Chapter 53 Cultivate Habits
in Advance In just one afternoon, Luo Xia Ran accepted Ma Jianing's joining. Although Ma Jianing was not much taller than Luo Xia Ran, he looked like a desperate man with a machete, which was intimidating.
While cleaning up the zombies and collecting crystal cores, he looked for a suitable gas station according to Ma Jianing's recommendation. When the two cars arrived at the toll station at the highway intersection, he had collected dozens of barrels of gasoline and put them into Luo Xia Ran's backpack when no one was paying attention.
However, because it was late at night, the road was not easy to walk at night. After a little consideration, Luo Xia Ran decided to stay in a convenience store not far from the toll station at night.
Chu Xinrui was the chef for dinner. She first boiled a pot of fish soup, and then braised a crucian carp. The fish soup was soaked with ham sausage and instant noodles found in the convenience store. The few people had a delicious dinner. Several
hunting dogs were also released from the narrow carriage and placed at the entrance. They ate the rice soaked in bone soup prepared earlier. The hunting dogs, which had been systematically trained by Cui Jiu, would not howl easily unless there was danger.
"Jun Nan and I will be on guard in the first half of the night, and Uncle Cui and Jun Bei will be together in the second half of the night. We've been busy all day, so everyone should wash up." After dinner, Luo Xiaran arranged to move the shelves in the convenience store, spread a layer of paper boxes on the ground, and put sleeping bags on it.
Although it seems peaceful today, Luo Xiaran believes that the zombies will only become more powerful as time goes by. She wants to cultivate everyone's habit of keeping watch in advance to avoid being in a hurry.
The people who were assigned naturally had no objections. Chu Xinrui took Ke Nianyuan to rest first, while Ma Jianing used coal to boil a pot of hot water for the people on night watch, and then went to sleep peacefully.
The night sky was covered with dark clouds, the moon was buried, and the stars were nowhere to be found. It was pitch black outside the window, and you couldn't see your hand in front of you. Luo Xiaran did not waste a flashlight, but only placed a few cold light sticks around the sleeping bag so that there would be no light at all.
Staying vigil is a very boring job, and Luo Xiaran can't release her mental powers all the time, so every twenty minutes or so, she will use her mental power to observe the area around the convenience store.
Fortunately, the eight hounds were curled up very safely beside Cui Jiu and Luo Xiaran. Luo Xiaran rubbed Heishan's belly while spending this boring long night.
"Miss Luo, please go and have a rest." Jun Beiyi probably didn't sleep well in the first place. When he felt that it was almost time, he got out of the sleeping bag and came to Luo Xiaran's side softly and said.
"Well, there are instant noodles, ham, chicken feet and so on. If you are hungry, just take them and eat them." Luo Xiaran stood up and stretched her stiff back, patted the head of Heishan who stood up with her, and took it to lie down in the sleeping bag between Ke Nianyuan and Ma Jianing.
Just as Luo Xiaran and Jun Beiyi were talking, Cui Jiu, who was closest to them, also opened his eyes, and then changed shifts with Jun Nanyi. Although Cui Jiu has been away from the army for many years, his kung fu has not fallen behind.
The long night passed quietly, and around five o'clock, the sun slowly rose from the west. The faint light became stronger little by little, and finally shrouded the earth in mist.
The roosters crowed, the birds chirped, and the first day of the new year came again. When Chu Xinrui woke up, Ma Jianing was already preparing breakfast. For health reasons, they first cooked a big pot of seafood porridge for breakfast. There was no salt added, but it had a light salty taste, which awakened everyone's taste buds.
With salted vegetables, steamed buns, rice balls and corn cakes, it seemed as if everything was normal and the end of the world did not exist.
But everyone knew that this was just them. Even Ma Jianing was feeling lucky to have joined such a powerful team. After all, before dinner yesterday, she was still hungry.