Surviving the end of the world

The New Year was quite lively, because Chen Dong and his group joined, the villagers added a lot of game to the dinner table, and because of the good relationship they have developed over the past few days, the villagers also provided Chen Dong and the others with some eggs. , fine cornmeal, homemade bean sprouts, ground tofu, covered chives and so on. Of course, these are not free gifts, and they must be exchanged in a meaningful way.

Chen Jin and Bai Jing's food had to be richer. However, halfway through the meal, Chen Jin heard a knock on the door of his house.

Coming out of the space, Chen Jin was wrapped in a cotton coat and opened the door. Standing at the door was Li Lin. It was very dark outside, but Chen Jin had good eyesight. When he noticed that Li Lin's eyes were red, he choked up and said : "Cousin, I, my grandma is gone!"

Chen Jin's eyes widened: "Why is it gone? Isn't it fine during the day?"

Li Lin burst into tears: "Just now, I was still eating meatballs, and then I fell down!"

Chen Jin took a deep breath and said, "Okay, my aunt is also in her early [-]s, and it's a joy to go now. You came alone, where is Xinxin?"

Li Lin sniffled, and said in a low voice: "I sent Xinxin to the third aunt's house next door first, and I can't let Xinxin guard grandma!"

Chen Jin nodded: "Okay, let's report to the people in the village separately. You can find a few people to clean up for your aunt and grandma. I'll add some clothes and I'll be there right away!"

Li Lin nodded. He was really sad. Apart from his daughter, he is only a grandma now. A big man, he has always been very careless. Many things have to be handled with the help of his aunt and grandma. He took it for granted before, but now he doesn’t Yes, my heart was empty all of a sudden.

Chen Jin and Li Lin were close relatives, and now they helped run around and reported funerals to people they knew in the village. Although it was bad luck, there was nothing they could do about it.However, these days, it is not easy to do a decent funeral. Chen Jin donated a few chickens, some eggs from the family, and took nearly a hundred catties of corn, and exchanged it for a thin sheep. When I came back, I finally made a fool of setting up a few tables of food, so I can't let the mourners just drink water.

Now I can’t pay attention to it. My aunt’s previous birthday material was cut down and burned because of the lack of firewood at home during that time. Later, I didn’t have the time and energy to redo it. Therefore, it was directly cremated in the village. Li Lin cried and found a wooden box. Pack up the ashes and wait until the weather warms up before taking them to be buried with my aunt's husband.

The funeral of my aunt cast a shadow over the new year. My aunt has lived in the village for so many years, and there are quite a few older sisters. They are all a little discouraged at the moment. Several people who attended the funeral also fell ill after returning home. The village fell into silence again.

Chen Jin was also very sad. His aunt was still kind to him. I remember when I was young, because the two families lived closer, the living conditions of my aunt’s house were much better than Chen Jin’s. I would take care of Chen Jin if there was any delicious food. Jin, now that such a close elder has gone, Rao Chen Jin is almost used to seeing life and death, and now it is sad for several days.

Generally speaking, Xiaohe Village is fairly peaceful, but there have been several large-scale conflicts in other places, mainly between those outsiders and locals.

Those outsiders were similar to Chen Dong and the others. They all came from the warmer south. Winter came unexpectedly. Many outsiders froze to death outside as the villagers cursed. If there are people who know them, they can help If there is no corpse, it is not uncommon to be eaten by wild animals, and some corpses are even eaten by hungry and crazy people.

If these outsiders could come here alive, their soft hearts would have been gone long ago, just like Chen Dong and the others, if it weren't for the fence in Xiaohe Village, they might not be able to do murder and robbery.Therefore, in order to survive, these outsiders gathered together, at first they pretended to be pitiful, hoping that the villagers would provide some food and clothing, but obviously, not only did they not have much kindness, but the villagers who lived a tight life were not saints either. .What's more, one or two is fine. If you want to provide them with warm supplies for such a large group of people, that's not kindness, it's robbery!

Then, those people really robbed.

They have also stayed in Xinxiang for a long time, and they have figured out the general situation. Before winter comes, there are dishonest people who often touch some people's houses to steal chickens and dogs, and steal sheep and so on. Especially, these years have been messed up. After the incident, many families do not have a strong labor force at home, and those who support the family are still people aged 60, [-] or even older, old and young, and work can be done slowly, but if something goes wrong, these Man obviously has little ability to resist.

So something happened soon.In the beginning, the people living in the outskirts of the village had an accident. It was late at night when the incident happened. Those people opened the gate with knives and axes, and then rushed in. The first thing they did was to grab the kang. Clothes and quilts.

Everyone was asleep at that time, even if they called for help, the nearby people had to get up and put on their clothes first if they heard it and wanted to come out to help. You can’t freeze yourself to death for others, right? The time difference in between is enough for these people to ransack .Who told you to avoid going out for convenience, and put many commonly used things in the kitchen?Put the clothes on your body, tie the quilt on your back, and carry two bags of food, so there is no pressure at all.It's fine if the homeowner doesn't resist, but if he still wants to resist, he just greets him with a knife, and when other people in the village hear the sound, they have already run away with their spoils.

Later, I heard that Jiang San and his group in Jiangjiabao directly confronted these foreigners. Jiang San and his group have been selling salt by the sea and several nearby towns, and they have a lot of lives in their hands. Relying on the sale of salt, life is also nourishing. Although they did not discuss it with fellow villagers, but at this time, they naturally have the same hatred and hatred.In particular, these foreigners want people, weapons and weapons. If they really gather together and become popular, wouldn't they be their competitors? It's better to take advantage of the present and destroy them first.

Jiang San and the others are local snakes, and they deal with outsiders who are hated by the locals, so it is convenient. Some villages even collected a lot of food and asked them to help deal with those who dared to kill and rob.

However, Jiang San and the others are limited in number after all, and they have no skills at all, and it is impossible to take care of everything. Therefore, they can only manage a few villages near Jiangjiabao. However, those outsiders suffered a lot and got a lot before The supplies for the winter, simply found a place, and temporarily hibernated.Of course, they also want to survive, so it is impossible for them to shrink back forever, but their actions after that are much more cautious, and they are not so unscrupulous in their attacks.

It is said that someone came to find Chen Dong and the others and wanted them to join. However, Chen Dong and the people in Xiaohe Village had already reached a tacit understanding, so they were naturally unwilling to do such things that provoke hatred. They no longer expected to go to any safe base Well, if you want to settle down here, you need to have a good relationship with the locals. If you do something like that, I'm afraid they won't be able to stay anymore.Chen Dong and the others are not fools. Part of Xiaohe Village relies on the wall, while the other part is Pingzi and the others. Chen Jin and Bai Jing have never fought in front of them, so they naturally don't know that these two are more powerful than ordinary modern weapons. Not a lot.However, Pingzi Scarface and the others often go hunting with them. The guns they have in hand are not the kind of earthen guns, but serious military supplies. I also heard from the words that these few are veterans, and, It was still possible to escape from the safe base, and one could imagine the means. They didn't want to offend someone they couldn't offend, and they couldn't get along anymore.

Almost two months after the new year, the weather finally warmed up.

Chen Dong and the others were very relieved. They had never experienced such a long winter, which almost made them lose hope. After all, as time went by, it became more and more difficult to obtain enough food. They are also skinny and have little meat at all, but they have to risk competing with those hungry wolves. Now that it is warm today, they can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Chen Dong and the others didn't violate their previous promise, they took people directly, and went to open up wasteland in the county. There were dozens of them, and they also had handy weapons. As long as they didn't go too deep into the urban area, there shouldn't be any danger.Women and children should stay here first, so as not to have time to take care of them.

Since the group of soldiers left, salt has become a problem again. The prices charged by those salt dealers are too high. Everyone is not so happy. They still want to go to the beach by themselves to see if they can get some salt back. The road is not peaceful, now it is not only to guard against people, but also to guard against wild animals!

After thinking about it for a long time, the people in the village temporarily gave up on this idea. It is not worth it for this little salt. Now that the population of the village is small, it cannot be spent on it. Although Pingzi and the others have guns, they cannot be relied on for everything. If you live in a village, your life is not your life. Therefore, everyone has to grit their teeth and endure the high prices of those salt dealers for the time being.

After such a long time, the stomachs of several pregnant women in the village are very obvious. However, because of malnutrition, it doesn't look like an exaggeration. At this time, even if you are pregnant, you can't really raise your baby with peace of mind. Especially right now is the busy season of farming. For next year's rations, no one can slack off. Although they don't need to go to the fields to do any heavy work, they still have to do ordinary things.