After the disaster

Qiu Cheng worked in the electrician team for another week, saving a total of seven tortillas. After finishing work that afternoon, he hurried to a Zhuangzi west of Xinnan University.

Now the balcony of his house has been filled with wooden baskets of various sizes, each of which is filled with soil, and a spirit-gathering array has been rebuilt with those broken jade, and the array is full of spiritual energy.

Those few shallots have already tilled out a lot of new green onions. If they continue to develop like this, they will grow into a large basket of lush green onions in a short time. It's a pity that the green onions don't matter how full they are. Qiu Cheng has been out early and late recently. Gui is very busy every day, and he hasn't had time to get himself a stove or something, and the conditions at home are not ready for cooking.

Qiu Cheng walked along the road in front of the gate of Xinnan University to Xinnan River, then got off the road and walked to a Zhuangzi by the river.

Qiu Cheng is quite familiar with this area. When he was studying at Xinnan University, he often came here to swim. The villages in this area have farmland but no factories, and the water quality is not bad. If you go further upstream, This is where the Xinnan City Water Plant is located.

In early spring, the sun sets still relatively early. When Qiu Cheng came here, the sky was already dark, and there was no electricity in this area. Qiu Cheng thought in his heart that he should change the seeds earlier and go back. Don't encounter highway robbery again.

After walking for a while, Qiu Cheng saw someone lighting a bonfire in front of a row of houses not far ahead, so he passed.

"Who is this man?" Before Qiu Cheng had time to approach, the people beside the fire noticed him first.

"I don't know, is there someone back?" When the X virus broke out, many young people in their village were working in developed coastal cities. Now that the nationwide militarization control has ended, there are also some The one who brought the young man home.

"Who are you?" A woman asked tremblingly.

"I'm from our city." Qiu Cheng stopped a few steps away from the fire.

"It's so late, what are you doing here?" An elderly villager immediately became wary. It's so late, it must not be the staff sent by the city.

"I just want to exchange some seeds with you. I heard that someone from the city went to the countryside to deliver seeds a few days ago. Did your village get them too?" Qiu Cheng asked them.

"You are in the city, what do you want seeds for?" the other party asked again.

"I just want to plant some crops on the roof of my house. I brought some corn tortillas today. If any of you have more seeds, please give me some." Qiu Cheng took out a few corn tortillas from his arms as he spoke. out.The area of ​​the terrace is too small. In order to avoid unnecessary suspicion from the other party, Qiu Cheng lied that he wanted to grow crops on the roof.

"Those seeds are the lifeblood of our farmers." said a peasant woman in her 40s and [-]s.

"If you have more, just give me some. If you don't have any, forget it. I'll go to another Zhuangzi tomorrow to ask." Qiu Cheng knew that she wanted to sell the seeds at a high price, so he said that on purpose.

"It's rare for someone to come to our village these days. Young man, come sit here and tell us what's going on in the city now? When will our village be connected to electricity?" An old lady said kindly. He waved to Qiu Cheng.

Qiu Cheng went and sat in a place with few people, and kept an eye on the movements of the villagers around him to make sure that no one made small movements, and no one went around behind him.

Qiu Cheng talked to these villagers for a while, told them about the situation in the city, and finally exchanged the seven corn cakes for some seeds. Some villagers told him that they had seeds at home, and asked him to tell them Going back to get it, Qiu Cheng didn't agree, saying that the deal was here and asked them to bring the seeds.

After getting the seeds, Qiu Cheng quickly got up and left. Some asked him to sit for a while, but he also declined.

With a small bag of seeds in his arms, Qiu Cheng walked quickly along the Xinnan River. Just as he was about to get on the road, two figures with sticks suddenly emerged from the grass on the side of the road, blocking his way.

Really afraid of something coming, Qiu Cheng took two steps back, turned his head to look sideways, and found that there was also a person behind him, and now even the way back was cut off.

For a moment, Qiu Cheng really wanted to jump into the river and escape, but in the past five years, the aquatic plants in the river have grown up, and it is very dangerous to enter the water at night. It's dead.Moreover, these three people should be in a nearby village, born and raised by the river, and their water skills must be good. I don't know if they will go into the water to chase them.

One against three, Qiu Cheng had no chance of winning at all. Soon, he was hit by a stick and fell to the ground.

"Well, is he dead?" a young voice asked slightly nervously.

"Look for the seeds on him. Grandma's. I don't know if there are corn cakes. There are only wild vegetables all day long. I'm going to throw up." Another voice said viciously.

"Hurry up, what are you talking about?" A middle-aged man spoke.

"Father, shall we bury him later? If someone finds out, it will be troublesome to investigate." The timid voice said again.

"What a fucking trouble!" The man continued to rummage through Qiu Cheng's pockets while cursing, "Where did this kid put his things?"

"Touch the inner pocket of his jacket." The middle-aged man said.

At this moment, Qiu Cheng, who was motionless, suddenly turned over, rolled a few times on the road, rushed to the river in a few steps, jumped into the water with a "plop", and then there was no more movement.He didn't want to jump into the river at first, but the three of them didn't seem to intend to save his life, so they might as well jump into the river and give it a try.

On an early spring night, the river was icy cold. Qiu Cheng endured the oppression in his chest and sneaked silently underwater, not daring to come out at all. The back of his head seemed to be broken by that stick, and the wound touched the cold river water. It hurts.

"Fuck!" He heard someone on the river bank yell violently, and then there was another "plop" sound, and a wooden stick fell from the water in front of him.

"Chase or not?"

"It's late at night, don't go into the water." The middle-aged man said.

"Just tell him to run away."

"There are not many things in total, forget it."

"I'm not reconciled, I'll go to the bridge and wait, I don't believe he won't take the lead..."

Qiu Cheng dived all the way to the edge of the nearest bridge pier, went around to the back, and then poked his head out quietly to take a breath. He dived from one pier to another, until he dived to the other side of the river, and then slowly Get out of the water and hide in the grass by the river.

It was dark everywhere at night, and the moon in the sky hid in the clouds. Qiu Cheng didn't dare to go on the main road, but took a long detour on the small road before finally returning to his community. When I climbed up to the fourteenth floor, I was so tired that I didn't even want to move a finger.

Qiu Chengqiang pulled himself together, casually found a vest from the closet, wrapped it around his forehead, tied a knot again, then took off the wet clothes on his body, lifted the quilt and lay down on the bed, He passed away in a daze.

In the darkness, someone came over following the smell of blood. First, he hung his hands on the window sill, and then poked his head out quietly. After confirming that Qiu Cheng had fallen asleep, he jumped into the room.

He approached gently, with one knee propped on the window sill, his arms like the two front legs of a wild beast, slowly approaching Qiu Cheng, then bent slightly, stretched his slender body, and bent down again, He moved his face closer, sniffed the back of Qiu Cheng's head with his nose, and then stuck out his tongue to lick it. The extreme delicacy darkened those night-like eyes.

He didn't understand, this person was obviously injured, but why didn't he go to the balcony to heal his injuries?What a strange man that such a good place should be used for those useless wooden baskets.

"Humph..." After being injured and bleeding, he soaked in the river again, and then wore wet clothes and blew the cold wind for a long time. At this moment, Qiu Cheng finally started to have a fever, fine sweat oozes from his forehead, his lips are so dry that they are about to crack, and his whole body People also hummed in pain, but they just couldn't wake up from the drowsiness.

The black shadow beside the bed stuck out his tongue and licked the sweat on his forehead again. It was salty, and he didn't like the taste very much.The smell of blood floated over again, he wrinkled his nose and sniffed, feeling as if he was hungry again, wondering if he should go out and get something for himself.

"Hmm..." The man on the bed frowned and hummed in pain.

"..." The black shadow beside the bed also frowned.

"Hmm..." The man on the bed hummed again.

"..." The corner of the black figure's mouth drooped by the bed, and he stretched out his hand, and threw Qiu Chenglian and his quilt, who was unconscious from burning, onto his shoulder, and carried him to the terrace, where he was placed between two rows of wooden baskets. In the narrow passage.

Once on the terrace, Qiu Chengcheng felt much more comfortable, although the place where he was lying was so narrow that he couldn't even turn over, and his legs had to be curled up.

Drowsy, he felt as if someone was licking the wound on the back of his head with a warm and soft tongue, just like a big cat licking its cubs.

The black figure was squatting on a wooden basket beside Qiu Cheng, with his hands propped between his feet, smelling the enticing scent one after another, finally he couldn't help but bent down and licked it, after a while, I couldn't help but lick it again...