After Zhang Hong changed into a short-sleeved red cheongsam, her devilish figure became even more exquisite and convex. The places that should be curvy were definitely very curvy, and the places that should be flat were definitely not even a trace of fat. Just look at it.
It was enough to arouse people's imagination, but she was dressed properly. Luo Yudie didn't know what to say, so she had to wave her hand and let people start serving food.
Platefuls of steaming dishes were brought to the table by beautifully dressed beauties. The dishes were certainly incomparable to those in hotels in the past. Fresh vegetables were basically invisible. The whole dish was based on braised vegetables and
Vacuum-packed dishes are the main ones, but the chef must have put a lot of thought into cooking them, like the steamed dumplings that are hard to see anymore, and the long-lost red fruit salad, which are all eye-catching.
, the index finger moved greatly.
And the most indispensable thing here is women, especially beauties, so behind everyone on the table stands a beautiful beauty, sometimes squatting slightly behind everyone and doing their best to serve everyone on the table, although their clothes
They were not uniform, but they were definitely trained. They showed their standard eight teeth one by one and asked the guests about their various requests in a soft voice. During this time, Zhang Xu joked that he wanted to pee and could he help him? Who knows?
Although the girl behind her blushed, she nodded without hesitation. She looked so well-behaved that even money could never buy her before.
"Come on, everyone, let me toast you all first. I welcome new partners to our gathering place on behalf of the host. In the days to come, I hope we can support each other and live a better life together!" Li Qiang stood up first and raised his hand.
A full glass of white wine was filled with the adult Wuliangye brought by Lin Tao. After Li Qiang said a few simple words, he tilted his neck and drank all the three ounces of white wine in the glass, while Lin Tao
The others didn't hesitate. Apart from the women taking a small sip, the two men also finished the cup generously.
"Okay! Both brothers are really happy people!" After a glass of wine, Li Qiang's face turned slightly red. Seeing Lin Tao and Zhang Xu also drank it all in one gulp, he immediately clapped and applauded, then sat down and said: "Now we can't compare.
In the past, this meal might have been a bit shabby, so please forgive me, brothers!"
"Brother Qiang, I can count on my fingers the number of places that still have this kind of banquet in the entire gathering place. It's only thanks to you that we can have a feast!" Zhang Xu wiped his hands.
With wine dripping from the corner of his mouth, he said cheerfully.
"I'm not afraid of the two of you making fun of me. In order not to make you look down on me, I'm just pretending to be fat. Zhang Xu, you are an old man in the gathering place. You also know the specific situation. These days are getting more and more sad."
, I guess after this meal, my belt will have to be tightened a lot, brother!"
Li Qiang shook his head in frustration, and after a brief silence, he waved his hand and said: "Hey~ I won't say it anymore, I won't say it anymore, I'll be happy to get to know Mr. Lin even if he lets me eat glutinous vegetables tomorrow, come on.
Come on, brothers, hurry up and take a few more bites of food, and let’s have another drink!”
Lin Tao didn't know that Li Qiang's words were meant for him, but he didn't hide his intentions. He was obviously having a hard time and wanted to see if Lin Tao could help. However, Lin Tao was still a little hesitant because he didn't want to be here.
He had been tied up in the gathering place for too long. Even though Li Qiang's meaning was clear, he did not answer the call, because once he did, trouble might ensue.
After a few more cups and cups, several people on Li Qiang's side took turns toasting to Lin Tao. Even Qin Yu stood up with half a glass of juice and talked to Lin Tao, but Qin Yu's slight frown made Lin Tao do something.
It looked like she was drinking poison rather than a drink.
After three rounds of drinking, neither Lin Tao nor Zhang Xu showed any intention to help. Lin Tao was hesitating, thinking about the pros and cons of the whole thing, while Zhang Xu had the will but was unable to do so. Without Lin Tao, he would not be able to help Jiangcheng either.
He didn't dare to touch the side of Lin Tao, but at this moment Luo Yudie stood up with a wine glass in his hand. After saying a few polite words, he took the initiative to walk to Lin Tao's side and drank the white wine in the glass in one go.
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After drinking most of the white wine in the glass, two blushes appeared on Luo Yudie's dignified and pretty face. She elegantly took a paper towel handed by the waiter and wiped her mouth, then smiled at Lin Tao in front of her.
Said: "Brother Lin, my sister-in-law knows that you are a very capable person, and our brother Qiang, he is just like you.
He is a man who values loyalty and respects face. It is hard to say something to Brother Qiang, for fear that you might misunderstand him and hurt the feelings between your brothers. But I, a little woman who manages a household, always have some selfish motives, and even if I say something wrong
If you say that, I believe you, Brother Lin, will laugh it off and won’t blame me, right?"
Luo Yudie's words were of course impeccable, and no one could find any fault with them. After seeing Lin Tao nodded slightly, Luo Yudie smiled happily and said: "Actually, it's not a big deal.
As our brother Qiang said just now, life is getting more and more difficult now, if it continues like this
If this goes on, within a few months, a large number of people will starve to death again. The main thing is that I want you to help me, brother, to help us overcome this difficulty. To put it simply, we owe you a huge favor.
Speaking more broadly, we are all descendants of the Yellow Emperor, so if you can help, please do so!"
"You don't want to enter Jiangcheng, do you?" Lin Tao did not look at Luo Yudie, but turned to look at Li Qiang. He said seriously: "To tell you the truth, I don't have the ability to take anyone into Jiangcheng anymore.
, and I can’t do much if I go in alone, and I can’t bring out much food at all!”
"Haha~ Brother, although Jiangcheng is good, we don't have such a big appetite. Just thinking about those millions of living corpses is enough to make our scalp numb!"
Li Qiang shook his head with a smile, straightened up and said to Lin Tao: "Don't blame me, brother, when I invited you to a meal and made a request. I was really forced to have no choice but to tell you. I think you should understand.
, once even my people don’t have enough to eat, then the people in the slums will never have anything to eat, but they are also living lives, and I can’t just watch it.
When they die, as long as I, Li Qiang, am here, I will do my best to help them. Don’t call me hypocritical. Maybe I, Li Qiang, am not a good person, but I think that since the end of mankind has come, then we should give up.
It’s better to think selfishly and help each other, so I beg you, as long as you have the ability, please help us and everyone here!”
Li Qiang's expression was very sincere, and the word "please" also showed that he had kept his posture to the lowest level. He looked at Lin Tao with bright eyes. Although he didn't know what Lin Tao's true abilities were, he was facing an increasingly difficult situation to survive.
, and forced him to grasp even the slimmest glimmer of hope.
"What do the other two forces here think?" Lin Tao did not directly answer Li Qiang's question, but chose to ask a question.
"Them?" Li Qiang shook his head with a wry smile, and sighed and said: "We don't agree with each other. If Tiger people can have a higher consciousness, I think our life will be better than now. Then
Yuan Dapao has nothing to do with himself. Being able to pay the rent already gives me a lot of face. I never counted on them!"
"Did you suggest paying the rent?" Lin Tao looked at Li Qiang and asked again.
"Yes, but there is nothing we can do about it. We have to think of some ideas to let people survive. Only with rent can we give those people in the slums a chance to work. Even if they can only eat one meal a day, it is better than being hungry.
Die strong!" Li Qiang nodded without hesitation and directly expressed the same idea as Lin Tao guessed.
"Besides Jiang Cheng, do you have any better ideas? If the plan is feasible, I will help you!" Lin Tao finally showed a smile at this time, a very sincere smile.
"Of course!" Li Qiang excitedly patted the table and waved to Zhang Hong to bring over a color map that he had prepared a long time ago. After taking the map, he took it directly to Lin Tao, spread it on the table and pointed at it.
A sign with a red circle said: "This is our gathering place. More than 40 kilometers to the east is a place where a group of living corpse dogs are entrenched. They are more difficult to deal with than living corpses, so this direction is impossible. Go north.
It is also a big city, just like Jiangcheng in the south, with a population of four to five million. The only way to survive is to go west, towards Nanzhou, and our people happened to discover a large-scale in this direction a few days ago.
A warehouse supermarket, if we can take over that supermarket, I think the food in it should be enough to feed our entire gathering place for a year!"
"Then what's the situation here? If there aren't tens of thousands of living corpses, I think I can still think of something!" Lin Tao frowned and looked at the map on the table. The supermarket Li Qiang pointed to was actually already far away from his hometown of Nanzhou.
It's not far away, and as far as he knows, there are things in Nanzhou that even Rasual is afraid of.
Li Qiang pointed at the map and sat down on the seat that Cao Mei had just given up. He looked at Lin Tao with a solemn expression and said: "There are not many living corpses. It is estimated that more than a thousand can reach the sky, but... Brother Lin, have you listened?
Did you say something like the Corpse King?"
"Where is the Corpse King?" Lin Tao looked at Li Qiang with some surprise. He was not surprised at the power of the Corpse King, but was surprised that Li Qiang actually knew about the Corpse King.
Looking at Lin Tao's expression, Li Qiang knew that he also knew about the Corpse King, so he didn't hesitate, just nodded and said: "I heard the name Corpse King from others before. Our brother who escaped not long ago described it to me.
The thing that almost wiped out their entire army is very similar to the image of the Corpse King I heard about, and that thing happens to be entrenched in front of the supermarket. Unless it is removed, the supermarket will not be able to enter!"
"The Corpse King..." Lin Tao lowered his head and was silent for a moment. His fingers slowly tapped on the map, making a soft "tat-tat" sound. After a while, Lin Tao continued: "The Corpse King is not too difficult to deal with, but
What I’m worried about is that there isn’t just one Corpse King there. Maybe you don’t know that there are always some other weird things accompanying the appearance of the Corpse King. Once we encounter some things, even I can’t run away!”
"Don't you have several rocket launchers? I think with those things, everything can be solved easily, right?" Li Qiang looked at Lin Tao, thinking that he was reluctant to part with those rocket launchers, so he said hurriedly: "Don't worry, brother
, if you can help us take over that supermarket, you can monopolize more than half of the resources inside, and the rest can be given to our brothers!"
"Brother Li, you misunderstood. It's useless for us to ask for so many resources. It's not that I don't want to part with my rockets, but there are some things you don't know. Take just one corpse king as an example, ten rockets are enough."
I don’t know if I can blow it up!" Lin Tao spread his palms and said helplessly.
"So powerful?" Li Qiang asked in disbelief. After all, they were all civilians before. To them, a single rocket was already an extreme measure of force, let alone a stack of ten rockets, which was simply sensational.
Lin Tao didn't say anything but nodded. When Li Qiang showed a dejected look, Lin Tao smiled and said: "But don't be so pessimistic. Rockets are just not suitable for killing the zombie king. Besides, if we are lucky,
If it's good enough, there might be only one Corpse King there. For the specific situation, let your subordinate who escaped back tell me about it after dinner, and then we can decide whether to take down that supermarket!"
"That's all we can do!" Li Qiang frowned and nodded, then stood up quickly and said with a smile: "It's better to eat quickly, the supermarket won't run away anyway, let's do it first tonight
Never stop until you get drunk!"
"Brother Qiang, Qin Yu hasn't been back for five days. Do you have any news about him?"
Just after Li Qiang returned to his seat, Qin Yu, who was sitting alone on the side, spoke up and said her first words tonight, with a hint of anxiety in her voice.
"Not yet!" Li Qiang shook his head apologetically, and then said: "But you don't have to worry too much about Dr. Qin. He is with my brother-in-law Luo Kai and the others, so nothing will happen to him. I guess there is no food around.
They must have traveled a little further, and as you know, it’s normal for people who go out to look for food not to come back for more than a week!”
"Well, if he comes back, please ask someone to notify me!" Qin Yu nodded slightly, but she said politely, but there was no smile on her face at all, just like what Zhang Xu said in the afternoon,
I don't know if this woman has a problem with her facial nerves, but she has a cold face from beginning to end.
The dinner started again, but this time the atmosphere was much more lively than before. After Lin Tao agreed to help, Li Qiang began to talk more. Lin Tao and Luo Yudie chatted for a while.
We chatted privately with Zhang Hong’s leader, and the laughter kept coming.
But just as the dinner was about to come to an end, a somewhat discordant laughter came from outside the door. Everyone stopped talking and looked outside the door, only to see the empty field outside filled with darkness.
A large group of people came, and each of these people had hideous faces, ferocious looks, and bare-chested appearance. It was obvious that none of them were good people. Led by a chubby middle-aged man in front of them, they walked straight towards the place.
The hall is coming here.
But before they could reach the door, Biaozi also led a large group of people with long and short weapons and came out of the side hall. Biaozi held a very new Bayi bar in his hand, and he pulled the gun.
Shuan, while striding up the steps, shouted to the leading fat man: "Tiger, what are you doing? Do you still want to have a fight at night?"
"Fuck your mother's swine fever. Will I not bring you with me in a fight? Silly Biao, get out of my way. Your Mr. Tiger, I'm here to eat!"
The fat man in the lead was about forty or fifty years old. He was very tall. He was estimated to be about 1.85 meters by visual inspection. He had a smooth head and was wearing a decent-looking white shirt and a black pair.
He was wearing trousers, but the shirt was soaked with sweat from all over his body. It was sticky and stuck to his body, and you could directly see the fat inside.
"Tiger, are you crazy about hunger? Are you coming to our place to make a living?" Biaozi frowned and looked at Mr. Hu. The rifle on his shoulder tightened and loosened for a while, obviously he was confused about what Mr. Tiger was doing.
What idea.
"Silly Biao, what the hell are you talking about? Mr. Tiger can come to dinner to give you face. Even if your brother comes out, he has to invite our Mr. Tiger in respectfully. Why are you blocking here?
"A strong man with short hair next to Master Hu suddenly
Walking out, it was the mountain dog who stopped the car in front of the gate of the gathering place. The mountain dog's figure like an iron tower stepped up the steps in two steps and gave Biaozi a bull's-eye look. Just when Biaozi was about to get angry.
At that moment, Li Qiang's faint voice came from the hall.
"Xiao Biao, since the tiger is so hungry, let him come in. No matter how big his appetite is, he won't be able to finish us!"
Listening to Li Qiang's double entendre, Mountain Dog and Master Hu both sneered. Biaozi tilted his head and sighed heavily in front of Mountain Dog, but he could only wave his hands and get out of the way with his brother.
Master Hu and others made way.
"Qiangzi, you are not a decent kid. You don't say hello to me when a distinguished guest comes to our house. Why do you take the distinguished guest to your place alone? People don't know and think that I, a tiger, don't know etiquette!"
Mr. Hu boldly led the mountain dog into the hall. As soon as he entered the door, he spoke in a loud voice. Then, without waiting for Li Qiang to answer, he turned to look at Lin Tao, who was sitting at the table and smoking. He just looked at him for a few steps.
He stepped forward and asked with a smile: "Haha! This brother should be
Our little brother Zhang Xu has a new boss, right? I didn’t expect you to be so young. My tiger likes to deal with young and promising people like you. No matter how you look at it, you are full of energy. Come, let’s get to know each other. My surname is Wang.
, Wang Chenghu, what do you call me brother?"
"Lin Tao!" Lin Tao sat on the chair and exhaled a long puff of smoke, looking at Wang Chenghu lightly and said.
"Haha, it turns out to be Brother Lin!" Wang Chenghu nodded without caring about Lin Tao's attitude, and did not sit down. He just swept the leftovers on the table and said loudly: "Brother Lin, I am not a brother, I don't know etiquette.
, it’s really the gang of bastards under me who made you come here.
It was late to inform me of the news, but I rushed over as soon as I got the news. Although it is already past dinner time, brother, I have prepared a lot of after-dinner entertainment programs for you. How about it? Give me a compliment.
Come visit my place, and we brothers will become so close!"
"Tiger, we haven't finished the wine yet. If you're here to drink, I'll immediately have the dishes removed from the table. But if you're here to disturb the situation, you have to see who you're with, right?" Li Qiang leaned on the chair.
With a gloomy face, he looked directly at Wang Chenghu with his eyes, the cold light in his eyes shining towards him without concealment.
"Huh? Qiangzi, I don't understand what you are saying!" Wang Chenghu turned to look at Li Qiang inexplicably, spread his hands and said: "Brother Lin is a guest of our entire gathering place, of course I can invite him if you can."
You can also invite him, and as for your reception standards here, I am not a brother. I tell you, it is too embarrassing for the people in our gathering place. The Maotai Lafite I have there is specially prepared for distinguished guests like Brother Lin.
I've also cleaned up those little girls who haven't bloomed yet. Besides, you have to listen to the opinions of other guests!"
After saying that, Wang Chenghu smiled coldly at Li Qiang, turned to Lin Tao with a smile and asked: "How are you? Brother Lin, come and sit down at my place. I guarantee that your trip will be worthwhile!"
"Oh, Mr. Hu, the stench of your sweat is really killing me. Didn't you see the beautiful lady at our table? I don't know how to take a shower before coming back!"
Before the frowning Lin Tao could speak, Luo Yudie stood up first, pulled Bai Ru and Cao Mei beside her and said: "Sisters, we women can't understand what these stinky men talk about them anyway."
, let’s go to the back to rest together. I have built a spa room there. Even the technicians are the top experts in Jiangcheng. Let’s go, let’s go. I’m only halfway through the topic. I have a lot to talk to you.
Woolen cloth!"
Luo Yufeng was indeed a shrewd and wise woman, and she did not let Lin Tao get into trouble. She directly gave Wang Chenghu a blow, and actually took all the women on the table away, leaving only a few lonely men staring at each other.
When Li Qiang saw this scene, he laughed heartily and said to Wang Chenghu: "Tiger, Brother Lin's women have all gone to the spa, you won't drag him to have sex, right? Although now there are differences between men and women.
There are not so many worries anymore, but you also have to think about Brother Lin’s backyard. A fire in the backyard is a taboo for us men!"
"Brother Li, do you have Lafite here?" Lin Tao also smiled slightly and suddenly asked.
"Of course there is, and there are quite a few little girls who haven't bloomed yet!" Li Qiang laughed. How could he not tell that Lin Tao didn't want to talk to Wang Chenghu? After saying that, he stood up and said loudly to a waitress behind him.
: "Go and prepare the private room, you guys haven't opened it yet. Hurry up and get ready. I have to serve Mr. Lin tonight!"
"Yes, Mr. Li!" The girl in a pink suit blushed immediately and shyly glanced at Lin Tao opposite, but she hurriedly ran to the side hall with a few other girls without saying a word.
Dare to say more.
"Oh~ Qiangzi, Qiangzi, you have really found a good wife!" Wang Chenghu stood at the table with one hand pressing the back of the chair, with a gloomy look on his face, and after rubbing his teeth hard,
, Wang Chenghu put his hands behind his back and said straightforwardly: "Qiangzi, I won't mince words. I know that your people found a large supermarket in the west with few living corpses, but they haven't been able to break into it yet. You must also be watching.
Brother Shang Lin, you want him to help you with those rocket launchers? Hmm, tell me clearly, I will get a share of this!"
"Tiger, you are very well-informed!" Li Qiang's face immediately became gloomy. He originally thought it was a confidential matter, but he didn't expect that people had known about it for a long time. He couldn't think of any link that went wrong, but he still said: "
It doesn’t matter what I say, I don’t have the ability to break in, and you can’t get in either, so you and I have to listen to Brother Lin on this matter!”
"Brother Lin, what do you say?" Wang Chenghu turned to look at Lin Tao, who was still sitting on the chair, and said with a smile: "As long as you agree to help us, you can ask for any conditions, and I will give you my men.
Use it whatever you want, I am determined to win that supermarket, even if it costs people’s lives, I will do it!”
Lin Tao frowned in disgust when he heard this. What he hated most was the attitude of joking about human life in the apocalypse. He then picked up a cigarette on the table, and naturally Zhang Xu leaned over to light it for him and took a deep breath.
After taking a puff of the cigarette, he looked at Wang Chenghu calmly and said: "You are very optimistic, but there are some things that even if you cover the lives of the entire gathering place, I'm afraid it won't have the slightest effect!"
"Are you talking about that Corpse King?" Wang Chenghu chuckled and said nonchalantly: "To tell you the truth, I personally met a Corpse King when the apocalypse first came, and it was not a three-headed, six-armed character.
Even a tank will be torn apart when it is bombarded with artillery fire. Brother, if you are afraid of that zombie king, just lend me your rocket launcher and let my people carry it, and I will give you a big share when you come back. How about that?"
"Why should I lend it to you?" Lin Tao tilted his head and looked at Wang Chenghu with a rather rude tone.
"You..." Wang Chenghu's face turned green, and the mountain dog behind him was about to go crazy immediately, but Wang Chenghu was able to hold him down in time. After taking a deep breath, he said in a sinister tone: "Brother, don't speak out of anger.
Only by being harmonious can you make money. Whatever rules you want, just tell me and I will follow them!"
"You may not know me, Lin Tao!" Lin Tao flicked the cigarette ashes in his hand and said to Wang Chenghu with an arrogant attitude that he would never have: "People I like ask me to help, and I don't take any money.
It's okay, but if I don't like this person, I won't help him even if he puts a knife on my neck. Besides, you don't have the ability at all, so I can help Li Qiang in this supermarket without even giving a grain of rice.
Take it off, but you...can't!"
"Okay, young people are courageous, and they dare to say anything!" Wang Chenghu suddenly slammed the table as if he was angry, making the dishes on the table rattle, and then glared at Lin Tao fiercely and said
: "Mountains and rivers meet, let's wait and see, Mountain Dog, let's go!"
Wang Chenghu stopped being verbose and walked away with the mountain dog as struttingly as when he came. When he was leaving, the mountain dog turned around and gave Lin Tao a very vicious look, and gave him a cold smile, which was very sinister.
"Brother, don't worry, I'll take care of anything for you!" Hearing Lin Tao's words of expression, Li Qiang immediately came up excitedly and hugged his shoulders, laughing and saying: "I'm sorry for his stupid tiger.
He doesn’t dare to do anything to us, and if he does, he won’t be able to please us!”
"Haha~ Killing a tiger is easier than killing a corpse king!" Lin Tao smiled indifferently, not taking Wang Chenghu to heart at all, but the murderous look in his eyes made Li Qiang in front of him tremble in his heart, and his originally high-spirited expression became even more intense.