Chapter 26 Human Heart
After discussing the plan, the group took the supplies they got from the supermarket at the intersection and turned onto the main road carefully.
However, they had only walked for a short time when they were startled by the zombies crowded together at the subway entrance 200 meters away. There were at least 20 to 30 of them. With their current weapons and force, it was impossible to guarantee that they would escape unscathed.
Gao Yun and Brother Long exchanged glances several times and finally chose to retreat.
Their equipment was too poor. The strongest weapon was the axe in Brother Long's hand. The others were a mess of metal sticks, knives, baseball bats, crowbars, and kitchen knives... and except for Brother Long and a few others, it was the first time for everyone else to leave the community and face zombies directly. It took almost two people to deal with a zombie, and they were simply unable to fight.
The group of people walked lightly and retreated fearfully.
I don't know if it was bad luck, but on the way back, they encountered another small group of zombies, about seven or eight of them. They must have been hiding in an alley and were lured out by the movement here.
Everyone was carrying things in their hands, and they were exhausted. They were also concerned about the zombies on the street outside and didn't dare to cause too much noise. The fight was more difficult than before.
Fortunately, no one was injured and they returned to the community safely.
When everyone returned to the community, they were all covered in stinky stains. However, before they could put down the supplies they had found and take a good rest, the anxious residents in the community had already come out one after another from the building, waiting for them to distribute food.
You Xi also walked out of the unit building. She did not come for food, but wanted to ask Chen Ya and others about the situation outside.
This trip was not smooth, and not much was found. Brother Long and the others were unhappy.
"Are you really going to distribute the food to them?" He pulled Gao Yun aside and wanted to talk to him about this.
He had admired Gao Yun's character before, and knew that he was good at fighting and calm in the face of things. Many people in the community were willing to follow him, so he had always wanted to pull him into a teammate.
The apocalypse has just begun, and Brother Long knows that he suffers from the lack of numbers, so he wants to expand the team as soon as possible.
"We agreed before that if there are no young and strong people in the family, the elderly over 50 years old will be given." Gao Yun understood what he wanted to say.
"The community can only be defended for a while. We can't stay here forever. Do you plan to take these people with you when you flee in the future?"
"If we can get a bus." Gao Yun frowned, "Or
a bus will be fine." "You're not, are you, little brother Gao Yun? Listen to your brother Long's advice, the world has changed, you can't bear it, I understand that you want to help them and save people. But your power is limited, you can't save everyone.
Those brothers who believe in you and are willing to follow you out to fight are the ones you really need to help."
Gao Yun didn't say anything. Brother Long felt that it was a rare opportunity for him to speak from the heart to others, but the other party didn't appreciate it. He felt very unhappy. As a result, he turned around and saw that there were still people in the food collection team who were dissatisfied and questioned, and he immediately got angry.
"Why are there only potato chips, melon seeds and drinks? Only two apples, that's too little, not even enough for a meal!" Tan Qian frowned, her dissatisfied expression making her face look even more mean.
Some people think it's good enough to be able to work without going out, so they don't say anything even if there's not much.
But there are also some people who were originally dissatisfied with the small amount of food, but didn't dare to speak first. When they heard this, they immediately joined in.
"That's right. In our family, besides the old man and I, there is also his 80-year-old mother and an 8-year-old baby, a total of four people. These things are really not enough..." "
Do you think we are too old and useless, so you deliberately give us these messy things..."
"Could it be that you have hidden all the things that can fill our stomachs..."
Tan Qian seemed to have found her backbone and immediately straightened her back: "Who would believe that you have been out for so long and only brought these few things! I think you deliberately brought them back to get rid of us old useless people!
You young people say nice things, such as taking care of us old people, but in fact you say one thing and do another! There are several supermarkets nearby! How can there be only these few things?"
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Now, not to mention Brother Long and his men, even Bian An, Chen Ya and the others looked unhappy.
The youngest security guard said to You Xi angrily: "What's wrong with these uncles and aunts? They used to look very polite and amiable, but why are they like this now... We are the ones who rush to the front to kill zombies; we are the ones who reinforce the electric gates; we are the ones who are on duty and patrol at night; we are the ones who go out to find food!
We have done so many things, and they still suspect that we are hiding food? If we really wanted to hide it, we wouldn't even give them this little bit! I haven't even eaten yet!"
You Xi and Chen Ya looked at each other, and Chen Ya sighed: "A little kindness will be repaid with a little hatred. The words left by the ancients do make sense."
Gao Yun walked over, and several residents who were familiar with him in the past surrounded him.
Tan Qian walked in front, her tone softened, but still said loudly: "Xiao Gao, don't blame auntie for saying those things, you know, I'm a widow, and my family depends on me alone.
The world has changed, and there are monsters outside that eat people. Auntie is old and useless, and I have been alone at home these days. I don't know how many times I have cried--" When
Tan Qian said this, someone in the crowd spoke up: "Hey, Auntie Tan, why do you talk like a lonely old woman? Don't you have a son at home?
He always comes back to live with you on weekends, and every time he brings your daughter-in-law, driving a small car, carrying a lot of bags, it's so lively!"
"Who is it? Who is making up stories about me? If you're talking nonsense, I'll tear your mouth apart!" Tan Qian's expression changed instantly, and she shouted in the direction of the voice, full of energy.
The crowd parted a little, revealing the person who was talking. Someone recognized the other person, who lived in Building 8 with Tan Qian, on the same floor, but in a different unit.
The son of this family is not married yet, and is currently at home. There should be some food left at home, so the family did not let the son go out to take risks.
At this moment, they did not come down to get food, but to watch the excitement.
After all, the Internet is off now, and they can't go out, so life is really boring.
The one who spoke was the aunt in her fifties with a hot temper. She continued to retort while cracking melon seeds in her hand: "Hey, you even tore my mouth. Let's see who tears who first today! Your
big son is at home. I saw him on the balcony yesterday. He was watching Xiao Gao and others working hard to clean up zombies in the unit building opposite, while hiding behind the balcony window glass and eating his rice bowl. It felt no different from eating while watching TV.
How come you have become a lonely old man today? Did your son become strange last night? "
"Bah! Your son is the one who has become strange! My son is fine! What the hell are you talking about, you shrew!" Tan Qian was furious that the other party dared to curse her son, and she started to curse him immediately.
Before she finished speaking, the plastic bag of food, drinks and fruits she had just received was snatched away by someone.
She turned around angrily, but met Long Ge's dark eyes.
"These things are only given to lonely old men who have no young people in their families."
Someone on the side helped: "Yeah, Tan Qian, how can you be a lonely old man if you have a son? You didn't say thank you after receiving the things, and you are still nitpicking here? If you are so dissatisfied, you should let your son go out to find food for you instead of letting him hide at home and watch the show!"
"Shut up, all of you!"
Tan Qian cursed at the people who helped to talk, and turned to look at the people in front of her. She didn't dare to snatch the food directly from Brother Long, so she turned to Gao Yun, "Xiao Gao, Aunt Tan has no choice. You know, my son is in poor health, and my daughter-in-law is lazy and now she is pregnant...
So, Aunt Tan can only come to get the food with this old face."
"Okay, you can take the food." Gao Yun said, making Brother Long frown again.
But then, Gao Yun said, "These foods are lent to you. We have to go out tomorrow, let your son go with us."
"Ah? This... This won't do! My son can't go, there are man-eating monsters outside--"
Gao Yun interrupted her: "So, if your son can't go, can the rest of us go? There's no room for negotiation on this. I've said before that only elderly widows and widowers who don't have young and strong people at home can come to get food. Since you're here, it means you've tacitly agreed to your son's participation in the action, otherwise I can't explain to the other residents."
Gao Yun turned his head and said, "Brother Long, give her the food."
Brother Long shook the plastic bag in his hand and laughed: "Take it, and when your son comes back tomorrow, take his share, and then return what he took today to us."
Tan Qian panicked and waved her hands: "No more! I'm not going to get anything, you guys go if you want, my son isn't going anyway! "
She said as she tried to leave, but was stopped by several of Long's men.
"Auntie, this is too much. We all live in the same community. Why do we have to do all the hard work?"
"That's right, we kill zombies, and your son sits at home watching the fun? Do you really think you are the eldest?"
"Yes, the community is built together for safety, and your son lives here, so he has to do his part!"
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Several people were laughing and talking in a relaxed tone, but they didn’t loosen their grip on her.
Tan Qian turned around and wanted to ask the crowd for help, but the people who were queuing for food wanted to take food from others, so they naturally wouldn’t help her.
The young people who had just gone out of the community and faced the zombies for the first time were still suffering from the sequelae of fear and weakness. Seeing that Tan Qian wanted to get something for nothing, they were so angry that they didn’t even want to open their mouths.
Others who didn’t go out with her and didn’t get anything laughed at her for being selfish and greedy.
For a while, No one offered to help her.
Tan Qian panicked even more. She was afraid of Brother Long and the others. They looked like bad-tempered people from society. In this situation, no one would care even if she called the police. She was afraid that they would come to her house tomorrow and force her son to kill zombies.
She only had this one son, and she had raised him with great difficulty. How could she let him do such a dangerous thing!
Tan Qian suddenly said, "You don't have to go out to find supplies. I know where they are!"
You Xi had already asked about the situation outside and was about to go back. Hearing this, he stopped and looked at Tan Qian.
"Have you all forgotten that there is a grocery store in our community! "Tan Qian said, turning back and pointing, just in time to meet You Xi's cold eyes.
Her heart skipped a beat, but compared to Brother Long, who was as strong as an iron tower, and Gao Yun, who now had a high reputation in the community, a girl who had just entered the third year of high school and looked slender and immature was not worth mentioning.
How could the residents of the community forget about the grocery store? However, because the end of the world had just begun, everyone The legal awareness of the people was still clear. They knew that those were other people's things. If someone didn't open the door, it would be illegal for them to steal other people's things, so no one mentioned it.
But now when Tan Qian suddenly mentioned it, most people were tempted.
Tan Qian didn't stop talking: "Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. There are so many things in the grocery store, and there is no danger. It doesn't make sense to ask people to risk their lives to go out and find food! Youxi, there are so many uncles, aunts, and children in the community. Can you bear to see them starve?"
Tan Qian's words instantly resonated, and gradually people began to talk at once.
"That makes sense. Although it is the You family's grocery store, it is an extraordinary time now. It doesn't make sense for others to watch those things pile up there and gather dust when they are hungry! ”
“There are only three people in the You family, and Youxi is a girl. How much can she eat
? It would be better to take out some and share it with everyone…” “Alas, there are so many people. Will it be enough if we take out some? I guess it won’t be enough even if we share it all. This is not good…”
“At worst, we can just spend money to buy it. It’s not like we’re taking it from her for nothing.”
“Yeah, there seem to be a lot of instant noodles in the grocery store, and canned food is piled up on half a shelf…”
“Not only that, there are rice, flour, noodles, and many snacks too…”
“Oh my, no wonder they are not in a hurry. Alas, our children have no food to eat, but they have mountains of food…”
“We are all from the same community, how cold-blooded…”
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At first, everyone understood that it was someone else's stuff, but once someone mentioned it, someone took the lead, people's mentality would quickly change, and they would think that it was natural, and that the other party's monopolization of food was cold-blooded and selfish.
Tan Qian was actually upset at this moment. She rented the garage to the You family, so she naturally backed up the key privately, because the garage was located below the unit building where she lived, so after the end of the world came, she always regarded it as The garage became the final storage for supplies.
In the past few days, because the community has been clearing out the zombies in each household and the corridor, she did not have time to move things down, but in her heart, everything in the garage belonged to her.
Although that would definitely cause a conflict with the You family, she has never been afraid of the You family.
Now, in order to protect her son, she can no longer care. Anyway, when everyone divides the things together, she can also get a share, and it must be the largest, after all, the garage belongs to her family.
Furthermore, she felt that with the You family's petty attitude and You Xi's stubborn appearance, it was impossible for them to share the things. When conflicts arose, she could find an opportunity to secretly transfer more food to her own home.
Tan Qian thought about it and said to Youxi in a serious tone: "Youxi, can you really bear to see everyone in the same community go hungry?"
Youxi put his hands in his trouser pockets, with no expression on his face: "I can't bear it."
Everyone:...
"They are just people from the same community, not my parents. If they want to eat, they can go out and find it themselves. The things are mine, and I have no obligation to them. If I don't give them, can they still come to rob them? If I stop them, can they still beat me?"
What he said made sense, but it sounded very cold and ruthless to the other party. The people who had just spoken felt as if they had been slapped on the face. They were about to speak righteously when they saw Youxi suddenly smile.
She was originally a delicate and beautiful girl. When she smiled like this, her coldness faded away, and she looked friendly and gentle: "Auntie Tan, you thought I would say those words just now.
Haha, I am not such a cold and heartless person. I also feel sorry for everyone who has nothing to eat. Originally, I wanted to discuss with Gao Yun and Chen Ya today to share the food with everyone!
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