Without hesitation, the three members of the Meng family quickly finished half a cup of yogurt and immediately got up to pack up.
It's getting late. If we don't leave now, we won't reach the plantation in Area B before dark.
The items may not look like much, but once you pack them up, there's a huge pile. After all, furniture, mattresses, and the like are very useful in a new place.
In addition, the supply station in the planting area doesn't have many types of supplies, so it's really inconvenient to get these things once you get to the planting area.
Zhao Gang said, "I drove here in a truck, found another vehicle to take me to the planting village outside the city, and then loaded the goods onto my truck."
"By the way," Zhao Gang reminded, "It's best to exchange all your points for supplies. The supplies at the patrol station in the planting area are not complete, and it's very troublesome to exchange them after leaving the city."
The Meng brothers nodded, asked Zhao Gang what items were necessities in the planting area, wrote them down, and ran to the supply station, leaving Grandma Meng and Zhao Gang and his daughter to watch over the items.
The weather forecast this morning said that the second heavy snowfall will arrive tomorrow night, which will make it difficult to go into the city to buy things. At the very least, we need to prepare enough warm clothing and supplies.
The Meng brothers had less than 500 points left between them. Following Zhao Gang's advice, they bought a lot of transparent plastic sheeting for window coverings and two sets of farm tools, leaving them with only 50 points to use for taxis.
At 11 a.m., the two families loaded all their belongings into the pickup truck and rode out of the high wall in the truck bed.
The area outside the wall had been almost cleaned up, but the giant mutated python made it a mess again. The road was covered with broken stones and piled-up sand, and there was a large crater every now and then.
The pickup truck driver kept cursing and swearing the whole way. If it weren't for the large number of people in Zhao Xiaoxiu's group, he would have kicked them out of the truck and turned back to the city.
After much effort, they finally reached the deep ditch that Zhao Xiaoxiu and her father had encountered the day before. As soon as the goods were unloaded, the driver turned around and left.
It was as if he was afraid that Zhao Gang and the others would ask him to help move things.
Zhao Gang picked up the 100-pound sack of charcoal with one hand, carried a backpack, and Zhao Xiaoxiu rode on the backpack, holding her father's head. The father and daughter went ahead to check on the condition of the truck.
The truck sat on the roadside for a day and a night, and because of its dilapidated appearance and the fact that it looked like it could stall at any moment, it wasn't targeted by thieves.
But when Zhao Gang bent down to check the fuel tank, as expected, there wasn't a single drop of fuel left.
However, he was prepared for this. He filled up all the gas he had exchanged at the city's supply station and turned around to help the Meng brothers move their things.
Zhao Xiaoxiu stood beside the car, holding her two small knives in her hands, alert to everything around her like a police dog.
However, if there is danger around, Zhao Gang will not leave her alone in the same place.
With Zhao Gang's help, the Meng family mother and her two children moved all their supplies in one trip.
Grandma Meng and Zhao Xiaoxiu sat in the passenger seat, while the Meng brothers sat in the truck bed. Zhao Gang started the truck and asked, "Are you all seated?"
Meng Er responded from behind the car, "It's all done."
Zhao Gang stepped on the gas, drifted and made a sharp turn on the spot, and drove the car full of Meng Da and Meng Er shouting "Holy crap!" towards the planting area.
The truck sped forward, as the snow was slippery and the engine could stall if it wasn't driven aggressively.
The mountain roads were rugged, and the poor passengers could only bounce and hop along with the rhythm of the truck.
The abandoned, wrecked truck didn't have seatbelts. Granny Meng clung tightly to the seat with one hand and gripped the door frame with the other, her face deathly pale.
Zhao Xiaoxiu is a little better off, since she's already gotten used to it.
The screams of the Meng brothers on the truck bed continued incessantly, with Meng Er's ghostly scream coming from time to time.
"Brother Gangzi, your driving skills are fucking amazing!" Meng Er said through gritted teeth, both loving and hating him.
Zhao Gang floored the gas pedal, throwing the unsuspecting Meng Er so far that he almost fell off the guardrail, exclaiming repeatedly, "Ah—Brother Gang!"
Zhao Gang sternly warned: "Don't swear in front of children!"
He's starting to regret bringing Meng Er back to his territory. He keeps saying "fuck your mother's mother," and the little brat is bound to learn bad habits from him!
Meng Er: "...Okay." A wise person knows when to yield.
Meng Da, who was so affected by the situation that he almost threw up in the car, also slapped his younger brother on the back of the head in a fit of anger.
Meng Er stared in disbelief. "If you're not my brother, then who is your real brother?!"
Meng Da ignored him, turned his head, looked at the ever-shrinking high walls and city, his gaze lingering on the ruins of the collapsed factory outside the city, and couldn't help but sigh softly.
He had worked very hard to get this factory job, and he was really reluctant to leave it.
The road ahead was relatively flat, and the truck entered a stable driving state, allowing Granny Meng, who had been numb from the bumpy ride, to finally breathe a sigh of relief.
She looked at her two sons' silent backs reflected in the half-shattered rearview mirror, her feelings incredibly complicated.
She wouldn't have dared to even think about leaving the safe zone and living alone just three days ago.
But the arrival of Gangzi and his daughter Xiaoxiu made her suddenly realize something.
In this cataclysmic world, seeking peace and stability is a self-deceiving joke.
To this planet, there is no difference between humans and mutants living on it. To survive, one must follow the primitive law of the jungle: fight, occupy, and conquer!
Although she didn't know what lay ahead, at least for this moment, she was no longer afraid of the jungle.
Even in winter, the vegetation along the roads leading to the planting area remains exceptionally lush.
The green branches, withered yellow leaves, and pure white snow complement each other, and the mutated vegetation is covered with all kinds of patterns and colors, making it look like you have stumbled into a fairy tale world.
"It's so beautiful!" Grandma Meng exclaimed.
Zhao Xiaoxiu nodded in agreement and said, "When spring comes, we can also collect some mutated plants to take home and plant them into a big garden. We can build a treehouse in it and use mutated roses as swings."
"You wouldn't dare!" Granny Meng quickly shook her head. "It would hurt someone!"
"No, they won't," Zhao Xiaoxiu said with a smile. "If they are fed, they won't hurt people."
Grandma Meng had never heard of such a claim before and still disagreed with planting such dangerous mutants in her own neighborhood.
Zhao Xiaoxiu didn't explain much, since she had a way to make these mutated plants obedient.
If they misbehaved, she would pull them out and use them to start a fire!
Perhaps, it really is possible to plant beautiful yet ferocious mutated flowers around the territory, using them to deter bad people and mutated animals that want to invade. Zhao Xiaoxiu thought expectantly to herself.
Winter isn't even over yet, and she's already looking forward to spring.
Perhaps due to their curiosity about the new territory, the nearly four-hour journey seemed to pass quickly for the Meng family mother and her two children.
When a large, flat area with no mutated plants growing appeared before the mother and her two children, they knew they had arrived at Area B.
The mother and her two children straightened up excitedly and looked around at the brand-new area.
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