[Waiting for the end of the world] Dongli chrysanthemum

The work mentioned on Eleventh was arranged by the village committee.Aren’t there some five-guarantee households and orphans and widows in the village? Two days ago, someone lit a fire in the cellar to keep warm, but they didn’t know how to ventilate and exhaust, so they were smoked. If they hadn’t been discovered early, they would have died of carbon monoxide poisoning. up.

The village committee discussed it, and solicited the opinions of the villagers. They planned to dig a public cellar in the empty space of the village committee compound, and gather these five-guarantee households, orphans and widowed mothers together to take care of each other. manage.

The weather was too cold, and the ground was already frozen. It was not easy to dig that distance at the beginning, and the mutants were responsible for the excavation in the first few days.In addition to Ning An, several other mutants appeared one after another in the village. After experiencing the initial disbelief, the villagers gradually accepted them and did not regard them as aliens.

When Yan Fengyi first arrived in Yunyin Village, he had a drink with Tao Desheng. He did not hide the fact that he came out of the shelter from Tao Desheng. He mentioned the honeycomb structure of the shelter in the chat. The idea of ​​the cellar, the two discussed for a long time whether the cellar could be dug into a honeycomb structure. Yan Fengyi had his son and other support, and said that he could try it. Compared with the square and circle, the hexagon is indeed stronger.

Eleven is not a mutant, but his strength is comparable to that of a mutant. Some people secretly speculate that he is actually a mutant, but they just don't admit it.

Eleven occasionally heard about it, and passed away with a smile without making any excuses.

The design drawing was written by Yan Changnian, and it took a group of people to quarrel for several days before the final decision was made, followed by construction.Yan Changnian worked as a supervisor, and occasionally came to help on Shishi, but what he did was physical work, digging or transportation.

After two shifts, Eleven went to his home. He didn’t think too much about digging the cellar at the beginning. The three of Ning’an were big men, all of them bachelors. Naturally, they didn’t have so many requirements. They just dug a large cellar, with a pillar in the middle supporting the top. , about [-] to [-] square meters of space, one more Tao Yuanhang would make no difference.

Eleven dismantled a single bed that was used as a display upstairs and moved it to the cellar, where it was placed in a corner.

The squad leader is dexterous, with an ax and a saw, he made a lot of small furniture, shoe racks, simple shelves for brushing teeth cups and soap, dining tables, wooden stools, etc. I am sorry to use eleven, all of which are made by myself. Looking at the original taste, it is completely different from the useless modern furniture that Eleven moved down from upstairs.

Tao Yuanhang brought all the toothpaste, toothbrush, towels, clothes, etc. that he had at home, and Shi Shi had no intention of tidying them up for him one by one, and piled them on the bed.Although Tao Yuanhang looked weak, he recovered faster than ordinary people. He couldn't do heavy work, but he could take care of himself.

Eleven told the squad leader that Tao Yuanhang was a bit sloppy and self-willed. Isn't there a set of methods in the army, and asked him to help teach and teach.

The squad leader didn't know much about it at the beginning. It seemed that the child had suffered a serious crime outside. He was "exiled" alone after only a few days of soberness. It was somewhat strange.Hearing Eleven said that Tao Yuanhang was unruly and willful, he understood a little bit.How many recruits did he teach at the beginning, many of them were single seedlings at home, what kind of temperament did they have?Not to mention free and undisciplined, domineering, all kinds of thorns will be tidied up in the end.

The squad leader agreed without hesitation and took it very seriously. Within two days, he handed Eleven a plan, which was written in great detail.

Eleven's expression was very surprised, and the squad leader smiled and said, "A friend of mine told me this before. He is a special soldier. According to him, that's how special forces are trained. Your brother is still a mutant, so he can adapt to this intensity. "

In addition to training and actual combat, there are also some ideological classes. Since the study class was opened in the village, the class leader will occasionally talk to the students about Xiaojia everyone, but he just clicks on it. After all, he cannot treat these villagers as real people. Soldiers come to educate.But it was appreciated by Toddson.

Eleven raised his head and said, "Squad leader, take your troubles. I'll leave the long voyage to you. It's time to train you. Don't show mercy. I'll treat you to a drink later!"

What the squad leader promised, he will definitely do his best. Tao Yuanhang entrusts him to him, and Eleven is very relieved.

Chinese New Year is coming soon.

Many years ago, the term "New Year's Pass" was used to pass the New Year as a pass, because at the end of the lunar calendar, people who owed rent and debts had to pay off their debts, and celebrating the New Year was as difficult as passing a pass.Later, during the Spring Festival travel season, train tickets were difficult to buy, and besides being difficult to buy, they were also expensive. This was the case every year. This was a new interpretation of the "year pass".

The oldest legend is that "Nian" is actually a kind of monster. "Nian" will eat people on New Year's Eve. The people regard this terrible night as a pass and call it "Nianguan".

Now there is no such monster as "Nian", but there are countless more cruel and ferocious creatures like "Nian", not to mention radiation rats, this kind of numerous and inexhaustible pests spread all over the world, with amazing reproductive ability and amazing adaptability. Radiation did not reduce their number, but it became more and more rampant due to the sudden reduction in the number of humans. Humans even became one of their food sources.

On land and in water, countless creatures have gradually mutated. They either changed their genes to adapt to radiation, or changed their lifestyles and food types, or mutated into certain abilities. Perhaps because of the rapid development of technology, human beings Evolution is far behind most creatures, relying too much on technology, and humans themselves are getting weaker and weaker!

How long can a weak body last in a predicament where there is no high-tech available?

From the outbreak of the Y virus to the present, in just over two years, the original number of villagers in Yunyin Village has decreased by about one-third.This ratio is already very high, while in other places, it is at least one-half, and in densely populated areas, such as big cities, it reaches two-thirds or even three-quarters!

In the beginning, when people died, they could still be cremated and buried in a grand manner. Later, they could only be wrapped in sheets or mats, dug a pit and buried hastily.No one cares about it even when it dies, it rots and produces maggots by itself, or is eaten by creatures such as radiated rats.

Sometimes we swear and say that there is no burial for death.This is a relatively heavy oath.

Yunyin Village is located in the mountains, and there are many trees on the mountain. For the time being, no dead people have been buried without coffins. The bottom is extremely desolate and heavy.

On the day of the second uncle's burial, Eleven and his siblings also went, but they went as fellow villagers. He couldn't take back what he said at the beginning. Although all grievances and grievances ended abruptly because of death, he couldn't do it. Light breeze.

The tiger falls in Pingyang, how dare Tao Jingming have such an attitude before? !Tao Chunsheng was a little annoyed, but his wife stopped him.After all, Tao Chunsheng's wife came from a big place, and she also learned about each other's temperament and what kind of grievances and entanglements they had with each other.She didn't think it would be beneficial to fight against Tao Shishi and the others.Besides, it was the father-in-law and mother-in-law who did something wrong. If they did something wrong, they would have to bear the corresponding consequences.

Besides, it was just a grievance between parents-in-law and Tao Shishi. If Tao Shiyi couldn't afford relatives like his second uncle and second aunt, what did he have to do with the younger generation?Usually when I go to visit, although they are not very enthusiastic, they never entertain with a cold face. When I leave, my son occasionally gets some small snacks from his grandpa and grandma, such as dried sweet potatoes, fried soybeans, boiled peanuts and so on. , Snacks are hard to come by at this time, just such things, my son is so happy like something.

To describe Tao Chunsheng's wife in one sentence, she is a woman who understands current affairs and can afford to let go.Even though it has entered the end of the world, many people who come back from the city still can't let go of the old arrogance of being superior to the villagers, but Tao Chunsheng's wife can get along with those village girls within two days. I have to say that this is a very communicative person. woman.

There are still three days until New Year's Eve, every household has to clean up, and they need help on the eleventh, but Yan Changnian coaxed him out and took a walk in the mountains.

Every day after the autumn harvest, outsiders pick up leaks in the field. After being combed by mice and people at the same time, the field is very clean. Even so, there are still people holding a glimmer of hope, braving the cold wind, whether it is spring or autumn clothes or winter clothes , Wrapped indiscriminately on the body, braved the severe cold to dig in the sweet potato fields and even cassava fields that have been turned over and over again.

Some were obviously from the town or county, as you could tell by the clothes they wore.People in the town and the county are more particular than the people in the country.

In the private plot near the reservoir, an old man took a child to rummage in the field. Perhaps because he was afraid that the child would find it hard to bear, the old man said a few words to him from time to time.

The voice drifted to Eleven's ear with the wind, a somewhat familiar voice.Eleven recalled it for a while, and walked over slowly.

The old man was very vigilant and quietly pulled the child behind him.

Seeing this, Eleven stood a few meters away from them, and said: "...you dug my land, I didn't mean any harm, I just came here to have a look—we've seen it before. In Bei'an Town, That day my sister was almost abducted by traffickers with her child, you told me where she was taken, do you remember?"

The old man held his grandson's hand tightly, and his vigilance didn't decrease by half, and he didn't say he remembered or didn't remember.

It takes at least seven or eight hours to walk on the mountain road from Bei'an Town to Yunyin Village, and I don't know how the two of them got here.From the looks of it, both of them looked a little malnourished, and they probably couldn't get enough to eat for some days.

"I want to thank you, but I can't find you after I found my sister. God wants me to repay you, so I will meet you again today." Eleven said, "Wait for me for a while? My home is over there, The small gray two-story building on the mountainside is, I will go get you some food, maybe you will need it."

He went back, and the old man probably wanted to leave after some inner struggles, but he couldn't resist the temptation of food.The son and daughter-in-law are all dead, and they don't even know who died. Maybe they were attacked when they went out to look for food.He can only struggle with his grandson, day by day, worrying about locking his grandson at home, without adults around, some people dare to break open the door and sell the child. What they wanted in the past was money, but now they want food.Some daring people can take away the children with a little food. It is said that those people dare to kill the children and eat them like animals.

It's a creepy, fallen world.

When he was young, he was a farmer, and there were tragedies of cannibalism during the war. So many people starved to death during the three-year difficult period, but it was far less absurd and rampant than it is now.

The figure of the young man going away quickly turned into small dots, and then entered the building.

Perhaps the child was cold, and his hands were very cold. He sneezed several times in a row. The old man panicked. The common cold is fine. If it is serious, they have nowhere to look for medicine.

On the eleventh day, he found a strong bag and packed more than ten catties of rice. If there was more, the old man would not be able to take it away. He planned to ask the old man where it was, and after finding out, he would send it to him some time later. Naturally, he would not say this. Things, just do it.

Unexpectedly, Shi Shi actually came back with food. The old man’s hands were shaking a little, and he didn’t know whether it was cold or excited. There was a piece of clothing in his coat that was all sewn with pockets. The old man took off that piece of clothing, Put the rice into each pocket, zip it up, and the ten catties of rice can be half filled. When you put it on, you can wear a coat, and you can't see that you are carrying more than ten catties of rice.

During this period, the child sneezed from time to time and occasionally had a runny nose.

Eleven said: "The child has a cold." Besides the rice, he also took an unopened can of milk powder, two big sweet potatoes that were just baked, and the child was eating the sweet potatoes very deliciously, maybe he was too hungry , I didn't even bother to wipe my nose, it flowed to my lips, and when I inhaled hard through my nose, my nose shrank back.

Eleven glanced away.

The old man blew his nose to the child and whispered, "It's too cold this winter."

"Are you from Bei'an Town?" Eleven asked, "Are there any hospitals and clinics open in the town?"

The old man shook his head.

"If you don't worry, take your child to our village clinic. Dr. Su is my friend, and she sees a doctor for free." Eleven walked away a few steps, but he didn't intend to follow.

Xiaolan didn't know when she came over, she called out in the sky, Shi Shi whistled, as if agreeing with him, Xiaolan called out again.

The old man looked up at Xiao Lan, a little suspicious: "Is that a golden eagle? They said that there is a young man named Tao in Yunyin Village who raised five golden eagles...is that you?"

"Yes." Eleven didn't say much, "It's a bit chaotic outside now, be careful. I'm leaving."

Holding the child's hand, the old man saw Eleven climbed over the mountain ridge and walked away. After hesitating for a long time, he resolutely took the child into the village. At this time, few people were active outside. One was the cold and the other was strong radiation.He found the village clinic according to the instructions before Eleventh. The camphor tree was easy to see. Now the leaves have fallen off, leaving only the bare branches occasionally swaying in the cold wind.

The wooden signboard that says "Guixian Clinic" can be seen from afar, and the doors and windows are closed, but there is no sound of people, let alone people walking around.There is nowhere to ask.

The old man was discouraged and was about to leave with the child, but he heard a female voice ask, "Do you want to see a doctor?"

The voice seemed to be coming from the ground. After a while, the door of the clinic opened, and Su Jie stood inside: "Aren't you from the village? What's wrong with the child?"

"cold."

"Come in, just drink a bowl of medicine and cover your sweat." Su Jie took the two of them into the cellar, where there were four single beds covered with some yellowed but obviously clean old sheets. There was already a patient lying on the bed with a wet towel on his forehead. He seemed to have a fever and was cooling down physically.

The next day, the old man left Yunyin Village with his children, and looked up to the sky unintentionally. He saw the golden eagle hovering in the sky yesterday, and the golden eagle didn't leave until they got home.

Younger sister and Yan Changnian were playing Go, while Eleven was sitting and watching, when Tao Xiulei came in and called him, "Grandma said she wants to go back to her parents' house, and Grandpa wants to go with her."

Grandma's parents?If it is still there, it must be at least a hundred years old!Eleven to ask what's going on.

It turned out that Xu Zhen taught Qiuqiu and Xiaobudian to learn to write. Grandma watched from the side. She didn't know a single big character at first, but after reading for a long time, she could recognize a few words. Qiuqiu asked where her parents were, and grandma said I don't know if the sentence is still there.Brother Tu said that since no one sent the letter, maybe it is still there, and he will know if he goes back and checks.

Grandma hasn't gone back since she married to Yunyin Village.They have a habit here. If the parents of the family die, as long as the daughter is not married very far away, they will usually send someone to report. In the past, grandma married a chicken and followed the chicken to marry a dog and followed the dog. After marriage, she devoted herself to raising children and helping her husband. The reason is that I have been married for decades and have not stepped out of Bei'an Town. I don't have the time or energy to go back to visit, and I don't know if I am still alive.

Grandma still had a shy smile when she talked about it, which made Grandpa's eyes widen.This is awkward, just like an unmarried girl!

Grandpa started stroking his beard to recall the style of the old woman when she married. Decades have passed in a blink of an eye!

The younger sister counted with her fingers, 50 years of golden marriage, 60 years of diamond marriage, 70 years of platinum marriage, and 70 to 80 years of wedding anniversary are all Fu Lu Shou marriage, grandparents are getting older and younger now, and the 90th anniversary of the oak tree The wedding is just around the corner, and the 100th and [-]th anniversary are just around the corner. A new record must be set!

Grandpa was delighted to hear it, showing his newly grown white teeth, and the old woman called grandma who looked like 50 years old.Grandma glared at him, and carried the little one to make milk powder.

Eleven promised to accompany his grandparents on a trip, but decades have passed, and I don’t know if the road has changed, but it doesn’t take much time to come and go. If you get lost, ask someone, and you can always ask.

At night, I slept with Yan Changnian in my arms. On Eleventh, I remembered what my little sister said about "1 year paper marriage, 2 years cotton marriage, 3 years skin marriage..." I was quite envious of my grandparents, Yan Changnian hugged him and wanted Fuck the sheets while saying we celebrate the millennium!Let others envy us!

Eleven asked, "When did we get married?"

He raised his palm, his fingers were bare, and there was nothing there.

Yan Changnian was depressed for a while, and said for a long time: "The day we have sex together is considered to be the end of the day. Find an auspicious day to make it up! Please grandparents, parents, and mothers to participate, and get us a pair of diamond rings..."

Eleven was lying on his back, Yan Changnian kept coming in and out of his body, his wild movements made his voice shattered, the two looked at each other, Yan Changnian's heart throbbed, and he led him to climb the peak while kissing him.

A long kiss that almost suffocated each other, a hug without gaps, and a promise that will last forever.