Niu Ben praised him and said, he likes to kill decisive people.
Zhang Yi nodded and smiled, wiped the blood off Lao Liutou's body with a knife, and put it on his belt.
The two of them went straight to the kitchen at the same time. Niu Ben opened the steamer and took out two large buns. They were not very white, but yellow, with a small amount of white flour mixed in the corn flour.
Zhang Yi was extremely surprised that someone had grown food in the wasteland world. The small mountain village where he lived was isolated from the rest of the world. No crops could grow in the barren sandy land, so he could only capture wild beasts to satisfy his hunger.
Niu Ben held the hot bun to Zhang Yi's mouth and said with a naive smile.
"Yi Ge, eat!"
"No!"
Zhang Yi instinctively raised his hand and knocked the bun to the ground.
"I don't eat human flesh buns, and you can't eat them either... Once we eat them, we can no longer be human beings, and we can only be ghosts from now on..."
Zhang Yi looked at Niu Ben with mixed emotions, fearing that he would not be able to refuse this temptation.
I saw Niu Ben grinning: "I will listen to you, sworn brother."
Zhang Yi breathed a sigh of relief, grabbed Niu Ben's arm and squeezed it hard, "Good brother!"
He found six steamed buns in the kitchen, gave four to Niu Ben, and ate them one by one. It was so delicious!
There is a bunch of light green millet pepper hanging next to the stove, which is perfect to eat with steamed buns.
Seeing Zhang Yi finish eating and licking the residue in his hands, Niu Ben handed him two steamed buns.
"Yi Ge, you can eat. I can eat grass when I'm very hungry, but you can't."
Zhang Yi ate another one and said he didn’t want to eat anything else.
There was a large water tank in the kitchen with well water in it, and the brothers drank heavily from it.
Zhang Yi found his water hyacinth, filled it with water, and carried it on his shoulders.
Niu Ben found a kitchen knife and half a bag of cornmeal, and danced happily.
"We are getting rich, step brother. The most precious things in the world are food and iron."
"Okay, take them all away."
Zhang Yi was also full of joy. Half a bag of cornmeal weighed more than thirty kilograms, which was enough to last for a while.
The two brothers entered the big tile-roofed house through the back door. Niu Ben crackled open the counter and found dozens of golden beans and more than ten taels of silver in the dark layer. They put them into a small cloth bag. Niu Ben handed them to Zhang Yi. The eldest brother was in charge of the money. He is responsible for carrying things.
It feels like walking into a robber's treasure cave and having fun plundering it.
Niu Ben urged Zhang Yi to leave quickly, as Chu Erniang was about to bring people to kill him.
"Wait a minute," Zhang Yi pulled Niu and ran to the bedroom next door, "We still have to find clothes to wear."
Everything is scarce in this world, except food and iron, clothes are also rare. I found two sets of old Liu Tou's common clothes, one for each of them. Zhang Yi felt that the size was smaller, and Niu Ben was even more unbuttoned. If you can't tie it up, just roll a piece of cloth into a strip and tie it around your waist.
Now the two brothers are a bit more human, and they are joking with each other.
It's time to go.
"Burn this black shop!" Zhang Yi said.
"Okay!" Niu Ben shouted.
The two brothers set fire everywhere and then ran out, Zhang Yi not forgetting to carry his roll of snake skin on his back.
At dusk, the setting sun is like blood.
The black shop was engulfed in flames, billowing black smoke rising into the sky.
The two of them ran a few hundred meters away and stood in a strange forest. They saw Chu Erniang and a dozen big men running towards them with sticks and machetes. Chu Erniang was yelling and cursing like crazy, which was extremely unpleasant to hear.
The brothers were extremely happy.
…
"Where did these guys come from?" Zhang Yi asked.
"Mopan City," Niu Ben suddenly said worriedly, "Brother Yi, where should we go? I've never been anywhere except Mopan City."
"Let's go to Mopan City and find an opportunity to kill Chu Erniang, a white-bone demon." Zhang Yi said resolutely, "Besides, my uncle lives in Mopan City. His name is Zhang Pingan. Have you heard of it?"
"I listen to you, Yi Ge. But I have never heard of Zhang Ping'an. There are tens of thousands of people in Mopan City. I guess he is also a miserable person." Niu Ben said.
Zhang Yi felt sad and nodded, then it was even more important to go find his uncle.
Niu Ben carried a grain bag on his left shoulder and a snake skin on his right shoulder. He led Zhang Yi to the south, muttering: "Mopan City, ghosts are worried. They are not as good as dogs when they live, and they are buried in their stomachs when they die."
The strong smell of wasteland brings a desolate feeling.
In order to avoid the group of thugs, Niu Ben took Zhang Yi on a long detour.
There are sparsely seen trees of all kinds on the road, and their twisted branches seem to have been ravaged by devils. Most of the low plants have sharp thorns. If you are accidentally pricked, the burning feeling will be unspeakable.
The stream is foaming with white foam, so you can't drink it because you will suffer from vomiting and diarrhea. If you are thirsty, you can only drink well water that gushes from the depths of the earth.
It soon became dark, and the moon was like a hook, constantly covered by drifting clouds.
The howling wind was mixed with the howling of wolves in the distance.
The two of them walked silently on the rugged stone road.
Zhang Yi thought that there were not many people alive in the world, but he didn't know that there were tens of thousands of people in Mopan City. Judging from this situation, there are at least several hundred million people in the world.
It is possible for so many people to develop a new civilization and get out of the miserable situation of cannibalism.
This is exciting and good news.
But he couldn't figure out why Mopan City was still stuck in the barbaric primitive era. Is there no one among tens of thousands of people who stepped forward to establish normal order?
"Brother Yi, why are you frowning? What are you thinking about?" Niu Ben turned to look at him.
Zhang Yi smiled. This brother with a rough appearance was actually very caring. He had a simple mind and a kind nature. It was the cruel reality that forced him into a miserable slave.
"Brother is thinking, the world is in chaos, but we can't be in chaos. We want to change the world, not let the world change us." Zhang Yi tried his best to speak in layman's terms.
"Yeah, yeah." Niu Ben nodded repeatedly, not sure whether he heard it or not.
…
Over the hill.
A dark high mountain appeared in front, standing abruptly on the desolate land, shaped like a millstone. Tens of thousands of people lived on the mountain. This place was called Mopan City.
Under the moonlight, Zhang Yi saw numerous shabby houses built along the mountain, stretching up from the bottom of the mountain. They were so densely packed that it was surprising.
Only a few people lighted oil lamps, and the flickering flames made Mopan City seem extremely desolate. Mopan City was like a ghost town located in the underworld.
The two stepped into the silent city.
Many grotesque little shacks have been built on the hillside. The materials used are rotten wood, weathered plastic sheets and rusty iron sheets. It can be recognized that these are relics of the previous civilized era.
The environment is turbid, but fortunately the mountain breeze blows from time to time, bringing a ray of fresh air.
"Drive! Drive!"
Suddenly, a group of fierce knights ran up the mountain road. They were all dressed in black shorts and wore long knives at their waists. They were riding horses, whipping their whips, and shouting wildly.
The mountain road was narrow and the two of them couldn't dodge, so the whip was whipped around their heads.
"You untouchables dare to block the road and are seeking death!" shouted one of the leaders.
The cow hurriedly pulled Zhang Yi to hide by the roadside.
The knights ran up the mountain with great vigor.
"Who is so arrogant?" Zhang Yi asked angrily.
"They are people you cannot afford to offend, brother Yi," Niu Ben sighed. "They are fierce bandits under the overlord General Cao. The guy named Liang Dingtian that Old Liu Tou mentioned is one of their leaders."
Zhang Yi couldn't help but clenched his fists.
There are no heroes in the world, so animals run rampant.
The sudden whip completely angered Zhang Yi and strengthened his ambition.
He wants to use his knowledge of civilization to launch a dimension-reducing attack on the tyrannical villains.
…
Niu Ben was familiar with every nook and cranny of Mopan City. He took Zhang Yi around the slum area, knocking on doors from time to time to inquire, and finally found Zhang Pingan after more than two hours.
A poor man in his 30s, who looked very thin and haggard, lived alone in a shack made of hay.
With the help of the moonlight, he looked at the two young men uneasily.
Zhang Yi traveled through time for half a month and has adapted. He has memories of two worlds at the same time. He can vaguely recognize the uncle in front of him.
"Uncle, I am a foster son!"
"Yi'er?" Zhang Ping'an was shocked and said, "Yi'er, is it really you? Have you grown so big?"
He recognized his nephew, hugged Zhang Yi and cried bitterly.