Chapter 884 Zhang Xiumei's Second Life

"Good morning, captain!"

"Morning!"

"team leader!"

"Ok!"

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Amid the constant calls from the team members, Tang Wen, after finishing his personal hygiene, went down from the third floor to the large bunk bed on the second floor. After checking to make sure no one had overslept, he went down to the first floor again.

At this moment, the steel double doors on the first floor have been completely opened, and the morning light that comes in has dyed the cement floor at the door a light golden color.

Behind the door, several sandbags that were used to block the door last night were neatly stacked. On top of them were four enamel jars with the six blurred characters "Stanley Pig Feed". The rims of the jars were covered with a layer of dark brown ring patterns, which looked very much like the burnt rings left by a night sentry who casually crushed a cigarette butt on the brick wall.

Next to the wooden rack in the temporary supply area on the first floor, an old lady was standing on tiptoe to pour mineral water into a large iron pot. Her silver hair was loosely tied up with an old silk scarf. The bracelet on her wrist slipped to her elbow and hit the edge of the pot with a crisp sound.

Gulp~Gulp~Gulp~

The clear and sweet mineral water gradually flowed up to the edge of the pot. Seeing this, Tang Wen, who was so hungry that his stomach was sour, couldn't help but move closer: "Grandma Zhang, what are we eating this morning?"

Hearing this, Grandma Zhang turned around and shook off the tiny drops of water on her apron. She smiled kindly and patted the noodle box next to the stove with her skinny hands:

"We'll have beef noodles later. I'll ask Xiao Li to get some canned beef. You guys have been so busy lately, so you must keep up with the meat and oil."

"I got up early today and walked around the house. I found a vegetable patch behind the house. Guess what I found?"

As she spoke, Grandma Zhang, who didn't notice Tang Wen's changed expression at all, proudly took out two cucumbers from her apron pocket.

"I picked them up from the vegetable garden behind the house. The vines are almost covering the fence. I guess they are seeds that rotted in the ground last year. They are very sweet. You can use them as a cushion first. I've shredded the others and will make beef noodles for you later!"

"Hurry up and take it, kid, or someone will see us!" Grandma Zhang stuffed two cucumbers into Tang Wen's hands like a thief, but Tang Wen was nervous and didn't take them.

"Grandma Zhang!" Tang Wen unconsciously raised his voice.

"Didn't I tell you last time? You don't have to worry about food. Just cook whatever we get back."

"It's too dangerous outside in this world. What if something happens if you run around alone?"

Hearing this, the old man quickly realized what mistake he had made. He closed his eyes slightly and apologized with a tone full of self-blame:

"I'm really sorry, Xiao Tang, I've caused you trouble... I saw that everyone in the team was contributing, and I, an old woman, couldn't do anything, so I wanted to let you eat better..."

"You have been so hard-working during this period... I feel bad for not having any time... Don't worry, I won't cause any trouble for you next time..."

Listening to Grandma Zhang's words, Tang Wen suddenly thought of his own grandmother...

The elderly know nothing and can only express love in their own way, so in the eyes of young people, they are always particularly clumsy and outrageous....

Thinking of this, Tang Wen took a deep breath and said gently, "I'm not blaming you, and you didn't cause us any trouble. If it weren't for you, how could we young people go out in the wind and rain to eat such a hot meal?"

"I mean, you are much more important than these supplies. If the supplies are gone, we can find more. But if something happens to you, where should we find you?"

Seeing Tang Wen's tender eyes, Grandma Zhang's cloudy eyes instantly became moist, which made her subconsciously turn her head away.

Although the entire convoy called her Grandma Zhang, she was not anyone's grandmother. She was just an elderly person left behind in the countryside that the convoy picked up along the way.

Her son and daughter work outside all year round. When they just graduated, they would come back every one or two years, but after they got married and had children and started their own families, they often didn't see each other for several years.

But she didn't blame her children, because although she had never been educated and had never left the mountains of Chongqing, she also knew that her children's lives were not easy, and they had to buy cars and houses, and support their children...

She often heard young people who returned to the village for the New Year say that it was difficult outside, especially for those of them who came out of the mountains. It was even more difficult to settle down in other places.

But she thinks her children are amazing because they never complain to her like the young people who return to the village do, because they rarely come back and always hang up quickly when they call.

When she heard the impatient voice on the phone, "You won't understand even if I tell you," she knew that she could no longer fit into her children's lives.

But what could she do if she couldn't fit in? Compared to her wise husband who passed away first, she had already become an immortal, and her children were her only relatives left in this world.

So what she loved most was listening to the young people who came back to the village for the holidays talk about the outside world, because only through these fragments could she barely piece together fragments of her children's current lives.

But just as she sat at the entrance of the village day after day, waiting for death and the return of her children, the heavens played a joke on her again, and the end of the world broke out...

The few remaining elderly people in the village were almost wiped out. As if to prove her immortality, God allowed her to survive. One month after the end of the world, she was picked up by a passing Tang Wen convoy...

After being picked up by Tang Wen, she realized that this world had become even more magical than the ghost stories she had heard in the past...

The first short month was even more exciting than most of her life.

During this process, Zhang Xiumei gradually realized that since God had made her an "immortal", why shouldn't she treat him well?

I used to live in the mountains, but now I have walked out of it on my own!

In the past, children always said that they didn’t understand, but now the world has changed!

So this end of the world in the eyes of others is a new life in Zhang Xiumei's heart...

By chance, she boarded the ship of the new world with the remnants of her old body.

Even if the destination of the ship is the end of the world, so what? At least the ship is moving forward!

Therefore, Zhang Xiumei worked hard every day in the team, trying to learn various survival skills, doing everything well, and trying to understand what the young people say.

In this way, although she worked very hard day after day, her heart was more fulfilled than ever before.

All the old people in the village died, but she survived, in every sense of the word....

Tang Wen's words now finally made her efforts during this period of time pay off.

She was finally no longer a burden, but a member of the team. She finally caught up with the pace of the times with her own efforts!

"Grandma Zhang, are you...are you okay? I may have said something a little harsh just now. I apologize! I apologize! Please don't be sad, otherwise others will scold me to death..."

Seeing Zhang Xiumei's red eyes, Tang Wen panicked and wanted to slap himself twice. After being around men for a long time, he became more and more rude. How could he treat a 70-year-old grandmother like this? !

"no no!"

Seeing Tang Wen's self-blaming expression, Zhang Xiumei quickly waved her hands and said, "Xiao Tang, you misunderstood. It's not because of you. I just thought of something else."

"Grandma is very happy that you treat me like this, really!" Zhang Xiumei said seriously.

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Hearing this, Tang Wen felt even more complicated. Oh my god, he was so sad that he started talking nonsense!

So, Tang Wen quickly continued to apologize:

"Oh, my dear Grandma Zhang, please don't scare me. We can discuss anything. Don't get angry and do something bad!"

Hearing Tang Wen's words, Zhang Xiumei's cloudy old eyes suddenly lit up, as if she had grasped something: "Xiao Tang, can we discuss everything you say?"

"Yeah, yes, whether it's food or clothing, we can discuss it."

Tang Wen now just wants to calm the old man down quickly. As for food and clothing, how much can an old man eat and wear?

I believe that even if we give some preferential treatment, teammates will understand.

"Then I want to learn how to use the flamethrower on that pickup truck, is that okay? I don't want to cook anymore, I also want to kill zombies!"

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What? ? ?

You mean! You mean you want to be a fire breathing grandmother? ? ? !