Lian Runing woke up from the shaking, opened his eyes and looked out the car window, only to see an endless field. In a trance, she thought she had returned to Hao Jian's village, but the bumpy mountain road made her almost vomit.
"Where is this?" She looked at Hao Jian.
"Wake up? I don't know where this is."
Lian Runing was shocked: "Then why did Kai come here?"
"The main road is completely paralyzed, and the expressway is finished, so I took a little detour. However, without navigation, I got lost." Hao Jian said it for granted, without any embarrassment.
Lian Ru Ning's eyes widened in shock, and she was speechless for a while: "So, where are you going now?"
"When I came in, I saw that it said Farmhouse, so come and have dinner first!"
Lian Ruling pulled the window of the car and saw the sunset glowing red, and the residual heat made the ground hot. She slept for more than two hours this time. She didn't rest much last night, and she encountered so many zombies during the day.
On the contrary, Hao Jian seems to have never rested. She thought that they should find a place to rest after nightfall, so she did not speak out against it.
The car drove into the forest along the simple billboard. On the road, you could see houses in twos and threes, but it was not the scale of a village. After passing a fish pond, the car was in front of a house made of pure wood. The house looked rather simple, as if the car would collapse if it hit.
"Is there anyone else?" Lian Runing looked around cautiously, she would not get out of the car easily without confirming safety.
"Beep-beep-" Hao Jian honked his horn.
Lian Runing thought to herself, isn't she afraid of attracting zombies? But he wouldn't open his mouth to question Hao Jian's actions. After all, the experiences they had been with in the past few days proved that Hao Jian's actions were not reckless.
Someone in the room raised their head cautiously, Hao Jian opened the door and got out of the car, and asked, "Are you still doing business?"
"Where did you come from?" The man came out, but with a hatchet in his hand.
"Passing the township road, I saw the sign and came in. Don't do business anymore?"
The man thought for a while, then glanced at her and Lian Runing again, and said, "Are you here to eat? There is food."
Hao Jian walked over, and the man also turned in and put down the hatchet, and looked at her carefully, secretly glad she was alive. Seeing his actions, Hao Jian asked, "We're not sick at all, we just plan to leave after a meal, you can rest assured."
A middle-aged woman greeted her from inside and asked, "Are you alright?"
"It's okay, I'm here to eat." The man replied.
Lian Runing had already got out of the car. She saw such a simple environment and said, "Do you live here?"
"How is that possible? It's just doing business here. Don't look at how simple this place is. Many people just like this kind of environment. Usually, many people come here." The man pointed to another table for them.
Behind the table is an empty window that looks directly into the fish pond, which also has a wooden bridge over which to fish. Lian Runing also likes this kind of leisure time, and it is no wonder that there is business in such a remote place.
"But why don't you eat in a hotel or restaurant outside?" the middle-aged woman asked curiously.
Hao Jian smiled: "Don't you know what the chaos is like outside? Those restaurants are closed."
The two thought for a while, and became even more confused: "Then how do you know we didn't close the door?"
"Guess what, I'm just here to try my luck, but I didn't expect that we would meet."
The man laughed and said: "To tell you the truth, I originally planned to close the door and go home to guard, but when I thought that there were still so many vegetables and fish left to deal with, I couldn't bear it. No, I plan to come back and take all the fish. Take it back and pick the vegetables, so as not to keep them and waste them."
"Yeah, we were frightened when we heard the sound of the car, and we dared to come out after hiding for a while." The middle-aged woman also added.
"At this time, guarding the food is the most important thing, isn't it, why are you willing to let us eat it?" Lian Runing asked.
The two were stunned for a moment, then said with a smile: "These things can't be preserved for a long time. They are either spoiled or broken. If someone needs them, why not take them out and eat them?"
Lian Runing once doubted human nature, but she seemed to see the kind side of human nature in them again. She turned her head to share this feeling with Hao Jian, but Hao Jian ordered the dishes quickly and said, "I'm sorry."
After they left, Lian Runing said, "They are really kind, but... Are you really here to try your luck?"
Hao Jian thought for a while and whispered, "How is that possible."
Lian Runing looked at her in surprise: "Then—"
"I just got lost while avoiding the paralyzed road, and then accidentally came to a small town in a neighboring city, and remembered that a friend of mine's hometown is here, and according to him, his home is It's a farmhouse. I took a detour a little and found it."
Lian Runing also admired it: "That's considered luck to come here, but isn't your friend here?"
"It seems that he is still in Pearl City, and it is not clear whether he is alive or dead now."
"So are these, his parents?"
"It should be, I always hear him boast about how good his parents are, and now I see it with my own eyes. If you have a chance to see him again, then agree with him once!"
"Then aren't you going to tell them you're friends with their kids?"
Hao Jian raised his eyebrows and smiled again: "I can't do anything. Since I can't reunite their family, why should I tell them that their children are now in the Pearl City?"
Lian Runing thought about it, it was true. Pearl City, like Southern City, is more chaotic and more susceptible to infection than here. If they stay here, they may not necessarily be in danger, and they can wait for their children to come back. But once they knew about Hao Jian's relationship with their children, they would either go to Pearl City to find their children, or they would become more anxious and sad while waiting.
The dishes were served quickly, and Hao Jian looked at them in confusion as he looked at the extra dish.
"Anyway, no one eats too much. You eat more, and you won't be charged too much." The middle-aged woman said.
"In the next few days, there may be a shortage of food. You should still find a way to dry or pickle these vegetables into easy-to-storable food such as preserved radish. Keep it." Hao Jian said.
"This is also a good way." The middle-aged woman smiled.
Lian Ru Ning asked tentatively, "Are you the only ones here?"
"Oh, yes, it's usually just the couple and a relative. But she went home after the accident."
"It looks a bit remote here, do you know that something happened outside?"
"We heard about it when we went to the market to buy ingredients, but it was my son who contacted me before and told me something, so we watched TV and found it was really dangerous outside!"
"Oh, that's really fortunate. When we came, we saw a lot of people who were killed without knowing the outside world. However, if you say your son, then he... "
"He's not here, he's in Pearl City. After I heard that there was an accident in Pearl City, the government took refuge in an emergency. He followed him to take refuge. As long as there is a chance, he can come back."
Lian Runing looked at Hao Jian happily, who pushed the meal in front of her: "Aren't you hungry? The dishes are going to be cold."
Lian Runing wondered why Hao Jian heard the news but was not happy for her friend's safety. When the middle-aged woman left, Hao Jian asked her first and said, "You listened to the radio all the way, and heard about it. Where did you evacuate?"
Lian Runing opened her mouth and said dumbly, "It doesn't seem like there is."
"No one knows which of the people who took refuge is carrying the zombie virus. The so-called refuge is a joke."
Lian Runing also understood: "He said that to reassure his parents?!"
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After eating, the couple took out two disposable lunch boxes and handed them over to Hao Jian: "Let me see where you are going. You may be hungry at night, so take them to eat on the road."
Hao Jian was silent for a moment, took the lunch box and handed it over to Lian Runing, then went back to the car and took out his backpack. When Lian Runing saw that she actually took out three bags of things from her backpack, she was a little stunned - wasn't her previous backpack empty of food? Where did these things come from
Inside were two bags of jerky, a bag of compressed biscuits, and two bottles of lemon tea drinks that Lian Ru Ning brought out from the convenience store at the gas station. She handed the thing to the couple: "This is a return gift, save it for a difficult time, so it can last longer."
She did not intend to use the permission that the system said was open at level 1 to buy food (limited to three servings). But not only because of their favor, but also for You Xiaoxiao's sake, she will help a little if she can.
A bag of jerky costs 20 points, while compressed biscuits cost only 5 points. Even so, Hao Jian spent more than half of her points, but she didn't feel heartache.
"We have something to eat, keep it for yourself!" Naturally, your father and mother would not accept it.
Hao Jian returned the lunch box they gave. Father You saw that she was really stubborn, so he accepted it as an exchange of food.
Lian Ru Ning ran to the driver's seat and smiled slightly: "It's my turn to drive, you can rest for a while."
Hao Jian didn't say much. Before sitting down in the passenger seat, he said to the couple, "Uncle and Aunt You, goodbye."
Watching the car drive away, the couple looked at each other: "Did you tell them my surname?"
Hao Jian put the lunch box on the dashboard in front of him, and leaned against the back of the chair and closed his eyes to rest. Lian Runing didn't bother her when she saw her eyes closed, but she guessed that she was actually dealing with the system.
"Didn't the host plan to use the convenience provided by the system?" The system was a little arrogant.
"Well, because I don't think it's necessary." She could find a way to search for food, but she used the convenience provided by the system to exchange food, but she didn't know if the system had set any traps.
"But you still use it."
Hao Jian decided to pretend not to hear. There was a sudden exclamation in my ear, and the car slowly stopped. Hao Jian hurriedly opened his eyes and straightened up: "What's the matter?"
Lian Ru Ning Mian was delighted, she quickly took out her cell phone and gave it to Hao Jian: "I've figured out a way to find a way!"
"You mean using a map? No internet."
Lian Ruling took back her phone and clicked on the map: "I almost forgot, because I often go to remote places without internet, so I usually get good maps offline. I have maps of the whole province, and some other Offline maps of visited cities!"
"But there is no navigation, right?"
When Lian Runing found that Hao Jian seemed to have troubles occasionally, she smiled and found a compass in her backpack, and then handed the phone to Hao Jian: "I can only trouble you to compare the map and the compass. , show me the way."
This time, Hao Jian was stunned. Although she had a good sense of direction, she felt more tired than driving if she concentrated on the map and compass.
Lian Runing blinked and looked at her expectantly. She looked at the object in her hand and sighed: "Let's drive..."