Chapter 19: Because I have been caught in the rain, I want to tear up other people’s umbrellas
In the middle of the night, Wen Jiming got up to replace Yao Tao and Meng Bao to rest.
When they woke up, it was already daylight outside.
"What time is it?" Mengbao asked sleepily.
"I don't know. My phone ran out of battery a long time ago." Hagrid showed his phone helplessly, "Does anyone have battery on their phone?"
Wen Jiming shook his head. "Mine's out of power too. Yao Tao, how about you?"
"I threw away my phone a long time ago, but I have a watch." Yao Tao looked at the mechanical watch on her wrist, "8:20 in the morning."
"Looks like we need to find a way to get a watch. It's too cumbersome to carry a cell phone," said Hagrid.
Meng Bao suggested: "Yesterday Yao Tao said there is a farmer's market nearby. Why don't we go there to see if there is anything to eat and collect some supplies."
Wen Jiming and Hagrid both agreed.
After Yao Tao came back from washing up, Wen Jiming told her what everyone was thinking.
"I have no objection." In fact, Yao Tao had wanted to go to the farmers' market for a long time.
In her previous life, she and Zhu Hua led the team there, and someone discovered an underground cold storage with a lot of frozen meat.
At that time, several teams were looking for supplies nearby. They fought to grab the supplies in the cold storage. More than 30 people died in total.
In the end, Zhu Hua's team only managed to grab five frozen pork ribs and six pig heads.
At that time, Zhu Hua's team had few members and weak combat effectiveness. It was thanks to her that she led the team in a desperate fight to snatch some of the spoils.
In this life, Zhu Hua would not leave him even a pig's head or a piece of meat.
Sorry, I want everything in the cold storage!
After opening the door of the lounge, Wen Jiming and others looked around vigilantly. When they found no mutant rats, they boldly left the bath center.
Yao Tao took out a compass and a map, and Wen Jiming and others followed her through the "jungle" and trekked for half an hour before reaching the farmers' market.
"It's really thanks to Yao Tao. If I had looked for it myself, I wouldn't even be able to tell the directions." Meng Bao looked at the farmers' market covered with plants in front of him with a bitter face.
Wen Jiming looked at the compass in Yao Tao's hand and couldn't help but sigh.
Yao Tao is about the same age as Meng Bao, but she has been able to adapt to the environment of the end of the world and lead them to find the direction.
When the end of the world comes, everyone feels confused and doesn’t know how to face such changes.
Yao Tao always manages to respond in time. Her backpack is like a treasure chest, filled with all kinds of survival tools.
He would even be amazed at how much stuff she could fit in her backpack.
"Someone is coming over there." Yao Tao reminded.
Four people emerged from behind the bushes. When they saw Wen Jiming and Hagrid, they all stood still, looking alert.
Wen Jiming waved in a friendly manner upon seeing this, "We're here to look for supplies."
The four people on the opposite side breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. "We are here to look for supplies as well. Are you also coming from the resettlement site?"
"Resettlement site?" Wen Jiming was stunned.
They were trapped in a seaside playground and had no idea about the resettlement site.
"Where will it be placed?" Mengbao asked hurriedly.
She thought that maybe her father and mother had gone to the resettlement center, so she would be able to find them there.
The four people opposite were all men. They slowly approached while answering Mengbao's questions.
Mengbao was so focused on finding out what was going on that he wasn't on guard at all.
Yao Tao calmly moved her hands behind her.
Hagrid noticed her little movement and silently placed his hand on the dagger at his waist.
"...We came from the resettlement site in the east. They only provide temporary tents and don't even have any food. We have no choice but to find food on our own. Do you have any food on you? Could you give me some?"
"We have nothing to eat either." Mengbao shook his head.
"Just give us some food, we're not greedy."
"Yes, you are all clean and tidy, and you don't look like you have been hungry at all. Please be kind and share some food with us."
"The woman behind me has a backpack. There must be food in it."
The four of them kept begging.
Meng Bao explained for a long time, and the four people's expressions suddenly changed. "You asked about the resettlement site, and we told you everything. What's wrong with us just ordering some food?"
"You're still talking about survivors helping each other, but I think you're just selfish. You don't want to share your food with us."
"We really have nothing to eat. We ate it all last night." Meng Bao told the truth in a hurry.
The four of them became even more angry after hearing this. "We haven't eaten for two days. Open your bag and let us see."
As they were talking, one of them grabbed Meng Bao and started groping her. The other three pulled out knives and threatened Wen Jiming and Hagrid, "Be quiet and don't move, or I'll kill you with my knives."
Wen Jiming and Hagrid looked at each other, and kicked the people in front of them at the same time.
Before the remaining one could react, a flying knife was stabbed in the head.
Wen Jiming and Hagrid were both stunned. The knife was thrown from behind them.
The two looked back and saw Yao Tao standing there, still in the posture of throwing the flying knife.
"Ah!" Mengbao squatted on the ground in fright.
Yao Tao pulled out her other hand from behind her back, holding a knife between her thumb and index finger. She aimed at the man who had just touched Meng Bao.
"call out!"
The flying knife whizzed past Wen Jiming and Hagrid and stabbed into the man's neck.
Blood spurted out and splashed all over Mengbao.
Wen Jiming and Hagrid also took ruthless action and killed the last two people.
Hagrid walked over to Dumbledore and took her arm to help her stand up.
There was a lot of blood on Mengbao's face, mixed with tears, and his whole face was covered with blood.
But she did not burst into tears. Instead, she sobbed softly and stared at the dead people on the ground.
Yao Tao looked at Meng Bao and said calmly, "If it weren't for the three of us, do you know what would have happened to you?"
Meng Bao slowly raised his head and looked at Yao Tao, his eyes filled with tears, and said firmly: "I know."
"It's good to know, otherwise you would have killed us." Yao Tao bent down and pulled the flying knife from the dead body, handing the bloody knife to Meng Bao. "It's not that there are no good people in the end times, but most people will tear other people's umbrellas apart because they have been caught in the rain themselves. And you... are now that good umbrella in the eyes of others."
Everyone is hungry, why should you be able to eat your fill?
Everyone is looking so shabby, why can you look so bright and beautiful?
Only when you are dragged into the mud and everyone becomes the same can people feel balanced.
Hagrid cut down some of the plants and cleared an entrance, "Let's go in."
Yao Tao ignored Meng Bao and was the first to enter.
Hagrid glanced at Mengbao, said nothing, and went in second.
Meng Bao was holding the bloody knife in his hand, trembling, but his eyes were no longer confused.
Wen Jiming, who was walking at the end, fixed his eyes on a dead man, hesitated for a moment, stepped forward and pulled out the knife stuck in the man's head, wiped the blood off the man's body, and quickly caught up with the other members of the team.
Yao Tao noticed the changes in Meng Bao and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
She didn't care whether Mengbao could become a member of Wen Jiming's team in the future. She just hoped that Mengbao would not hold them back and become a burden during this period.
She reminded Mengbao several times that she had done her best and the rest was up to Mengbao himself.
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