Chapter 119 Lily of the Valley
Qian Zhaodi shook her head.
"Only myself."
"You don't want them anymore?" Jiang Rong was a little surprised.
Upon hearing this, Qian Zhaodi glanced sideways at the mother and son hiding behind the crowd, then retracted her gaze and nodded.
"Um."
Zhang Huifang didn't have her as a daughter in her heart, otherwise she wouldn't have pushed her out without hesitation at the moment of life and death.
If it weren't for Jiang Li's help, she would have died long ago. How could she still be standing here alive and well?
After hearing this, Jiang Rong made an OK gesture.
"Xiao Chu, let's go." Jiang Rong called to Xiao Chu who was standing aside.
"Zhao Di! You don't want your mother and brother anymore?!" Zhang Huifang started to panic when she saw that Qian Zhao Di seemed to really be leaving with Jiang Li.
If Zhaodi really left, how would she and Jinbao survive? Besides, Jinbao was still so young, it was not possible to let a ten-year-old child go out and run around.
And then there are these people.
Zhang Huifang looked around and thought to herself that it was a question whether they could get out of here.
So, Zhaodi can't leave!
She is her daughter. If she leaves, she would be abandoning her mother and brother, which is unfilial!
In response, Qian Zhaodi followed Jiang Rong away without looking back.
Zhang Huifang watched her elder daughter walking further and further away, until she was about to reach the stairs. She felt more and more anxious and uneasy, and even a trace of regret welled up in her heart.
She couldn't let Zhaodi leave.
Otherwise, both she and Jinbao would be doomed.
Thinking of this, Zhang Huifang rushed out with her son, grabbed Qian Zhaodi's clothes at the waist, and then pulled her son to kneel down together.
"Zhao Di, I was wrong. Mom, I shouldn't have pushed you. I shouldn't have favored your brother. Please forgive me once, for the last time. I will treat you well in the future and never favor your brother again. You have to feel sorry for me. If you leave, I will die." Zhang Huifang hugged Qian Zhaodi's thighs and cried bitterly. She was really scared at this moment.
Such a world.
If it weren't for her eldest daughter Zhaodi's protection, she would probably have died with her son Jinbao in a short time.
Jiang Rong stopped moving forward and waited silently for Qian Zhaodi's decision.
"Jiang, Jiang Li, you...you're just going to leave like this? What about the people in the mall, what about them?" Baili Mo looked at Jiang Li with a complicated expression, privately thinking that she was a little selfish.
Unexpectedly, after she found a way to leave, the first thing she did was to run away by herself, without even thinking about other people in the mall.
So many people, if they can't find a way out, they will all die here.
"Use your remaining wood-type mutants to try to communicate with those mutant plants. It should be of some use."
Jiang Rong did not give a direct response to this, but although she didn't care about it herself, it wouldn't hurt to give a reminder or two.
Because there have been no plants in the outside world for a year, the powers of wood-type mutants have been very useless and have not been well developed. It is a kind of power that is despised and even ignored.
Because, up to now, they may not have discovered the role that wood-related abilities can play in this external environment.
After hearing this, Baili Mo also understood what Jiang Li meant. She really didn't want to care about it anymore.
As for what she said, Baili Mo also remembered it clearly.
Then, with a unhappy look on her face, she pulled Zhang Jin and Li Jianye away, as if they had misjudged her and still regarded her as a friend.
Jiang Rong didn't care much about it.
Xiao Chuze always followed Jiang Rong closely, listening to what she said and looking at her eyes and eyebrows. The more he looked, the more familiar she seemed.
But I still can't remember.
"Those mutant beasts are coming again!" Jiang Rong looked at Qian Zhaodi who was suddenly a little shaken, lowered his head and thought for a moment, then pointed behind the people opposite and screamed in pretended fear.
As soon as this voice came out, the rest of the people present screamed again.
Zhang Huifang, who was originally kneeling on the ground and hugging Qian Zhaodi's thighs tightly, turned around and hugged her son Qian Jinbao beside her in an instant.
Qian Zhaodi's expression turned cold in an instant, and the warmth that had just risen in her heart was completely extinguished.
"Let's go, Jiang Li." She put away the last bit of desire in her heart and said in a cold voice.
Wait until people around you realize they have been cheated.
Jiang Rong had already taken Qian Zhaodi and Xiao Chu down the stairs and disappeared from everyone's sight.
Looking at the corner where Qian Zhaodi left, Zhang Huifang, holding her baby son, had despair in her eyes.
*
Two days later, the air was extremely hot and humid under the huge mutant jungle.
Jiang Rong: "Zhao Di, it's hot, hot, hot, cool down, cool down, get hot and fuck me."
Xiao Chu: "Zhao Di, give me an ice cube, why is it so hot?"
Qian Zhaodi has gradually turned into a human refrigerator in the past two days...
At this time, the temperature outside was approaching 50℃. If Qian Zhaodi hadn't used her special powers to cool down and make ice from time to time, Jiang Rong and Xiao Chu would have felt like they were being roasted in a big hot pot while walking on the road.
It was already night outside.
After walking in the huge mutant jungle for two days, Jiang Rong and his two companions successfully got lost.
Some of the trees and flowers in the jungle are several meters high, some are more than ten meters high, and some are dozens of meters high. They can't see the outside at all from below.
I can only climb into the surrounding high-rise buildings to see the general direction of the entire road.
Even so, it is still difficult to accurately determine the road ahead.
Xiao Chu: "There's a house over there, would you like to go in and take a look?"
Although the mutant plants around them would not actively harm them because of the white light on Jiang Rong's body, the mutant beasts passing by didn't care.
Therefore, after nightfall, it is better to find a closed place where you can stay safely.
It was not easy for them to light lamps in the pitch-black jungle late at night, otherwise they would become shining targets.
Jiang Rong: "Let's go."
They couldn't tell how tall the building was, but it looked like an ordinary residence with no more than three or four floors, about ten meters away from them.
As Jiang Rong walked along the road, he picked a mutant plant that looked like a vegetable, two mushrooms as big as bucket lids, and a chili pepper as thick and long as a calf.
All three are edible.
But ordinary people basically have no chance to eat it.
Jiang Rong was holding a green vegetable that was half a person's height.
Qian Zhaodi held a big mushroom in each hand.
Xiao Chu was responsible for holding the chili pepper that was longer than her calf.
These are edible and have not evolved to be aggressive, they have just become much larger in size.
The three of them walked around the outside of the house, and finally followed the branches and vines that were climbing around it and successfully brought their food for the night into the house.
From the outside, the building seems to be relatively well preserved. Only a window on the left side has a big hole, and the others are all closed.
Jiang Rong and the other two turned on their flashlights and walked all the way to the fourth floor, then found a room that had not been invaded by the mutant plants and stayed there temporarily.
There was nothing in this room, it was just a makeshift house, there was no tile on the floor and it was covered in dust.
Jiang Rong and the other two had all experienced hardships, so no one complained. They went downstairs, found two mats, put them on the ground, and sat down on them to rest for a while.
After rushing outside all day, Jiang Rong and Xiao Chu found themselves lost. They were both a little depressed.
The two of them were in a hurry to get to Beijing.
Among the three, only Qian Zhaodi was the most comfortable, because she didn't care where the destination was, and even enjoyed such a life a little.
After resting for a while, the three of them found some pots, pans, knives, cutting boards, and unopened food and seasonings downstairs.
The seasonings include two packets of salt, a packet of MSG, a large bucket of cooking oil, a bottle of white vinegar and dried sweet potato flour.
There were some food items, too, like two buckets of braised beef noodles, a deflated bag of potato chips, and a bag of candy, but many of them were expired.
After moving the things to the top floor one by one, Jiang Rong locked the door and lit two white candles in the room.
These candles were collected from somewhere else before, and a total of twenty were found.
After lighting the candles, the three began to prepare for tonight's dinner. Xiao Chu had never cooked by himself in his life, and he would have no chance to cook after the end of the world. He could only help out, such as washing vegetables and dishes.
Jiang Rong can cook it, but the practice of the past two days has proved that her cooking skills are no match for Qian Zhaodi.
So the glorious and sacred task of cooking naturally fell into Qian Zhaodi's hands.
She and Xiao Chu were responsible for eating and helping out.
The water was melted from the ice cubes that Qian Zhaodi conjured up.
Because even at night, the temperature outside is above 45℃, so the ice melts quickly.
Xiao Chu was responsible for cleaning the utensils.
Jiang Rong is responsible for cleaning the Chinese cabbage, mushrooms and chili peppers brought in from outside.
The mushrooms they picked today are brown in appearance, a bit like mushrooms, but they are more than ten times larger than ordinary mushrooms.
Qian Zhaodi is responsible for preparing ingredients and cooking.
Because the gas in the gas tank downstairs was not used up, Jiang Rong simply moved the gas tank upstairs.
They couldn't travel after dark, so since they had enough time, the three of them agreed to cook a good meal to reward themselves.
In particular, Qian Zhaodi’s cooking skills are quite good.
In addition, Qian Zhaodi also moved a square table and three chairs up from downstairs by herself.
Jiang Rong will help when cutting vegetables.
The three of them put some small utensils such as kitchen knives in their backpacks in case of emergency.
Now the food out there is very large in size. If Qian Zhaodi handles it alone, it will probably take a very long time.
So even though Xiao Chu can't cook, he will come over to help after cleaning up the things that will be used later.
A green vegetable, two mushrooms, and a chili pepper.
Three large iron basins were cut.
The size of a wash basin.
And I only cut the vegetables in half, otherwise they wouldn’t fit in.
In addition, there is also mutant animal meat.
This time it was a mutated snake, a highly poisonous green pit viper. After the mutation, the snake's size was almost as big as the python it used to be.
After Jiang Rong and Qian Zhaodi subdued the man together, they quickly removed his head and skin, took out one third of his body, froze it, and put it in their backpacks.
It's still cold when I took it out and is in the process of thawing.
After that, Jiang Rong and Xiao Chu could no longer help and could only watch Qian Zhaodi process the snake meat.
Marinate and slice the snake meat, then stir-fry with chili peppers.
The soup is made of mushrooms and vegetables. The mushrooms are extremely tender. Some sweet potato flour, white vinegar and a little chili are added to the soup to enhance the flavor. It is thick, appetizing and delicious.
There is also a plate of boiled vegetables with just a little salt. Although the method is simple, it tastes particularly refreshing and delicious, with a hint of sweetness.
The three of them didn't need to eat any staple food, these dishes alone were enough to fill them up.
After the meal, Jiang Rong took out three big, red, crisp apples from his backpack and handed them to the two people next to him.
"Apple?!" Xiao Chu was surprised.
"I picked them on the road." Jiang Rong said nonchalantly.
Xiao Chu took it in confusion when she heard it. Why didn’t she see any apples on the road?
"Zhaodi, did you see apples on the road?"
Qian Zhaodi...
“I think I saw it.”
Xiao Chu was still a little confused about this. This shouldn't be the case. How come they all saw it but she didn't?
"I want to change my name." Qian Zhaodi said suddenly.
Now Jiang Rong and Xiao Chu, who were actively chewing apples, looked at her.
"Jiang Li, please help me get one."
"Me?" Jiang Rong pointed at himself and asked uncertainly.
"Um."
Seeing that Qian Zhaodi really wanted him to give her a new name, Jiang Rong did not refuse, but started to think about it in his mind with great interest.
She thought for a moment.
"How about calling it Lily of the Valley? Lily of the Valley is also known as Junying Grass, which means luck, happiness and rebirth."
Jiang Rong thought about it and felt that this was very suitable for her.
"This sounds good and has a good meaning." Xiao Chu also thought it was good after hearing it.
Qian Zhaodi smiled and nodded. At this time, the loose hair on her forehead was lifted to both sides, revealing her full forehead and a pair of gentle eyes.
"Then let's call her Linglan. Thank you Jiang Li, I like it very much."
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