Chapter 37: Calling the shots
"Mayor! You have to make the decision for me! Hey, hey, don't stop me, I want to see the mayor."
A shout came from outside the door, accompanied by a scream.
The man sitting on the leather sofa in the office frowned.
He frowned not because of the noise, but because of the two women who were feeding him watermelon. The women were attracted by the screams and dripped the watermelon juice on him.
Ding Hao looked down at his white shirt stained by watermelon juice.
"I'm sorry, Mayor." The long-haired woman reacted in panic and quickly knelt on the ground to admit her mistake, then quickly used her hands to wipe the man's clothes.
"Get lost." Ding Hao spat out one word in a flat voice, with no emotion to tell.
The two women beside him looked frightened but were overjoyed in their hearts. They took the remaining half bowl of watermelon and hurried away.
They fought for a long time before it was their turn to serve Ding Hao.
I didn't expect that not only did I not get punished for doing something wrong, but I could also take the remaining watermelon back home.
These watermelons were refrigerated in the town's cellar. When they were delivered to Ding Hao, they were not only chilled with cold well water in advance, but also cut into small pieces.
They were so greedy when they were feeding Ding Hao, and they didn't expect that they could take it back and share it with their family.
Thinking about it this way, there is nothing shameful in serving Ding Hao. At least you can eat what others dream of.
And in the whole town, only Ding Hao's place can put two basins of ice to cool down. It's better to have some coolness than not.
It's a pity that I was driven away after only being here for a while today. Otherwise, I might have gotten more.
As soon as the two women walked out the door, Ding Hao made a gesture.
The man standing guard at the door immediately understood, picked up a walkie-talkie and said, "Disable one of their hands."
The monkey who was running over heard this. He cursed in his heart and immediately knelt down on the carpet at the door of the office: "Mayor, I am sorry for disturbing you. I really have something important to report to you. This concerns the safety of all the people in our town!"
"Let him in." Ding Hao's voice came.
As soon as he finished speaking, someone opened the office door and let the monkey in.
Monkey didn't care about the pain and bleeding wrist. Under tremendous pressure, he ran to Ding Hao and told him about what happened when he met Mo Fei and others at the station.
"Oh?" Ding Hao stepped on the monkey's wound. "Are you two such losers? You were scared by a few knives."
Ding Hao was a man with unpredictable moods and a bloodthirsty nature. The monkey endured the pain and dared not cry out. Beads of sweat dripped down his forehead one by one, and were about to drip onto Ding Hao's shoes.
Ding Hao's expression relaxed a little and he finally moved his feet away.
The monkey kowtowed to Ding Hao and said, "Mayor, I was lucky enough to survive and came back to tell you the news. Please give me some medicine, please, otherwise my hand will be useless."
If his wound is not treated under high temperature, it will easily become infected.
If you get infected and don't have your limb amputated, you're doomed to die.
Especially since he ran all the way back from the bus station under the scorching sun, it was a miracle that he had managed to hold on until now without fainting.
"You want medicine too." Ding Hao slowly took off his dirty shirt and took out a new one from the closet to put on.
"But medicine is hard to get. Why should I give it to you?" Ding Hao smiled and leaned over to look at the monkey on the ground, "But you know I'm a kind person. So I'll give you a chance. Third brother, lock him up in a room with the two women. Whoever is still alive tonight, I'll give him the medicine."
"Yes." The subordinate called "Old Third" walked over to the door.
He carried away the monkey that was begging for mercy like a strong man.
This is Ding Hao’s bad taste.
There were originally more than 200 people alive in the town, but under the torture of Ding Hao and his group, the number has dropped sharply to 50 or 60 now.
Most of those alive are relatively strong men.
As for the elderly, the weak and the disabled, they are extremely rare.
Some of the old, weak, sick and disabled who stayed behind awakened some useless superpowers.
Ding Hao probably felt that these abilities might not be useful someday, so he didn't touch them.
After sending the monkey away, the third brother turned back, followed by Ding Hao's other two men.
The three of them plus Ding Hao, all four of them are people with superpowers.
Before the natural disaster, some of them were truck drivers, some were couriers, and some were dependent on their parents at home...
But now they are the masters of Hexi Town, and life and death are up to them.
But their ambitions go far beyond this.
Sooner or later, they will enter the city, which is the territory they really want to occupy. Now they are like a tiger crouching and a dragon accumulating strength.
"Boss, let me teach them a lesson. My feet are itchy."
"I'll go. I heard there's a woman in there, and I'm thinking of marrying her."
"I'd better go. My baby has been hungry for days."
A man wearing glasses showed a playful smile. A king cobra was coiled on his shoulder, looking around with a fierce look.
Ding Hao listened to their argument for a long time and cleared his throat: "I told you to read more books. All you know is eating, drinking and having fun. Don't you know what it means to wait and see what happens and find out the truth?"
"Brother Hao, am I disturbing you?"
A sweet female voice sounded, and then a thin little girl appeared in front of them.
Ding Hao, who had a sinister look just now, softened his expression and walked over to hold the woman's hand:
"Why are you up? Didn't I tell you to have a good rest? Come on! You guys call me sister-in-law."
…
Bus station hall.
Mo Fei and the others waited in the hall until about seven in the evening, when the sun was about to set, but the group of people still didn't show up.
Except for Lin Jiyuan, everyone else was disappointed.
Especially Mo Zhicheng, he was also a military fan when he was young.
Either I watch anti-Japanese war and spy movies, or I watch military channels.
If it weren't for the natural disaster, who would have thought that one day he would be able to touch a real gun and have the opportunity to see actual combat with real guns.
Unfortunately, that group of people didn’t come and the plan failed.
"Hey, your brother isn't going to run away, is he?" Lin Jiye asked him while squatting beside Laizi.
Laizi had recovered after a good sleep, but when he woke up he found himself tied to a welded guardrail with ropes around his hands and feet.
He said weakly, "He won't."
"Are you sure?" Mo Fei walked out of the canteen, speaking in a low voice.
She placed a blanket in the store and set up the fully charged electric fan in the trunk so that Song Yi and the two children could rest inside.
Laizi nodded and continued, "It's not that he can't, it's that he doesn't dare. Do you think that the survivors in our town are all following Ding Hao sincerely? There is nothing we can do. I don't know where you came from. Within the 50 miles around here, if you go out of our town, you will die. For example, there is a big willow tree in the west. We all call it the killer willow. Other trees are either dried up or spontaneously combusted, but this one grows like crazy. It also likes to suck blood, just like a vampire. No matter whether it is an animal or a human, once they get close to its branches, they will be tied up immediately. It's like a zongzi. More than a dozen of us died because of it. The roots underneath it are probably all bloody. To the north is Liangtang Village's more than 100 acres of fields, and the crops in the fields have rotted to the roots. But there are still a group of field mice as big as watermelons running around in the fields, digging the ground all the time. If anyone dares to go there, they will definitely be eaten from head to toe. There are also other places, which are scattered with zombies who are not afraid of the sun and can run fast. Who dares to leave Hexi Town without superpowers? Rather than going out and dying, it is better to stay here and linger. What I said is all true. "
As the leper spoke, he scratched the sore on his face.
After hearing Laizi's words, several people looked at each other, all of them still feeling frightened.
They came from the west. If Lin Jiyuan had not changed direction in time, they would have already gone in the direction of the Killer Willow.
There are people of all ages on this bus, but very few of them are able to protect themselves, so they would be in great danger of death if they go there.
"Dad, do you think a field mouse as big as a watermelon is delicious?"
After listening to this, Mo Fei was stunned for a long time with his chin in his hand, and asked Mo Zhicheng who was beside her.
"Wow, Sister Mo, it's hard not to suspect that you are from Purple City. I heard that they also eat everything. You can compete with them."
Lin Jiye shouted exaggeratedly.
"But as long as it's made by Sister Mo, it should be delicious."
Peng Yuan touched his head and smiled.
Lan Chengyin scolded, "Why are you such lackeys? Sister Mo, wait until my marksmanship improves and I'll go catch field mice for you!"
Lin Jiye & Peng Yuan: “…” You can feel the contempt in their eyes for yourself.
Laizi licked his lips and said, "Sister, brothers, just give me some water to drink. My life belongs to you. I know a lot about Ding Hao and the others, and I can tell you." He hadn't had any water for six or seven hours, and he felt like his internal organs were about to burn.
"Brother, Sister Mo, should we give it to her?" Lin Jiye asked.
Lin Jiyuan said nothing.
Mo Fei nodded and took out a bottle of ordinary mineral water from the trunk.
A bottle of Xbao mineral water, which used to cost only 2 yuan, was sold for 5 yuan, 10 yuan, and later to 200 yuan after the purchase restriction order was implemented.
Until you couldn't even buy a bottle for 2,000 yuan.
Laizi stared at the emerald green bottle and the clear water with eyes as if he were seeing a peerless beauty, and he was almost intoxicated.
"Hey, hey, hey, wake up. What are you thinking about? I'm not going to give you the whole bottle."
Lan Chengyin took the water from Mo Fei's hand, unscrewed the bottle cap, and poured out a small bottle cap.
"One bite is fine." Laizi gritted his teeth.
In this world, a mouthful of water is enough for him to survive a day.
The bottled water and mineral water originally stored in the supermarket in the town have been almost consumed. Now most of the water in the town comes from an ancient well that is so deep that you can't see the bottom. There are people guarding the ancient well 24 hours a day, and no one is allowed to approach without Ding Hao's order.
At Ding Hao's place, he could only drink the foot washing water used by that group of people, and even the foot washing water was limited in quantity, and each person could only drink it once every two days.
Only those who went out to look for supplies that day could bring useful things to Ding Hao to exchange for clean water.
After taking a sip of mineral water, Laizi's eyes lit up: "Damn it! I'm alive."
He couldn't help but continue to think about the question he had been thinking about before, where did these monsters come from.
Two cars, nine people, including two elderly people in their sixties and two children who looked very fair and tender.
Needless to say, the elderly and children in this team all rely on the protection of several other young people.
Not only did they not regard the elderly and children as a burden, they also took good care of them.
They all looked rosy and shiny, and if you didn't know them, you would think they were out for a picnic.
Since they can respect the elderly and love the young, it is obvious that these people have good character.
Just as Laizi had seen, after a natural disaster, many people abandoned their wives, children, parents and brothers just for a mouthful of water or a bite of food.
They even fought to the death. The chances of survival were too slim. Who could care about others?
"Brothers and sisters, you are good people."
Laizi rubbed his eyes. His eyes were red, but because of lack of water, he couldn't cry even if he wanted to.
Mo Fei and Lin Jiyuan originally planned to travel by car after the sun set, but since according to Lai Zi, this was the only safe place within a radius of 50 miles, they had to make new plans.
"How long do you want to stay here? I have to make dinner." Mo Fei slowly opened the trunk. "Captain of bodyguards, what do you want to eat tonight?"
Lin Jiyuan, who had just been appointed as the bodyguard captain: "..."
"A full banquet."
Lin Jiyuan was silent for a long time and then said four words.
Mo Fei didn't expect that Lin Jiyuan would make a joke one day, but she was so cold that she chose to ignore it.
"Oh! Pork belly with rice, that's fine too."
Mo Fei took out a piece of top-quality pork belly from a foam box filled with dry ice in the car.
“…”
"Can you two read lips?" Lin Jiye asked his two friends.
Lan Chengyin and Peng Yuan shook their heads.
Before, when Lin Jiyuan led them in target practice, he took the guns back after each day's practice. But now, each of them was given a pistol, and they were holding the gun against the wall to practice their gun-holding posture.
Only Lin Jiye looked absentmindedly towards where the car was parked.
He was really anxious! Gossip!
Waiting online, what are his brother and Sister Mo talking about.
How did Sister Mo make his brother's face as black as the bottom of a pot?
Unfortunately, Lin Jiye only dared to roar in his heart. He didn't dare to go over and ask, so he could only scratch his head on the spot.
When Mo Fei was chopping pork belly on the chopping board, he suddenly heard the roar of a car coming from outside the bus station gate.
Mo Fei looked down at the half-chopped meat with regret, feeling a little sorry.
Come when you shouldn't come.
When can we have dinner tonight?
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