This is apocalyptic

Chapter 44: Not Used Yet

Living with Duoduo now?
Bai Xiao felt that she was making a double entendre.

"No, I cleaned up a house right next to hers... To be precise, we are neighbors now." Bai Xiao said.

This is the first time I have seen Aunt Qian in the wild in all these days.

She didn't like to move, nor did she want to go out. She stayed quietly in the dilapidated yard alone, like a witch in a fairy tale, living alone in an old and deep castle.

Aunt Qian's expression changed slightly when she heard this. "Neighbor?"

Bai Xiao guessed that she was judging the relationship between himself and Lin Duoduo, whether Lin Duoduo grew up and brought back a man, or brought back a surviving comrade-in-arms.

"Young man, please take care of me. It's like having a companion."

After Aunt Qian finished speaking, she turned and left without saying anything else.

Bai Xiao walked around the river with the basket on his back for a long time. When he came to a place where the water was a little calmer, he caught two fat frogs from the grass.

I used to sleep under Lin Duoduo’s shed, and in the middle of the night I often heard frogs croaking from somewhere. It wasn’t the croaking sound, but the same sound as dogs, croaking suddenly and then silent. After a while it croaked again, but it was too short and sounded like a dog.

The two frogs were not very hungry. Bai Xiao also saw a pheasant, but it flew too fast and he couldn't catch it. As soon as he saw its silhouette, it fluttered away.

There are fish in the river, and their vague shadows are swaying underwater, but unfortunately the traps have long since rotted away.

After walking around for a long time, when he returned to the village, he saw a big tree with lush branches and leaves and round fruits in an empty yard. He went in to take a look and recognized that it was apricots, which must have been planted by the people who lived here before the disaster.

The apricots were still green, hanging among the branches and leaves. Bai Xiao picked one to taste. It was so sour that his features twisted. He picked two more and planned to go back and let Lin Duoduo taste them.

After seeing the apricot tree, he began to pay attention to whether there were other trees planted in the dilapidated houses in the village. It was quite common to plant persimmon trees, jujube trees, and even pepper trees in rural areas. On his way back, he saw a yard with persimmon trees. No one took care of the persimmon trees, but they grew very strong. It was just that it was not the right season, so no fruit had been produced yet.

Lin Duoduo must have eaten it before, Bai Xiao didn't need to guess, he carried the two frogs back, he took out the apricots, washed them and handed them to Lin Duoduo, wanting to see Lin Duoduo also feel the sour taste.

Unexpectedly, Lin Duoduo didn’t answer.

"Why did you pick them when they're not ripe yet?" Lin Duoduo looked at the green apricots, then at the Zombie King's expectant expression, "They're very sour."

"Uh……"

Bai Xiao couldn't explain it, so he could only let it go.

"But sometimes the green ones are delicious too. If they are too bland, it would be nice to have some stimulation."

As Lin Duoduo spoke, she picked up another one and put it in her mouth, then her face frowned.

"By the way, I forgot that you were infected with taste numbness. You shouldn't be able to taste it?" Lin Duoduo remembered.

"It was just when I was first infected. Now I'm recovering and getting better every day." Bai Xiao said.

"then you……"

Lin Duoduo looked at Xingzi, then at the Zombie King, and roughly knew what he was going to do.

"There are so many bad people."

Bai Xiao put down the basket and thought about the place where the water was slightly calmer that he saw by the river today. He talked to Lin Duoduo about whether he could weave an alien-shaped fish basket.

He had seen people catching fish with this kind of bamboo basket, which was very similar to a ground trap.

Lin Duoduo could survive by eating vegetarian food, but he was infected. Although his condition is gradually getting better, he feels that he cannot bear to eat vegetarian food all the time. He is worried that he will be like those zombies, burning out his body and starting to age in just a few years.

Looking at the figure he drew on the ground, Lin Duoduo said, "Yes, it is possible. Will it work?"

"Try it."

Bai Xiao was cleaning the yard a few days ago. As if addicted, he saw the grass in Lin Duoduo's yard and pulled it out casually. Then he looked at the yard and said, "Can I help you clean it up?"

"Hmm?" "Clean it up."

Bai Xiao took a shovel and turned over the abandoned vegetable garden near the west side of Lin Duoduo's yard, and also shoveled away some weeds that had sprouted against the wall.

After doing all this, the yard looked a lot tidier, but there were still a lot of debris.

After recovering from the infection, he still found the unfamiliar life a little difficult to adapt to, and he only felt at ease when he was working.

After finishing his work, he returned to his own place.

Looking at the tidy yard and the old but clean wooden house, it feels good to have a place that can shelter from the wind and rain, just like having a home.

Just for some unknown reason, I missed that shed very much, and Bai Xiao couldn't describe what the feeling was.

When he was in the shed, he knew clearly that Lin Duoduo was sleeping in the room. Although she was quiet, she was alive there.

There is no such extreme silence.

Bai Xiao felt that he might not have adapted to this unfamiliar life yet.

It was not until two days later that he returned to his room at night and sat on his bed. It was pitch dark outside the window and he was surrounded by a sense of emptiness.

He came out of the house. The moonlight was dim and it was quiet next door.

Listening carefully, I didn't know where Uncle Cai and Erdan had wandered off to, and there was no movement outside.

Bai Xiao sat in the yard, looking up at the starry sky, and a deep feeling of loneliness rose from the bottom of his heart.

The next day, Lin Duoduo found that the Zombie King was a little depressed, and she didn't know why.

He went out with the basket on his back, and came back with the basket on his back. At dusk, he sang a song with his broken guitar.

late at night.

Lin Duoduo opened the window and heard the noise made by Bai Xiao, who was still awake in the next yard.

"You're still awake?" she asked.

"Can't sleep."

Bai Xiao didn't know what was going on. He was very anxious for no reason and could only find something to do in the middle of the night.

Intellectually, he knew that before the future speculated by Lin Duoduo's father came, everything was uncertain and he had to live. However, he felt an indescribable irritation, especially in the dead of night. He even thought that even if Uncle Cai and Erdan came and scratched the door, it would be better than this dead silence.

So he could only stay in the yard, listening to the chirping of insects and the occasional croaking of frogs in the distance, to calm down a little.

Bai Xiao quickly emerged from the top of the wall. He was standing on the other side of the courtyard wall. In the dark night, only a vague outline could be seen.

Lin Duoduo was stunned for a moment, then stood in front of the window, looking at the silhouette.

"You haven't gotten used to silence yet?"

After a long while, she asked.

Bai Xiao was stunned, as if he vaguely knew something.

"You used to be... the same?"

"You'll get used to it after a while," said Lin Duoduo.

Getting used to loneliness and enjoying loneliness is what everyone has to go through after a disaster. Aunt Qian is like this, and so is she.

If Bai Xiao hadn't appeared unexpectedly, this might have remained the case for many years to come.

(End of this chapter)