Bai Qingqing first went to the house closest to the old lady. After walking for a few minutes, she finally arrived outside the house and looked inside through the fence.
A woman with half of her body wrapped in indigo cloth came out of the room holding a dustpan, probably intending to take it out to dry. A few hens in the yard surrounded her, clucking and calling for food because they were hungry.
The middle-aged woman went in again and took out some grain, which she scattered on the ground to feed the chickens.
Bai Qingqing stood outside for a while, but didn't see any sign of the man. She thought to herself that this Zhoucun was just as weird as in the original book.
The middle-aged woman saw a person outside the fence and shouted fiercely, "Who is there? What are you trying to do? Come out!"
Bai Qingqing came out from the corner and stood outside the fence, smiling sweetly and harmlessly: "Auntie, I'm new to the village, and I have something to ask you."
The middle-aged woman frowned and looked at her with a vigilant look in her eyes. She spoke to her through the fence: "What do you want to ask me?"
Fortunately, the language spoken by Zhoucun people with their local accent is similar to the official language, so the language mixed with their local accent is not difficult to understand.
Bai Qingqing held onto the fence, her eyes full of smiles: "Aunt, I want to find someone, his name is Awang."
The middle-aged woman's face immediately changed, her expression and tone were very fierce, she put her hands on her waist and asked: "What do you want with my man?"
The man of the aunt is probably in his 40s or 50s and has a wife, so he probably wouldn't be a target for the mission.
Bai Qingqing saw that the aunt thought she was some kind of vixen, so she waved her hand and said, "I must have made a mistake. The person I'm looking for is in his twenties."
The middle-aged woman's expression finally eased. She walked towards her, looked her up and down, and said, "Little girl, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but girls shouldn't take the initiative to look for men. Do you know that this behavior is immoral and corrupt?"
Bai Qingqing: “…”
Is it immoral for her to find someone? What's the logic behind this!
"I..." She was about to speak.
The aunt frowned like a dean and scolded her: "Don't interrupt when the elders are talking. As a woman, don't dress up in a flashy way. Only when you dress simply will men like you. Do you understand?"
"Auntie said you did this for your own good, go back and change your clothes."
Bai Qingqing didn't expect to be scolded so harshly. She laughed twice and turned away.
The original book describes the world from the perspective of the heroine Bai Tiantian. After she and the Thunder Squad arrived in Zhoucun, they were treated to good food and drink, and everyone tried every means to keep her as some kind of saint.
Bai Tiantian did not suffer much in Zhoucun. In the end, she was forced to marry the mountain god. During her anxious wait, she was successfully rescued by the Thunder Squad.
At that time, in order to successfully leave Zhoucun, Xiao Yang set a fire. Bai Tiantian saw the fire burning the village and even wanted to return to help the people of Zhoucun. However, she did not go back because everyone was injured.
Bai Qingqing intuitively felt that Zhou Village held many secrets. It was a village with a population of several hundred, but there were almost no people even in broad daylight. There were only a few old women at home, and some men with knives patrolling the entrances and exits of the village and on the streets.
The original book describes Zhoucun as a village where people rarely go out. Men, women, old and young all work on the farm to support themselves at home, and only occasionally go out to the town ten miles away to sell things in exchange for daily necessities.
Where have all the young men, women and children in the village gone? Is it because of the end of the world that they are all staying at home?
Bai Qingqing was puzzled and thought that she had to complete the mission quickly and leave this isolated village. She had no fighting power now and would be trapped if she encountered danger.
She hurried to the second house, climbed up the wooden stairs, walked to the closed door, raised her hand and knocked, "Excuse me, is anyone home?"
While knocking on the door, she looked around the courtyard. It must be said that Zhoucun, with its picturesque scenery, is very beautiful. Every household has flowers in their yards. The beautiful flowers and plants decorate the courtyards, making people feel refreshed at first sight.
After knocking for several minutes with no answer, she was about to give up, when suddenly a dog ran out from behind the house and scared her.
Bai Qingqing looked at the orange-yellow dog, waved at it, and said, "Da Huang, come here."
Gou Zi didn't expect her to be so familiar. He looked at her with his head tilted, making a groaning sound in his throat, as if he was examining whether she was a bad guy.
Bai Qingqing took out a chicken leg from the space, squatted down and gestured for it to come over, "Da Huang, be good, come and eat the chicken leg."
The aroma of the chicken leg filled the air, and the dog drooled. He moved his front legs and ran over with his tail wagging. Just as he opened his mouth to eat, the chicken leg disappeared from his sight.
The dog was stunned and barked as if in disbelief, "Where's my chicken leg! Give me back my chicken leg!"
Bai Qingqing narrowed her eyes slightly, smiled weakly, and stroked the dog's head: "Where are your owners? Where did they go? Tell me and I'll give you chicken legs to eat, or I'll chop you into pieces and cook you."
If Gouzi had any values, they would be shattered instantly. How could there be such a hateful woman in the world?
"Let Xiaohua go!" a clear child's voice came.
Bai Qingqing looked in the direction of the sound and saw a child leaning on the window stalking at her with his teeth bared: "Bad woman, let Xiaohua go!"
It was an unexpected surprise. She hadn't seen a child since she came to the village, but she met a child in this house. Her eyes flickered slightly and she continued to stroke Dahuang's dog's head.
"Kid, come out and talk to me." She took out a bag of potato chips from the space and waved it, "Here's something for you to eat."
The child was full of vigilance and suspicion, biting his lip and staring at her and the snacks, "I don't want it."
Oh, you're still being stubborn.
Bai Qingqing opened the potato chips and started eating them, and also fed a piece to Dahuang. The man and the dog ate them so deliciously that it tempted the greedy child.
The child swallowed and stared at her eagerly.
Seeing his eager look, Bai Qingqing stood up and walked to the window, stuffing the potato chips into the hole, "Here you go."
The child seemed to be incredulous that she would be so kind to give him snacks. He held the barbecue beef flavored potato chips and asked, "Are you really giving it to me?"
"Don't want it?" Bai Qingqing raised her eyebrows: "Then give it back to me."
The child quickly hugged him and said, "I want it." He ate voraciously, as if he had not eaten for a long time.
Bai Qingqing couldn't help but remind him, "Eat slowly, don't choke."
The child glared at her with his dark eyes. He would not choke. Humph, bad woman, don't think you can buy him off with a bag of snacks. He just heard her say she wanted to kill his dog.
Bai Qingqing took out some dried meat from the space and teased the dog at her leg.
She noticed that the child and the dog were both very thin, and she didn't know if it was due to the impact of the apocalypse or if the family was simply poor.
Bai Qingqing asked through the window: "Child, what's your name? Where is your family?"
"Sister." The child ate something and his mouth became sweet: "My name is Abao, can you pretend you have never seen me?"
"Huh?" Bai Qingqing asked doubtfully, "Why?"
There was fear in Abao's big eyes: "My parents said there are monsters outside, and told me to hide at home and not go out, otherwise I would be caught."
You don't let your kids out because there are zombies outside?
"Who are you?"
A frightened voice came, and a woman in foreign clothing appeared, ran over hurriedly and shouted: "Abao, have you forgotten what your mother said? Come in quickly!"
A Bao's face turned pale with fright, and he hurried into the room and disappeared.
Bai Qingqing explained to her: "My name is Bai Qingqing, a stranger who came into the village yesterday. I have no ill intentions..."
Abao's mother suddenly knelt down in front of her and cried, "Amei, I beg you, please don't tell anyone that you saw Abao at home."
Bai Qingqing frowned slightly, leaned over and said, "You get up first."
"If you don't agree, I won't get up." Abao's mother was terrified and begging, and said, "Amei, I beg you, I can give you food, please don't tell anyone."
"I don't need it." Bai Qingqing's space was full of stored food, so there was no way she would ask Abao's mother for food.
Abao's mother actually kowtowed and cried, "Please, please..."
Bai Qingqing had no choice but to say, "How about this, give me a corn and I'll keep it a secret for you."
"Okay, okay." Abao's mother got up while wiping her tears, looked around, opened the door, went in and quickly found a corn, "Sister, take the corn, please keep it a secret for us."
Bai Qingqing held the corn and nodded, "I will." After a pause, she asked again, "Is your husband's name Awang?"
"Besides A-bao's father, do you have any other brothers or sisters in your family?"
Abao's mother shook her head and said, "There are only me and my husband at home. Sister, don't run around in the village. Go back quickly."
Bai Qingqing left Abao's house with the corn. After walking a few meters, she found Dahuang following her, looking up at the corn cob in her hand.
She laughed: "Dahuang, do you want to eat corn too?"
Dahuang barked twice, drooling, no longer caring about his face.
Bai Qingqing was unwilling to give it to it: "I can't give this to you. I'll feed you some dried meat later."
She took Da Huang to visit the remaining two households in the village, but neither of them was the target of her mission, so she had to return along the way.
"Qingqing." A voice came from the left.
After wandering around for a whole day, she finally saw an acquaintance. She breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look at Xiao Yang and Fu Chen, smiling: "Brother, Xiao Yang."
Fu Chen changed his attire today, wearing clothes of exotic style, giving him the feeling of a gloomy foreign tyrant.
Apparently, he had joined the ranks of those doing the rough work.
Bai Qingqing glanced at his shoulder and showed a distressed expression: "Brother, does your shoulder hurt?"
Fu Chen said calmly: "It doesn't hurt."
Xiao Yang pretended to be in pain and covered his shoulder: "Sister Qingqing, why do you only care about Brother Fu? My shoulder hurts too."
Bai Qingqing looked at him: "Does it hurt? Do you want me to give you some medicine?"
She also stores a lot of medical supplies in her space.
Fu Chen glanced at Xiao Yang calmly. The big chestnut-haired boy received the danger signal and shook his head, "No, no, I'm just joking."
"Didn't I tell you not to wander around after entering the village?" Fu Chen frowned and said coldly.
Bai Qingqing's clear eyes were filled with worry: "Brother, I came out to look for you because I was worried about you." She handed the corn over, "This is for you, it's so sweet."
"No, you eat by yourself." Fu Chen glanced at the patrol team that was about to come over and said, "Go back quickly and don't go out at night."
"Okay." Bai Qingqing lowered her head pretending to be disappointed.
Fu Chen's eyes moved slightly, and he said in a low voice: "We will leave in two days."
"I understand." Bai Qingqing turned around and walked back.
After a moment, she stood halfway up the mountain with a serious look on her face, observing the geographical environment of the village, thinking that she must find the target of the mission tomorrow, otherwise it would be too late.