Abnormal survival in the end times

Chapter 64: Pretend Not to Know, Spontaneous Combustion
When the water in the pot boiled, Qiqi and Zhou Jinfeng and his sister dug a full bucket of shepherd's purse.

But how to clean it?

Zeng Sujie looked at the still clear stream and asked Bai Li, "How about I wash it with the water from the stream first, and then use mineral water?"

Bai Li straightened up, glanced at the gurgling stream, and nodded, "Okay."

Zeng Sujie took the bucket from the children and went to the stream. Qiqi blinked, turned around, picked up the empty mineral water bucket next to the pot and got into the car.

When he came down, he was sticking his butt out and dragging a bucket of water out of the car with great effort.

"Mom, help me."

Bai Li walked forward and took the bucket down, then glanced down at her son.

Including this time, this bucket has been used three times.

Qiqi chuckled and whispered, "They won't find out."

Bai Li had thought about this problem before. It was not difficult to keep it secret completely. Qiqi just needed to not give any water or give less water.

However, this would mean that the mother and daughter would not live as comfortably as before.

Then why do we have to go together?

The main reason she didn't mind going with them was because of the two siblings Jinfeng and Jinyu. Children need playmates, and Qiqi had a good feeling towards the two siblings, and the three children could play together very well.

Bai Li decided to let things take their course and just gloss over the question if asked. It would be better not to ask at all.

So Bai Li carried the bucket over and, under Zeng Sujie's distressed look, washed the bucket of shepherd's purse three times.

Now is a good time to eat shepherd's purse. It is really tender and fresh. It tastes delicious just by blanching it in boiling water and adding some salt and sesame oil.

It will definitely taste better if you wrap it in dough and steam it.

So after eating the noodles, Bai Li didn't leave in a hurry, but took a few children to continue digging shepherd's purse.

When Zeng Sujie heard her say that she was going to make steamed dishes in the evening, she asked with a complicated expression, "You even brought the steamer with you?"

"What kind of steamer do you want? I have a grate. Put water in a wok and put the grate on top. It will be steamed in a short while."

It was impossible for her to bring everything so complete, so she only brought a kettle, a small pot for cooking porridge, a wok, and a grate for the wok.

Even so, Zeng Sujie admires her very much.

"Qiqi, go get another bucket of water. We'll wash our hair before we leave."

It’s been three days since I came out and my hair is becoming oily. If I don’t have the conditions, I can endure it, but if I have the conditions, why should I endure it?

Qiqi agreed, picked up the empty bucket and got into the car. After a while, he came down with his butt sticking up and dragging the bucket.

Zeng Sujie hadn't noticed anything unusual yet, she just said distressedly, "Even if you brought a lot of water, you can't waste it like this, right? Bai Li."

"Xiao Jie, come and help me."

She thought Zhou Hui wanted to go to the bathroom, so she hurried to her car. The passenger door was open, and Zhou Hui put his arm around her shoulders. He limped to a secluded place and whispered in Zeng Sujie's ear, "Don't tell Bai Li about the water. No matter how many buckets of water they take out, just pretend you don't know."

Zeng Sujie was stunned. "What do you mean?"

"You idiot, didn't you see that Qiqi was carrying the same bucket back and forth? This kid...will probably let the water out."

After Zhou Hui was injured, he was lucky enough to find a doctor friend who was familiar with him. When he was hitting his legs with a stone slab, he heard him talk about how when they escaped from the hospital, a lot of water came out of one of his colleagues' hands, and another colleague became extremely strong.

This doctor friend speculated that the virus might not only turn people into zombies, but might also produce some kind of magical superpowers.

Of course, what it will turn into depends on the individual's body resistance.

Those who cannot resist will become zombies, and those who can resist may still be ordinary people, or they may undergo some kind of mutation.

When his friend told him this, Zeng Sujie was chatting with the other man's wife, so she didn't hear it.

And during their escape, they didn't encounter anyone who could use supernatural powers, at least not openly.

So when Zeng Sujie suddenly heard Zhou Hui mention it, she was so shocked that her eyes almost popped out.

"Keep calm and don't show it."

Zhou Hui turned her face forward and whispered to her, "For safety reasons, Bai Li probably doesn't want others to know about Qiqi's specialness, so just pretend you don't know. You didn't see it no matter how much water he brought. Do you understand?"

We drink water boiled by others and eat noodles cooked by others. How can we not keep this secret?
That must be maintained.

Zeng Sujie was a man who knew what was happening. After being shocked, she immediately nodded and said, "Don't worry, I will pretend to be blind and not see anything."

After a few seconds, she couldn't help but ask, "Honey, there are zombies and people with superpowers. What will this world be like in the future?"

What will it become? Who knows.

After digging up the shepherd's purse, I washed it with water and then used five plastic bags to pack it.

When Bai Li took the children to dig shepherd's purse, Zeng Sujie stood beside the kettle and called Bai Li as soon as the water boiled.

Fortunately, she had a folding plastic basin similar to the one Bai Li brought in her car. She put it in her car last month when she planned to take the children on a spring outing, but they didn't go because of the weather.

And she forgot to take it out.

I wonder if I should thank her for being forgetful?
The shampoo was something the kids found at the supermarket at the gas station. Luckily they put it in the car, otherwise they would have had to wash their hair with water.

She was embarrassed to use Baili. The food and drinks were provided by other people, so how could she use anything else?

It took two full pots of water for adults and children to finish washing.

In the meantime, Qiqi carried an empty bucket to the car to "fetch water". Zeng Sujie no longer felt sorry for the water and just used it, pretending not to know.

After washing our faces and heads, everyone set off again feeling refreshed.

"Bai Li, when you came here this morning, did you feel that there was something wrong with that village?"

Zhou Hui raised his own question, "There is no one in the village, but there are people on the mountain, and there are houses on the mountain. You may not have noticed when you were driving, but there were some torn clothes halfway up the mountain. I saw that they looked torn, and I also saw a half-naked woman running out of a hole, but before she could run two steps, she was hugged by a man, covered her mouth and dragged back."

Zeng Sujie's eyes widened in surprise, "Really? Why didn't I hear you say that just now?"

"You were driving, and I was afraid I would disturb you if I told you."

He looked at Bai Li and saw that she looked calm and not surprised at all. He asked, "Did you see it too?"

Bai Li shook her head, "I didn't see the clothes or the woman you mentioned. I only saw a man hiding behind a tree halfway up the mountain."

She understood what Zhou Hui meant. Such a village was most likely controlled by a certain force, but it had not been under their control for too long, so they did not dare to stop the car when they came over.

But if they knew that besides the children, there was only an injured man and two women in their two cars, they might not be so lucky.

Everyone returned to the car. Qiqi looked at the road and the map at the same time, and followed the increasingly wider road until they finally got onto the national highway.

This place is relatively close to the highway, but the fork in the road is blocked. Seven or eight cars collided with each other, and all of them were deformed. There was also a large truck among them, which really blocked the road to the highway.

Bai Li was about to drive over and continue on her way, but Zeng Sujie behind her honked the horn.

Bai Li pulled over to the side of the car, and seeing Zeng Sujie approaching, he rolled down the window and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Zhou Hui wants to get some oil from those abandoned cars, and he will."

I filled up the gas in Wucheng early in the morning. Although I stopped for an hour or two to eat, pick vegetables and wash my hair at noon, I had already driven for most of the day. Half of the gas in the tank was used up, and there was still half left.

Of course it would be best if we could add more. Zhou Hui asked Zeng Sujie to take out a pipe and a bucket from her car.

When getting gas, the couple tried not to look into the car, because there were either zombies or dead bodies inside. In short, they were all unrecognizable and unbearable to watch.

Both cars were quickly refueled and continued on their journey.

Because this national highway is almost parallel to the expressway and the road is relatively wide, we encountered other vehicles after driving for an hour and a half.

They ignored it and just focused on driving their own.

Instead, the other person stuck his head out of the window and kept looking at their two cars.

Afterwards, perhaps because it was annoyed that they were driving too slowly, a black BMW behind Zeng Sujie and the others honked its horn wildly.

Zhou Hui calmly comforted his wife, "Drive your own car, ignore him."

Less than a minute after he said this, the BMW passed them and rushed to the front.

Maybe because I saw there was a man sitting in their car, I didn't say anything when I passed by.

But when he passed Bai Li's car in front, he rolled down the window and cursed, "Can you fucking drive? If you can't, then don't block the road and pull over. Didn't you hear me telling you to pull over?"

Bai Li just ignored it as a barking dog and didn't even change his speed.

But the man who was swearing thought she was scared, so he shouted even louder and even tried to rush forward to stop her car.

But before their driver could speed up, a ball of fire suddenly appeared in the car, and then the whole car was quickly engulfed in flames.

A few heart-wrenching screams were heard, and before the car could stop, the car and the people in it had turned into a pile of ashes.

Incredibly fast.

The rear seat window behind Bai Li opened for three seconds and then closed quietly again.

No one was seen.

But the car window next to Bai Li opened silently at this moment.

So when the stunned Zeng Sujie and Zhou Hui looked towards her car, they only saw that the window next to Bai Li was half open.

The couple swallowed at the same time, their hearts pounding.

"Zhou Hui, husband, pinch me."

Zhou Hui, with a pale face, pinched Zeng Sujie's arm lightly.

"Try harder, I haven't eaten yet."

"Hiss~ Why are you using so much strength? Are you trying to strangle me to death?"

"Zhou Hui, did we run into a car just now?"

Zhou Hui:.
"Drive carefully, don't let Bai Li fall behind."

"Who are you looking down on? Don't forget that I got the certificate earlier than you."

Zeng Sujie was sweating profusely at this moment. She did not give up and returned to the previous topic, "Did the car catch fire spontaneously?"

Zhou Hui:.
He nodded firmly, "Yes, it caught fire spontaneously. There might be something wrong with the engine. Plus, the temperature is a bit high today."

It's a bit high. I feel it's at least 15 or 16 degrees now.

Zeng Sujie forced a smile that was uglier than crying, thinking to herself, whose car could catch fire spontaneously and turn into a pile of ash in an instant!

so horrible!

But why did she feel so safe?
"Hubby, this is the first time I think it's great that you have classmates!"

Zhou Hui:.
He turned his head and glanced at the back seat. Fortunately, the children were asleep, otherwise he would have to explain to them the principle of spontaneous combustion.

There was complete silence in Bai Li's car ahead.

Qiqi, who was being taught a lesson for the first time, huddled in the seat holding Xiaowu, with Tiedan lying next to him. His injuries had not yet fully healed, but he was able to stand up and take a few simple steps, but he was asleep most of the time.

"Mom, I, I didn't expect Xiaowu's fire would be so severe." He actually burned both the person and the car.

Bai Li glanced at her son through the rearview mirror and asked, "Do you regret it?"

Qiqi bit her lip and remained silent for two seconds, then shook her head firmly, "No, who asked them to bully mom? We didn't do anything to them, why did they pick on us? So, so they deserved to die."

The last sentence was obviously lowered a lot when it came out.

He didn't regret teaching them a lesson, but he was a little scared. After all, there were four or five people in the car, and they could all be burned to death in an instant.
"You're right, he deserves to die."

Bai Li couldn't let a few scumbags leave a psychological burden on her son, so she said firmly, "People like this are a nuisance if we keep them around, it's better for them to die."

Hearing his mother say this, Qiqi breathed a sigh of relief. The little fat boy covered his heart with his hand and whispered, "It was so scary when I saw the fire just now. My heart was beating so fast that it hasn't recovered yet."

This is normal, after all, he is only eight years old.

"Okay, if you feel sleepy, take a nap. We'll just follow this path from now on. Mom won't go wrong."

At six o'clock in the evening, when the sun was about to set, Bai Li and her friends' car was stopped by someone.

Someone has set up checkpoints on this road. Those who want to pass have two choices. One is to go to the base they built not far away; the second is, if you don’t go, you have to leave half of the supplies in the car, no matter what you have in the car.

This is blatant robbery.

There were two cars in front of Bai Li. She saw that the driver of the first car seemed to have rejected both of them, so seven or eight thugs rushed up and smashed the car with sticks in their hands, causing crackling sounds and splashing glass.

The three men in the car were pulled out and beaten, screaming in agony.

Bai Li narrowed her eyes and stared at the leader of the gang. Ha! He was an acquaintance.

She also didn't understand why she kept running into this group of people. Before, they were on the road just like her, but now they had set up a base so quickly?

She really had no interest in figuring out what this base was. She just wanted to get there as quickly as possible and find a suitable place to rest when it got completely dark.

Bai Li stuck her head out of the car window. The green ivy in her hand was like a long snake that could grow infinitely. It rushed forward and slapped the pigtailed man twice on the face, stunning him as he stood aside and watched his men beating someone.

"Brother, what's wrong with you?"

"Who the fuck?"

"sister?"

The gangsters who were shocked by this sudden change stopped beating people, but before they could react what was happening and why their boss was beaten, they heard the word "sister" from their boss's mouth.

Bai Li's mouth twitched. Damn it, who the hell recognized you as their brother?

　I rode my electric bike to the market to buy vegetables this morning, and on the way back I ran into a psychopath.

　　I was going in the forward direction and he was going in the reverse direction. When he came up to me, he suddenly stretched out his arm and shouted at me, which scared me so much that I almost tipped over and fell onto the flower bed.

　　When I looked back, he had already run far away.

　　There is really nothing you can do when you encounter this kind of psychopath, you can only hide.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)