Ye Zhou felt that Zou Ming might never have taken a bath since he was born - this might very well be true.
It took Ye Zhou three buckets of water to finally wash Zou Ming clean.
At first, Zou Ming would dodge and even struggle, but he finally calmed down when he was almost done washing.
Ye Zhou blew Zou Ming's hair dry and changed him into clean children's clothes. Finally, he saw a little bit of Zou Ming's shadow in the boy. After the boy put on the new clothes, it seemed as if his armor was stripped off, and he became uneasy.
He didn't want to look at Ye Zhou, and even less wanted to look at Chen Shu. He sat alone on the sofa, only occasionally looking blankly at the air outlet of the air conditioner in the car.
The boy who grew up in the slums had never seen air conditioning or even heard of it.
As for the enjoyment of the upper class, with his poor imagination, he could only think of them having enough food to eat.
As he struggles to make a living, the only thing he thinks about is how to earn food and water for tomorrow and how to see the sun the next day.
"Have a drink." Ye Zhou poured Zou Ming a glass of boiled water and considerately pushed it in front of Zou Ming. "You can't eat too much now. You have to take care of your stomach first. During this period, you have to eat millet porridge. Foods with heavy oil or salt are not allowed. You can eat whatever you want when your stomach is healed."
Ye Zhou sat opposite the boy, and he actually didn't know what to say.
He had many concerns. After all, Zou Ming did not tell him whether he had ever told him about dimension jumping when he was a child, or whether he had ever told him that they had a friendship before they met.
The boy looked at the water cup, his eyes turned red instantly, but he remained motionless, trying his best to restrain his impulse.
Until Ye Zhou said: "Drink it, is this glass of water enough to buy your life?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the boy immediately picked up the cup of water with both hands and poured it directly into his throat without even swallowing.
"You will live with me during this period." Ye Zhou, "You sleep in the bed at the back, and I will sleep in the front."
The sofa in front can be assembled into a large bed. Although it is not as comfortable as the bed in the back, Ye Zhou doesn't really care about it.
In Ye Zhou's opinion, this is not a compromise or hardship.
The boy's mind was in a mess. He had too many questions, but he had no clue what to do with them.
He didn't even feel that everything before his eyes was real.
But he also thought that he relied entirely on his imagination and could not imagine people like the one in front of him or things like the RV.
Everything here was so new, so new that it seemed real to him, yet strangely fake.
Even the glass of water that he poured into his mouth didn't seem to fall into his stomach.
Chen Shu came in from the car. She hadn't been in the sun for long, but her skin had become darker. Fortunately, she didn't care at all.
"The porridge is ready, millet porridge." Chen Shu placed the bowl in front of the boy and sprinkled a thin layer of meat floss on the porridge. Because he was worried that the boy would not be full, the amount of porridge in this bowl was only slightly less than that for an adult.
This time the boy didn't need anyone to persuade him, nor did he use a spoon. He just held the bowl and poured the porridge into his mouth. Fortunately, the porridge was not very thick, so he could eat it directly by pouring it into his mouth.
He didn't look good eating, he ate voraciously, but he was very precious with the food and didn't let go of even the last grain of rice.
In less than three minutes, he had "drunk" the bowl of porridge clean, with nothing left at the bottom of the bowl, making it feel like there was no need to even wash it.
After finishing the porridge, the boy still stared at the bowl.
He didn't know what it felt like to be full, so he felt like he was still hungry and could eat more.
As long as Ye Zhou is willing to give, he will keep eating until he dies.
"You can't eat anymore. You can have a bowl of porridge before going to bed." Ye Zhou handed the boy a piece of paper, "Wipe your mouth and go to bed after that."
"If you fall asleep at night, I won't wake you up. You can get up and have breakfast tomorrow morning."
Although Zou Ming had no lice or fleas, Ye Zhou was still worried that he had parasites in his body.
However, we have to wait for Zhou Yuanhe's test before we can deworm Zou Ming.
The boy took the napkin. He seemed reluctant to wipe his mouth with such good paper, but when he looked at his new clothes, he felt that compared to clothes, he would rather waste paper. So he tore off a small corner of the napkin, wiped his mouth carefully, folded up the rest of the napkin, and looked at Ye Zhou.
Just this action made Ye Zhou's heart soften.
"Put it here." After saying that, Ye Zhou walked to the boy and picked him up.
This time the boy did not struggle. He had just eaten the most filling meal in his short life, so all his vigilance disappeared along with the bowl of porridge.
Even if he was going to die the next moment, there seemed to be nothing to regret.
After all, most people here will never have the chance to eat a bowl of porridge like that in their entire lives.
When Ye Zhou put him down, the boy seemed to sink into soft cotton, and he suddenly realized that this was a bed.
But the bed he slept on was either a wooden board or a floor. He was used to the cold and hard "bed", and such a soft bed made him uneasy.
"Go to sleep." Ye Zhou gently rubbed the boy's head, then pulled up the thin quilt to cover him.
Then he closed the sliding door of this "small room".
After all, it is a system product, so even the wooden sliding door can be soundproofed, allowing the boy to sleep well.
There is also a glass window at the head of the bed. Ye Zhou had welded the window shut a long time ago, but a ventilation system was left to ensure that the car is filled with filtered air.
"Boss, we've found the people. Do you want to find a house to renovate?" Chen Shu made a cup of black tea for Ye Zhou.
Ye Zhou drank half a cup in one breath. He rubbed his temples and said, "I need to find a house."
RVs are still too small. They can be used to house people, but they are not very convenient, and the number of people that can live in one vehicle is limited.
With so many people living in the car, there will always be a smell, and it will be inconvenient to cook and change clothes. Although the supermarket employees are familiar with each other, they are not related by blood after all.
"I'll ask Zhao Qing to find it when he comes tomorrow." Ye Zhou, "I'll leave that house to him in the future."
Ye Zhou suddenly said: "I just thought about it. When we leave, Zou Ming should be still young. We still need to train a few people for him. Otherwise, when we leave, he will still be unsafe alone."
Ye Zhou was like an old father at this moment, wishing he could arrange his child's life clearly and not let him take any risks.
"I'll trouble you a lot here. You need to teach him how to shoot." Ye Zhou said, "I'll teach him how to fight."
Chen Shu is also good at fighting, but he is not an expert. If a person concentrates on one thing, other things will naturally be put aside.
Chen Shu: "Okay."
"Boss, go to bed early."
It was getting late outside and lights were already lit in the slums. The quiet places during the day were now noisy as if they had returned to peacetime. The "big shots" came out from the inner city and were having fun in the slums.
After finding Zou Ming, Ye Zhou felt at ease. He knew that Zou Ming could live safely until he found him. But he not only hoped that Zou Ming would live, he also hoped that Zou Ming would live well, have enough food and drink, have friends and a place to live, and not have to worry about danger.
In order to achieve this goal, Ye Zhou knew he still had a lot of work to do.
In short, in this dimension, he is not in a hurry to make money and leave.
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The boy was not asleep. He was lying on the bed, under the quilt, covered with a thin blanket. He was obviously extremely tired and it seemed that he could fall asleep if he closed his eyes, but his brain was extremely excited.
He had never covered himself with a quilt, and had not even seen one a few times. The weather here was so hot that he wanted to take off all his clothes.
I heard that the big shots above can use ice to cool down, but how can they get ice when they can't even afford water?
Using a fan is useless because the wind from the fan is also hot, and will make you sweat more because of the fan.
The boy buried his head in the quilt and he could smell the fragrance of the quilt.
He covered his head with the quilt in a daze. In the darkness, he could only hear his own heartbeat.
He closed his eyes and the man's face appeared in front of him.
The boy always thought that he had a good memory. He was sure that he had never seen the man, but if he had seen him, he would never forget him.
But since he had never met and didn't know him, why would the other party be so nice to him?
There is no good thing in this world without reason, the boy has always believed so.
"Mom" adopted him in the hope that he would be able to survive when she was old and could no longer work.
The reason he was willing to call her "Mom" was because he wanted to live. At that time, he was younger than he is now and could not survive on his own.
They all have their own ideas, but they are never based on sympathy or other unnecessary emotions.
The boy's thoughts became more and more complicated. Before he fell into a coma, he was still wondering if he would really have food to eat tomorrow...
"Still sleeping." Ye Zhou opened the sliding door and took a look.
It's almost 12 noon and the boy is still sleeping.
The boy fell asleep upside down, with his hair messy and his clothes facing upwards, revealing his flat belly.
Ye Zhou could see his ribs clearly.
"He's too weak," Sarah said seriously. "Too weak to survive."
Ye Zhou smiled and patted Sarah on the head: "That's not what I meant. The weak and the strong should all survive. It's just that the environment here and where you are doesn't allow it."
Sarah didn't quite understand, but she wouldn't refute Ye Zhou's words.
"He's going with us?" Sarah pouted.
Ye Zhou didn't expect that little Sarah was not jealous of big Zou Ming, but was jealous of little Zou Ming.
"No." Ye Zhou said, "He is Zou Ming. He has suffered a lot here for many years. I will not leave until I have arranged for him. Don't be jealous of him. What is there to be jealous of?"
Ye Zhou said seriously: "Anyway, none of you are my biological children."
Sarah: “…”
Chen Shu couldn't help laughing beside him: "The boss can even make jokes now."
Now that he had found the person, Ye Zhou's mood naturally improved.
Chen Shu: "Should we keep the porridge warm for him, or just sprinkle some pork floss on it? Should we cut some ham cubes? Starch sausage."
Ye Zhou: "Okay, put some chopped vegetables in it."
Half an hour later, Ye Zhou went over to check again. This time the boy was no longer asleep. He was sitting on the bed, his eyes unfocused, staring motionlessly at the handle of the cabinet above his head, with a dreamy look on his face, and he hadn't realized where he was or who he was.
"Are you awake? Come and eat if you are awake." Ye Zhou asked, "Can you get out of bed by yourself?"
"I don't know what size shoe you wear, so just wear slippers first."
Ye Zhou did not act too enthusiastically, because he knew that the more enthusiastic he was, the more afraid Zou Ming would be.
The boy nodded, indicating that he could get out of bed by himself.
The bed in the RV was a bit high, and the boy jumped down lightly and nimbly. He usually didn't wear shoes, but he put them on when Ye Zhou mentioned it.
Sarah kept studying the boy throughout the meal.
She knew that the boy was Zou Ming, but she could not connect this pointed-faced child in front of her with the tall and thin Zou Ming whom she needed to look up to. Their faces did not look alike.
The boy also looked at Sarah. He had never seen a foreigner with blond hair. There had been no interaction between countries for a long time.
There were no resources to support the continued existence of airplanes and ships, and he had never even heard of any blond people in the world.
But as soon as the porridge was served, all my curiosity disappeared in an instant.
Ye Zhou found that the boy would eat up any amount of food he was given, as if he had no idea of being full.
The porridge at noon today is thicker than the porridge last night. In addition to the meat floss, there is also a layer of rice oil on the surface of the porridge. It can no longer be drunk, and you have to use a spoon or chopsticks to put it into your mouth.
The boy finished it in less than five minutes.
It's simply a ruthless rice-making machine.
"Why are you in such a hurry? No one is going to snatch it from you." Ye Zhou laughed softly, then started eating.
The weather was hot here, and the employees had no appetite, including Ye Zhou, so Aunt Li made cold noodles for them. Ye Zhou couldn't eat spicy food, so she didn't add chili oil to the noodles, but just added more vinegar and sugar, and it was just right with a bowl of thinner white porridge.
"Can you watch cartoons with him in the car at noon?" Ye Zhou was going to discuss business with Zhao Qing, so he had to bring Chen Shu with him. But he was worried that Wu Yan and the others, who looked like big and strong men, would scare Zou Ming, so he had to let Sarah accompany Zou Ming.
Sarah is only slightly taller than Zou Ming, so she won't scare Zou Ming. She is also very strong and the car is bulletproof, so it is safe for the two of them to stay together.
Sarah nodded. She didn't refuse.
After making the arrangements, Ye Zhou changed his clothes and reminded Zou Ming again and again before leaving: "You and Sarah stay in the car. She will protect you. Don't even think about getting out of the car. Remember?"
The boy didn't say anything until Ye Zhou repeated it for the fifth time. Then he said, "I remember it."
Ye Zhou smiled and took Chen Shu out of the car.
As soon as Ye Zhou left, Sarah turned on the car TV. There were downloaded cartoons on the TV. She was ready to pick the one she liked, but she thought of someone else in the car, so she turned around and asked, "What do you like to watch?"
The boy looked at her expressionlessly.
Sarah nodded in her heart, this person was indeed Zou Ming.
"Then I'll play what I like." Sarah played Flower Fairy.
The boy watched Sarah grind smoothies on the stove next to her while listening to the theme song. Sarah hummed a song and asked, "Do you want some?"
The boy still didn't speak. Sarah thought for a moment and said, "Ye Zhou said you have a bad stomach, so I can't give you the smoothie. I'll eat it myself."
She added, "I'll make you some tea."
She likes to make tea for Ye Zhou, but when Ye Zhou is not around, she will make tea for Zou Ming as well.
Sarah thinks making tea is a skill and she likes to show off to others.
The boy did not trust this strange-looking foreigner, and was even more resistant to Sarah than he was to Ye Zhou. He was unwilling to talk to her and even avoided all eye contact. No matter what Sarah said, he had a dead face.
Even though the two were in the same car, there was no communication between them.
After being rejected several times, Sarah no longer cared whether he was Zou Ming or not and just watched her cartoons.
The boy, who originally didn't want to watch TV, slowly turned his attention to the TV.
This time, Ye Zhou went to Zhao Qing's base camp. Zhao Qing brought people to invite him personally, and Ye Zhou only asked Chen Shu to go over.
Zhao Qing is a smart man, and it is always easier to deal with smart people.
Both sides understand each other tacitly and know what the other side wants from them.
Because there was no elevator, the only way to get to the roof was to walk. Fortunately, Ye Zhou had never neglected training, so he climbed to the roof without getting red in the face or out of breath. On the contrary, Zhao Qing started to pant after climbing the stairs.
Zhao Qing has always claimed that he leads the base with his brain, so he did not feel ashamed of his physical exhaustion, but rather felt proud of it.
"Most people here have better physical strength than me." Zhao Qing said to Ye Zhou after sitting on the sofa.
Ye Zhou smiled and didn't respond.
He could understand what Zhao Qing meant - I am less physically fit and thinner than most people, but I rule them. Doesn't this further prove how useful my brain is?
The woman brought two glasses of ice water from outside the door.
It's full of ice.
It is a very luxurious treatment here.
Ye Zhou didn't touch the cup. He watched Zhao Qing drink some ice water. He took a deep breath and said to Zhao Qing, "I can provide food and water, but you don't have to ask for weapons. I won't give them to you. But it's none of my business if you want to buy them somewhere else."
"I need water and food." Zhao Qing looked into Ye Zhou's eyes, "but I need something more."
"As long as you can provide us with it, you can do whatever you want in the base. No one dares to offend you. You can walk sideways."
"What?" Ye Zhou did not answer immediately.
Zhao Qing: "Improve the land."
Ye Zhou was stunned, then looked at Zhao Qing with a completely new perspective.
He didn't see any sign of joking on Zhao Qing's face; he said this with extreme seriousness.
Zhao Qing added: "We need to improve the land and build a plantation. We need something to soften the sunlight. It would be even better if we could have fertilizer."
Zhao Qing saw Ye Zhou's expression clearly, and he smiled and said, "Mr. Ye, we didn't do planting production before because we didn't have the conditions. We wanted it, but no one was willing to sell it to us."
"Those large bases need our continuous blood supply." Zhao Qing, "The large bases have strangled us, so we can only strangle the throats of smaller bases, layer by layer. You may think that we are cruel, but it is because of our cruelty that we can survive until now and this base still exists."
Zhao Qing's words were sincere and heartfelt, but Ye Zhou didn't believe a word of it.
He has met too many people like Zhao Qing. Everyone has different ways of speaking from different standpoints. In essence, the butt determines the head.
Zhao Qing simply chose a path that was easier and more conducive to his rule.
But that doesn't mean he really tried.
But Ye Zhou did not refute Zhao Qing's words. He just said: "Then you need to clear a piece of flat land to build a plantation."
Zhao Qing: "It will take about a month."
"What we urgently need now is water and food," said Zhao Qing.
Ye Zhou's expression was a little complicated: "You don't have a reservoir, and I sell you water, but you don't have a place to store it."
"I can sell you bottled or barreled water, but it's much more expensive than selling you water directly."
Zhao Qing did not raise any objections, but he quickly added: "We don't have much to offer right now."
"I want to give you what we can first, and the rest will be given to you when we are able to do business with other bases."
He wanted to buy on credit, and he said it with a straight face, as if he wanted to just say, "I don't have money, but I won't give up on taking advantage of you."
Ye Zhou knew that he couldn't let go, otherwise he would be scolded until his scalp numbed.
"I don't accept credit here." Ye Zhou, "I'll give you as much as you can buy."
Zhao Qing's brows immediately frowned.
But Ye Zhou quickly added: "The price of the plantation land can be negotiated, but water and food cannot. Or you can buy on credit now, but I can't do anything about the plantation land. My supplies are also limited."
Zhao Qing wanted to say he wanted both, but he also knew he couldn't push too hard, so after a few seconds of hesitation he said, "Then let's get some water first."
Ye Zhou: "How much do you want? It would be best if you can give me the specific data and things today. I need a month to prepare."
Zhao Qing: "Okay."
"Eat something before we continue." Zhao Qing looked at the woman standing aside.
The woman shuddered, but quickly forced a smile and quietly walked out the door.
There was nothing here. The woman brought two bowls of mashed potatoes sprinkled with seasoning. The mashed potatoes were not very smooth, but it was a luxury here. After all, most people could not eat salt.
Ye Zhou had no appetite. The sanitary conditions here were poor and he was worried that he would have diarrhea.
But after all, it was someone else's territory, so he still had to give them some respect. Ye Zhou took a few bites and then tried to find a topic to talk about: "I will also sell some small things to the people in the base, but if you don't want me to sell something, you can tell me now."
Zhao Qing was very satisfied with Ye Zhou's attitude. He smiled and said, "Except for water, weapons and metal objects, you can sell everything else."
After all, Zhao Qing didn't want all the lower-class people to starve to death. If they starved to death, who would he rule?
Both parties were barely satisfied with the deal, and Zhao Qing personally escorted Ye Zhou downstairs.
But this time when I went downstairs, there was a group of neatly dressed people standing downstairs.
Although this group of people were not wearing any gold or silver, here, being neat and tidy was already considered as wearing gold or silver in peacetime, or even more luxurious. Ye Zhou could even see men and women with permed hair. They probably rarely left indoors, and their skin was much better than that of people walking outside.
Zhao Qing and Ye Zhou walked in the middle of the "bodyguard group", and the "bodyguards" all held guns in their hands, and even in their own base, they were always pointing at people outside the circle.
The crowd stared at Ye Zhou.
It was like a pack of hungry wolves staring at a sheep.
They had smiles on their faces, but fierceness in their eyes.
It seems that as long as the sheep are unprotected, they will rush over and eat them all.
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