After making a decision, Liang Qiuwen changed the topic and talked about things before the end of the world.
It has only been less than two months, but it feels like such a peaceful and prosperous life was the same as in my previous life.
After dinner, the family was sitting in the yard drinking tea and chatting. The dog Yuanbao, the baby of Liang Yingsheng’s parents, was lying next to him chewing on the stick bones cooked specially for him.
At this time, a female voice suddenly came from outside the courtyard door: "Is Lan Xin at home? I'm Lin Xiu!"
Lin Xiu is Yuan's mother's name.
Zhou Lanxin hurriedly snatched the stick bone from Yuanbao's mouth and coaxed him to go to the kennel to eat.
Yuan Bao was taught well and really understood.
Opening the door, she saw Lin Xiu with wet hair standing outside. Perhaps she felt that her image was not good. Lin Xiu smiled awkwardly and said, "I just washed my hair. Lan Xin, are you free now?"
Zhou Lanxin nodded, "Yes, what's wrong?"
"My mother has a severe headache and wants to ask Zhimo to go take a look."
Liang Zhimo walked out, carrying a medical kit in his hand, "Aunt Lin, let's go."
Lin Xiu nodded hurriedly, "Okay, okay, then I'll leave it to you."
Liang Yingsheng also followed, carrying a bag of wild vegetables that Zhou Lanxin handed her.
Grandma Chen’s old house is quite large, and a room near the road used to be used as a small shop.
Now this room has been scrapped, and the shelves inside are still full of dust. Liang Yingsheng felt a little touched when he looked at it, thinking of coming here with his brother to buy spicy strips with 50 cents each when he was a child.
If she encounters Grandma Chen visiting the store, she will secretly give the siblings an extra piece of bubble gum.
Bubble gum is very cheap and tastes like saccharin in your mouth, but to them as children, it was delicious.
Who could have imagined at that time that they would encounter the end of the world?
The sun was setting in the west, and it was getting dark. Even though there was an open courtyard outside the gate, it was still dark inside the house.
Lin Xiu quickly took a candle from the suitcase and lit it. Only then did she find Grandma Chen lying on the wooden sofa, trembling all over and her forehead was covered with sweat.
"Mom?" Lin Xiu was shocked and quickly stepped forward to shake Grandma Chen's shoulder, "What's wrong with you, Mom?"
Grandma Chen's voice was extremely hoarse and her speech was weak. "Okay, I seem to have a slight fever. It's nothing serious. Yuan Rong and Xu Yang are weeding weeds in the vegetable garden nearby."
Lin Xiu put the candle next to Grandma Chen, and then looked at Liang Yingsheng and her brother and sister: "I'm really sorry, I haven't had time to clean up the house yet. The living room is just a little cleaner at the moment. Most of the furniture is seriously decayed. Uncle Yuan can repair it at dawn tomorrow."
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Grandma Chen's son Yuan Rong worked as a carpenter for several years, and then changed to another job after moving.
"It's okay, Zhimo, let's help Grandma Chen take a look first."
Liang Zhimo opened the medical kit and took out a flashlight to turn it on. The room suddenly became brighter.
The medical kit he prepared for himself before the end of the world included all the commonly used tools, so he said he was prepared for any trouble.
Who would have thought that it would really come in handy now.
First, I took my blood pressure, then my temperature, and after a lot of fiddling, it took twenty minutes.
Liang Zhimo took off his stethoscope and said, "I have a fever, 38 degrees Celsius. I am weak and lack of nutrition. I got beaten again today. I have to lie down and rest well these days."
Liang Zhimo took out two antipyretic pills, "Now that the medicine is precious, our family has no time to prepare it. I will take one of these two pills a day. At the moment, I can only use physical cooling."
Just as Yuan Rong and his son came back, Liang Zhimo repeated the physical cooling method again.
"I heard from my parents that there are currently no zombies in this area. If you, Uncle Yuan, are free, you can go dig some kudzu root in the mountains and make soup tomorrow. The kudzu root has high nutritional value and your whole family can drink it."
Yuan Rong wrote them down one by one.
The two of them were not in a hurry to leave and stayed in the house for a while until Grandma Chen fell asleep.
Lin Xiu was a filial daughter-in-law. She was afraid that Grandma Chen would catch cold again, so she took out almost all the clothes in the suitcase to give her a cushion. The only thin blanket was also used to cover Grandma Chen.
Not daring to disturb the old man, Yuan Rong called Liang Yingsheng aside and carefully took off the gold ring on his ring finger.
"Uncle Yuan, there is nothing good that can offset the medical expenses. I know these things are not valuable now, and I don't know if I can exchange those two pills and the medical expenses this time?"
Liang Yingsheng wanted to refuse, but swallowed the words that came to his lips.
She took the gold ring and said, "Other people don't know this, but our family likes gold. It's enough to offset the two pills and the medical expenses."
Yuan Rong breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the ring reluctantly.
Liang Yingsheng couldn't really accept it, but he couldn't let Liang Zhimo go to the clinic for free. What if he developed a habit?
"Wild kudzu is a good thing. I want it too. If Uncle Yuan digs a lot tomorrow, he can share a pound with us in exchange for the ring."
Yuan Rong was surprised. Wild kudzu is indeed good, but it is not difficult to dig it in the mountains.
"Ahem, our house has to be cleaned tomorrow and we don't have time to go into the mountains. I want to get some for my parents to replenish their health."
"That's it, that's okay!"
It was completely dark, and the cicadas were chirping. Looking around, there were no lights on the houses, but a world that became gray under the moonlight.
There are only two families living on the huge mountainside.
Liang Zhimo massaged Grandma Chen's acupuncture points, then picked up the medical kit and prepared to leave.
Liang Yingsheng pointed to the plastic bag placed on the wooden table, "Uncle Yuan, Aunt Lin, my parents sent some wild vegetables and I put them there."
Lin Xiu rubbed her hands, "Why is this so embarrassing?"
"They dug a lot. It's not suitable to store it in hot weather. You can make wild vegetable soup or chop it and mix it with some flour to make wild vegetable cakes."
Liang Yingsheng looked at the sleeping Grandma Chen again and said, "We brought a lot of daily necessities back from Jiangcheng this time. I wonder if we can exchange some things with you?"
Upon hearing this, Lin Xiu's eyes lit up, "Of course, what do you want to change Shengsheng?"
Liang Yingsheng pointed to the wooden bed in the second bedroom. It was made of solid wood and had a very nice retro design, but it was a little dirty.
"A bed is broken at home."
Yuan Rong nodded immediately, "Let's change. We have three beds at home. Xuyang and I will squeeze in, and you, Grandma Chen, and Aunt Lin will share one bed, so one can be free."
There is no shortage of beds in the Liang family, but this one was made by Yuan Rong himself. He worked slowly and carefully. The workmanship is particularly good and the material is good.
If you go to a shelter or a safe base in the future, what if you need to prepare your own bed?
"Xu Yang and I will send the bed to your home now."
Liang Yingsheng smiled and said, "Don't worry, it's dark and the road is hard to walk. We will move tomorrow. Why don't you come with us to get your things now?"
Yuan Rong arranged for Yuan Xuyang to follow him.
In the dim night, Liang Zhimo walked in the front with a flashlight, followed by Liang Yingsheng, and Yuan Xuyang followed the two of them not too far away.
The moon is not full tonight, but it is very beautiful. The mountains are quiet, and you can hear the chirping of insects from time to time, as if you are isolated from the world where zombies are rampant.
I don’t know how long this side of Eden will be safe.