Chapter 57 The Good Years
"Will it be the same?" Xu Zhiyang wanted to break free from his hand, but she couldn't pull it out after trying several times, so she had to give up.
"Huiyin and I have known each other since elementary school, but something happened in my family for a few years and we haven't been in touch since then. She's my childhood friend, so it's not strange to call her that."
Zhu Ci held her hand tighter. "Then I'm your teammate. I'm eight years older than you, so I'm your older brother. What's so strange about calling you Yangyang?"
Xu Zhiyang retorted: "It's seven years old! Not eight years old!"
Zhu Ci smiled helplessly and said, "Okay, seven years old is seven years old."
Apart from Qin Shiyu, Xu Zhiyang is the youngest in the team. However, sometimes the two of them act too sensible, which often makes people ignore their age.
When we walked back to the villa, the sun was already setting. Li Huiyin was leaning against Momo in the yard to bask in the sun. The temperature had been dropping in the past few days. Not only was it not hot to bask in the sun during the day, but it felt cold when a slight breeze blew.
Hearing the noise, Li Huiyin sat up from Momo and her eyes lit up when she saw the full trophy, "Wow! There's really some meat!!!"
Xu Zhiyang was so tired that he was panting slightly. His physical condition was not as good as Zhu Ci's. Before long, all the things were taken over by Zhu Ci.
Originally Zhu Ci wanted to carry him on his back, but Xu Zhiyang almost shook his head off before he gave up the idea.
What a joke! After all, he is a big, strong man who is almost an adult!
"What the hell is this?"
Li Huiyin looked at the four cow legs, each as tall as Xu Zhiyang, and asked, "What kind of animal is this? Why did you only bring back four legs?"
Xu Zhiyang rolled up his sleeves, revealing his thin, white arms. "It's a mutant cow. It weighs several tons. There's no way we can get it back."
Li Huiyin's eyes widened: "Wow, beef is so expensive, I couldn't afford it before, but now I can enjoy it hehe!"
Xu Zhiyang: "Saliva is flowing out, girl, pay attention to your image."
Li Huiyin rolled her eyes: "What are you afraid of? I'm not in a relationship with you."
"Yes, but I'm still kindly reminding you." Xu Zhiyang walked into the villa and said lightly.
"My brother's ex-girlfriend was the gentle type."
Li Huiyin: “…”
Zhu Ci was a good cook. He took a knife and carefully removed the cow skin and cut it into several portions. One cow leg was big enough for all of them to eat.
He then separated out two cow legs, peeled them, and threw them to Momo. Apart from the mutant sheep that the Six Gods Gang had eaten that time, Momo could only eat some small mutant animals that he caught on the road.
Zhu Ci stewed a large pot of soup with the cut beef leg and mushrooms. The stove was built by Zhu Ci with bricks and burned with firewood.
Li Huiyin and Qin Shiyu brought a small stool and sat next to the stove in the corner of the yard, their stomachs growling with hunger. Li Huiyin stared at the steak sizzling in the pan with wide eyes.
"It smells so good! Who would have thought we could still eat steak in the end times? I envy myself so much!"
Xu Zhiyang had just finished taking a bath in the backyard well. As she was drying her hair, she heard this and laughed, "Maybe we can eat them every day in the future. As long as nothing unexpected happens, we can catch mutant animals to eat along the way."
"Oh, and there are peaches in the basket, half the size of your head."
Before he could finish his words, Xu Zhiyang saw Li Huiyin rush into the house like a gust of wind, almost as fast as Zhu Ci, the wind-powered person.
"When it comes to eating, I run faster than anyone else..."
Xu Zhiyang smiled helplessly and was about to help light the fire when Zhu Ci suddenly said, "Don't touch it. There's ash. Don't get yourself dirty."
Mu Ke, who was chopping wood: "..."
Qin Shiyu pretended to yawn and tried hard to hold back his laughter.
"Oh my god, this peach smells so good." Li Huiyin cut the peach into many pieces with a sense of ceremony and placed them on a very nice plate, and also inserted a fruit skewer.
"...You are so idle." Xu Zhiyang complained.
"Then don't eat it!" Li Huiyin took a big bite and fed it to Qin Shiyu.
Qin Shiyu ate it in one mouthful, his cheeks puffed up, "So sweet..."
Xu Zhiyang: "I just ate half of it. I'm so stuffed."
Li Huiyin: "You're eating alone again!"
"Let's eat." Zhu Ci shouted, and blocked the two childish guys' attention with sizzling steak.
Lunch and dinner were combined and everyone ate a lot. Li Huiyin was halfway through her meal when she urged Xu Zhiyang to go get some wine with him.
"You bastard! I won't go. Don't you know that minors are not allowed to drink?" Xu Zhiyang raised his hand and hit her on the forehead.
"Okay, if you don't go, I will!" Li Huiyin ran into the house.
Xu Zhiyang tried to stop her but failed, so she simply ignored her and lowered her head to finish her soup, but she found something a little off...
"Congratulations." Xu Zhiyang looked at the person in front of him.
Zhuci hummed, "What?"
Xu Zhiyang pointed at the soup and said, "I can't finish it. Did you secretly add more soup for me?"
Zhuci frowned slightly and said innocently, "I didn't."
“…”
Seeing that he refused to admit it, Xu Zhiyang had no choice but to stand up and digest the food before drinking. Momo watched them eat meat with eager eyes, and when he saw Xu Zhiyang coming, he quickly wagged his tail to please him.
Xu Zhiyang felt the palm of his hand being nudged by it's nose, and he suddenly laughed and fed the piece of beef he had not finished to Momo.
"Woof woof!"
Momo stuck out his tongue and wanted to eat it.
"Be good, I'll do it for you next time. No more."
Zhu Ci cut the remaining beef leg into thumb-length strips and roasted them all into jerky, which was convenient to carry and would not spoil easily.
"I found it!" Qin Shiyu came out with a lot of cans.
Xu Zhiyang walked over and helped her pick up a few, then asked in surprise, "Where did you find these?"
Li Huiyin chuckled: "Inside the kitchen cupboard! There are a dozen in the corner!"
As she spoke, she shared the beer with Zhu Ci and Mu Ke. Qin Shiyu had never drunk beer before, so she asked curiously, "Sister Yin, I want to try it too!"
Li Huiyin sternly refused: "No, you can't drink."
Xu Zhiyang was helpless: "You can't drink it either."
"Why can't I? I'm an adult!" Li Huiyin said confidently, "My birthday is next month, so if you round it up a little, I'm already an adult!"
Knowing that Li Huiyin was actually under a lot of pressure and that the journey north was full of difficulties, alcohol could temporarily numb her tense nerves.
Xu Zhiyang didn't try to stop him. "Alright, I can't convince you. Just take it easy."
Li Huiyin smiled happily, opened a can and started drinking with Mu Ke and Zhu Ci, leaving Qin Shiyu watching eagerly.
Xu Zhiyang had nothing to do, so he picked up a can and looked at it for a while. Suddenly, his body stiffened, and he looked at the three people who were drinking happily with a complicated expression.
Qin Shiyu noticed it and asked quietly, "What's wrong, second brother?"
Xu Zhiyang pointed to the production date and showed it to Qin Shiyu, and said in a low voice: "It's expired..."
Qin Shiyu: “…”
"It shouldn't... harm anyone if you drink... right?" Qin Shiyu said uncertainly.
"It's okay. It's only been a few days since the expiration date. Maybe... it's no big deal." Xu Zhiyang turned her head and smiled knowingly at Qin Shiyu. No one dared to mention it.
The sun sets in the distance and night falls.
The deep grass opposite the villa moved slightly, and a pair of eyes glowing faintly in the night were looking at the five people and one dog in the yard.
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