After returning to his paper-making shop, Zhao Youliang didn't sleep all night.
Firstly, he couldn't understand why the corpse would give him face; secondly, he was really worried about what the corpse had said: "Nine out of ten houses are empty."
Zhao Youliang is not a saint, but he is definitely not a pervert or cold-blooded person either.
During his time living in the town, to be honest, the vast majority of residents were very kind to him.
Not to mention the deceased Granny Wenmi and Shopkeeper Sun, there are also the current Sister-in-law Yingchun, Li Mao, Brother Chen, and the lady at the public telephone.
Everyone is sincere and kind.
Zhao Youliang would not be able to live with his conscience if he just watched them get killed!
No, I have to do something...
Holding the book written by Lao Tzu, Zhao Youliang pondered it for a long time.
Finally, I made up my mind: I must go to Mad Dog's Pass tomorrow!
Firstly, they wanted to see if they could find a way to stop the corpse from killing people, and secondly, they wanted to try to "rescue" the young man from the Huang family.
In a daze, Zhao Youliang dreamed of the old man with the air of a hermit once again after falling asleep.
The old man remained seated cross-legged before him, telling him mysterious and esoteric stories...
"Cock-a-doodle-doo!" The rooster crows at dawn, and a new day begins.
As is customary, Zhao Youliang first offered incense to the memorial tablets of Master Hui Liu and the others, and then opened the door of the paper-making shop to prepare for business.
It was still dark, and everything was shrouded in a hazy mist.
The crying coming from afar must be the town mayor's wife, who is also Fatty Ma's mother.
She was a woman with a tragic fate; her husband and children died in a short period of time.
As Zhao Youliang washed up, he sighed and muttered something in the direction of the doghouse.
"Brother Dog, Brother Dog, are you up yet?"
"Should I make you something to eat in the morning, or should you go out and 'extort' people yourself?"
No sooner had the words left his mouth than the big yellow dog waddled in.
After wandering around the kitchen and finding nothing but bland, watery soup, he went out to the street by himself.
This scene once again made Zhao Youliang feel that humans were worse than dogs.
His own breakfast is very simple: rice porridge and pickled vegetables.
Over the years, Zhao Youliang has lived this way in order to save more money for his adoptive father and sister.
Most of the time, they don't even want to eat breakfast.
Just as I picked up my bowl, I heard the voice of driver Li Mao coming from the shop entrance.
"Quantum, are you awake?"
Is your big yellow dog not home?
Another one who's been bitten by dogs and is afraid of getting bitten again...
Zhao Youliang replied with a smile, "Even if you're not home, you can't come in through the front door. Come in through the back door!"
A moment later, Xiao Li appeared in front of Zhao Youliang carrying two bags of steamed buns.
"Wow, Quantum, you're so diligent, you cooked for yourself!"
"I even brought yours with me!"
As they were talking, Xiao Li didn't stand on ceremony. After putting down the steamed buns, he went to the kitchen to get a bowl to fill with porridge.
After taking a big slurp, he muttered, "Quantum, I want you to come with me to Mad Dog's Pass."
Although Zhao Youliang had also decided to go, he was still taken aback by what Xiao Li said.
"What are you going there for? Aren't you scared?"
"I'm scared, of course I'm scared..." Xiao Li sighed and put down his chopsticks.
"But I always feel that I summoned that zombie last night. If it really killed everyone in the town, I would be guilty of a terrible sin."
"Even if we disregard others, I still have a wife and children. You only have three spots... You can't give them all to my family, can you?"
Seeing Zhao Youliang's disdainful look, Xiao Li became even more certain that it was impossible for him to give him the remaining two "immunity from death" slots.
Leaving aside others, Sister Yingchun always took on that role.
As the saying goes: brothers are like limbs, women are like clothes. Whoever touches my clothes, I'll chop off their limbs... No problem!
"Quantum, can you come with me?" Little Li asked pitifully after finishing a bowl of porridge.
Before Zhao Youliang could answer, Brother Chen's hearty voice came from the back door.
"Xiao Li, you still don't understand quantum mechanics."
"Actually, you don't need to tell him; he was already planning to go."
Upon seeing this kind and generous elder brother arrive, Zhao Youliang hurriedly got up to greet him.
"Brother, why are you up so early too?"
As Chen Wei put down the food box in his hand, he replied with a smile, "Aren't we all pretty much the same?"
"I didn't expect you to be up so early, and you've already prepared the food."
"Looks like my sister-in-law asked me to bring this over for nothing."
Before they could finish speaking, Chen Wei had already opened the food box, and the breakfast inside was much more lavish than what Zhao Youliang had made himself.
"I didn't know Xiao Li was here too. You two can eat together."
"I've already eaten."
Zhao Youliang knew that when associating with someone as forthright as Brother Chen, there was no need for feigned politeness.
Therefore, he decisively abandoned his porridge, picked up the food box and ate it heartily, showing no intention of sharing with Xiao Li.
Helpless, Xiao Li could only continue drinking porridge and eating steamed buns.
"Brother, you want to go to Mad Dog's Hollow too, right?"
Upon hearing Zhao Youliang's question, Brother Chen nodded deeply.
"The reason is the same as Xiao Li's: even if you don't care about others, you still have to care about your own wife and children."
“If anything happens to them, there’s no point in me living. I might as well go with them.”
......
After breakfast, driver Xiao Li took Zhao Youliang and Chen Wei and set off, their destination being Mad Dog's Pass.
Zhao Youliang even carried the prayer wheel that the red-robed lama had given him with him.
Because Huang Yu had told him that having this treasure would temporarily lift the distance restriction that Zhao Youliang had to leave the paper-making shop.
As Xiao Li drove, he said, "Quantum, Brother Chen, let's get there as soon as possible and find a place to rest for a while."
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