Chapter 54 Return with a Full Load
"Peanuts?"
Liang Qiuwen's voice suddenly came, and Liang Yingsheng remembered that his father was still sitting in the back seat. He coughed and explained, "Qinzi."
"Shengsheng, girls, stop using bad words all the time. What are you talking about? Your father is sitting right here!"
“…”
This is considered swearing, but you haven't seen how she really swears.
"Dad, don't we still have a lot of stuff left at home?"
Staring at the community in the rearview mirror that was getting farther and farther away until it completely disappeared from sight, Liang Yingsheng couldn't help but ask.
"Well, the big furniture is all there. Your mother is nostalgic, so she moved everything that could be moved."
"That's good."
Too bad I didn't have the chance to go back and take a look.
We met many survivors along the way. When they saw the vehicles passing by, they all showed envious expressions. Some even tried to rush over to stop them, while others just held on to their supplies for fear of being robbed.
Afraid that someone would notice they were heading up the mountain, Liang Yingsheng deliberately drove around the foot of the mountain before continuing on to Youai Town.
The golden sunlight enveloped the entire mountain. The air was hot and dry. Far away from the city, the foul smell had dissipated a lot. When the car drove onto the winding mountain road, all that was left was the dust caused by the passing car.
Near dusk, the car finally arrived at its destination.
Zhou Lanxin and Grandma Chen, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, had been waiting at the intersection for a long time. They cried with joy when they saw everyone return safely.
The situation is special now. Going out is risking your life. If you are not careful, you will fall into the mouth of zombies or be robbed by those vicious criminals.
It’s so hard to live.
"Are you not hurt?"
Zhou Lanxin took the lead and pulled Liang Yingsheng over to check her up and down. "Are you in any danger? Is everything going well?"
"Don't worry, I brought back a lot of supplies."
Zhou Lanxin breathed a sigh of relief. "That's fine. Are Uncle Yuan and the others okay too?"
"fine."
If something happens, it will be impossible to let them come back.
The two families began to move things. Seeing Grandma Chen reaching out to support her waist from time to time, Liang Yingsheng gave Liang Zhimo a look.
Liang Zhimo understood and went into the house to get some dried herbs: "Grandma Chen, it's thanks to your family that we were able to get so many supplies this time. These Chinese herbs, boiled three times, can relieve your back pain."
Grandma Chen quickly refused: "How can that be possible? Without you and Shengsheng saving us, our family would not have the chance to find food. The medicinal herbs are precious and we cannot accept them."
"They are all common medicinal herbs that can be picked in the mountains."
After all, it was a matter of health, so Grandma Chen did not refuse and instead gave Liang Zhimo two bottles of Lao Gan Ma.
"Thank you, Zhimo. Come to our house for dinner tonight?"
"No, my mother has already prepared dinner."
With this truckload of supplies, Grandma Chen's family's lives have undergone a qualitative change. Although they can no longer have enough food and clothing like before the end of the world, at least they won't be starving.
What I brought back was mostly rice and noodles, which can last for a long time if you eat them sparingly.
Only after eating can you have the strength to work. The next day, when Liang Yingsheng woke up, Yuan Xuyang and his father had already started to build the wall.
Slow work produces fine results. Yuan Rong sharpened the top of each piece of wood into a pointed shape, which looked quite realistic when standing on the ground.
They will probably stay in Youai Town for a while. Liang Yingsheng is not idle either. Zhou Lanxin and Liang Qiuwen go to help repair the wall, and she and Liang Zhimo go up the mountain to collect herbs.
There are many mountains in Pancheng, which are rich in resources. Many rare medicinal materials are only produced here.
Just half an hour after setting out, the two of them gained a lot.
"We have bracken here, which is good for salad dressing."
Liang Yingsheng picked some and put them into the space, intending to plant some in the space.
From being empty to now being filled with enough supplies for the family to enjoy until death, Liang Yingsheng felt extremely satisfied.
However, she always felt that it was not enough, and as long as people were not dead, she had to stockpile them to death.
In the future, if a natural disaster affects the soil quality, it will be impossible to plant crops for several years. At that time, people can only scavenge and risk being bitten to death by zombies.
In the simulator, she fought with a dozen thugs over a pack of instant noodles. Those people were beaten to death and she was seriously injured. Finally, she encountered zombies. Fortunately, she cleverly used the corpses of those people as a meat wall.
The two were digging hard when Grandma Chen and her daughter-in-law Lin Xiu appeared from another direction carrying baskets on their backs.
The backpack was filled with a lot of wild vegetables, even a few yams.
Lin Xiu took a yam and stuffed it into Liang Yingsheng's pocket. "Are you two going to look for herbs?"
"Well, let's find some medicine just in case."
After taking a look at the way down the mountain, Lin Xiu turned back and helped Grandma Chen walk over the slope. "Mom, you go back first. This road is not steep and easy to walk on. I will follow Shengsheng and the others to dig some herbs for future use."
Grandma Chen knew her own health and didn't ask to go with her. She took out two plastic bags from her pocket and said, "Okay, I'll take the things back first. You guys be careful on the road."
"No, it's not that heavy."
Grandma Chen insisted, so Lin Xiu had to let her take the yam back first.
The wild vegetables are very light and you can hardly feel them in the backpack.
Liang Zhimo is not a selfish person. Whenever he comes across medicinal herbs, he will tell Lin Xiu about their effects and how to take them.
The deeper they went into the mountains, the more herbs they found. When passing through a camellia forest, the three of them unexpectedly discovered two wild rabbits.
Lin Xiu's eyes lit up, and she was about to go over, but Liang Yingsheng hurriedly stopped her, "There must be a rabbit nest nearby. Let's follow from a distance. Rabbits run fast, so don't alert them."
"Yes, yes, Shengsheng is still smart."
Two rabbits, covered in dust, were eating grass under a tree, head to head. Perhaps they noticed some movement around them, and they jumped away immediately.
Liang Yingsheng bent over and hurried to catch up.
The rabbit was alert, and the three people always kept a distance of several meters. Finally, they found the rabbit's nest on a small hill.
Putting down the vegetable basket in his hand, Liang Yingsheng picked up the military shovel and started digging the soil.
Lin Xiu poured out all the wild vegetables in the backpack, and placed the opening of the backpack facing the rabbit nest, so that any wild rabbit that came out could be covered immediately.
The rabbit's nest was not deep and the bottom was soon reached. In addition to the two hares, there were several newborn rabbits inside.
The bunny didn't even open his eyes.
"Oh my goodness, we can take them home and raise them up, and then keep a pair for breeding!"
Lin Xiu's voice was filled with unconcealed excitement. Liang Yingsheng and Liang Zhimo had no experience and were only responsible for guarding the rabbit to prevent it from running away.
Lin Xiu quickly pulled some wild grass from the surrounding area and spread it on the bottom of the backpack. Then he carefully picked up the baby rabbit and put it away, and took off the straw hat on his head to cover it.
The two adult hares had their feet tied with thin ropes and thrown into the backpack, and a place was made for the baby rabbit.
"Rabbits are fertile and can give birth to many rabbits in a litter. They also have a short breeding cycle. I estimate that in a few months our two families will be able to enjoy rabbit meat to their heart's content."
That's meat. In the end times, it's difficult to eat wild vegetables, let alone meat.
Just thinking about it, Lin Xiu couldn't help swallowing.
Liang Yingsheng took an unused plastic bag to help Lin Xiu pack the wild vegetables and herbs, and the three of them returned home with a full load.
(End of this chapter)
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