A lonely, unlucky military officer with a stubborn fate insisted on marrying me.

Lin Yinyin asked this to see if he was honest. His posture was upright, his demeanor composed—clearly a soldier. Besides, if this man were even slightly selfish and went to the battalion commander to complain, she'd be finished.

This meat... it can't be left undivided.

But seeing that he was quite honest and that he was a soldier, she had no choice but to reluctantly give up on him.

When Lin Yinyin made her conditions, Li Jinye agreed without hesitation. "Okay."

"But I have one more request."

"you say."

"My affairs are not to be mentioned to a third person."

"Can."

"make a deal!"

Lin Yinyin turned and ran back into the house, found two old newspapers, wrapped up a braised pork knuckle weighing about five pounds, and quickly handed it over, "Here you go."

"Thank you." Li Jinye took the meat and placed his watch in her palm. The two exchanged no more pleasantries, and the transaction was completed quickly and efficiently.

Watching Li Jinye's straight departing figure, Lin Yinyin didn't dare to delay any longer and quickly put the remaining braised pork knuckle, along with the bowl, into her spatial storage.

Space is still the safest place!

"Aunt Erhua!" Lin Yinyin turned around and rushed into the kitchen, suddenly hugging Wang Erhua's waist from behind.

Wang Erhua was stunned when she was hugged tightly.

He then chuckled and patted her hand. "What's wrong? Did eating braised pork knuckle give you some inspiration?"

"No, that's not it."

Lin Yinyin buried her face in her back, her voice muffled, "I'm going back to the back mountain. I came to say goodbye."

"No!"

Wang Erhua quickly turned around, "There are still two thighs simmering in the stove. Wait until they're done before you leave!"

"No, thank you," Lin Yinyin refused.

"That half is for you, Da Ni, and Xiao Zhu."

With a serious and solemn expression, she said, "Aunt Erhua, thank you for taking care of me these past few days. You are the best person to me in this village."

As she spoke, she hugged Wang Erhua tightly again.

Before Wang Erhua could persuade her again, Lin Yinyin turned and walked out of the courtyard.

Wang Erhua chased after Lin Yinyin to the door, and as she watched Lin Yinyin's retreating figure, her eyes inexplicably welled up with tears.

For some reason, she always felt that the child would probably never come back.

Just as she had thought, Lin Yinyin planned to go see her sister tomorrow.

She wanted to see the person who held the warmest memory in her heart.

However, before she went, she had already planned out the "big gift" she would give to Lin Dayong.

***

At the west end of the village, there is a cowshed.

The cowshed is not a shed for raising cattle, but a place specifically for detaining and interrogating people who have "problems".

The dilapidated shed, supported by a few blackened old logs, was drafty from all sides.

Lin Yinyin crouched down, using the low bushes for cover, and tiptoed around the cowshed twice.

She didn't approach rashly, but instead shrank into a corner and quietly observed.

Six figures could be vaguely seen inside the shed. A middle-aged couple was the most active, while the other four were old men huddled in the hay, looking half-dead.

"Ahem! Old Tian, ​​have a piece of meat, it smells delicious!" The woman's voice was filled with joy.

Meat?

Lin Yinyin's nose twitched, and she instantly understood what was going on.

Just then, a chilling aura suddenly enveloped them from behind.

"Don't move!"

Li Jinye was tall, but the bushes that were blocking their view were too short, so his broad chest was almost pressed against Lin Yinyin's back.

Lin Yinyin felt her hair stand on end.

Because she could clearly feel the man's firm and taut chest, and the six-pack abs were very clearly tactile.

What a damned, ill-fated relationship!

"What are you doing here?" Li Jinye asked, his breath brushing past Lin Yinyin's ear.

Lin Yinyin's back was so stiff that she dared not move.

"The captain told me to sleep here tonight. I thought I'd observe the situation first."

"This is not a suitable place to rest. You must leave immediately."

"Who?" A sharp voice suddenly rang out from inside the shed; it was Old Tian's voice.

"Meow~" Lin Yinyin heard a cat meow in her ear.

Of course, it was the big tomcat behind her that meowed.

"What are you yelling about? It's just a stray cat." A woman's voice came from behind.

"Eat up, we haven't had any meat in six months, don't waste it."

"Cough cough... cough!"

Old Tian started coughing again. After catching his breath, he picked up a piece of meat and was about to put it in his mouth when he suddenly coughed violently again, "Ugh—"

He vomited up the meat along with everything in his stomach.

"Crash!" The enamel bowl fell to the ground, scattering meat everywhere.

"I won't eat it! Just let me die!"

Old Tian's voice was hoarse and screaming, "I should have just jumped into the river and died! I want the whole village to get this disease from me and die together!"

"Oh dear, what are you doing!" The woman knelt down with concern, picking up the clean, un-dirty piece of meat from the ground. "Keep your voice down! If anyone outside hears this, we're both finished!"

"Damn it? Could things get any worse?"

Old Tian's voice grew increasingly agitated, filled with a desperate, reckless madness: "I want to drag everyone down with me! Why should they be able to eat and drink well and live a good life while I have to rot in this cowshed!"

"How long has it been since those people came? I've already finished my Rifampicin!"

He coughed a few more times, his voice filled with resentment, "This disease is incurable, I'm going to die sooner or later! I might as well take a few others down with me!"

"So you told that guy about that place?" the woman asked.

"Yes! If I'm not having a good time, then nobody else should either!"

Lin Yinyin understood.

Old Tian was filled with hatred. He was probably tricked into revealing information by Li Jinye with his flesh and deliberately betrayed his accomplices, wanting to drag everyone down with him, without distinguishing between friend and foe.

She didn't want to listen anymore; the more she knew, the more dangerous it would be.

But just as she was about to move, Old Tian inside the shed suddenly shouted again, "Who's outside?!"

Lin Yinyin subconsciously imitated a cat's meow: "Meow~"

Almost simultaneously, Li Jinye behind him also let out a soft "meow".

"They're just a pair of stray cats, probably in heat," said Old Tian's wife.

Lin Yinyin: "......."

But Li Jinye's breathing drew even closer. "Don't move. Wait until they calm down before you leave."

Lin Yinyin's heart was pounding wildly, ahhhhh!

She had a fondness for men during the apocalypse, especially soldiers, but back then she was busy finding food. Now, she has one on her back.

No, she can't stay here any longer.

"I have a way to leave!"

What method? Before Li Jinye could ask, he saw Lin Yinyin move.

She raised her hand and knocked on the door. "Want to exchange rice?"

Li Jinye: "......"

Inside the house, the Tian couple: "......."

"Shall we exchange it for rice?" Lin Yinyin asked again.

"I have rice, and I'd like to trade it with you for something else?"

"What... will you give me in exchange?" The person who spoke at this moment was Lao Tian.

Lin Yinyin continued to explain, "A pound of rice in exchange for a single spit from you."

"Spit a mouthful of rice at me, and I'll give you a pound of rice."

Li Jinye: "......"

Inside the house, the Tian couple: "......."

Where did this weirdo come from!

Are you in or not interested in this deal?

"If you don't change it, I'm leaving!"

Old Tian, ​​who was inside the house, also realized what was happening, and a malicious glint flashed in his eyes.

He was hoping to infect more people with his tuberculosis, and now that someone was asking for his saliva, it was exactly what he wanted!

"Change it! Why don't you change it!"

His voice rose several decibels, "Bring me the rice first, I'm going to vomit right now!"

Lin Yinyin then curled her lips into a wicked smile.

The root of the disease that causes nine out of ten tuberculosis patients to die lies in this saliva!

I hope Lin Dayong and the others will like this wonderful gift.

The veins on Li Jinye's forehead throbbed as he stood to the side.

Although he didn't know what rifampicin was, he assumed it was transmitted through saliva.

At this moment, Lin Yinyin pretended to take out a bag of rice and a broken bowl from a dark corner.

Li Jinye's lips twitched. She really was prepared!

Lin Yinyin passed the rice through the crack in the door: "The rice is here, spit your saliva into the bowl."

There were rustling sounds coming from the cowshed, but Lin Yinyin wasn't worried about them changing people to vomit.

Since tuberculosis is transmitted through saliva, the women in the cowshed were probably quite ill as well.

Before long, half a bowl of yellow saliva was passed out through the crack in the door.

Lin Yinyin felt a tightness in her stomach as she looked at the sticky, bloody phlegm.

Ha! This guy isn't afraid of getting stuck!

She used two twigs to hold the bowl between her fingers and turned to leave.

Li Jinye watched her departing figure and sighed silently.

He should prioritize his mission.