A corpse was lying down on the sidewalk, but it did not really die. Hearing the sound of the brakes, it climbed up tremblingly.
The zombie had bare feet, and the shoes on his feet hadn't known where it had fallen. The clothes on his body were dirty and tattered, and several large holes were worn out.
It dragged its heels and walked over step by step, and its eyes were still so cold in the sunny weather.
I really don’t understand, these guys have no signs of life at all, so why don’t they really die? He said to himself: "Too unscientific!"
Xiao Ruo suddenly said: "Brother Xiaoqiang, maybe science is the biggest liar."
I was taken aback, yes, I always laughed at Zheng Zhiqing for being a superstition and believing in mysterious events, but I pretend to be rational and believe that human science is the only truth today. Isn’t this equally ridiculous and a kind of superstition? What
"So..." Xiao Ruo tilted his head, "Reading is useless."
I knocked on her forehead: "What do you know? The idea that reading is useless is an anti-intellectual stupid idea."
There are a total of three clothing stores, one men's clothing store, and two women's clothing stores. I checked all three stores and found no zombies before letting Xiao Ruo enter the store to look for clothes.
I walked into the men's shop, picked up two bundles of T-shirts, and threw them directly into the car. Anyway, I changed one in a few days, and I didn't care whether the number was big or small.
Xiao Ruo was still picking clothes. I sat on the front of the car, lit a cigarette and waited for her. She suddenly waved to me with a solemn expression on her face. I walked over and asked, "What's the matter?"
Xiao Ruo carried a black dress and a red dress, and said, "Brother Xiaoqiang, which one do you think is pretty."
I gave her a blank look, grabbed both skirts, stepped on my feet, and reprimanded her: "You don't want to live anymore? Find long clothes and trousers."
No matter what the world becomes, it is always human nature to love beauty. Xiaoruo took a few clothes and secretly stuffed a black skirt into his arms.
I shook my head and let her go.
The two were about to get in the car, Xiao Ruo suddenly stopped: "Listen, someone is calling for help!"
I shuddered and raised my ears. The city was terribly quiet, like an ancient time without life. Where is anyone calling for help
I said: "Your ears have questions
Right? "
Xiao Ruo's eyes didn't blink, and she suddenly called out: "Grandpa! It's my grandpa!" He walked back and walked around the stairs quickly.
Behind the facade is an unfinished construction site. I listened carefully and there was indeed someone faintly yelling: "Help, help!"
The cry for help came from a hole pile, and it was dark and bottomless. How could Xiao Ruo hear it
I have heard that there is a mysterious connection between relatives, such as the death of a parent, children thousands of miles away can feel it, and if the child is unpredictable, the parents will be inexplicably sad.
But it seems to be limited to parents and children, or brothers and sisters, can grandparents and grandchildren of a generation have this mysterious feeling
I took out a flashlight from my backpack, which is an auto-generating flashlight, and shook the crankshaft handle a few times to convert the kinetic energy into electrical energy.
Under the light of the flashlight, there was a person lying on his back at the bottom of a ten-meter hole pile, and Xiao Ruo cried with joy: "Grandpa, grandpa, it's really you!"
"Xiao Ruo, it's you! You... Why did you come? I didn't explain... You are not allowed to go out of the curtain shop. You are not allowed to listen to Grandpa's words?"
Below intermittently, Xiao Ruo's grandfather, Chen Guigui's old voice came.
I handed the torch to Xiao Ruo, dropped the rope, and let Chen precious tie it up, and dragged it up.
Under the sun, Chen Zhenbao was extremely weak. He drank a bottle of water that Xiao Ruo handed over, and then looked at me vigilantly: "Xiao Ruo, who is he?"
This old man, instead of thanking me, he started questioning first.
Xiao Ruo's mouth was like a seven-star shooting crossbow, and he snapped and talked about the process of our acquaintance, and then hugged Grandpa with tears.
It turned out that Chen Baobao came out to search for food and was chased by the zombies. After escaping into the construction site, he accidentally fell into the hole pile.
Chen Guigui nodded at me: "Brother, thank you, but now... Xiao Ruo can't go with you."
I nodded, and maintained a minimum understanding of Chen Guigui's vigilance: he was right to guard against others.
I said, "Old man, then I will send you and Xiao Ruo back, and I will leave."
Chen Guigui said: "Thank you, brother, I'm fine, but I've been hungry for three days, so you go first."
I nodded towards Xiao Ruo, turned and left.
Xiao Ruo suddenly grabbed me and took off a necklace from her neck: "Brother Xiaoqiang, the necklace was given to me by my dad, and I will give it to you." She couldn't help but put it around my neck.
I picked up the necklace and saw it was a cheap silver necklace. The pendant was a peach heart, engraved with the words "Shenzhen is like water".
But the value is not important. There are many gold and jade wares in the jewelry store. What is important is her heart... I accept it.
When I walked to the gate of the construction site, Chen Baobao stopped me again. He said, "Xiaoqiang..." He changed his mind and didn't call me brother, but called me Xiaoqiang. It seemed that he was not so wary of me.
Chen Guigui continued: "... Are you going to Mangshan?"
I said: "Yes."
Chen Guibao said: "I can't go. The big city Jincheng is seventy miles ahead. The city is full of dead people's bones. You can't make it through."
I said, "I walk around."
Chen Baogui said, "Do you know the road?"
I said, "I have a map on my phone."
Chen Guigui said: "I'm afraid the roads are blocked, there are too many cars."
I said, "It's really not possible. I don't want the car anymore, and walk around."
Chen Guigui said, "I'll lead you there. I know a dirt road and I can drive there."
I said with joy: "It's great!" I thought that good people would get good rewards.
Chen Guigui said, "Let's say it first, we will send you around Xiangtan, and Xiao Ruo and I will come back."
Xiao Ruo interrupted and said, "Grandpa, we have been waiting for almost a year, and my dad won't be back."
Chen Baogui sighed: "No matter how long you wait, your father will always come back. She can't leave you behind."
I understand, the old man still hopes his son can go home.
The three of us got in the car and drove out of the city. After I left the city, I learned that this new city is called "Hongqiao Development Zone" from the conversation between Xiaoruo and her grandfather.
The off-road vehicle drove along the road for about ten kilometers and turned onto the dirt road. The dirt road was bumpy and bumped with three people in a car.
Chen Baogui drank the water, finished two packs of sandwich biscuits, refreshed a bit, pointed to the road and said:
"Xiaoqiang, this is a mechanically plowed road that was built in the past. Later, when the main road was built, there were not many cars left on this road. Oh, for more than ten years, the mechanically plowed road became a dirt road.
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