The villagers had many opinions. At first, they kept talking to the village chief. However, after discovering that the village chief never said anything or gave any opinions, the villagers understood that he had left this choice to him.
themselves.
How to choose is their own business.
There is only one life, and this life is their most precious thing. This thing, the village chief cannot make a decision for them no matter what.
The previous incident had caused four people to lose their lives. The village chief had no face and no thoughts to help these people decide on anything. The previous family members’ blame, the cries of those family members, and everyone’s puzzled looks.
, the old man remembered it deeply in his heart.
Even if I have done so many things for them, even if I have never done anything detrimental to the village, even if...
But when such a situation occurs, although the village chief knows that they should blame themselves, it is precisely because of his own mistakes in decision-making and his failure to express his doubts that the situation today has occurred.
However, he still felt a chill in his heart.
Feeling powerless, he has no choice in this situation. No matter how forcefully he demands something, he forcefully controls everyone to act according to his own decision.
He couldn't and couldn't bear it. The disappearance of four lives had already caused the old man's shoulders to be crushed by the terrifying weight. He no longer had any strength to bear any more.
Any death will make the old man feel extremely guilty throughout his life.
Therefore, he left the choice to everyone.
And he himself will stay under this old tree with the village, waiting for the last moment to arrive.
The villagers were talking a lot. Everyone knew that zombies were scary, but very few people had seen them. Otherwise, the village chief alone could not have confirmed the presence of zombies from the corpse of the deceased. Some people still had doubts.
They don't believe it.
Leaving can save your life, but leaving may not necessarily mean you will survive; you may just die later.
In midsummer, the scorching sun has hung high in the sky. The huge fireball is burning in the sky, spreading heat to everyone through light and air. But at this moment, even though everyone is standing under the sun,
Few people feel the heat of the sun.
Instead, it was the cold that penetrated deep into the bone marrow that made everyone forget the current time.
It was noon slowly, and the old man had been standing under the old locust tree for a long time. He was waiting, waiting for everyone's choice. He said farewell to those who left, and he no longer cared about those who stayed.
There is only one life, everyone is the leader of his own destiny, no one is qualified to make decisions for another person.
There are only a few people who choose to leave, because everyone knows that if you leave here,
What they want to live may be a wandering life, and the road out of the village may very well be a homeless road.
Not many people chose to leave. The old lady was just a little girl at the time. When she saw such a situation, she was naturally frightened and wanted to leave, but she didn't dare. She saw the death of the middle-aged man at that time, and later
I heard about the deaths of those people.
At that time, she was so scared that she wanted to leave, and she wanted to leave with her family. She felt fear, and she didn't want to live in this fear.
She begged the people at home, because she could hear the taste of fear from everyone's face and tone, and a feeling in her heart told her that if she didn't leave, she would die.
This feeling has no reason and no basis, but it is so strong and profound, like a huge wave. In just an instant, it completely submerges and swallows her whole body, and is swallowed up by what appears.
The vortex rolled into bottomless darkness.
She was trembling. This trembling came from fear and was a concrete expression of fear. It spread from the bottom of her heart outward and from her body to her expression.
She wanted to escape right away, but she knew that if she left just like that, her life would completely change.
Wandering is not a simple word.
But in the end, they still chose to leave. It shouldn't be said that they chose to leave, it should be said that they were chosen to leave.
These families all know that the village chief will not deceive them at this time, because the village chief’s family members are also staying here at this time. There may be no way to help everyone in the village make a decision, but their own family
The people are within the jurisdiction of the village chief.
At that time, the village chief was the elder in her family.
There were only six young people standing at the entrance of the village. They were carrying large and small packages. They stood so stupidly, looking at the village in front of them and the village chief standing under the old locust tree.
"Children, please leave. Remember, once you leave here, go and don't come back."
The old man's voice was full of powerlessness and loneliness. He looked at the children standing in front of him and knew in his heart that these six children might be the few survivors in the village. Those people didn't believe it.
But he understood that zombies really appeared.
Several young people wanted to say something, but the old man waved his hand and turned around. He didn't want to talk at all. The calloused hand cut off all escape routes for several people with a shaking hand.
Everyone gritted their teeth and looked at each other, but in the end they still followed the family's decision, because it was the village chief's decision. Others did not have to listen, but they were the ones decided by all the elders in the family. Even if they went back, they would be punished again.
Driven out.
They are seeds and hope. Although the money brought to them is not much, it is already
Every household only has a few.
If nothing happens, they can come back after a few months. By then the banker will be mature. If everyone is still alive and well, it means that the zombies have let the village go, but...
If they can't see the village when they come back, they are the only hope of the village. They carry the hope of the villagers to live, whether it is good or bad, it is fate.
The road away was extremely long, and the packages on the bodies of these young people were even heavier. It was the endless care of every elder who placed their lives on them.
The back of the village chief and the old locust tree gradually merged together. The smoke from the village was floating in the air. After turning over a hill, the scene of the village was no longer in their eyes. A new beginning may be coming, but this is really
Start?
The six young people walked very slowly along the way, they were all silent, they didn't know what to say.
Yearning for a new life?
Or are you worried about the familiar and unfamiliar people in the village?
Or what does the zombie that may exist and has even killed five people look like?
They had no topic and didn't know how to speak. Silence became a tacit understanding between the six of them.
"Let's... go back and take a look."
One of the petite figures suddenly stopped. His little hands tightly grasped the package on his shoulders, and his nails dug into his flesh, but he didn't seem to feel any pain at all.
"them..."
The other person hesitated to speak, but his steps also stopped.
Slowly, the steps of several people stopped and they looked at each other silently, but they were hesitating in their hearts.
"How about we hide the package first and go back to the village to have a look. If nothing happens, we can come back and take this opportunity to go out and have some fun. If something happens..."
He did not continue, but everyone knew what he meant.
After some discussion, everyone finally made a decision and found a small cave. They put all the large packages carried by the six people in, covered them with withered grass, and then walked back quietly. They did not choose the road close to the tomb mountain, but
They chose another path because this path made them feel more at ease.
Having lived here since childhood, several people are very familiar with this place. Although the sun has set and the sky is a little dark, it does not affect the actions of several people. They finally arrived near the village. At this time, the moon has already hung in the sky.
They wanted to get closer to the village to have a look, but the girl stopped them because she heard a scream coming from the village.
They never thought that they would see a scene they would never forget in the place where they grew up.