Abnormal survival in the end times

Chapter 179 Arriving Home
After eating and drinking their fill and resting for most of the day, Jiang Minglang and his group set out on their journey again. They changed their original route and took another road.

When the Lan siblings saw Bai Li and Qiqi mother and son, their uneasy hearts instantly calmed down.

It wasn't that Bai Li comforted them or gave them peace of mind, but they felt that having women and children in the group was better than having only men.

It was too dark last night, and the brother and sister couldn't see clearly who was in the rear car.

To be precise, they didn't dare to look into the car behind.

Now they saw that the cute little boy with gap teeth was giving them a friendly smile. His cute look made the two of them smile back subconsciously.

The rest of the trip was relatively peaceful and I didn't meet many people along the way.

I didn't meet many living people, but there were quite a few dead people.

In the barren fields and ditches beside the road, some people were lying motionless with their clothes intact and seemingly unharmed, while others were stripped of their clothes and lying on the ground with wounds all over their bodies.

When they saw these people, they felt that it would be better to see zombies.

As the temperature rises day by day, if we leave these corpses alone, who knows what will happen in the future.

So whenever he saw a corpse, Ren Bin would get out of the car and burn it.

After walking and stopping for about ten days, they finally returned to Pengcheng. They walked around the city for most of the way and entered the city from the hidden gate on the east side.

That door was left open by Jiang Minglang on purpose. The big gray iron door was painted with the same color as the walls on both sides. At first glance, it looked like a wall.

In addition, there are two thin dead trees planted in front of the gate, and the stones at the base of the wall are no different from those elsewhere. If you are not a particularly careful person, you can't tell that this is a big iron gate at all.

"finally arrived at home."

Qiqi cheered in the car, and as soon as we entered the gate of Yunxi Village, he immediately asked to get out.

They had been gone for more than half a month, but people in Yunxi Village basically didn't know that the three of them were not in Baiguoyuan. After all, Bai Li didn't go out often, so it was normal not to see her.

Jiang Minglang and Xi Yu often go out early and come back late, so it's not surprising that we don't see them.

So, apart from themselves, almost no one in Yunxi Village was curious about their return.

What's more, they are busy now and have no time to be curious.

The wheat that was planted before the heavy snow last year was thought to have all died because the temperature was too low and the snow lasted too long.

As a result, after the snow melted, it was discovered that almost one-third of every acre of wheat was still alive, but the color of the wheat seedlings was not green, but purple.

Purple wheat seedlings. Can the wheat produced be eaten?

After careful inspection, Professor Leng and Kang Wentao were basically certain that the wheat had mutated.

As to whether the wheat grown after the mutation can be eaten, we will have to wait until the wheat ears are formed to find out.

This is not a big deal. If an acre of land is destroyed, it is destroyed. At worst, we can just throw it away.

But the question is, can new wheat be grown on the current land?
Although it is already July, the temperature is just above zero, so planting crops can no longer be carried out according to the previous seasons and months.

It depends on the temperature. If there is no problem with the soil, we can consider planting wheat again.

Anyway, the land was still empty before, and people have been idle these days, so diligent people have already cleared the weeds and turned the land twice after applying fertilizer.

When the wheat was turned over, the snow on the ground had not completely melted yet and the wheat had not yet revealed its true color.

But now Professor Leng says that the mutated wheat is most likely due to the absorption of water from melted snow, which ultimately led to the mutation.

That’s it, how can there be ground without snow?

Yes, both.

Does that mean that the seeds sown later will also mutate?
When people mutate and gain special powers, they look powerful and are envied by ordinary people.

Even if someone has a mutant cat or dog at home, people would envy them extremely much.

Mutated wheat. Who would dare to try it if they haven’t eaten it?
Now they are quite envious of the greenhouse owned by Li Nan in the west of the city. Although it is very hard to clear the snow from the greenhouse when it snows, they have really protected the land, and the vegetables and grains in the greenhouse are edible and have not mutated.

Of course, envy is useless. Now everyone is anxiously and honestly waiting for the test results from Professor Leng and Teacher Kang.

"Chichi?"

Qiqi had just gotten out of the car and was running towards the Baiguo Garden with Xiaowu when he was suddenly grabbed by someone.

Because Teacher Kang was taking different samples from the field, including a part from the fields that had been fertilized and a part from the fields that had not been fertilized.

Many villagers followed him and asked him questions from time to time, so there were quite a few people standing in the fields and on the roadside.

Bai Li was in a hurry to go home to take a shower, so only Qiqi and Xiaowu got off the car.

The child had had enough of riding in the car and wanted to get off and run around. Besides, the village was safe, so the adults ignored him.

They didn't look at the crowds on the roadside, and didn't notice that there was one more person in the village during the days they were away.

"Hmm? Auntie?"

Qiqi was surprised to see that it was Bai Hua who pulled him, then he grinned happily and asked, "When did you come back?"

To be honest, during the year that Bai Hua was rescued by Bai Xingye, although she blamed and resented her family a lot, she didn't have any thoughts about the children.

It was like this before, and it is like this now.

When she comes back from Chinese New Year to buy gifts and New Year's money for her nephews and nieces, Qiqi is always included.

Every year on Qiqi’s birthday, she would buy him a gift and send it to him.

This is also why when she asked Bai Li to borrow money, Bai Li directly transferred it to her.

I always feel that this cousin of mine had her brain damaged by a fall when she was a child. Although she isn’t very smart, she isn’t bad either.

Before she found a married man as her partner, Bai Li had a decent relationship with her. They kept in touch from time to time and would send each other things.

But people must have a bottom line, and she believes that there are some things that cannot be touched.

Don't use ignorance as an excuse. Everything has its traces. The two of them spend every day together, and she doesn't believe that the man won't reveal any clues.

Bai Li actually guessed Bai Hua's little thoughts. She had dated so many boyfriends but was not satisfied with any of them. Wasn't it because she felt that they were no match for Jiang Minglang?

After wasting time until she was nearly 30 years old, she found it difficult to achieve her wish with her conditions, so she took a risk and found an older and richer man in an effort to surpass Jiang Minglang in financial resources.

Simply sick!
However, when Bai Hua was talking to Qiqi, Bai Li, who had just returned home, didn't know that her cousin had returned.

When she came out of the shower, Cheng Siyun was sitting on the sofa in her bedroom.

"During the time you were away, two things happened. Which one do you want to hear about first?"

After changing into comfortable and soft pajamas, Bai Li finally felt alive. She hadn't taken a bath for more than half a month, which made her feel very uncomfortable.

She walked over while wiping her hair, glanced at her friend, and snorted, "If you want to say it, just say it. Don't keep me in suspense."

"Okay, first of all, Bai Hua is back."

Bai Li paused while wiping her hair and turned to look at her friend. She saw a smile on her face and she looked like she was waiting for her to continue asking questions.

Bai Li satisfied her, "She's alone?"

"Do you think it's possible? Guess again, who sent her back?"

Send her back?

Bai Li understood that the people who came with Bai Hua were not able to enter Yunxi Village, and might not even be able to enter Pengcheng.

"I don't care who he is."

"You are such a boring person. Okay, I'll tell you straight out. I heard that he is from your Bai family, his name is Bai Xingye, and his grandfather is a cousin of ours. They are related!"

The last two words are emphasized.

Bai Li said "Oh" and knew who it was.

After all, her great-grandfather had only one brother, and it was said that when he took his family abroad, he took away nearly 80% of the Bai family's property.

Although her great-grandfather failed to keep the remaining 20%, it does not mean that his behavior of taking away the property was right.

"What a coincidence."

Bai Li spoke in a bland tone, showing no interest in Bai Xingye at all.

After drying her hair, she half-lay on the sofa, put her legs on Cheng Siyun's thighs, and said, "You must be so sore from riding in the car. Rub it for me."

While massaging her legs, Cheng Siyun told her the information that Bai Xingye had learned about this place. At the end, he angrily scolded Bai Hua, "She clearly knew about the feud between your group and Bai Xingye's group, but she was persuaded by a few words from them and made a fuss to force them to move into Yunxi Village. Bai Wei told her that there was something wrong with Bai Xingye, but she still refused to listen. In the end, Bai Wei wanted to drive her away and not let her come back, so she got scared. She is really brainless!"

"If she had any brains, she wouldn't have gotten pregnant and then been beaten up by the wife."

"What do you think she's thinking? A pretty girl, can't she find a guy of similar age who's easy to talk to and get married normally?"

"Who said it wasn't? But you can't blame her entirely. When I got married, my eldest aunt told everyone that although Jiang Minglang had a good job and good looks, his family was not good. He was not a good match. With parents like that, there would be trouble in the future. Our Xiaohua would not be like that. I told her that she should find a good match with a good family. Both mother and daughter had high aspirations, but their own conditions were just that. Apart from their looks, they had nothing else. It's really..."

Bai Li shook her head and spread her hair, which had grown a little longer, on the back of the sofa.

After a while, she didn't hear Cheng Siyun's response. She turned her head and found that her friend was looking at her with a strange look.

"What's that look you have? What for?"

Cheng Siyun listened carefully outside, but there were no footsteps or Jiang Minglang's voice.

Then he approached Bai Li slyly and whispered, "Do you know?"

"There are only two of us in the room, so let's talk normally."

Cheng Siyun patted her and said, "Don't interrupt me. I'm talking to you seriously. Jiang Minglang's mother is dead."

died?

Bai Li was surprised for a moment, and then she realized that she couldn't remember what the woman who was nominally her mother-in-law looked like.

I really forgot. After all, the number of times I met her was less than that of the top leader.

but
She suddenly remembered that when she went to pick up Leng Hanyu, she was stopped by Jiang Xinyi. At that time, she seemed to have said that the woman was sick, but there was no medicine.

So you didn’t survive that illness?

She lay back down and asked calmly, "How did you know? Did the Jiang family come over?"

"No, Jiang Zhijie met Xiao Yang and asked him to tell Jiang Minglang."

Bai Li sneered, "Tell Jiang Minglang? What do you mean? Do you want him to smash the pot for that woman?"

"Jiang Zhijie said that his mother wanted to see Jiang Minglang before she died, and he thought he should tell him."

Then, Cheng Siyun asked Bai Li, "Will you tell him?"

".Yes, but he won't care."

"Yeah, just like me. If someone told me that Cheng Qingfeng was dead, I wouldn't feel anything except that he deserved it."

Cheng Qingfeng is Cheng Siyun's father, a great man who ignores his own daughter and raises his stepson as his own son.

Bai Li didn't want to talk about the Jiang family anymore, so she brought the topic back to the first one, "Did Bai Hua tell Grandpa about Bai Xingye?"

"She wanted to tell me, but Bai Wei stopped her. Xiao Yang was also wary of her, so she only came here once in more than half a month since she came back."

Bai Li breathed a sigh of relief. Although her grandfather could take everything easy, he was still old after all. There were some troubles that she would rather not let him know about if she could avoid worrying him.

On the other hand, Lao Sheng was responsible for taking the Lan brothers and sisters to choose a house. He also called Xue Deng to come and register and divide the land.

They have just as many fields as they have enclosed within the walls, and the same goes for houses. After all, too many people died in the beginning. Although some more people have moved in later, so far, not even half of the original Yunxi Village is occupied.

"Okay, this yard and house belong to you two from now on. What you grow is yours, and no one else wants it. Of course, if you have extra and want to trade with others, go find Captain Xue, or you can talk to your neighbors. In short, how you live in the future is entirely up to you two."

After giving a few brief instructions, Lao Sheng put down their luggage and turned to leave.

Xue Deng wrote down the two men's names, agreed on a time to divide the land with them, then gave them a few instructions and left.

Finally, the brother and sister were left standing in the small square yard, looking at each other.

"Brother, what do they mean?"

After a while, Lan Jing swallowed and looked at Lan Ning before speaking first.

After ten days on the road, Lan Ning's throat had almost recovered thanks to the warm water. Except that his speech was still a little hoarse, everything else was fine.

"That's it. Set us free." And it's a freedom with guaranteed safety.

Lan Ning accepted it better than his sister. After all, they had been together for ten days and he had long since let down his guard against these people. He felt completely at ease.

But even so, I didn't expect this place to be so good.

There is a wall outside the fields and another wall outside the village. With the double protection, they were also given a nice two-story building with a wood stove in the kitchen.

Lan Ning walked around the yard, ran to the gate and looked around, then returned to the yard, closed the gate, and jumped for joy.

Great, he likes this home very much!

good night!