the beginning of the end

The next day, the snow still didn't stop outside, and the temperature was even colder than yesterday. Mrs. Mu endured the cold, got up before dawn, and cooked a large pot of noodles in the kitchen. Mu Qiangguo four When people got up, they ate separately.

"Mom, it's such a cold day, don't get up so early in the future, and sleep with Da Ya for a while." Mu Qiangguo talked while eating noodles. The weather is so cold, the old lady is old, so she has to be careful Some.

"That's right, mom. Big brother is right. Don't get up so early in the future. Our breakfast will be taken care of by ourselves." Mu Jianguo quickly echoed. He was also worried that the old lady's health would not be able to bear it, and he had to take care of the old lady every day. Not to mention, he has to cook for a few big men, and it's snowing outside, so even he feels a little cold when he wakes up in the morning.

"Godmother, brother Mu and Jianguo are right, you have to take good care of your body." Shen Zhi chewed noodles, looked up at old lady Mu, and said something vaguely.

Mo Cheng followed suit and nodded.

Seeing that the four of them spoke so thoughtfully and for their own sake, Mrs. Mu was very happy in her heart, and her face was also cheerful, but she didn't agree. "Don't worry, I'm in good health now. Apart from Taking care of the big girl, sometimes looking after the baby, and then helping you cook, and there is nothing else to do. It is very relaxed, compared to when you two brothers were young, busy with this and that, at home It’s very easy for me to work outside and outside. Besides, it’s so dangerous for you to go out on missions every day. It’s not for the sake of this family, so that the whole family will not be hungry in the future. What I can do now is to let you go out when you go out. I am well fed and have the strength to fight mutant animals. If I am not allowed to do it, maybe my heart is not stable. Moreover, some old people in the village now envy me that I can live such a comfortable life , I don’t have to worry about food at all.”

"I know you are worried about my body, but don't worry. I know my own body. I am very healthy now, and I know how to take good care of it," said Mrs. Mu's soft attitude, and the four of them heard the same from the old lady. I said it, but I didn't persuade it. But I thought in my heart that I must help the old lady to share more when I am at home.

The four of them finished their meal quickly, and went out directly after talking to the old lady. Last night, the four of them had already agreed with Yin Yi on the time to gather outside the gate of the base. It's about the same now.

The current time is still a few minutes away from seven o'clock, but the sky outside is still dark. This situation makes Mu Qiangguo and the others confirm their previous guesses. Such a series of changes are obviously the result of winter. Performance.

Moreover, if the time when the sky gets dark today is the same as yesterday, the time of daylight will obviously be shortened a lot in the future, and the temperature will be lower, and it will be even more difficult to go out.

Thinking of this, Mu Qiangguo and the others walked out of the base even faster.

After all, in such weather, it's better to go to town early and come back earlier.

As soon as the four of them left, Shen Xi took his son who had woken up and left the room. Of course, there was still a lazy kitten behind the two of them. Shen Xi also heard what they said in the living room, Thinking that all four of them had left the house, and the old lady was cleaning up alone, he quickly helped his son get dressed, and carried him out the door. He took out two boxes of milk and some delicate snacks from the space, and kept Some are placed on the table in the living room, and the rest are left for the son to eat by himself.

After finishing all this, Shen Xi went directly into the kitchen. Although he is not very good at cooking, he thought it would be okay to help wash the dishes and vegetables by himself.

Seeing Shen Xi appearing in the kitchen, Mrs. Mu looked at him and said hastily, "Just now I cooked porridge and warmed it in the pot. If the stomach is not full, I will serve the porridge to Qiangguo and the others alone. The two children have relatively weak spleen and stomach. There are peppers in the noodles, so I cooked porridge suitable for two children separately. You can take a bowl and give it to the baby. If you are hungry, I cook more porridge. You can also eat a bowl to fill your stomach first. Order some dry noodles next."

"Mom, I'll pretend to feed the porridge to the baby for a while. Don't be too busy. I don't have much appetite. I'll just drink some porridge later. The baby is drinking milk now. I'll wash the dishes for you first." Shen Xi said She looked calm on the face, but her tone of voice was a little stiff in response to Mrs. Mu's words. She scanned the kitchen with her eyes and stared at the dishes that needed to be cleaned on the dishwashing tray in the kitchen. It was obvious that the four of them had just finished eating. Noodle bowl.

After Shen Xi finished speaking, she stepped forward to wash the dishes.

Mrs. Mu stopped him immediately, "Don't rush to wash those bowls, it's still snowing outside, and it's so cold, after we have dinner, I'll wash the bowls and chopsticks after boiling hot water for a while." Seeing the man The daughter-in-law is obviously trying to help herself. The old lady Mu can't tell that the son-in-law must have heard what some boys said in the living room just now. However, the son-in-law has this heart, seeing the look on his face There was no reluctance at all, she really wanted to help, and Mrs. Mu felt comforted. She even felt that it would be good for the eldest son to find a man as his wife.

What's more, Shen Xi, the male daughter-in-law, is now in the last days, but the mascot of the whole family, if it weren't for Shen Xi's spatial ability, the whole family would be hungry.

Let's not mention these, in fact, in the heart of the old lady, she has long accepted this male daughter-in-law who wholeheartedly is the eldest son.

When Mrs. Mu said this, Shen Xi stopped and looked at Mrs. Mu again.

"I can't take my hands off this time. If you are free, help mom go up to the second floor and bring the big girl down for breakfast." Mrs. Mu saw Shen Xixiang, her eyes seemed to say that there is nothing else to do besides this. Help, the old lady turned her head and said quickly.

This matter is simple, Shen Xi nodded, turned and left the kitchen.

Seeing that the male daughter-in-law finally came out of the kitchen, Mrs. Mu really felt relieved. He heard his godson say how good he is outside every time he goes on a mission, but the kitchen is the only one that really knows how to do it. Not much. Thinking of the tragic situation after Shen Xi cooked longevity noodles for his son yesterday, the old lady still couldn't help but smile when she thought about it.

After a while, Mrs. Mu suddenly sighed, remembering that these children were working hard outside, all she could do was the kitchen.

Shen Xi naturally didn't know what old lady Mu was thinking, as soon as he came out, his son rushed over and dominated his leg, but Shen Xi had no choice but to carry his son to the second floor.

Here, let's not mention how Shen Xi woke up the big girl and helped the little girl get dressed awkwardly.

On the other side, when Mu Qiangguo left the gate of the base, he saw Yinyi waiting outside with more than a dozen people. The two briefly introduced the members of their respective teams. Seeing that no one in the Yinyi team brought four to him. Personally showing dissatisfaction. I think Yin Yi has done work for his team in advance. Mu Qiangguo is also very satisfied with this situation.

After all, going to the town this time requires the cooperation of the two teams. If someone is dissatisfied, it will not be happy to cooperate.

Now that everyone knew each other, Yin Yi and Mu Qiangguo didn't procrastinate, and asked the people in their team to get on the car and set off immediately. Originally, the road to the town was blocked because of the mutation of the plants. Later, because the base decided to I went to the town to find something to build a house, and organized a special team to clean it up. In this way, the two of them planned to drive directly to the town, saving a lot of time.

The car this time was agreed to be prepared by Yinyi's team, a modified bus.

After getting into the car, Mu Qiangguo took a look. There was a lot of empty space at the back, which was obviously reserved for loading things. Others crowded and sat in the front, and the four of Mu Qiangguo directly occupied the front on the right hand side The l position.

But because of the snow, the trip to the town went smoothly, except that when the car was halfway through, we got down to deal with a few mutated wild dogs that suddenly jumped out of the car.

When going to the town, Mu Qiangguo and Yin Yi agreed to go to the commercial street of the town to take a look first, maybe they can find something there. If there is none, they can also bypass the commercial street and go to the residential area on the other side Take a look. Mu Qiangguo remembers that when he came back alone a few years ago to visit his father's grave, the town demolished many old houses on the old street, and built several new buildings, at least twelve floors. Over there There are few people and the location is relatively remote. Later, because of the new commercial area in the town, many people moved away. It was also because of the new buildings built in the past few years that slowly gathered some people to move there. They will go there directly later By the way, go upstairs and search from house to house, you should be able to find what the two teams need.

After making the decision, the bus drove directly in that direction under Mu Qiangguo's instructions.

Entering the commercial area, as Mu Qiangguo guessed, the shops on both sides of the street were wide open, and almost all the things inside were emptied. Occasionally, a few mutated mice crossing the street could be seen flashing by.

Hearing the sound, some mutated mice rushed towards the car quickly, and there was a sound of "bang, bang, bang" hitting the door on the wagon.

This time, Yin Yi spoke and quickly explained some things, leaving one person in the car to stand by at any time, and the two teams each took out their own weapons. After discussing everything, Mo Cheng raised his hand and sent out an ice spike, shooting at the door. A mutant mouse died.

"You lead people to look to the left, and I will lead people to the right. Regardless of whether we find something or not, we have to get in the car and go to another place after an hour." Mu Qiangguo talked to Yin Yi again Confirm what the two of you just discussed.

Yin Yi nodded, and after the two pairs quickly separated, they acted separately.

Because the two brothers Mu Qiangguo are familiar with the roads in the town.

Therefore, when the assignment was made, Mu Jianguo went to Yinyi's team to lead the way so that everyone would not get lost. Although the town is not very big, there are many small roads that Yinyi and the others are not familiar with. Naturally, a familiar person should lead the way. .It's faster to find things this way.

As for Mu Qiangguo's team, Yin Yi also assigned a few members of his team to Mu Qiangguo's team. This was also discussed by the two long ago, so that the team could find some good things on the way, so that they could get more Take some back to the car.

There are eight people in Mu Qiangguo's team, and five of them are from Yinyi. They are not bad in terms of strength and skill. With these people, Mu Qiangguo directly bypassed the shops on both sides of the road, and did not go into those shops. Just scan it, I'm afraid it has been scraped so many times, it's empty, there's nothing there.

Mu Qiangguo led the people directly into a small road, turned five or six alleys, and finally saw a slightly dilapidated residential building connected by two houses, which was only six stories high.

It is really strange that there is still a big iron lock on the big iron door of the lowest floor.

But this iron lock obviously couldn't stop the determination of several people to go upstairs to have a look. At this time, Mu Qiangguo glanced at Shen Zhi, Shen Zhi stepped forward, took out a long iron needle from his pocket, With a slight twist, the lock opened.

Except for Mu Qiangguo, Mo Cheng had a familiar expression. The other five people looked at Shen Zhi with a bit of a weird look. It's a thief.

"Don't be surprised. I'm not a thief. I just have strange hobbies. I like to collect all kinds of hard-to-open locks and tinker with them. Over time, ordinary locks can't help me." Shen Zhi naturally saw several people He was so busy maintaining his own image that he didn't forget to shudder when he explained, but he thought in his heart that he had been ridiculed by Mo Cheng many times because of his strange hobby.

The five people listened to Shen Zhi's explanation, but they didn't know whether they believed it or not.

After going upstairs, Mu Qiangguo was afraid that the other five people would not be used to it, so he simply divided into two groups, and arranged for the bottom four floors to be in charge of these five people, and the top two floors would be completed by the three of them. After listening to the five people, Of course there is no comment at all.

After all, everyone is not familiar with each other, and they all have their own thoughts, so it is most appropriate to act separately.

But what even Mu Qiangguo didn't expect was that such an arrangement would lead to unexpected gains.