll be very impressive to take out. Pack it up, I'm going to take it to Fan Jie's house to eat with him."