Chapter 36 The Real Road to Despair
"this……"
Yan Baoan was still a little hesitant.
As a doctor, Liang Zhimo exudes a natural agility. He smiled and pointed at the bag of potatoes. "There are quite a lot of potatoes growing in three large flower pots. If Yan Baoan feels bad about this, why not exchange two men's down jackets with us?"
Yan Baoan was slightly stunned. "Down jacket?"
"I don't have enough winter clothes, and it's not convenient to go out and look for them in this world."
Yan Baoan nodded. "It's just that my clothes are older styles. You..."
Liang Zhimo shrugged and said indifferently: "Now as long as I have something to wear, who cares about the style? If Yan Baoan feels reluctant to part with it, we can always get some other supplies."
"No, of course not. We can't take away so many clothes. If you need them, just give them to you."
Liang Yingsheng and his sister have no shortage of food, and even less of potatoes. They can harvest hundreds of kilograms of crops by simply digging a piece of land in the space and planting some seeds.
There is no shortage of clothes, but there is no such thing as too much.
Although she had stockpiled a lot of fabric, she could make simple T-shirts and skirts by learning from professional books, but she really couldn't make thick winter clothes.
After discussing with Yan Baoan's family, everyone unanimously decided to set off immediately after the zombies downstairs dispersed.
Now it's just a zombie outbreak and the weather is hot, but it's bearable. The natural disaster in the simulator takes place one year after the end of the world, when all bases and shelters, large and small, are hit hard.
In reality, she was worried that something might happen, so she left early to pick up her parents so that she could feel more at ease with the whole family together.
After Jiang Mingfei's death, the car keys were kept by Yan Baoan. Although Chen Tao had a bad temper, he was a good person, so Yan Baoan gave him the car keys.
The outside world is in chaos, with man-eating monsters everywhere. Chen Tao and Zhao Zifang decide to go to the shelter with Yan Baoan.
The other survivors in the building, except Grandma Wang and her husband who used to live on the 6th floor and now moved to the 14th floor, also decided to leave with Yan Baoan and others.
Everyone started to get busy, guarding against zombies and people with ulterior motives breaking into the apartment building, while packing up their things and getting ready to leave at any time.
This time when I leave, I will really be homeless.
Everyone was in a complicated mood, feeling lost and fearful about the hopeless future, yet also yearning for the shelter that was still being intensively prepared.
Except for the beds in the two bedrooms and the sofa in the living room, Liang Yingsheng had put away all the furniture in the house. Two fully stuffed mountaineering bags were placed next to the TV wall, but the bags were only filled with a few down jackets that took up space.
If you want to walk with Yan Baoan and others, you have to pretend to do it.
Zhao Zifang is an optimist. In his words, everyone went out together to find two waves of supplies and resisted so many zombies, and they also established a revolutionary friendship.
He suggested that everyone contribute some food and get together to chat on the eve of departure.
After all, once you get out, there's no chance anymore, and it's even unknown whether everyone can reach the shelter alive.
Everyone thought it made sense and nodded in agreement, of course, only those who had been on missions together agreed.
The location was set at Yan Baoan's home. After the siblings discussed it, Liang Yingsheng decided to provide a pound of green leafy vegetables and three packs of instant noodles.
Zhao Zifang took two packets of instant noodles, a 1.5-liter bottle of purified water and a gas stove. Yan Baoan dismantled a wooden chair and used it as firewood. He cooked a pot of white rice in the scorching heat and emptied all the kimchi jars in the house.
Chen Tao sold six sausages, two packs of spicy strips and a 2-liter bottle of Coke.
Brother Liu's wife had a high fever and did not attend the dinner.
When everyone saw Liang Yingsheng bringing the vegetables, their eyes widened.
Zhao Zifang's expression was exaggerated. He picked up a leaf and sniffed it hard. "It's only been a month, but why do I feel like I haven't eaten vegetables in years? Sister Shengsheng, how did you get it?"
Liang Yingsheng made up an excuse: "We have some vegetable seeds grown at home. I'm leaving tomorrow and can't take them with me, so I might as well eat them all."
For fear of arousing suspicion, she even pulled out the vegetable seedlings that had not yet fully grown in the space and placed them on the balcony in the sun for several hours. Now they are a little wilted.
"That's amazing! When my mom came to visit a few months ago, she suggested I grow some green onions and vegetables on my balcony. I thought it was too much trouble. I should have listened to her earlier."
When Zhao Zifang mentioned his relatives, his eyes turned red, and everyone became melancholy as well.
This damn apocalypse has taken countless lives, and many of their loved ones must have become man-eating monsters.
Seeing the subdued atmosphere, Yan Baoan clapped his hands, turned on the gas stove and added water. "The vegetables are perfect for cooking with the instant noodles. Put the ham in. Let's eat the noodles first, and use the remaining soup to soak the rice."
Just by listening to the description, several people couldn't help but start swallowing their saliva.
The weather is hot and humid without rain, and everyone is short of water so they try to save as much as possible. In addition, there are power and gas outages, so boiling instant noodles and rice is a luxury.
What's more, there are a lot of green leafy vegetables in instant noodles.
Yuanyuan was extremely excited. As soon as the instant noodles were put into the pot, she shouted that they smelled delicious.
Seeing that the little girl was dressed neatly and looked energetic, and no longer called for her father at every turn, it could be seen that Yan Baoan and his wife must have put a lot of effort into her these past two days.
After the instant noodles were cooked, Mrs. Yan filled a small bowl for each person, put some vegetables on it and poured a large spoonful of soup on it. The fragrance instantly filled the whole room.
Holding the bowl, Zhao Zifang's eyes welled with tears. "Even if there were all sorts of delicacies in front of me right now, they wouldn't be as delicious as this bowl of instant noodles. Tell me, will this horrible world ever end?"
Liang Yingsheng couldn't speak, so he simply chose not to answer.
Liang Zhimo, on the other hand, offered some comfort: "Human potential is unlimited, and one can survive in any situation."
Chen Tao added, "Just stop being a nice guy. What's wrong with being a little selfish?"
The small bowl of instant noodles was quickly finished, and Mrs. Yan started to serve rice to everyone and picked up a few chopsticks of chopped kimchi.
"Sister Yan's kimchi is so delicious!"
Sister Yan's eyes turned red. "My mother-in-law made this. I don't have the skills to do it!"
The kimchi water can be recycled, but the jar is too heavy to take away. I will never be able to eat kimchi with this flavor again.
Everyone was full after eating and drinking Coke.
Everyone chatted until late at night before going home. Liang Yingsheng took a shower and stood on the balcony with a telescope to look at everything around him.
The moon is very round and the night sky is full of bright stars. The temperature has dropped a little at night and you can feel the breeze by opening the window a little.
It's very light and small, but feels very comfortable on the face.
There were a few houses with candles lit, but most houses were pitch black. Except for the occasional roars of zombies, the whole city was so silent that it was despairing.
If it is just a natural disaster, everyone can reinforce the doors and continue to live at home, or they can go out openly to look for survival supplies.
But zombies are different. They eat people and will die if you get even the slightest scratch.
This is the real road to despair.
The zombie said: I want to eat the recommendation votes.
(End of this chapter)
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