Chapter 56 Jing Yuan and the Broken Crystal Ball
After taking a shower, Jingyuan wrapped a dry towel around his waist and lay casually on the bed board in the bedroom on the second floor to sleep.
Although it was a well-decorated villa with complete furniture, it was not equipped with things like quilts. However, it did have a large soft mattress. Although it was a little dirty, he really couldn't choose that much.
He was so sleepy that he just wanted to fall asleep.
He worked hard all day long, rarely stopping to rest.
He could feel that he was getting hungry very quickly today, and he had not eaten much of the cans packed in his travel bag.
He has to go back to the city center tomorrow first, carry a few bags of rice from Shunxiang Supermarket, and take away all the books he picked up from Sanwei Bookstore.
It would be great if agricultural three-wheelers could drive to the city center, but unfortunately I can only think about it.
The zombie swarm in the city center is too dense. With the super loud noise of this old three-wheel engine, it cannot go very far. It will become a scene like a celebrity meeting, making it difficult to move.
What's more, there was no way for him to go. All the roads leading out of the city center were blocked by cars. The traffic jam was so severe that only bicycles, a flexible means of transportation that could be ridden and parked at any time, could travel on the sidewalks.
However, we can still use an agricultural three-wheeler to drive for a while, first to the gas station on Xiuhu Avenue, then switch to a bicycle, pick up the barrels of diesel fuel on the way back, and look around to see if we can find a diesel generator.
He was thinking about the laptop he picked up from the gas station. He really wanted to open the hard drive of that computer and see what good videos were stored in it.
"Good night." He whispered to Xiaobai lying on the floor and closed his eyes.
It was a very solid sleep. After all, he spent so much effort to deal with all the zombies in the villa area without missing a single one. He relied on his "snake" senses to explore every corner of the villa area.
’s clear as day.
I didn't even dream, and slept until ten o'clock the next morning.
There was no way he could wear the clothes he wore yesterday. He went shirtless and searched in other rooms, found a coat, flicked it hard and put it on.
After that, he locked Xiaobai in a single-family villa, ordered it not to run around, and prepared enough water and dog food for it to eat for a day.
After basking in the sun for a while in the yard, inflating the tires of the agricultural three-wheeler and doing some simple maintenance, he got on the three-wheeler and inserted the car key.
Toot toot, boom, boom, woo——
The old engine made a deafening sound. He pressed the switch of the radio and drove to the gas station while listening to the song.
On the way, he thought that he would bump into Xiao Yun'er when he was going to the supermarket, and he would have to bring a gift to her to increase his favorability.
But he didn't find anything particularly suitable until he saw a white unknown wild flower on the roadside. He thought that Xiao Yun'er had been staying at Shunxiang Supermarket and there was no way he had ever seen such a little flower, so he took it
Take this cute little life as a gift.
He held the plastic bag, carefully dug out the little flower including the mud and roots, and moved on.
Before noon, he arrived at the gas station and parked the agricultural three-wheeler in the atrium of the gas station. He spent some time moving the barrels of diesel to the cargo bed.
To be honest, it was quite heavy. With his strength, he could barely move it. If he hadn't found a pulley, he wouldn't have been able to lift the oil drum to the one-meter-high container.
When the diesel barrel fell, even the agricultural tricycle shook.
Patting the dust on his hands, he took the bicycle off the car and had to rely on the bicycle for the rest of the way. When he got to the city center, he didn't dare to play any more local music, so he could only turn off the radio and keep quiet.
The atmosphere in the city center is as dull as ever, with turbid air, an unpleasant smell of rancidity and mold, and a pungent smell of chemical mixtures, as if chemical weapons have been used here.
After going to the southern suburbs, he didn't want to come back here again.
Following the familiar road, he arrived at Shili Sunshine 707 without joy or sorrow. He packed up the large pile of thick books and the business notebook, then put his travel bag here and went to Shunxiang Supermarket to carry rice bags.
Because that section of the road was bombed, you can't even ride a bicycle, so you can only walk.
Soon, he saw Xiao Yun'er again.
Xiao Yun'er squatted in front of the door, motionless. Only when he got closer did he see what was going on.
The crystal ball was shattered by her. It was shattered on the threshold of the supermarket. The unknown liquid inside was scattered all over the floor. Sparkling snow powder and glass fragments fell on the mud. The snowman's head was broken off. The red house was still there.
Mounted on the base.
She squatted in front of the fragments, grabbing them with her hands and vines, as if trying to put the broken parts back together.
He didn’t know when she broke the crystal ball and how long it took to put it back together. Jingyuan only saw that her small white porcelain hands were covered with mud, and there were sharp glass shards stuck into her skin.
Some dark blood flowed from the wound, and there were blood stains on the ground.
The base was placed in front of her. She held the snowman's head in her hand and gently placed the head on the snowman's fat body. Then her little hands and the vines rolled up the glass fragments and pieced them together on the base. But what happened to the fragments?
It cannot be restored to its original state.
The snowman's head was accidentally knocked off by her again, and it rolled on the ground a few times.
She reached out to grab it again, putting her scarred hands into the broken glass.
But her hand was caught by Jingyuan, who held her wrist and touched her head.
She was very well-behaved and quiet. She looked at Jingyuan and pointed at the base of the crystal ball. Maybe she thought Jingyuan had a way to restore the crystal ball to its original state.
Jingyuan just led her to sit down on the seat, spread her hands and looked carefully. The hands that were originally like works of art were now covered with scars.
He was very patient, picking out the glass fragments that were embedded in her skin little by little, and then showed her the small flowers he dug up in the southern suburbs.
She was immediately attracted by the little white flower, but reluctantly looked back. She dragged Jingyuan to the place where the crystal ball broke, picked up the remaining base, raised her head, and handed it to Jingyuan.
Her eyes flashed with expectation. This ball was brought here by Jingyuan. She probably thought that Jingyuan must have a way to fix it.
But broken glass is broken.
Jingyuan shook his head helplessly, saying that there was nothing he could do.
Jingyuan didn't know if Xiao Yun'er understood what he meant. She kept wandering next to Jingyuan, squatting down and holding the debris and mud in front of Jingyuan.
But all Jingyuan could do was shake his head.
After trying many times to no avail, she seemed to understand that the crystal ball could no longer be repaired.
She squatted in front of the pile of debris again, this time just watching and doing nothing.
After a long time, she stood up and suddenly hugged Jingyuan's legs as if she was looking for something to rely on.
Jingyuan thought that if she could cry, she would have cried loudly by now.
Chapter completed!