In Ping'an Community, a crossbow arrow was shot and hit a vulture on the forehead. The vulture was dead after landing, but its wings were still shaking due to inertia. There was a bow tied to the crossbow arrow that pierced the vulture's head.
Qiao Qingqing went forward and picked up the vulture's body, looking up at the sky: "There are so many of them, Sheng An, our chance has come."
Shao Shengan nodded: "Let's go home and replenish the crossbow arrows first, don't get too excited." His wife was like a possessed person when she was working, and she would never take a break without his urging.
"I know." Qiao Qingqing smiled helplessly.
The two returned home to restock their crossbows and were very busy over the next few days. One day, they were even unable to leave Building 20 because there were too many vultures!
Four days later, Qiao Qingqing heard Yu Jingshen's obituary on the radio.
"...Mayor Yu Jingshen died in the line of duty...car overturned...vultures...Mayor Luo said in an interview that he was shocked and saddened by the news...and called on everyone to work together to overcome the difficulties..."
She was stunned for a moment. So this was the cause of Yu Jingshen's death. It was really unpredictable. Judging from Yu Jingshen's style of doing things, such an ending must be very frustrating. But this is the way the world is. No one can predict what will happen in the next moment. All she can do is to work hard within her ability.
"Yu Jingshen died unexpectedly, and Lin Mingyong's family lost a big backer. This is a good thing for us," said Shao Shengan.
Qiao Qingqing thought of the endings of Lin Weini and Lin Dejun in their previous lives. One was married to a 60-year-old man by Lin Mingyong as a second wife, and the other had his wife taken away and watched his wife being sent by her father to be a mistress to establish connections... If Yu Manshu's death was a beginning, then Yu Jingshen's accidental death made Lin Weini and her brother lose their last umbrella of protection.
She shook her head: "Forget about them, go patrol over there."
After the couple joined the crossbow team, they worked very hard, firstly to protect their family and secondly to earn points. In addition, they had good skills, so when the car that transported the crow carcasses arrived every evening, they could always hand in more than two buckets of prey, and thus earned the most points among all the members of the crossbow team in Ping'an Community.
Cars will come to transport the bodies, and they will also be supplied with crossbow arrows, but the crossbow arrows are deducted with points. Qiao Qingqing has received them twice and never asked for them again. The crossbow arrows she made herself are of poor quality and will be scrapped after repeated use, but they are in large quantities and can always be supplied.
Opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared. Qiao Qingqing made a few arrows when she had nothing to do in the past few years, and her family also made some when they were free. After a few years, she had accumulated a considerable number of crossbow arrows. Later, all her teammates would trade crossbow arrows with her, and a little bit of money would add up to a lot, which was also an income.
For Qiao Qingqing, the attack of crows and vultures is not only a crisis, but also an opportunity.
She had previously saved up some crow carcasses as food reserves, and now she and her husband killed a large number of crows and vultures every day, so it was obviously more cost-effective to exchange them for points and then for meat supplies. Shao Shengan was just like her, working very hard, snoring at night, and even the occasional crows hitting the window outside could not wake him up.
"I've made some wolfberry water for you, drink some before you go to sleep."
The two worked very hard every day, and their family members felt very distressed when they saw this, so they could only try their best to take care of their diet and daily life. After dinner, Qiao Songzhi hurriedly took out a pot of wolfberry water and poured a full cup for Qiao Qingqing and Shao Shengan respectively.
When taking the cup, Shao Shengan's hand shook.
After drinking, Qiao Qingqing said she wanted to go upstairs to check on the chickens. She signaled Shao Shengan to come up with her with her eyes.
Shao Shengan went up to the seventh floor together. When they got to the seventh floor, Qiao Qingqing sighed, "Take off your clothes."
"You know?" Shao Shengan smiled and took off his coat. "It's okay, I was just scratched. I didn't want to tell mom and the others so they wouldn't worry. It's really not serious."
After taking off his clothes, three claw marks were revealed on his arm, two deep and one shallow. Qiao Qingqing took out the medicine box to disinfect him, apply medicine, bandage him, and told him to be more careful next time: "Starting tomorrow, wrap a thicker layer of cardboard around your arm. I think the vultures are more powerful than crows."
"Got it. You too." Shao Shengan looked relaxed throughout the whole process, as if he was not in any pain at all.
After packing up the medicine box, Qiao Qingqing went to feed the chickens and found an egg in a corner.
"It laid an egg!" Qiao Qingqing was very surprised.
Shao Shengan came over to look at the egg and the hen in the compartment that laid the first egg, and earnestly suggested: "This chicken has made a great contribution, give it an extra meal."
“Good idea.”
The chickens at home finally laid eggs. Qiao Songzhi and his friends were very happy when they found out and decided to use the first egg to hatch chicks.
"It will definitely hatch a healthy and strong chick!" Despite the repeated threats from crows and vultures, the hen was able to lay its first egg. The quality of this egg must be very good. With such expectations, after confirming that it was a fertilized egg, Qiao Qingqing stuffed it back into the hen's belly to incubate it, and even prepared an independent small compartment for it.
When Mr. Shao returned home on holiday, he was so moved by the cute little chickens at home. After feeding the chickens for two days, he was reluctant to leave. Shao Shengan asked him to stay. Mr. Shao waved his hand. He had calculated it very clearly: "Your mother and others can handle the chickens. I can work outside and earn a stable salary. How great!"
After enjoying the reunion, Mr. Shao went back to work.
Their family is just like countless ordinary families in the survivor base. They work diligently and diligently to run their family and spend every day safely and peacefully, which is a happy event worth celebrating.
The eternal night suddenly fell five days later. It was past seven o'clock that day, and the sky was still dark. Even though the sun rises later in winter, it was still pitch black at seven o'clock. It was too abnormal.
In the administrative building, Mayor Luo came to the office under heavy protection. Other senior executives were sitting at the long round table. Everyone's face was extremely ugly under the light. Mayor Luo sighed deeply: "The prophecy has come true again, so the big earthquake will definitely come. Today's emergency meeting mainly has two aspects. One is the previously drafted Eternal Night Emergency Plan. There are still many places that can be revised. Let's talk about it. The other is the draft of the big earthquake emergency plan. Let's also prepare a draft today. Is it okay?"
On Ye Mountain, Commander Peng stood by the window and looked outside. In his sight, the survivors' base was shrouded in darkness. Except for the administrative area, villa area and other scattered areas, there were lights everywhere else, all was pitch black.
"Commander, the meeting over there has already started."
He turned around and said, "Then let's start here as well."
In the eternal night, not only the sun and light will be lost, but all kinds of corrupt human nature will also breed in the darkness. Commander Peng has already foreseen the soaring crime rate in the future, and Ye Shan will definitely be prepared for it in advance.
The security team was mobilized in full force, and the sirens of patrols echoed throughout the base.
"It's so dark. It's already twelve o'clock in the afternoon and the sun hasn't come out yet." Shao's mother looked out the window with fear in her tone.
The cold winter makes people scared, the high temperature makes people scared, the thick fog and acid rain also make Shao's mother scared, but none of those can compare to the fear of finding that the sun no longer appears at dawn.
Shao's mother didn't know what was wrong with this world. Why was it so dark?
"Qingqing, you'd better not go out. It's too dark and we can't see clearly. What if we get hurt by crows?" Qiao Songzhi stopped them.
There were candles lit at home, and Qiao Qingqing was putting on her shoes. Hearing this, she comforted her: "Mom, I have a light with me. I'm downstairs, everything will be fine."
The hoarse cries of crows came from far away and near, and you could hear them circling in the community.
Since you have accepted this job, you must fulfill your responsibilities.
Qiao Qingqing and Shao Shengan went downstairs with all their equipment ready. They first checked whether the corridor windows on each floor were stable, and reinforced those that were unstable.
"Bang! Dododo!" The wooden board in front of Qiao Qingqing was suddenly hit. She took a step back, knowing that there was a crow outside the window. Within seconds, the wooden board covering the window was pecked and shaking.
"Take apart a piece of wood." Qiao Qingqing said to Shao Shengan.
The couple was in sync, and Shao Shengan immediately understood her plan and nodded to start dismantling it. After opening a piece, a gap less than three centimeters wide appeared, and the crow's head squeezed in. Qiao Qingqing raised her knife and chopped off its head. A muffled sound was heard outside, and the body fell to the ground.
"Bang!"
This loophole became a trapping point, and the crows kept coming closer, and soon there was a pile of crow heads on the ground.
Shao Shengan listened for a while and said, "It seems there is no movement."
"Then make up for it." Qiao Qingqing put away the crow head, which was also the evidence for scoring.
Eternal night arrived, and everywhere was in chaos. The other members of the crossbow team of Ping'an Community did not go out. Qiao Qingqing and Shao Shengan walked around the community three times and gained a lot. Later, they encountered a large group of vultures, which they could not cope with. The two retreated quickly. The moment they closed the corridor door, the group of vultures also arrived, and banged the iron door.
Blocked by an iron gate, Qiao Qingqing and Shao Shengan tried their best to hunt, but the remaining vultures flew away with cries.
In the evening, the truck carrying the carcasses of the prey arrived as scheduled.
"You have made quite a harvest. Your character is truly amazing." The driver got to know them and chatted with them for a while. "We didn't receive many bodies today. No one came out of the last community. I waited for half an hour in vain."
Just as the registration was completed, a small flock of crows flew over, and the machine gun on the roof of the car fired a burst of bullets, and the crows fell to the ground.
The driver's colleague jumped down from the roof to pick up the body. Qiao Qingqing put the book away and said, "Be careful on the road."
"Got it! You guys go back!"
The car lights illuminated the road ahead, and Shao Shengan pulled Qiao Qingqing home. After they entered the corridor, the lights were removed, and the car turned around and left Ping'an Community.
After going home to take a shower and have dinner, everyone sat in the living room around a candle and stared blankly.
"I still feel like I'm dreaming. Why don't I go to bed early? Maybe the sun will come out when I wake up tomorrow morning?" said Shao's mother.
"Then let's go to bed. Everyone should go to bed early."
At around seven o'clock, Qiao Qingqing and her family blew out the candles and prepared to go to bed.
"Good night Qingqing."
"Good night, Sheng'an." Qiao Qingqing leaned her head against Shao Sheng'an's neck and closed her eyes.
The first day of the eternal night passed so uneventfully. At this moment, Qiao Qingqing's heart was at peace. She even had a good dream that night. Even though she didn't remember the content of the dream at all when she woke up, she still remembered that it was a good dream.
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