Gu Bei suppressed a sob and held the chocolate to his grandfather's lips: "Grandpa, eat this, and I'll tell Grandpa."
Grandpa Gu Bei opened his mouth and ate the chocolate, then patted Gu Bei's head. His grandson Gu Bei was not yet twelve years old. Boys of this age are the apple of their parents' eyes, but his grandson had to stay with this old man, worrying about his health all day long. Thinking about this, his eyes welled up with tears: "Good boy..."
Gu Bei fed his grandfather three small pieces of chocolate and a compressed biscuit. After making sure his grandfather was full, he wrapped the chocolate and biscuit and put them in his supply pack. He then took out a bottle of mineral water from the supply pack and gave his grandfather a few sips before recounting what had happened earlier: "That arrow must have been shot by the lady on the third floor."
Grandpa Gu Bei agreed with Gu Bei's point of view: "The Ma family are all scoundrels. The lady on the third floor is a good person. You should thank her properly when you have the chance."
Gu Bei found food for his grandfather and saved his life.
Grandma Ma Xiaotiao only had time to clean the arrow wound on her hand after she entered the stairwell.
As she pulled out the arrow, she felt a tear in her clothes on her other arm and a scrape, but she didn't think much of it, assuming it was from rushing into the building earlier.
She tore off a strip of cloth to bandage the wound and hurried upstairs to see her eldest grandson.
Because Grandma Ma Xiaotiao didn't bring back any chocolate, Ma Xiaotiao got really angry: "Everyone else can bring some back, why can't you? You just don't want to give me any! Go and get some for me right now!!!"
Grandma Ma pleaded, "My little darling, my hand is injured and I can't hold it. Can you wait until my hand is better?"
Ma Xiaotiao wouldn't listen to his grandma at all, and even tried to open the window and throw her out so he could grab the supply pack: "I don't care, I just want chocolate! Go down and get it for me right now!!!"
Grandma Ma Xiaotiao closed the window and hugged him tightly: "Grandma doesn't not want to go down, Grandma is just afraid that if Grandma dies, who will take care of you!"
Ma Xiaotiao, relentless, kicked and shoved his grandma, shouting, "I don't care, I want it, I want it!!!"
In the past, whenever Ma Xiaotiao hit his grandma, she would coax him and give in to any of his unreasonable demands.
But this time, Grandma just stared straight at him.
That sight inexplicably reminded Ma Xiaotiao of the zombies downstairs. Ma Xiaotiao was a little scared and cautiously called out, "Grandma?"
Actually, the scar on Grandma Ma Xiaotiao's arm wasn't from being rubbed against the apartment door, but from being scratched by a zombie's fingernails during the chase. Because the wound was relatively small, she didn't immediately turn into a zombie. Even though the wound felt hot and uncomfortable afterward, she always thought it was the arrow wound.
This led to Grandma Ma Xiaotiao turning into a zombie without her even knowing it.
After turning into a zombie, Grandma Ma Xiaotiao only felt hunger. Even her eldest grandson's shouts could only whet her appetite.
Upon hearing the sound, Ma Xiaotiao's grandmother, who had been staring blankly, suddenly let out a low growl and charged towards Ma Xiaotiao.
Ma Xiaotiao burst into tears, terrified: "Grandma, it's me, Xiaotiao! Your precious grandson, Xiaotiao!!!"
Grandma Ma Xiaotiao paused for a moment when she heard the words "my precious grandson," but only for a moment before rushing towards Ma Xiaotiao again.
Startled, Ma Xiaotiao pushed open the door and ran downstairs like a madman.
When Ma Xiaotiao ran downstairs, he realized that there were also zombies outside the building entrance, and going out would only mean certain death. Just as he was hesitating about whether to open the door, Ma Xiaotiao's grandmother pounced on him and bit his neck.
...
For the next month, the neighborhood was eerily quiet.
Ma Teng never appeared again.
The weather is gradually getting cooler.
Across the street from the apartment complex, Qiao An'an's initial panic has turned into indifference. Perhaps the skeleton wasn't placed there by Ma Teng, or perhaps it was, but Ma Teng had already been devoured by zombies when he landed.
She no longer focused her main efforts on dealing with Ma Teng.
Instead, they diligently cultivated the land.
During this month, because it was summer, in addition to the rice and vegetables that Qiao An'an had scattered, there were also a large number of microorganisms in the fish pond. The fish fry were well-fed and grew to the size of a palm.
The figs are all ripe.
Qiao An'an dried the leftover figs into dried figs.
The ripe nectarines have all been eaten by Qiao An'an and Ya Ya, and there are still some unripe ones and some that are too tall to reach.
The tomato seedlings have already flowered and produced green tomatoes, which will be ready to eat when they turn red. However, there aren't many fruits on each plant. The guide says it's because of insufficient fertilizer. Qiao An'an has been collecting peach peels these past few days, planning to add some brown sugar to make enzyme. It's said that the enzyme she makes is very nutritious, and just a little bit can increase plant yield.
The garlic she planted is already ready to be used for stir-frying. Qiao An'an only plans to eat half of it, and she will save the other half to grow garlic before planting more, so that she will have an endless supply of garlic.
The scallions she grew from the roots weren't very good, but luckily Chi Xiaoyu gave her a bag of scallion seedlings. The seedlings grew very well and were almost as tall as chopsticks.
She also planted half a box of chives, half a box of bok choy, and half a box of garland chrysanthemum and celery, all of which have already sprouted.
The bok choy is growing especially well.
They were so densely packed that she would pick some out every day to stir-fry and eat.
The potato flowers bloomed and then withered.
However, the book says that potatoes take 3-4 months to bear fruit, so she has to wait at least another month before she can harvest them.
The corn and potatoes are growing well too.
The only thing that worries her is the chicks. Two chicks died recently, both from illness. To prevent the spread of the disease, she buried the sick chicks in a deep pit. Now there are only 7 chicks left in the coop, and they are not very healthy. She asked Chi Xiaoyu to use a drone to send her some amoxicillin pills for human consumption, which she mixed into the rice and fed to the chicks. She doesn't know if it will work.
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