Abnormal survival in the end times

Chapter 252, Leave It Behind

Even if we were to resell Xiao Lan, it would have to be to a reliable person.

He Ningzhu?
Forget it, she's far from reliable.

Yesterday, I ran into her several times while holding Xiao Lan, and the disdain and disgust in her eyes were practically written all over her forehead.

Therefore, Liu Ying did not believe her.

He Ningzhu's face turned as black as a pot. What kind of attitude was Liu Ying?

I don't believe that she and her family are so busy every day, yet she still picks up a child to cause them trouble. She complained when we didn't solve the problem for her, and now that we've solved it for her, she still has complaints.

What exactly do you want?
Considering the strength of their team and the fact that Liu Xu was also present, she suppressed her anger and said coldly, "Secretary Chen sent me here. As for the follow-up arrangements, I don't know. If you want to know, go find her. I'm only responsible for taking the child back."

"Who should I give it to?"

He Ningzhu said irritably, "I've already said I don't know, if you..."

"You don't know anything, so what are you doing here? Get lost!"

Liu Ying also became famous; the fact that she wasn't directly punished was purely out of respect for the management office.

She looked at the driver behind He Ningzhu, softened her voice, and said, "Xiao Wu, please go back and explain to your director that it's not that I'm not cooperating with your work, but this is just a child, not a cat or dog. I can't hand him over without making it clear."

Xiao Wu was just a driver; he didn't know how the child was being cared for.

However, he agreed with Liu Ying's statement. After all, it was a life, and asking about the follow-up arrangements was a responsible thing to do for the child.

This made him change his opinion of Liu Feng, the deputy captain of the team who was rumored to be cold-blooded, ruthless and cunning. How cold-blooded could someone who would be soft-hearted towards children be?

As for He Ningzhu, he glanced at the junior assistant in the management office, not quite understanding why she was talking to Liu Ying like that. Logically speaking, since she was there to pick up the child, she should have known about the follow-up arrangements and who would take care of the child.

But now she says she knows nothing, which is completely unlike Director Wang's style.

However, this has nothing to do with him, and he doesn't need to meddle in other people's business.

So in the end, He Ningzhu returned to the management office empty-handed. No one knows how she reported to Secretary Chen and Director Wang, but after that, no one came to ask Liu Ying for the child again.

After He Ningzhu and Xiao Wu left, Liu Xu took a shower and then had breakfast. Afterwards, he resignedly said to Liu Ying, "You shouldn't go out today. I'll go to the eastern suburbs of the city."

To be honest, I'm not that tired, but I was on duty late last night and didn't get much sleep, so I'm a little sleepy now.

"I'm going to sleep for a while. Wake me up in two hours."

As he spoke, Liu Xu bent down and leaned closer to Xiao Lan. He hadn't paid much attention to him yesterday, but upon closer inspection today, hey, this kid is quite handsome.

He reached out his devilish hand and pinched Xiao Lan's chubby little face, leaving two very noticeable finger marks on her fair skin.

Liu Ying slapped his hand away and said angrily, "What are you doing? You have no sense of proportion!"

Looking at Xiao Lan again, her little mouth was pouting, and her light blue eyes were already filled with tears. She looked like she wanted to cry but dared not, which made her look very pitiful.

"Little Blue, don't cry, Little Blue. Let's ignore this big bad guy."

Xiao Lan was originally sitting in Liu Ying's arms, with his back to her and facing the door. Now, in order to coax him, she turned him around, picked him up, and bounced him a little awkwardly.

After finishing his jolting, he didn't forget to give Liu Xu another sharp look, saying, "I'm warning you, don't mess with him."

Although the child had been very well-behaved since waking up this morning, Liu Ying still remembered how he cried endlessly at the management office yesterday, so she really didn't want to see him shed tears again.

Liu Xu clicked his tongue. "Anyone who didn't know better would think this was your son. It's rare to see you so patient with a child. Otherwise, you could keep him and raise him yourself."

In his opinion, women in the apocalypse are courting death by having children, so Cherry will most likely not give birth on her own in the future. But not giving birth doesn't mean she can't raise children.

We hadn't considered this issue before because they all thought raising such a young child would be too much trouble.

But now it seems that his sister didn't find it too troublesome either.

Liu Ying herself probably didn't realize that on the one hand, she said she wanted to quickly sell Xiao Lan, but on the other hand, she was extremely picky about whoever would take him over. Sometimes Xiao Lan would cry and refuse, but she couldn't bear to force him to go.

Although Liu Xu wasn't with her yesterday, he could tell from the scene where she confronted He Ningzhu that his sister was reluctant to part with that boy.

If you really want to sell, as long as there's someone in the management office who will take over, you can just hand over the property and that's it. You won't have to ask any more questions.

How they arrange things is their business, why are you so nosy?
So he bluntly stated, "Don't be stubborn. I can tell you're just reluctant to part with this little brat. If that's the case, then let him stay. With so many of us, can't we support one child?"

Is this a question of whether or not it can be raised to survive?
Liu Ying frowned slightly, casually turned her head, and saw her brother's towel on the clothesline next to her. She couldn't help but twitch her lips.

Raising a child isn't just about feeding them; there's also pooping and peeing—who takes care of that?

Thinking of this, she quickly picked up Xiao Lan and handed him to her brother, saying in a very fast voice, "Well, you're both men, why don't you take him to take a dump?"

After saying that, he turned around and went back into the house. "He might be hungry after he finishes pooping, so I'll go heat up the rest of his goat milk."

Heating milk is no easy task, and her brother certainly wouldn't know how.

She ran inside to get the milk, and Liu Xu, who was holding Xiao Lan outside, froze.

No, what do you mean?
What do you mean you're all men, and you're helping him take a dump?

How do I bring this?
He looked down at Xiao Lan, and Xiao Lan looked up at him. The two, one big and one small, stared at each other.

Liu Ying poked her head out of the main room and shouted at her brother, "Isn't there a toilet in the bathroom? Just take off his pants, put him on the toilet, it's such a simple thing, can't you even do that?"

If you can, then come.

Liu Xu was so angry he laughed. He asked, "Are you sure he won't fall?"

"Silly, you need to support him."

Liu Xu had no choice but to stiffly carry Xiao Lan to the bathroom.

Of course, before going in, they roughly pulled off his pants. Perhaps the action was too rough, because it scratched Xiao Lan's tender little leg, which scared the little guy so much that his eyes started to well up with tears again.

"Don't cry, it won't do any good. Your mother doesn't care about you. Now you can only stay with your uncle."

Liu Ying:
Upon hearing the word "your mother," she felt as if she had been struck by lightning, her mind going completely blank.

He immediately jumped up and shouted, "Liu Xu, don't talk nonsense! I have no intention of adopting him!"

“But you didn’t intend to sell him either,” Liu Xu replied without turning his head.

"Who said that? It's just that the people from the management office are unreliable, I can't just hand him over like that." "Come on, we've been together since before we were born. I know exactly what you're thinking. If you can't bear to part with him, just say so. What's the point of making up so many excuses? Besides, I already said I'll raise him for you, is that not okay?"

Liu Ying wanted to righteously refute her brother, but now was not the time; she had more important things to do.

She walked to the bathroom door and watched as her brother carefully helped Xiao Lan sit on the edge of the toilet. It looked like she could easily fall in.

But that's not important. What's important is that Xiao Lan needs to poop today, though I don't know if she'll be able to.

So he started coaxing, "Little Lan, the toilet you're sitting on now is the place to poop, not yesterday's wooden tub. Be good, poop today."

Liu Xu sensed something was off. He held Xiao Lan with both hands and turned to ask Liu Ying, "What do you mean by 'wooden basin'? He mistook the wooden basin for Liu Yingtao. Don't tell me it's the wooden basin I just used to wash my face? Did you use that to poop for him yesterday?"

Liu Ying looked bewildered. "You just washed your face in a wooden basin? That's alright. Ba Tong said that a child this big doesn't poop or pee smell bad, and besides, he rinsed it several times yesterday, so it's already clean."

Liu Xucai ignored their words, convinced that the two of them were doing it on purpose, using his washbasin for the little brat.

After sitting on the toilet for a long time, Xiao Lan looked at Liu Xu with a blank expression, without managing to poop a single fart.

With a dark expression, Liu Xu dragged him out of the bathroom, shoved him into Liu Ying's arms, and turned to go back to his room to sleep.

Knowing she was in the wrong, Liu Ying changed the subject, saying, "I saw Bai Li yesterday, and she even talked to me."

Liu Xu paused, then snorted, "Didn't I tell you to 'get lost'?"

Liu Yingye wasn't angry; instead, she chuckled, "She asked me about Xiao Lan's situation, and when I left, Qiqi gave me a bag of fruit and two roasted sweet potatoes. By the way, you didn't know, did you? She's pregnant. Judging by her belly, she should be giving birth in a few months."

"what?"

Liu Xu was completely stunned. His first reaction was, "Is Jiang Minglang sick? Why is she having a baby at this time?"

Liu Ying calmly replied, "Yunxi Village has delivery rooms and professional obstetricians."

Liu Xu choked, thought for a moment, and still muttered with dissatisfaction, "No matter what, it can't compare to before the apocalypse. Giving birth now is still too dangerous."

Does no one have children in Li Nan's greenhouse area?
Of course, there are, but less than half of the adults and children survive. The babies die in the womb, and both the mother and the unborn child perish. In short, after seeing so many cases, people become numb to it and gradually develop an awareness that you can't have children in the apocalypse!
Even if the hospital is rebuilt now, it cannot give people a 100% sense of security.

Of course, with Jiang Minglang's abilities and Bai Li's caution, the two would definitely make all the necessary preparations before the child was born.

Thinking about this, Liu Xu felt that his worries were somewhat unnecessary.

He touched his nose somewhat awkwardly and asked Liu Ying, "What is she pregnant with?"

"Qiqi says she's her younger sister."

"It's great, a son and a daughter."

Liu Ying followed her brother into the house, and then, as if thinking of something, said, "He Ningzhu won't do. You're not planning to find someone else, are you? There are so many single girls in Pengcheng now, you can't possibly not like any of them, can you? Think about it some more, I'm still waiting to become your aunt."

Liu Xu retorted directly, "Then I'd like to be an uncle too, why don't you look for one?"

Without even thinking, Liu Ying replied, "Whether I look for him or not, will it affect your status as an uncle?"

The two were both taken aback, then looked somewhat embarrassed.

Then Liu Ying coughed lightly, looked down at Xiao Lan, and tried to save face, saying, "Didn't you say it yourself that Xiao Lan should call you uncle?"

Can that be the same?

Just then, there was another knock on the iron gate of their courtyard, followed by a familiar child's voice, "Aunt Ying? Aunt Ying, are you there?"

The two siblings exchanged a glance, and Liu Ying muttered in a very low voice, "Look, your nephew is here."

Liu Xu rolled his eyes and whispered, "I wonder who had the nerve to call him Uncle Xu."

"If I asked him to call you uncle, would you dare to agree?"

After saying that, she ignored her brother, turned around and walked towards the door, calling out as she went, "Is that Qiqi? I'm here."

Liu Xu ultimately didn't manage to sleep. He watched Qiqi and the little boy who was always by his side play with Xiao Lan for a while. Then the two of them fed the two cats with the things they had brought. Finally, he told Liu Ying that the goat milk was freshly squeezed that day and could be kept for two days.

Then he took the two children out of the city.

They're incredibly bold; before they even had a chance to clean up the eastern suburbs of the city, they actually went to a farm yesterday to look for something.

And they actually found something big: in a hidden cellar, they found a male and a female pig, as well as a litter of piglets.

I don't know if there's been any mutation, but it looks normal.

Pig, this is a pig.

But since it was found by two children, the management office was too embarrassed to take it, and in the end, Lao Sheng and Ren Bin drove away in a big truck.

So this time, Liu Xu wanted to go out with the two of them.

He used to think that luck was a mysterious thing, and that if you believed in it, it would work, and if you didn't believe in it, you didn't believe in it. Anyway, he believes in it very much now.

On the way there, Liu Xu discussed with Qi Qi, "When you raise the piglets and are ready to slaughter them, could you leave Uncle Xu a pig leg and about ten pounds of ribs? That way, whatever you want, Uncle Xu will find it for you."

He hadn't eaten pork for as many days as the end of the world had come. You couldn't say he was craving it, but the mere thought of the word "pig" made his mouth water.

Qiqi couldn't make any promises about things that hadn't happened yet. After all, the piglets were still small, and when they would grow up and when they would be slaughtered were all unknowns.

His mother had told him long ago that he shouldn't make promises to others unless they were 100% certain.

Therefore, he did not rashly agree to Liu Xu's request regarding the pork leg and ribs.

But after thinking for a moment, he said to him, "They're slaughtering sheep in a few days, do you want a leg of lamb?"

Is there such a good thing?
"Yes, yes, of course."

Liu Xu was overjoyed. He patted Qiqi on the shoulder like a good brother and said to him, "But this transaction needs the adults' permission. You need to talk to your grandpa and your parents about whether to buy it with points or exchange it for something else. I have no problem with that."

From the very beginning, he never intended to take advantage of his nephew, regardless of whether he acknowledged him or not.

Therefore, in this deal, he will only give more, not less.

Qiqi nodded like a little adult and said, "That's for sure. My grandpa manages all the sheep in our Baiguoyuan. If we want to exchange them, we definitely need his permission. But this time he said that two of the slaughtered sheep will be sent out, one to Uncle Wei and one to Uncle Nan. They should each have one. We'll give Uncle Nan one less leg of lamb. You have a good relationship with him, so I don't think he'll have any objections."

Li Nan: No, I have an opinion, I have a very big opinion!

good night!