"Is anyone there?"
Someone following behind the group exclaimed in surprise, then rushed forward in a panic, "Quick, someone's stealing our food! Go stop him!"
Upon hearing this, the leading young men disregarded everything else, grabbed their flashlights, and rushed into the old house, each one wishing they could sprint a hundred meters, fearing that if they were too late, they would have to be reincarnated.
"Who? Who is it?"
The gate of the ancestral home was kicked open, and a group of people rushed in. Some of them were familiar with the terrain and led their men to a dilapidated woodshed that did not seem to be used often.
"This is it!"
The door was kicked open, and a group of people rushed in. When the flashlight shone on the area, there was indeed a lot of stored food. Although some of it was yellowed, it was still usable and at least edible!
Given the current conditions, being able to eat is the only requirement; who cares about the taste?
"Why are the lights off? Did we just see wrong?" The team leader cautiously circled the woodshed with a flashlight, muttering uncertainly to himself.
"Could it be the wind? Or maybe a firefly?"
After all, it's a small mountain village with natural feng shui and pastoral scenery, so it's normal to have some wild insects. Besides, we were just far away, so it's possible we made a mistake.
"Maybe." The leader thought for a moment, then clipped his flashlight to his waist. "Don't just stand there, get to work! Clean this place up before dawn!"
"Remember, whatever you do, don't let the people at the east end of the village find out, or you'll be sorry!"
Everyone readily agreed. In the current situation, and no one is a saint, who wouldn't want to eat first? The broadcast was about refuge bases, but the nearest one was a hundred or two kilometers away. How could they get there? How could they possibly get there?
It would be better to take this opportunity to get some food first; that would be the right thing to do.
'Shh, shh'
Before long, most of the grain in the woodshed had been moved away. Just as one of the teenagers picked up the grain closest to him, the shelf holding the grain bags suddenly swayed from behind, startling him so much that he screamed, took a few steps back, and fell to the ground.
"Yes, there is something!"
"I told you not to come, you coward! You're a coward in a family, you and your old man are both cowards, get out of the way!" The leader wasn't scared by the ghost, but was almost scared by the teenager. He pushed the person aside with a bad expression and picked up his flashlight to look at the shelves.
"I'd like to see if it's a human or a monster!"
"Don't let someone play tricks on you, or I'll kill you!"
The team leader pushed the grain on the shelf to the ground, and when he shone his flashlight, a dark figure was huddled in a corner between several shelves. It looked like a person.
"...Second Uncle, doesn't this person look like...that person?"
The man called Second Uncle had poor eyesight and couldn't see clearly in the dim flashlight. It wasn't until the leader ordered him to come out that Second Uncle was shocked and gasped when he saw the face.
"Su Zhaoming? It's you?"
"How are you still alive?!"
Upon hearing this name, many people present realized who this person was and instinctively took a few steps back, unwilling to stay with him.
Su Zhaoming, the disgrace of their Su Family Village, a plague god who is not worth mentioning!
He was born and caused his mother's death. As a child, he mistakenly gave his father pesticide instead of liquor. As a teenager, he fell into the river while washing clothes and caused the death of his grandmother who rushed to save him. In his youth, his grandfather died of a cerebral hemorrhage.
He finally married a wife, but she couldn't have children. Not long after, he went insane, was tricked away, and was never seen again. In the end, he somehow found a baby girl and raised her as his own child.
His life has been full of hardships; he is truly a cursed lone star, destined to be lonely for the rest of his life.
Later, I heard that the baby girl was the daughter of a wealthy family in the capital. She was taken back by someone, and after that, no one heard anything about Su Zhaoming. Many villagers said that he was dead. I never expected to see him in the woodshed of the ancestral home today.
"Su Zhaoming, is that right?"
"Outsiders all say you're dead, so go ahead and die completely! What are you doing hiding in the woodshed? Don't delay us from moving the grain!"
But to everyone's surprise, Su Zhaoming, who had been silent until then, suddenly became agitated after hearing the leader say that they were going to move the grain. He spread his arms wide like a madman and tried to drive the crowd away, attempting to protect the grain.
"Pah, damn it, a madman dares to go against me!" The leader said, raising his hand and waving it. A group of people stepped forward, grabbed Su Zhaoming, and began to smash him with hoes, stones, and sticks.
"You're nothing but a jinx, a jinx. I think this natural disaster was caused by people like you."
"waste!"
"Plague God!"
The insults and beatings came at the same time. After more than ten minutes, the leader, who had moved all the things out of the woodshed, finally turned his attention to Su Zhaoming.
Raising his hand to stop everyone's actions, the leader glanced at the still-breathing humanoid figure, as if he had thought of something, and said to his men with ill intent, "There will be many evil spirits on the way back. Let them have a good meal so they won't attack us and hinder our good deeds."
The men immediately understood and dragged the dying Su Zhaoming out, leaving him on the ground like a dead dog. Before the wandering spirits and monsters could gather, they took the food and prepared to escape.
...
Su Luo was enjoying her meal and even got a little tipsy. When she realized it, she saw that her fruit wine had been mistakenly added by Brainy Brother. The high-proof liquor made her a little dizzy, but judging from Brainy Brother's expression, he seemed to really like it.
Su Luo: As expected of Brainy Bro, you drink this pure liquor like it's plain water. Your brain is so good at dispersing alcohol, right?
Meanwhile, the food critic received a series of messages from his subordinates outside.
After all, he is now the head steward of Su Luo's Hut, in charge of managing those wandering ghosts and spirits, cleaning the streets, cleaning the rooms, and driving away unfriendly outsiders. While they were eating hot pot, they heard that a group of people entered the area of Su Family Village, apparently to move grain, and they made quite a commotion!
Originally, the food critic didn't want to disturb the boss's enjoyment of hot pot, but upon hearing the noise from these people, he suddenly felt they were being a bit presumptuous.
We told you to sneak in the food, fine, but why throw out a mangled, bloodied body? To feed them? Don't you know who's in charge here? Who wants that food? Forget about ghosts, even dogs wouldn't eat it!
Isn't this a slap in the face to him and the boss?
He could tolerate it, but the boss couldn't. Although it was a bit inappropriate, the gourmet still put down his bowl and reported the matter to Su Luo in detail.
Su Luo wasn't really interested. In the apocalypse, it's all about the law of the jungle, and besides, as long as it doesn't involve her interests, it's none of her business!
But when I heard the food critic explain the origin of the noise, I felt inexplicably uneasy.
"Tell me, where did they throw the people out?"
“...that abandoned ancestral home in Sujia Village!”
After the gourmet finished speaking, Su Luojiu sobered up considerably. A bad feeling crept into her mind, and disregarding everything else, she turned and walked out of the hut.
"Zhao Cai, get on the bus! Drive to the Su family ancestral home as fast as you can!"
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