Four hundred and ninetieth chapters back home (1)
Wang Xinquan's parents' home is located in the northeast corner of Dz County. That direction is exactly opposite to the location where the survivors previously arranged fireworks, so they also avoided the danger of meeting the corpses again.
After Lao Xu drove for a certain distance, he immediately ordered to Tang Xiaoquan, the co-driver: "Xiao Tang, quickly contact Lao Zhao and the others and tell them the actual situation here."
This is one of the reasons why Xu Renjie was so anxious to leave the factory just now, because based on his understanding of Zhao and Lin, there was no guarantee that he would not take "necessary" actions after receiving Tang Xiaoquan's unclear report.
Therefore, if you come out as soon as possible, you can put an end to those unwarranted "actions".
Upon hearing this, Tang Xiaoquan quickly took out his handheld tablet. After a brief elaboration, he took a long breath and continued to show Xu Renjie the way.
After driving for about half an hour, the survivors successfully arrived at Tang Xiaoquan's hometown, M1 Town.
Just from the moment they entered the town, Xu Renjie and his party felt something was wrong.
Sun-dried corpses can be seen everywhere on the road, and the walls of the self-built buildings on both sides are mostly black. The original towering sun-shading trees are now only a pile of black and charred wooden piers, and the whole town is in ruins.
People feel as if they have been burned by fire.
"This...what on earth is going on?"
No one could answer Wang Qiang's question, and Tang Xiaoquan was already in a state of confusion.
There is no doubt that various signs have clearly shown that this place has experienced a catastrophic fire, and the reason for setting the fire was most likely to eliminate zombies.
It's just that such a destructive burning method is very likely to hurt innocent people. If he were nearby, Tang Xiaoquan might not care too much, but right now, this is where his parents live, and he has to worry about their parents' lives and deaths.
As the urban management vehicle continued to penetrate deeper, everyone's hearts became more and more tense. The number of mummies on the ground had reached a shocking level. Old Xu couldn't help but wonder whether this was exterminating the zombies or burning down the town.
"Old Xu, pull over!"
Tang Xiaoquan couldn't wait for the other party to stop the car, opened the door and jumped out.
Seeing the young man's life-threatening behavior, Xu Renjie was worried and stopped suddenly, and said in a deep voice: "Xiao Hu, Qiangzi, Da Zhuang, you guys hurry up and follow me, I'll keep an eye on you from outside!"
"Then Lao Xu, pay attention!"
After running all the way, Tang Xiaoquan arrived at the bottom of his two-story building. The familiar red brick and white paint walls had been burned beyond recognition by the fire, and the light green security door had also been ripped open from the outside.
Looking at the signs of dilapidation in front of him, Tang Xiaoquan had an unknown premonition in his heart.
"Qiangzi, don't rush like that..." Wang Qiang, who was catching up, scolded his brother for a while, but when he saw the latter's solemn and tense expression, he immediately gave up the idea and turned to
He patted the former on the shoulder and sighed softly: "Let's go, brother! Let's go in and take a look!"
Opening the damaged security door, Wang Qiang took the lead and walked in with his weapon in hand.
The room was groggy, giving people a very surprising feeling.
Wang Qiang quickly walked to the window and pulled open the tightly closed curtain, letting the sunlight shine into the gloomy cabin again, giving it a little life.
The room was not burned by the fire, and the furnishings in the room were extremely simple, in sharp contrast to the luxury of Liu Fugui's previous villa.
Except for an old TV set and a refrigerator that barely shows its age, most of the entire house is unused.
From this, it is not difficult to see the poverty of Tang Xiaoquan’s parents’ life.
Dragging his feet, Tang Xiaoquan patrolled from room to room. His listless expression made Wang Qiang feel very uncomfortable. He was not very good at comforting people. After thinking about it, he finally had to joke: "Hey
, Quanzi. Your home is nice, the place is quite spacious."
"Yes!" Tang Xiaoquan replied desperately.
Even so, it gave Tang Qiang a lot of peace of mind, at least he knew that his brother's soul was not lost.
"I'll go up and have a look!"
"Oh, okay, I'll join you!"
Accompanied by Wang Qiang, the two arrived at the second floor. The conditions on the second floor were not much better than those on the first floor.
Although there are as many as five separate single rooms, only three of them are furnished with furniture, and most of those furniture are cabinets and plank beds made by carpenters, which are not aesthetically pleasing at all.
His right hand gently brushed the rough wooden tabletop, and Tang Xiaoquan's heart beat violently.
This is his parents' bedroom. Through the inspection of the entire small building just now, he did not find any clues about his parents' traces.
Slowly opening the drawer of the wooden table, there were neatly placed small items such as mirrors and combs, which his mother used to twist her hair when she got up early to do farm work.
"Uh, Quanzi, are these your parents?"
A pair of young men and women, wearing old-fashioned yellow tunic suits, stood side by side, one on the left and one on the right. Although the man was not tall, he had a high nose and a tall figure, and he looked heroic;
The woman has two ponytails tied at the back of her head, her face is trimmed, and her two sets of big crescent-shaped eyes are a bit playful and cute.
Both of them smiled so brightly at the camera.
"Yes, this is a picture of my parents when they were young!"
Looking at the photos of his parents, Tang Xiaoquan couldn't help but feel his heart twitch. How many years have passed, his parents have worked hard for his brother and sister's future. His temples are already covered with silver threads, but before he can enjoy any family happiness,
Meet this damn doomsday.
"Mom, dad, where are you now? Don't let anything happen to you!"
At this moment, Tang Xiaoquan finally realized the true meaning of a son who wants to support him but refuses to be kissed.
And his loneliness also affected Wang Qiang beside him, who also thought of his missing parents.
This really corresponds to the saying that everyone is equal in the face of disaster.
And just when Wang and Tang were immersed in sorrow, pain and worry, Lao Xu's rapid roar suddenly came from downstairs.
"Hey, who is that? Hey! Stop! Don't run!"
As soon as this roar came out, both Wang Qiang and Tang Xiaoquan were startled, and immediately looked at each other. Wang Qiang immediately ran towards the edge of the window as if flying, then opened the window and looked down.
In his eyes, he saw Lao Xu raising his hand and pointing forward, but due to the limitation of his field of vision, he didn't notice anything.
In desperation, Wang Qiang had to lean forward and poke his head out.
After this exploration, he finally saw the person that Old Xu Shicai was referring to. He was a thin and short man, who was running towards the town as hard as he could.
In response to this, Wang Qiang couldn't help but secretly exclaimed:
"Holy shit, Quan Zi, there are still people alive here!" (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!