Chapter 78 Subtle Influence
Gao Peng and Jiang Xiong had already left with Zhang Qiang and the others, and the rest of the group was feeling a bit down. Tian Yao whispered to Yang Wen, "They said there's a rest room in the back. Did they ask Xiaoxue to rest there?"
"We sealed off the supermarket so the zombies couldn't get in!"
Lin Hong immediately looked at Yang Wen: "Wenwen, Xiaoxue needs to rest!"
"Why are you looking at me? I told her not to rest, and she won't rest?" Yang Wen said angrily, "How many times has she rested since she left the farmhouse?"
"Wen, do you also dislike me being a burden to you?" Duan Xue was so angry, but she held back and didn't lose her temper. She continued to pretend to be a noble lady, a rich young lady.
"Xiaoxue is pregnant, she's different from the rest of us," Tian Yao patted Duan Xue's shoulder soothingly. "Wait, I'll go lock the supermarket door and help you clean up the resting place!"
Li Zhen gestured in front of his stomach with his hands: "It looks like I have a huge tumor. Just looking at it makes me tired!"
"Xiao Lei, take care of your sister and let her have a good rest. Xiao Yao and I will go lock the entrance to the supermarket!"
There were several zombies standing blankly outside the supermarket door. The sound of Tian Yao opening the door attracted the zombies over.
"The zombies won't break the glass door, right?" Li Zhen helped Tian Yao lock the door and looked worriedly at the door that was shaking from being hit by the zombies: "I don't think this door is very strong!"
"It won't break in a short time. Let's use the shelves to block the front of the lounge." Tian Yao picked up the baseball bat that Li Zhen stuffed into her hand and said, "We have weapons. Don't forget them."
"We found a few long knives and put them away at Little Diamond's place," Li Zhen patted the mountaineering knife on his waist. "There are a lot more of these back there. Do you want to take some?!"
"Yes!" Tian Yao answered without hesitation. She had previously discovered that Lu Qu might be the child of a high-ranking official and wanted to get some weapons from him, but she failed. Now the only weapons she could find were knives, sticks and the like.
Li Zhen waved to Tian Yao, and sure enough, he stopped looking at the zombies that were banging on the door. After he could no longer see anyone and hear any movement, the zombies that had been banging on the door quieted down, returning to their previous dull appearance, and wandering around clumsily and slowly.
Tian Yao picked out the things she thought were useful and put them in a pile. Finally, she found an outdoor stove and pot and started cooking. She did this on purpose. They had just eaten instant noodles at Zhang Qiang's place, and no one was full. Now that someone was cooking, the restlessness in everyone's hearts calmed down, temporarily forgetting that Gao Peng and Jiang Xiong had left them and others.
Duan Xue, who was lying in the lounge, was also very quiet!
Duan Lei ran out on the pretext of not wanting to disturb her rest, and squatted aside to watch Tian Yao cook.
"Don't worry, everyone. There's plenty of food. I'll cook some for Xiaoxue first!"
"She's pregnant. She has to eat for two people. She can't go hungry!"
Tian Yao was cooking. No one raised any objections. Tian Yao served the rice to Han Xiaoyu and said, "I'm going to continue cooking. Please help me send it to Xiaoxue!"
"Why don't you ask someone else to go?!" Han Xiaoyu wanted to refuse: "After all, she and I--" had a bad argument before!
"We're all going to live together from now on. Do you think you'll be willing to walk the same path because it has to be divided into two sides?" Tian Yao said calmly, "This is an opportunity to ease the relationship."
Han Xiaofei nodded to his sister: "Tian Yao is right, that bastard Gao Peng doesn't want us anymore, but we have to survive!"
Although she also felt that Tian Yao had some ill intentions in asking them to deliver food to Duan Xue, there was no point in doubting it at this moment. Tian Yao had the best relationship with Duan Xue. Now the rest of the people in the supermarket were either related to Yang Wen's family or to Tian Yao. Of course, she would not choose to offend Tian Yao.
Han Xiaoyu put the food in the lounge and came out: "Sister Xiaoxue is asleep!"
"Is she tired?" Duan Lei said, lifting his packed backpack. "Even I find this bag too heavy. My sister has to carry a big belly with her every day. It must be very tiring!"
"When I was pregnant with Xiaobo, my belly wasn't even as big as Xiaoxue's," Su Yin said softly. "I couldn't even walk. If I walked too much, my whole body would swell up! It was scary!"
"What should we do if there's no doctor?" Lin Hong became worried when she heard this. "How about we go to the hospital and try our luck? What if those people are trying to scam us?"
Tian Yao was really worried about Lin Hong's intelligence. They were a group of poor people, so what could they possibly cheat? "Aunt Yang, forget about going to the hospital. No one here agrees to go to the hospital!"
"Yaoyao, you don't agree to go either?" Lin Hong turned her head directly to Tian Yao: "You and Xiaoxue are good friends. Even if others don't care about Xiaoxue, you can't ignore her!"
"It's precisely because Xiaoxue and I are good friends that I said I wouldn't go." Tian Yao said in a pertinent tone: "Zombies have been around for such a long time, and people like doctors must be on the front lines. Auntie, you don't know that going into a place where zombies are densely populated is like going to die!"
In open areas, zombies cannot catch up with the speed of living people, but it is different in areas where zombies are densely populated. There is nowhere to run and nowhere to hide. It is simply providing food for the zombies!
Lin Hong's eyes suddenly turned red: "Yaoyao, your parents are busy with work, and you have been raised in our house since you were a child. You have everything that Wenwen has..."
"Okay, I'll go find him. Ask Wenwen to come with me!" Tian Yao interrupted Lin Hong's passionate speech and said decisively: "He and I grew up together, and we have more tacit understanding than others!"
"Yaoyao, if anything happens to Wenwen, would you have the heart to let your good friend become a widow? Her child will be born without a father?" Lin Hong wanted to continue.
"Aunt Yang, can you bear to see anything happen to the only child of Uncle Yang's childhood friend?" Tian Yao was not angry, but laughed instead. The more she saw these people's faces, the less merciful she would be. These people had never been merciful to her, so why should she repay evil with kindness?
Yang Zhijiang glared at his wife, who looked very sad. He turned his head away helplessly.
"Besides, everyone saw it. The hospital is full of zombies..."
"Don't call me. I won't go even if you kill me! Forget about asking me to go to the hospital!" Yang Wen refused more directly: "Women in the past could give birth without going to the hospital. If there are no doctors, then there are no doctors! Anyway, I won't go to the hospital."
"Brother-in-law!" Duan Lei pushed a flatbed cart in front of him: "My sister walks slowly, you use this to pull her!" He tied a lazy sofa with armrests on the flatbed cart, and no one knew where he got it from.
"Good idea! It's much faster than Xiaoxue walking on her own!" Tian Yao was the first to agree! She sat down on the sofa first: "Wenwen, try to pull me!"
The flatbed trucks used to deliver goods in supermarkets are bulky and heavy. When they are loaded with things and dragged, the iron wheels make loud noises, which can be very lively.
"No need to try anymore, this is it," Yang Wen was quite satisfied. No matter how ugly this car was, it had four wheels and was much faster than holding Duan Xue's hand.
"Can people sit on this?" Lin Hong walked forward to check it out worriedly, and found that the sofa was tied very firmly, so she felt relieved.
(End of this chapter)
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