Abnormal survival in the end times

Chapter 156 Milk Tea
"Chichi's mom."

Gao Zhiyuan sneaked into the yard at some point. When Bai Li entered, He Meng was standing beside him, and he was walking out with his son Gao Junyu on his back.

"Sister Bai."

Seeing Bai Li, Gao Zhiyuan and He Meng were both a little excited, especially He Meng, whose tears flowed down in strings. She choked up as she cried, "Sister Bai, I thought I would never see you again."

Bai Li is really not good at this kind of reunion scene where everyone hugs each other and cries.

I wanted to say something to comfort her, but I didn't know what to say.

She patted He Meng's shoulder, then turned her head to look at Gao Junyu who seemed to be unconscious, wondering, "What happened to Junyu?"

"I had a slight fever to begin with, and I got into a fight today. I was exhausted and couldn't be woken up no matter how hard I tried."

She didn't know how to deal with this situation, so she asked how they fell into the hands of these people.

Bai Li remembered that Gao's father and son were from the same place as He Meng. They left Su City together and returned to their hometown together.

"We passed He Meng's house first, but the community where her family lived was burned down, including her building. Junyu and I were worried about her, so we asked her to go back to the countryside with us. My parents were still there at that time. Although there were many zombies in the village, they were later cleared out by He Meng and I. We could have settled down in my house, but then there was a heavy rain. Not only did my parents die in the mouths of mad animals, but we also failed to defend our home. In the end, we had no choice but to leave. It was then that we met Ma Ge and his men on the road. They robbed all our supplies, forced us to stay, and held He Meng and Junyu hostage, asking me to work for them."

What Gao Zhiyuan didn't say was that the reason they used He Meng to coerce him was because during their escape, they, father and son, and He Meng claimed to be a family of three, otherwise He Meng, a girl, would be in great danger.

Fortunately, He Meng is already thirty years old. Although she looks much younger than him, she is not too young. If you don't look into it too closely, you can barely get away with it.

After knowing the whole story, Bai Li didn't plan to stay here any longer. She asked the two of them, "What are your plans next? Do you want to come with me?"

The two nodded without thinking and asked a little nervously, "Is it okay?"

Bai Li nodded, "There are still many empty houses in our village. You can choose one to live in, but you must abide by the village rules. One of them is to grow your own food. As for the rest, someone will tell you about it when you get there."

"No problem, we'll do whatever you ask us to do." Could it be worse than being a prisoner here?
"Okay, let's go."

"Qiqi's mother, what about Li Chen?"

After being captured by Ma Ge's men, if it weren't for Li Chen's mediation and Gao Zhiyuan's own ability, the three of them would not be able to stand here intact now.

"If he wants, he can go with us."

Li Chen has the ability of strength and his fighting ability is pretty good. If he goes there, he can be trained as an intermediate combat force.

A few people came out of the brigade headquarters and saw the two little guys with stern faces and holding knives, acting as supervisors with Bai Yang in a proper manner. Bai Li couldn't help laughing.

But the next second her smile disappeared because she saw an unexpected person.

Liu Xu!

It turned out that when the smoke rose into the sky, not only their own people saw it, but also Li Nan's side. This is in the northeast corner, and Li Nan and his team are building the wall from west to east. But in order to prevent people from making trouble, a team of five people patrols between Pengcheng and Ancheng every day.

It happened to be Liu Xu's turn today, and they happened to be patrolling the northern defense line not far from here, so as soon as they saw the smoke they drove over immediately.

Just a little later than Lao Sheng and Bai Yang.

Liu Xu, who was still cursing and discussing who lit the cigarette in the car, was immediately stuck when he saw Bai Li. He ran to the other side of the car with one glance, shrinking his head and trying to reduce his presence.

It confused the people who were with him.

"Brother Xu?"

"Shut up!"

Liu Xu gritted his teeth and scolded his men, "Why the hell are you looking at me? Go see if there's any help you can provide."

He had followed Li Nan for a while and knew that his sister, no, Bai Li and the others were not very fond of taking in strangers. Apart from the indigenous people, most people who entered Yunxi Village had direct or indirect relationships with the people there.

So they probably won’t care about the dozens of people here now.

Sure enough, Bai Li only said a few words to Bai Yang and left with her two children, a dog, and the three people who came out with her.

Liu Xu wondered, were those three people her friends?
When he could no longer see Bai Li, he moved closer to Li Chen, whom he had just called "Sister Bai", and listened to him explain to Bai Yang, "Sister Bai and I lived in the same neighborhood in Sucheng. Sister Bai once saved my life."

You call her sister because she saved your life?

Why are you blindly recognizing me as your sister?

Liu Xu rolled his eyes in disdain, and then told his people to go back and call Li Nan.

It was already noon the next day when Gao Junyu woke up.

When he opened his eyes, he vaguely heard a child talking, the childish words sounded a little familiar -
"Aunt He, these are the potatoes and sweet potatoes that my mother asked me to bring you. They are all from our own fields and are delicious."

"Thank you, Qiqi, and Jiji, come in and sit down. I made apple juice."

Kiki?

Gao Junyu was confused for a few seconds, and suddenly his eyes widened. Was this the Qiqi he knew?
how come?
He sat up from the bed suddenly, but felt dizzy and almost fell down again.

After a while, Gao Junyu realized that the house he was in was very unfamiliar.

A 1.5-meter-tall wooden bed, clean bedding that smelled like the sun, a desk next to the bed that was obviously for students his age, and a wardrobe.
Before he could take a closer look, he heard footsteps getting closer and closer to him, and then the door was opened from the outside with a click.

When their eyes met, he saw Aunt He.

Seeing Gao Junyu sitting on the bed, He Meng was obviously stunned, and then she said with joy, "Junyu, are you awake? Let auntie touch you, is the fever still there?"

Because they had been together day and night for half a year, Gao Junyu had already gotten used to He Meng's closeness.

"Fortunately, the fever has subsided. By the way, Junyu, who do you think this is?"

Qiqi greeted Gao Junyu with a smile, "Brother Junyu, we meet again."

Gao Junyu also laughed. He didn’t expect it was really Qiqi.

While eating, Gao Junyu learned where his family was and the reasons why they came here.

Because Ma Ge's men wanted to rob Aunt Bai, they were killed by Aunt Bai instead. In the end, not a single one of Ma Ge's vicious men was left alive.

Those who were not killed were basically people who were forced to join their gang like them. I heard that they went to an agricultural base in Pengcheng, where they were actually growing crops in greenhouses.

So wouldn’t they have fresh vegetables to eat soon?

Gao Junyu curled his lips in disdain, thinking that those people were really lucky.

After eating and drinking, Gao Junyu followed Qiqi and Jiji to see Aunt Bai, while He Meng stayed at home to continue cleaning up their new home. She and Gao's father and son were used to living together, and after arriving here, they discussed and decided to keep the status quo and continue to be roommates.

As for whether Bai Li would think too much, Gao Zhiyuan and He Meng were not worried, because Bai Li's personality was obviously not the kind of person who would think too much. In other words, she was too lazy to think too much about people and things that had nothing to do with her.

"Aunt Bai."

When Gao Junyu followed Qiqi and the others to the Baiguo Garden, Bai Li was tidying up a small tea tree that he had dug up from the back mountain.

A batch of them had been killed by the high temperature before. Now that the weather was getting colder, she was afraid that the rest would be frozen to death, so she simply dug a few of them up and put them in the ginkgo orchard. When the temperature dropped, she could tie some hay on the branches to keep them warm.

Of course, if it can induce labor, that’s another story.

"Junyu, come here."

Bai Li already knew that Gao Junyu had awakened the wood-related ability. Before he fell asleep, he had caused a pot of chrysanthemums to bloom, right at the previous brigade headquarters. However, perhaps because he had just awakened, the ability was exhausted before the chrysanthemums could bloom.

It’s nothing. Everyone has been weak at the beginning. Just practice more and you’ll be fine.

I just wonder if, in addition to being able to induce the growth of chrysanthemums, tea trees can also do the same?

"You come and try to see if you can revive this little tea tree."

Gao Junyu placed his hand on the tea tree, took a deep breath, and then began to release his supernatural powers.

But because he had no experience, when he released it, he released almost 80% of his supernatural powers at once.

However, the small tea tree remained the same as before, with only a few thin and dry branches and not a single leaf.

Gao Junyu's face was a little pale and a little at a loss. He looked at Bai Li blankly, "Aunt Bai"

Why not?

It wasn't so difficult to induce chrysanthemum growth before.

Bai Li looked calm, but she was thinking in her heart: Junyu wouldn't be like Ning An, who can only catch one kind of flower to urge him?

The two kids, Qiqi and Jiji, who were following nearby, also thought of the weird Uncle Ning at the same time, but they were both sensible and smart enough not to mention it.

"Junyu, when inducing labor, you have to release the energy little by little. You can't release it all at once, otherwise it won't have time to absorb it. It's just like when we eat, we have to eat it bite by bite, and then digest it and provide nutrition to the body, right?"

The fourteen-year-old boy immediately understood what Bai Li said. He scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "I'm not used to it yet."

"It's okay, you'll get used to it after a few times."

Bai Li is very good at encouraging children. After all, when she was pregnant with Qiqi, she read a lot of books on how to raise and teach children. Although they were not very useful in the end, two of the points overlapped with her family's consistent educational philosophy: patience and encouragement!
She has always been patient with children and would always start with encouragement no matter what happens.

For example, now, after listening to Aunt Bai's analysis, Gao Junyu swept away his previous frustration and planned to rest for a while and try again after his supernatural powers recovered a little.

Bai Li then went on to plant the remaining small tea trees. They dug up six in total and they finished planting them in a short time.

"Aunt Bai, can I try again?"

Several people watched as the young man placed his hand on the first small tea tree. He took a deep breath as usual, then closed his eyes and slowly activated the energy in his body that was not very familiar to him, guiding it through his hand to the tree trunk under his palm.
Bai Li, who originally had no hope for this, suddenly widened her eyes.

The branches were so thin that they could be held in one hand, and the twigs were dry and leafless. They looked no different from before, as if Gao Junyu's induction of labor had no effect at all.

At least that's what the two kids, Kiki and Jiji, see.

However, Baili sensed a different kind of vitality in the roots of the small tea tree. Its roots became long and dense, and penetrated into the bottom of the soil, desperately absorbing the nutrients and water inside.

Gao Junyu’s method of inducing labor was effective.

Because the speed of outputting his superpowers was particularly slow this time, his superpowers were absorbed almost as soon as they touched the branches of the tea tree, so that after ten minutes, Gao Junyu had only output less than 20% of his superpowers.

However, some small green buds have already sprouted on the branches of the tea tree.

"ah?"

Qiqi was the first to discover it. He exclaimed, "Leaves are coming out. Brother Junyu succeeded. He succeeded."

The two little guys jumped with excitement. God knows how much they were afraid that Brother Junyu would be like Uncle Ning next door, who had to work hard to develop the superpowers he had finally obtained.

Of course, blooming flowers have their benefits. At least Uncle Ning’s peonies save them from being harassed by mosquitoes.

Moreover, he was very generous and moved the peonies for free without feeling sorry at all.

Just now, Qiqi was thinking that if Brother Junyu could only induce the growth of chrysanthemums, then they would give Uncle Ning a few pots and exchange them with each other. This could also be considered part of the interpersonal relationship.

Of course, it would be better if there was no such personal connection.

To celebrate Gao Junyu's successful growth of tea trees, Bai Li decided to make milk tea for the children this afternoon.

When I was sorting out supplies in the morning, I found that several cans of milk powder were about to expire, so I used the tea leaves that I had fried previously. Bai Li even wrapped them in gauze and used them as tea bags.

Boil the pot of water that Qiqi put in, add the tea bag, and then pour in the milk powder. To be honest, I used to make milk tea with milk, and this is the first time I use milk powder.

It's the end of the world now, so there's no need to be so particular. It's better to just focus on one.

Cook for about ten minutes and add a few spoonfuls of sugar (I don’t know the exact number, just add as much as the kids say).

Then just bring to boil.

The greasy sweet smell spread from the kitchen to the yard, attracting Cheng Siyun who was watching Youyou practicing writing in the house.

Youyou is much better now than before, at least she will smile when she sees them.

Bai Li brought over a glass, poured a glass for each of the children, and asked with a smile, "How is it?"

"Delicious."

"Auntie's cooking is the best."

Cheng Siyun curled her lips, "You two little flatterers."

Of course, whether the milk tea tastes good or not is secondary. The key is that everyone is very happy just to be able to drink it.

Gao Junyu lowered his eyes to look at the cup in his hand, his eyes slightly moist. Since entering the end of the world, he never thought that one day there would be such a dream-like time again.

good night!