Chapter 121 Stay
The young man walked away and said, "My last name is Zhang Yao, and that man is my brother Zhang Rong. We usually divide the work. He is responsible for guarding the town, and I go out with the other brothers to find food. Don't blame him for driving you away. We are really scared. Alas..."
He sighed, "There was once a group of people, maybe about ten of them, passing through town. They said they were being chased by zombies and wanted to hide here for a night. We kindly let them in. But they actually tried to take over our place... In the end, we had a hard time driving them away... Several neighbors died... So after that, we stopped letting people in so easily."
Lu Ming sighed after hearing this. No wonder people say that good people don’t live long, but evil deeds last for thousands of years.
She couldn't help but say, "Then why did you let us in? Aren't you afraid that we are also bad people?"
Zhang Yao laughed heartily. "There aren't many people who can take good care of women and children these days. I don't think such people can be considered bad people. Especially since you two are still so young. I admire you very much."
What, what young couple...
Lu Ming's face turned red, and just as he was about to speak, Gu Chao grabbed his hand.
Lu Ming looked over in confusion, but Gu Chao didn't look at her. He just smiled at Zhang Yao in distress and said, "She's too soft-hearted. Sometimes it gives me a headache."
Feeling Gu Chao quietly pinching her hand, she stopped refutation and kept her head down without saying anything.
While chatting, the group arrived at the home of the Zhang brothers.
This is a small courtyard with two three-story buildings. There are two bungalows on each side of the courtyard, which should be the toilet and kitchen.
Zhang Yao led them into the living room of the small building outside and sat them down. Then he called upstairs, "Sister-in-law! Guests are coming!"
There were footsteps coming from above, and soon they saw a woman in a light blue dress walking down.
She had long hair and a pretty face, but she didn't look well, her face was sallow, and she looked a little malnourished.
But this is normal. After all, the food available after the apocalypse will definitely become less and less, and many survivors are in worse condition than her.
The woman nodded coldly to everyone and walked out from the back door on the first floor.
Zhang Yao explained, "Usually, they've already had dinner at this time, so there's nothing to treat you. But my sister-in-law will give you some water, so if you don't mind, please have some."
After she finished speaking, she came over with a tray with a dozen earthen bowls on it.
She put the bowls on the coffee table in the living room, reached out and filled each one with half a bowl of water, then walked over with the tray.
Gu Chao thanked him: "Sorry for the trouble."
Then he reached out and took the entire tray and placed it in front of Lu Ming and the two children.
The woman went back and forth a few more times, and everyone got a bowl.
Gu Chao lowered his head and took a sip. There was no special taste, just the water released by a normal psychic, so he raised his head and drank it all.
Seeing this, others also drank the water.
The woman put the bowl back on the tray, picked it up and walked to the back.
Maybe the bowl was too heavy, and when it passed by Zhang Yao, it suddenly twisted and fell on him.
Zhang Yao held the woman's arm with one hand and the tray with the other, and with a force, he helped the woman stand up straight.
He smiled and said, "Be careful, sister-in-law."
The woman first grinned as if in pain, then nodded, forced a smile at him, and hurriedly went out with the tray.
No words were spoken the whole time.
Seeing that they seemed a little confused, Zhang Yao said, "Since what happened last time, my sister-in-law has been a little shy. Please don't mind."
A hint of suspicion flashed across Gu Chao's eyes, and then he replied: "It's okay, we understand."
Zhang Yao laughed and then started chatting with them again.
He seemed very curious about Gu Chao and his group. He asked about the relationship between the others and Gu Chao Luming, and also asked what they did before the end of the world.
"Don't be nervous, I'm just very curious. After all, the mountain behind our town is very high, and no one has ever come in from the back, so you must be very powerful to be able to climb over it."
Gu Chao smiled slightly. "Most of our team are retired veterans, so we have some experience climbing wild mountains. It took us several days to climb back up. So thank you for giving us a place to rest."
Zhang Yao waved his hands and said it was no big deal.
Gu Chao turned his head and winked at Lu Ming, then lowered his head and whispered to her, "Give me the cookies in your bag."
Lu Ming understood, took off the somewhat empty backpack on his back, pretended to flip it through, and then handed it to him, "You can take it yourself."
Gu Chao took it, took out a bag of three biscuits, and put it on the coffee table. "We don't have much, these biscuits are our thank you, brother, don't despise it."
Zhang Yao seemed surprised, but didn't refuse. "Thank you very much."
After chatting for a while, he stood up and walked out. "I'm going to go see what the situation is outside. You guys wait for a while."
Xie Ran stood up and said, "I'm going too."
Zhang Yao paused, then smiled and said, "Okay, let's go."
Everyone was waiting quietly in the living room.
Half an hour later, the two came back, both looking unhappy.
"How is it going?"
Zhang Yao said in a deep voice, "For some reason, the zombie horde seemed to have stopped not far from the town exit and didn't move on."
Gu Chao looked at Xie Ran again, and the latter nodded.
He was a little surprised. If there was nothing around to attract them, they usually wouldn't stop.
Why this time?
Is there something attracting them?
Or is it because this town is too close to them?
The group didn't expect this to happen and were a little confused.
Seeing that they were all lost in thought, Zhang Yao took the initiative to say, "It's dark now. Even if the zombie wave passes, the road will be difficult to travel. Why don't you stay here tonight? There are only three of us here, my brother and his wife, and there are plenty of rooms. You can sleep here for a night without any problems."
Upon hearing this, Gu Chao looked up and saw that Zhang Yao's face was full of sincerity.
A sense of strangeness slipped through his mind again.
After a moment's silence, he asked the others, "What do you think?"
Lu Ming thought that staying for one night was no big deal and nodded to indicate that he had no objection. The two children ignored him and everyone else also expressed their agreement.
Seeing this, he looked at Zhang Yao and said, "Thank you very much. We'll stay for one night and then leave."
So Zhang Yao took them to another small building and told them that any room could accommodate them and they could choose whichever one they wanted.
After a brief introduction, he prepared to go to rest. Before leaving, he reminded them that it would be better not to go out at night to avoid Zhang Rong being unhappy if they saw him.
Gu Chao and his party naturally agreed. After seeing him off, they began to choose a room.
There are a total of 7 rooms on the second and third floors, just enough for two people to share one room, with an extra person to keep watch at night.
Lu Ming brought Xiao Yue to the third floor. When she entered the room, she felt something was strange.
Why is it so clean?
It seems like someone lives here all the time.
But didn’t Zhang Yao say that there were only three of them in this courtyard?
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