the beginning of the end

Chapter 26

Before dark, the group arrived at Majia Town. There was only one road back to Bazi Village, and they had to pass through this town to drive in. Bazi Village was relatively remote, and it took about half a day to drive into the village. The road was partly paid by the government the year before last. There are also several villages along the road. The villagers of each village pooled a part of the money to build a gravel road. The cement road was not paved, and the road was winding and winding, so it was not easy to drive at night.

Shen Xi and his group decided to find a place to stay in the town for the night and return to the village early tomorrow morning.

From the outside, the situation in Majia Town is obviously much better than the damage in the city. At least the faces of the occasional passers-by looking cautiously are not as pale and emaciated as those in the city. Many people grow their own crops. Although they grow less, it is better than in the city. It is not that they can only eat for a day when they buy it at a time. My family eats vegetables. Many of the elderly here are rural people with strong old ideas.

A group of people planned to find a hotel to live in, and they didn't know if they could still live there.

Mrs. Mu has no relatives in the town, but she still knows a lot of familiar people, so she immediately decided: "Go to the hotel run by Mu Gui's family for one night. Their family is also from Bazi Village. Later, Mu Gui went out to work and earned some money , just opened a hotel in the town, go and have a look, if their family doesn't go back to Bazi Village, we just go to disturb him for one night, and we won't stay in vain."

From the same village, they played together when they were young. Mu Qiangguo and Mu Jianguo naturally knew Mu Gui, but they hadn't contacted for a long time.

With the old lady Mu showing the way, Mu Qiangguo drove to the hotel opened by Mu Gui very quickly. The sound of the two cars attracted many town residents who stayed at home to stand by their windows and look down. , but no one came down.

Mu Qiangguo found a convenient place to park his car, and the car driven by Mo Cheng also parked in the place Mu Qiangguo specially reserved for him.

"You stay in the car, I'll knock on the door." Mu Qiangguo explained that he planned to get out of the car.

The old lady Mu immediately stood up and grabbed him, saying: "You haven't seen Mu Gui for so long, he must not be familiar with your voice, mother will go with you."

Shen Xi felt that Mrs. Mu was very careful and thoughtful.

The door rang for a long time before someone came, and an uneasy voice sounded from inside, "Who is it?"

"It's me, I'm your Aunt Mu, Mu Gui, open the door quickly." Old lady Mu replied close to the door.

When Mu Gui listened carefully, it was really Aunt Mu's voice. His nerves immediately relaxed, and he leaned against the door and shouted: "Mother, why are you back?" She didn't live in the city all the time.

"You open the door first, and I will tell you in detail when you enter the room." Old lady Mu said anxiously, it was so late, if there were mutated animals coming out soon, it would be troublesome.

"Okay." Mu Gui stepped forward to open the door, but his wife Ma Ying, who was silent beside him, stopped him and shouted in a voice heard by two people: "Why do you open it? If you don't open it, if you attract those monsters , what should we do if we break in?" Everyone stopped.

Mu Gui was frightened by his wife's words and hesitated, neither to open nor not to open.

The couple's voices can't be heard by ordinary people, but Shen Xi and Mu Qiangguo who just got out of the car and walked over could hear them clearly. They looked at each other, and Mu Qiangguo stepped forward and softly shouted to the person behind the door: "Brother Mu Gui, I am a strong country, you can rest assured to open the door, the outside is safe now."

After all, people in a village are all acquaintances. The old lady Mu was kind to Mu Gui when she was a child. It is really hard for the family to really stay outside for the night to be eaten by monsters. Besides, Qiangguo said that it is safe outside, so there are still a few of them in the family. Is it okay for the big living to stand outside? Mu Gui became more courageous, and opened the door regardless of Ma Ying's obstruction. Several people waiting outside the car waved: "Come in, come in."

A group of people quickly entered the room with their things, and Mu Gui quickly closed the door again. Ma Ying was a little unhappy to see so many people. .

"Aunt Mu, brother Qiangguo, Jianguo, why are you all back?" Mu Gui looked at the three of them eagerly. Although they hadn't seen Mu Qiangguo and Mu Jianguo for many years, their appearances hadn't changed much. Still recognizable.

"The city is too chaotic." Mentioning this matter, Mu Jianguo thought of Zhang Feng who died on the way back, and felt uncomfortable for a while.

Now the town is very chaotic, Mu Gui can also guess some of the situation in the city, monsters eat people everywhere, everyone's life is difficult.

"Who are these?" Mu Gui noticed some unknown people in Mocheng.

"My friend." Mu Qiangguo saw his son who was sleeping uncomfortably in Shen Xi's arms, and didn't want to say anything else, so he hurriedly said, "Young son, find a place for us to stay before we talk about it."

"Okay, okay." Mu Gui stared at Old Madam Mu's exhausted appearance, blaming himself for being too careless and only focusing on reminiscing about the past.

"There are many rooms upstairs, you can live in whatever you want, but it hasn't been cleaned for a while, and you may need to tidy up before you can live in it." Mu Gui said as he led everyone upstairs.

"It's okay, just stay for one night." Mu Qiangguo said with a smile.

Mu Gui took the key and opened several adjacent rooms on the second floor for Mu Qiangguo and the others to choose. The quilt cover in the room was much cleaner than expected, but there was some fine sand falling from the roof on the white bed sheet. It just fell off.

While everyone was tidying up the room, Ma Ying dragged Mu Gui to mutter softly in the corridor.

"There are so many of them, if you entertain them for accommodation, don't be so stupid as to entertain them at night." Ma Ying said dissatisfied.

"What do you know, that's the buddy I grew up with. What's the point of entertaining food and drink? Don't you have so much food at home?" Mu Gui disagreed.

"What do you know, food is eaten a little bit less now, and I won't say anything just to entertain your brother's family, but you see, including the friends he brought, there are a total of eight people, how much food will be eaten in that meal, outside Where do you go to buy food now, do you want me and the two children to drink the northwest wind?" Ma Ying knew that Mu Gui had a real temper, so he was able to retreat and advance.

Mu Gui listened, but he really couldn't speak. Ma Ying gave him a white look and went out in person, but she didn't say anything when she entered the room.

"Daughter-in-law Mu Gui, here are some canned meat we brought. You can feed them to the two children. You will definitely not be able to buy meat now." The old lady Mu handed the canned meat to Ma according to the eldest son's instructions. Ying, Mu Gui hurriedly declined and shouted: "Mrs. Mu, it will be difficult for you to come back from the city. You should stay here and eat by yourself."

"It's okay, I still have this. This is for my two children, not for you, and it's not free. It's just the accommodation fee for tonight." Old lady Mu said firmly.

Ma Ying hurriedly pushed Mu Gui away and took the canned meat, just in time to feed the two children. Recently, they ate pickles every day, and they lost a lot of weight. A father doesn't know how to feel sorry for her, but she does feel sorry for her children.

Mu Gui looked at her, sighed and couldn't say anything else, he just felt a little ashamed and uncomfortable.

"Sister-in-law, please help us boil some hot water, so that we can eat instant noodles in the room later." Mu Qiangguo said to Ma Ying.

"Okay, I'll go right away, just wait, the water will boil quickly." Ma Ying went downstairs happily holding the can of meat.

Mu Gui hesitated to speak, and just as he was about to speak, the old lady Mu pushed the door away, "Go and do your work, we can clean up here by ourselves."

Mu Gui paused at the door for a while before going downstairs.