Abnormal survival in the end times

Chapter 199 Marriage
How many years has it been?

Watching Bai Li drive away in the carriage without hesitation, Zhou Mengxiang felt a moment of disorientation. She seemed to realize that she couldn't even remember how many years it had been since she last saw her eldest daughter.

It seems she left when she was three years old, and I've never seen her since.

When Liu Xu and Liu Ying were born, I called her once. Although I knew the Bai family would never give her to me, I still held a little hope and wanted to ask her if she missed her mother, if she wanted to live with her mother, and about her younger brother and sister. That's about all I talked about.

At the time, Lizhi was only six years old, but she refused her without the slightest hesitation.

He only said "no" and then hung up the phone decisively.

She didn't think this was the opinion of a six-year-old child. It was obvious that the Bai family had taught her to disown her and hate her. Although subconsciously Zhou Mengxiang felt that the old man and woman of the Bai family wouldn't do such a thing, the child's rejection of her was too obvious. She couldn't think of any other reason and could only attribute it to the people who raised her.

Therefore, the reason why Lizhi hates her must be because the Bai family taught her to do so.

When I asked my mother and brother's family to visit her, I suggested that they bring lychees with them, but my mother firmly refused.

But no matter what, she didn't say she didn't want her.

Zhou Mengxiang didn't think she had done anything wrong. After all, she had given her a choice, but she listened to others and didn't want her as her mother.

The thought that had been running through her mind flashed by quickly, but by the time she came to her senses and wanted to call out to Bai Li, the carriage had already disappeared.

Zhou Mengxiang stood there, feeling annoyed. She hadn't even seen what she looked like now. Her childhood face was a miniature version of Bai Xiangtian's, and didn't resemble her at all.

She still seems to resemble her father.

I heard she had a son after getting married, and there seemed to be two little boys standing next to her just now.

Before Zhou Mengxiang could think any further, she, Zhou Lin, and the few people they brought with them were kicked out of Pengcheng.

"Auntie, let's go back."

Zhou Lin whispered words of comfort, "Now that we know Xiao Xu and Ying Tao are here and that they're doing well, that's enough. As for us, we need to find another way out."

As a beneficiary of the system, Zhou Lin had no right to judge his aunt's behavior. Anyone could say she was unfit to be a mother, but he was not.

They hadn't originally planned to go to Pengcheng, but it was someone under Liu Xu's uncle's command who said they saw Liu Xu and his sister here and wanted his aunt to call them back.

Liu Xu is not very obedient, but he is capable.

Liu Ying's special ability is also quite impressive.

So their purpose in coming here today wasn't to enter Shenzhen at all; they just wanted to see how their siblings were doing here.

Of course, this wasn't Zhou Mengxiang's idea, but rather the result of Zhou Lin's persuasion all night.

He knew the character of Liu's eldest uncle and his children well. Liu Xu and Liu Ying's return might not be a good thing. In any case, they were his cousins. If they wanted freedom and wanted to escape the control of the Liu family, then he would grant their wish.

After all, their recovery is not a bad thing for him.

He is a fire elementalist, and his abilities have improved over the past year. Regardless of anything else, protecting his aunt and uncle shouldn't be a problem.

I never expected to meet my older cousin.

He was only three years old when he left Pengcheng, and he really had no memory of Bai Li at all. Now that they meet again, she is a complete stranger. It must be the same for her, since she didn't even give her aunt a glance just now.

However, did Liu Xu choose to join Pengcheng because of his older cousin?
Judging from their behavior just now, it didn't seem like they were recognizing each other, and besides, they had no reason to do so.

Zhou Lin couldn't understand it.

On the other side, Liu Xu and Liu Ying, who had just fled from the main gate, turned a corner and ran into a deserted area when suddenly they felt a tightness on their bodies. Looking down, they saw that they had been bound tightly in the blink of an eye, starting from their ankles.

His expression changed, and he was about to ask his sister for help when the vines continued to climb upwards, binding his mouth as well.

Liu Ying was shocked and was about to approach when she was suddenly bound up like a mummy, just like her brother.

The brother and sister fell to the ground with a thud, staring at each other with wide eyes.

Liu Ying didn't know what to say about her brother. He was clearly terrified of Bai Li, but he couldn't keep his mouth shut and blurted everything out. Now, the two of them were tied up here, and who knew when they would be discovered.

She also gained a new understanding of Bai Li's special abilities; they were truly much stronger than hers.

She was able to control things remotely from such a great distance.

Liu Ying tried to communicate with the green ivy on her body. Although it looked slightly different from hers, it was still a green ivy. Maybe it could listen to her too.

However, the idea was nice, but the reality was cruel.

It would have been better if she hadn't tried to communicate; the moment she did, the pothos vines binding her tightened even more, almost suffocating her.

I'm going to die.
At the same time, the children in the carriage were not quite aware of what had just happened. After all, it was too fast, and they hadn't even had time to react before Bai Li pushed them into the carriage and turned around and left.

Everyone looked at each other, and finally all looked at Qiqi.

Qiqi scratched his head, looking confused.

The little boy wasn't that thoughtful; at the very least, he never considered that his grandfather was unmarried.

Now, when he suddenly hears some inexplicable words, he can immediately understand what they mean.

Junyu, being a big kid, knew that this kind of thing might be taboo for Aunt Bai, so he changed the subject and talked about something else.

On February 3rd, Shenzhen welcomed its second year since the end of the world.

This year's Lunar New Year was more lively than last year's because the electricity was restored.

It sounds easy, but it's incredibly difficult to actually do.

Everyone knew that the power plant was close to Li Nan, and everyone had high hopes for him, hoping that the electricity would start generating soon.

When Li Nan heard everyone urging him on, he wanted to curse.

Whether it was due to the zombies at the beginning or the mutated animals going berserk later, the machines in the power plant were severely damaged, and even the power distribution room and cables everywhere were destroyed.

To fix it, you need two things: a technician and the right tools and materials.

The tools are easy to find; you can rummage around in a power plant and find them.

However, for some reason, all the materials stored at the power plant were spoiled. A search of the entire city yielded no suitable materials, and even in the surrounding cities, only a few bundles were found.

Later, when Jiang Minglang and his group went to Ningcheng to collect weapons, they brought some back from there.

At first, the technicians weren't particularly skilled. A few electricians could repair the power distribution room and connect cables, but they were helpless when it came to the severely damaged generators in the power plant.

It was only in recent months that several highly capable individuals were recruited, which allowed the thermal power plant to be restarted and the planning of cables and power distribution rooms to begin.

The city center is almost uninhabited, so there's no need for electricity. However, the power lines to the military base and Yunxi Village have to go from west to east, circling almost the entire city.

What? The old lines?
Yes, there was power, but it was all cut off. But regardless, it's a great thing that the whole city finally has power.

The next step is to restore communication.

Li Nan is incredibly busy right now. Not only does he have to keep an eye on these things, but the paper mill that was moved here will also be restarted in a few days.

He didn't have the energy to ask about the greenhouse area anymore; he left it all to Kunzi.

Liu Xu and his group had been following Kunzi for over a year. Now, thanks to the arrival of Leader Ouyang, they no longer needed to patrol, and the city's security was no longer a concern.

Kunzi happened to be short-staffed, so he asked his siblings to help manage the greenhouse area. Mainly, they had spent a lot of time together and developed trust in each other.

Besides, they could all see that Bai Li didn't care about the two of them at all.

Of course, the premise is not to cause trouble.

On the night of the Lantern Festival, Bai Yang took the red lantern she had made to find Xi Shuang, who was at the village clinic dispensing medicine to an elderly person.

Once everything was back on track, the village clinic in Yunxi reopened.

The doctors were Xi Shuang and Xia Min, and the nurse was still Jing Lan.

As for the medicine, it was all herbs collected from various mountains nearby. The variety was definitely not complete. Fortunately, Xi Shuang found some seeds in a laboratory at Pengcheng Central Hospital. Then, she asked Professor Leng to help cultivate them and, with the help of stimulating growth, managed to gather quite a lot of medicine.

Does Xi Shuang know traditional Chinese medicine?
I had taken the course as an elective at school before, and now I'm being forced to take it on. I went to the city library and the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital to find a lot of books to study, and even brought all the books from the library of Huacheng Traditional Chinese Medicine College next door. Xia Min and I read them day and night.

Learn about herbs, decoction preparation, acupuncture, acupoints, and pulse diagnosis.
Xi Shuang is alright; at least she got the hang of it when she was in school, so she can quickly get into the swing of things again now.

Xia Min was in a terrible situation. She was so dizzy from just recognizing the herbs that she would dream about them at night, which woke Zhang Shaoda up several times.

Oh, by the way, they got married.

Unable to register their marriage due to the special circumstances, they held a simple wedding before the Lunar New Year, witnessed by Xia Yonghua, Bai Xiangtian, and a few other elders.

The wedding room was decorated with the help of Bai Li and Cheng Siyun. They put up the "double happiness" character, found two romantic landscape paintings, and duvet the bright red bed sheets and duvet covers they had previously brought back from the mall.

In short, whatever is festive is best.

Five tables were set up, and the head chef was Song Huanyan. For the first time, everyone was impressed by this former hot pot restaurant owner. Not only could she brew wine, but she was also a really good cook.

Grandma Bai and her second aunt are good at home cooking, but for a banquet like this that can hold its own, they certainly can't compare to Boss Song, who has learned through formal channels and has studied it for a long time.

The wine was also provided by Song Huanyan. Although it hadn't been brewed for long, it tasted really good.

During the meal, Xu Bo joked with Qiao Fei, "Captain Qiao is really lucky to have such a good meal."

Qiao Fei was giving Liuli a chicken bone with a lot of meat on it when he didn't hear Xu Bo's words clearly. He only heard the words "good fortune" and nodded, "That's right, Liuli and Xiao Wu are quite lucky today."

It's a rare treat to have meat, so we gave them plenty of bones, and then sent the rest to Xiao Heng and Xiao Ha – not a single bone was wasted.

The group of people at the table couldn't help but burst out laughing. At the same time, they were speechless at Qiao Fei. With such a beautiful woman living in his house, he didn't have any feelings for her at all?

Is it because he's been single for too long that he's developed problems?

Would you rather be interested in dogs than have any feelings for people?

If that's the case, could it be that he has some kind of health problem?

Suddenly, the way the others looked at Qiao Fei became strange, and Xu Bo, who was right next to him, even moved to the side.

After feeding Liuli and regaining his senses, Qiao Fei noticed everyone's strange behavior and laughed in exasperation.

After the banquet, he dragged a few people to the training ground and got into a fight, even beating up Xu Bo.

The sweetness of marriage did not lessen Xia Min's pain in memorizing herbs and learning acupoints. When Bai Yang came over, she was watching Xi Shuang prepare medicine with a blank expression.

"No need to rush, take your time. As I told you before, first identify the herbs according to the prescription, one by one. Then, decoct them a few more times like I did, and you'll naturally get the hang of it."

No matter the occasion, Xi Shuang always speaks slowly and deliberately. Crucially, she has a good memory and learns exceptionally quickly.

Xia Min was deeply impressed; he truly deserved to be called a top student.

Seeing Bai Yang come in, she took the prescription from Xi Shuang's hand and urged her, "Go and light the lantern, I'll take care of the rest."

Xi Shuang looked up at Bai Yang, who held up a rabbit lantern in her hand. It was lifelike, vivid, and very beautiful.

Carry a lantern
It had been so long since she had done something like this. The last time she remembered doing something like this was when her parents were still alive, before she was ten years old. But back then, the lanterns she bought were all battery-powered. Pressing a button would turn on the little light inside, accompanied by music.

It seems to look and sound nice, but it's actually not very interesting. Just like her brother said, the candles inside are more fun.

Bai Yang held the lantern in front of her, tilting it slightly so that a thin red candle could be clearly seen sticking out of it.

She couldn't help but smile, revealing a dimple on her cheek, making her look sweet.

Xia Min was fed up with their cloying affection and forcibly pushed them out of the clinic, telling them to leave quickly.

From a distance of about ten meters, you could hear Bai Yang asking, "I made this myself, does it look good?"

"nice."

"Give."

Ugh.
Young people dating is truly enviable.

In her moment of reflection, Xia Min forgot that she was actually the same age as those two people.

It's not that she forgot; the main problem is that Zhang Shaoda always told her, "When I first met you, I felt like we'd known each other for a long time. Do you think we might have been a couple in a past life? If that's the case, then we've already spent a lifetime together, like an old married couple?"

All she could say was that this was an unconventional love story between her and Zhang Shaoda.

Their courtship was simple and straightforward; they quickly and easily established a relationship. With his daily care and love, they entered into marriage, as naturally and smoothly as an old married couple.

Her own personality isn't as aloof and delicate as Xi Shuang's, so she's not suited for a slow and steady approach. Just like her special ability, it's better suited to something quick.

"Honey, look what I brought you!"

Xia Min was lost in thought when a loud voice suddenly rang out from the clinic, followed by a burly man with a dark face, carrying a lantern with a large rooster in his hand, running over excitedly.

"Look at this chicken, I snatched it from Qiqi. You can play with it for a while, then give it back to him later."

Xia Min:
thank you!

Time flies, and March is fast approaching.

I originally thought the temperature would continue to rise, and might even reach the initial high of 40 or 50 degrees Celsius, but unexpectedly, after rising to 20 degrees Celsius, it suddenly dropped sharply.

good night!