Chapter 54 Chapter 54
Hearing Ye Xun's question, Chen Guoan swallowed the food in his mouth and answered him: "Housing will definitely be arranged by the base, but a small amount of land will be available for leasing and sale at that time, because the base is also short of food. If you want, I can reserve a piece for you in advance."
I was just waiting for him to say this. Ye Xun's worries were relieved and he smiled. He passed the plate of rabbit meat to Chen Guoan and said, "Then I would like to thank the base commander first."
"Hey, I should thank you. Thank you for taking such good care of Yu Fei." He just looked at his daughter carefully, and his cheeks finally had some color and some flesh.
"No, no." Ye Xun replied.
The two of them kept praising each other, leaving the others speechless. Yu Fei couldn't stand it anymore, so she tugged at her father's clothes to stop him.
Knowing that his daughter hated to hear this, he quickly stopped her and said, "Let's not talk about this anymore. It's more important for everyone to eat. We still have to continue on our journey later."
Soon, the team's horn sounded.
"The team will soon move on. Please return to the team immediately after eating. I say again, the team will soon move on. Please return to the team immediately after eating!"
There was still a steamed bun in the bowl that had not been finished. Chen Guoan did not have time to chew it slowly. He took it directly in his hand and secretly gave it to his wife Yu Qiuhua on the way to the front of the line, hiding in the crowded crowd.
When the couple did this, there was no eye contact at all, as if they were two strangers.
After the people walked away, Yu Qiuhua lowered her head and secretly ate the steamed buns. They were made of white flour and she hadn't eaten them for more than half a year. There was a faint sweetness after chewing them.
As the team was moving forward, they passed by a lake that had not completely dried up. The group was so happy that they completely forgot the rule that prohibited leaving the team without permission.
They haven't taken a shower for more than a week. After all, not everyone is like Ye Xun and has the conditions to take a shower.
The lake water was barely above the knees and the water was clear enough that some people couldn't wait to scoop up some water to drink, and the patrol team had no time to stop them.
Seeing this, others followed suit.
After all, people as brave as them are only a minority, and most people choose to wait and see.
Chen Guoan arrived late and saw that there were still water stains on their mouths that had not been wiped away, so he knew that he was late.
It's true that even flattery can't stop people from committing suicide. Can you drink the water outside?
He was too lazy to care about these people. He would rather spend more time with his daughter and wife.
Thinking of this, he turned and left.
Ye Xun took advantage of the height of the RV to see the whole scene. Anyone with a little bit of brains would know that outdoor water sources are a breeding ground for parasites. These people still dared to drink this water. Did they think they were dying too slowly?
The hardships on the migration route are even greater than those on the journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures. It has only been a short time since we left Province Z, and a lot of things have already happened.
There were people in the lake over there, calling out to their acquaintances to come down. A woman in her forties with dark skin called out to her little sister standing on the shore, "Kewei, come down too. The water is cool."
Li Kewei shook her head: "Sister Shen, I won't go down. You should come up quickly. The water is not clean. There may be parasites."
A man who was drinking water next to the woman surnamed Shen was unhappy when he heard this. He frowned and started to get angry: "How can you talk like that, woman? People kindly asked you to come down to enjoy the cool air, but you don't want to, so why do you say such things? It's so rude."
Li Kewei turned a deaf ear to his words and just stared at the woman she called Sister Chen.
Sister Chen's full name is Shen Moli. Contrary to her innocent name, her personality and appearance are that of a carefree woman. Although there are wrinkles on her face, you can tell that she looked like a queen when she was young.
At that time, she also felt sorry for Li Kewei. She was abused by her husband's family and finally got her revenge, but all her family members died in the end of the world. She was left alone, and some people secretly called her a jinx behind her back.
Shen Moli couldn't bear it, so she scolded her several times, but Li Kewei always remembered it and helped her with many things.
Although Li Kewei usually seems timid and doesn't like to talk, she is the one who comes up with ideas between the two of them.
When Shen Moli heard her say that the water was unhygienic, she immediately believed it and hurried out of the water: “I’m just going to soak in the water. If you really want me to drink it, I don’t have the courage.”
Even if there was nothing wrong with it, she didn't want to drink the water that had been used to soak her feet so many times.
Li Kewei nodded, then led her away from the water.
The horn began to urge people to return to the shore, and those who were still in the water reluctantly returned to the shore, and before leaving, they did not forget to get containers to collect water.
Ye Xun had been paying attention to every move over there. He ran to the side of the cab, avoiding other people's sight, and fed Qin Wei a slice of orange.
Then I told him what I had just seen: "These people are so stupid." He saw it all. The person who first shouted that the water was delicious didn't drink a sip.
"I guess something's going to happen to this group of people tomorrow. Do you want to bet?"
Qin Wei held the orange that Ye Xun had given him again, and deliberately swallowed a small part of his fingertip, saying in a leisurely tone, "Let's bet. I'll bet on the day after tomorrow. There's no point in doing this."
The prize? Ye Xun hadn't thought it through yet, so he could only write an IOU first: "Anyway, the loser has to promise the winner something, so think about it before making any requests."
Qin Wei licked the orange juice on his lips and agreed with Ye Xun's statement: "I have no objection, just don't cheat when the time comes."
"A gentleman's word is as good as gold. I certainly won't cheat. Just wait and see!" Ye Xun deliberately stomped on the floor, making a loud clatter, like an angry prehistoric beast.
As soon as he opened his eyes the next day, he leaned over the car window and looked out, trying to find some big noise. However, until Xu Feng replaced Qin Wei as the driver, everything outside was still quiet.
By the late night, Ye Xun had banged his forehead against the glass window six or seven times, and the crowd outside finally started to riot.
He sat up straight like a spring and turned to look at the source of the commotion.
The noise was caused by the man who had gone into the water earlier. He had filled a bucket of water at that time, and just now, when he wanted to pour the water for cooking, he suddenly caught a glimpse of something that looked like plant roots at the bottom of the bottle, so he took a closer look.
He was so scared that he almost spilled the water. Those were not roots at all, but hair-thin worms entangled and wriggling in pairs.
Thinking about how I had been drinking this kind of water for the past two days, my stomach suddenly churned and I bent over and vomited.
When the others saw him staring at the bottle for a while and reacting so strongly, they picked it up out of curiosity. Then they saw the bugs settled at the bottom and squatted next to the man and vomited along with him.
Out of curiosity, others repeated his actions, and soon, the vomiting people squatted in a row, and the scene was quite spectacular.
Ye Xun looked at their confusing behavior with a frown on his face. With such an IQ, they could still survive until now in the apocalypse. It was truly a miracle.
The large crowd gathered and attracted the patrol team.
"What are you all doing here? If you have nothing to do, just disperse."
They waved their arms to disperse the crowd.
Moli Shen suddenly appeared, holding the man’s water bottle in her hand, showing the bottom of the bottle to the patrol team.
"Little brother, the water they drink is full of these bugs, will anything happen?"
When the patrol team saw what was wriggling under the water, their faces changed drastically and they turned around and walked away.
After a while, he came back with Zhao Wenjie.
"It does look similar. Anyone who has drunk the water from that lake, come with me if you still want to live." Zhao Wenjie said this to the people who were still vomiting, and left without looking back.
No one wanted to die, and those who had vomited until their legs were weak staggered behind him and left.
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