Chapter 192

cactus

The other five people were stunned, watching Xiaowu's mouth opening and closing. They didn't hear what he said before, but they just heard "delicious," which made them drool.

Fang Xin and his companion walked up slowly from the underground level.

Xiao Wu immediately saw Fang Xin coming up from the underground level. His face instantly lit up with smiles and he shouted excitedly, "Big sister, we are back."

Fang Xin looked over when he heard the voice and nodded at him in response.

"Okay, I'm leaving now."

“Let’s have lunch before leaving.”

"No, I have something else to do when I get home."

"Okay, then go slower," Xiao Kai said reluctantly.

Fang Xin opened the car door and got in.

At the same time, Xiao Kai opened the passenger door.

“Woof woof.”

The dog jumped onto the passenger seat nimbly and sat down obediently.

Xiao Kai and a few others followed the car reluctantly, waving their hands constantly.

Fang Xin drove his car slowly out of the gate and honked his horn in response.

The car gradually moved farther and farther away in the eyes of the group.

Xiao Wu asked in confusion, "Why did elder sister leave? Why didn't she stay for a few more days?"

"She's still busy."

The pentatonic voice suddenly became a little depressed, "Oh!"

"Okay, let's all go back!"

One of the girls, who was wearing a gray short-sleeved shirt, yelled in surprise, "Brother Kai, there are some food here."

There were 20 kilograms of rice and millet, two bags of dried goose meat, and two bags of dried vegetables on the ground.

Upon hearing the sound, Xiao Kai quickly ran forward, looked at some food in the corner, and his eyes became red.

Fang Xin drove away quickly.

I returned to the place where I rested last night, looked around, and after making sure that no one was there, I drove the car into the space.

After entering the space, I filled my stomach and took a nap for an hour.

After getting enough sleep, she found some clothes from the storage space and packed them into a bag.

Then they stuffed everything into the car, filling it up so much that they even tied two large bags to the roof.

After doing all this, I continued on my way.

The earth was getting drier and drier as it was scorched. The dry ground was full of cracks and cars rolled over it, raising high clouds of dust.

Suddenly, a flash of green caught her eye. She thought she was dazzled and saw it wrong. She immediately stopped the car and looked over there. It was indeed green plants.

She drove over, pushed the door open and got out to check.

There was a small cactus growing under a ruin. Compared with the common cacti, it was a little smaller, only about five centimeters tall, but its leaves were very thick and black-green in color.

Variant

Even variation is a good thing.

Maybe one day, this place will be covered with green again.

She immediately took out a shovel and dug it away.

If the cactus survives, try transplanting it, which may improve the soil.

Dig it out and give it to Xiao Kai.

She put it into a flowerpot along with the soil and added some water.

Fang Xin stood up and looked around again, but found only this one, so he left in disappointment.

Put it carefully into the car.

It seems that cactus can be eaten, but I don’t know if the mutated ones can be eaten.

It finally took more than two days to get back to the base.

Outside the base live a large number of ordinary survivors, trying to seek shelter from the base.

Or when the base is recruiting, they will come here to recruit workers, and they can have something to eat to fill their stomachs.

Some of the houses they live in are simple dwellings built with discarded bricks, and there are also many simple tents.

Most of the survivors looked at the car passing by, especially the things tied to it, with hopeful eyes.

A woman saw a car coming from a distance, so she immediately took a few children and ran forward, hunched over and begging in a weeping voice.

"Please give my child something to eat. Please have mercy on my child. He has been hungry for several days."

The children beside the woman were so thin that they were just skin and bones, with not a pound of flesh on their bodies.

They raised their hands and opened their mouths numbly and mechanically, "Give the stutterer food, give the stutterer food!"

The woman banged on the glass, looking very anxious. "Please give the child something to eat. The child will starve to death if he doesn't eat."

Fang Xin slowly turned the car towards the gate of the base and allowed people to knock on the car window without stopping.

After the car drove away, a thin man walked out from the darkness. He asked the woman in a stern voice, "You didn't get any food again?"

The woman shrank her head and stammered, "No, no!"

"You piece of crap, you haven't even got a grain of rice in a day, what's the point of having you!"

The man raised his hand and slapped the woman hard, "You are a piece of trash, a piece of trash that can only eat but cannot eat!"

The woman was knocked to the ground, holding her head with her hands and not daring to say a word.

"And you," he pointed at the kids, "you are all wastes too," he raised his legs and kicked the kids hard.

"I will beat you all to death today so that you won't be able to get anything to eat."

Several children were kicked to the ground, but they did not beg for mercy. They were beaten every day and had become numb to the beatings.

One of the children fell to the ground, his chest no longer moving.

After kicking for quite a while, the man seemed to be tired and finally stopped. He bent his waist, leaned on his knees, and panted heavily. "If you don't get food today, I will kill you one by one."

Fang Xin turned the steering wheel and parked the car steadily in the parking space downstairs. Grandma Li upstairs saw Fang Xin's car coming back from the window with a large bag of things on the roof of the car, and turned around immediately.

"Come on, old man, Xinxin is back with a big bag of stuff tied to her car. Let's go down and give her a hand."

Grandpa Li was sitting in the living room drinking tea. Upon hearing the sound, he quickly put down the teacup in his hand. The two of them changed their shoes and quickly went downstairs.

"Xinxin, let me help you," Grandpa Li took two quick steps forward.

Grandma Li followed closely behind.

At this time, Fang Xin was untying the rope on the roof of the car. Her forehead was already covered with a layer of fine beads of sweat from the scorching sun. She raised her head when she heard the voice and said, "Grandpa and grandma, how did you two get down? I can do it myself."

Grandma Li replied lovingly, "How can you do it alone? Let us come down and help you."

As she spoke, Fang Xin had already untied the rope, and she carefully lowered a bulging bag onto the roof of the car.

Looking at Grandpa Li who was reaching out to take it, he said, "Grandpa, don't reach out to take it. This bag is too heavy. I'll just throw it on the ground."

Grandpa Li immediately withdrew his hand, stepped aside, and nodded repeatedly, "Okay, let it go."

Bang!

As he finished speaking, a bulging bag fell heavily to the ground, raising some dust.

Bang!

Then another big bag was thrown on the ground.

After Fang Xin threw the things away, she jumped down from the roof of the car nimbly. After landing easily, she brushed off the dust on her body.

He walked towards one of the big bags, picked it up and put it on his shoulder.

At the same time, the two elders hurried forward, each of them grabbed a corner of the big bag and walked towards the door.

Fang Xin followed behind and lifted a corner of the big bag in the hands of the two elders with one hand to reduce the weight in their hands.

The three of them finally carried the things into the elevator one by one, and the two elders breathed a sigh of relief.

Fang Xin also put down the big bag on his shoulder and placed it on top of another big bag.