"What did you hear? Why are you being so secretive?" A small team of a dozen people had come out together to search for the monster.
One man whispered something in another man's ear in a mysterious manner.
That's not acceptable.
"Yan Ge! That really powerful old man. He died a horrible death in bed last night. I heard his tongue was ripped out of his mouth. His eyes were wide open even in death! And his heart and other internal organs were all ripped out. Isn't that horrible?"
"Oh my god, can you please stop talking? Huh? Aren't you disgusting?"
"Oh dear! I don't know if it's true or not. But the old man is indeed dead. You didn't see how much his grandson cried."
Snot was dripping into his mouth, and he even sucked it down his throat and swallowed it. Damn, seeing that first thing this morning made me nauseous.
"I think you're just craving it! Hahaha..."
"You damned bastard, what nonsense are you spouting!"
"Alright. Fine, if you don't want to talk about it, then don't. Anyway, how other people die is none of our business."
Let's hurry and find the monster. Right now, we can only eat one bowl of snot soup a day, and our family hasn't seen a monster for days.
That's fucking weird. Things that used to be a daily fixture are nowhere to be seen now.
"Yes, if we can't find food soon, we probably won't even have one meal a day."
"If you ask me, I'd rather just die in my dreams like that old man someday."
What's the difference between living like this and being worse than dead?
"Come on! I bet you're more willing to die!"
Who secretly opened Widow Zhang's door the night before last?
"You...you saw it?"
"Hehe, I saw it while I was peeing in the middle of the night. What's wrong?"
"Heh, it's because she's been inviting me. And you know what, that woman's really something. Anyway... hehehehe..."
"...What do you mean? Tell me!"
“Hehehe…”
"Speak up! Your smile is so lewd."
"Why don't you try it and see? Anyway, it only takes half a bowl of snot soup each time."
"Go to hell. I don't care. You're middle-aged and still going around having affairs."
"You're just reluctant to part with that half bowl of snot soup, aren't you?"
"Pah! I just think it's dirty! Forget it, I can't be bothered to talk to you, let's hurry up and go find it!"
...
Neither of them noticed that while they were laughing and joking, at the very back of the crowd, Yan Ge's grandson was watching them with a gloomy expression!
Like a ghost, he drifted around with the main group, and his eyes lit up when he heard someone in front of him suddenly mention his name.
After hearing their foul language, the man's face turned even more sinister.
However, he clearly knew he was outnumbered and outmatched, so he didn't immediately engage in combat.
Insidious people often stab you in the back.
...
"Xiao Yang, you need to take a shower and wash your hair first. Otherwise, you'll definitely not be able to sleep in the room tonight, being so dirty," Wang Nana said to the boy who had already come in.
Upon hearing this, the boy silently stepped out again.
"Hey, I didn't tell you to go out."
"It's fine to stay outside."
Feng Ran watched the two arguing outside the kitchen, then turned back to her room and brought out all the clothes he could wear. The cotton-padded jacket was an old one that Qi Xie and his family had discarded, but it had already been washed clean by Gu Zhou's mother-in-law and the others.
"……Thanks."
"Wash yourself clean. Change into clean clothes. From now on, you should shower and wash your hair regularly, just like Gu Zhou and the others, to keep yourself clean. There are children here too. Pay attention to hygiene."
"Um."
"You're not required to work today. Take a night off. You'll start the night watch every day. Ask your brother Gu what you need to do during the day."
We don't support idlers here. If you're not going to work, leave now.
Of course, once you stay, you have to listen to me from now on. If I tell you to go east, you can't go west.
Otherwise, you can get out.
After Feng Ran's words of advice, the boy nodded.
“Everyone has a house to live in. After the work is finished, you can ask everyone to help build it together.”
"good."
After Feng Ran finished speaking, she told him to go take a bath. Both aunts had prepared the bathwater.
Before long, Gu Zhou's mother-in-law threw away all the old clothes she had worn before. They were inedible even after washing; not only were they rotten, but they also came in men's, women's, and children's styles.
To be honest, after the boy washed up, his eyes and face under his long hair were quite handsome.
"Auntie, get the boy a pair of clippers and shave his head. I wonder if he has lice. I'll get you a rabbit skin later. You can make him a hat."
"Sure. I know how to make hats. I'll go ask them to give me clippers."
"Yang Lin, is it okay if I shave my head?"
"Can."
They're quite easy to talk to.
"Hmm. It's been shaved clean. It'll grow back eventually. I'll go get a rabbit skin. We'll have a hat to wear in no time."
The Wind-Dyed Space has knitted hats. Quite a few. The one she was wearing was a grey knitted one. She had shared them with other people before.
People wear woolen hats at home and thick rabbit fur Lei Feng hats when they go out.
When Fengran returned, she brought a black knitted hat and a piece of rabbit skin.
That night, Yang Lin slept with Wang San San and the others. Construction of the house didn't begin until the afternoon of the next day. It was about the same size as the houses built by the others.
Fengran also provided an old quilt and a new quilt.
Now that you're here, you're one of her people. If she has something that wasn't available at the beginning, she'll provide it.
"Okay, Yang Lin will now join everyone on night watch. He will train every morning and do chores in the afternoon."
"By the way, Brother Gu, you take him with you. I think he's pretty skilled."
"Okay. Let's go out and chop wood this afternoon."
As Gu Zhou spoke, he patted the boy on the shoulder.
...
"Good skills! Xiao Yang, go and cut down that tree." Gu Zhou handed him an axe.
He then went to cut down another tree. Now everyone uses axes and saws. Chainsaws are no longer used.
Solar power can't keep up. And it's impossible to keep using generators indefinitely.
The two arrived home before dark, having dragged eight trees back. They returned once more in between, dragging ten trees with them.
These two are indeed very capable together.
Moreover, he never uttered a single complaint.
"It's done?"
"Yes. I found a lot of saltpeter on the cave walls. I've made twenty small explosive charges; enough to blow someone up."
"Great! Think of a way to make more."
"good."
...
After Wang San San left, Feng Ran went into the space and looked at the fully ripe fruit. She hadn't picked any recently because she was lazy. Some of the fruit was so ripe that it had fallen to the ground.
With nothing else to do, I asked Jixiang to start processing the fruit.
It took the two of them almost half a month to finish picking them. They left some small, unripe ones unattended.
"Nana will make a spicy hot pot tonight. Let's all eat something nice together. We'll also cook a few other dishes."
"Okay. I'll get right on it." It was almost seven o'clock. Wang Nana washed her hands and prepared to start cooking.
...
"Hehehehe... You're dead?"
"Hmm—that was a truly gruesome death."
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