Chapter 203 She has no one to rely on anymore.
Zhong Xiaoshuang knew clearly that it was the end of the world. There were man-eating zombie monsters outside the wall. Every bite of food was precious. Sugar was a luxury that ordinary people like them could not afford.
"Maybe Brother Zuo An is a god?" Such a sensible little girl made Zuo An feel very distressed.
Although the zombie world and the weird world are both disaster worlds, ordinary people in these two worlds live very differently.
Ordinary people who come to the strange world can still live and work normally before receiving the invitation letter from the strange domain.
Although the food is not as abundant as before the apocalypse, at least everyone can eat their fill. It’s only in the strange realm that one will go hungry if they don’t bring enough food.
In the zombie world, except for the superpower elites and those in power who stand at the top of the human race, everyone will starve. The polluted land cannot grow food, and the edible mutated plants and animals are very dangerous.
"Gods? There are no gods in this world." Zhong Xiaoshuang's dark eyes were full of seriousness. "If gods really existed, why didn't you stop the apocalypse? Why did you watch us suffer?"
Zuo An choked. He didn't expect that this little girl could think of such things.
"Brother Zuo An, if you are really a god, can you resurrect my mother, my grandparents and my great-grandparents?" Zhong Xiaoshuang knew that this was impossible, but she had some hope in her heart.
Facing the little girl's request, Zuo An could only shake his head helplessly, "Brother Zuo An is wrong. Brother Zuo An shouldn't say that he is a fairy. I am not a fairy either."
Zhong Xiaoshuang breathed a sigh of relief. As expected, there were no gods in this world. She patted her purse and said, "For the sake of this lollipop, I forgive you."
"Thank you. I have some small cakes here. Do you want some?" Zuo An smiled like a big bad wolf tempting Little Red Riding Hood.
Zhong Xiaoshuang shook her head. "Brother Zuo An, if that's your cupcake, I don't want the cupcake. Can I have some flour?"
Flour can be added to wild grass soup to fill your stomach.
Ordinary people would not eat the wheat cakes they earned every day. Instead, they would take them home, add water and wild grass, and cook them together. This way, they would feel fuller and eat for longer.
What a sensible child!
Zuo An couldn't help but reach out and rub the little girl's head. "Come in and have dinner with Brother Yang Ning. If you want flour, he can order a lot of flour for you."
Yang Ning was stunned for a moment, then pointed at himself, "Me?"
Is it okay for me not to die?
"You are our guest." Zuo An winked at Yang Ning. "We at Wanjie Marriage House provide free meals to improve guest satisfaction. If you accidentally order enough for three or four people and want to share the meal with others, or want to take the leftovers home, that's all fine."
Yang Ning understood immediately that he could invite others to dine with him. The maximum amount was for four people, and the leftovers could be packed up and taken home.
"Then I'll trouble you, Mr. Zuo An. I wasn't full just now. Can I eat something more?" In the training room, he ate the meat pie that Zuo An gave him and drank a glass of soy milk, and then he felt full.
It’s not that his original appetite is so big, but because people who have been hungry for a long time will have a reduced stomach capacity. If they want to restore their original appetite, they have to slowly increase the food intake. Of course, the prerequisite is that there must be enough food.
"Of course, you can sit over here." Zuo An led the two to a booth against the wall, then took out a cookbook. "I suggest you order something lighter. Too much greasy food wouldn't suit your current stomach."
Yang Ning took the recipe and said he understood. He would let Xiaoshuang eat her fill first and then tell her about Uncle Zhong.
"Xiao Shuang, before we eat, why don't you go wash up first? I'll take you there."
"Brother Zuo An, I'm not a child anymore. Just tell me where it is and I can go there by myself." Zhong Xiaoshuang felt that this older brother Zuo An had no ill will towards her, but she didn't like being treated like a child. She was no longer a child.
"Okay, over there." Zuo An pointed to the bathroom door. Zhong Xiaoshuang thanked her politely and skipped in.
After closing the bathroom door, the innocence that was unique to children on Zhong Xiaoshuang's face disappeared, and she looked at everything in the bathroom carefully.
Before the end of the world, every family had the facilities here, but the rich had more luxurious ones and the poor had simpler ones.
The bathrooms they use now are the same dry toilets that were still used in some remote rural areas before the end of the world. They freeze your butt in winter and feed mosquitoes in summer.
Zhong Xiaoshuang carefully turned on the faucet, releasing the smallest flow of water, then scooped up some water with both hands and looked at it in front of her eyes. It was very clear. She then brought it to her nose and smelled it. There was no peculiar smell.
Zhong Xiaoshuang's eyes suddenly lit up. Can the water here be drunk directly?
She carefully stuck out her tongue and tasted it. There was no strange smell, just the very simple taste of water, not even the taste of disinfectant.
Zhong Xiaoshuang quickly drank the water in her hand, then searched everywhere on her body. When she couldn't find the water bottle, she couldn't help feeling depressed. Today she went to look for wild grass with Xuanzi and the others, and left the water bottle at home after coming back.
Oh, I missed such a good opportunity.
Zhong Xiaoshuang washed her hands with a small stream of water, and then used the water to wash away the dirt on her face. She looked up at herself in the mirror on the wall. She was thin and yellow, and even her hair was cut short like a boy. She no longer looked like the fair and tender girl she used to be. If you didn't look carefully, you would think she was a little boy.
In an instant, a warm feeling rushed into Zhong Xiaoshuang's eyes. She sniffed hard. Okay, I can go out. I just don't know if I can ask Brother Zuo An for some water later. He has so much water here, he should be able to give it to me.
She looked at the shower head in the bathroom with nostalgia again. She hadn't taken a comfortable shower for a long time. She wondered if she could take a shower here with Brother Zuo An.
No, no, Zhong Xiaoshuang shook her head. Such clean water cannot be used for bathing. It is such a waste. If the amount of water she uses for bathing is used for drinking, it will take many days.
When Zhong Xiaoshuang pushed the door open, she found two dishes, a soup, and two bowls of white rice on the table.
"Wow, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, loofah soup, shredded pork with sweet peppers, and white rice!" Zhong Xiaoshuang couldn't believe that she could eat these things in her lifetime.
"Please sit down and eat." Yang Ning handed the chopsticks to Zhong Xiaoshuang.
Zhong Xiaoshuang took the chopsticks and sat down. Just as she was about to start eating, she suddenly looked up and asked Yang Ning, "Brother Yang Ning, where is my dad?"
Yang Ning felt a pang in his heart, and said softly, "I'll tell you when you're full, okay?"
An ominous premonition surged into Zhong Xiaoshuang's heart. She was twelve years old now. After three years of the apocalypse, she had seen too many people die. She understood too well what Brother Yang Ning's current behavior meant.
She lowered her head silently, picked up the chopsticks, picked up the dishes on the table, mixed them with rice, and put them into her mouth one bite at a time.
Obviously, the dishes and rice that Zhong Xiaoshuang hadn't eaten for a long time should be delicious and stimulate the taste buds, but she couldn't taste the flavor of these foods.
Big tears fell onto the rice and then into her mouth.
Yang Ning felt extremely distressed watching this, but he didn't know how to persuade her. He quietly waited for Zhong Xiaoshuang to put down her bowl before he gently said, "From now on, you are my biological sister, and I will support you."
Zhong Xiaoshuang looked up at Yang Ning, her eyes red. She suddenly threw herself into Yang Ning's arms and burst into tears.
“Wuwuwu…Daddy…Daddy…I said I would come back, I said I would come back…wuwuwu…”
Losing one's last relative is not easy to accept even for adults, let alone a 12-year-old girl.
"Daddy...I want daddy...wuwuwuwu..."
Even in the end times, as long as her father is there, her heart will have support.
But now, her father can't come back, and she has no one to rely on anymore.
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