Mr. Shao rested at home for two days, and then went back to work, still escorted by Shao Shengan. As expected, the security booth did not allow crossbows to enter the factory, so they could only be stored temporarily.
"You don't need to pick me up next time. I can go back by myself."
Shao's father said this, but Shao Shengan didn't respond and waved him in.
After watching Shao's father go in, Shao Shengan turned the car around and prepared to go back, but someone called him from behind.
"Shao Shengan?"
He turned around and saw a strange yet familiar person.
The man ran over excitedly: "It's really you, Shao Shengan! I haven't seen you for many years. Have you forgotten who I am? I'm Zhou Ping! When I was in the company, my workstation was next to yours!"
Shao Shengan remembered: "Zhou Ping, are you calling me for something?"
Zhou Ping was beaming with joy: "I saw you from a distance and thought you looked a lot like you. It really is you! You are the only one I have met among my old colleagues in the past few years. How are you doing?"
"Pretty good, how about you?"
"I'm just like that. Do you work here?"
Shao Shengan shook his head: "I'm sending my dad to work." He had a shallow impression of Zhou Ping, and the two of them didn't have much of a relationship, so after chatting for a few words he was ready to leave.
"Wait a minute!" Zhou Ping grabbed his handlebars to stop him from leaving, which made Shao Shengan frown.
"Anything else?"
Compared with Zhou Ping's excitement and surprise, Shao Sheng'an's reaction was too cold, but Zhou Ping didn't care. Being able to meet Shao Sheng'an again here, fireworks instantly popped up in her mind.
She liked Shao Shengan, and had liked him since she first joined the company. Unfortunately, Shao Shengan got married at a young age, so she could only bury her secret love in her heart. But after so many years, when she suddenly recognized Shao Shengan under the street light at the factory gate, her heart started beating violently, and she subconsciously called out to him.
At this moment, facing Shao Shengan's cold expression, Zhou Ping realized her own loss of composure and immediately calmed down. She let go of his hand, suppressed her emotions, and asked in a concerned tone of an old colleague: "Your father works here, so how are the rest of your family?"
"Everything is fine, thank you for your concern."
"…So are you a father? It's been a few years—"
Shao Shengan finally understood. He was a little surprised, but he knew what he should say at this time: "My wife and I have agreed not to have children."
Zhou Ping forced a smile: "That, that's good too. The current environment is not good and children will suffer. It's good not to have children..."
"I have something to do at home, so I'll leave first." Shao Shengan smiled politely, straightened the front of his bike, and rode away.
Zhou Ping did not stop him. She was in a complicated mood. She did not want to be the third party. Otherwise, she would not have buried this feeling deep in her heart. But today, when she met Shao Shengan again, she could not help but have some extravagant hopes. If, if Shao Shengan's wife died in the natural disasters in the past few years, wouldn't she have a chance? But Shao Shengan's wife was still alive. She regretted her recklessness and hated her dark thoughts. How could she expect an innocent woman to die in a natural disaster? This is too shameless!
"Xiao Zhou, let's go!" Someone called her from the truck behind. She calmed down and said "I'm coming" loudly, then ran back quickly.
Zhou Ping sat in the truck, looking out the window at the dark sky. There were street lights only every few blocks of the road, and the scenery outside flickered, just like her resurrected love. She thought there was hope, but was disappointed again. She sighed and stopped herself from dwelling on this matter. She decided to live a good life first. Everything else was trivial in front of survival.
Zhou Ping thought it over, and Shao Shengan didn't take the matter to heart. On the road, he encountered a group of attacking crows. The archery team in the jurisdiction went out to kill the crows, and he killed two of them as well.
"Brother, you are enforcing the law across regions. Sorry, you can't take the crow's body away."
Shao Shengan shook his head: "These two crows are the ones that escaped your encirclement. If I didn't protect myself, I would have been bitten and injured. According to the crossbow team's execution rules, these are my prey."
"Brother, it's meaningless if you say that. You obviously didn't have to take action. You could have hidden yourself!"
"Since there are objections, let's ask Captain Ye to judge."
"Okay, let him go." Another man came over and told Shao Shengan to leave quickly. "Go home quickly. It's not safe to stay outdoors for too long."
Shao Shengan threw the two crows into the basket in front of the car and stepped on the pedal to leave.
"Why did Brother Xu let him go? Are there so many of us afraid of just one person?"
"You are stupid, he is right. If you ask Captain Ye to come, the prey will belong to him. The next wave of crows should be coming soon. If you don't chase him away, will he participate again? Okay, stop fussing and go replenish your crossbow arrows. Your quiver is empty!"
When he returned to the community, Shao Shengan happened to meet Qiao Qingqing patrolling at the gate. He carried the bicycle upstairs and then came downstairs to provide support.
"Don't run so fast. I can handle it. The community is pretty safe today." Qiao Qingqing took out a handkerchief to wipe his sweat and asked him if he had a hard time on the road. "I saw the crows on your car. Did you get attacked?"
"Well, we encountered them at the square, but luckily the crossbow team was patrolling nearby, so we didn't encounter any major problems." Shao Shengan told what had just happened.
"Instead of worrying about these two crows, why not practice your own abilities to prevent four or eight crows from escaping from the encirclement in the future?" Qiao Qingqing said coldly, "You are so petty."
Shao Shengan smiled: "Don't be angry, I didn't suffer any loss, there are still reasonable people."
The two of them patrolled together, but they didn't gain much today. It was a rare moment of peace in Ping'an Community.
But there is still good news today. The first egg has been hatched. The newborn chicks are very energetic, chirping non-stop and have a very good appetite.
"It's a little bigger than the previous chicks. Did you notice?" Qiao Songzhi excitedly held the chick in his palm to show Qiao Qingqing and the others.
"They are a little older. This should be a better generation after adapting to the environment." Qiao Qingqing said with a smile.
After that, more hens in the chicken coop started laying eggs, and no one was willing to eat the fertilized eggs, so they kept them all for hatching.
As of today, more than half of the chickens have been scared to death by crows and vultures. The loss is not small, but the surviving chickens are obviously stronger and stronger, and the next generation hatched is also improved. This is the best news. The newly hatched chicks are separated, and they chirp and beg for food every day. Qiao Qingqing found an opportunity to ask the staff who came to collect the crow corpses: "Didn't you say last time that the corpses were taken away to make feed? Is the feed ready? Can we exchange?"
"Can I ask for you, what do you want to use it for?"
“Feed the chickens.”
The clerk was stunned: "You want to use it to feed the chickens? Then I have to ask carefully. I heard that the feed is used to feed pigs."
A few days later, the clerk brought definite news. If she wanted to change it, she could, but he couldn't guarantee whether feeding the chickens would work.
"I've inquired about it. The feed is supplied to the pig farm and the rat farm. If you want to change it, change a little bit. Don't change too much at once. Otherwise, it will be wasted if the chickens eat it and it's not good. I'm telling you in advance. If it's not good, you can't return it."
Qiao Qingqing used fifty points to exchange for a 20-pound bag of feed.
The feed smelled a bit fishy and was brown-black in color. Qiao Qingqing took the feed back. Shao's mother set aside a compartment and put five chicks in it for experiments. She mixed 30% of new feed into the chicken feed they ate.
The experiment had obvious results within ten days: the chicks that ate the mixed new feed were a size larger than those hatched from the same batch.
"Then I'll change some more feed and mix it with the old feed to feed them."
After feeding for another twenty days, the results were remarkable. The chickens ate well, grew fast, and pooped a lot. Soon, the chicken manure at home became too much to store. Qiao Qingqing said, "I'm on vacation tomorrow. I'm going to the farm to exchange chicken manure." She asked Qiao Songzhi and the others, "Who wants to join me?"
There are only four members in the community crossbow team. Each of them has four days of vacation every month. Tomorrow it is Qiao Qingqing's turn to take a vacation.
Mother Shao waved her hand: "I won't go, and Feifei won't go either. She just went out with Sheng An last time. You can take Sister Zhi with you. Sister Zhi hasn't been out for a long time."
Qiao Songzhi really wanted to go out for a walk, so he said, "Then it's your turn to go out next time."
"Okay." However, Shao's mother did not have a strong desire to go out. She had been used to staying at home in the past few years.
Qiao Qingqing rode the tricycle and let Qiao Songzhi sit in the back. Qiao Songzhi was alert holding the crossbow all the way. If any crow dared to peck at them, she would kill it with one arrow.
It was daytime now, but all the street lights were on. Since the beginning of the Eternal Night, the street lights had never been turned off. In her previous life, she had been to the new community several times. At that time, she envied the environment here. The street lights were only on for a few hours at night outside the base. In this life, she had not been to the periphery of the base. She didn't know if the periphery of the base would be different in this life. Since the base increased its efforts in production during the acid rain period, Qiao Qingqing guessed that the prophecy letters were adopted. Since the base was prepared, could the lives of the survivors outside the base be a little better than in the previous life?
Even just a little.
"It's quite bright. I thought it was so dark outside that I couldn't see the road clearly." Qiao Songzhi gradually got used to the atmosphere outside. She didn't encounter any danger on the road, and she felt relaxed.
"It's not dark with street lights. Mom, you haven't been to the farm yet. It's even brighter there. The whole farm is as bright as day. Without the sun, we have to use lights to illuminate. You'll see it soon."
Qiao Songzhi is looking forward to it.
From a distance, she saw a bright spot ahead and asked Qiao Qingqing if that was a farm.
"Yes, it's really bright, right? I can see it from a long distance." Qiao Qingqing sped up and the tricycle ran very fast.
Qiao Songzhi held the handrail tightly, feeling very happy. She said with a smile, "I remember a cartoon that Feifei had seen. We were like the main characters in the cartoon, chasing the sun!"
Qiao Qingqing raised her voice: "Mom, sit tight, I'll take you to chase the sun!"
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