Rebirth in the end times: The whole family keeps a low profile

Di Rong was Su Yun's classmate in college. The computer department had more boys than girls, and Su Yun was considered a class beauty and was extremely popular.

Di Rong is at the other extreme.

The tall and fair-skinned boy was very popular in school, but Di Rong was too introverted, had poor academic performance, and came from a poor family. He wore the same washed-out clothes to class every day, always ordered the cheapest dishes in the cafeteria, and was always alone. He made few friends in school, and over time he was ostracized by the boys. The girls also thought he was poor and boring. The boys in the same class never asked him to do anything, but always gave him a lot of dirty and tiring work in the class. That would have been fine, but they liked to make fun of him from time to time. Once, the boys said something excessive, and Su Yun couldn't stand it, so he scolded the boy who led the group. The boys also had to save their face, so they were not so blatant later.

Days passed by, and she never expected that when she was a sophomore, she actually received a love letter from Di Rong. The love letter was densely written with many words. When Su Yun received the love letter, she was completely stunned. She only read the beginning and threw it into the drawer to collect dust. Later, she reflected that it was because of her occasional righteousness that he misunderstood something. After receiving several love letters one after another, Su Yun suddenly understood why she wrote a love letter to Meng Zhe. Meng Zhe felt embarrassed and didn't know how to face it.

Su Yun wanted to cut off the other person's feelings as quickly as possible, so one day after class, he blocked the other person at the classroom door and said: We are not suitable for each other, stop writing those things.

Then she turned around and left gracefully. After that, she never received any love letters and never spoke to Di Rong again.

I haven't seen him since graduation. We never talked to each other in the class group, and no one knew where he went to work. It was as if he had disappeared from the face of the earth.

Su Yun was a little surprised to meet him again. Seeing him sitting in the jeep next to him, Su Yun widened his eyes again and his breathing stopped.

Isn't that the same model of jeep as the one with the tattooed arms? Are they in the same group? The car drove away, but Su Yun still couldn't believe his guess.

Liang Cancan sent people downstairs of the community. Su Yun was absent-minded and didn't know when he had entered the house. The children were playing ball in Room 701 to kill time.

Zhang Lili pulled Su Zhangming aside to talk. Seeing that Su Yun looked worried, Su's mother also pulled Su's father aside to talk. Wang Jie rubbed Su Yun's head and said: What are you thinking about? You look absent-minded. Aren't all the things resolved?

Su Yun: It’s okay, it’s just too hot. It will be fine after a while.

Wang Jie: Then go take a shower and have a nap first. I’ll call you when it’s time for dinner.

Su Yun: Okay, tell Qiqi and the others upstairs to keep their noise down so as not to disturb Room 702. The old man likes quietness.

Wang Jie: Don’t worry, I’ll go up and see if they’ve exercised well.

Su Yun took a shower, changed into a comfortable set of pure cotton pajamas, grabbed a summer quilt and ran to his parents' room to sleep with the air conditioner on. Half asleep, he was still thinking: It's such hot weather, I wonder how long this air conditioner can last?

Di Rong couldn't contact the tattooed man Dahai, so he drove to the town to check. The car in the middle of the road was stolen by someone, and all five people were missing?

They searched house to house and almost turned the town upside down. A white-haired old man described the scene he saw today and said that the jeep was driven away by a young man, confirming that five living men had disappeared out of thin air. Bloodstains and a strong smell of pepper spray were found in the kindergarten and the next door building, but no bodies were found.

It was ridiculous. Could there be a way to disappear in this world? Di Rong would find that person even if he had to dig deep into the ground.

There was no evidence at all. It seemed that the other party had predicted his prediction from the beginning. They did not hide in the base, but went the other way. They were really good at waiting for the rabbit and destroying the corpse. Di Rong was getting more and more interested in this group of people. He hadn't been so excited for a long time.

Two days later, Su Yun felt bored at home, so on a dark and windless night, he gave Liang Cancan the gasoline he had promised to him. He also took out the bamboo sticks from the space and piled them in the living room, then called Lan's father to come up and help him move them downstairs. This was the good thing about Lan's father, he would take whatever Su Yun gave him and never asked about the ins and outs. This must be because of his absolute trust that he could resist asking.

Fortunately, there are not many things in Lan's father's house, so he can make room for making bamboo hats by moving the furniture in the living room. Lan's father's handicrafts have improved by leaps and bounds in the past six months. Now he has no pressure to carve some small toys. He also often fiddles with the tables, chairs and benches at home. He is suffering from a lack of more materials for him to use. He even wants to braid the dried wild vegetables.

He knows how to weave bamboo hats. In the past, he had woven the bamboo hats for sunshade at home himself. What Su Yun brought were only bamboo strips. He had to thin the bamboo strips one by one, leaving only a layer of green skin on the outside. The bamboo hat made in this way would be durable and not heavy. After the size and thickness of the green skin were made uniform, he folded the bamboo strips into right angles, and then weaved the top of the hat from the center of the circle. When the hat reached the right depth, he folded the green bamboo outwards (weaving the brim on top). When it was wide enough, he gathered the edges, pressing one edge against another and wrapping it around. Finally, he inserted the tail into the woven gap and it was done.

However, the requirements for the bamboo hat this time are obviously higher. Not only does it have to be light, strong and able to block the sun, it also requires to be customized to a unique size based on each person's head shape, and a fixing ring must be added inside the hat. When you put it on, tie the rope under the chin so that it will not fall off no matter how you move.

This way, when you go out to fetch water or do base tasks, you won't be blinded by the sun. If the brim is made larger, it can cover the entire shoulder, and when it rains, it will be like a custom-made umbrella.

It is impossible for it to rain now. Su Yun was just thinking about the rainy season a long time later. Why not do it all at once?

When everyone learned that Lan's father was going to make a sunshade bamboo hat for everyone on the fifth, sixth and seventh floors, they were very excited. Even the young aunt who usually didn't like to go out excitedly ran over to measure her head circumference and shoulder width. She had been forced by her mother-in-law to fetch water every day recently, and she had become two degrees darker. The expensive sunscreen she bought back from the extreme cold applied layer after layer, but it was of no use, which really pissed her off.

After work at night, 702 went to 501 to measure their head circumference. Dad Lan hadn't been to work these days and hadn't seen them. He was shocked when he suddenly saw them. Not only were my cousin and Wang Zhihui much darker, but their faces and the back of their necks were all sunburned and peeling, revealing new pink skin underneath.

Su Yun asked Lan's father to make bamboo hats for 701 first. If the others did not go to the base to work, they would start later. Su's father, the only one who knew how to weave bamboo strips, would not come down to help. Last time, when he was splitting bamboo, many small bamboo thorns got stuck in his fingers. After he came back from killing people, he dragged Su's mother to pick out the thorns for him. Su's mother had poor eyesight and always picked the wrong places, which made him grimace in pain. In the end, there was no choice but Zhang Lili took the fine needle for sewing clothes and pinched his fingers to pick out the thorns. By the time she was done, all ten fingers were covered with small blood holes, and they would gasp for air when they touched water.

Su's mother scolded him for being spoiled while applying medicine to him. At this time, Su's father was upstairs watching Animal World and recovering from his injuries. The little grandfather was even more outrageous. He did not inherit any of his brother's craftsmanship. He just picked up a bamboo stick and broke it before he even put any strength into it. For the first time, Lan's father angrily drove someone out and said to him helplessly: Don't come here. There may not be enough bamboos. If you break a few more, where will I find materials?

As soon as he finished speaking, he closed the door, sat down on a low stool and started to peel Zhuqing.

It took a week to make 4 custom-made bamboo hats, which are just enough for the workers in 701 to wear. My cousin didn't expect that the bamboo hat looks bulky, but it is not heavy actually. There is a fixing ring inside, which is just the right size for the head above his ears, and then the shoelaces from somewhere are tied under the chin. The bamboo hat is extremely sturdy and will not fall off no matter how he bends down and lowers his head. This way, the sunlight will not shine directly on their heads, faces, necks, shoulders, etc. It is simply a magic sunshade.

Normally when working at the base, the patrolmen sit in the shade, while the ordinary victims can only be exposed to the scorching sun. Even if you have a parasol, you cannot work while holding it. Therefore, those who insist on going to work in this kind of weather basically have no food to eat at home. People often fall down due to heatstroke. At most, the base will carry them to the shade and give them some water. If they still don't wake up, they will be sent to the hospital to escape the heat, but they will not receive today's rations.

Dad Lan made four sun hats. He felt a great sense of accomplishment and his hands worked faster and faster. He was reluctant to take a break and wanted to finish them quickly and take them upstairs to the Su family.

When Wang Zhihui and his colleagues went to work wearing sun hats the next day, they attracted 100% of the attention on the road. It's not that they had never seen straw hats and bamboo hats before, but the brims of those hats were not as wide as the ones they wore. They received many envious looks. Su Yun's cousin was obviously very happy, like a peacock about to spread its tail.

But it was hard for Mengzhe and his gang. They were all working under the scorching sun, and no one was much better than anyone else. Then suddenly a few sunshades appeared, making people envious and jealous. They always felt that the sun in the sky was hotter and their heads were more dizzy.

Many people in Xinxu Village participated in the basic tasks of the base to earn some food, but not many could be assigned to the same team. It happened that the three brothers Mengzhe and Tan Chuang were recently assigned to the same team with Wang Zhihui and his team. They saw each other every day, which made them feel awkward and had some other indescribable thoughts.

After all, everyone knew that people from Xinxu Village robbed Wang Zhihui's van a month ago, and all the supplies in the van were looted. There were people who wanted to lend a hand at the beginning, but due to Brother Quan's tyranny, no one could hold back. Later, they all divided the supplies in the van, so it was even more impossible for them to side with Wang Zhihui and his friends. They also looked at their eldest cousin's family with many dissatisfactions.

We are all from the same village and should be of one mind. Instead, you sided with those old, weak and disabled people. You will regret it when you get to the base. It is impossible to expect the villagers to help you. They are already giving you face by not tripping you up halfway.

Tan Chuang wanted to go up and ask where their bamboo hats came from and how many points he needed to buy one. After hesitating for a while, he did not go up. Meng Zhe was even more embarrassed because his wife Li Mei had taken several cans of milk powder from other people's children. In that situation, milk powder is the child's staple food. Without milk powder, the child would face hunger. He is also a father and knows the interests involved. But when he thought of his own difficult life for more than a year, he suddenly did not have the courage to blame Li Mei.

At that time, several workers who were usually not very good came up to ask where the hat came from. They were mostly envious, jealous and hateful, but they could do nothing. Fighting, robbery and murder were strictly prohibited in the base. Once discovered, they would face free labor or be expelled from the base forever. They didn't want to do stupid things for a hat. They could survive by working hard in the base, but where would they find food if they left the base.

It is said that the base commander cannot tolerate any grain of sand in his eyes, and the soldiers under his command are all from first-class special forces. No one dares to blatantly violate the rules of the base.

This was convenient for Wang Zhihui and his team. It was safe for them to travel back and forth between the North District and the construction site every day wearing bamboo hats.

Half a month later, the daytime temperature had reached 55 degrees. The base hall had suspended all outdoor work. Several people from 701 who were originally going to work could only stay at home to escape the heat. During this month, they got used to life at the base and were no longer so anxious.

In the morning, a group of people took turns playing the ping-pong game around the table tennis table in 701. The winner continued to defend the game, and the loser changed players. The 7th floor was particularly lively. Even Zhao Min on the 3rd floor heard the noise. Li Yimin was on vacation today and was also lying at home and browsing the social circle.

Zhao Min: Oh, what are those people upstairs doing? They are laughing so happily. Lao Li, do you want to go up and take a look? We haven’t had so much laughter and joy in our base for a long time.

Li Yimin: Let’s go, just visit. Didn’t you say that Su Zhangming and his family live upstairs? It’s a good opportunity for me to go and meet them.