Chapter 199 Return to the End of the World 27
Wang Dong pondered for a moment, then said, "We do have some internal purchase quotas for our internal staff, but how many people are willing to sell these quotas is another matter. After all, you know... vegetable seeds are in short supply now. I can give you some seeds. I will help you keep an eye out for any news in this regard. If someone sells them privately, I will send you a message first... By the way, what is your number?"
The two exchanged contact information, and Lin Xing followed Wang Dong to his home. Not far behind the research institute, there were rows of blue-gray three-story buildings on the street. After registering their names with the guard, the two entered the community.
The road was not far. It took 10 minutes to walk along the gravel path. Wang Dong's home was on the second floor. He knocked on the door several times but no one answered. He took out his keys and explained, "The base built a school on Ning Street in the winter. They are recruiting teachers recently. I guess your aunt went to ask about the situation."
Lin Xing followed him into the house and said, "Building a school?"
Wang Dong: "Yes, it takes ten years to grow a tree, and a hundred years to cultivate a human being. Because of zombies, our education has been interrupted for more than ten years. Now that the vaccine has been developed and the zombies have been almost eradicated, humans will enter the stage of reconstruction and pioneering. How can we do this without high-quality talents?"
He handed over a cup of tea and said, "This was found by a mercenary team while exploring the wild. I've also shared some with you. How do you like it?"
Lin Xing blew away the hot air, took a sip, and to be honest, he couldn't taste anything other than bitterness.
However, through the mist, the old friend in front of him no longer showed his previous desolate and cowardly demeanor. He sat beside the tea table with his back straight and his expression calm, but there was a hint of preaching in his casual chat.
Lin Xing felt the tea in his mouth became even more bitter.
Seeing his bitter face, Wang Dong smiled and said, "Forget it. I'm not used to it at first. You're wasting this good tea by drinking it so much." He handed over half a small bag of seeds and said, "I've packed them in small bags. The names of the seeds are written on the outside of the bags. I won't invite you to dinner since your aunt is not at home. I have to go to the laboratory soon. There is a project that requires me to check on."
Lin Xing smiled at the cordial words and said, "Thank you, Uncle Wang. How many credit points are these seeds worth? I'll transfer them to you."
Wang Dong pushed the people out: "Don't talk about credit points. If you and Captain Shen hadn't brought me down the mountain last year, I would have been frozen hard by now. Let's get together sometime. Besides," he lowered his voice, "you should save more credit points. They will be very useful in the future."
These words revealed a lot of meaning. Lin Xing looked at him for a few seconds, then quickly put away the seeds and pass. He only said, "Well, Uncle Wang, when the vegetables are planted, I will definitely give you the first batch to taste."
The sound of footsteps coming downstairs faded away, and a door at the side suddenly opened. A woman with gray hair looked down, and when she saw that the visitor had empty hands, she retracted her head, muttering something like "A neighbor is worse than a distant relative."
Lin Xing put the seeds in his arms and drove while thinking about what Wang Dong had just said. It was obvious that the other party must have heard some rumors and asked him to save more credit points. He wondered if there was any new policy from above. How about going to the mercenary corps to ask Brother Wang if he had any news in this regard?
Thinking of this, he turned the steering wheel and headed south of the city.
The whole way was filled with the roar of machines. Ever since the attack by the giant bird, the construction work at the base had been stopped at night, for fear of attracting irritable beasts again. Therefore, daytime was the time to speed up the project.
From a distance, before reaching the mercenary regiment, he saw several trucks from the regiment going in the opposite direction from him.
Lin Xing secretly wondered if the group had run into any trouble.
He honked his horn, rolled down the window and yelled, "Brother, what are you doing?"
Seeing that it was him, the car on the opposite side slowly stopped by the roadside. A young face appeared in the lowered window, and he also shouted in a hoarse voice: "Captain Lin, everyone is looking for you. My sister-in-law is about to give birth and has been sent to the hospital. Hurry up..."
Lin Xing didn't hear a word of the rest of the conversation. He stared at the other person's opening and closing mouth, his mind was blank. Only the words "sister-in-law is about to give birth" kept circling and circling in his mind. "Brother..." His throat was so dry that he couldn't speak. He bit the tip of his tongue and forced himself to calm down. His hands holding the steering wheel were shaking uncontrollably, and his foot on the accelerator was soft. He felt as if he was in a dream.
It was only when the team member on the other side noticed that Lin Xing's car was motionless after notifying the other party that he realized something was wrong. He opened the door and looked at Lin Xing, who looked dazed, with hesitation: "Captain Lin, can you...can you still drive now?"
Lin Xing gave a stiff smile: "I feel stuck, how about you take me over there, brother? The kid must come and have a drink when he has dinner!"
There was no choice but to send the new dad over there.
Lin Xing stumbled after getting off the car and followed in a daze. A group of people had already gathered outside the obstetrics and gynecology department.
Seeing him coming, Yuan Yuan's face turned cold: "Didn't I tell you to take good care of the three of us because the due date is approaching? Where have you been?"
It was Chen Lan who discovered that the amniotic fluid had broken and asked his father to call someone. The man from Wang Yan's family drove the person to the hospital.
Lin Xing finally felt the reality. When he heard the cold words, his face turned pale. His mind was full of random thoughts. Could it be that something happened to Xixi? When he thought about it, his legs became weak. He struggled to support himself against the wall and asked with a trembling voice: "Xixi, Xixi, what happened?"
Chen Luo came out to smooth things over: "Don't overthink it, the mother and her three children are fine, and they will probably be out soon."
He then explained to Yuan Yuan: "It's my fault too. I asked Brother Lin to go to the inner city to steal the vegetable seeds. Who would have thought it would be such a coincidence? Normally, the two of them are as close as one person..."
While slapping himself lightly, he said, "Really? Why are you so talkative today?"
Yuan Yuan's expression finally softened, and Lin Xing's pale face gradually turned red. There was silence outside the delivery room for a while.
Not long after, two nurses with smiling eyes pushed open the door of the delivery room, each holding a white swaddling cloth.
A nurse asked, "Who is the father of the child?"
Everyone gathered around him, and Lin Xing quickly responded, "I, I am."
Two nurses passed the swaddling clothes forward and said, "Here, guess which one is the brother and which one is the sister?"
Lin Xing glanced at the two little faces in the cradle and asked anxiously, "Doctor, how is my wife?"
The two nurses looked at him in surprise. Wow, it is rare to see someone so sincere to his wife nowadays. Most men and women get married to have offspring. So, this man is not the biological father of the child?
Nowadays, a woman may have several husbands, and her bloodline is uncertain.
The nurse held the baby and said, "Everything is fine with the mother. She will be out soon."
Lin Xing's heart, which had been hanging in the air, finally settled down. Just as he was about to look at the children, he found that Yuan Yuan was holding one in her arms and Chen Luo was holding another, and he was squeezed on the outside.
Lin Xing: ...
Go ahead and squeeze me, the child is mine anyway, how can you snatch him away?
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