When seeing Shao Nan, Qu Weiwei's first reaction was to defend herself. Her five fingers instantly turned into vines with a metallic luster, ready to attack at any time. Tang Wenjie also summoned a row of metal spikes suspended in the air, aiming at Shao Nan and the people behind him.
Shao Nan: Heartbroken.
But he knew that he had no right to feel wronged. He deserved what Qu Weiwei and Tang Wenjie treated him like this. Once trust was broken, it would be difficult to rebuild it.
He immediately took two steps back, raised his hands, and looked at Qu Weiwei: "I won't arrest you."
"You'd better." Qu Weiwei snorted coldly. She did not put away her supernatural powers, but turned to look at the few people following Shao Nan. They were all familiar faces, and had studied under her and Tang Wenjie before. When they saw Qu Weiwei looking over, they followed Shao Nan and retreated: "We too."
"Sister Weiwei, I really didn't intend to go against you."
"We have no choice. This is the order from above." Several people started talking at once. The gods above are fighting, destroying the feelings of the small fish and shrimps below. Among this group of people, Shao Nan is the only one who is considered an official, but can he disobey the orders of his superiors?
This time, when Song Kaiji, Qu Weiwei and their team escaped from the Hongcheng base, the military top brass did not order them to join the people from the research institute in chasing them, so they certainly would not take action against Qu Weiwei and her team on their own initiative.
The military doesn’t even have time to solve its own problems now! The special envoy from Beijing brought the Internet and some advanced technologies, but also asked the Hongcheng base to give back some price. The first things to be affected are food and seeds. That's not a big deal, as they have land and wood-type mutants, so it's just a matter of effort. The seeds at the Hongcheng base still have limitations. Once they are taken to the capital and hybridized with grain seeds from other bases, perhaps better varieties can be obtained, and the people will benefit.
However, the special envoys from Beijing came from the official side, and when they arrived at the Hongcheng base, they only discussed matters with the official upper echelons. Originally, because of the grain seeds contributed by Shen Qing, the military was able to gain a firm foothold in the Hongcheng base and was no longer subject to official control. But now, 10% of the share has been taken back by others.
Whatever the capital city needed, it was discussed with the top officials, and the results were passed directly to the military. They also gave orders for the military to cooperate and provide more assistance - the only thing missing was to make it clear that the officials were the main body and the military was the auxiliary.
The top military officials were in a very bad mood during this period, and they somewhat regretted helping the institute to capture Shen Qing. Especially after learning that Shen Qing was just not infected with virus X1 and had no antibodies in his body - the last time they surrounded Shen Qing, the zombies had already started attacking Shen Qing, which meant that Shen Qing was just not infected in the early days of the apocalypse. Now that he doesn't even have this advantage, why are they still chasing him?
This time I chose to stand idly by. Especially now that there were only Qu Weiwei and Tang Wenjie, and Shen Qing was not around, the few of them tacitly pretended not to see anything.
"It's quite dangerous recently. You'd better not come here unless you have nothing to do." Shao Nan reminded, then took out a key from his pocket and handed it in the direction of Qu Weiwei.
This is the key that can open Chen Jiaqian's handcuffs. Qu Weiwei hesitated for a moment, then used the vine to hook the key over to her: "Why are you helping me?"
Shao Nan smiled bitterly: "I regret it very much." Not only the military top brass regretted it, but he did too.
"Then tell me, have Song Kaiji and Shen Qing been caught by the people from the research institute?" Qu Weiwei asked. Shao Nan was stunned for a moment, and immediately replied: "No, the authorities and the research institute went to chase you that day, and there were heavy casualties. They didn't catch anyone. We have been sending people out to search for you these two days, and they even borrowed people from us." But the military did not agree this time. They didn't want to get involved in this mess again, so they took the opportunity to take over part of the city defense work. "Why, have the two of them... gotten separated from you?"
Qu Weiwei looked at him deeply, said nothing more, and turned and left with Tang Wenjie.
Song Kaiji stayed in the village for another day. If he was not afraid that Tang Wenjie and Qu Weiwei would worry too much, he really wanted to live in this peaceful and harmonious little village with Shen Qing and their baby for the rest of his life!
Look at this small village nestled in the mountains and beside the water, with green hills and clear waters. There is also a large manor on the mountain that has been built but not yet occupied. Look at these simple villagers, who brought local peanuts and red dates, and each of them looked at him with a smile and a kind face.
Their daughter is even more sweet, soft, fair and tender. He doesn't care. He declares that his and Shen Qing's child is the cutest baby in the world! !
Shen Qing, who had just experienced the coup in Lantang Village: Calm? Peaceful?
Well, it’s okay now. After all, all those who are not peaceful, ominous and unfriendly have been sent to the county jail by him, and they will be exiled in the spring of next year. This is all thanks to the mercy of County Magistrate Lin. It is winter now, and if we set out now, we will not be able to reach our destination and will freeze to death on the road.
There are no televisions or mobile phones here, and it is winter, the farming season is slack. Except for those working in the workshop, everyone else is extremely idle. Everyone is curious about Shen Qing's man. Not to mention others, just their own people like Miao Hexiang and Wu Guixiang would find excuses to come to Shen Qing's house several times a day, sometimes to borrow some autumn oil, sometimes to ask if there were any black beans at home. Shen Qing was helpless. "If you want to watch the fun, just sit down. If you keep borrowing, our house will be emptied out."
What he didn't say was that he didn't know what happened. Brother Song finally came over. Let alone other people, he really wanted to let those close to him see Song Kaiji. A secret feeling, with a little desire to show off, this is his man, this is the father of his child.
Shen Qing began to understand why the wedding ceremony was so grand.
Seeing that Shen Qing didn't mind, a group of people happily stayed.
Song Kaiji had already changed into ancient clothes: fortunately, Shen Qing often dressed up as a man before, and there were a lot of men's clothes at home. Song Kaiji is a little taller than Shen Qing, but the ancient costume is loose and fits him well. No matter who came to see him, he always smiled. He also knew that those who Shen Qing was willing to invite must be people with whom he had a good relationship, and Shen Qing had even mentioned some of them to him.
"Are you the second aunt of the Lian family? Qing'er has mentioned you to me! He and his mother had a hard time in Old Shen's house before, and it was all thanks to you, aunt, who took care of them. Thank you for taking care of my Qing'er!"
"You must be Aunt Guixiang, right? Qing'er told me that you are the one who makes the decisions in the village now. You are so powerful."
"Are you Aunt Yan Zi? Brother Tie Shan is very successful now. He is a constable in the city. He is very powerful! Our business in the county will still depend on Brother Tie Shan to take care of us!"
Song Kaiji is probably the kind of child that is most popular with the elderly. He made all the aunts stunned and laugh so hard that they couldn't stop. Who would have thought that Qingge'er's man is such a kind and sweet-talking person! At this moment, they truly believed from the bottom of their hearts that this man must be Qing Ge'er's man and not a fool. The way he looked at Qing Ge'er and the words he kept saying to defend Qing Ge'er were so unpretentious!
However, some people are curious. If he values Qingger so much, why didn’t he come over when Qingger was pregnant? If we had come earlier and held a banquet in the village, such a thing would not have happened.
Shen Qing, however, curled her lips at the side. Zhao Youwei was determined to seize power. He was just nitpicking. Even if his man was around, he would definitely find other excuses, such as using Shen Zhigao to talk about filial piety. It was inevitable.
Song Kaiji said in a good-tempered manner: "I was out doing business at the time and encountered some problems. I really couldn't spare any time. I really wronged Qing Ge'er. We will have a wedding banquet in the village in a few days to make up for the wedding and make the village lively."
Shen Qing was stunned. He didn't expect Song Kaiji to take the initiative to propose a wedding banquet. He was still thinking... we are already an old man, so he might as well hold a hundred-day banquet for Sister Quan. It's embarrassing to hold a wedding banquet now that I have children. But when Song Kaiji said this, Shen Qing felt very sweet in his heart, so he lowered his head and responded.
"This is great." There is nothing to do in winter, just waiting to have a few wedding banquets to liven up the atmosphere. Besides, Qing'er's family is rich, and there is no telling how many delicious dishes will be served at this wedding banquet. Even if Qingge'er didn't tell us his net worth, judging from his delicate skin and tender flesh, he is not a poor man!
Even though life is much better now, it still can't compare to Shen Qing's family, so everyone is very much looking forward to it.
There was a rumor in the village that Song Kaiji was injured by bandits while doing business, and Song Kaiji simply believed it. He felt that the reality was similar to the rumor: Aren’t those people in the research institute no different from bandits? But when it comes to his hair, Song Kaiji can only play it safe: "Ah, this, I don't know, maybe the knife cut my hair off during the fight... It's like this after the fight."
The onlookers were all amazed. The knife that can cut hair with a single blow is only heard of by storytellers, but there actually is a knife that can cut hair.
Only Lianou seemed to be feeling a little lost.
He is not a monk who has returned to secular life.
Lian Ou knew that she shouldn't have talked nonsense with Lian Rong and speculated about Qing Ge'er's man. But he couldn't help but hope in his heart, if it was true, if the monk could really return to secular life and marry...
The room was bustling with activity, and everyone gathered around Song Kaiji, asking him questions. Even when Lian Ou said he wanted to go out and take a breath, no one cared about him. Before I knew it, I had walked a little further and arrived at a grove on the edge of the village.
He should have been afraid of this grove. It was in this grove that Wang's nephew intercepted him. If that man had not appeared, the rest of his life would have been ruined.
Although the situation is not much better now...Originally, many people proposed marriage to his family, but after this incident, no one came. But Lian Ou was actually happy in his heart. He didn't want to get married, or rather, he didn't want to be arranged a marriage by his parents without knowing it and marry into it blindly.
In the past, Lian Ou avoided this place, but today, for some reason, he came here as if possessed by ghost. There was a rustling sound in the grass, and Lian Ou was startled. He thought he couldn't be so unlucky. He wanted to run, but what he saw out of the corner of his eye was a familiar gray monk's robe.
Lian Ou paused.
He didn't know when it started, maybe it was the first time he set up a stall. Qingger asked him and Lianrong to sell the defective products. When he agreed, the only thing on his mind was dividing the money. He went there excitedly, but when he arrived at Miaoqian Village, he became timid, like two quails with their necks tucked in.
This man came to collect the money. Seeing that it was the first time for him and Lian Rong to come, he patiently helped them move things and taught them how to shout... Of course, he also charged them a small amount for the stall fee. However, if the items cannot be sold out, they are allowed to deposit them in the temple, free of charge.
Later, this man rescued him in the woods.
Is it a coincidence? But he lived in the temple in Miaoqian Village, so why did he appear in the woods near Lantang Village?
Lian Ou turned around and looked at the monk with furry hair walking closer and closer to him. He handed Lian Ou a small bundle, which contained a large bag of silver, about one or two hundred taels. Lian Ou was so frightened that he almost dropped it on the ground.
The man quickly caught it and also grabbed Lian Ou's hand. Lian Ou heard the man say, "I heard... I heard that the most powerful Qing Ge'er in your village, his man came here, he is a monk who has returned to secular life. For him, the abbot broke his legs."
Lian Ou: “Ah…” That’s a rumor. I don’t know if Lian Rong contributed to it. The man just said that he is not, he is a businessman.
But the monk looked at him with burning eyes: "I have been thinking about it all night. If he can do it, why can't I... This is the silver I have saved over the years. Even if the abbot breaks my legs, are you willing to do it?"
Lian Ou looked back at him, speechless for a long time.
Something else happened in Lantang Village these days.
Old Mrs. Shen and Old Man Shen are gone. That day, Old Lady Shen dragged Old Man Shen to Shen Qing's door crying and making a fuss. After being frightened and driven away by Miao Chunlei, she fell headfirst in front of her own door. Now there are only three people in the Shen family, Li Jiaofeng, Shen Qiang and Shen Zhuang. Shen Zhuang is not at home all day except for eating. Li Jiaofeng was quite considerate. She dragged the man back home and hired a barefoot doctor from Xiahe Village.
She couldn't afford to hire a doctor in the city, nor did she want to hire one. Li Jiaofeng wanted to save the money to buy medicine for her son. The barefoot doctors in Xiahe Village can only treat colds, bandage wounds, and reconnect dislocated arms. They cannot treat more serious diseases and will just shake their heads after taking the patient's pulse. Old Madam Shen is at the end of her life. Even if she finds a doctor in the city, she will have to rely on ginseng to keep her alive like Shen Qing's family, and take expensive supplements such as bird's nest and donkey-hide gelatin.
The villagers don’t have the conditions for that. Li Jiaofeng had been at odds with Old Lady Shen ever since she came into the house. Now, no one knew why she had changed her ways. She bought a chicken and stewed it for a few days for Old Lady Shen to eat. After the chicken was finished, Old Lady Shen shed two tears and passed away.
After Mrs. Shen died, there was no one to take care of Old Man Shen who was paralyzed in bed. Li Jiaofeng felt a little bit of sympathy for the dying Mrs. Shen, but none at all for Old Man Shen. A bowl of cornmeal porridge was placed at the bedside for him to drink or not, and it was even more impossible for him to wipe his body and take care of his excrement and urination. After about four or five days, Old Man Shen howled and cursed in the room every day. The man who had been ordering Old Lady Shen to charge into battle all his life while he himself stayed hidden behind, now finally had to speak up for himself. He had lost all his dignity and the authority of the head of the family. He probably said more in the past few days than he did in a year, but no one listened.
After howling for seven or eight days, Old Man Shen finally fell silent. Instead of buying a coffin, Li Jiaofeng wove two mats herself, wrapped the body hastily, and buried it in the ancestral tomb of the Shen family. Then she went to Shen Qing for help.
Just then Song Kaiji woke up and was playing with the child in the house. Sister Quan was not shy at all and accepted her father who suddenly appeared. She did not cry or make a fuss, but just stared at him with her big black eyes. Song Kaiji was reluctant to let go of the girl while holding her in his arms, and he pricked up his ears to listen to the conversations in the main room. This was the first time he saw how Shen Qing got along with people from his original world, and he was extremely curious.
Li Jiaofeng grasped the hem of her clothes awkwardly. She dared not refuse to eat the snacks that Miao Chunlei placed for her on the table. She really didn't know who else to ask for help except Shen Qing, so she shamelessly went to the door: "...The two old people in the family are gone, and there is only Shen Zhuang left. I thought, I thought..."
There was no expression on Shen Qing's face, but he let her in, did not chase her away, and even served her some tea and snacks. Thinking back to the day of the birth, Li Jiaofeng was the first to come and hold the baby. Although Shen Qing didn't understand why Li Jiaofeng suddenly got so close to them, "What do you want?"
"I would like to ask you to help talk to Wu Guixiang and ask us to separate the family." Li Jiaofeng gritted her teeth and said with courage. Although Shen Qiang and Shen Zhuang are cousins, it can be said that she and Shen Zhuang have a grudge against each other. Shen Zhuang's biological father was buried in a pond because she wanted to kill Shen Qiang, but she made a fuss about it and told Shen Qing and the others about it. Shen Zhuang also went from being a child with both parents to a child whose family is now broken up.
Next year, Chen Zhuang will be fourteen years old, and her son has just turned one year old. If they don't separate, they and their son will be bullied by Chen Zhuang in the future! When Chen Zhuang grows up, it’s possible that he will even sell them both!
Shen Qing thought that Li Jiaofeng would ask for some money, or beg him to work in the workshop. But I didn't expect it to be this, so I thought about it for a moment and agreed: "Okay."
Li Jiaofeng's eyes lit up instantly and she thanked Shen Qing profusely. The Shen family still has two acres of land. Even if she only gets one acre, it will be enough for her to grow food by herself. At worst, she can open up some wasteland and grow more vegetables. She was satisfied with having a house and land. After many twists and turns, she became Widow Li who lived alone.
But now she has a child, which gives her a support for the rest of her life, so she has finally gotten what she wanted.
Looking at Li Jiaofeng's departing figure, Miao Chunlei felt mixed emotions: "I really hated her before. When I first found out that she was having an affair with Shen Zhigao and instigated Shen Zhigao to divorce me, I hated her so much that I wanted to bite off a piece of her flesh. But now... I don't know what happened, I don't hate her that much, and I think she is quite unlucky." Miao Chunlei sighed.
Shen Qing also looked at Li Jiaofeng's back: "Maybe it's because there aren't many people in this world who really know they are wrong, and are willing to admit that they are wrong and change their ways."
Also, they are living a better life now. Those days at Old Shen's house, those people, have long since become a distant thing.
Shen Qing told Wu Guixiang about it that afternoon. Zhao Youdang felt a little sorry for Shen Zhuang, thinking that the boy was half-grown and had lost both his parents. How would the people survive if the family was divided? As a result, Wu Guixiang cursed: "He can't survive, so you drag Li Jiaofeng to cover for him? Why? We old women deserve to cover for our men, even if his father wants to kill Li Jiaofeng's son? Why do you think about your man's difficulties every day? Shen Qiang is also a boy, why don't you think about him? There is such a big grudge between them, Shen Zhiwei, when Shen Zhuang grows up, can Shen Qiang survive?"
Zhao Youdang was sprayed so hard that he couldn't even lift his head. Kindness that does not distinguish between good and evil is actually vicious. Wu Guixiang snorted twice: "I think Li Jiaofeng is a little more human now. Anyone can live a good life away from the quagmire of old Shen's family." As for the death of old man Shen and old lady Shen, few people in the village mentioned it. Even if they did, they said that Li Jiaofeng was not decent and did not do a good job of funeral arrangements. It is normal for an old person in the village to die of this age. Who has so much money to hire a doctor from the county town to see him? It's not always like that.
The Shen family was left with only two acres of land and a house, as well as a little cash found in Old Lady Shen's room. Each of them had one acre of land. Li Jiaofeng didn't want any of the silver found in Old Lady Shen's room, and she gave two taels of her own money to Shen Zhuang. The house then belonged to Li Jiaofeng.
Of course, Li Jiaofeng took advantage of this, but Li Jiaofeng cried out that they were the eldest wife, the eldest son and grandson, and Shen Zhigao was not dead yet, and he might come back in many years. Even Zhao Youdang had nothing to say.
Chen Zhuang felt like he was kicked out of the house. He cried for a long time at the door holding a few taels of silver and a land deed, but Li Jiaofeng closed the door tightly. He went to the door of his maternal grandfather's house and cried for a while. The Zhao family was a little envious of his money, but in the end they didn't open the door.
After that, Shen Zhuang left the village. It was said that he went to the mountains to look for his mother Zhao Ai Ye. It was not known whether he knew where Zhao Ai Ye was married to. No one saw him again after that.
Song Kaiji watched in amazement, the way things were handled in the village was something he had never seen before, it was very different from his original world, and the efficiency of Shen Qing when he was in charge was something he had rarely seen before, he had a different kind of majesty. Shen Qing changed the bandage and wiped his wound, pursing her lips: "Don't you think I'm cruel?"
Chen Zhuang is only fourteen years old. To be honest, he is old enough to be married here, but he is also young. He is just in junior high school in Song Kaiji's hometown and is not yet an adult. Now that his parents are gone, he helped others drive him out of the house. He doesn't even have a place to live. He was essentially kicked out of the village.
But he didn't wait for Song Kaiji to answer, and continued: "I am his cousin, but he never called me cousin, he always called me a big fool. On the morning of the separation, he even threw mud at me."
Song Kaiji immediately became anxious: "Who said you are a big fool? He is too short and is jealous of you. Those of us who are over 1.8 meters tall want to be engraved on our tombstones." He kissed Shen Qing on the face: "Be a little cruel, soft-hearted people will always be bullied."
Song Kaiji persuaded Shen Qing to finally agree not to go back to the apocalypse with him: "The situation is complicated now. I'll go there first to see how things are. I'll take you there when the situation stabilizes." He explained the newly built base to Shen Qing in detail: "It takes a lot of time to drive there, and we have to kill the zombies on the road. I still have an injury on my shoulder, and it's not convenient to attract zombies and teleport with people. Just wait for me here peacefully," he kissed Shen Qing, then kissed Quan Jie'er: "Wait for me with the baby."
Only then did Shen Qing agree.
When Song Kaiji returned to the new base, Qu Weiwei wanted to hit him with a vine: "You still remember to come back? You made us so anxious!" But when she saw the wound on Song Kaiji's shoulder, she couldn't bear it. She glanced behind Song Kaiji and asked, "Where's Boss Shen?"
"He's back and is in a very safe place." Song Kaiji said.
Qu Weiwei opened her mouth and wanted to ask, is Shen Qing really from another world? But I didn't ask it in the end. Qu Weiwei knew a little about the reason why the institute arrested Shen Qing. She couldn't believe it at first, but later she felt more and more that it was true.
She was the first person to follow Shen Qing besides Song Kaiji. She had never thought about many strange things about Shen Qing before, but now they were immediately apparent.
But what good will it do to ask? It seems like she has no sense of boundaries. Qu Weiwei shut up.
After several teleportations, Song Kaiji's wound cracked a little more and a lot of blood oozed out. Qi Zhan yawned and held his hand over his wound. A ball of white light flashed: "It's OK. With such a serious injury, he stayed outside for three days and didn't die."
With his special powers, Song Kaiji's wounds healed quickly. When he was away, everything was running normally in the new base. I don't know if Chen Jiaqian and her husband were workaholics, but they took the initiative to join the construction of the base as soon as they arrived. Especially Chen Jiaqian's husband, who was already doing his old job and started to plan to build a city wall that was not inferior to the Hongcheng base.
"What we have to guard against now is not only the zombies, but also the people in the Hongcheng base." Chen Jiaqian's husband said seriously. Song Kaiji agreed with this and turned his head to look at Chen Jiaqian's hand. Her shackles were actually opened?
"Shao Nan gave me the key." Qu Weiwei told him about how she and Tang Wenjie went to Hongcheng base to gather information and met Shao Nan. Song Kaiji listened thoughtfully: "If Shao Nan has this attitude, it might be a little easier for us to act..."
"What's the matter?" Qu Weiwei was curious. They escaped, and now Shen Qing also knows the location of the new base and will no longer go to the Hongcheng base. Not all problems have been solved. They just need to continue building the new base and be on guard against trouble from Hongcheng, right?
Song Kaiji struggled, and it took him a long time to organize his words: "Well... Qingqing said, why should we let others slaughter us? Can't we hold the Hongcheng base in our own hands?"
Qu Weiwei: “?”
Qu Weiwei pointed at herself and said, "Who? Me? Us? Occupy the Hongcheng base?"
"Do you want to think about what you are talking about? What's the difference between this and asking Xiao Zuanfeng to get rid of Tang Seng and his four disciples?"
Song Kaiji: “…”
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