Chapter 178
Chapter 178
Ye Zhou felt that Zou Ming might not have bathed since he was born - this was probably true.
After changing three buckets of water, Ye Zhou washed Zou Ming clean.
At first Zou Ming would dodge and even struggle, but he finally calmed down when he was about to finish washing.
Ye Zhou dried Zou Ming's hair, and changed him into clean children's clothes. Finally, he saw a bit of Zou Ming's shadow on the boy. After putting on the new clothes, the boy seemed to have been stripped of his armor, and he became embarrassed. up.
He didn't want to see Ye Zhou, let alone Chen Shu. He sat alone on the sofa, but occasionally looked blankly at the air outlet of the air conditioner in the car.
Boys growing up in the slums had never seen an air conditioner, or even heard of it.
Regarding the enjoyment of the upper class, with his poor imagination, he can only think of the upper class eating their stomachs.
Running around to make a living, the only thing he can think about is how to earn food and water for tomorrow, and how to see the sun the next day.
"Have a drink." Ye Zhou poured Zou Ming a cup of cool white water, and thoughtfully pushed it in front of Zou Ming, "You can't eat too much now, you must nourish your stomach first, and you have to eat millet porridge and heavy oil during this time Anything with heavy salt is not acceptable, you can eat whatever you like after your stomach is healed."
Ye Zhou sat across from the boy. He actually didn't know what to say.
He had a lot of concerns, after all Zou Ming didn't tell him whether he had told him about the plane jump when he was a child, and whether he had said that the two had friendship before they met.
The boy looked at the water glass, his eyes turned red instantly, but he remained motionless, trying his best to restrain his impulse.
Until Ye Zhou said: "Drink, is this glass of water enough to buy your life?"
As soon as the words fell, the boy immediately picked up the water glass with both hands, almost without swallowing, and poured it directly into his throat.
"You will live with me during this time." Ye Zhou said, "You sleep on the bed behind me, and I sleep on the front one."
The sofa in the front can be made into a big bed. Although it is not as comfortable as the whole bed in the back, Ye Zhou doesn't care too much about it.
In Ye Zhou's opinion, this was not a compromise or hardship.
The boy's mind was a mess, he had too many problems, but none of those problems had a clue.
He didn't even feel that everything in front of him was real.
But he also believed that he relied entirely on his imagination, and he couldn't imagine such a person in front of him or such a car.
Everything here is too novel, so novel that he feels both real and weirdly false.
Even the glass of water poured into his mouth didn't seem to fall into his stomach.
When Chen Shu came in from the car, she didn't have a long time in the sun, but her skin was already darkened, but she didn't care about it.
"The porridge is ready, millet porridge." Chen Shu put the bowl in front of the boy, and sprinkled a thin layer of meat floss on the porridge. Because he was worried that the boy would not be full, the portion of this bowl of porridge was only less than what an adult would eat. a little.
The boy didn't need to be persuaded this time, and he didn't need a spoon. He just poured the porridge into his mouth while holding the bowl. Fortunately, the porridge wasn't very thick, so he could eat it directly.
He doesn't eat well, he devours food voraciously, but he cherishes food very much, and he doesn't let go of the last grain of rice.
In less than 3 minutes, he "drank" a bowl of porridge completely, and there was nothing left in the bottom of the bowl, which made people feel that they didn't even need to wash it.
After finishing the porridge, the boy was still staring at the bowl.
He doesn't know what it feels like to be full, so he feels that he is still hungry and can eat again.
As long as Ye Zhou is willing to give it, he can eat it until he dies.
"I can't eat any more. You can have a bowl of porridge before going to bed." Ye Zhou handed the boy a piece of paper, "Wipe your mouth, and go to bed after wiping."
"If you fall asleep at night, I won't call you. Get up for breakfast tomorrow morning."
Although Zou Ming didn't have lice or fleas on his body, Ye Zhou was still worried that he had parasites in his body.
But Zhou Yuanhe had to wait for the test before giving Zou Ming the worm.
The boy took the napkin, he seemed very reluctant to wipe his mouth with such a fine paper, but looking at his new clothes, he felt that paper was more willing than clothes, so he tore off a small corner of the napkin and carefully wiped it. After wiping his mouth clean, he folded up the rest of the table paper and looked at Ye Zhou.
Just this action made Ye Zhou's heart soften.
"Put it here." After speaking, Ye Zhou walked up to the boy and picked him up.
The boy didn't struggle this time, he had just eaten the fullest meal in his short life, so all vigilance disappeared with the bowl of porridge.
Even if he was going to die the next moment, it seemed that there was nothing to regret.
After all, people here live their entire lives, and most of them never have the chance to eat such a bowl of porridge.
When Ye Zhou put him down, the boy seemed to be stuck in the soft cotton, and he suddenly realized that it was a bed.
But the bed he slept on was either a plank or a floor. He was used to the cold and hard "bed", and such a soft bed made him restless.
"Go to sleep." Ye Zhou gently rubbed the boy's head, then pulled up the thin quilt to cover him.
Then the sliding door of this "small room" was closed.
After all, it is produced by the system, even the wooden sliding door can be soundproof, allowing the boy to sleep well.
There is also a glass window at the head of the bed. Ye Zhou has already welded the window to death, but there is a ventilation system to ensure that the car is filled with filtered air.
"Boss, we've found everyone. Do you want to find a room to renovate?" Chen Shu made a cup of black tea for Ye Zhou.
Ye Zhou drank half of the glass in one breath, rubbed his temples: "I'm looking for a room."
The RV is still too small to accommodate people, but it is not so convenient, and the number of people that can be accommodated in a car is limited.
There are too many people living in the car, no matter what, there will be a smell in the car, and it is inconvenient to cook and change clothes. Although the employees of the supermarket are familiar with each other, they are not related by blood after all.
"When Zhao Qing comes over tomorrow, I will ask him to look for it." Ye Zhou said, "I will leave that house to him in the future."
Ye Zhou suddenly said: "I just thought about it. When we left, Zou Ming should not be too old. We still need to train a few people for him. Otherwise, once we leave, he will not be safe by himself."
Ye Zhou is like an old father at this moment, wishing he could arrange his child's life clearly and not let the other party take any risks.
"I need to trouble you here, I have to teach him marksmanship." Ye Zhou said, "I'll teach you how to fight."
Fighting Chen Shu can also do it, but he is not a specialist. If a person concentrates on one thing, other things will naturally be put behind.
Chen Shu: "OK."
"Boss, go to bed early."
It was getting late outside, the slums were already lit up, and the quiet place during the day was now noisy as if it had returned to a peaceful age. The "big shots" came out from the inner city to have fun in the slums.
After finding Zou Ming, Ye Zhou felt at ease. He knew that Zou Ming could live in peace until he found himself, but he not only hoped that Zou Ming would live, but also hoped that Zou Ming would live well, be able to eat and drink well, have friends and a place to live, Don't worry about danger coming to your door.
In order to achieve this goal, Ye Zhou knew that he still had to be busy.
In short, in this plane, he is not in a hurry to earn money and leave.
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The boy didn't fall asleep, he was lying on the bed, under the quilt, covered with a thin quilt, obviously extremely tired, as if he could fall asleep by closing his eyes, but his brain was extremely excited.
He has never been covered with a quilt, and he has not even seen a quilt a few times. It's hot here, and people want to take off their clothes.
I heard that the big shots above can use ice to cool down, but they can't even afford water, how can they get ice.
It's useless to use a fan, the wind from the fan is also hot, but it will make you sweat more because of the fan.
The boy buried his head in the quilt, and he could smell the fragrance on the quilt.
He covered his head with the quilt in a daze. In the darkness, he could only hear his own heartbeat.
He closed his eyes, and the man's face appeared in front of him.
The boy has always felt that his memory is very good, he is sure that he has never seen a man, as long as he has seen a man, he will never forget it.
But since I haven't seen it before, and I don't recognize it, why does the other party treat him so well?
There is nothing good without a reason in this world, the boy has always believed so firmly.
"Mom" adopted him in the hope that she would be able to live after she was old and unable to work.
And he was willing to call her "Mom" because he wanted to live. At that time, he was younger than now, and he couldn't survive on his own.
They all have their own ideas, but it is definitely not because of sympathy or other superfluous feelings.
The boy's thoughts became more and more complicated, until he fell into a coma, he was still thinking about whether he would really have something to eat tomorrow...
"Still sleeping." Ye Zhou opened the sliding door and took a look.
It's almost 12 noon now, and the boy is still sleeping.
The boy slept upside down in his sleep, his hair was messed up, his clothes turned up, showing his flat stomach.
Ye Zhou could see his clearly visible ribs.
"He's too weak," said Sarah solemnly, "too weak to live."
Ye Zhou smiled, and patted Sarah on the head: "That's not what I said, the weak and the strong should survive, but the environment here and yours doesn't allow it."
Sarah didn't quite understand, but she would not refute Ye Zhou's words.
"He's coming with us?" Sarah pouted.
Ye Zhou didn't expect that little Sarah would eat little Zou Ming's instead of big Zou Ming's jealousy.
"No." Ye Zhou said, "He is Zou Ming. He has suffered here for many years. I won't leave until I arrange him well. Don't be jealous of him either. What's there to be jealous about? food?"
Ye Zhou said seriously: "Anyway, none of you are my own."
Sarah: "..."
Chen Shu couldn't help laughing beside him: "The boss can joke now."
After finding someone, Ye Zhou's mood naturally improved.
Chen Shu: "Warm the porridge for him, or just sprinkle him with meat floss? Do you want some diced ham? Starch sausage."
Ye Zhou: "Okay, put some chopped vegetables in."
After half an hour, Ye Zhou went to look again. This time the boy didn't sleep anymore. He sat on the bed, his eyes were out of focus, and he looked at the handle of the cabinet above his head motionlessly. Where, who are you.
"Are you awake? Come eat when you wake up." Ye Zhou asked, "Can you get out of bed by yourself?"
"I don't know what shoe size you wear, so wear slippers first."
Ye Zhou didn't show too much enthusiasm, he knew that the more eager he was, the more afraid Zou Ming would be.
The boy nodded, indicating that he could get out of bed by himself.
The bed on the caravan was a bit high, and the boy jumped down nimbly. He usually didn't wear shoes, but he put them on after hearing Ye Zhou mention them.
Sarah watched the boy all through the meal.
She knew that the boy was Zou Ming, but no matter how she could connect the "monkey-cheeked" child in front of her with the tall and thin Zou Ming she needed to look up to, his face didn't look the same either.
The boy also looked at Sarah. He had never seen a blond-haired foreigner, and he had stopped communicating with each other for a long time.
There were no resources to support the continued existence of planes and ships, and he hadn't even heard of blond people in the world.
But as soon as the porridge was on the table, the curiosity disappeared in an instant.
Ye Zhou found that he could eat as much food as he gave the boy, as if he didn't know he was full at all.
The porridge at noon today is thicker than the porridge last night. In addition to the meat floss, there is a layer of rice oil on the porridge. It can no longer be drunk. You have to use a spoon or chopsticks to eat it into your mouth.
Boy did it take less than 5 minutes to eat it all.
It is simply a ruthless cooking machine.
"Why are you in such a hurry? No one is robbing you." Ye Zhou laughed softly before starting to eat.
The weather here is hot, the employees have no appetite, and neither does Ye Zhou, so Aunt Li made cold noodles for them all. Ye Zhou can't eat spicy food, so he didn't put chili oil in it, but just put more vinegar and sugar to serve with it. A bowl of thinner porridge is just right.
"You can watch cartoons with him in the car at noon, okay?" Ye Zhou was going to discuss business with Zhao Qing, so he had to take Chen Shu with him, but he was also worried that Wu Yan and the others who looked at the five big and three rough men would take him with him. Zou Ming was frightened, so he could only ask Sarah to accompany Zou Ming.
Sarah is only a little taller than Zou Ming, so she won't scare Zou Ming, her force value is high, and this car is bulletproof, so it's safe for the two of them to stay together.
Sarah nodded, she didn't refuse.
After the arrangement was made, Ye Zhou changed his clothes and told Zou Ming repeatedly before leaving: "You stay in the car with Sarah, she will protect you, and you don't even think about getting out of the car, remember?"
The boy didn't speak until Ye Zhou repeated it for the fifth time before he said, "Remember."
Ye Zhou smiled and took Chen Shu out of the car.
As soon as Ye Zhou left, Sarah went to turn on the car TV. There were downloaded cartoons on the TV. She was about to choose what she liked to watch, but when she realized that there was another person in the car, she turned around and asked, "What do you like to watch?" ?”
The boy looked at her blankly.
Sarah nodded in her heart, this person really is Zou Ming.
"Then I'll play what I like." Sarah played Flower Fairy.
The boy watched Sarah smoothing a smoothie on the small stove next to her while listening to the opening song. Sarah hummed and asked, "Do you want it?"
The boy still didn't speak, Sarah thought for a while: "Ye Zhou said you have a bad stomach, so I can't give you a smoothie, I'll eat it myself."
She said again, "I'll make you some tea."
She likes to make tea for Ye Zhou, but Ye Zhou is not around, so it is the same for Zou Ming.
Sarah thinks that making tea is a skill, and she is willing to show it off to others.
The boy didn't trust this strange-looking foreigner, and even hated Sarah more than Ye Zhou. He didn't want to talk to her, and even avoided all eye contact. No matter what Sarah said, he had a dead face Face.
Even if both of them stayed in the same car, they had no communication with each other before.
After the hot face stuck the cold butt a few times, Sarah didn't care whether he was Zou Ming or not, and just watched her own cartoon.
The boy who didn't want to watch TV at first slowly shifted his gaze to the TV.
Ye Zhou went to Zhao Qing's base camp this time. Zhao Qing brought people to invite him in person, and Ye Zhou only sent Chen Shu over.
Zhao Qing is a smart person, and it is always easier to deal with smart people.
Both sides tacitly know what the other side wants from them.
Because there is no elevator, the only way to get to the top of the building is by walking. Fortunately, Ye Zhou has never neglected his training. When he climbed to the top of the building, his face was blushing and he was not out of breath. On the contrary, Zhao Qing started to pant after climbing the stairs.
Zhao Qing has always boasted that he is leading the base with his brain, so he is not ashamed of his lack of physical strength, but rather proud of it.
"Most of the people here have better physical strength than me." Zhao Qing said to Ye Zhou after sitting on the sofa.
Ye Zhou smiled, but didn't answer.
He could understand Zhao Qing's implication - I was weaker and thinner than most people, but I ruled them all. Isn't this more evidence of how useful my brain is?
The woman brought two glasses of ice water from outside the door.
It's full of ice.
It's a very luxurious treatment here.
Ye Zhou didn't touch the cup. He watched Zhao Qing take a sip of ice water, and after taking a long breath of relief, he said to Zhao Qing: "I can provide food and water here, but you don't need to mention weapons. I won’t give it to you, but it’s none of my business if you buy it elsewhere.”
"Water, I need it here, as well as food." Zhao Qing looked into Ye Zhou's eyes, "But I have something more in need."
"As long as you can provide it to us, you can do whatever you want in the base. No one dares to offend you. You can walk sideways."
"What?" Ye Zhou didn't agree.
Zhao Qing: "Improve the land."
Ye Zhou was taken aback for a moment, and then looked at Zhao Qing with a new look.
He didn't see a trace of joking on Zhao Qing's face, he said this sentence extremely seriously.
Zhao Qing added: "We need to improve the land, and we also need to build a plantation field. We need something that can soften the sunlight. It would be even better if there is fertilizer."
Zhao Qing saw Ye Zhou's expression clearly, and he said with a smile: "Mr. Ye, we didn't engage in planting and production before, because we didn't have the conditions. We want it, but no one is willing to sell these things to us."
"Those big bases need our constant blood supply." Zhao Qing, "The big bases have strangled our throats, and we can only strangle the throats of smaller bases. If this goes down layer by layer, you may think that we are acting cruelly. But it is because of cruelty that we can live until now, and this base still exists."
What Zhao Qing said was sincere, but Ye Zhou didn't believe a word of it.
He has met too many people like Zhao Qing, everyone has different words from different positions, the essence is that the ass determines the head.
Zhao Qing just chose an easier path that was more conducive to his rule.
But that doesn't mean he really tried his best.
But Ye Zhou didn't refute Zhao Qing's words, he just said: "Then you need to sort out a flat land to build a plantation."
Zhao Qing: "About a month."
"What we urgently need now is water and food." Zhao Qing said.
Ye Zhou's expression was a bit complicated: "You don't have a reservoir, and I'll sell you water, and you have no place to store it."
"It's okay to sell you bottled water or bottled water, but it's much more expensive than selling water directly."
Zhao Qing didn't raise any objections, but he quickly said, "We don't have much to show right now."
"I want to give you what we can give first, and then hand over the rest to you when we are able to do business with other bases."
He wanted to pay on credit, and he said it with confidence, wishing he could just say, "I don't have any money, but I won't give up on you."
Ye Zhou knew that he couldn't let go, otherwise he would definitely get his scalp numb.
"I don't accept credit here." Ye Zhou said, "I'll give you as much as you can buy."
Zhao Qing frowned immediately.
But Ye Zhou quickly said: "The price of the planting land can be negotiated, but not water and food, or you can credit now, but I can't do anything about the planting land, and my supplies are limited."
Zhao Qing really wanted to say that I want both, but he also knew he couldn't push too hard, so he pondered for a few seconds and said, "Then let's ask for water first."
Ye Zhou: "How much do you want? It's best to give me the specific data and things today. I need a month to prepare."
Zhao Qing: "Okay."
"Let's continue talking after eating something." Zhao Qing looked at the woman standing aside.
The woman shivered, but quickly smiled and walked out the door quietly.
There is nothing here, the woman brought two bowls of mashed potatoes sprinkled with seasoning, and the mashed potatoes are not very delicate, but it is also very luxurious here, after all, most people can't eat salt at all.
Ye Zhou didn't have much appetite, and the sanitary conditions here were not good, so Ye Zhou was worried that he would have diarrhea.
But after all, it is in someone else's territory, so you still have to give face. Ye Zhou ate a couple of bites casually, and then asked the topic: "I will also sell some odds and ends to the people in the base, but if you don't want me to sell something You can tell me now."
Zhao Qing was very satisfied with Ye Zhou's attitude. He smiled and said, "Except for water, weapons and things with metal, you can sell everything else."
After all, Zhao Qing didn't want all the people at the bottom to starve to death. If he died of starvation, who would he rule?
Both parties were reluctantly satisfied with this transaction, and Zhao Qing personally sent Ye Zhou downstairs again.
Only this time when I went downstairs, there was a group of neatly dressed people standing downstairs.
Although this group of people didn't wear gold and silver, but here, cleanliness is already wearing gold and silver in peacetime, or even more extravagant. Ye Zhou can even see men and women who have their heads permed. People who rarely leave indoors have much better skin than those who walk outside.
Zhao Qing and Ye Zhou walked in the middle of the "bodyguard group", and the "bodyguards" all held guns in their hands, even in their own base, they still aimed at people outside the circle at any time.
The crowd stared at Ye Zhou.
Like a pack of hungry wolves staring at a sheep.
They had smiles on their faces, but a fierce look in their eyes.
It seems that whenever the sheep are not protected, they will swarm and eat the sheep.
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