Hearing his grandfather say that, Gu Bei felt relieved.
They have a cellar, a backyard, and several mountains; they're much better off than the neighborhood across the street.
While the people in the community were setting up the shed, a few people in the courtyard moved the tea table in front of the iron gate at the back, then went to the bungalow at the back and used the remaining bluestone slabs to block up the wooden walkway next to the bungalow.
The purpose of blocking it is to prevent large animals from running into the back mountain.
Although Chi Xiaoyu had only hunted rabbits and pheasants in the back mountains before, it had been half a year since the apocalypse, and with no trace of human activity, no one could guarantee what kind of animals might emerge from the mountains behind.
The bluestone slab walls of the single-story house were completely demolished.
The yard in front of the bungalow looks much more spacious now.
Qiao An'an thought that after winter, the empty space could be used to plant some potatoes. She also repaired the back of the bungalow and blocked the road next to the bungalow. In the future, if they wanted to go to the back mountain, they could only go through this back door.
Gu Bei and Chi Xiaoyu moved all the old furniture from the back bungalow to the place where the corn stalks were piled up.
They planned to wait until heavy snow blocked the mountains, making it impossible to go into the mountains to cut firewood, in case of emergency.
The tunnel in the main hall of the bungalow wouldn't be used often in the future, but it could be kept for emergencies, so no one touched it.
After all the furniture was moved out of the bungalows, Gu Bei looked at the three empty bungalows and turned to Qiao An'an, saying, "It's such a waste not to use such a big house. Why don't we move the pigs and chickens from downstairs over?"
To prevent the pigs and chickens from making too much noise, they put the miniature pig and several chickens under the living room. While this was relatively safe, the apartment building still smelled really bad.
Moreover, since the back door is open downstairs, someone needs to be there to guard it.
So the three of them went back to the small courtyard and took the miniature pig and a few chickens to the bungalow at the back, where they kept them in the rooms on the left and right.
The miniature pig has grown up and is pregnant with piglets, weighing nearly 100 pounds.
It took three people to drag and pull it to the back room.
Fortunately, the little pig had a good temper and only grunted a few times.
The chickens' wings were clipped to make them easier to catch, but after all this fuss, they didn't lay a single egg today.
After Qiao An'an, the piglet, and the chicken were settled, the people across the street had already set up the greenhouse and soaked the seeds they were going to plant, just as Grandpa Gu Bei had told them.
It's lunchtime, and the workers in the neighborhood have stopped working to eat.
Shen Zhou called everyone to get lunch, while he stayed behind with Aunt Fang to plant the soaked seeds: "You guys go eat first, and come back later to relieve us."
Although Aunt Fang is not a farmer, she is a nurse, so she understands everyone's physical condition better.
She said to Shen Zhou, "This plot of land is 30 meters by 18 meters. We still have a lot of rice and flour in our stock, so we don't lack staple food for the time being. I plan to use 30 meters by 12 meters to plant corn. This way, with 2/3 of an acre of cornfield, we can harvest 200-300 catties of corn. We will use the remaining 1/3 acre to plant vegetables. After all, what we lack most right now is vitamins. Even if we take vitamin pills every day, they cannot replace green vegetables."
Shen Zhou has always believed that professional tasks should be left to professionals.
He trusted Aunt Fang's medical knowledge, so he said, "Aunt, you make all the arrangements. I'll do whatever you say!"
Chen Zhou and Aunt Fang were busy planting, while the others went to eat the lunch prepared by Zhou Ya. Each of them received a bowl of rice cooked in the kitchen and a small bag of pickled vegetables. Because the work they did today was quite heavy, Zhou Ya gave each of them an extra piece of luncheon meat and a vacuum-packed braised egg as a snack.
Song Chi used the excuse of taking care of the child to shirk his responsibilities and basically did no work all morning.
Zhou Ya felt empty inside because her own child was killed by bad guys. Every time she saw Song Xing, she would think of her daughter, which was somewhat of a case of loving the house because of the child.
In addition, Song Chi's fair and refined appearance, coupled with his gold-rimmed glasses, instantly made those men with tanned skin who were always telling dirty jokes pale in comparison. So when Zhou Ya was distributing lunch, she specially gave Song Chi two braised eggs: "Your child is still young, and his mother is no longer here. He has to eat something nutritious."
This made Li Jianguo very angry.
He angrily questioned Zhou Ya: "You good-for-nothing who doesn't do any work, yet you want to eat two braised eggs!!!"
Of all these people, Zhou Ya disliked Li Jianguo the most. If it weren't for Chen Zhou and Qi Feng protecting Li Jianguo, she wouldn't want to be with a murderer. She coldly threw Li Jianguo's food to him and said, "Can't you understand human language? His child is still young and needs nutrition!"
Li Jianguo was still unconvinced. His mother had been ill for many years, and he frequently visited the hospital, so he knew basic medical knowledge: "Do you even think before you speak? Can a child under one year old eat a braised egg?"
Zhou Ya blushed at Li Jianguo's words and slammed the food she was about to distribute onto the ground: "Why are you talking so much nonsense? Are you in charge of distributing the food, or am I in charge of distributing the food?"
Qi Feng, a shrewd man, never missed a chance to stir up trouble, and said, "Can't you see? Sister Zhou Ya likes young, handsome men. What's the point of you making a scene?"
Qi Feng's voice was not low.
Make sure that everyone present can hear it.
Several people looked Zhou Ya up and down with strange eyes: "Wow, Zhou Ya's got something! An old cow eating young grass!!!"
Zhou Ya simply liked children and thought Song Chi was rather pleasing to the eye. She never harbored any of the thoughts Qi Feng had expressed. Amidst the jeers of the crowd, she blushed deeply and went straight for Qi Feng's mouth, tearing at it: "Why is your mouth so foul? Why are you spewing filth everywhere?!"
The others ate while watching the commotion, using it as a way to relieve the fatigue of their work.
He also teased Qi Feng a bit: "Old Qi, you can't even beat a woman, can you?"
While dodging Zhou Ya, Qi Feng interacted with the other diners, saying, "I call it a good man doesn't fight with a woman!!!"
As everyone was making a fuss, they suddenly heard an explosion outside the courtyard gate, followed by the sound of machine gun fire. This startled everyone, and they all stopped playing and rushed into the room to get their guns, putting down their food.
Shen Zhou and Aunt Fang immediately put down what they were doing and went into the room to get their guns.
Qiao An'an and the others were having dinner in the courtyard when they heard the noise. They quickly ran to the master bedroom on the second floor and looked out into the courtyard.
Then they discovered that a JUN truck had appeared on the road at some point. The explosion was the sound of grenades thrown by the people on the JUN truck. The grenades killed some zombies on the road, but soon more zombies rushed towards the truck.
Upon seeing this, the people in the truck opened the windows on both sides of the driver's cab and began firing their guns at the zombies.
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