Chapter 192 Return to the End of the World 20
Chen Luo wiped his face and talked about what happened at the base these days: "... Actually, although the weather was a bit cold in the first two months, the base provided central heating, so everyone was able to survive."
He opened the tightly hidden cloth bag to reveal the food inside: "The people above... probably took the current situation into consideration. Since the beginning of winter, patrol soldiers have been distributing these relief rations door to door every half a month. Although they are made of sweet potato peels mixed with wheat bran, bean dregs and other coarse grains to make fist-sized cakes, they are very good, and people are not picky... Besides, when people were extremely hungry a few years ago, they even ate human flesh. Now it's good to have something to eat."
Chen Qian felt sick to her stomach after hearing this. The chicken soup she had just drunk started to flow up her intestines. She grabbed the sleeve of the person next to her and gulped a few times. Lin Xing hurriedly brought her a cup of hot water and patted her back gently from top to bottom.
Chen Luo stopped talking and looked over here worriedly: "Are you tired...why don't you go back to your room and have some rest?" There was a hint of embarrassment on his face.
Chen Qian suppressed her disgusting feeling and waved her hands: "Uncle Chen, please continue. I have only heard half of the news. If you don't tell me the rest, I probably won't be able to sleep tonight."
So the conversation continued. "Originally, people in the outer city were peacefully thinking about getting through this winter, and then applying for a few acres of land in the spring of next year, growing food outside the city, and having a family would be even better. If they had a child, wouldn't life be wonderful?... Originally, most of the people who have been hiding from place to place have been living in fear these years. Who can provide a stable life? That is everyone's second parents..."
"But I don't know when, some rumors started spreading in the outer city. Some said that the base was short of food and heating and pregnant women had to be taken care of first. Some said that a zombie tide would attack the city in the spring and those people in the outer city were the first to die... In short, there were all kinds of rumors... Then a Jinri Club appeared in the outer city."
He had attended several Jinri meetings, and was familiar with their rhetoric: "The Jinri propagandists said that the base discriminated against people from the outer cities, and that the treatment of residents in the inner and outer cities was too different. The relatives of some officials in the inner city had no merit at all, but they still ate meat and drank soup every day, while those people from the outer cities who had been fighting in the wind and rain for so many years and thought they had found support were still eating bran cakes in the cold winter, and they couldn't even swallow a single vegetable... So they called on people from the outer cities to unite and fight for their legal rights. Within a month, many people from the outer cities joined the Jinri Association, saying that they should stick together for warmth and not just die in confusion."
Who is Chen Luo? When he was young, he went from being a junior college student in a small town to a boss with several factories under him. He had dealt with all kinds of monsters. His tactics of first provoking, then taking sides, and then pulling people apart, humph, were like dancing with a sword in front of Guan Gong and wielding an axe in front of Lu Ban. No matter what the purpose of this Jinri meeting is, those who are the most active in the front are definitely cannon fodder. So he closed the door at home, taking care of his daughter, and no longer getting involved in the things outside.
"If it weren't for the increasingly bad news recently, I wouldn't have packed up and rushed out in the heavy snow." He explained to the two of them, "It's probably going to be a mess inside. Whether it's those idiots in the outer city who are being used to attack the inner city, or the base sending troops to wipe out the Jinri Society, it would be easy for my father and I, one old and one sick, to become innocent victims under the gunfire."
Even though his daughter was disfigured and sickly, many people have been hanging around his house secretly these days. Bah, those horny bastards dared to covet his daughter!
Chen Luo's eyes flashed with ruthlessness, but he softened his tone when he saw his daughter by the stove: "Before the conflict inside breaks out, I'll pack up and run out. I'll make plans after I hide here with you guys for a while."
Chen Qian understood, and she asked Lin Xing to take the father and daughter to the utility room next to the kitchen. The utility room was very empty, with only a few pieces of wood left over from the last wooden shed. So she first took some hay from the cabin on the cellar and spread it on the ground, patting it loose, and then spread the tanned sheepskin that had not yet been made into clothes on the straw mat, and brought a brazier from the living room and placed it in the corner. Soon, the room became warm.
Lin Xing helped tidy up the utility room so that it was barely habitable, and then he said, "Uncle Chen, you guys just stay here for now. If you need anything, just call me. As for food, you really need to solve it yourself for the time being. My wife is pregnant, so give her all the good things at home first. There really is not much left over."
"It's my duty, it's my duty." At this age, being able to lend a helping hand is a great favor. Chen Luo smiled widely, and the heavy stone in his heart finally fell to the ground. "Thank you so much. It's great that you can lend us a house to live in." As he spoke, he choked up a little: "If we can survive this, my father and I don't know how to repay you..."
Lin Xing quickly refused, saying that he was worried about his wife being alone in the room, so he went back to the front hall.
In the living room, Chen Qian was staring at the charcoal fire in a daze. She didn't get up even when she heard the noise beside her: "Is everything settled?"
"It's settled." Lin Xing took two steps over and moved a chair to sit next to the brazier. The noodles that were previously placed on the table had already clumped into a ball, but he didn't mind. He rolled them a few times with chopsticks and ate them in three or two bites.
"Hey, eat slowly. The noodles are cold. Why don't you go to the kitchen to heat them up first? Do you want to get sick by eating cold food in this snowy day?" She kicked his calf with her foot.
"No, the noodles are still a little warm. Aren't you the one who knows best whether I will get sick given my physique?" He became unserious as he spoke, "Do you want me to take off all my clothes so I can check it out for you tonight?"
This guy! Chen Qian glanced at him. He loved to tease people no matter what. She was feeling heavy at the moment, so boring. She didn't know where she learned this. She pinched her throat and begged to use her hands to solve it every day. "Good sister", "Dear baby", "Good wife"... She could say all kinds of shameless words. If she continued like this, her palms that were painted with deer oil every day would be rubbed into knots.
Thinking of this, he slapped her and said, "Be serious, let's talk business!"
Lin Xing put away the strange smile on his face, took the man's hand and gently rubbed it: "Okay, let's talk business, why are you doing it so hard, doesn't your hand hurt?"
Chen Qian, Chen Qian is extremely helpless. She was so stable before, how come she is becoming more and more childish?
"Stop rubbing it. Call Brother Gao and ask him what's going on in the city. Will this conflict...spread outside the city?"
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