Li Jian turned back and shouted a woman's name several times in a row towards the inside: "Liu Mei, Liu Mei! Come down quickly!"
Soon, a woman with long hair ran over.
Li Jian solemnly handed her the child, "From now on, this child will be yours to raise. You'll raise her like the daughter you passed away, and you can't let anything happen to her. She is our life, understand?"
The woman named Liu Mei had just lost her own daughter a while ago, and when she looked at the baby girl in front of her, she was so excited that she hugged her in her arms and refused to let go of her hand.
The corner of Zhang Yi's mouth revealed a scattered smile, "Looks like I can rest easy, right?"
Li Jian nodded repeatedly, "Yes, you can rest assured!"
Zhang Yi also stopped saying anything.
He could afford that baby girl even if he could make it this far, whether she was dead or alive next, Zhang Yi did not have the energy to care anymore.
He glanced at the bony Li Jian, and then looked up at the 18# building in front of him.
Suddenly, he opened his mouth and asked, "How many people are still alive in your building?"
Li Jian carefully replied, "There are still 66 people."
"66?"
Zhang Yi suddenly laughed happily, "This number is so auspicious. It looks like I will have good luck lately!"
Jian Li could only compensate for his smile.
Zhang Yi asked again, "Next, how are you going to survive? I'm not going to provide you guys with any food, oh!"
Li Jian opened his mouth and hesitated before saying, "There will be a way! We've all lived until now, and we've encountered many difficult things."
"As long as one is still alive, there is hope. There's no way out of the sky, I've always believed in that!"
Zhang Yi "hehehe" gave a bad smile, came to Li Jian and said with temptation: "The problem of food is also good to solve, see those buildings that I burned down. The rations inside are enough for you to eat for a while!"
Li Jian's face changed.
He firmly shook his head, "No, we won't go that far. Once there is a false start, the end that awaits us is still destruction after all."
"Instead of that, it would be better to retain the dignity of being human and die. That way, at the very least, our hearts are blameless and open."
Zhang Yi looked at Jian Li with some surprise.
He admitted that he was somewhat shocked by this man in front of him.
Having reached such a difficult moment, was there anyone who was still able to maintain their heart unchanged?
There should be!
It was just that Zhang Yi did not expect that such a person would appear by his side.
If one had not experienced such a tragic calamity, it was hard to truly see a person clearly.
Zhang Yi smiled faintly and said to Li Jian, "To be honest, I actually quite admire you."
Li Jian smiled with difficulty, "Thank you, but I admire you even more. Because you have the ability to keep yourself and the people around you alive, and you can still live even when the end is near."
"At this point, I would be far worse than you."
Speaking of this, Jian Li gathered his courage and made another attempt.
"Zhang Yi, I have a request ..."
"Stop!"
Zhang Yi reached out and stopped him from continuing, "I know what you're going to say, but you don't have to say it again. I am not going to help you guys! I don't have that kind of free time."
Li Jian asked in confusion, "Why? You were able to provide 300 servings of food before, and that's about the same amount of living people in the entire neighborhood now. With your ability, managing the entire neighborhood and leading everyone to live is completely hopeful!"
Zhang Yi snorted.
"All living beings are suffering, I'm not a Buddha, I can't degree that many people."
"Even if I do, they may not be grateful to me. I'm well aware of the reasoning behind rising rice and fighting rice."
"Being born in a chaotic world, being able to take care of myself is already not easy. I don't have such lofty ambitions and greatness, I just want to live well by myself."
The last hope was dashed, and Li Jian's face was a bit gray.
Although he had made a good point of talking about how the sky was the limit, given the current situation, it would indeed be difficult for them to last long.
Zhang Yi looked at him and suddenly said, ''As a human being, everything depends on oneself. As for you, you have more or less touched me. It makes me believe that there is still the light of humanity in the midst of the end times."
"So don't say I won't give you a chance."
Zhang Yi pretended to put his hand into his wide pocket, then with a burst of pounding, he surprisingly pulled out a bag of corn seeds.
He threw the corn seeds on the ground and continued to dig inside his pocket.
Not long after,the seeds and roots of more than a dozen cropswheat, rice, soybeans, potatoes, and sweet potatoes ...
appeared in front of Li Jian's eyes.
"This is the opportunity I'm giving you guys. You guys can try growing food to feed yourselves. Of course, you guys can also eat them. Do with them as you wish, I can only help you up to here."
Zhang Yi didn't know how to plant either, so he gave Li Jian a lot of seeds and roots.
In his opinion, this was like throwing two fry into a fish pond and then waiting to harvest the fish a few years later.
The wait was a miracle.
If Li Jian and the others could really survive, then it meant that the heavens would really favor these people who kept their hearts.
If they died, then so be it.
After doing so, Zhang Yi turned around in a dashing manner, waved his hand, and left 18# without hesitation.
Li Jian was dumbfounded where he was.
Looking at the field of grain seeds and roots, he was a bit at a loss.
These things, could they be planted even at 60 or 70 degrees below zero?
Just at this time, a gray-haired old man suddenly ran out from the hallway.
He hurriedly picked up the seeds and rhizomes on the ground and stuffed them into his arms despite the cold.
"Quickly put these seeds away, plant them and we won't have to worry about food!"
Li Jian's eyes lit up when he saw the old man.
This one retired old professor, who specialized in crops at the College of Agriculture back then, was 75 years old this year.
It was also at 18# that his old arms and legs were able to live until now.
"Elder Ge, can you grow these grains? Can you grow it even in that cold?"
Ge Lao shivered and said, "There is a chance, there must be a chance! We always have to try, even if the hope is slim, but in case we succeed, we'll be able to survive!"
Li Jian suddenly realized, then hurriedly accompanied him, stuffing these precious seeds and roots inside his clothes to keep them warm.
After doing this, Zhang Yi returned home.
At this moment, he was incredibly relaxed in his heart.
It was finally over, the grudge in the neighborhood. As long as that next thing was done, he could embrace the beautiful Zhou Ke'er and give birth to ten or eight babies in the future.
Zhou Ke'er had just finished changing Uncle You's medicine, and walked out of the room while untying her mask.
Seeing Zhang Yi who was lazily lying on the sofa, she asked, "Are things finished?"
Zhang Yi nodded, "A little hungry. Go make dinner!"
"Good, what do you want to eat for lunch today?"
Zhou Keer walked to the kitchen, changing into her apron while preparing to cook.
Zhang Yi smiled as he walked into the kitchen and reached out to hug her from behind.
"Want to - eat - you!"
"Ah! What are you doing, Uncle You is still next door!"
"It's okay, the soundproofing in the house is very good. He can't hear you!"
"I still have to cook, can't you wait?"
"You're busy with yours, I'm busy with mine, no delay."