ALL NOVEL Chapter 15 - Plants
Tang Ruo nodded: “When I was sleeping yesterday, I entered the space in my dream. These are the radishes that were originally planted in that field. I dug them all up, so I was thinking, can I plant some other ones instead? In this way, we don’t have to go out to find vegetables and fruits all the time. Isn’t it more convenient?”
Bai Qi naturally asked questions like how big the field was and whether there was a water source.
Tang Ruo also told him everything.
She always believed that it was God’s arrangement for her to be tied together with Bai Qi and that the other party, like herself, would not abandon the other.
Bai Qi felt a little complicated when faced with a girl who tried so hard to believe in him.
However, for him, who thought he would be alone for the rest of his life and was actually alone in his previous life, Tang Ruo’s trust in him at this moment made him feel comforted from the bottom of his heart.
Now that they had an experimental subject, the two had no plans to stay at home.
The car was parked directly at the door, saving time going to the garage. After taking the car, opening the map, and planning the route, the two rushed to the flower and tree market in the suburbs.
Outside the car window, the streets today are extremely messy. From time to time, you can see fully armed police passing by with guns in the city center, and occasionally you can directly see armed police shooting zombies.
Everything in front of me is like watching an American blockbuster.
There are still long queues in front of every supermarket.
When they passed by the door, they heard a man holding two bags of rice and cursing, “Damn it, yesterday a pound of rice was 50 yuan, and today it has risen to 500 yuan. These two bags of rice cost me 50,000 yuan…”
“What… Can we still live like this?”
“Stop talking, hurry up, and get everyone in the family to line up. Maybe in two days, 500,000 yuan won’t be enough to buy two bags of rice…”
In addition to the long queues at the supermarket entrances, the entrances of various banks were also crowded. In order to avoid funding problems, some banks simply did not open their doors, so people continued to break doors and fight.
If it weren’t for the armed police’s suppression and guarding, H City would have been looted by the crowd long ago.
But now the situation is like a storm is coming, and the building is on the verge of collapse.
Bai Qi did not stop along the way. He just filled up 20 liters of gasoline at a gas station, swiped a card with 40,000 yuan, and continued to the flower and tree market in the suburbs.
However, Tang Ruo felt a little uneasy when she saw this scene: “Bai Yan, don’t I really need to go find my family?”
Although she was not sure whether she could survive well in the apocalypse, since she had occupied someone else’s body, she really wanted to fulfill her responsibilities as a child of the family.
Bai Qi glanced at her without saying anything, just turned the steering wheel and headed towards another road.
After driving for half an hour, they arrived at a high-end villa area, but when they drove inside, the security guard stopped them and wouldn’t let them in.
Bai Qi rolled down the window and said, “The second young lady of the Tang family wants to go home, so why can’t she enter?”
The security guard saw Tang Ruo sitting in the passenger seat and then let the two of them in.
The security guard let them in, but there were many people at the entrance of the Tang family villa who were unwilling to let them in.
A woman who was much older and more charming than Tang Ruo was standing at the door. She smiled and said, “Ruo’er, aren’t you supposed to go to Europe for your honeymoon? What are you doing back now?”
Tang Ruo turned to look at Bai Qi and asked silently: Is this my stepmother?
After seeing Bai Qi nod, she explained: “Well, the world outside is too chaotic right now…”
Before she could finish, the woman interrupted her and said, “It’s because it’s too chaotic, so you two can’t wander around. Aunt Liu has a lot of things going on here, and it will be even more unsafe if you stay here. It’s safer to stay with Bai Qi. Leave here quickly; the roads are not safe now…”
“My, my father…”
“You don’t need to worry about your father. We have plenty of bodyguards here. Alas, Aunt Liu won’t talk to you about your useless brother. I am worried about him every moment…”
“Mom…” a female voice came from the room. “Why are you talking outside for so long? There are so many viruses now; be careful not to be infected by those virus carriers, you’d better come in quickly…”
Tang Ruo: “…”
It turns out that she was stupid—really stupid. She actually wanted to come back and fulfill her obligations and responsibilities as a child of the family.
So she asked the last question: “My father is also in the room. Does that mean he won’t let me in?”
Aunt Liu stood at the door and smiled: “A daughter who is married off is like water that has been thrown out. Ruo’er, Aunt Liu has said all the good things to me. You don’t have to stand here and pester me anymore…”
Tang Ruo turned and left.
The sound of the door opening at the back was like the sound of a machete, severing her ties with this unfamiliar home.
Neither of them spoke again until they got in the car.
As soon as they left the city, they could clearly see more zombies.
Bai Qi looked at the sky and frowned: “We must go back before three o’clock; otherwise, the number of zombies will definitely increase, and I’m afraid that the city will be restricted from entering and the city will be closed.”
Tang Ruo nodded in agreement.
After thinking for a while, she whispered, “I didn’t really believe what you said yesterday. I thought my family members…if I had known earlier, I wouldn’t have gone over to humiliate myself.”
Bai Qi said: “It would be better if you could see clearly sooner and live your life with peace of mind.”
Tang Ruo thought about it and felt that this was true. After all, she had been without her family for so many years, and at least she was not alone now. So she quickly let go of the matter and revived.
The two of them originally wanted to go to the supermarket and buy some seeds directly, but they didn’t know how long it would take for the seeds to germinate and bear fruit, so they decided to go directly to the flower and tree market in the suburbs to buy finished trees and transplant them.
At noon, the two finally arrived at the flower and tree market. Under normal circumstances, it would only take an hour to drive here, but now there were more problems on the road, so it took nearly two hours.
The flower and tree market was closed or had not been open at all today. They took out a telescope and looked around, but didn’t see anyone. Bai Qi said directly: “The saplings can’t be put in the space, let’s just leave here.”
Tang Ruo nodded, holding a long engineer shovel, and walked into the greenhouse. Bai Qi also followed closely behind Tang Ruo with an engineer shovel in hand.
Tang Ruo, who was sitting in the passenger seat, had already checked the varieties of various fruit trees on Bai Qi’s phone, so now when she saw the full tree, he could distinguish a few.
Apple and pear trees. Their target was a tree that was about the same height as a person because they were afraid that it would be too big and Tang Ruo would not be able to move it in the space.
After collecting a small amount of apple and pear trees, they moved to another shed to look for others. Then they collected strawberries, grapes, and even dragon fruit.
When they felt that the 200 square meters of space were completely full, the two decided to go back.
But just as Tang Ruo stepped out of the greenhouse, a dark shadow pounced towards her.
“Be careful.” Bai Qi reacted quickly, hugged Tang Ruo, and spun around, then swept over with an engineer shovel.
The thing that pounced on her was indeed a zombie, with a rotten face, white eyes, and wrinkled skin on his face that had festered and peeled off. Judging from his clothes, he was probably a staff member here. Tang Ruo stood beside Bai Qi in a daze, watching Bai Qi slap the zombie’s head hard and solve the zombie. With lingering fear, she clenched her hands and said, “I, I will be more careful next time.”
Bai Qi took out a telescope and looked around. He was relieved to find that there were no other zombies besides this one. Seeing Tang Ruo’s pale face, he patted her face and said slowly: “Well, remember to walk behind me next time.”