Chapter 31 Chapter 31
The boy's name is Zhang Tianyu. The hunting rifle in his hand was left by his grandfather. He would use it to shoot roe deer a few years ago. However, the control has become increasingly strict in recent years, and the rifle has been left in the warehouse gathering dust for several years.
It was the end of the world, and he was looking for leftover food in the warehouse. He knew there were wild rabbits in the forest near his home, and his family had not eaten meat for a long time, so after thinking it over, he decided to take the risk and go out to have a look.
Unexpectedly, I didn't see the rabbit, but picked up a lone wild boar cub. I didn't understand the rule that there must be a wild boar mother near the cub, so I shot it to death.
The smell of blood spread quickly in the wind. The sow who was looking for her children smelled it and came running quickly, but when she arrived, the piglets were already lying on the ground with cold bodies.
Zhang Tianyu, who was at the scene, was immediately identified as the murderer, although he was indeed the murderer. He was then chased here by the sow.
The first time Ye Xun saw him, he didn't know what to say. Was he praising him for being fearless? Beating someone's child to death was fine, but dragging the corpse away was nothing? No wonder the sow's leg was injured but she still chased him, making the wild boar angry.
Zhang Tianyu, who was in a panic, didn't expect that there were people here. His eyes immediately lit up and he turned around and ran over here as if he saw a savior.
Naturally, the wild boar also changed its route.
Don't underestimate a mother who has lost her child, even if the numbers on both sides are very different, she will never look back.
Ye Xun was very moved by its motherly love, but he felt sorry as he wanted to taste the wild boar today. So he raised the gun in his hand and pulled the trigger without saying a word. The bullet hit the sow's skull directly.
The sow staggered and fell to the ground. Before she stopped breathing, her eyes were still looking at the piglets.
Seeing the sow take her last breath, Zhang Tianyu sat on the ground exhausted, his nostrils flaring rapidly and gasping violently with his mouth open.
Ye Xun had no time to care. He had to drain the pig's blood before it froze, otherwise it would affect the flavor of the meat.
He inserted the triangular thorn into the wild boar's front cavity and did the same thing as he did with the rabbit. The only difference was that the pig's blood was not wasted. He went back to the tent to get the basin, but actually he took it out from the space.
After collecting a full basin of blood, the remaining blood was no longer processed and simply flowed into the snow. The large patches of bright red looked a little scary against the flawless white, like a murder scene in a movie.
The dead sow, even if all the blood had been drained, still weighed about 400 pounds. Ye Xun was unable to move it by himself. Qin Wei came to help after seeing him struggling for a long time to drag the pig a little distance.
After the two of them worked together to drag the wild boar carcass to the entrance of the tent, they left the disassembly task to Wang Yu and asked Cai to go and check on Zhang Tianyu.
Even though he had no strength left, the boy still held tightly onto the hard-earned prey in his hands. This might be the only source of meat for him and his sister throughout the extreme cold.
When Qin Wei approached, Zhang Tianyu was like a mouse seeing a cat. If his legs had not been weak, he would have run two miles away.
Qin Wei was a little depressed when he saw that this boy was really scared of him. Did he look so scary? Obviously, many people liked him before.
Ye Xun, who originally planned to let Qin Wei communicate with the children, was so frightened when he saw that they were scared like quails that he quickly asked Qin Wei to go aside.
Trying to put on a gentle and amiable expression and speaking in the softest tone, Ye Xun asked Zhang Tianyu: "Little brother, why are you here alone? Where is your parents?"
Since he couldn't run away, Zhang Tianyu answered honestly: "I came out to find food. My sister is the only one at home. The others died of plague during the extremely hot weather."
The tone was casual, without any sadness in mentioning the sad events.
Ye Xun was choked. Yes, if the elders in the family were still alive, they would not let a child go out to find food in such freezing weather.
He tried to find a topic again, and when he saw the wild boar at the boy's feet, an idea suddenly struck him: "Did you catch this? It's pretty impressive!"
Zhang Tianyu nodded, and pointed at the wild boar that was cut in half in Wang Yu's hand, "It's the piglet of a big pig. I happened to meet it."
No wonder they were able to chase three miles even after being shot in the back. But Ye Xun did not say that he did something wrong. It was luck that he met Xiaozhu and the three of them. Luck is also a kind of strength.
"It's dark now and you can't see the road. Why don't you come to our tent and eat something? You won't be able to sleep for a while anyway." Ye Xun reached out and grabbed the boy's hand, pulled him up, and helped him walk towards the tent.
In the invisible blind spot, with distorted facial features and a bared face, he stretched his hand and it was about to cramp!
But I couldn't show it, I had to force myself to hold it in. It was such a cold day, I was sweating profusely.
The stove in the tent was lit again, the aluminum pot was set up, Qin Wei had already cooked the bottom of the pot, and Wang Yu brought a pot of chopped pork and put all the pork in directly. The simple version of the hot pot was ready.
The base is made of butter, and the spiciness is moderate, so even people who don't like spicy food can tolerate it. Wild boar meat is chewier and more delicious than domestic pig meat, which made Ye Xun, who originally wanted to try something new, feel bloated by the end.
Zhang Tianyu, who ate even more exaggeratedly than he did, had the best meal since the end of the world. Thinking of his sister who was still waiting for him to bring food back home, he stopped using his chopsticks to pick up the meat and asked Ye Xun, who had stopped fighting, "Brother, can I take some meat back? My sister hasn't eaten all day."
There is plenty of meat, you can take it all away, but looking at the boy's thin body, I don't know if he can keep the meat.
"Of course you can, but as a reward, take us to see where you live." Ye Xun planned to use the excuse of accompanying them so that those people would not snatch food in front of them.
Zhang Tianyu said it was no problem.
So the group finished the last bit of food in the pot and got up to pack up the tent. After the huge tent was packed up, it was only the size of a mountaineering bag. Although it was expensive, it was worth it.
The wild boar had been cut into pieces by Wang Yu, and the bones of the spine were cut very intact, ready to be used to make soup. The remaining meat had been frozen and was directly thrown into the bag and packed up to be taken away.
The snow kept falling, and the top layer had never been compacted, so every step would sink into it. Fortunately, their snow boots were made of waterproof material.
Zhang Tianyu lived in a small village in a scenic area, only one kilometer away from where they camped, but it took nearly 20 minutes to get there.
This is a small courtyard surrounded by a two-meter-high wall. Zhang Tianyu took out the key from his pocket and opened the iron lock of the courtyard gate. His tender hands had a lot of frostbite due to the hard work, and the key was still shaking slightly when he pointed it at the keyhole.
The yard where Zhang Tianyu and his sister Zhang Tianxin live now was left by his grandfather. Before the end of the world, Zhang's father and mother did some business and the family had some money, so they bought an independent yard in the scenic area for the elders to live in. Unexpectedly, it would eventually become a refuge for the brother and sister.
He led Ye Xun and the others into the house. Although the outside of the house looked dilapidated, the decoration inside was quite good. The Chinese style decoration was in harmony with the overall style.
The house is still quite warm. There may be a generator at home, but the engine is quite loud. It is quiet here and I don’t know where I can hide.
It was night and Zhang Tianxin was still sleeping. Zhang Tianyu went into the room and woke her up to eat.
When he was led out, he was still rubbing his eyes.
She is a five-year-old girl with a chubby face, which is in contrast to her brother's thin face. It can be seen that she has been well raised in the apocalypse.
The little girl was also sensible. She called everyone one by one and was very sweet to her older brothers and sisters.
The door gap of the house was not treated like Ye Xun's house, so the smell could easily drift outside. Zhang Tianyu waved at them and motioned them to follow him.
The group arrived at the backyard, where there was a shed covered with straw. When they pushed the straw aside, a door appeared.
This is the entrance to the basement.
Zhang Tianyu opened it skillfully, went in first, then carried Zhang Tianxin down, and Ye Xun and the others followed closely behind.
As soon as I entered the basement, I heard a buzzing sound. It turned out that the generator that I had not noticed before was here.
Walking down, the appearance of the basement gradually emerges.
The area is quite spacious, and the structure is simple, with only a generator, a storage room and a bedroom. Cooking is done on the earthen stove in the bedroom, and if you want to go to the toilet, you use a chamber pot.
A lot of food was stored. Ye Xun looked at the bags of rice and pickled bacon against the wall. Some people even grew some vegetables in cardboard boxes like Ye Xun.
The leaves turned yellow due to lack of light, but overall it is still growing well.
No wonder the two little kids lived so much better than the adults in the apocalypse.
Since there is bacon, why take the risk to catch rabbits? Ye Xun was a little puzzled, and he asked Zhang Tianyu his question.
Zhang Tianyu was heating up the pork he brought back, "Because my sister wants to eat fresh pork. She is a little tired of eating salted pork for a long time."
The reason turned out to be this. Ye Xun was very upset when he heard it. If Wang Yu said this to him, he would probably just let her eat it if she wanted.
He suddenly felt a little ashamed. He didn't expect that he was not as good as an underage child.
Zhang Tianyu took out the hot pork and put it in a bowl. He let it cool down a little until it was edible before placing it in front of his sister.
Because of the heating in the basement and the lack of ventilation, the temperature was just above zero degrees. It was too hot to wear coats, so Ye Xun and the other three took off their coats.
It was still dark outside and there were no street lights, so it was not very convenient to go back to the community. They planned to rest here for one night and leave in the morning.
Anyway, they have sleeping bags and can sleep anywhere.
Zhang Tianyu brought them back with this intention. He could feel that these older brothers and sisters were not bad people and they would not lack the food at home.
In this way, the three people and the dog spent the night in the basement.
The next day I was woken up by my biological clock.
Qin Wei was the first to wake up. He quickly got dressed, walked out of the basement, scooped up a basin of snow, put it on the stove which was still warm and waited for it to melt, then washed and brushed his teeth.
After washing up, the others woke up.
Ye Xun held a toothbrush in his mouth, sat on a stool, and brushed his teeth intermittently. "Should we go back today?"
He spoke with a slurred voice and had toothpaste in his mouth.
Qin Wei hummed and reached out to tidy up his messy hair. "When I went to scoop snow, I felt the temperature dropped again. I have to hurry back."
Spitting out the snow water he used to rinse his mouth, Ye Xun picked up the wet towel Qin Wei had prepared in advance and wiped his face roughly.
"Then let's say goodbye to little Zhang Tianyu. We don't know if we will have the chance to see him again in the future." In the end times, you never know what will happen in the next second.
Ye Xun knocked on the bedroom door. As soon as he knocked for the first time, Zhang Feiyu said from inside: "Come in."
After getting permission, he pushed open the bedroom door and walked in. He saw a teenager dressing his younger sister. It was a very heartwarming scene.
"We are leaving. The temperature outside is dropping again. You'd better move everything in the room upstairs in today. If there is nothing else, don't go out again." Ye Xun specifically reminded him that the peak of the extreme cold was coming soon, and those who couldn't survive it would have to stay in the cold wind. He didn't want Zhang Tianyu to be one of them.
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