Moreover, one person lingers in the car for several hours, taking up everyone else's chance to rest. I'm really sorry about that.
But when he turned to look at the horse-drawn sled beside him, he found that there were only three people sitting on it.
Shen Yanming was somewhat surprised, frowning as he couldn't understand why everyone had a car but wasn't using it.
Li Gangtie saw this and said with a smile, "If you don't want to walk, then continue taking the car."
Shen Yanming quickly shook his head: "I've been sitting for so long, my hands and feet are stiff, I should get up and walk around. Why isn't anyone sitting down?"
"Well, it's cold at night, and your body gets stiff after sitting for a short while. Unless you're really exhausted, everyone thinks it's better to walk to keep warm."
Shen Yanming understood, realizing that it was quite remarkable that he could fall asleep in such a cold environment.
He felt a tickle in his nose, opened his mouth wide, and prepared for a huge sneeze. Then he rubbed his nose and felt a slight soreness in his eyes.
"Emma, she might catch a cold." Shen Yanming thought to himself, then reached into his pocket, pulled out a pill, and secretly put it in his mouth.
The pills were slightly bitter, but had a unique medicinal fragrance. Shen Yanming chewed them and swallowed them, then yawned twice before probing his consciousness into his spatial dimension to see if his wife was still there.
Bi Qiaoan was not sleeping soundly. She felt a gaze on her as if it were real, and she reflexively opened her eyes.
Finding no one else in the space, she extended her consciousness out and discovered that her husband was already awake.
Bi Qiaoan asked in a soft yet slightly husky voice, "Darling, you're awake. How are you feeling? Is anything bothering you?"
When she found her husband asleep, she considered whether to wake him. After all, it was too cold outside, and falling asleep was definitely not a good thing.
But she found her husband was too tired, so she couldn't bear to. Then, she got sleepy herself, so she hugged An'an and fell asleep.
Shen Yanming's throat was a little dry and sore, but when he spoke with his mind, his voice was still as clear as usual, so Bi Qiaoan did not notice anything amiss.
"It's nothing, my arms and legs were just a little stiff when I first woke up, but I'll be fine after moving around a bit."
He's already taken his medicine, and by the time he gets back to the guard unit, his cold will be almost completely gone. His sore throat too. Then he can just pretend nothing happened.
Bi Qiaoan had no doubts, because Shen Yanming was always in good health and always dressed very conservatively when he went out.
She nodded: "That's good. I was really worried you might have a stroke or something."
Shen Yanming: "..." He shut himself in for a while, not wanting to talk.
"Honey?" Bi Qiaoan asked weakly when she noticed her husband was silent.
"Oh, it's nothing, it's just that the road is slippery, I have to be careful. I'm afraid of getting distracted if I talk to you."
What can I do but ignore her? She's my own wife.
Shen Yanming sighed softly, "It's getting late, do you want to sleep a little longer?"
Bi Qiaoan reached for her phone at the foot of the bed, glanced at the time: 12:15.
"How much further do you have?" she asked, pouting. "You've been walking for hours, haven't you?"
"Yes, Captain Li said it's still a three-hour journey, and we should arrive before dawn."
Shen Yanming could clearly sense that everyone was quickening their pace, probably thinking that they would enter the base before dawn to avoid causing a commotion and prevent others from being jealous.
Bi Qiaoan yawned: "Then I'll cook some soup for you, and you can each have a bowl."
Shen Yanming thought about everyone's situation and nodded: "Let's make that herbal medicine to ward off the cold. They've been in the snow all day, their bones must be freezing."
"Okay!" Bi Qiaoan originally wanted to cook ginger and mutton soup, but her husband didn't give her the chance.
However, cooking this soup before dividing the meat is indeed a bit too high-profile.
"I'll cook you a separate pot of mutton soup, and we'll drink it ourselves when you get back."
Shen Yanming nodded and said with a smile, "Okay!"
The couple chatted for a while, then stopped.
Bi Qiaoan yawned, took a piece of mutton, and left. She rode her electric scooter back to the mobile villa, washed and chopped the meat, and made soup.
He then prepared another packet of medicine to dispel the cold, which he boiled directly with spring water.
Looking at the two pots bubbling on the fire, she yawned again, feeling very sleepy, but didn't dare to go to sleep.
I took a stroll around the mobile villa, picked up the eggs scattered in the grass, and scooped up the almost sentient fish, shrimp and crabs in the lake, killed them, drained the water and threw them into the storage area.
As Shen Yanming walked with mechanical steps, he suddenly sensed that something had appeared in his space. He quickly checked it, smiled, sorted the items, and then huffed and puffed as he continued on his way.
Over here, Bi Qiaoan, who had been active for a while, was now more energetic. After laying down a batch of the grown animals, she went to harvest the crops in the fields.
After replanting the seeds, she got bored. She picked up the little basket that An'an and Nuannuan often used and went to the orchard to pick fruit.
Indeed, the joy of picking fruit yourself is something that cannot be experienced consciously. No wonder so many orchards adopted the "pick and sell" business model before the apocalypse. It really is very attractive to customers.
She looked at the colorful fresh fruits in the basket and couldn't help but lean over to smell them. Wow, they smelled really good!
I picked up a lychee, peeled it, and tasted it. Mmm, it's so sweet!
Bi Qiaoan carried the basket back to the mobile villa, ate half a meal, and then checked on the pot on the fire. Finding that the medicine for dispelling the cold and the mutton soup were ready, she turned off the fire.
I checked the time again and found that two hours had passed, so I carried the basket back to the storage area.
As for those two pots of soup, just leave them to cool on the fire.
Shen Yanming's lips curled into a smile when he saw Bi Qiaoan return. However, the mask and scarf concealed the smile, preventing others from seeing it.
"Is the soup ready?" he asked.
"Yes, they're all cooling in the kitchen. As for the medicine, we can't brew it according to everyone's return time, so it's fine for them to drink it cold. As for the broth, I'll heat it up for you when you get back," Bi Qiaoan replied.
Shen Yanming felt a warmth in his heart and started chatting with his wife about other things.
An hour later, Shen Yanming finally realized that he had been to this place before.
His eyes lit up, and he felt his legs regain their strength.
“Honey, we’ve arrived in the city. In another hour, we’ll be back,” Shen Yanming said excitedly.
Bi Qiaoan also extended her consciousness to observe, but it was pitch black outside and she couldn't see anything. So she smiled and said, "Okay, okay, I'll wait for you to come home."
Qi Xili and Li Gangtie clearly recognized their surroundings, and they encouraged each other: "Hang in there, we'll be at the base soon."
Everyone was overjoyed, and their legs moved even faster.
Forty minutes later, the group finally saw the base gate. Wen Mengguan, accompanied by his secretary Jiang Shulian and several guards, stood at the gate, wringing his hands and stamping his feet, tears welling up in his eyes.
"Captain Qi, Captain Li, you're finally back!"
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