New Year's Eve.
Early in the morning, Dashan from the east of the city brought a box of dumplings to Wei Xiyin and her brother.
When Wei Xiyin opened the box, she stared at the dumplings inside with a frown on her face, and didn't speak for a long time.
Dashan explained: "It's filled with wild vegetables, so please don't be disgusted by them, girl."
Some types of plants have strong adaptability to survival. During droughts, they will bury their roots deep underground to reduce water evaporation.
Therefore, recovery from drought during winter may be faster once water supplies are restored.
This is the case with the potted plants transplanted into the county town in winter.
But Dashan felt very sad. They had grown them for so long and finally saw some green tips sprout, but they were all picked on New Year's Eve.
He could only comfort himself in his heart that it was right to eat something delicious on New Year's Eve. If he persisted, spring would soon be here and there would be wild vegetables to eat everywhere.
Wei Xiyin closed the lid and said with a smile, "This is a good thing. Thank your leader for me."
"You're welcome, girl." Dashan didn't stay long. After delivering the things, he prepared to go back and rest.
The guards who were on duty last night have returned. After Cheng Xiu and Cheng Qing took over, they went out with a group of guards to change shifts.
Even on New Year's Eve, the city's defenses must not be relaxed.
A group of soldiers who were not required to be on duty came to help the female soldiers prepare the New Year's Eve dinner.
The pressure of preparing a New Year’s Eve dinner for more than 2,000 people is comparable to that of the public kitchen in the dock last year.
Get up and get busy before dawn.
Wei Xiyin stared at a box of dumplings for a long time. There were not many dumplings, not enough to share. It was obvious that these were given to her and her brother by her sixth uncle.
She thought to herself that flour is not easy to preserve, so it can only be ground freshly.
The fact that grain can be ground into flour only means that my sixth uncle and his aunt are not short of food.
But where did they get so much food?
Wei Xiyin pondered it for a moment and had to put the matter aside for the time being.
On the day of family reunion, the family members were separated in three places. She felt very upset since she got up.
On the one hand, I was worried about my parents and brothers whose whereabouts were unknown, and on the other hand, I was thinking that my grandfather was the only one at home during the New Year this year, and I wondered how he was doing.
Wei Lang was not in the yard.
After he got up, he went next door to play with Chang Ying.
I was having a lot of fun, but suddenly I thought of something and my mood became depressed.
Suddenly, he pursed his lips and said, "I miss my grandfather, as well as my father, mother, and elder brother."
Chang Ying was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly comforted him, "Don't be sad, Erlang, you will see the head of the family when you go back." As for whether the eldest family can be found, no one can guarantee it now.
The child was happy all day long and was always content with having her sister. But how come she suddenly became enlightened on New Year's Eve?
Chang Ying had no choice but to divert his attention, "Erlang Jun, do you want to go out for a horse ride?"
He patiently persuaded them, "Bubai and Buhei have been imprisoned for several days. Now it is safe in the city and they can ride horses in the city..."
"When Erlangjun comes back from riding, we can almost have dinner. Today's meal is very sumptuous. I just saw someone delivering dumplings."
Wei Lang looked conflicted, but felt somewhat moved when he heard this.
Sister said there would be delicious food today, and he also wanted to eat meat.
"Okay, let's go for a walk."
Chang Ying breathed a sigh of relief and took him to the backyard to look for Bubai and Buhei.
The city was safe and the horses could run freely. Wei Lang rode on the horse and soon became happy again.
It was still snowing heavily outside, and the snow was falling in clusters. The streets that had been swept in the morning were now covered with a thick layer of snow.
In the ice and snow, the Hedong Army protected Yuan Jin and walked with difficulty on the official road.
"My lady, Lingqiu County is just ahead." The soldier's face was red from the cold, and his hands were tightly gripping his weapons.
Yuan Jin forced himself to cheer up, "Hold on a little longer, speed up and get there as soon as possible."
"yes!"
They were separated from the main group. There was no food or warmth outside. In such a high temperature, they could not survive more than a few days outside.
There were survivors in Lingqiu County, which was discovered by scouts of the Hedong Army when they passed by in the summer.
Of course Yuan Jin wanted to return to Sizhou and reunite with his brother.
But they hadn't eaten for two days, and if this continued, the soldiers would not be able to hold on.
If I encounter monsters and enemies again, I won’t even have the energy to escape.
So she made a prompt decision and continued to move forward, heading directly to Lingqiu County, to reorganize the team and rest before returning to Sizhou.
At this time.
The deafening roar of a monster rang out from behind, coming from far away and getting closer...
Everyone's expression suddenly changed, "Didn't we shake off those monsters yesterday?"
He caught up with me so quickly!
Yuan Jin gritted his teeth and said, "Everyone, run!"
Lingqiu County.
Cheng Xiu, who was in charge of patrolling on the city wall, was the first to hear the noise.
His eyes flashed, "Zombies are coming outside the city!"
Everyone on the city wall became alert instantly and looked in the direction of the sound, but clusters of snowflakes blocked their view. They could only hear the sound but could not see any trace of the zombies.
The direction from which the sound came seemed to be coming from Sizhou.
Not long after, a series of black shadows appeared, running quickly on the white official road, very conspicuous. Not far behind them, a group of zombies were chasing them closely.
"Go and report to the girl quickly!" Cheng Xiu ordered urgently.
The militia naturally saw it as well.
Before they could react, thousands of monsters with twisted postures appeared behind the group of living people, running and chasing them madly, roaring non-stop.
The militiamen were so frightened that they immediately beat the big drum beside them.
Hearing the drumbeat, Chang Ying, who was "taking care of the child", suddenly looked up and looked towards the city wall with sharp eyes.
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