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Celebrity Effect and Reservations

In the southern part of the city, inside the Zhao family’s mansion, the steward was busy counting and registering the festival gifts. During every New Year and holiday season, this was their busiest time. They had to meticulously count and record the gifts received from each household, noting what each gift contained, in order to assist the master of the house in deciding what gifts to send. They also had to register the gifts prepared by their own family, creating a dedicated record.

While registering the festival gifts received from the Cai family, the steward picked up the last box of pastries and examined the name and the pastry’s type before recording it: a box of “Yu’s Delicious Delights” mooncakes.

Mooncakes? Wasn’t “Yu’s Delicious Delights” a food stall that had recently opened? The steward opened the box, realizing it was a variety of pastries he had never seen before. He closed the box and handed it to the servant next to him, saying, “These are the pastries sent by the Cai family. I’ve never seen them before. Take them to madam and young master to taste.”

The servant took the box and left, while the steward continued with his registration.

Shortly after, the servant returned, informing the steward that madam Zhou was looking for him. The steward immediately went to see him.

“These pastries taste quite good. I’ve never had them before. Has a new pastry shop opened in the city? I don’t recall any shop named ‘Yu’s Delicious Delights’,” said the mistress of the Zhao family, who was feeding a three or four-year-old child bean paste mooncake as he saw the steward approaching.

The steward promptly replied, “Madam, I haven’t heard of any pastry shop called Yu’s Delicious Delights in the city, apart from the Yu’s Delicious Delights noodle shop. But they don’t specialize in pastries.”

“Who sent these?”

“They were sent by the Cai family, madam.”

“Oh? The Cai family,” Madam Zhou straightened up and pondered for a moment. He then said, “Inquire about where they bought them. Let’s try something new. We’ve been receiving the same pastries from the same few families every year, and I’m getting tired of them. Also, buy a few more boxes and send one to each courtyard.”

The steward bowed and replied, “Yes, madam.”

Similar scenes unfolded in many grand residences that received festival gifts from the Cai family.

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In the afternoon, after the busy lunchtime rush subsided a bit, Yu Qingze and his team finally had a moment to rest. Although they didn’t sell many mooncakes, their business for cold noodles, liangpi, and Guandong Zhu remained good. They were still bustling with activity.

“Boss Yu, Brother Le, and father I brought back the noodles. Come and eat,” Brother Chang said as he returned from Liu’s noodle shop across the street. This was their lunch.

“Brother Le, Uncle, you go ahead and eat. I’ll join you in a moment,” Yu Qingze quickly packed the Guandong Zhu that a customer ordered, collected the money, and then finally sat on a small stool to eat.

The four of them sat under the shade of an umbrella, enjoying their delayed lunch.

“In the future, let’s take turns to have our meals. Eating too late isn’t good for our health,” Yu Qingze swallowed a mouthful of noodles and suggested.

Brother Chang’s father replied, “We can’t afford to take the time. Lunchtime is our busiest period. It’s not a problem to eat a bit later.”

Brother Chang chimed in, “Yeah, it’s not much of a delay. We’ve gotten used to it, and we usually feel hungry around this time. When we’re busy, we don’t even notice the hunger.”

Chang Le nodded in agreement.

Yu Qingze looked at them, sighed, and said, “You’ve all been working hard.”

The group shook their heads and continued eating. There were still a few customers at the table, so they had to eat quickly.

Just then, a middle-aged man walked over and his eyes lit up when he saw the mooncake gift boxes on a small table. He asked Yu Qingze, “Boss, can I take a look at your mooncakes?”

Yu Qingze immediately got up upon seeing someone interested in the mooncakes and replied, “Of course, come here, sir. We have samples for you to taste. There are several flavors. Which one would you like?”

The middle-aged man tried each flavor and then picked up the mooncake gift box. He found the same name on it as the one on the gift box he had at home, so he happily asked, “Boss, how much are these mooncakes? The ones in these packaged boxes.”

Yu Qingze answered, “The Four Seasons Prosperity gift box is 108 wen per box, the Five Blessings at the Door gift box is 128 wen per box, the Six Harmony gift box is 168 wen per box, the Seven Stars Radiance gift box is 198 wen per box, and we also have the Perfect Harmony Super Deluxe gift box for 288 wen per box. These are all premium packaging options, perfect for giving as Mid-Autumn Festival gifts.”

The middle-aged man widened his eyes and exclaimed, “Why are they so expensive?”

Yu Qingze explained, “Sir, you see, our pastries have thin crusts and generous fillings. They are different from the ones you find elsewhere. Not to mention the effort and expensive high-quality ingredients that go into making them. Most importantly, the taste is unique. We aim for that uniqueness, and besides, the symbolism behind them is also quite meaningful, don’t you think?”

The middle-aged man seemed hesitant and looked at the other options nearby. He asked, “Why is the packaging different for these?”

Yu Qingze replied, “These ones have a deluxe packaging, which is a bit more cost-effective compared to the premium packaging. Each box is 20 wen cheaper.”

“Then what about for one single mooncake?”

“The small ones are 8 wen each, and the large ones are 16 wen each.”

“Boss, the difference in price is too significant,” the middle-aged man said, pointing at the singles and packaged mooncakes, astonished.

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Yu Qingze chuckled and said, “Sir, people are different, and mooncakes can be different too.”

The middle-aged man hesitated for a moment and then said, “Give me some time to consider.”

Yu Qingze smiled and replied, “Sure, but please consider it quickly. We don’t have much inventory left.”

The middle-aged man waved his hand and walked away. Yu Qingze saw him walking towards a carriage and speaking to someone inside through the window. Yu Qingze chuckled softly and turned back to continue eating his noodles.

Chang Le and the other two secretly listened to Yu Qingze’s conversation with the customer. Now that the customer had left, they all sighed and said, “Ah, he’s gone again.”

Seeing Yu Qingze sitting back down, Chang Le put his chopsticks on the plate and gestured with his right hand, asking, “He left again?”

Yu Qingze glanced in that direction and smiled, saying, “It’s fine. I think he’ll come back, and who knows, he might be a big customer.”

All three of them stared at him in astonishment.

When they heard Yu Qingze’s individual pricing for the mooncakes, they were shocked. It was so expensive! The small mooncakes the size of a child’s fist cost 8 wen each, while the larger ones cost 16 wen each, but they were even bigger than an adult’s fist.

When they heard the price of the boxed mooncakes, they were completely dumbfounded. They thought there was something wrong with their ears and confirmed it three times before finally accepting that their ears were fine and it was Yu Qingze’s mind that was messed up.

They hadn’t sold a single box of mooncakes in the morning. They only sold the singles, and even those didn’t sell much.

They couldn’t understand why. The mooncakes were so delicious, and if they were priced similar to other pastry shops, they would have sold out in no time. Even if the small ones were priced at 5 wen and the large ones at 8 wen, they would have sold a lot.

But now, with such high prices, 8 wen for the small ones and 16 wen for the large ones, even the single mooncakes didn’t sell well, let alone the boxed ones.

They felt it was such a pity, but they didn’t dare say it out loud, especially Brother Chang and his father. They could only think to themselves and comfort themselves by saying that there must be a reason behind Yu Qingze’s actions.

Chang Le did ask once, and Yu Qingze said that people would buy them, so he believed him.

But now, seeing the poor business, they couldn’t help but worry. They were so worried that they couldn’t even enjoy the delicious fried sauce noodles in front of them.

Yu Qingze reached out and tapped Chang Le’s forehead, saying, “Don’t furrow your brows. I said someone will buy them. Trust me, hmm?”

The sudden intimate gesture startled Chang Le, and he quickly reached out to cover his forehead, his face turning red.

Wait, Brother Chang’s father was right there!

Although he felt embarrassed, there was a hint of sweetness in his heart. It was really maddening.

Yu Qingze also felt a bit stunned after he did it. It was a completely subconscious action. He quickly glanced at Brother Chang and his father and found that they were tactfully pretending to lower their heads and eat their noodles, not looking up at all. He smiled at Chang Le to indicate that everything was fine.

Chang Le kept his head down and didn’t look at him.

Yu Qingze: …I should be more careful next time.

“Boss!”

Just then, the middle-aged man from earlier returned, accompanied by a servant boy.

“Ah, you’re back!” Yu Qingze responded.

Chang Le and the other two looked at the customer in astonishment.

He really came back?!

Suddenly, none of them felt like eating anymore. They perked up their ears, listening to the commotion over there.

The middle-aged man pointed at the premium packaged mooncakes and said, “Two boxes of each variety of these, and two boxes of each variety of these. Then, I want to select some flavors from the single ones.”

“Alright, take your time to choose. Once you’re done, I’ll pack them for you,” Yu Qingze replied.

Upon hearing that the customer wanted so many mooncakes, Chang Le and the others quickly put down their chopsticks and came over to help.

All three of them were extremely shocked. This was truly a big customer!

Their inventory was suddenly reduced by half!

The middle-aged man also chose quite a few single mooncakes, with various flavors and sizes. After counting, there were thirty small ones and twenty large ones.

Yu Qingze quickly calculated the total on paper, which came to 3,920 wen.

The middle-aged man also used an abacus to double-check the calculation, confirmed its accuracy, and then paid with silver.

The three of them helped the servant boy to carefully place the mooncakes on the carriage and, upon returning, Chang Le and the others were all dumbfounded, laughing.

“Someone really bought them!” Brother Chang’s father exclaimed.

Brother Chang also felt like he was dreaming, but having been working outside for a long time, he had a bit more insight than his father. He said, “Wealthy people don’t care about the price; they care about rarity.”

Chang Le nodded happily, unable to contain his joy.

Yu Qingze collected the money and looked at Chang Le, saying, “Feeling relieved now? I told you someone would buy them.”

Chang Le excitedly nodded and gestured, “I’ve always believed in you!”

Yu Qingze chuckled. Wasn’t it him who had been so worried before? But things changed so quickly! Ah!

Not long after the middle-aged man left, two more people arrived who also wanted to buy mooncakes. These two customers bought a lot as well, and their remaining stock was completely depleted.

While these two customers were still there, three more people arrived. Seeing that the mooncakes were sold out, they sighed in disappointment, saying they had arrived too late.

Yu Qingze quickly said, “If you’re not in a hurry, you can make a reservation and come back tomorrow morning to pick them up.”

Those three individuals quickly agreed, made reservations for a specific quantity, and paid a partial deposit. They took the note that Yu Qingze had written and left.

Afterward, several more people came one after another to buy mooncakes. Yu Qingze estimated the quantity they had made at home today and realized that accepting a few more orders would likely leave them short. He informed the customers about the situation. Some of them wanted to use the mooncakes as gifts, as tomorrow was the 14th, the final day for gift-giving. If they couldn’t get their orders in time, they decided to settle for single ones for their own consumption and planned to come to collect them on the 15th.

By the time they closed up shop, not only had they sold out all the mooncakes that hadn’t sold well in the morning, but they had also taken reservations for the following two days.

Chang Le and the others had smiles in their eyes, no longer doubting any of Yu Qingze’s decisions.

When they calculated the accounts at night, Yu Qingze told Chang Le and Grandpa Chang that they had earned over seven taels of silver just from the mooncakes today, and that was pure profit, not including the portion from the Cai family and the reserved orders.

Hearing that they had earned so much money, all three of them stared at Yu Qingze with wide eyes, unable to believe it.

They had made over seven taels of silver in just one day!

Could they have ever imagined such a thing before?

They wouldn’t even dare to think about it!

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Thandar: I’d buy them all if it’s Boss Yu who made it #BlindTrustInOurMC

Mooncake Market Cools Down

The next day, the group once again noticed the dark circles under Chang Le’s eyes, but he seemed to be in good spirits and not as listless as last time.

When asked, he replied that he was feeling fine and there was nothing to worry about.

During breakfast, Chang Hao took a bite of his food and glanced at his brother, eating and smiling with a particularly good mood.

Yu Qingze and Grandpa Chang were also in a good mood, but they didn’t stare at people like Chang Hao did. Instead, their lips were constantly upturned in a smile.

Finally, there was a method to remove the long-standing haze, and the initial experiments were successful. How could one not be happy about it?!

Chang Le blushed under their gaze. Even though they were family, he had thin skin and felt quite embarrassed.

Yu Qingze noticed Brother Le’s unnatural expression and gave Chang Hao a pat, saying, “Why are you always staring at your brother? Hurry up and eat. Finish your meal and go to school.”

Chang Hao chuckled and said, “I just think that my brother looks really handsome! The more I look at him, the more handsome he becomes! What do you think, Brother Yu?”

Upon hearing this, Chang Le’s hand trembled as he was picking up a small bun, causing it to fall back into the steamer. He quickly picked it up again and stole a glance at Yu Qingze, only to meet his gaze.

Brother Le:…

Yu Qingze smiled faintly, looking into Chang Le’s eyes, and said, “Brother Le has always been good-looking.”

Chang Le’s face turned red as if blood would drip from it. He quickly averted his gaze, but his lips involuntarily curled up.

Seeing Chang Le becoming even redder, Yu Qingze shifted his gaze away, turned to Chang Hao, and said, “Eat quickly, eat more, so you can grow taller!”

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“Mm! Brother Yu, can I grow as tall as you?” When it came to height, Chang Hao quickly started eating and couldn’t help but ask about his potential for growth.

Height was a sensitive topic for him. There were several boys in the school who were two years younger than him but almost the same height or even taller. He dreamed of growing a little taller, ideally as tall as Brother Yu.

Yu Qingze understood well how important height was to boys. He nodded and said confidently, “Yes, you can. You just haven’t reached your growth spurt yet. In a few years, you will definitely be taller than me.”

With proper nutrition, exercise, and a positive mindset, he could grow well.

Upon hearing this, Chang Hao ate another bun!

Grow taller, grow taller, he wanted to grow taller!

After breakfast, Brother Chang and his father came over with a cart ready to set off.

Putting the freshly made mooncakes from yesterday into the cart, Yu Qingze instructed Brother Chang, “These are the mooncakes ordered by the Cai family. They use them for gifting and reciprocation. This morning, Mi Ge’er and the Cai family’s steward will come to collect them. According to their requirements, there are two types of packaging, one more expensive and one cheaper. Please tell Mi Ge’er and the others that for the ones to be sent to Yunzhou, they should choose the baked ones if possible. Also, let them know that the remaining mooncakes won’t be finished until tomorrow, so we’ll settle the accounts together then.”

Brother Chang nodded and replied, “Okay, Brother Yu, you can rest assured.”

After giving further instructions, the three of them set off with the cart.

Just as they left the house, Chang Le and the others encountered a middle-aged man.

“Are you guys setting up a stall? Oh, and this, is it Brother Le?” The middle-aged man saw the three of them pushing the food cart and the flatbed cart. He knew that ger and the others were going to set up a stall, but when he saw the person walking in the middle, he was momentarily stunned. It took him a moment to realize that it was Brother Le.

After seeing someone for more than ten years, suddenly cutting their long bangs to reveal their eyes and eyebrows, he didn’t recognize them at first.

Brother Chang replied, “Yes, Uncle Amin, this is indeed Brother Le.”

Chang Le, who was accustomed to instinctively lowering his head upon seeing someone from the village, had just lowered his head but remembered what he had promised Yu Qingze yesterday. He gritted his teeth, gathered his courage, and looked up at Uncle Amin. He forced a shy smile, tugging at the corners of his mouth.

The middle-aged man named Amin was momentarily stunned, but then he reacted and exclaimed, “It really is Brother Le! I almost thought I mistook someone!”

Chang Le nodded and smiled sheepishly.

Brother Chang laughed and said, “Uncle Amin, how do you find him? Isn’t he good-looking?”

Uncle Amin nodded repeatedly and sighed, “Very good-looking. The long bangs before covered his eyebrows and eyes. He has really grown up. It’s like a transformation.”

Upon hearing this, Chang Le’s anxious heart finally settled back into his chest.

“Yes, indeed. But Brother Le was already good-looking to begin with.” Brother Chang noticed the mushrooms and white fungus in Uncle Amin’s bamboo basket and asked, “Uncle Amin, are you going to pick mushrooms?”

“Yes, earlier Grandpa Chang mentioned that they are collecting mushrooms and white fungus. So I took the opportunity to go to the mountains this morning and managed to collect quite a few.” Uncle Amin chuckled.

Brother Chang replied with a smile, “Then you should hurry. Boss Yu and Grandpa Chang are both at home.”

“Alright, alright. You guys go set up your stall. After I give them the mushrooms, I need to go back and continue working in the fields. I still haven’t finished picking the grass.”

Ever since they started making Guandong-style skewers, Grandpa Chang would take a walk in the mountains every day, collecting mushrooms. He would also regularly visit the forest where they found the white fungus and bring some back to dry. Previously, they used the mushrooms that Grandpa Chang collected from the mountains for the skewers. However, if it hadn’t rained, the supply would be inconsistent, and sometimes all the mushrooms would be sold out in the morning.

Seeing this, Yu Qingze asked Grandpa Chang to inform the villagers that they would purchase mushrooms and white fungus.

Since the villagers were unaware of the value of white fungus, they bought it at an extremely low price of three cents per kilogram. However, in the eyes of the villagers, it didn’t seem cheap. They wondered if they were being foolish since the fungus couldn’t be eaten, questioning its purpose. Nevertheless, they didn’t hold any grudges over the money. Some people thought that Yu Qingze must have a great use for it, even if they themselves didn’t know, so they might as well earn some cash.

As a result, the villagers of Niutou Village now had an additional task. After finishing their farm work, they would go to the mountains, not only to the mountain behind the village but also to other mountains in search of mushrooms.

With the villagers joining in the mushroom picking, the Guandong-style skewer stall could now ensure a continuous supply of mushrooms throughout the day. They even had extra mushrooms to dry and store for the winter when there would be no mushrooms available. They also managed to collect a considerable amount of white fungus, which would come in handy during autumn.

With a stable source of ingredients, the villagers also increased their income, and the gossip about them in the village diminished. It could be considered an unexpected gain.

After bidding farewell to Uncle Amin, they encountered several villagers who were going to the market to sell vegetables. They all stared blankly at Brother Le and, once they realized who he was, expressed their regret, saying that he was quite good-looking. It was such a pity.

They also ran into Dahe and Chang Shun, who were heading to the dock.

(T/N: Chang Shun is the son of Chang Sheng, Grandpa Chang’s younger son in case you forgot 🙂

Chang Shun’s reaction wasn’t too dramatic; he was just slightly surprised and called out in a daze, “Brother Le.”

Chang Le nodded at him.

However, Dahe, upon seeing Chang Le’s appearance, initially walked faster and was about to overtake them. But as they continued, his steps became smaller and slower until he eventually fell behind Chang Le and the others.

“Dahe, why did you slow down? Weren’t we supposed to arrive early today?” Chang Shun looked at Dahe with confusion. With their pace, they should have overtaken Brother Le and hurried to the dock. But now, they were simply walking behind Brother Le and the others.

Dahe looked at Brother Le’s back and shook his head. “It’s alright, we still have time.”

Chang Shun: …

When they reached the main road, Brother Chang purposely pushed the cart to walk parallel to Brother Le and said to him, “See, I told you that you look good, right? It’s not that difficult to change, is it?”

Chang Le gently nodded, and his lips curled up slightly.

Indeed, it wasn’t as difficult as he had imagined.

The mocking and teasing from his childhood that had caused him distress seemed to have diminished. Perhaps there were still words of regret and pity, but they no longer affected him as much.

Brother Chang smiled and leaned closer to him, whispering, “Has Boss Yu praised your looks?”

As soon as he heard this, Chang Le couldn’t help but blush and glared at Brother Chang, refusing to answer.

Brother Chang chuckled and said, “You don’t have to say it. Hahaha…”

They continued on their way, laughing and joking, their mood brightening like the rising sun on the horizon.

When they arrived at the small stall, Mi Ge’er and the steward were already waiting for them.

Mi Ge’er immediately noticed the change in their appearance and exclaimed, “Your new hairstyles look so good! How did you come up with this idea? Can you teach me?”

Brother Chang winked at Chang Le and said, “Sure, I know a few different styles. I’ll draw them for you later, and you can choose your favorite. Then you can have someone help you cut it accordingly.”

“Really? That’s great!” Mi Ge’er exclaimed happily. “I’ve been unhappy with my hairstyle for a while. Everyone looks the same, and there’s no uniqueness.”

Brother Chang nodded in agreement and said, “Exactly! Mi Ge’er, you have a small face, and I think there’s a particular style that would suit you well. I’ll draw it for you later.”

“Okay, okay, okay!” they all laughed together.

After handing over the mooncakes and passing on the instructions from Yu Qingze to Mi Ge’er and the steward, Brother Chang borrowed some writing materials from the steward and drew five different hairstyles, that Yu Qingze had designed, for Mi Ge’er.

Mi Ge’er took the paper with excitement and happily went back.

Back at the Cai residence, Madam Cai arranged for suitable mooncake gift boxes to be quickly sent to various prestigious families in Tongshan City. He also arranged for another batch of mooncake gift boxes and other gifts to be sent out, some as presents and some as return gifts.

It was already August 12th, and Mid-Autumn Festival was just a couple of days away. The gifts had to be sent out promptly.

Mooncake gift boxes bearing the “Yu’s Delicious Delights” logo were delivered to the homes of prominent families in Tongshan City, while some were rushed to the residence of the governor in Yunzhou.

On August 13th, the small snack stall officially launched the mooncakes.

Since it was the first day of the new product, Yu Qingze came over to help. Grandpa Chang and Brother Chang’s mother continued making mooncakes at home.

In the morning, as the crowd gradually grew, they followed the usual practice of cutting small portions of each variety of mooncake for customers to taste.

However, although the customers praised the taste, few of them actually bought the mooncakes. And those who did buy only purchased one or two, not more.

“They are delicious, no doubt, but they are too expensive. Even the most famous shop in the city doesn’t sell them at such high prices.”

“That’s right. The most expensive pastries over there cost only five wen, but these small mooncakes are eight wen each, and the larger ones are sixteen wen. The boxed ones are even more unaffordable.”

“Sigh, I can only buy one or two to let the children have a taste and satisfy their cravings.”

“After they taste them, won’t they crave for more?”

“Well, that’s true.”

And so, the morning passed with very few mooncakes being sold. They didn’t receive the enthusiastic response like the cold noodles, liangpi, and Guandong Zhu dishes did when they were first introduced. Instead, they were met with indifference.

Brother Chang and his father looked at Yu Qingze with some concern, but they didn’t know how to comfort him. They could only focus on their own tasks.

Chang Le approached Yu Qingze and asked him, “What should we do? It seems like they are too expensive, and customers can’t afford them. Should we lower the prices?”

Yu Qingze shook his head and said, “We can’t lower the prices. If we do, we won’t make much profit. Don’t worry, Brother Le, there will be people who will come to buy.”

In fact, if they slightly lowered the prices to match other pastry shops, they would still make a profit, albeit a smaller one. However, Yu Qingze was gambling in his heart.

He was gambling on the influence of the Cai family in Tongshan City!

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Thandar: Fine, don’t buy it now. I guarantee you won’t be able to even if you want to later (it’ll all be sold out) ⸜(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝

Today, the army sent a truck to pick up tofu, which was already waiting outside early in the morning. There was still over an hour until lunchtime.

The soldier who delivered the goods smiled and said, “The kitchen staff specifically asked me to come early today. The brothers didn’t get enough tofu yesterday and were all clamoring for more. They’re waiting for you to give them a satisfying meal today.”

There were about three thousand soldiers in the s city, and the ratio of ordinary people in the base to soldiers was 3:1. Few people had orderly retreated without being bitten by zombies. Currently, the s city base was only a small base with a population of just over ten thousand, which was much smaller than when Ji Cha arrived in his previous life. The tall walls that were being constructed would gradually become walls that separated different sections later on, and the base would continue to expand outward.

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China was originally a populous country, and the situation in such a country during a zombie outbreak would be chaotic by many times. However, if there were any advantages, it could be said, albeit cruelly, that because of the large population, there was also a large amount of food reserves, which would be enough to sustain the remaining people for a long time even if a large number of people died or turned into zombies.

However, the control of resources always depended on strength, regardless of the time.

Ji Cha stood at the entrance of the factory and saw the military trucks coming into the base, one after another. There had been almost no break in the morning. He asked the soldier in front of him, “What did they bring back? Why so much?”

The soldier turned around and looked at him, not hiding anything, “They found a few large warehouses outside. They were probably used for online supermarkets and stored a lot of goods. They’ve all been brought back now, along with a few grain warehouses. We’ve been rushing to build warehouses over there, and they’re gradually being completed these days, so we brought everything back as soon as possible.”

Ji Cha nodded knowingly, “That’s great.”

Having more resources in the base was certainly not a bad thing.

“In a few days, there will be a supermarket opening up in the middle,” the soldier smiled, “we can use food to exchange for oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and other things.”

“Really?” Ji Cha was a little surprised. He had saved quite a bit of these things, but there would always be a day when they ran out. It was really good news that the army had such plans.

However, he was also a little worried. Such a “supermarket” did not exist in the s city base during his last apocalypse. Either the butterfly effect prevented its establishment, or it existed but could not be maintained due to various reasons. It was also simple to think that without a circular industrial system, only exporting and not importing would naturally lead to this result.

The farm had only barely sustained the production and life of the s city base, which was far from being able to make people’s lives rich and comfortable.

“Really,” the soldier nodded, “I’ll let you know when it opens. It was smooth sailing for me to deliver the tofu today, so I can take you along.”

Ji Cha was already familiar with several young soldiers, and they were polite in both speech and behavior.

Ji Cha thanked him and kept this matter in mind.

Although six people were assigned to work, the daily production of 2,000 catties of tofu still overwhelmed Ji Cha. The problem was that there were too few molds, and insufficient rotation caused too much time to be spent. Finally, all 2,000 catties of tofu were pressed and delivered only at 6 pm.

Solving this problem was not difficult; finding a carpenter would only take half a day. However, Ji Cha didn’t have such talent on his side, so he had to seek help from the army. He also asked the soldiers who usually pick up tofu to send a soldier to ask if there were suitable containers for making bean sprouts in the army’s warehouse.

To produce 1,000 catties of bean sprouts every day, nearly 4,000 catties of bean sprouts had to be cultivated simultaneously. Ji Cha had already used up all the tools he had at home, and even the dishes used for meals were taken out.

Fortunately, things related to the army’s interests were resolved relatively quickly. That night, a soldier came to greet Ji Cha, and the army’s warehouse had enough basins. Ji Cha didn’t even need to give anything in exchange; he just needed to take them and register how many he took. The basins were specially made for tofu production. Moreover, the army even found a soldier who was skilled in carpentry for Ji Cha. He would come to the factory tomorrow and make the tofu molds.

With this good news, Ji Cha finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He took out his phone and checked the time. There were five minutes left until the alarm he set to inseminate the mother rabbit again. Ji Cha decisively turned off the alarm and took out a flashlight to go to the backyard.

At this moment, the backyard was quiet, and all the livestock and poultry had entered a state of rest.

Ji Cha put the flashlight on the shelf against the wall, letting the light shine on the ceiling and illuminating the room dimly. He squatted down and followed the method he used during the day to examine a few rabbits. With the double insurance, he finally had some confidence and took off the flashlight to leave.

Expanding the scale of livestock breeding was just as important as crop planting. Compared with crop planting, raising livestock could see profits more quickly.

If both could be developed and improved, they would complement each other and move towards the direction that Ji Cha hoped for.

Considering that Liang Jincheng had given him hickies all over his body last night, Ji Cha was very firm in rejecting Liang Jincheng ‘s request for a goodnight kiss in his room tonight.

Liang Jincheng and Ji Cha faced each other through a thickened door panel. One exuded aggression and invasion, while the other merely pretended to be tough. Although the door panel was a thickened type requested by Ji Cha to resist zombie attacks, it was not enough to withstand Liang Jincheng’s strength.

Ji Cha knew this well and felt even more uneasy. He turned his unease into verbal threats towards Liang Jincheng, “Don’t come in, or I’ll be angry…”

The moment the words left his mouth, Ji Cha felt like slapping himself. What kind of threat was that? It was utterly useless!

As expected, Liang Jincheng didn’t react in any special way, but Ji Cha’s face turned bright red in embarrassment.

“Can’t I kiss your cheek?” Liang Jincheng asked regretfully, his gaze fixed on Ji Cha’s rosy cheeks, filled with desire.

Ji Cha firmly held onto the door panel and his own bottom line, shaking his head vigorously, “No!”

He pulled down his collar to reveal a patch of red kiss marks and said, “Until these marks fade away, there is nothing else to say.”

Liang Jincheng’s eyes darkened. To him, Ji Cha’s actions were a clear temptation. Ji Cha was all too familiar with this kind of look. Every time Liang Jincheng kissed him, it felt like he wanted to swallow him whole. He was so scared that he immediately closed the door and said, “Goodnight!”

If he had smashed the door in anger, Ji Cha would have been really angry. After a moment of hesitation, Liang Jincheng chose to compromise. He gently tapped the door and said, “Goodnight.”

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The seven hens began to lay eggs one after another, producing an average of seven eggs a day.

Ji Cha discovered this after the bean sprouts began to grow in scale. Every morning, he found a round egg behind each hen and quickly picked them up.

According to Wang Qinxue, who was responsible for feeding the chickens, he had seen the roosters and hens mate. Therefore, Ji Cha hoped that all seven hens had been fertilized and that their eggs could hatch into chicks smoothly.

It was important to pick up the eggs from the henhouse every day to ensure that the hens didn’t stop laying eggs because of brooding. Otherwise, if the hens stopped laying eggs, the losses would be too great. As for the hatching of the chicks, Ji Cha had long been prepared. He bought two egg incubators, one small and one large.

The small incubator could hatch 140 eggs at a time, while the large one could hatch 2,300 eggs at a time. It was enough for the initial stage of poultry farming. If everything went smoothly, Ji Cha believed that he could find other alternative methods later.

Fifteen days after the last mating of the female rabbits, Ji Cha confirmed that they had been successfully fertilized since none of them had gone into heat again. Normally, the success rate of hatching fertilized eggs in an incubator should be at least 90%. Ji Cha used light and soil methods to determine their fertilization status, and now hopes that the hatching rate can meet the standard.

Tofu production in the factory has been ongoing, although eating tofu every day can be annoying. But fortunately, the soldiers in the army have come up with some good ways to make tofu, and the results are still good for now. However, Ji Cha still suggested reducing the production of tofu and bean sprouts and finding a way to change the taste.

As for what flavor to change to? He has already prepared for it early on.

The small greens planted earlier have grown to be half their size after more than twenty days of growth, and can be harvested in about a week. Ji Cha wants to send these greens to the army to pave his own way, and is also researching how to use them as seeds.

Under current conditions, seeds are also a non-renewable resource. If the existing conditions are not properly utilized, even more seeds will eventually be used up. The problem is that the excellent characteristics of commercial seeds are almost impossible to pass on to the next generation. Overcoming this difficulty is the key.

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Thandar: eating tofu every single day would be a bit rough, end of the world or not 😬

Ji Cha carefully rubbed his butt on the bed, then took a deep breath.

“At least my butt doesn’t hurt. That’s a good sign.”

Ji Cha felt confused, wondering how he ended up in bed with Liang Jincheng, and why he had no memory of it. Did he have amnesia?

As Ji Cha moved, Liang Jincheng slowly opened his eyes. His bright and sharp gaze met Ji Cha’s, and a smile appeared on his face. “Good morning.”

Liang Jincheng’s voice was dangerously husky and seductive.

Ji Cha felt like screaming for help inside, but he tried to act natural and replied, “Good morning to you too.”

He managed to make Liang Jincheng laugh, as if he found Ji Cha’s awkwardness and nervousness cute. In other words, Liang Jincheng thought Ji Cha was adorable at this moment.

Liang Jincheng propped himself up and kissed Ji Cha on the cheek. Then he naturally placed his hands on Ji Cha’s waist and asked in a low voice, “Want to sleep a little longer?”

Ji Cha’s eyes couldn’t help but glance at Liang Jincheng’s bare chest with its muscular lines and honey-colored skin that vanished under the sheets. Every inch of Liang Jincheng’s body was filled with the word “hormones,” making Ji Cha’s head spin.

Who could resist such a handsome man lying in bed, inviting anyone to sleep a little longer with him? Ji Cha could now understand why some kings would neglect their duties in the morning, whether holding a fox spirit in their arms or being held by one. The temptation was too great.

But as a highly self-disciplined and good young man, Ji Cha blushed and firmly refused Liang Jincheng. “I can’t sleep anymore.” Then, to avoid losing control later, he quickly rolled out of Liang Jincheng’s arms.

Ji Cha couldn’t help but praise himself inside.

However, he suddenly felt that something was wrong when he left the warm bed. Especially…when he looked down, he realized his butt was still naked.

“Oh my god!”

Ji Cha widened his eyes and stared at his exposed buttocks. He thought he looked indecent and vulgar.

Behind him, Liang Jincheng slowly sat up and calmly watched as Ji Cha scrambled to put on his pants. He stared at Ji Cha’s white buttocks as if they were on fire.

“What happened last night? Why can’t I remember anything?” Ji Cha thought to himself as he put on his pants. But as soon as he started to entertain the thought that he might have slept with Liang Jincheng, he felt embarrassed.

“Could it be that I really slept with Liang Jincheng?” he thought. “Could something so good really happen after just sleeping?”

Just as he finished putting on his pants and was about to question Liang Jincheng, he turned around to see Liang Jincheng standing up, also naked. Ji Cha covered his eyes, but it was too late. He had already caught a glimpse of something that should have been censored. It was so majestic and powerful that words could not easily describe it.

“Put on your pants quickly!” Ji Cha covered his eyes and wished he could either twist his head off or poke his eyes out.

“Don’t be shy,” Liang Jincheng said, removing Ji Cha’s hand from his eyes and placing it by his lips, giving it a little kiss. “You really don’t remember anything from last night?”

Ji Cha nodded reluctantly. “I really don’t…”

He remembered kissing Liang Jincheng on the rooftop last night, and they had touched each other a few times. But he seemed to have fallen asleep in Liang Jincheng’s arms because he felt suffocated from lack of air.

“You were pestering me all night long, very enthusiastic,” Liang Jincheng said with a chuckle, putting on his shorts and walking over to Ji Cha’s side, teasing him in his ear.

“I don’t believe you,” Ji Cha said, shaking his head.

“Really,” Liang Jincheng said, putting on a serious expression. “You were hugging me and saying how much you liked me.”

Liang Jincheng had this kind of charm. Whenever he spoke seriously, people would believe him. Ji Cha reluctantly believed him, but at that moment, Liang Jincheng let out a light laugh and hugged Ji Cha tightly, planting a few kisses on his cheeks.

“I was just scaring you,” Liang Jincheng said, his words unclear and ambiguous. “You don’t need to be enthusiastic. Whenever I see you, I can’t resist you, let alone when you try to seduce me.” Liang Jincheng couldn’t even bear to imagine that scene. It was enough to make him pass out on the spot.

Ji Cha breathed a sigh of relief and felt a little embarrassed. ‘Well, it’s good, it’s good…'”

“‘Last night, I told grandmother that you were too tired and went to sleep first, so I brought you back directly,’ Liang Jincheng said.

This was to remind Ji Cha not to reveal anything when they went downstairs later. Although he didn’t care about exposing their relationship to the public, and even wanted to tell everyone that their relationship was extraordinary, Liang Jincheng knew that Ji Cha couldn’t yet accept the risk of their relationship being exposed.

The two went downstairs together, and although it was still early, everyone except Xiaochao had already gotten up.

Ji Cha looked at the time and realized that he had gotten up later than yesterday, and time was already tight. He hurriedly drank a bowl of porridge and was about to leave.

His grandmother stopped him. “Hey, wait a minute.”

She chased after him with a small jar of medicine in her hand. “Why isn’t there any fragrance in the room? I remember there were some at home. Look at you, you’ve been bitten by mosquitoes.”

Ji Cha was a little confused at first, but then he saw a small exposed light red mark under his collarbone, which looked like a mosquito bite.

“Are there still mosquitoes at this time…?” Wang Qinxue, who was holding a bowl of porridge, looked puzzled.

Zhang Xing sat there, feeling like he was in a clear mirror. When he heard this, he felt that he had to restore his almost irreparable image in front of Liang Jincheng. So he quickly said, “Yes, yes. I also saw a mosquito in the room yesterday. Maybe mosquitoes have become stronger now.”

Ji Cha couldn’t help but turn his head and look at Liang Jincheng. At the same time, he felt very guilty. Liang Jincheng couldn’t have just left a hickey on him. Ji Cha felt a tightness in his chest, standing like a wooden stake, letting his grandmother apply the medicine, afraid that she would accidentally wipe off other marks under his collar.

Fortunately, his grandmother didn’t suspect anything else and left after applying the medicine.

Ji Cha took the opportunity to rush to the toilet and opened his collar to look in the mirror. There were indeed many hickeys on his chest.

“I’m sorry,” Liang Jincheng leaned against the bathroom door and said apologetically. Although he said sorry, the smile in his eyes clearly showed that he didn’t really feel sorry for what he had done.

Screw your sorry! Ji Cha just wanted to kick him.

However, what needs to be done still needs to be done.

When Ji Cha arrived at the construction site selection location today, it was slightly later than yesterday, and there weren’t as many people left.

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He stood next to the soldier in charge and looked at him before asking, “Are there any older people who can’t do heavy work?” He spoke softly, not wanting the people below to hear.

The soldier was surprised by Ji Cha’s request, “That’s strange. There are some, but why are you looking for them? Won’t that just delay things?”

Ji Cha didn’t explain further, he just asked the soldier to send three people from the middle.

After eating the tofu, the soldier thought it tasted good and hoped that the factory could produce more today, so he tried to find a few qualified people to send over under Ji Cha’s request.

Making tofu today was much easier than yesterday. Experienced people like Sun Xiaofang already knew the general process and didn’t need much instruction. She could even help guide a few other people.

This gave Ji Cha some free time to check on the rabbits at the back that were already showing signs of estrus.

Because this was not a professional breeding farm, Ji Cha was not sure how successful natural mating would be. After the male rabbits became more aggressive towards each other after estrus, Ji Cha planned to separate three male rabbits today.

Female rabbits go into heat once every half a month, lasting for more than ten hours each time. Ji Cha estimated the time of the last estrus while walking. When he arrived, he first checked seven female rabbits, two of which seemed a little off. Ji Cha had some experience with this and didn’t rush. Instead, he picked up the rabbits and carefully checked their estrus status according to the process.

Sure enough, the two rabbits were both in heat. The male rabbits that were already restless seemed even more active due to the influence of the two female rabbits in heat.

If he missed this estrus, he would have to wait for the next cycle. Ji Cha was afraid of missing it, so he quickly found a barrier to separate a piece of land, and then took out one female rabbit and one male rabbit and put them on the ground.

The male rabbit was clever, and as soon as it smelled the scent, it quickly jumped over and lay on top of the female rabbit. The female rabbit struggled a bit, but it didn’t take long for the two rabbits to separate.

Ji Cha used this method to ensure that both female rabbits were fertilized, but following the guidance in the textbook, this was still not a guarantee. He set a reminder on his phone and planned to let the two rabbits mate again at night to increase the chance of successful fertilization.

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Thandar: Did I just translate a vague scene of rabbit sex? 😨

BTW, I’m taking this novel back from Thingyan 💃

A phone call at this time is inevitably confusing.

Ji Cha ran downstairs and saw his grandmother covering the microphone and whispering to him, “It’s your cousin.”

Ji Cha has only one cousin. If it is replaced by the general name, this cousin shouldn’t be called a cousin, but because Ji Cha’s father’s family situation, she has always been called a cousin.

In the last apocalypse, city A had a huge population, and not long after the apocalypse broke out, many public facilities were severely damaged. When Ji Cha tried to call relatives and friends, the mobile phone had completely lost that function.

So now he has no way of knowing whether his cousin tried to contact this side at that time, or for what reason.

His cousin, Zhang Qinqin, is two years younger than Ji Cha, but since she was a secondary school student, she has already attended a one-year class and now a kindergarten teacher in a local kindergarten. Translated on ho lo lo novels dot com. Ji Cha and her usually only meet once when they visit relatives during the Chinese New Year.

And now that ten years have passed, Ji Cha’s memory is even less clear. He vaguely remembered that this cousin had a good temperament and was indeed very suitable as a kindergarten teacher.

“Hello,” he took the microphone, his tone hesitant, “Qinqin?”

“Cousin!” The voice over the microphone was panting, and after hearing Ji Cha’s voice, there was an obvious surprise, and the follow-up voice was deliberately suppressed, Zhang Qinqin said succinctly, “I have a child in the kindergarten here who can’t be sent home. Can we, can we go to your place first to avoid the current situation?”

There were other noises in the microphone, and Zhang Qinqin’s environment was obviously not safe.

“I’m not at home now,” Ji Cha just wanted to ask Zhang Qinqin about the situation so that he could make another judgment.

Then, as if she was afraid of Ji Cha’s rejection, Zhang Qinqin quickly added, “I can drive there by myself, just send me the address and locate it.”

If Zhang Qinqin can drive over directly, it is indeed much less riskier than Ji Cha going out to pick her up.

Inwardly, Ji Cha was greatly relieved, saying that he is selfish, Ji Cha is not someone who can risk his life to save people.

He hung up the phone and immediately sent Zhang Qinqin the location of the factory. Who knows how long the current network can last.

On the chat, Zhang Qinqin replied with an expression of [ok], and then stopped sending anything else.

Seeing Ji Cha put down his phone, grandma hurriedly asked him, “Cha Cha, what’s going on with Qin Qin?”

“She said that there is a child over there who can’t be sent back, and she is going to come to us to avoid the situation first.”

“That’s good, that’s good,” Grandma nodded again and again, “The town’s kindergarten is not far from us, so it’s good to come here.”

But Li Xiuqin disagreed, “It’s like this outside, can a woman does all that and there’s even a child…”

Wang Lixin said, “If people say that they can come, then they can come. If we go out to pick them up, we may not be able to drive on the road. It will be thankless at that time.”

Li Xiuqin was choked by his words again, and had to stop.

Ji Cha still felt very uneasy after thinking about it, so he ran up to the top of the second floor and took out the binoculars to look into the distance. No one could be seen on the street in the nearby village. Occasionally, one or two figures that were obviously zombies.

Ji Cha is very afraid of death, especially after experiencing the end of the world, but the feeling of relief just now is more and more strangling his throat, making him feel uncomfortable.

He lowered his head and took out his mobile phone, found the call record just now and made a call, Zhang Qinqin answered it quickly.

“cousin?”

“Which way are you coming from, I’ll pick you up.” Ji Cha said, although he felt frightened again, he felt more relaxed than before.

“No,” Zhang Qinqin quickly rejected, “I would have caused you a lot of trouble by coming there. I know what’s going on outside, and I can handle it. The distance is not far, and I’ll be there soon by car.”

“Then don’t hang up.” Ji Cha took a step back and said, “If something happens, I’ll know right away, so I can come in a hurry. Where are you now?”

“I’m coming from Xiashao Village now, and there are still five or six miles to go,” Zhang Qinqin’s voice was calm, much calmer than Ji Cha’s.

There was a faint voice of a child calling the teacher softly in the background.

Zhang Qinqin’s followed up words were obviously to the child, “Don’t be afraid, Xiaochao, we’ll go to the teacher’s brother’s house in a moment, and we’ll have dinner at that time.”

As soon as the words were spoken, there was a sudden violent crash on the other end of the phone, Ji Cha took a breath, and hurriedly asked, “Qinqin, Qinqin?”

After a while, Zhang Qinqin’s voice came out again, and she seemed to grit her teeth, “It’s okay, I just ran into a living dead.”

The journey was relatively smooth a part from that little hiccup, and Ji Cha finally saw a car coming towards the factory in the binocular.

He hurriedly ran downstairs and went straight to the door, opened the door inside first, and then quietly waited for the car outside to approach.

“You waved from the window so I know it was you.”

Though the window of the car, a hand really stretched out and waved, Ji Cha opened the door with confidence, but he was not completely relieved, and walked carefully to the front and back of the car and looked at it, only after bending over to check the bottom of the car, he confirmed that only Zhang Qinqin and a child were coming, so she was allowed to drive the car in.

Zhang Qinqin parked the car steadily at the back of the factory, with a large dent in the front of the car body, which was probably the accident Ji Cha heard in the car just now.

Zhang Qinqin got out of the car, there was some blood on her forehead, but her eyes were still clear. She went around to the back row and hugged Xiaochao from the child safety seat. Ji Cha saw the boy named Xiaochao clearly, and he was only three years old. Around the age of two, he leaned on Zhang Qinqin’s arms with an ignorant expression on his face.

“Aiyo, are you injured?” Grandma pulled Zhang Qinqin, “Come into the house and get some bandages, Chacha, come quickly.”

Zhang Xing stared at them, and couldn’t help but said, “Come, come along and bring the child too.”

Xiaochao hid in Zhang Qinqin’s arms all the way and did not dare to speak.

Babies at this age are always very popular with the elders. Grandma came up to hug him and asked, “Have you eaten, what do you want to eat, grandma will make it for you.”

It also happened that both Li Xiuqin and Wang Lixin came here on an empty stomach, so they just made a lunch.

There are still a lot of fresh ingredients in the kitchen, but they all need to be used immediately. In addition to all kinds of meat, the food that can be stored for a long time also contains some soy products, such as tofu, vegetables, corn kernels, pea kernels, etc. .

For example, the fresh vegetables in the refrigerator in the downstairs kitchen are freshly grown.

From the end of August to the beginning of September, there are many good seasons for the cultivation of crops in autumn and winter. Now the factory has generally settled down, and Jicha is also ready to concentrate on the cultivation and breeding industry. After all, there will be no convenient supermarkets and no online shopping.

Almost all their food, clothing, housing and transportation are obtained by their own hands, and the early preparation of Ji Cha is just to make this process a little mechanized and easier.

The unexpected arrival of Zhang Qinqin and Xiaochao obviously eased the mood of grandma and Li Xiuqin. The two went into the kitchen one by one and discussed what to cook for a while.

Wang Qinxue didn’t forget to whisper, “Save some food.”

The two waved their hands to show that they knew.

Ji Cha found the simple medicines prepared before, and helped Zhang Qinqin to disinfect the wound on her head with alcohol, then sprinkled Yunnan Baiyao, and finally wrapped it carefully with gauze.

“The wound is not big. Now the weather is hot, the wound has healed quickly. It should be scabbed in a few days.” Ji Cha cut off the medical tape, put down the things in his hand and said to Zhang Qinqin, “how come you’re bringing a child at this time?”

Xiaochao sat on the far sofa and watched cartoons with the tablet that Zhang Xing found for him. Now his mood is much more stable than when he came.

Zhang Qinqin took a mirror and looked at the wound on her head and smiled, “It was too sudden, our school is small and there are not many teachers, so it happens that the three classes of the elementary, middle and the rest of the classes each ask the teachers to send the children home. A few kids started biting, and in the end it was just me and another teacher who split up and sent them back.”

“I brought six children, and the first five went well. There are still people in their family who are not in trouble, but Xiaochao,” Zhang Qinqin lowered her voice and looked at Xiaochao at the same time, “His family only has grandparents. Hi grandma already turned when I went to his house, the two old people were gone, and I couldn’t just throw a child out, so I brought it here first.”

Although Zhang Qinqin’s father and Ji Cha’s father are brothers, the relationship between the two is not friendly. This is because Zhang Qinqin’s father likes to gamble, owes a lot of debts, and does not want to make progress, so he beat Zhang Qinqin’s mother until she passed away at a young age. However, Zhang Qinqin is sensible and motivated, and her relationship with her father is not good.

At this moment, Ji Cha still inevitably asked about her father’s current situation.

“Then now over there, uncle…”

Zhang Qinqin laughed because of his cautious tone, “My dad, I don’t know where he is now, he went out to hide from his debts at the beginning of the year, who knows where he went to hide, I haven’t spoken to him for almost a year, right? He doesn’t care about me, otherwise I’ll go directly to him, why would I come and find you.”

Ji Cha smiled, “You can stay here anyway, just take care of Xiaochao. I think that child is quite pitiful.”

Zhang Qinqin nodded and said again, “It’s so chaotic outside, do we need to go out?”

“Not really, you can stay at home if you can, and don’t go out unless otherwise.” Ji Cha said firmly, “You can tell, nine lives will not be enough.”

“Yes,” Zhang Qinqin nodded, then stood up from the sofa and let out a long sigh of relief, “Fortunately, there is still a place where I can live in peace at this time.”

“We’re all a family,” Ji Cha patted Zhang Qinqin on the shoulder and showed a smile.

So now it’s really stabilized.

Ji Cha ran back to the upstairs room and silently calculated the current situation in the factory.

Liang Jincheng, himself, Wang Qinxue, Wang Lixin, Li Xiuqin, Zhang Qinqin, Zhang Xing, these seven people can be considered to be able to protect themselves. The remaining Xiaochao and grandma are the two who need to be protected. However, if only working ability is counted, then only Xiaochao can be excluded.

In the post-apocalyptic period, there will be small group riots that usually do not exceed fifteen people. Even if there are more than fifteen people small groups, if there is no strong leader, they will often split into two or three in a short period of time.

The most effective and cohesive small groups are instead groups of five to seven people.

In this case, Jicha is not so worried about safety issues in the factory. What’s more, Liang Jincheng has awakened his superpowers and … abilities? Ji Cha is not quite sure what to call it, but there is no doubt that his combat power can easily deal one against five.

Before the end of the world, Ji Cha found some self-defense equipment during his purchase rampage on taobao. In his opinion, weapons such as bows and crossbows that can attack at a long distance and have huge lethality are the first to be considered, but such weapons were not legal before the end of the world, and even the all-purpose taobao website can list only some lifelike toy bows and crossbows with greatly reduced lethality.

Ji Cha was not sure whether such a bow and crossbow could shoot through human bones, but he still purchased two as a precaution. His plan is not to kill zombies with these but at least form a certain degree of resistance to human beings with evil intentions.

In addition, the more lethal products that could be bought on taobao website other that the toy bows are the three-section sticks.

After the apocalypse broke out in country C, the struggle between people was not as fierce as what was shown in traditional European and American TV dramas or movies. Of course, the intensity here does not refer to the degree of conflict, but to the means of resolution after the outbreak of the conflict.

Unlike the proliferation of guns in Europe and the United States, very few people in China have access to firearms. At least after Ji Cha experienced the end of the world, most people still stay in the stage of self-defense with knives and sticks or slashing each other. The conflict of cold weapons is much more avoidable than that.

Ji Cha felt that a tool such as a three-section stick that could defeat the enemy at a long distance should be sufficient when not facing a large group of attackers.

As a weapon or similar metal utensils that can be used as weapons, he kept it in a room. Each room with things of that nature are both on the second floor and the first floor, clearly marked for the purpose of easy access.

After figuring out the problem of labor at hand, Ji Cha decided to start planting. After all, if you can plant a day earlier, you can harvest it a day earlier, so don’t waste a minute or a second.

The potatoes planted now are autumn potatoes. Potatoes can generally be divided into two seasons, spring and autumn. Translated on ho lo lo novels dot com. Now, in the later stage of this wave of autumn potatoes, greenhouses need to be added to keep warm after the weather is cold.

The yield per mu of autumn potatoes can generally reach two tons. Converted to a unit familiar to modern people, it is about equal to one square meter of planting area that can produce three kilograms of potatoes. In this way, the 30 square meters of potato planting area planned in front of the season tea, if If it goes well, about 90 kilograms of potatoes can be obtained.

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The apocalypse attacked the people too fast, and the disaster brought about by the sudden change is not just that the people around you may become zombies, but that the people around you will make you become a zombie too. This idea makes people feel terrifying .

The real horror is that the you, the defenceless, are thrown into an environment that has restored the original state of humanity, and there is no resistance to what’s going on.

The Internet connection to the outside world has not been cut off yet. All official information that can be searched after logging in to the website or turning on the TV ask everyone to stay at home as much as possible. The military and the government are already dealing with related matters and will restore the situation as soon as possible, so as to reassure everyone not to panic.

Although Ji Cha, who has survived in the apocalypse, knows that such words are very empty and powerless in the early days of the apocalypse, he cannot deny that, people like grandma, Wang Qinxue’s parents, and even Zhang Xing, will subconsciously choose to believe it at this time, and even use this as a pillar.

If he himself hadn’t experienced the last days before, he wouldn’t be exempt.

“It’s okay, it’s okay,” Grandma was the first to withdraw from the TV screen. “It’s not just that this matter can’t be resolved. We still have a place to live and food at home, so don’t be afraid.”

Grandma was taken over by Ji Cha before the apocalypse began. She has no knowledge of the outside world, so she looks relaxed at the moment. In contrast, although Wang Qinxue’s parents also chose to believe the words of the news anchor on the TV, their expressions of pain and fear did not change.

“I don’t know what happened to the rest of the family…” Mother Wang, Li Xiuqin, murmured, not completely withdrawing from the great changes from last night to this morning.

Father Wang, Wang Lixin, said, “What else can be done, it’s not like you haven’t seen it.”

Families in the countryside often live very close together, especially those of the same clan. Except for the married women’s natal family, who the Wang couple wasn’t sure of their current situation, the fate of other Wang brothers was already known.

Last night, the husband and wife didn’t know what was going on outside, but when they learned that their son would come home to pick them up, there was hope in their hearts. One person would be on vigil while the other one sleeps. In the middle of no matter what sound outside, they did not dare to pay attention.

Wang Lixin secretly ran to the second floor of the house and looked down. Translated on ho lo lo novels dot com. Almost half of the people in the village were wandering aimlessly outside, either attracted by the lights or by the sound, and then swarmed up to get what they wanted, flesh and blood.

What terrified Wang Lixin the most was that those who were bitten to death would stand up with their mutilated bodies and join those aimlessly wandering for food.

Where is this kind of thing still human?

He didn’t dare to tell his wife what he saw and heard, for fear of scaring her. But the next day when their son came to pick them up, he couldn’t hide it anymore.

Although Wang Qinxue had called them early to inform them when to open the door carefully, the sound of the car still attracted a lot of zombies. They tried to speed up the movement of getting into the car, but they were almost towed away by the zombies. Fortunately, there was another person in the car besides their son. They drove away in a haste, otherwise they didn’t know what would happen.

Li Xiuqin, on the other hand, has yet to recover from the shock of seeing the half-blooded face against the window.

“How can we help other people now?” Wang Lixin took out the cigarette in his pocket, lit it, took a puff, and exhaled the smoke ring and said in a deep voice, “during this trip that Qinxue came to pick us up, he could have killed him if he was a little careless. How can we ask him to save others? Forget it, I have only this son in my life, and my son has not forgotten us in these situations, so we cannot let him go and work hard for others.”

As soon as these words came out, Li Xiuqin’s other thoughts were completely broken. She murmured, “Yes, that’s the truth.”

People still put themselves first.

Even though Wang Qinxue had been hit hard by the reality a lot at the airport yesterday, it was not as shocking as seeing those familiar neighbors or relatives turned into mindless zombies when he returned home today.

He sat on the sofa for a long time and buried his head in the palm of his hand, but he couldn’t come back to his senses.

What’s wrong with this world?

Ji Cha looked at Liang Jincheng cautiously, wanting to see what was different about him. The situation last night was really abnormal. And now Liang Jincheng is not only not burnt out, but also standing in front of him alive and healthy?

Liang Jincheng smiled at him, and his tone was very ordinary, “I’m sorry I took your clothes to wear without telling you in the morning. I saw you were sound asleep and didn’t want to disturb you.”

Ji Cha looked left and right, the parents over there was talking, Zhang Xing was looking down at the phone, and Wang Qinxue was in a daze for a while. Ji Cha simply raised his hand and pushed Liang Jincheng upstairs, “Let’s go up and talk.”

Ji Cha’s palm was a little colder than Liang Jincheng’s body, but it felt as hot as a flame when it touched his back. Liang Jincheng was so excited that he forgot to restrain his excessively scary strength, and accidentally squeezed a piece of the handrail of the stairs.

Not only was the piece of the wooden handrail broken off, but when Liang Jincheng let go, all the pieces that were broken off were smashed to pieces and fell to the ground.

Ji Cha, “…”

Liang Jincheng, “…”

Regardless of the situation, they had to still go upstairs to talk, Ji Cha gritted his teeth and pushed Liang Jincheng to the second floor.

Without waiting for Ji Cha to ask, Liang Jincheng took the initiative to speak.

“When I woke up this morning, I noticed some changes in my body.”

“What’s changed?” Ji Cha asked cautiously. To be honest, apart from Liang Jincheng’s figure, he seemed to be a little better with the naked eye. He couldn’t see any difference, and he was afraid that he would say something inappropriate and make the scene look bad.

“The five senses have become very sharp,” Liang Jincheng said with a focused look, put his hand on Ji Cha’s chest and pressed it gently, “I can hear your heartbeat very clearly now, and it beats very fast.” He moved his hand to Ji Cha’s earlobe and fiddled with it twice, “There is a little blood here, maybe it was from yesterday, and I can see it clearly.”

His fingertips fiddled with Ji Cha’s earlobe, and suddenly there was a numbness, as if the heat on his body hadn’t dissipated from last night, and Ji Cha was a little stunned.

Liang Jincheng was originally handsome, but at this time, there was some devilish charm that Ji Cha couldn’t tell, probably because Liang Jincheng took off the shirt that was always meticulously buttoned to the top of his neck, and now wearing a very casual white t shirt.

Ji Cha’s gaze moved to Liang Jincheng’s raised arm, the muscles on it were strong, implying infinite power.

Male hormones were almost overflowing from every pore of his.

“And the smell on your body,” Liang Jincheng suddenly got close to Ji Cha and said in a low voice, “I can smell it clearly.”

Ji Cha was startled by him, and hurriedly shrank back, blushing and stammering, “Really, really?”

Liang Jincheng slowly stood up straight, withdrew his hand and nodded, “Really.”

So Liang Jincheng has awakened some kind of superpower? Ji Cha was a little confused. In the last apocalypse, he hadn’t heard of such a thing, at least among the people at the bottom level who didn’t know that there were people with awakened superpowers.

Could it be that the special feature of Liang Jincheng in the last apocalypse was there, but it was concealed from the people at the bottom like him?

Ji Cha has no way of knowing this, but it is 100% good that Liang Jincheng’s combat effectiveness has improved.

“Then it’s like this now, senior, do you want to go back to City G?” Ji Cha asked.

It’s human nature to want to go home to find relatives at such a time, and it wouldn’t be surprising if Liang Jincheng had this plan.

But he didn’t expect Liang Jincheng to shake his head and smiled helplessly, “It’s become like this outside, how can I get back, I might have to stay here for a while, don’t dislike me.”

“No, no,” Ji Cha said sincerely, “as long as you want to stay.”

Everything is settled for the time being. ho lo lo novels. Ji Cha came down from the upstairs with ease. Seeing the part of the handrail that Liang Jincheng had just broken off, he planned to find something to repair it later.

Zhang Xing stood downstairs and called him, “Ji Cha, come here and I’ll show you a video.”

Ji Cha walked over, “What video?”

Now that the Internet is still connected, many people have taken videos of zombies and posted them online, and the number of hits on some of the most popular clips have increased rapidly.

“Here is someone who is not afraid of death and is going to the supermarket to get food on the live broadcast.”

The picture flickered, and it was in front of Ji Cha.

The camera seems to be tied to the head of the live broadcaster, so the picture is very intuitive, as if the viewer himself is dodging and running with the same feeling.

“I really can’t help it. I’ve been at home for several days, and I don’t have much food at home. If I don’t come out to find something to eat, I may starve to death before the situation returned to normal.”

The channel has more than 20,000 viewers, and the barrage is constantly being launched.

“Be careful, things are evil outside.”

“Look for something to defend yourself, you are courting death with your bare hands!”

The anchor was bending over to hide in a corner, carefully observing the supermarket not far away. There were two men standing in front of the supermarket, who didn’t look like zombies.

“Fortunately,” the anchor whispered, “There seem to be two normal people over there. I’ll go over and ask them if there was anything else to eat in the supermarket.”

He said and the camera swayed from side to side twice, and the person took it off his forehead. For the first time, the camera was aimed at the anchor’s face. It was a very ordinary young man with a pair of black-rimmed glasses on his face.

“I’m going in, wish me luck.”

Ji Cha and Zhang Xing on the side of the screen couldn’t help but concentrate, staring at his every move.

The young man trotted to the other side of the road, and it was smooth, but as soon as he got close, the two men pointed at him with a stick, “Are you a normal person?” The other party questioned him loudly.

“I am!” The young man was so frightened that he showed his identity again and again, “Really, a normal person!”

The other party looked at him suspiciously, then put down the wooden stick in his hand and let him get closer, but his tone was still bad, “What are you doing here, there is nothing in here.”

Following the hand that the young man put down, the camera could barely scan a few people inside who were carrying things.

“Brother, I really don’t have anything to eat, so just give me some rice and instant noodles or something, and I’ll give you the money.” The young man was aware of current affairs, and immediately took out the money from his pocket.

The two men looked at each other, and then one of them turned to the young man and said, “A box of instant noodles, a bag of rice, five hundred.”

The barrage filled the entire live broadcast screen almost instantly, accusing the two men of being too black-hearted and bullying.

Ji Cha felt that the young man was really picking up a cheap deal at this time, let alone five hundred, the banknotes were waste paper, and it was really not even as good as waste paper. Not to mention a box of instant noodles, are there more than one or two people who are fighting for a bucket of instant noodles?

The young man had no other choice but to take out his wallet and spend five hundred dollars, and then he took a cart from the supermarket and carefully returned to the original road.

On the way back, he softly complained to the camera, “It’s too dark, I don’t have much money left, it’s a little better now with food, but I don’t know if I can last for half a month.”

Naturally, people comforted him in the barrage, saying that such a big riot should be controlled by then.

“Hopefully, I…”

The young man had a relaxed tone at first, but suddenly the camera of the mobile phone swirled around and fell to the ground with a snap, and the live broadcast screen turned dark, and then after about two or three seconds, a scream of misery was faintly passed into the audience’s ears.

Ji Cha felt suffocated in his heart.

He looked away, “Don’t look at this, we are still safe and have food here.”

Zhang Xing was stunned, he grabbed Ji Cha who was about to leave, and asked, “you were out there for a bit, is it really the same as Resident Evil?”

Ji Cha didn’t mean to lie to him, nodded and said, “Almost.”

Zhang Xing slowly let go of his hand, his face sank completely, and Ji Cha didn’t know what he was thinking.

Wang Qinxue came out of his dazed state at this time, and seemed to have regained his spirit. He walked over to Ji Cha and said, “Ji Cha, my parents, please help them arrange a room.”

“What trouble,” Ji Cha frowned, “why are you polite to me?”

He said and patted Wang Qinxue’s arm hard.

Wang Qinxue laughed, “I’m a fool.”

Wang Qinxue’s parents packed a little something by themselves yesterday, and they were a little cramped when they went upstairs with Ji Cha to look at the room.

“Thank you Ji Cha, Qin Xue told us a long time ago that you took good care of him when he was in school,” Li Xiuqin said.

“Auntie is too polite. It’s him who took care of me. I don’t know anything. If you don’t believe me, ask my grandmother.” Ji Cha smiled as much as possible to ease their nervousness. Only when people are together can they feel safe, and besides, the location is remote and there are no outsiders, so they don’t have to be afraid of so many.

Wang Lixin nodded gratefully, “Thank you Ji Cha. I heard that you just happened to have something to do to bring Qinxue back. Really, sigh, if it weren’t for you, I still don’t know what it would be like now.”

Ji Cha really didn’t think he was anything special, and he naturally didn’t dare to take credit because he had the opportunity to know what would happen first.

Liang Jincheng just came out of the room, and Ji Cha introduced him to the others, “This is my senior, Liang Jincheng.”

Liang Jincheng nodded slightly, ” Hello. “

His attitude is not alienated, but it is far from one ten thousandth of the intimacy with Ji Cha.

Ji Cha didn’t have time to feel anything strange when he heard, “Chacha, come down and answer the phone.” His grandmother downstairs suddenly called out.

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Translator has something to say: Really sorry for the late update guys. So, here’s another chapter for ya 😉

Ji Cha was so exhausted yesterday that he slept very deeply, but now he woke up and opened his eyes to see the darkness in the room. He thought it was still very early. He tilted his head and looked to the side. He was the only one on the bed. The thin sheet covered his navel horizontally. There was still cold wind from the air conditioner, but the temperature was already 23 degrees.

He picked up the phone to check the time and sat up, but when he raised his hand and pressed the screen, he jumped up from the bed because of the display on it.

11:39 am!!!

Where did the alarm clock he set early go? What about the others? Why didn’t Wang Qinxue call him? All kinds of terrifying ideas poured out in Ji Cha’s mind in an instant. He jumped to the ground barefooted, rushed to the window, opened the curtains and looked down. The gate of the yard was locked tightly. Zhang Xing, squatting on the ground, with a straw hat on his head, and a small hoe in his hand, was digging a hole in the piece of land to plant the potatoes.

Ji Cha breathed a sigh of relief. He turned off the air conditioner and came out of the room. He ran all the way to Wang Qinxue’s room, and there was no one in it.

“Grandma, where’s Wang Qinxue?” He ran downstairs and asked.

Grandma didn’t lift her head, “he went out with Jincheng to pick up people, there is still rice in the pot, you can eat it yourself.”

“When did they leave?”

“Left before seven o’clock.”

Liang Jincheng… Ji Cha was still a little worried when he remembered his abnormal state last night. But the rumbling of the stomach, which is already hungry by now, brought him out of his uneasiness. He walked to the kitchen by himself and took out the food in the pot.

There were still a lot of food left in the pot, and he thought that grandma might have prepared it for Liang Jincheng and Wang Qinxue.

There are several small rooms on the first floor of the factory building, but the main occupants are all on the second floor. In the kitchen on the first floor, there are only double-door cabinets, and the large freezer Ji Cha bought is placed in a special room upstairs, where it is used for storage, and the refrigerator downstairs is used for daily food.

After he finished eating, he checked his mobile phone. It was already twelve o’clock, and it had been five hours since the two went out. Translated on ho lo lo novels dot com. Read there for the real latest chapters. Wang Qinxue’s home is not far from here. It should take about three hours to drive back and forth. Even if there is a delay in the middle, they should be back by now.

Ji Cha felt a little unsettled in his heart. What he was most afraid of was that something would happen at this time.

In order to keep himself from thinking too much, he simply got up and found some work for himself.

There are a total of ten pigs in the pig sty. Including the time when they were raised in the farm he bought them from, they are now almost three months and less than four months old. Each pig is less than 100 catties, and its height is no more than Ji Cha’s knees. , The fur all over their bodes was pink and tender, and they were playing around inside the fence. When they saw someone coming, they thought it was feeding time, and immediately swarmed up, begging for food from Ji Cha.

Piglets eat three meals a day, and the amount is calculated according to their size. In the hot summer, the pig food prepared by grandma in the morning has been eaten, and Ji Cha has to feed again at this moment.

The pig feed in the farm is enough for about a year. By then, Ji Cha would be able to use crops to complete self-sufficient feeding.

Now the outside world is a mess. He remembered that during the apocalypse in his previous life, the world had completely lost all order. All kinds of things in the supermarket were basically sold out, not to mention the major markets and warehouses.

Ji Cha has already prepared everything he needs early, so he is not going to go into this muddy water. However, he would like to take the time to go to the farmstead. If there are still people there, he will trade grain with the other party. If there are no more living people there, he plans to bring back some feed and tools.

The pig feed was mixed with a small amount of well water and poured into the feeding bin. The ten piglets immediately gathered around and ate with their heads down and to their hearts’ content.

“Remember to grow meat after eating.” Ji Cha whispered silently.

Although the breeding area is separated by the high walls, in fact, chickens, ducks and rabbits pens are all connected together. In particular, this type of poultry needs to be allowed to roam around.

Meat rabbits are left outside for a period of time a day to let them graze and hang around by themselves. Chickens and ducks are more easier to handle. Except for being locked in the cage after dark, they can peck freely in the grass at other times.

In order to prevent them from spreading their wings and flying away, Ji Cha only wrapped another layer of iron nets outside the high wall, and occasionally chickens fluttered their wings and flew to the top to step on them. The green grass in the chicken coop was originally planted without weeding, and the chickens usually dangle around there all day after eating the feed. Of the ten chickens, seven are females, and three are roosters. The roosters will crow in the morning, but it is still bearable. If there are more than three roosters crowing, not only will the people living in the factory find it troublesome, but it will also attract the attention of outsiders, especially that of the zombies.

Ji Cha made a plan early, and kept only three roosters at any time. If the hens can successfully hatch eggs in the later stage, then the roosters whould be killed and eaten early to avoid future troubles.

The layout of the duck coop is similar to that of the chicken coop, but there is a small pond in the duck coop, about three square meters in size, with a depth of roughly one meter, which is enough for the eight ducks in it to play back and forth.

Ji Cha inspected all the livestock and after inspecting all of them according to the signs of disease mentioned in the book and the teaching video, he was relieved, and turned to go to his grandma to help farm the land.

At this moment, two beeps of different lengths sounded at the door.

It is the infrared sensor device installed at the door that senses that someone is approaching.

This device was very simple to install. Ji Cha bought it from the internet. It was originally used for anti-theft purposes. Now, it is still similar to anti-theft use, but most of the time he wanted to use it to remind someone approaching.

He hurriedly ran to the door, first opened the inner door, and then looked out from the glass door of the outer door. The glass here has also been transformed into one-way glass for him. The project is very simple. The one-way glass stickers on the internet are cheap and easy to install.

Fortunately, the car parked outside are familiar to him, and the people are also familiar to him.

Ji Cha then manually opened the exterior door so that Liang Jincheng and the others could come in.

The car drove in slowly, Ji Cha closed the doors and noticed the two middle-aged people sitting in the back seat of the car, a man and a woman; they were Wang Qinxue’s parents. ho lo lo novels dot com. The burden on his heart was lightened by more than half in an instant.

Although the end of the world is still here, at least this time, the fate of many people has undergone tremendous changes. He only hopes that the future would be more different than what it was in his previous life.

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Ji Cha remembered a saying that the earth does not need to be saved by humans, and what humans need to save is themselves.

Indeed, regardless of the origin, most people were raised in the environment in which they claimed and believed that the world was under the rule of humans, and only after the catastrophe broke out did people suddenly realize how ridiculous this idea was. Human beings are too small to be mentioned in comparison to the earth, violent winds and waves of doomsday viruses, the end of mankind is just another innocuous stroke in the long history of the earth.

According to the research news he later learned at the base in S City during his previous life, the zombie virus has long permeated the air, and it only caused such a concentrated and large-scale outbreak after accumulating a certain concentration in the human body, so that the results were almost irreversible.

Ji Cha dodged left and right to avoid the panicked crowd around. The airport became a mess in an instant, and the direction of the crowds to avoid is unpredictable, and he would inevitably have some collisions with people.

It has been a long time since he exposed himself to the environment surrounded by so many zombies. ho lo lo novels. He couldn’t help but sweat on his forehead, and a thin layer of goosebumps appeared all over his trembling body.

The confusion of the zombies is only a process of dozens of seconds. The nature of starvation and eating quickly took over their brains, and the situation changed in an instant. In the chaotic airport, people who could not escape were surrounded by zombies, screams sounded one after another.

The smell of fresh blood and howls attracted a large number of zombies. Ji Cha took the opportunity to run to Wang Qinxue’s side, grabbed his wrist, and raised the other hand to make a silent motion.

At this moment, the chaos at the airport has only increased. Ji Cha and Wang Qinxue hid behind a thick pillar, panting to look at where he parked, silently estimating the safest and shortest way to pass.

Suitcases of passengers lying on the ground, luggage carts, clothes, mobile phones, purses and even shoes are scattered all over the place.

Ji Cha took a fancy to the two luggage carts, and silently turned around and made a gesture to Wang Qinxue.

Wang Qinxue immediately understood his gesture and nodded.

“Go!” Ji Cha whispered, and then quickly rushed out with Wang Qinxue, holding the pusher of the luggage cart with both hands, and rushed out all the way without stopping.

Seeing the moving people, the zombies began to roar excitedly from far and near, and stretched out their hands to Ji Cha and Wang Qinxue.

The body of a newly turned zombie is not rigid, and even on the surface there is no particularly significant difference from a normal human. They can still run with their knees bent, bend their arms freely, and have a drive that they didn’t have before birth because of a strong urge to eat human flesh.

Ji Cha has experienced the end of the world and knows that these things cannot be regarded as normal people. Along the way, he tried his best to block the approaching zombies with the luggage cart, but Wang Qinxue still hesitated.

He didn’t know where the current turmoil came from, and the zombies in front of him were still the same kind as him in his opinion.

Wang Qinxue looked back and saw that the pure white marble floor tiles were covered with blood. The soles of their shoes were stained with blood from someone who had run all the way, and there were bloody footprints. They were mixed with other people’s. It exuded an unreal feeling.

A young man lay on his back on the ground and stared at the ceiling. He seemed to be alive, even though he had been eaten by six or seven zombies from his chest to his stomach. His mouth was moving and so were his hands.

Wang Qinxue recognized the sneakers on the feet of young men. They were big names. He used to like this pair of shoes very much, but he was not willing to buy them because they were too expensive. His heart was full of mixed feelings, fearful and dazed, followed by great sympathy.

Suddenly, the young man turned his head to look at him, only then did Wang Qinxue realize that his eyeballs had gradually become cloudy.

First a group of people went mad, and then the people who were bitten went mad.

A terrifying guess rushed into Wang Qinxue’s mind instantly. He stared at Ji Cha with wide eyes, his mouth moved silently and felt his hands tremble for a moment.

Ji Cha has long accepted all of this, and doesn’t think much about Wang Qinxue. Seeing that the car is in front of him, he slams the luggage cart forward, knocking down the two nearby zombies, and then pulls Wang Qinxue’s wrist to the side.

There were luggage carts blocking them, and several nearby zombies failed to catch them immediately.

“Get in the car!” Ji Cha pushed Wang Qinxue to the back door, while he opened the front door and drilled in. ho lo lo novels. Unexpectedly, a pair of hands suddenly stretched out from the bottom of the car and held his ankles tightly. If it wasn’t for Ji Cha’s hand holding the car door tightly when he was frightened, he would have been pulled over almost instantly by this force. .

Seeing this, Wang Qinxue wanted to get out of the car to help, but Ji Cha hurriedly drank to stop him, “Don’t come down.”

As he said, he stepped on the wrist with his other free foot, and after a moment’s delay, two zombies had already circled in front of his car.

Ji Cha was panting rapidly, it was too late to escape. He quickly pulled out a baseball bat that he had bought early and prepared in the car, and greeted the zombie directly at the head.

The zombie was beaten by Ji Cha and fell to the ground, but still did not give up the action of rushing forward.

Ji Cha ignored it, put away the baseball bat and immediately got into the car and closed the door tightly. Then he started the car and was about to leave the chaos immediately, but the wheels got stuck for some reason and couldn’t move forward.

It might be the zombie under the car just now, Ji Cha gritted his teeth and looked around. The movement he made when he was fighting has attracted a lot of zombies around him. At this moment, there are at least six zombies in front of his car, either successfully driving the car and rushing out, or waiting to die in the car.

Ji Cha took a deep breath and was about to step on the accelerator hard, but the zombie that had been clinging to the glass of his front car was dragged out by a force from somewhere. He took a closer look and found that it was Liang Jincheng!

He was sweating profusely at the moment, his cheeks were a little red, and he looked very tired. But exhaustion obviously did not affect his actions to deal with the zombies. Liang Jincheng just hurriedly glanced at Ji Cha who was sitting in the car. Seeing that he seemed to be wanting to get out of the car, he resolutely said two words, “Don’t move.”

The simple two words made Ji Cha’s original worries and uneasiness dissipated.

Then, Liang Jincheng’s following actions made Ji Cha and Wang Qinxue stunned on the spot.

They saw that Liang Jincheng almost threw the zombies aside one by one as if he was carrying a chicken, not even leaving the one under the car.

Innate divine power… it’s something like that, right?

It was not until Liang Jincheng got in the car that Ji Cha realized how wrong his condition was.

Liang Jincheng’s eyes were red with blood, and his cheeks seemed to have a fever, showing an abnormal blush. He was breathing heavily, as if he was going to run out of oxygen and suffocate in the next moment.

“Senior, are you okay?” Ji Cha asked Liang Jincheng as he started his car and drove out of the chaotic area.

Liang Jincheng shook his head laboriously and whispered, “I’m just a little tired, I’ll be fine…”

Ji Cha was moved, stepped up the accelerator, and drove the speed-limited road as a highway, “We will go back immediately, and you can rest when we get back.”

Thinking of going home, he suddenly remembered something important. Zhang Xing is still in the factory! He was sure that his grandmother would not become a zombie, but what about Zhang Xing? This, Ji Cha didn’t consider this possibility before.

This was a huge omission. He blamed himself in his heart and immediately took out his mobile phone and called his grandmother.

The call was quickly connected, and Ji Cha spoke in a burst of fire, “Grandma, where is Zhang Xing now?”

“It’s me,” a male voice sounded across from him, and Zhang Xing answered the phone, “grandma is cooking now, and I’m watching TV in the living room, why?”

Ji Cha heaved a sigh of relief, “nothing really!” He hung up the phone casually.

Wang Qinxue couldn’t help but ask in the back seat, “Ji Cha, do you know what’s going on?”

Ji Cha glanced at Wang Qinxue in the rearview mirror and said calmly, “You should call home now and ask them if there is an accident. If there is no accident, tell them not to go out at home and lock the door. Well, we’ll find time to bring them to my side.”

Wang Qinxue was reminded, and quickly took out his mobile phone. He remembered what he had seen and heard at the airport just now, and his heart was beating wildly and uneasily.

While waiting for the connection, he looked out of the car window. There were few people around the airport, but the traffic on the road was also a mess. Some cars were parked in the middle of the road, some were in a car accident, and there were a few zombies sporadically wandering around.

The world has completely changed.

But luckily his phone got through.

At this time, Wang Qinxue’s parents had already returned home from the small factory, and they were about to eat, and the evening news was still playing on the TV. What happened in those ten minutes has not been known to most people in the traditional media.

“Mom, dad, listen to me, now close the door, turn off the lights, and don’t care about any noise outside, I’ll probably be back tomorrow morning to pick you up.”

Father Want was puzzled, “What’s going on?”

Wang Qinxue knew that his family usually leaves the front door open, and there would be people visiting from time to time. If the door was not closed, it would be a time bomb.

“Don’t worry about it. Hurry up and close the door. It’s a mess outside! I’ll go to Ji Cha’s house first, so don’t go out.”

Wang Qinxue’s tone was firm, and mother Wang on the other end of the phone got up, “Then I’ll go lock the door.”

Father Wang muttered, “You are so indulgent.”

After a while, mother Wang came back and said to the phone, “It’s closed, what’s going on outside?”

Just when she asked this sentence, there was a loud knock on the door outside, which startled both of them, and even Ji Cha, who was on the phone, was shocked when he heard it.

“Don’t make a sound, find something to block the door.” Ji Cha learned to Wang Qinxue.

Wang Qinxue felt relieved after his parents both promised in every possible way that the door would not be opened until Wang Qinxue come home tomorrow.

Ji Cha drove the car back to the factory all the way. There were not many people there, and there were hundreds of acres of semi-abandoned fields surrounding the factory, so the journey back was smooth.

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Root crops actually also have seeds, but because the method of directly using rhizomes to sprout and separate seeds is faster and more convenient, the step of seeds is usually omitted in actual planting.

Potatoes and sweet potatoes are stocked up in the warehouse. Because there is no cellar that is conducive to storage, and the number of storage is not large, the original purpose was only to store them for seeds. Anyway, the growth period of this type of crops is not long, and the storage period is relatively not short. If you want to eat, you only need to leave a part of the seeds for use each time.

The sweet potatoes in Ji Cha’s hands have not yet sprouted, but there are a few kilograms of potatoes that can’t be eaten after they have grown. He plans to plant the potatoes first.

He made a rough division of the large piece of land outside the factory area on the drawings, divided into staple food area, vegetable area, orchard area, and functional area. Functional areas refer to the basics : sugar cane can be used to make sugar, peanuts can be used to extract oil, cotton can be used to keep warm, and so on.

The land outside the factory is not hard, so Ji Cha first used a lawnmower to cut the long grass on the surface. ho lo lo nov els. The summer grass is tender and fresh, and the cut grass is not intended to be wasted. He used a forage grinder to break the grass into pieces, poured them into several compost bins, mixed with some kitchen waste and soil, and finally covered the compost bins.

Compost is a very common method of producing pure natural fertilizers. The materials can be very rough. Leaves, weeds, kitchen waste and even charcoal ash are good materials. The traditional composting process is long and cumbersome, requiring both temperature control and physical turning. Ji Cha has no such experience. He has only seen this type of compost bin in the base of S city. It was made by the master in the base.

Modern compost bins are convenient enough for almost anyone to use. After setting the position and putting in the required materials, cover the lid and leave it there for three months. When the lid is opened again, there will be the product of decomposition, which can greatly enhance the fertility of the soil.

Ji Cha bought 30 of this kind of good stuff without a flinch at the time. ho lo lo no vels, yeah baby. They were neatly placed at the foot of the factory wall, and a small cement top cover was built for the plastic box. He hoped it can avoid the wind and rain and be able to withstand many more years.

He also hoped that the fertilizer produced by it will enable the fields to achieve a certain degree of self-sufficiency in nutrients in the later stage.

After doing all this, it was almost four o’clock, Ji Cha was going to drive to the airport to pick up Wang Qinxue at about five o’clock. He didn’t plan to take a break in the hour-long gap in between.

There were cultivators, and Ji Cha called Zhang Xing to open up about 30 square meters of land with two cultivators. It only took more than an hour, and the soil inside was very soft.

Ji Cha then used a hoe to draw a flat ridge of thirty centimeters wide along the edge. Just look at this small piece without looking at other places, it really feels a little pastoral.

While they were busy, Ji Cha’s grandmother sat and used a kitchen knife to cut the sprouted potatoes into small pieces. A potato sprout has a potato nugget attached to it. When planting, the sprout is exposed and the roots extend from the original potato nugget.

“Grandma, Wang Qinxue is coming over today. I’ll go pick him up at the airport. You can have dinner with Zhang Xing later.” Ji Cha ran to the side after checking the time, washed his hands, and hurriedly took the car keys and went out.

Grandmother knew Wang Qinxue who used to come play at home. She thought it was the same thing as before, so she only asked Ji Cha, “Be careful when driving, and don’t eat outside at night.”

“Got it!” Ji Cha jumped into the car and turned to Zhang Xingdao, “Help me open the door.”

The factory has two doors, the one inside is electric, and the one outside is manual.

The airport in city S is not very far from the factory, about 20 kilometers away, about half an hour. Ji Cha arrived at the airport gate before six o’clock. Many people walked back and forth at the airport gate. Ji Cha sat in the car and didn’t even dare to roll down the window glass. He had a strange feeling that one of those people will pounce on him and bite him.

He didn’t get out of the car at all, but went straight to the parking lot and hid inside without getting out of the car.

He’ll go out after Wang Qinxue gets off the plane. If you go out one minute earlier, it will be a little more dangerous.

The lights in the parking lot were dim, and there were few people coming and going. Ji Cha turned on his phone and saw the text message from Liang Jincheng sent in the morning.

He said that he will come over immediately, to the city S?

Ji Cha slid his fingertips on the small call button and pressed it with a little hesitation.

The phone was picked up as soon as it rang.

“Hello,” Liang Jincheng’s voice on the other end of the phone revealed heavy exhaustion, and he was breathing heavily.

Ji Cha was stunned for a moment, and suddenly the thought flashed out that something happened to Liang Jincheng, “Senior, are you okay?”

“Ji Cha…?” The person opposite almost gritted his teeth and pronounced his name in a questioning tone, “Wait a minute, I’ll be at your house soon.”

“Senior, is there something wrong with you,” Ji Cha pressed, “I’m not at home now, I’m at the airport.”

“Okay.” Liang Jincheng said concisely, and the phone hung up for some reason.

How can Ji Cha feel at ease in this situation, he immediately dialed again, but the response he got was: the phone you dialed has been turned off.

It may be that the battery is out. Ji Cha suppressed the anxiety in his heart. In his previous life, Liang Jincheng was able to get to such a position, even if his rebirth had a butterfly effect, it would not let the big boss be anything less.

He comforted himself emptily, but he couldn’t change the fact that he had no confidence in his heart now.

Ji Cha took a deep breath and looked at the empty parking lot outside where there were only vehicles. The phone suddenly sounded a beep.

Fortunately, Wang Qinxue got off the plane smoothly.

Ji Cha started the car, turned around slowly, and was about to open the window to pay when he came to the toll gate, but found two figures wandering outside the railing of the parking lot, they were obviously not people. ho lo lo novels. His heart froze, his hands became more and more shaking to hand out the money, and then he stopped suddenly. Ji Cha quickly turned his head to look, why isn’t there anyone else in the toll booth where the toll collector would be sitting?

Snapped!

A gray-white face suddenly lay on the window that was only ten centimeters away from his face, and his fingernails had already squeezed in along the two centimeters of the window he had just opened. Fortunately, the car window was turned into one-way glass by Ji Cha, so zombies couldn’t judge anything by sight except smell.

Ji Cha gritted his teeth, carefully took the pair of rubber gloves he had left in the car, quickly put them on, and pushed the zombie’s hand away. Obviously, the zombie had just turned into a corpse, and his mind was not very clear. He pushed back Ji Cha twice and let it go.

Pay what money! Ji Cha gritted his teeth and stepped on the accelerator to break the railing, bypassing the two zombies and leaving the area.

There are three zombies hanging around in the parking lot, what will happen in the airport?

He didn’t dare to think about it, and quickly dialed Wang Qinxue’s number.

“Don’t worry,” Wang Qinxue answered the phone quickly, thinking that Ji Cha couldn’t wait to rush him.

Ji Cha hurriedly said, “Run out quickly and don’t let anyone next to you touch you!”

Wang Qinxue had already walked to the gate of the airport, and when he heard Ji Cha’s words, he thought it was strange and funny, “Why are you rushing, I’m almost there, where’s your car?”

Ji Cha has also seen Wang Qinxue at this moment, and at the same time, he has also seen two strange-looking people behind him.

“Watch your back! I’m here, hurry up and come over here.”

Wang Qinxue followed Ji Cha’s words and looked back, only to find that two people were following him, and one of them almost touched his shoulder.

“What are you doing?” he couldn’t help asking.

Ji Cha yelled at his friend on the other end of the phone, “You idiot! RUN!!!!”

His voice just fell, and the two “people” in front of Wang Qinxue also reacted suddenly, roaring and rushing towards Wang Qinxue.

Fuck it!

Ji Cha scolded in a low voice, he parked the car haphazardly, jumped out of the car, and ran towards Wang Qinxue.

Wang Qinxue was startled at first, but then he immediately remembered to run. He was quite flexible in dodging, and because there were many people at the airport, the two zombies in the back couldn’t catch up with him immediately.

He turned his head and saw Ji Cha running towards him.

“Those two are sick!” he shouted.

“Shut up and don’t talk!” Ji Cha shouted.

Zombies can determine the location based on the sound, and the noisy environment of the airport is a perfect cover, as long as Wang Qinxue keeps quiet.

These two people were on the same flight as him. Wang Qinxue had an impression of them. How could they suddenly get sick for no reason? And what is this disease? He thought of the woman in the waiting area, who seemed to be in exactly the same condition.

If the incident happened so suddenly, Wang Qinxue turned his head subconsciously to look around, and found that the normal people around him all showed a confused look one by one, and then this confusion suddenly turned into a strange expression. Almost everyone had an abnormality in an instant.

At this moment, the dozens of people who are just a few steps away from him and Ji Cha are still normal.

Ji Cha also noticed this. He has to hurry up, he thought.

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Translator: Finally, it’s here.

Wang Qinxue ignored what the other two roommates kept saying he was stupid, and simply sorted out two pieces of his own clothes before going out to the airport.

The other two had no choice but to ask for a day off for him. Fortunately, he only asked for a day off, and the department has not been busy recently, so the head of the department approved it easily. He only told Wang Qinxue to come back to the company on time, and he also revealed that he had the opportunity to become a full-time employee in this position.

Wang Qinxue was sitting in the taxi and texting his parents, thinking that he had never been back during the summer vacations, so it would be nice to take a look back this time. Both his parents only switched to the current model of smartphone half a year ago, and they are not used to it, so they usually respond slowly to messages. They were also reluctant to spend more money and generally would not open the data network during the day.

Wang Qinxue waited for a while without a reply, and was not in a hurry. He put down his phone and narrowed his eyes.

Suddenly, the body of the taxi swirled in a circle, and almost threw the defenseless Wang Qinxue out of the back seat. The driver was also startled and yelled at the outside, “how do you drive, courting death? Crazy driver!”

The accent is still southern.

Wang Qinxue looked out from the car window and saw that the vehicle they had managed to avoid just now had already plunged into the ditch.

“Nowadays, people drive like they want to die. You suddenly swerve while driving on this kind of road. You have taken the wrong medicine.” Are you all sick?”

Wang Qin learned, “It might be drunk driving, but you should be careful when driving.”

“That is, my wife and children are waiting for me to make money and go home. What can they do without me.”

After chatting with the driver, Wang Qinxue’s mobile phone rang, and his mother replied to him.

“Not busy, what are you doing back here?”

“It just happened that there was something going on at my classmate’s place. He asked me for help. I’ll see if I have time to drop by and come home. I’ll contact you when I get there.”

Not long after this message was sent, Mother Wang suddenly called.

Wang Qinxue’s mother was very frugal, and would not spend money on phone calls if it wasn’t something important.

“Mom, what’s the matter?” Wang Qinxue asked.

“Study diligently, have you been doing well in City A during this time?” Mother Wang asked.

“Very good, what’s the matter, something happened at home?” Both sides were subconsciously concerned about the other side.

“It’s okay, it’s okay, what can happen to me and your father at home?” Mother Wang said quickly, not wanting to worry Wang Qinxue, but she still wanted to tell Wang Qinxue a few words, “You have to be careful, outside is not like being at home, there are all kinds of things, and now people eat, drink, prostitute, and gamble, who knows what’s wrong with it, tsk tsk tsk, it’s scary!”

Wang Qinxue listened in the confusions, “What’s so scary, Mom, have you seen any news people forwarded you again?”

“Anyway, be careful. There are quite a lot of people who get sick for no reason recently,” Mother Wang said. “Don’t say anything that it’s all a lie. I’ve seen it myself.”

Wang Qinxue couldn’t help laughing. He still felt that Mother Wang watched too much news on the internet. After a few words of comfort, he casually hung up the phone.

The car drove for about an hour, and when the numbers on the meter jumped, Wang Qinxue felt pain in his heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys, and the airport finally arrived.

The capital airport was overcrowded, and Wang Qinxue felt that he had come a lot earlier, otherwise he might not be able to catch the plane.

By the time he got everything done and sat in the waiting room, it was only two o’clock.

He took out his mobile phone to contact Ji Cha, “I’m waiting for the flight.”

Before the text message was sent, a huge commotion suddenly sounded on the side.

Wang Qinxue turned his head to look, about six or seven meters away from him, a woman suddenly fell to the ground with convulsions, her body was shaking and looked painful, sometimes showing the whites of his eyes and sometimes full of red blood.

The people around were obviously frightened by the abnormality, and subconsciously spread out.

Wang Qinxue took two steps forward. ho lo lo novels. When he was a little overwhelmed, some people had already contacted the airport staff, and some people claimed to be doctors came forward to check the woman’s condition.

As suddenly as the situation broke out, before anyone could approach, the woman suddenly stopped struggling, and lay still as if dead.

Only then did everyone slowly come back to their senses, and they all gathered around and tried to help in whatever way they could.

Wang Qinxue noticed that the woman was not completely unconscious, at least her fingertips were slowly scratching the smooth marble floor of the airport lobby.

It’s good that people are still alive. In any case, life is more important than anything else.

Wang Qinxue knew he couldn’t help her, and began to step back. It was at this time, separated by the crowd, that he saw that the woman jumped up in an instant, her back was bent somewhat like a living person, and her mouth with delicate lipstick was wide open. Looking at the people around her with some confusion in her eyes, but the way she looks at people seemed to be looking at food.

This…

The people around the woman were obviously more overwhelmed by this scene, but in just a few seconds, the woman’s originally muddy eyes regained its focus, and she stared at one of the doctors who was closest to her, and reached out her hand to pull him towards her.

The woman who was weak and fell to the ground not long ago suddenly seemed to have infinite strength, and she lifted the tall doctor abruptly.

There was exclamation sounds at the scene, and two young men immediately came up behind, hugging the woman’s arms one by one and pulling her away from the doctor.

In just two minutes, the riots spread.

Fortunately, the staff at the airport came quickly, and they controlled the scene appropriately. While arranging the female passenger to be taken away, they comforted the others.

Wang Qinxue sat down in his seat again and listened to the conversation over there, “I don’t know why, but I heard her talking on the phone with someone, and she collapsed like she had some cramps.”

When he thought about the nearly car accident in the taxi when he came here today, and what his mother was telling him on the phone earlier, he felt that the world was a little crazy right now.

Fortunately, he got on the plane smoothly and on time. He was still excited to go home.

Before getting on the plane, he sent Ji Cha a text message, which was quickly replied, “I’ll pick you up at the airport.”

Ji Cha put down his mobile phone, and with the news that Wang Qinxue boarded the plane successfully, his heart was a little more calm.

In the few hours in between, he could just do some work.

Grandma is an experienced farmer, so she didn’t object when she knew that Ji Cha was going to transform this whole place for farming.

“This place was originally a good land. You checked the fertilizer and got the fertilizer right. What kind of vegetables can’t be grown?” Grandma followed Zhang Xing to see the many electric machines behind it.

“It’s more convenient for you to have these things now. We didn’t have such things when I was younger. It’s also a great thing to raise a cow. If the old cow in the family died, it would be a long time to cry.”

It is summer now, and many crops with long growing seasons can no longer be planted. ho lo lo novels. However, although the old saying is to harvest in spring and harvest in autumn, under the current technology, it is not impossible for vegetables and fruits to be planted out of season. Even if it can’t be accurate and scientific, Ji Cha has made almost perfect preparations.

Shelves of plastic greenhouses, and thickened film. Even if you don’t grow out-of-season vegetables, these things are still useful in winter.

In a low altitude area like S City, even if the growth period of crops is taken into account, there are actually many things that can be grown in the four seasons.

The first thought of Ji Cha is potatoes and sweet potatoes that can be planted in late summer, and what food crop is cuter than these root crops. Their ability to adapt is super strong, they can grow in many rough conditions and grows much longer, and they’re relatively less picky about the weather. Planting in summer and harvesting in autumn, planting in autumn and harvesting in winter, only potatoes and sweet potatoes can do it.

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