The news that Taoyang has recruited a planner has once again caused a stir.
When Xing Shuyu returned home, her parents caught her and questioned her.
"I heard they hired someone? Who is it? Is it someone we know?"
Mother Xing was very curious. There were three places, and the whole family could go and enjoy the benefits.
Xing Shuyu said, "I don't know him. He's a thin old man who looks quite old. Don't be envious. I talked to Boss Su today and she agreed. You just need to prepare to go to Taoyang to register within three days."
Mother Xing's face lit up with joy. "Oh, I didn't expect it to go so smoothly. You have a good relationship with that Boss Su, right? He gave me the quota as soon as he said he would. Your uncles and aunts are eagerly waiting for the next release of quotas."
The serious father Xing glanced at his daughter and snorted through his nose:
"Raising you this big is finally of some use."
Xing Shuyu snorted back, "Boss Su said that's because she trusts me. Seeing how good I am, my parents must be good too."
Mother Xing was delighted. "Of course not! Your father and I have dedicated half our lives to Dongyang, managing the registration and organization of most of the base's supplies. We've never taken a single extra piece of public property, right, Old Xing?"
Father Xing said coldly, "I don't care."
Xing Shuyu jabbed him, "You're really craving the rental quota in Taoyang. I wonder who heard that Taoyang was recruiting planners a few days ago and secretly drew up plans in the middle of the night."
Mr. Xing's face instantly fell.
Unfilial daughter.
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Mei Xingxian sat on the edge of the bed with his head drooped, smoking one cigarette after another.
Tan Fangchun entered the room and saw a cloud of smoke. He opened the window and muttered:
"I've already told you not to smoke indoors. Besides, a pack of cigarettes is so expensive these days, can you please be more frugal?"
Mei Xingxian threw away the cigarette and crushed it.
Tan Fangchun yelled again: "You threw it away before you finished smoking it, isn't that a waste?"
Mei Xingxian slapped her: "Shut up, you damn woman! Damn it, if it weren't for you, my father wouldn't have been kidnapped! Now I'm the one living in Taoyang!"
He grabbed Tan Fangchun's hair and pressed her face against the photo on the communicator screen:
"Look carefully with me and see what a good life Taoyang is having!"
Then he forcefully pulled her to the window of his house and made her look at the muddy and dirty ditch outside:
"Come, take another look at where I live! Bitch——"
Then he started beating and kicking him.
The neighbors were not surprised. When they heard the noise, they did not knock on the door to stop it. Instead, they started gossiping with each other.
"It's said that the Mei family's wife lost the old man. I heard from the Mei kid that his father was a famous designer before the end of the world. I don't understand, but he said he was very good and would definitely get those three places in Taoyang."
Someone sneered at the side: "Old Man Mei is very shrewd. Even if he really caught Tao Yang's eye and got the spot, he wouldn't give it to that unfilial son."
Someone seconded the idea, "Of course. Mei Xingxian's grandson is not very capable outside. He takes his anger out on his wife and father when he gets home. It's common for him to not give his father food and drink. When he's in a bad mood, he points at his father and scolds him. It's useless. He might even hit him. If I had a son like that, I'd strangle him to death."
"Tsk, now that you put it that way, it's a good thing the old man got lost."
Old man Mei, who was basking in the sun in Taoyang, had no idea that his son was in such a mess.
After eating and drinking, Xiao Pan pushed him for a stroll in the open space in front of the cafeteria.
Su Tao happened to be out basking in the sun with black and white sesame seeds in her arms. When she saw the old man, she walked over to greet him.
When people get old, they have no resistance to small animals and can't even move their eyes when they see kittens.
"I haven't seen a cat in years." As he said this, he stretched out a wrinkled finger and touched Bai Zhima's furry head.
Bai Zhima meowed with a trembling voice, being very timid.
Xiao Pan felt so soft-hearted that he wanted to touch her but was afraid that Su Tao would be unhappy. He also felt that he was not worthy, so he stood aside stiffly.
Mei Hongyi laughed. "It's only been a few days since it was born. When I was a kid, I lived in the countryside and I saw a mother cat giving birth. She hid in the firewood pile in my yard. Kittens are not easy to raise, right?"
Su Tao said: "Yes, I have to feed him every few hours, just like a mother."
Although she said it was difficult, anyone who saw her smile could feel that she was satisfied and happy from the bottom of her heart.
Mei Hongyi was filled with emotion: "Peach girl, you have brought new life to them, not only to them, but also to everyone living here."
Su Tao felt embarrassed and thought he was exaggerating. She scratched her head and changed the subject:
"Have you decided who to give the spot to, old man?"
Mei Hongyi looked at Xiao Pan kindly.
Su Tao understood immediately and said to Xiao Pan, who didn't know what was going on and looked reserved:
"Sister Pan, go find Zhuang Wan and ask her to check you in. There are still a few single rooms left, you can pick the one you like."
Liu Panpan finally reacted, her eyes widened, she looked at Mr. Mei and then at Su Tao, tears instantly falling.
She squatted down holding the armrest of Mr. Mei's wheelchair, choking with sobs:
"Sir, I know you feel sorry for me and pity me. I have nothing to offer in return, so I really can't accept your kindness. I usually sleep in the living room, which is fine. It's a thousand times better than my previous place, and it's more convenient for me to take care of you. Really, there's no need to waste a spot on me."
Su Tao left quietly, and this required Mr. Mei and she to make the decision.
However, it can be seen that Liu Panpan is indeed an overly realistic person, and also has a deep inferiority complex.
Zhuang Wan told her that Liu Panpan was a single mother who depended on her four-year-old son for survival. Her son died in an accident, and after burying her son, she planned to follow him.
Zhuang Wan persuaded the person to come back, and they later became friends. Because of this relationship, Zhuang Wan thought of her when she was looking for a caregiver for Mr. Mei.
When they returned to the room, the little ones fell into a sound sleep. Su Tao also quickly took a nap because she had to work as a night owl in the evening. In addition to the small park, there was also an office building to be built.
There was a lot of information crammed into Zhuang Wan's room, and she had even cleared out her two children's closets to store the documents.
We have to build the office quickly to facilitate work.
When Su Tao opened her eyes again, it was already one in the morning. She fed her two furry children and was about to go out to continue the construction when she suddenly received a reminder from the smart housekeeper:
"Master, zombies have been detected 500 meters from Taoyang, please pay attention."
Su Tao shuddered and stood up suddenly.
Something is wrong.
In the twenty years since the end of the world, due to the improvement of the base and the continuous clearance of the army, most zombies have begun to be marginalized and will not take the initiative to approach the human base.
There must be something wrong with the exception.
Su Tao put on her clothes and followed the instructions of the smart housekeeper to check under the outer wall.
Sure enough, in the dark night, I could hear the grunting and footsteps of zombies carried by the wind.
She listened fearfully for a while, and when she felt the noise getting closer, she quickly retreated and hid under the wall.
Suddenly, in the moonlight, Su Tao saw two zombies with gray faces, tattered clothes, half of their intestines hanging, but they moved quickly and had two arms with claws like sickles!
They waved sickles stained with half-dried blood and stopped half a meter away from the electric fence. They seemed to know the power of the electric fence and intentionally kept a safe distance.
Their protruding eyeballs scanned the surroundings as if observing the environment.
Su Tao had never seen such a strange zombie, but it was not difficult to guess that this was the evolved zombie Blood Scythe that Shi Zijin and Pei Dong mentioned.
They move faster than ordinary zombies, have evolved sickle-like weapons, and even have higher IQs than ordinary zombies that have not evolved. They also know how to avoid danger and check the environment.
Su Tao quietly took a photo with the communicator and then quickly returned to the room.
After returning, she breathed a sigh of relief and sent the photo to Shi Zijin and Pei Dong at the same time, along with her own guess:
"There are only two of them, and they have a certain level of intelligence. They may have noticed that Taoyang is protected by an electric fence, so they dare not act rashly for the time being, so they may go to Dongyang to cause trouble."
Then he edited a separate message and sent it to Shi Zijin:
"You must be careful out there. I feel like their numbers are increasing. Last time you dealt with one, you lost an arm. If you encounter a group this time, I might only see your arm back."
In less than two minutes, Pei Dong replied to her and said that he would bring people over immediately.
Ten minutes later, Pei Dong drove a military jeep and took Man No. 10 straight to the place where the blood sickle was found.
But the two zombies had long disappeared, leaving only a row of footprints.
Pei Dong looked solemn:
"You guessed right. Their numbers are increasing, and they're getting bolder. They used to only roam a kilometer away, but now they're even approaching human settlements. If this continues, within a year, they'll dare to attack the city just to feed themselves."
Su Tao's scalp exploded.
She believed that Dongyang, without an electricity grid, would definitely be invaded by blood sickles climbing over the wall. By then, Dongyang's future would be a hell on earth with rivers of blood.
If Dongyang is gone, Taoyang will be just an isolated boat.
Besides, the tenants all have jobs, relatives and friends in Dongyang, and Taoyang and Dongyang are connected by blood and veins.
"Did Shi Zijin bring back any building materials among the supplies he brought back two days ago? When will the wall in Dongyang be built?"
Pei Dong shook his head: "We have some building materials, but it's far from enough. The entire Dongyang covers an area of 400,000 square meters. Building a city wall is not something that can be done overnight."
Su Tao was not feeling well at all. She thought that when Shi Zijin came back, she must shamelessly follow them on a group mission, reach the abandoned garage, complete the hidden mission as soon as possible, and unlock the hidden store.
Pei Dong saw that she looked unhappy and thought she was frightened, so he said stiffly:
"Why are you worried? If anything goes wrong, we are the ones wearing military uniforms. Go back to sleep."
Su Tao sighed and said, "Okay, did Major General Shi enter a no-signal zone? I sent him a message but he didn't reply."
"They usually lose contact when on missions. It's normal that we can't get in touch. Tell me if you have anything."
Su Tao returned to her room and had no intention of continuing the construction. She tossed and turned for most of the night and fell asleep only at dawn.
As soon as she got up in the sun, Zhuang Wan came to her angrily.
Seeing that she was so angry that her face was full of tears and she couldn't speak clearly due to sobbing, Su Tao's face immediately darkened:
"Did anyone bully you?"
Zhuang Wan wiped away a tear:
"I stayed up too late last night organizing materials and didn't get up in the morning. I let Chenxi go to the cafeteria to eat by themselves. When the two children arrived at the cafeteria, they found that all the food in the vending machine was gone. When they were about to go back, they saw Wen Peizhen packing up a lot of meals at the back of the cafeteria and selling them to people outside Taoyang."
"Chenxi is a straightforward child. Seeing her selling at double the price and still asking for contribution points, Wen Peizhen went to stop her. During the argument, she was embarrassed and pushed Chenxi into the electric fence. Fortunately, the electric fence outside didn't trigger, but it also scratched her face. From the corner of her eye to the corner of her mouth, there was a big bloody gash, and the flesh was turned outward."
After saying this, Zhuang Wan broke down and cried, unable to stop.
Su Tao's blood boiled: "Where's Chenxi?"
"Xiaobo and his wife, help me watch over him at the hospital. I'll come back to get the communicator and the child's clothes. The doctor said the injury isn't fatal, but it will leave a scar, unless we can find a psychic with healing abilities."
Su Tao said, "Don't cry, Chenxi needs you. Go get the things first and then go directly to the hospital. I'll go find Wen Peizhen."
Zhuang Wan felt relieved instantly. She stopped crying and hurried to get her things.
Su Tao took a deep breath and went straight to Wen Peizhen's room.
As expected, there was no one there. When she was about to go to the scene, Qian Rongrong's mother saw her, grabbed her and said:
"We all know what happened. The person was kidnapped by Tang Qingshu's husband and taken to the cafeteria. He is waiting for you."
Su Tao hurried to the cafeteria and saw most of the familiar tenants there. Wen Peizhen was tied to a chair with her hands behind her back, cursing:
"You are Su Tao's lackeys! What bullshit Taoyang, what end-of-world Peach Blossom Land, you are just a bunch of land grabbing bandits! What's wrong with me buying some food with my own money? What's it to you? At least I let the outsiders taste the good stuff and they can't wait to thank me. But in your eyes, I am an unforgivable sinner? You are the biggest sinners! You monopolize these good things, and the outsiders can't even smell them!!"
Tang Qingshu was stunned by her ability to confuse right and wrong, and could not help but confront her:
"You still think you're doing good things? Taoyang only bought a meal for 50 federal coins, but you sold it to someone outside for 2,000 federal coins and even extorted 100 contribution points from them. Why don't you just rob them?"
Kong Yuying, who was always reserved and didn't like to argue, couldn't stand it anymore:
"Yes, and besides, we didn't capture you for a few bites of food. We won't starve to death if we skip a meal or two. But what did you mean by pushing Chenxi? You even pushed her onto the electric fence. You just wanted to kill her! How much hatred and resentment does she have against you? Do you want to kill her?"
Fan Chuanhui was furious: "Chenxi's mother has been so worried about everyone's affairs, and not only do you not know how to thank her, you even want to kill her child. You were a mother too, how can you be so cruel?"
Wen Peizhen was about to start cursing and throwing a tantrum when the door opened.
Su Tao walked in expressionlessly and said to Fan Chuanhui, "Untie her."
Wen Peizhen was delighted, thinking that Su Tao wanted to make peace with the matter.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she was untied, Su Tao grabbed her hair and, ignoring her screams, dragged her all the way under the electric fence on the outer wall.
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