This is apocalyptic

Chapter 63 063: Plan

The next day, fine snow covered the small mountain village.

The snow had stopped, but the wind blew the snow again and it went into people's faces and necks.

Bai Xiao opened the door and was blown by the wind. He then closed the door to keep the cold current out. He went back to the house and wrapped himself in a quilt.

The winter in the north is so harsh, the wind is as sharp as a knife. When winter comes, they have nothing to do.

The cold wave lasted for four days before good weather arrived on the fifth day. The sky cleared and the sun came out again. Lin Duoduo leaned against the wall in her coat, squinting her eyes and basking in the sun like a dried fish, absorbing the heat and accepting the gift of sunlight from 1.5 million kilometers away.

Bai Xiao went out and took a walk on the hillside. He saw some traces of the trap. An animal had been there and stepped on the edge, but luckily he didn't fall in.

The water in the river was frozen. He stepped on the edge and found that the ice was thick and hard.

Bai Xiao knew that people in the past would chisel a hole in the ice in the river so they could fish from the hole, but he didn't know how to do it specifically. After thinking about it for a long time, he had to give up.

It's so cold today, if you fall in, it will be no joke, and it's hard to say whether you can climb out.

Not long after, the second snow came. It snowed heavily and the whole outside turned into a white world. The sky and the earth were covered with white.

There are still living things in the snow. Uncle Cai and Erdan have a thick layer of snow on their heads and shoulders, and they are also living a difficult life. It is in such an environment that the snow melts and freezes again, causing them to decay so quickly and turn into dry bones.

There was snow in Friday's basket, too. When the snow melted, water dripped out from the bottom of the basket, but he was unaware of it.

Snow is different from rain. It is very quiet, so quiet that it is unbearable. There was not even the sound of wind that night.

This is how Lin Duoduo spent every winter.

This year, a zombie appeared. We hid in the house and warmed ourselves by the fire. Occasionally, I would listen to him talk about the woman named Pan Jinlian, or read the books he brought back from scavenging.

Winter is a very long season. In her impression, it has always been like this. Winter is not to be endured, but to be endured. There is endless wind, endless cold, gloomy and depressing sky, and not much heat from the sun.

Now, taking a nap and chatting with the zombies around the fire, time suddenly passed very quickly, which was a little different from what she remembered.

The zombies swept the yard and piled the snow to one side, forming a large pile. When the weather cleared up, the snow would melt and flow outside along the terrain, without making the yard muddy.

There were long and short icicles hanging on the eaves. She used a stick to knock them down one by one to prevent them from falling and getting hit accidentally. The sharp icicles could sometimes be fatal.

Suddenly, something hit her on the back. Lin Duoduo turned around and saw that it was the Zombie King who made a snowball.

"Childish." Lin Duoduo ignored the Zombie King, knocked off the icicles under the eaves, and put her hands into her sleeves.

Lin Duoduo is not as energetic as before. In winter, she is like a hibernating animal. She always wraps herself in a coat and curls herself up to conserve heat and save energy as much as possible.

Her thin body wrapped in the coat made her look even slimmer.

In the past, many people would gain weight when returning to work after the Chinese New Year, but Bai Xiao felt that after a winter, Lin Duoduo would become thinner.

"What if there is nothing to eat in winter?" Bai Xiao sighed and put his hands away.

"I carried it on my back. If I couldn't stand it anymore, I would go out to find food." Lin Duoduo said, "One winter, I was starving, so I borrowed Aunt Qian's gun and went to the mountains. It was very cold that year..."

She still remembers that winter. It was so cold that it felt like it would freeze people's souls out. Many old zombies fell down that winter and could never get up again. After the snow melted, a foul smell filled the road outside.

The stench was very special and left a deep impression on her. It was the snow on the old zombies that melted during the day, froze again at night, and melted again during the day, which caused great harm to them.

Uncle Cai and Erdan can't survive a few more winters. If the temperature drops again this year, they may not survive this year. It's strange that Lin Duoduo feels that she knows more about zombies than humans, and she is more prepared for humans than zombies.

Now she can take naps while warming herself by the fire with the zombies.

She was the one who got the firewood from under the shed. Last time, she let the zombies move a bunch of firewood, and it was emitting black smoke, so she didn't let the zombies get any more.

Seeing the Zombie King climbing up the shed and sweeping away the snow, she suddenly felt something called happiness.

That means you no longer have to do many things alone, you have a trustworthy helper, you can work together, warm yourself by the fire, eat together, and have someone to talk to.

Even if you can't see any hope for the future, you will feel that time is passing quickly.

Unfortunately, the Zombie King’s preparations are becoming more and more complete day by day, and when spring comes and the severe cold is over, he will leave.

Bai Xiao checked the notes left by Lin Duoduo's father and marked on the map where rescue was most likely to happen and where it was suitable to build a shelter. He wanted to go and take a look.

The snow in the yard was swept clean. When Lin Duoduo took out the basket, she could only put it in another yard, sweep clean a small area, and then sprinkle some millet.

In winter, when the ground is covered with snow, the birds have nothing to eat. At this time, you can clear out some space, set up a basket, and wait at a distance, and you can catch those birds that cannot find food.

This can give the zombies something to eat. The Zombie King has lost a lot of weight these days, and his arms and legs are long, making him look a bit pitiful.

As for whether he would become an ordinary zombie due to starvation, Lin Duoduo was not too worried, because Bai Xiao also knew where the food was stored.

As we prepared day after day, winter slowly passed.

The ice in the river melted first, and large chunks of ice flowed along the river and collided in the water.

The weather has warmed up and Lin Duoduo has lost some weight, but she is in good spirits. She used to look forward to the arrival of spring, but now, for some reason, she is reluctant to leave this winter.

Perhaps he has never encountered such an interesting zombie, so he will leave in the spring.

She found a pair of leather boots from somewhere. The boots were well-made and made of sturdy leather. She gave them to Bai Xiao.

"This is?"

"Prepared for you." Lin Duoduo said.

Bai Xiao took it and tried it on, and found it fit well.

"You want to go to Chenjiabao first?" Lin Duoduo had seen the map he studied and had a general understanding of the plan. The two of them had discussed it around the stove.

"Well, looking at its scale, it's just something we can do en route," said Bai Xiao.

"when are we leaving?"

"In a few days."

Bai Xiao looked at the rolling green hills in the distance, with wisps of mist covering the mountainside.

Lin Duoduo wanted to say something, but in the end she didn't open her mouth.

(End of this chapter)