Chapter 37 Kindness is the most useless thing in the end times
Yang Qing was surprised to see the crowd in chaos. Were the people from the seventh floor coming down to help?
Lin Xueting rushed down like crazy with a kitchen knife, chopping at everyone she saw. Several people were injured by her and were covered in blood.
The people at the back pushed forward, some were pushed down, and several were trampled.
The person in front was swept into the water.
Seeing that the situation was not right, Zhang Biao quickly jumped onto a rubber boat and tried to run away.
"Biaozi, wait for me!" Mrs. Xiong shouted from behind.
Zhang Biao, however, acted as if he didn't hear anything and tried to run away in the rubber boat.
Yang Qing took out a crossbow from his bag. It wasn't that easy to run away.
After one arrow was shot, the rubber boat deflated with a "puff". After two more arrows were shot, the rubber boat completely tilted, and Zhang Biao fell into the water with a "splash".
"Help, I can't swim!" Zhang Biao struggled in the water.
"Sister, sister, please save me!"
Mrs. Xiong looked at her brother with a complicated expression. He didn't care about his own life just now. Should she save him now?
But my husband is dead, and if my brother dies too, I will be left without a relative.
Mrs. Xiong gritted her teeth, jumped into the water and swam towards Zhang Biao.
Yang Qing was very surprised. She didn't expect that such a fat Mrs. Bear could swim.
Her brother had abandoned her, but she still couldn't bear to watch him die. I don't know whether to say she was stupid or had a conscience.
Yang Qing did not kill them, but let things take their course. If they could be saved, they would be lucky. If not, she would not help them.
The others were making a lot of noise, some jumped into the water, and some jumped onto other rubber boats and ran away.
The corridor suddenly became quiet. Only Lin Xueting was still waving the kitchen knife with a dull look in her eyes, looking like a madman.
Yang Qing frowned. Is there something wrong with his brain?
"What's wrong with her?" Lu Lin asked.
Yang Qing shook her head. Could it be that she had killed someone that night and she didn't allow her to live on the seventh floor? Could it be that the shock was too great and she went crazy?
"What should we do now?" Lu Lin looked at Lin Xueting. She seemed to have stopped recognizing them. Even if they went over there, they might be hacked to death.
While she was hesitating, Leng Yi came down from upstairs. Seeing Yang Qing and the others, he made a gesture to keep quiet, walked calmly behind Lin Xueting, and chopped down with a knife. Lin Xueting's body went limp and fell down.
Yang Qing and Lu Lin quickly moved the assault boat over. Leng Yi was a little surprised to see that they only brought back two bundles of firewood.
Yang Qing touched his nose and said, "I didn't find the person, so I found some firewood."
In order to avoid Leng Yi's suspicion, he added, "We don't have much gas. Once we use it up, it's gone. We can only burn firewood. How about we go out together sometime to see if there's gas?"
Leng Yi nodded and carried Lin Xueting up. "Let's go to each gas station tomorrow."
After reaching the sixth floor, Leng Yi took Lin Xueting back to her own home and put her on the bed.
"Is this okay?" Lu Lin was a little worried.
But if they took her to the seventh floor, who would take care of her? They couldn't even provide for themselves, so how could they take care of a lunatic?
The three of them fell silent, and Yang Qing spoke up, "Why don't we send her to a relief station? The government won't let her starve to death."
"But the people there are so complicated and there's no one to take care of her, so she..." Lu Lin didn't say anything else. Even a normal person might be bullied if they went there, let alone a person who was not in a clear mind.
"Leave something for her and see how things go tomorrow. If things don't work out, we'll have to send it over." Leng Yi said.
In the end times, everyone is busy taking care of themselves, so who has the energy to take care of a madman?
"That's it for now. I'll go upstairs and get something for her." Yang Qing nodded.
Leng Yi opened the door and helped take the assault boat and two bundles of firewood to the top floor.
Yang Qing went back to his room, took a bottle of mineral water and some bread and brought them to Lin Xueting's house, then closed the door and waited for her to wake up before checking on the situation.
The next day, after breakfast, Yang Qing went downstairs to see Lin Xueting, but found her door open, so he hurried in.
Lin Xueting was seen sitting in the living room, eating the bread she had brought over yesterday, with Teacher Zhang sitting next to her.
Seeing Yang Qing coming over, Teacher Zhang quickly stood up and said, "Miss Yang..."
"Teacher Zhang." Yang Qing nodded. "Why are you here?"
Teacher Zhang sighed, "I saw her take the kitchen knife yesterday. I wanted to stop her but didn't dare. Luckily, she didn't hurt me. She subconsciously knows who is good and who is bad."
"I knew about it when you carried her up here yesterday, so I thought I'd come and see her today. She opened the door herself when I knocked just now, and she seems to be doing much better than yesterday."
"What a poor child, living alone in this city with no one to take care of him. He used to greet me when we met and was a polite child. Who knew..."
Yang Qing didn't expect Teacher Zhang to be so kind. He was so concerned about her just going up and down the stairs.
"Teacher Zhang, we want to..."
"I think……"
They both spoke at the same time.
"You speak first." Yang Qing made a gesture of invitation.
"I want to take her home. My daughter-in-law died early, and I only have my son and grandson at home. My grandson is still young and needs a mother. I can take care of her too!"
"But she's a little abnormal now." Yang Qing was very surprised. She didn't expect that even though Lin Xueting was like this, Teacher Zhang was still willing to take care of her.
And this isn't an ordinary time, it's the end of the world. One more person means one more mouth to feed. Do they have enough food to feed another person?
"I know, but her condition isn't serious. She's just a little numb, which doesn't affect her life. If we send her away, she might die." Teacher Zhang sighed. "In this world, every day you can live is a day you can live. I can't guarantee how long I can take care of her."
Yang Qing was a little touched. Although compassion was not desirable in the end times, it was still precious.
She herself has experienced the end of the world and has become hard-hearted, but she still admires those who are willing to make sacrifices.
"Teacher Zhang, I want to thank you on her behalf." Yang Qing nodded. "I think she was just upset that night. Maybe she can get better with some medicine. I'll go get some for you."
Yang Qing pretended to go back to the room and searched in the space. There were no medicines for mental illness, but there were some antidepressants. Let's see if they can help.
Then he packed a five-jin bag of rice, the noodles that Zhang Nian had sent earlier, two eggs, and two bottles of mineral water and took them away.
"Teacher Zhang, these are all I have. Please take them as a token of our appreciation to Lin Xueting."
"And this medicine, I think it might be of some use. Give it to her first and see if it helps. If it helps, that would be great. If not, you can teach her slowly."
"Thank you, I thank you on behalf of Xiaolin!" Teacher Zhang took the things, packed some clothes at Lin Xueting's house, and took her back to his home.
Yang Qing went upstairs and talked to others, and everyone fell silent.
In such a chaotic world, it is difficult for ordinary people to take over a mentally ill person.
I can only say that Teacher Zhang is too kind, but kindness is the most useless thing in the end times.
I don’t know whether doing this will bring him blessing or disaster.
"Or, if we find food in the future, we can give them some. It's also a token of our appreciation." Li Shengnan said.
Yang Qing nodded. There were a lot of things in her space, but she didn't dare take them out for fear of causing unnecessary trouble. If it was just a little bit, it would be no problem.
(End of this chapter)
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