Chapter 65: You can’t even support yourself, yet you support others
"Zhimo, quickly go to the grain station with Xuyang and get the fish."
Then, Zhou Lanxin smiled and sat down next to Liang Yingsheng, nudging her with her elbow. "How are you, girl?"
Liang Yingsheng was puzzled. "What's going on?"
"Xuyang, you've known him since childhood. Our two families often interact with each other and know each other well. Although it's the end of the world now, your parents still hope that you and Zhimo can find a good home."
“…”
The corner of Liang Yingsheng's mouth twitched, "Not very good."
Zhou Lan was unhappy. "What do you mean 'not so good'? I was so worried when I heard you were sick. The boy is not ugly and he is quite motivated. It would be great if you two could support each other!"
Liang Yingsheng didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and cast his gaze towards Liang Qiuwen: "Dad, you don't care?"
Closing the book, Liang Qiuwen said calmly: "Your mother has good taste. Xuyang is a good kid. You don't feel wronged by him."
"You can't even support yourself, and you want me to support others? I have high standards. If you really like Yuan Xuyang, why not work hard to give birth to a daughter for him to marry?"
The two glared at each other and said, "What nonsense are you talking about, kid!"
"Why, you can't focus on my brother, but you have to give me another sister."
Zhou Lanxin kept winking at Liang Qiuwen.
Liang Qiuwen understood and said earnestly, "Mom and Dad are worried about you too. What if in the future..."
"Ouch, ouch!" Liang Yingsheng covered his forehead with his hand, his expression painful. "My head is starting to hurt. I'm going back to sleep first. Please don't disturb me!"
Zhou Lan was so disappointed that she couldn't make up for her shortcomings. "You little girl is so picky. It's the end of the world and good men are almost extinct. You finally found a suitable one and you didn't seize it."
"Anyone who is not as handsome as my brother and whose fighting power is lower than mine is not worthy of my attention. Mom, you also know that this is the end of the world. Do you still expect me, your daughter, to protect your son-in-law in the future?"
That won’t work.
But Xuyang is not bad either, right?
Zhou Lanxin felt depressed. Afraid that the mother and daughter would quarrel, Liang Qiuwen quickly acted as a peacemaker: "Why are you so anxious? Our daughter is only in her early twenties and she hasn't had enough of the single life!"
"That's right, I'm really going to sleep. You should find a girlfriend for Liang Zhimo."
Liang Yingsheng took the opportunity to enter the space. Everyone had been busy staying in the old house these two days. As soon as he arrived at the vegetable garden near the wooden house, he saw a field of green vegetables. The vegetables were ripe, and even the wheat seeds sown in the field a few days ago began to sprout.
At this rate, we will be able to eat our own rice in a few months.
Unfortunately, I didn’t have enough time to buy a large rice peeling machine. I do have two for home use, but they have smaller capacities. However, the thing we have the most in the end times is time, so I can take my time with the rice peeling work.
Liang Yingsheng went to the warehouse and took out two blue raindrops and planted them next to the fence. When the vines cover the entire fence and the flowers bloom, it will be extremely beautiful just thinking about it.
Several wooden racks were built by the pond, hung with sausages and bacon. The fragrance could be smelled as soon as you got close. Liang Yingsheng swallowed his saliva and decisively decided to have sausage stew rice in the evening.
Her father and brother are good cooks. Even though it is the end of the world, we can't let our stomachs suffer since we have the conditions.
With the fish, everyone is full of confidence in their future life. In addition to keeping the living fish in the pond they dug themselves, the rest of the more than 100 kilograms of fish are divided according to the number of people. It is not bad to get a few fish per person.
It’s a pity that the three fish ponds were destroyed due to the landslide. Although we won’t starve to death for the time being, we are still short of food.
In the evening, a family of four was taking a walk nearby and happened to meet Grandma Chen and her family who were returning from chopping firewood.
Grandma Chen was holding a bag of wild fruits, and Yuan Xuyang and his parents were carrying tree branches. Against the light, they inexplicably felt that time was peaceful and quiet.
Unfortunately, there is no such thing as a peaceful life nowadays. All we have are those man-eating monsters.
These people were forced to hide in the mountains, but they didn't know how long this peaceful life would last.
"Lan Xin, your family is out for a walk. Are you short of firewood? We've chopped down a lot this time."
Lin Xiu and Zhou Lanxin have become a pair of middle-aged best friends. They get together to chat whenever they have nothing to do, and most of the topics are about life before the end of the world.
"Yes, I ate too much vegetable pancakes that my child's father made today and I feel a little indigestible."
Grandma Chen winked at Lin Xiu, who quickly took out a yam from her backpack. "We've had a great harvest today. Thank you for the pumpkins. Don't refuse this yam as a return gift!"
Zhou Lanxin didn't refuse and took the yam with a smile, "Thank you, Aunt Chen."
Lin Xiu continued, "The wild rabbits we caught last time are growing very fast. Captain Sun and his team are very kind. I figured we're all on the same page now, and only when everyone is well fed will we stop worrying about others. So I discussed this with my family and decided to give them a pair of breeding rabbits."
Liang Yingsheng quite agrees with the statement "Only when everyone is well fed will they stop worrying about others."
Although they were in a rather embarrassed state when they met Grandma Chen's family, perhaps they still understand some of the ways of the world because they have lived to this day.
For example, that former elementary school campus idol Yuan Xuyang, didn’t he even bribe her parents?
"Aunt Lin is right. Rabbits grow fast and give birth to many children. We can indeed give a pair to Captain Sun and his men."
The two families decided that Yuan Xuyang and Liang Zhimo would go to deliver the rabbits, but Zhou Lanxin found an excuse to take Liang Zhimo away and let Liang Yingsheng go with them.
After all, she is her own mother. Doesn’t she know what Zhou Lanxin is planning?
Liang Yingsheng was too lazy to expose it. It would be fine if Yuan Xuyang had no other thoughts about her. If he did, then she would only let him down.
I'm really sorry, her standards are indeed high. In the apocalypse, appearance means nothing. Having enough food and clothing is the most important thing. She will never look for someone who is more fragile than herself.
Besides, Yuan Xuyang is only good-looking, and in her eyes, he is not as handsome as her delicate younger brother!
The two walked along the devastated road. Liang Yingsheng deliberately slowed down his pace and kept a distance of two meters from Yuan Xuyang at all times.
Seeing that she seemed to be worried, Yuan Xuyang did not disturb her.
The people in the grain station were busy drying fish, and a pond was dug in the yard specifically for raising fish. In order to prevent someone from stealing fish in the middle of the night, Sun Ping even arranged people to take turns on night shifts.
Seeing the two of them, Sun Ping was the first to come over and greet them, "Shengsheng, Xuyang, why are you here?"
Liang Yingsheng was quiet around outsiders. Yuan Xuyang handed over a pair of rabbits and said, "My mom and aunt found a nest of wild rabbits in the mountains. These are a pair for you to breed."
As soon as they saw the rabbit, everyone gathered around, each with a look of surprise on their face.
"Oh, what a cute rabbit!"
"Rabbits grow fast and give birth a lot. We can eat rabbit meat in a few months, right?"
"I'll go prepare a rabbit hutch right now. I never thought that one day we would have pigs and fish, and even rabbit meat to eat."
Sun Ping took the rabbit and thanked him repeatedly, "Come in and have some water. It's so hot, thank you for bringing it here in person."
(End of this chapter)
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