Chapter 43: Su Ru's Identity
After dealing with the corpse, Wei Zheng led the villagers to set up a table of delicious food to entertain them.
Although the wheat fields were burned, vegetables were planted in front of and behind the houses, and there was some surplus food at home. Now there are less than 40 people left in the village, so there is no need to worry about food for the time being .
Wei Zheng also brought out a glass wine jar with pickled green plum wine in it.
"This is a specialty of our village. We will take it out to celebrate during festivals. It is a great blessing to meet you today. Please give me a drink."
Wei Zheng didn't seem to be good at saying these words, but his tone was sincere and made people feel comfortable.
"This wine is not intoxicating and will not cause any delays."
He poured a glass for Chen Qingqing first, then poured another for himself, nodded to Chen Qingqing, and drank it all in one gulp.
Chen Qingqing also raised her glass and hesitated for a moment. Shang Li on the side hurriedly said, "Sister, just take a sip, I'll help you drink the rest."
Zhou Weiyue, who had just taken a sip of green plum wine, heard this and looked at the wine in her hand, and couldn't help sighing.
Look at Shang Li's perceptiveness, she will never be able to learn it in her lifetime.
Chen Qingqing nodded and took a sip symbolically.
It tasted sweet and sour at first, and the unique fragrance of green plums spread between the lips and teeth. It went down the throat without any bitterness, and it felt extremely moist.
Chen Qingqing didn't dislike drinking, she just wanted to stay sober as much as possible and didn't dare to drink too much.
Lin Bo, who was sitting next to her, noticed that his wife's eyes were always on the plum wine in the cup, and guessed something in his heart.
He smiled, reached out to hold her cup and lifted it up.
"Drink it, I'm here."
Chen Qingqing immediately turned her head to look at her husband, her eyes bright: "I'm afraid..."
"Don't be afraid, I'll watch over you at night, nothing will happen."
"Yes, sister, don't worry, don't look at my young age, I can drink a lot, I won't get drunk even if I drink a bottle of plum wine."
"Just drink as much as you want!"
Chen Qingqing's tense nerves finally relaxed after hearing these two sentences.
She always forgets that she is no longer a person, she still has a husband who can protect her and Shang Li who can block the wine for her.
Chen Qingqing licked her lips, raised her head and drank the plum wine in the cup.
After a while, several villagers came and toasted Chen Qingqing in turn, with a flattering and grateful attitude.
No one wanted to be a bad guy.
Chen Qingqing helped them solve a big problem this time - the group of zombies, and also pointed out the way.
Now they just have to protect their village and live their lives well.
The toasting session ended and the meal officially began.
Wei Zheng explained, "There are only a few families in the village who raise chickens and ducks. After that group of people occupied the village, they killed all the chickens and ducks for meat. Now all we have left is some bacon that we pickled for the New Year."
"If you don't mind, I have some bacon hidden in the beams of my house. I'll give it to you."
The villagers around them also spoke up, "I have a lot left at home too!"
Zhou Weiyue and her friends hadn't eaten meat for a long time. She took a big bite of the fried bacon with garlic sprouts and stuffed it into her mouth. The more she chewed, the brighter her eyes became.
"Sister Chen, this bacon is so delicious!"
Lin Bo and Xiao Huan also took a bite. Xiao Huan was very happy. She swung her little feet and clapped her hands and said, "Mom, it's really delicious!"
Wei Zheng smiled and said, "As long as you like it. This bacon is easy to preserve. The weather is getting cold recently, so there is no need to worry about it going bad."
Chen Qingqing: "Then please prepare some."
Except for the garlic sprouts and peppers fried with bacon, the rest of the table was green vegetables.
Even so, Zhou Weiyue and the others ate until their mouths were full of oil. They leaned back on their chairs, holding their stomachs and breathing a sigh of relief.
"After so many days, we finally have a good meal."
Zhou Weiyue was even a little reluctant to leave.
But she quickly threw this idea out of her mind.
Although it is peaceful here, they can learn more survival skills from Sister Chen. It doesn't matter if it's a little bit hard, the main thing is to have the ability to protect themselves!
Zhou Weiyue looked at Chen Qingqing, and once again regretted her irrational behavior.
If it wasn't for the luck today that she found out that Su Ru was a liar, her kindness would have harmed everyone.
After three rounds of drinking, a villager suddenly came and said that Su Ru confessed.
It turned out that Su Ru was not a passerby, but Fu Chunhua's sister, and her real name was Fu Chunru.
She said that she didn't know that her sister and brother-in-law were human traffickers before. When the end of the world came, she went to her sister and brother-in-law and found out about it.
But she was alone and weak, and she couldn't survive on her own, so she had to follow her sister.
When she thought about her status and situation, and being forced to sell a car to someone, she couldn't help crying, fearing that she would be caught.
That's why she always cried and stammered when Chen Qingqing and Shang Li saw her. After
Chen Qingqing plotted to kill her sister and brother-in-law, she was worried that she would be killed too, so she lied that she was coerced.
The baby was not her child at all, but the child of the dumb girl.
Now everyone finally understood why the dumb girl protected the child so tightly, even if she broke her head.
That was her own flesh and blood.
Chen Qingqing frowned: "But when I asked her before, she didn't say this was her child."
The villagers explained: "Fu Chunru said that because she has been completely brainwashed, if Fu Chunhua makes her realize that this is her child, how can she sell it smoothly?"
Obviously, she gave birth to the child after ten months of pregnancy, but she was taught that "this is your sister" and "send her to a good family."
And Dumb has been brainwashed by them for several years. Even if she feels something is wrong, she can only accept and obey subconsciously.
But maternal instinct will not lie.
"She is also a miserable person." Jiang Cuiping, holding the child, raised her sleeves and wiped her tears.
She looked at Wei Zheng: "Brother, let's keep her and the child."
Wei Zheng was a little hesitant: "After all, she has been with the traffickers for so long..."
Zhou Weiyue said quickly: "She has been locked up with those children and taking care of them! She has never participated in kidnapping or deception!"
For Fu Chunhua and the others, she is just an obedient, free babysitter who will not run away.
As she spoke, Zhou Weiyue looked at Chen Qingqing cautiously, worried that she had said something wrong again.
Chen Qingqing nodded: "She is right."
While they were preparing the meal, she and Zhou Weiyue went to see Dumb, who was also locked up.
Dumb, who had been separated from the children for a while, was now extremely anxious. She gestured quickly, saying that those children needed her care.
In fact, it can be seen from many actions that Dumb is actually no different from those abducted children. She
was just kept because she grew up and could not be sold.
"In that case, let's keep her." Wei Zheng nodded and said. "
Anyway, there are many children in the village. It's just right to have a few more playmates. The little ones will definitely be happy."
Jiang Cuiping showed joy.
"Have you always stayed in the village?" Chen Qingqing asked her.
Jiang Cuiping was stunned, then smiled: "I used to be a kindergarten teacher. After I got pregnant, I wanted to find a quiet place, so I followed my husband back."
Originally, it was a good thing for the family to live in the village peacefully, but the end of the world came, and her husband met with an accident.
"He and I used to work in kindergartens, and we both like children." Jiang Cuiping smiled.
"If he saw that Lele had so many playmates, he would be very happy."
Jiang Cuiping looked at Chen Qingqing again, and suddenly thought of something: "I have a lot of picture books at home, shall I bring them to you? Xiaohuan and Huohuo can read them."