The old woman's son and daughter-in-law came out of the kitchen, wearing an apron. Unexpectedly, her son was Huang Lijun. The daughter-in-law was very delicate, with a kind face with a bit of shyness.

"Come on, come on! Dinner is ready!"

Huang Lijun greeted happily, and then placed a large bucket of rice in the middle of the table. Suddenly a long-lost rice fragrance filled the air, making my mouth water. The wooden bucket holding the rice was brand new and seemed to be rarely used.

,

The rice was glistening white, protruding from the top of the barrel, exuding fragrant heat. Several women then brought several plates full of dishes and placed them on several wooden tables. When they lowered their heads, they saw that there were several meat dishes, which should be

Brought back from hunting.

"Don't just watch! Everyone eat quickly! Hahaha, today's harvest is not small, not only got a deer, but also met a survivor. Today is a good day, worth celebrating!" Huang Lijun said happily at the side

, while taking off his apron, he sat at the table.

"Yes! Yes! It's a good day!..."

The surrounding residents responded one after another. The atmosphere in the village was very harmonious. It didn't feel like the end of the world at all, but rather a harmonious and beautiful place.

Before eating, the residents suddenly closed their eyes together, clasped their hands and prayed. This is a doomsday ritual, a custom that gradually formed here after the virus outbreak. They pray like this every time they eat,

They thanked God for the mercy that allowed this group of human beings to survive in the last days. At the same time, they also hoped that God could continue to bless them and live safely in these difficult years.

After a thrilling day of running around, I was already ravenous. Seeing the ceremony end and the steaming rice placed in front of me, I didn’t care so much anymore. I picked up the bowl and ate it with big mouthfuls. The residents followed suit.

Pick up the bowl and start enjoying this sumptuous dinner.

One bowl, two bowls, three bowls... I was devouring it. I don’t know how long it took, but Jiayi suddenly touched me gently. I immediately raised my head and realized that everyone didn’t seem to be that tall.

My appetite is just to slowly pick up the wild vegetables on the plate and eat a little bit of rice in the bowl...

"You're so hungry, young man, eat more, there's still a lot of that in the bucket..."

The old lady on the side saw my surprised expression and said kindly.

"But...why don't you eat?..."

I was holding the bowl with a mouthful of rice in my mouth. I stopped there and asked strangely.

"Ah, that's it. In our area, pasta is the staple food, and those who are not used to eating rice...it's okay. Eat it quickly, there are plenty!"

The old lady explained patiently on the side, and the wrinkles on her face suddenly became more wrinkled, as if there was something unspeakable.

But why do these people, who use pasta as their staple food, make a big bucket of rice?...

I was thinking this and felt a little worried. Maybe they didn't have much food and had already eaten all the noodles, so they made rice. But even though rice is not a staple food, under such conditions, it wouldn't be rejected? Could it be...

…They’re out of food?

Thinking of this, I suddenly understood. I looked up and observed the expressions of the residents, which seemed to contain some indescribable melancholy. I couldn't ask any more questions, so I just slowly finished the remaining rice in the bowl.

"Young man, let me serve you another bowl! There is still rice here!"

The old lady still enthusiastically wanted to fill my meal, but I stopped her.

"Ah...Grandma, no need, I'm very full! This is the best I've eaten in the past six months. Thank you for your hospitality!"

"Oh, young people need to grow up. It's okay to eat more!"

The old lady insisted on serving it to me again, so I quickly snatched the bowl back and kept declining her kindness.

Huang Lijun stepped forward with a smile and helped me stop his mother, "Mom, Tianlong said that when they are full, don't serve them anymore! I will ask Wen Cui to heat some food in the pot for a while. If they are hungry, go to the kitchen.

Take it and eat it.”

Seeing Huang Lijun help me out, I hurriedly took over the conversation. "Yes, yes! If I'm hungry, I will go to the kitchen to eat! Don't worry, grandma, I'm not polite."

Hearing what I said, the old lady put down the full spoon in her hand and said, "Okay, if you are hungry, don't be polite. You can get what you want to eat. Just treat this as your own home!"

I am extremely grateful to my grandma for her kindness, but eating those bowls of rice left me with a terrible taste.

Lying on a soft and warm bed at night, thinking about everything that happened today, it felt like a dramatic change. If the people in the village had not been kind enough to save us, I am afraid that Jiayi and I would have died in this canyon. In the village

The people are very kind and they warmly accommodated

We, this comfortable quilt, have never been laid, and it is countless times better than the one they made themselves. They ran out of food, but they made such a big bucket just to entertain us and worry about us

Will be polite to them because of lack of food...

Thinking of their kindness and selflessness, I always feel extremely warm in my heart. If it weren't for the injuries, I really want to do something to help them. Jiayi has fallen asleep beside her. She is exhausted from today's torment.

, I kissed her rosy and delicate cheek gently, then slowly lay down and closed my eyes...

When I woke up early the next morning, hot meals had been placed on the table next to the bed. After a quick breakfast, Jiayi helped me to the hall. Huang Lijun had already led the young people to go hunting, and it was estimated that he would not be back until the afternoon.

"You guys are up...have you eaten?"

The old lady walked out of the back room on crutches and slowly sat on the chair at the door.

"Well, I just ate... Well, grandma, if we have dinner in the morning from now on, you don't have to bring the food over in person. We can just go out and eat it ourselves."

"That's okay. You are injured and have difficulty moving. You need to be taken care of. After a while, the injury is better. Then you can do it yourself..."

The old lady said with concern and suddenly looked at Jiayi with a smile: "Look at how pretty this girl is. Where is your family from?"

"Well, my home is in Kunming."

"Oh... that's still far away from here. You are such a filial child. It's not easy to risk your life to go home to find your relatives in such a chaotic world..." The old lady looked at Jiayi affectionately, with a look in her eyes.

To look at you with approval and admiration.

"Actually, if it weren't for Tianlong and the help of those friends, I'm afraid it would be difficult for me to get here. Many of our friends died on the way, and now the team has separated again, leaving only our husband and wife."

The old lady couldn't help but sigh sadly after listening to Jiayi's story.

"Sigh... it's not easy to survive these days. My wife and grandchildren were all killed on the way to escape. Now I, my son, my daughter-in-law, and I are left to depend on each other and live with other villagers.

, On the surface, life is quite comfortable, but

I was thinking, wow, this is not a good feeling at all. I am a white-haired person, and I just sent away the black-haired person. I have watched my grandson and granddaughter grow up, and now I am watching them being raped.

Killed by zombies... Oh, what kind of evil is this..."

The old woman sighed and wiped the corners of her eyes. She had shed tears countless times in such a long time.

Jiayi and I stared blankly at the old man, our hearts filled with sympathy. We felt that it was really not easy for an old man in his twilight years to endure such suffering. We wanted to comfort him, but we didn’t know what to say.

Because we have also experienced such pain, the heart-rending sadness of losing someone we love.

There was really not much food left in the village. Just as I expected, all the noodles were gone and only a few bags of rice were left. This small amount of food was really a bit tight for more than 40 people. Huang Lijun brought it with him every day.

People go out to search for food and hunt, but every time

Considering the danger of the corpses, we could only bring back very little. The food in the warehouse gradually ran out, and everyone began to starve. But Jiayi and I were the only ones who never lacked food.

It was so full that we couldn’t help but feel touched and guilty at the same time.

On this day, Huang Lijun came back early with a group of young people. The people in the village hurried out to greet him. No one wanted their relatives to encounter any accidents, so every family member was in a nervous mood.

But an accident happened. A twenty-year-old boy accidentally exposed a flaw during the operation and was instantly surrounded by corpses and bitten to death.

For his relatives, this bad news was nothing more than a bolt from the blue. The young man's mother burst into tears and sat on the ground unable to get up. She finally pulled her son out of danger, but now he still cannot escape.

Get through that calamity.

The group of corpses outside the wall immediately heard the cries in the stockade and moved slowly towards this side. There were nearly a hundred of them in total, surrounding the stockade, and they could not pile up a ladder of corpses, so they did not pose a threat for the time being.

Huang Lijun's method obviously exposed its shortcomings. The act of pretending to be an animal may not always be reliable. Since the implementation of the animal skin plan, although it has played a certain role in safety, deaths and injuries still occur from time to time. Now the village

There are only a dozen young men left in the village. If this continues, the village will collapse sooner or later.

"Why don't you fight against the zombies instead of avoiding them everywhere?"

In private, I asked Huang Lijun in surprise. They seemed to be very afraid of zombies and did not dare to resist at all.

"Resist?"

Huang Lijun was immediately surprised by my words. He seemed to have heard a completely unreliable suggestion.

"Those zombies are unkillable! We have fought with them more than once, and no matter where we were injured, they are still alive! Fighting against them is a dead end!"

Huang Lijun's reaction surprised me even more. I didn't expect that these people in the village didn't know how to fight zombies.

"You can destroy their brains and you can kill them. Only the brain is the key to zombies."

I explained patiently.

"Sigh... We all understand what you are saying, but it is not that easy to destroy the brains of zombies. There are at least two hundred zombies out there. We only have so few of them, how can we kill them! Even if we kill them all, the nearby zombies will be destroyed.
Chapter completed!