The third year after the meteorite rain
A car drove out of the grass full of taller trees.
This car is a bit higher than the site before the end of the world. The entire car giant is welded with wire around the body, and the roof is covered with a layer of green plastic sheet. If viewed from a high altitude, it can be perfectly hidden in the grass everywhere. .
Although this car has a unique shape, it is very common in today's major bases.
After all, plants grow fast, even if it is cut down to create a path, nowadays, there are not as many humans as before the end of the world, and they can still be cut everywhere, so this vehicle can be perfectly integrated into the environment without losing sight of the road ahead. Appeared.
As the car was driving, the driver slammed the brakes as if he had seen something.
A young woman with a big belly in the car hurriedly sat up straight and asked, "What's the matter?"
The driver turned around and calmed her: "It's okay, just a group of snakes pass by. Just wait until they pass by."
Yes, after the catastrophe, humanity declined sharply, but animals were only partially affected, and because most animals can reach adulthood in a very short period of time, now without human intervention, they grow and grow. After rebirth, the planet is now an animal world.
The situation has reversed, and the beasts that once saw humans quickly turned their heads and ran are also generous. If there is such a strong desire to attack, I am afraid that they will take the initiative to attack.
Fortunately, what they encountered this time was a group of snakes. Although snakes are very toxic and are not afraid of people, they are also not interested in attacking people.
After all, even if they had a large number of sizes, they were still there, and they were basically not interested in the prey they couldn't swallow.
But danger is also real danger.
The pregnant woman touched her belly, looked out from the car window, and watched the colorful snakes passing by with venomous snakes, her expression a little worried.
"We have encountered so many beasts just after entering Dong'an Territory. Are you sure that it is really suitable for living?"
"Don't worry, Qianqian, I have inquired clearly. Although Dongan doesn't often deal with outsiders, Dongan people wear good clothes every time the major bases hold fairs, and most of the food they bring is beast meat. The few Dongan people I met were all ruddy. Don't worry, although they are xenophobic, they can be resettled as long as they join Dongan, and you are pregnant. Dongan is still very friendly to pregnant women."
Yes, the pregnant woman was Zheng Qianqian who had met Ji Changze and the others three years ago, and Hu Hao was the one who drove.
Three years ago, after they separated from Ji Changze and his party, they went to Hu Hao's home according to their original plan, but when they went, Hu Hao's grandparents had also passed away. After the sadness, the two decided to settle on the spot.
Almost half a year has passed. The localities have established their own forces and established major bases. They have also moved to the nearest base. The two are married and support each other. They are both young. Although they have no background, they gradually practiced. I have a good skill, and although I don't say that my life is good, I still have enough food and clothing.
It was fine for the two to keep doing this, but this year Zheng Qianqian became pregnant.
They are both adults. Naturally, it doesn't matter how they live or endure hardships, but when the child is born, do we have to let the fragile babies live with them in a concentrated house where the summer is hot and the winter is cold, eating unflavored food? ?
In addition, although the base maintains surface peace, in this world, there are always people who take risks. Even if the sentence is severe in the base, the two still often hear that "husband went out hunting and found that the whole family died tragically when they returned home." He disappeared without taking care of him for half an hour, and after half a month he found that the child's clothes were thrown in the mass grave."
The child is too weak, and Zheng Qianqian after giving birth has no accident and has no fighting ability.
Hu Hao is no longer as naive as he used to be. To become a husband, he must grow up as a father.
After careful consideration, he decided to take his wife to Dong'an City.
Dong'an City has always been a frequently mentioned vocabulary in major bases. It is said that Dong'an City was originally just a small village. After the end of the world, it named itself Dong'an and voted for its lord.
They developed rapidly at the speed of rockets. Not only did they develop themselves, they also absorbed people from other circles. The people at the base knew Dongan for the first time because they sent people out to buy a group of teenagers to go back.
Yes, nowadays the weak and the strong eat, the slave system has naturally arisen, but although these trades have not received official crackdowns and are not allowed, so slaves can be bought. When these slaves are in the hands of the buyers, whether they can do things with peace of mind depends on the buyer's own ability. .
Some people buy slaves but cannot marry a wife. Some people just want to find a job. In short, there are thousands of reasons to buy slaves, and the sellers are not interested in asking one by one.
When Dong'an first started buying people, these people didn't think there was anything.
After a few years, the slaves who had been bought returned to the base as residents of Dong'an to purchase and replace.
At the beginning, they were all skinny, sallow complexion, and unsteady on the road, all of them either looked numb or had a hurried expression.
Looking at later, they straightened their waists one by one, the clothes they were wearing were actually made of good fabrics, they spoke confidently, and their complexion was ruddy, and they even ate rice when they ate.
Although there is rice in the base, because it is easy to be coveted by wild animals when farming outside, the price is very high. The food for ordinary people is at most yellow pancakes. If it is colder, it is hard and can be used as slabs.
Dongan's ability to collect these slaves as residents and cultivate them so well has aroused heated discussions among the residents of the base for a while.
These young people come here for a purpose in addition to buying things. They have to answer questions from people who come to ask questions. They also say that Dong'an is willing to accommodate others to settle down, but they need to go to Dongan's household registration, and they will not be able to get it within a year. Dong'an, wait until Dong'an City to make sure that this person is not dangerous, and will naturally be able to come and go freely when he has enough loyalty to Dong'an.
It is very risky for people nowadays to let people go to an unfamiliar realm, and not to come out within a year.
But in the face of hunger and cold, these people still chose to drag their families to Dong'an. Without exception, they only showed up a year later. They smiled cheerfully and confidently, confirming Dong'an's safety by themselves.
In the past three years, at least 15,000 people from major bases have gone to Dong'an, and Dong'an has gradually become a paradise in everyone's mind.
Half a month ago, Dong'an announced that the population was temporarily full, and now it's a busy farming season. The whole city is too busy to take care of it. They will not send people out to lead the way. If you want to live in Dong'an, you need to go there by yourself. Dong'an, and they will no longer accept everyone who comes as before, but will have to conduct assessments.
As for the content of the exam, it is random.
Hu Hao and Zheng Qianqian had been hesitating before, and finally made up their minds, but when Dong'an no longer took the initiative to accept people, they gritted their teeth and finally decided to embark on the road to Dong'an by themselves.
"I heard that if you see a group of poisonous snakes, Dong'an is the place, it seems to be there."
Hu Hao patiently waited for the group of poisonous snakes to pass, and then carefully drove the car forward.
The reason why Dongan feels full of security in the major bases is because of their special boundaries.
It is said that although they are located in a square and transparent place, there are beasts on all three sides. If there is a covetous Dongan Fushu, you have to consider whether it is a food delivery or a meat delivery if you want to attack.
One side is occupied by venomous snakes, one side is a mountain of wild boars, and the other side is a dense forest surrounded by bees.
The only way in and out is to eat people and vines everywhere.
It's strange to say that there are cannibal vines everywhere. Everyone knows that they can swallow an entire human being. One plant is troublesome. Dong'an Road is actually full of cannibal vines, and they will not attack Dong'an. People, many people have studied countless times without finding the reason.
These cannibal vines are equivalent to the best guards for Dong'an, and Dongan naturally would not tell others what methods they used to prevent cannibalism from attacking his family.
"It's here."
After driving for another half an hour, the two finally saw the dense road made up of vines, and there were still some people waiting in front.
This road is filled with greenery, and it looks really as good as the green promenade of the previous tourist attractions, but no one dares to approach it.
Hu Hao asked Zheng Qianqian to rest in the car, got out of the car, took out a few peanuts from his pocket, and handed them to the man nearest to him: "Dude, have some snacks."
Now that supplies are scarce, peanuts are also good for them. The man happily took it and listened to Hu Hao asking, "Why don't everyone go in?"
"How dare you to go in? It's not too long. You see the sign up front, Dongan City Line, said they will only send people out at nine in the morning and three in the afternoon, and there are still twenty minutes. Be patient. just wait."
Hu Hao looked over and saw a sign there.
Knowing that someone will come out to pick him up, I feel more relieved. I chatted with this man again. After 20 minutes, someone in Dong'an City will arrange the exam. If I pass the exam, I can enter the outer city. It is said that I only need to accumulate enough points. Can enter the inner city life, enter the inner city, that is the real Dongan.
While chatting, a group of people came on the other side of Vines Road.
Hu Hao has seen a lot of people in the past three years, but rarely sees like this line of guards. Although he has the unique sturdy aura of the last days on his body, he is calm, without irritability, and even a few. A younger guard was full of curiosity in his eyes, and his face was full of innocence and innocence at this age.
Naive and simple...
Before the end of the world, many people in their twenties had such a temperament, but after the end of the world, even seven or eight-year-old children would no longer be naive.
To be able to develop this kind of temperament, there must be no disputes where you live, you don't have to worry about life, and you don't have to worry about someone thinking about harming others, and you are always on guard.
Hu Hao looked forward to Dong'an City from the bottom of his heart.
He watched everyone line up, and hurriedly went back to help Zheng Qianqian down to line up.
The man who talked to him before looked at Zheng Qianqian's belly full of envy.
"Dude, your wife is pregnant?"
Hu Hao nodded: "Yes."
"Then you estimate that 80% of you can enter Dong'an City. Dong'an City welcomes pregnant women. After all, children are born in Dong'an, and they can be taught from childhood."
After the end of the world, the number of women has dropped sharply. Even if they survived, some women could not get pregnant because of cold or injury. Unlike animals that reproduce wildly, the number of children born in the last three years is pitiful. Therefore, it is normal for Dong'an to attach importance to pregnant women. of.
The man was right. When it was Hu Hao Zheng Qianqian's turn, the guard found that Zheng Qianqian had a big belly, and immediately sent a doctor to check his pulse and confirmed that Zheng Qianqian was indeed pregnant. After the two were married, they asked some questions. The question declared that they could enter the outer city of Dong'an.
Hu Hao and Zheng Qianqian were a little nervous and wary in their hearts, after all, they had just arrived in a new place.
But following the guards through the vine road, before reaching the bottom of Dong'an City, they were already stunned.
In front of the city are standing tall cities. There are many fertile fields outside. Many people are working in the fields in an orderly manner. Some people are passing by on bicycles.
People are accustomed to the guards bringing people back, and they continue to work on their own affairs after just a glance. Some children running around and playing are very curious about them and curiously look around.
A child who was about five or six years old was holding a small wooden windmill in his hand. He rushed over and threw himself into the arms of a guard, looking at Zheng Qianqian with a big belly curiously: " Brother, this sister has the same size as Teacher Wu."
This guard is the obviously innocent youth that Hu Hao observed before. He looked at only sixteen or seventeen years old, and softly coaxed his brother: "This elder sister has a baby in her belly like Teacher Wu, so she has a baby in her belly. Great, you are going to stop here, brother is still at work."
The child responded, turned his head and ran back with the windmill in his hand.
Both Hu Hao and Zheng Qianqian were a little startled.
The busy but plain life, the children who can play outside at will, the bustling streets, they have not seen these for a long time.
The two looked at the little child who ran away, with hope in their hearts.
If their children can be born in Dong'an City, can they be like this child, no longer worry about disappearing silently, don't be afraid of not having enough stomach to sleep in the cold at night.
They were then placed in the place where the people from outside the city lived when they first entered Dong'an City. Because they were a husband and wife, Zheng Qianqian was pregnant again, so it was between the two.
After taking such a panic and hopeful rest for one night, Zheng Qianqian was arranged for a medical examination and Hu Hao was sent to collect honey the next day.
Although collecting nectar is very tiring, it is not so hard. As long as the body is covered with a plant liquid, bees will naturally not attack humans.
Hu Hao came back the same day and brought Zheng Qianqian a small spoonful of honey. The two soaked in water. You take a sip and I take a sip. The sweet taste is on the tip of the tongue, and there is peace in my heart.
I heard that these plant liquids were extracted by the lord himself, and then put into practice afterwards.
The cannibal vines outside do not attack people because the people in Dong'an City have been vaccinated. The cannibal vines will naturally not attack them, and the reagents sprayed on their bodies only work for a short time when they come in. Wait until they have enough points to be recognized as Dong'an. People in the city will be vaccinated and get in and out normally.
The reason why the city is so prosperous is also because of the various policies proposed by the lord.
He opened up fertile fields, built cities, and developed areas in the Quartet that were threatening animals, so that the beasts that others feared would become the guards of Dong'an City.
Venomous snakes' toxins are made into weapons, bees' honey is extracted to be edible, and wild boars deliberately create a suitable environment for them to multiply, and send people to feed them.
According to this situation, even if Dong'an City has not communicated with the outside world, he will definitely be able to live well.
What excites the two of them most is the most different part of Dong'an City from the outside world.
Dong'an City supports technology.
It is said that the Dongan Institute of Science and Technology uses the most resources.
Although it has not yet recovered to the pre-apocalyptic situation where everyone used their cellphones and computers to communicate, wanted to eat out, take the subway, travel by plane, but also explored the equipment that can communicate remotely.
At least you can have hot water for bathing, electricity at home, and flush toilets. Although you need points in exchange for these, almost everyone who has accumulated enough points will not bear it.
These things that were most common before the end of the world are now hope.
Because Zheng Qianqian is a pregnant woman, she has bonus points every month. The city arranges some light jobs for her. Hu Hao is not afraid of hard work and has been working hard to accumulate points. Before the child was born, their little family had almost no shortage of these. Something out.
The two are grateful for Dongancheng.
I am grateful that at such a moment, there is still a pure land.
At the same time, they were full of admiration for the lord of Dong'an who could be said to have established such a prosperous one.
It's just that the lords are always busy with affairs, and they are naturally not seen in the outer city.
In the sixth year of the end of the world, Dong'an City announced that TV was available for broadcasting.
Residents in the city were excited to buy a TV, as did Hu Hao.
At eight o'clock in the evening that day, almost all the residents sat in front of the TV and excitedly pressed on to program one.
On the screen, Ji Changze appeared in front of them, using official language to begin to tell what kind of achievements Dong'an had made in these years, and how many years they plan to restore to the pre-apocalyptic standards, etc.
Hu Hao and Zheng Qianqian stared at the familiar faces, and they were all stunned.
Their children didn't know Ji Changze, so they just patted their little hands, and learned how to say the people on TV: "Restore the standard, restore the standard!"
The screen turned to the person sitting next to Ji Changze.
He and Guo Junyuan were sitting on the same sofa, and their six-year-old child sat between them, dressed in neatly-groomed gowns, like little adults.
Ji Changze's hand emptied behind his son to prevent him from accidentally falling.
As soon as the picture turned, the reporter was talking: "Since he became the lord of Dong'an, the lord has built cities, opened fertile fields, established protections, and digs out the functions of plants to the end. He has experimented with plant functions again and again, and made great contributions to medicine, construction, and urban defense. Contribution, given time, it may not be possible to return to the modern society before the meteorite rain fell. Next, please let the Secretary of the Legal Department Chen Qingqing Lu and let us see what it looks like overlooking Dong'an City..."
"Really a senior."
Hu Hao was rather unbelievable: "The senior is actually the lord of our Dong'an. If I hadn't seen my sister-in-law, I would really not recognize it."
Zheng Qianqian was also a little confused. After she entered Dong'an, what she heard in her ears was always the praise of the lord, and she also admired it very much in her heart.
As a result, the lord is actually Ji Changze?
It's magical.
Their children are at the age of talking, and they raised their heads curiously when they heard the words: "Do Mom and Dad know him?"
After Zheng Qianqian was startled, he looked at the peacefully running An Dongcheng on the screen.
I remembered my own prejudice against Ji Changze, and the contempt that he was trying to cheat in marriage, and remembered his gentleness when he met Guo Junyuan on the screen and smiled relaxedly.
Sure enough, she was too young before.
Actually believe in intuition.
She hugged the child in her arms and said gently: "Yes, he is a very good person. When the baby grows up, he will learn from him, okay?"
In the tenth year of the apocalypse, An Dongcheng began to throw new energy and new technology to the outside world.
In the 30th year of the apocalypse, thanks to the efforts of all mankind, major cities are finally on the right track. Mankind has returned to modern society again, roads have been rebuilt, planes fly high again, and various takeaway apps occupy the top of the download list.
Later, in order to commemorate the difficult rebirth of mankind, this era was called the new era.
Although the mad growth of plants still cannot be changed, it is not necessarily a good thing for this planet to return to the era of greenery, blue sky, white clouds, clear water and high mountains at a glance.
In the forty-ninth year of the new era, Mr. Ji Changze, the greatest influencer who had walked out of this catastrophe for all mankind and brought everyone back to modern society, passed away on the same day with his wife, and countries all over the world lowered their flags at half-mast.
The disaster will eventually pass, and its greatest benefit is that mankind has learned to cherish it.
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Ji Changze woke up and found himself standing in front of a yard that was very shabby and shabby at first glance.
Someone behind him said to him: "My lord, even though this yamen is a little shabby, this area is also a famous remote and shabby place. Sure enough, the local wealthy households are still a bit greasy. The official said earlier that you are the son-in-law of the Wei family. , With the Wei family backed, how dare they not pay, and then mention this tax, and they can make another profit."
Ji Changze looked back at the person standing behind him.
Wearing a gray shirt, squinting his eyes, and babbling, he smiled tacitly at him.
"My lord, look, if you are looking for money from a wealthy family, or the next official gave you the idea, the next official is not well-off, you see..."
Yeah, I got it.
He is a corrupt official, this is a corrupt official.