Natural Disaster (MTL)

Chapter 39

Chapter 39


That night, Shao Shengan had a dream.

It was very dark in the dream, and he saw a familiar figure walking in the darkness, leaning against the wall and walking cautiously. In the buildings by the road, some rooms are lit, and the light shines through the windows. The road can only be a little bright, and it will not be completely dark and invisible. The woman was wearing a tattered military coat and walked fast with her head down against the wall.

Without seeing his face clearly, Shao Shengan recognized it, it was his wife Qiao Qingqing.

He had a hunch that this was the "last life" his wife said. Where is this place? Is it the survivor base that my wife said will appear in the future?

As soon as this idea came to mind, a pair of hands stretched out in the dark, the hands were cracked and rough, the nails were covered with black mud, and they grabbed the woman vigorously.

Shao Shengan was so anxious, but he couldn't move, so he could only scream for help. But he found that he couldn't make a sound, so he could only watch helplessly as the hands were straining, pulling the woman to a stagger.

The woman didn't make a single sound. She even held the hand with her backhand and snuggled up to it. The other hand took out a chopped kitchen knife from her pocket, and she chopped it down heavily without blinking her eyes.

The hoarse screams sounded, and the woman raised her leg and kicked away, kicked the person, and then threw the severed hand out, her expression remained motionless from beginning to end. Putting away the kitchen knife, she continued to walk forward, and soon disappeared into this alley. Shao Shengan followed in a daze. He saw the woman walking through the dark alley, came to a large shantytown, and entered a small room. She lay down and fell asleep in the dark. Shao Shengan saw her pressing the kitchen knife under her right hand.

This dream was too real, Shao Shengan looked at the group of figures in the dark, and his heart clenched into a ball.

I don't know how long it took, when the lights suddenly came on outside, and this dark world finally had a little light. There are also street lamps in the shanty towns, and the nearest street lamp is also a hundred meters away from the woman's residence. The woman woke up when the light was on, and she rustled to pack and go out. When she went out, she was still fully armed, with only one pair of eyes showing. There are many people traveling, and everyone walks quietly and rarely speaks. When walking to the street lamp, the woman stopped to look at the street lamp, her eyes numb.

Shao Shengan finally saw her face. At the moment when he saw it clearly, he felt a pain in his heart.

It was a face full of scars, the scars were old, entrenched on the cheeks and forehead like centipedes. The woman stared at the lamp for a while, until she felt that her eyes were a little blurry, and then she took back her gaze. She looked down at the shadow under her feet for a while, and then she continued to walk forward.

"Qingqing!" Shao Shengan shouted loudly, reaching out to her.

Obviously there was no sound, but Qiao Qingqing stopped and looked back in surprise.

But soon, all the joy on her face disappeared, and she returned to numbness and indifference. She muttered, "I heard it wrong again", turned her head and continued to walk slowly.

"Qingqing!" Shao Shengan chased after him, Qiao Qingqing in front of him was getting farther and farther, the darkness swallowed him, and he felt an unprecedented despair.

In the room, Qiao Qingqing was awakened by Shao Shengan's sleep talk. She didn't dare to wake him up, but when she heard him shouting "Qingqing", she knew that Shao Shengan was dreaming of her.

What are you dreaming about? Why are you screaming so sadly?

Shao Shengan struggled to wake up and felt the warm body in his arms. He breathed rapidly and touched Qiao Qingqing's face with shaking hands.

"Qingqing?"

"It's me, have you had a nightmare?"

He let out a sigh of relief and hugged her tightly. His strength was too great, Qiao Qingqing was not very comfortable, but she didn't say it, she hugged him instead, and patted his back gently.

"I had a nightmare." Shao Shengan said in a urgency. "I dreamed that you were walking in the dark, and that you had scars on your face." As soon as he finished speaking, he felt the person in his arms tremble and his body stiffened.

"Is it a dream?" he asked.

Qiao Qingqing said, "Why isn't it a dream? It's just a dream, don't be scared."

"I'm not scared, I'm just... sad."

"Then don't be sad, it's just a dream, touch it, I'm not fine now." She pulled Shao Shengan's hand to her face. Shao Shengan touched her twice, then continued to hold her: "Go to sleep." The

couple didn't speak any more, as if they were all asleep, but Qiao Qingqing knew that Shao Shengan couldn't fall asleep, and she didn't know how long it had passed, she was drowsy She also felt a pair of warm hands gently caressing her face. Then she fell asleep and dreamed of things from her previous life.

She was not doing well at that time, and the lack of clothing and food made her very haggard, but no matter how haggard she was, the foundation was still there, and she was still a "good-looking" woman on the way to escape. In order to protect herself, her methods became more and more ruthless. When encountering people who bullied her, she would not give up without blood. With a posture of wanting to die with others, the men in the homeless crowd retracted their claws. Her face was scratched in a fight, and the lack of medical care left her face with scars. She simply scratched her face without doing it.

But some scumbags don't look at their faces. After entering the Survivor's Base, Eternal Night comes. Most of the time the base is dark. The bad guys don't care about the scars on her face. There is always a black hand reaching out and dragging.

It is very difficult to live and live with dignity, and Qiao Qingqing has made herself inhuman.

But live anyway.

A tortured dream, the content remains the same, Qiao Qingqing dreamed of his biological father, Lin Mingyong. She had always known that he was an egoist, but years of loneliness gave her a glimmer of extravagance—perhaps Lin Mingyong really wanted to be a father?

But later she realized that selfish people will only lose their bottom line, and that her disfigured daughter still has some value in Lin Mingyong's eyes. Don't be afraid of disfigurement, she is a woman with quite a figure anyway, take good care of her for a while, and no longer look thin like a shriveled radish, won't it come in handy? It's the same with the lights off at night.

Such disgusting words came from the mouth of his biological father. When Qiao Qingqing heard those words, he decided not to forgive Lin Mingyong.

In the dream, Qiao Qingqing went to the step of killing her father again, but when the earthquake hit, what she saw after falling down was no longer scarlet and darkness, the camera changed, what she saw was home, and there was a mother in the home, There is Sheng An...

The annoying dream is finally over, Qiao Qingqing stopped dreaming and fell into a deep sleep.

"Why are Sheng'an's eyes swollen? Didn't you fall asleep last night?"

The next day, Mother Shao asked worriedly when she saw Shao Sheng'an, "Let me boil an egg and apply it to you."

"No, it'll be fine in a while."

Qiao Qingqing came out, and Mother Shao was surprised again: "Why are Qingqing's eyes swollen?"

"Mom, I had a little insomnia last night, and then fell asleep." Qiao Qingqing said.

"This can't be done, I have to boil an egg and apply it to your eyes, and look at your panda eyes!"

Everyone was given two eggs, Qiao Qingqing applied Shao Shengan's eyes, Shao Shengan applied her, and the couple looked at each other. , all find it funny.

The eggs after applying the eyes were also eaten by the two of them. In addition to eggs and porridge for breakfast, Qiao Songzhi was the best at making salty porridge. This morning's salty porridge was made with shredded ginger, minced green vegetables, minced pork, shrimp and dried tofu. Boiled fresh, sweet and salty, Qiao Qingqing drank two bowls.

"I'll throw away today's garbage! It was said on TV that when I grow up, I will help the house with housework." Shao Shengfei announced at the dinner table.

Shao's father strongly supported this, saying that he took Shao Sheng to fly.

Household waste is mainly excrement and kitchen waste. The former is treated with cat litter and is thrown away once a day, while the latter is temporarily stored on the terrace. Fortunately, the weather is cold now, and water can be added to the kitchen waste trash can quickly to freeze, and there is no odor.

Father Shao took Shao Shengfei to throw cat litter and came back with good news.

"I heard that the conservatory is going to be built!" Father Shao announced happily.

Shao's mother hurriedly asked where the news came from, and Shao's father said that he heard it on the side of the road: "The city library is already under construction, I heard that the kang will be burned at night, and it will not be cold in the future. I heard that an anti-freeze farm will be established, and food and vegetables will be grown."

"Really? Now that the temperature is so low, people are so uncomfortable that they can't live anymore. Is it really possible to grow vegetables?"

Father Shao waved his hand: " Experts must have a way. It's only in the minus 50s. In the north, in the cities in the north, every winter, it's dozens of degrees below zero, and they live well. I haven't heard that there are no vegetables to eat there. There must be a way."

Mother Shao was persuaded: "Yes, we are in the south, and it has never been so cold before, so I can't stand it. The north is cold every year, so it's not going to pass the time? Now it's the water that has turned into ice. Several floors were flooded, and the ice will definitely melt in the future."

"There is also good news, when the time comes, people may be recruited! Workers are recruited!" Shao's father thought longingly, "I will sign up when the time comes, and the government will arrange to do things, and there will definitely be wages, maybe even three times a day. What about the meal?"

"I'll look at it later, and I'll ask when I go to the primary school to pick up supplies next time." Shao Shengan said.

In the afternoon, Qiao Qingqing was exercising in the room, while Shao Shengan was doing push-ups. During the rest, he sat on the floor and asked Qiao Qingqing, "How do you use a knife?"

Shao Shengan's expression and tone were very serious, and Qiao Qingqing remembered reading At the time, Shao Shengan went to the podium to ask the teacher to answer questions during class time.

Seeing Qiao Qingqing in a daze, Shao Shengan explained: "It's just using a knife...no tricks are needed. If you encounter danger, how to make a shot is the most effective - like you did that day."

Qiao Qingqing returned to her senses: "Do you want to I teach you?"

"Yes."

Although he had deliberately revealed some of the ultimate moves he had learned in his previous life, Qiao Qingqing did not expect that after Shao Shengan accepted it, he decided to learn from her so quickly.

This made her a little timid, she stroked her hair in embarrassment: "But, all I know are blood-seeing moves, do you really want to learn?"

"I want to learn."

Qiao Qingqing took a deep breath: "Then I'll make sure again, do you really want to learn from me how to cut your throat and from what angle can you cut your tendons and

hamstrings the fastest?" I'm scared, Qingqing, I really want to learn, I don't want to hate the book when it's time to use it, I don't want to encounter a similar predicament in the means of survival, I don't expect to see blood, and I don't expect to use a knife, but I have to know , you can't hate yourself for not being prepared for anything when you are at a critical juncture."

"Okay, I'll teach you."

"Then I'll trouble you, Teacher Qiao."

Qiao Qingqing couldn't help laughing: "Listen to the class from today, classmate Shao." Shao Sheng'an is a dedicated and serious student. Qiao Qingqing's methods are all learned by himself. The moves are not good-looking, but Absolutely practical.

"...You can put your elbow on the enemy's stomach first, and then—" There was a

sudden sound of footsteps from the stairs, and Shao Shengfei shouted loudly, "It's sprouting! Dad said it's sprouting!"

Qiao Qingqing stopped.

"The cabbage he planted has sprouted? Really?" In the living room, Mother Shao put down the dough at hand and clapped her hands to look up.

"Let's go and have a look together." Qiao Songzhi called to Qiao Qingqing and Shao Shengan, "Do you two want to watch it?"

"Look!" In the

attic room, Father Shao squatted on the ground, looking at the water in the washbasin like a baby. Small green buds.

He happily turned around and introduced: "The cabbage I planted has sprouted! Look at it!"

The temperature dropped abruptly last time, and all the vegetables grown at home froze to death overnight. At that time, Qiao Qingqing and his wife were only concerned with taking care of their parents at home. What about these dishes? When I woke up the next day, everything was frozen into ice sculptures, and Father Shao's efforts were all gone. But it is obviously impossible for him to give up this business. Even if his son says that there is stock in the space, he is very uneasy to sit and eat the mountain.

The floor heating at home is only turned on for eight hours at night. He conducts experiments in his room. During the day, he wraps the washbasin for the experiment with plastic film. temperature. Fail, try, fail, try again, and finally today he saw the cabbage seeds germinate!

The green in the washbasin illuminates everyone's eyes like hope.

"Dad is amazing! It's sprouting!" Shao Shengfei applauded happily, and the warm feedback made Father Shao happier.

"Dad's method is good, the other two rooms will be able to grow some vegetables in the future." Qiao Qingqing smiled and asked Shao's father how he did it. Father Shao knew that there was no end to what he had to say, so he had to teach him every step of the way.

"The coal stove is simple. There is more than one in the house. It is not wasteful to use a coal stove. It can be used to boil water, dry clothes, and keep warm."

During the day, coal stoves are used for heating. Twenty-four-hour power generation, Qiao Qingqing's reserves of gasoline can afford it, but she never planned to do so. This is not love for her family, but a mutilation. If you get used to the 24-hour temperature of 18 degrees Celsius at home, it will be difficult for everyone to leave the house and enter the cold external environment in the future.

Mental inertia is still a trivial matter, and she is afraid of physical problems. Before, she let her family eat fish and lotus roots that were fished out of the flood, in order to enhance everyone's physique. Now it is impossible for her family to become a Delicate flowers.

Qiao Songzhi smiled and said, "The coal stove can still heat food. This thing is really useful. The ancestors' things are practical and never out of date.

" A room of cabbage radish lettuce and shallots. There are not many plants, and two washbasins are placed in one room for easy care.

"I also sent seeds to my uncle and the others. I don't know if they took them with them when they evacuated."

Qiao Songzhi sighed, "It depends on their luck."

Suddenly there was a knock on the door, the mother and daughter stopped talking, Qiao Qingqing Hearing the movement of Shao Shengan to open the door, after a while, there was a quarrel outside.

"I'll take a look." Qiao Qingqing touched the knife.