"Back then, in the 13th Street of Jin Yong, Sister Hong led us, with machetes all the way from the street to the end of the street, a street full of blood, and no one dared to come after us anymore!"
Then at the evening celebration feast, in San's over-excited narrative after drinking. The crowd knew Sister Hong's story.
Jin Yong Thirteen Streets, Gu Ning had also heard about it, that neighbourhood was notoriously chaotic and the parents at home would make sure to explain that the children at home should not go to that area. It was named because it was a maze of thirteen streets that ran through each other, twisting and turning like a maze. Li Hongjuan was once a famous female gangster in the 13th Street of Jinyong, born and raised in the 13th Street of Jinyong, but in the end she did not become a prostitute or a drug dealer, but managed to become a female gangster, and the most powerful kind of gangster. She had a very common to somewhat rustic name, Li Hongjuan, but a particularly domineering nickname, Sister Hong.
Gu Ning also finally knew how the middle-aged trio of her parents plus Sister Hong had made it all the way to the gathering place safely.
Sister Red poured down a mouthful of wine and sneered after a tsk, "The most powerful gangsters are still gangsters all the same, what's the point."
A look of reminiscence appeared on San's face as he sighed, "That's what you said when you told me to become a soldier, Sister Hong."
Sister Hong glanced at him and said, "If you hadn't been told to go to the army back then, you would have rotted in the gutter, and you would still be here drinking and blowing off steam, taking on so many little brothers?"
"What little brothers, Sister Hong, these are all my soldiers, not punks." San said with some resentment, "Do you think I didn't know back then that you casually sent me off to be a soldier because you wanted to go with that man?"
When Third Brother spoke of that man, the smile on Sister Hong's face froze slightly before she suddenly slapped the back of Third Brother's head and yelled, "You Xie Aiguo, do you think that now that you have a little brother under your belt you don't care about me, the past boss?"
Third Brother rubbed the back of his head and seemed to realise that he had said the wrong thing, so he picked up his glass and said to Sister Hong, "Sister Hong, I'm wrong! I'll drink this glass, don't be angry!" After saying that, he drank up half of the glass of wine in one gulp and said with a handful of teeth, "This Wang Jizhong, he actually hid so much wine, he didn't live to enjoy it, it's really a bargain for us."
Sister Hong snatched the glass of wine from San's hand and put it on the table with a clang, then said, "That's not how you drink wine. We have to go out tomorrow to kill more zombies, don't we? How can you go out if you're drunk? Don't drink, eat more meat." He said and put a piece of chicken leg meat in San's bowl.
I don't know if it was because I had drunk too much that I suddenly showed my true feelings and actually shed tears at the piece of chicken leg meat in the bowl: "Sister Hong, I have been looking for you since then and I have asked many people to help me find you, but I couldn't find you. I didn't want to do anything else, I just wanted to see if you were doing well all these years and if that man treated you well ..."
The atmosphere at the dinner table was a bit strange for a while.
Not to mention Gu Ning, even the soldiers who had been with San for several years had never seen San like this before, looking at San and then at Sister Hong, with somewhat mysterious expressions on their faces.
Sister Hong did not react at all to San's "true confession" and did not even move her eyebrows. After pouring down a mouthful of wine, she glared at the soldiers and said, "What are you looking at? Your boss is drunk, why don't you help him to lie down?"
A few soldiers hurriedly went to help Third Brother with their hands and feet.
Third Brother was really drunk, and he didn't even blush when he was drunk, his face wasn't even half red, just like a normal person, and when he was grabbed by the soldiers, he made a scene: "I'm not drunk! What are you doing? You want to rebel!"
Zhang Xiaobai looked at Sister Hong helplessly and said, "Sister Hong, look at this ..."
Sister Hong's eyebrows rose, quite a bit of fierce look: "Xie Aiguo you still do not go to lie down for me? What kind of drunken madness? You're a disgrace. If you pretend to be crazy by drinking again, do you believe I'll beat you to death!"
Surprisingly, San really didn't dare to make a scene anymore and was honestly dragged into the inner room by a few soldiers.
Everyone, including Gu Ning, sighed in amazement at Sister Hong's prowess.
Sister Hong stuffed down a piece of chicken and said in a slurred voice, "Being a bullshit company commander and still thinking you're so great." The wound on her face had been treated by Huang Mengyao leaving a yellow mark from the iodine, and her red hair was neatly combed and pinned behind her ear, she really didn't look like a
Gu's father and mother had been neighbours with Sister Hong for several years, and obviously did not know her "hidden identity" either. "They all sighed for a while.
Gu's mother couldn't help but ask, "Hongjuan, did you really used to be a triad member?"
Sister Hong smiled and said, "What triad society. I was just a gangster in 13th Street. That's no way, you don't go to bully others, others are going to come to bully you, so simply mix up, at least you won't be bullied by others." And again, "Sister Jiang, don't let me scare you. I stopped doing this a long time ago, I'm no different from you."
"I'm scared of nothing." Gu's mother, however, smiled and pointed at Gu Ning, "My daughter is no worse than you were back then, is she?"
Sister Hong glanced at Gu Ning and said with a smile, "Much better than me."
Gu's mother said, "So you're still quite good-tempered. In the past, when you quarrelled with those neighbours, you never saw you move your hand."
Sister Hong laughed and said, "Have you ever seen me lose a fight? It's too much of a bully if you win a fight. If I had lost the argument, you would have seen me make a move."
After Gu's mother was shocked, she also laughed.
The crowd who had been listening were also amused.
In the end when Sister Hong wanted to clean up the leftovers she was firmly refused by the soldiers, even Third Brother had to call her Sister Hong, they wouldn't dare let her clean up.
Sister Hong is also happy to be left alone.
When Wang Jizhong died, the building he had occupied naturally went to Third Brother.
The children had their first full meal after the end of the world and went to bed early after eating happily. Wang Jizhong had stocked up on some warm clothes and covered the children with them, so they should have a good night's sleep.
It was a good night's sleep, as they had to go out tomorrow.
Although the soldiers were very happy, they were restrained and did not drink much.
Gu Ning had also had a bit to drink in the evening and at this time lay on top of the blankets spread on the floor, listening to the rustling whispers in the room and the soft breathing of his parents who had fallen asleep next to him, feeling very peaceful.
In the darkness I raised my hand to check my watch; it was only 6pm and it was already dark outside. Neither those who had gone out nor those who had stayed behind had had much rest last night, and it was the right time to go to bed, full of wine and food.
She got up lightly, stepped lightly over a body in the darkness, and then walked out of the room.
In the living room Sister Hong was still sitting there taking small sips of wine, not expecting Gu Ning to suddenly come out, she froze for a moment before saying somewhat embarrassingly, "It's been a long time since I've had any wine, to relieve my addiction."
"Auntie Hongjuan ..."
Sister Hong interrupted her, "Call me Sister Hong just like they do."
Gu Ning smiled, "Sister Hong. I'm going out for a bit, so I'll leave my parents in your hands. If they ask, I'll trouble Sister Hong."
Sister Hong didn't ask her what she was going out for, she just said, "Got it, go ahead and be safe."
Gu Ning relaxed and smiled a little before saying, "Good."
Although she had been a neighbour for several years, Gu Ning had never spent more than three minutes with Sister Hong, speaking no more than ten words at a time. Otherwise she probably should have been able to discover her uncommonness earlier, but perhaps at that time she didn't care if Sister Hong was uncommon in any way either. Gu Ning smiled, then walked into the backyard's utility room, and after dropping the bolt on the door, he went to space with a thought.
She hadn't activated her powers after swallowing that crystal core, because of her experience from last time, so Gu Ning probably guessed the changes that would happen in the space, but even so, she was still surprised by the grass that had grown over a metre high on the grass near the shore.
With difficulty, she plucked away the grass that had risen as high as her shoulders and when she reached the beach, she tested the water temperature with her hands, then took off the clothes and shoes she was wearing and stepped into the water.
After closing her breath for a while she was amazed to discover that she could actually breathe in the water, it was a wonderful feeling, she felt like she had become a fish, her legs were like a fish's tail, she could swim far away with an easy swing, there was clear water everywhere, the water was very deep, very deep. There were no fish, no grass, no gravel, just water, and only water.
Xiang Xu had said that her body's supernatural power was like a lake, so Gu Ning had a bold guess that this green ocean could be her supernatural power. But after swimming for half a day, she did not find any difference between this water and ordinary water, nor could she see any kind of subtlety.
When Gu Ning walked out of the water after swimming for a while, the water droplets on her body flowed down her skin and into the ground, not a single drop remained on her.
After getting dressed, she didn't stay long, after adjusting the golden needles she opened the door and left the space, went into her bedroom and looked at the clock that was walking on the wall, it was seven in the morning.
She changed into clean clothes and walked out.
Gu's father was reading the newspaper and eating breakfast at the same time. After hearing the door open and looking up, he said, "Come over for breakfast when you're done washing up."
Gu's mother said, "Hurry up, it's better to go early than late, don't be late on your first day, people won't be happy." She was obviously very nervous about Gu Ning's new job.
Gu Ning had come from the post-apocalyptic world and had a particularly strong feeling of this smooth happiness, as if the nerves that had been tense in the post-apocalyptic world were instantly relieved, she couldn't help but reveal a smile and said with a full of energy, "Good! I will cheer up!"
Gu's father and mother looked at Gu Ning in surprise, then looked at each other and both laughed.