Feast of villains

Chapter 111 111. Plague
South Bay Town.

The morning sun had just penetrated the thin air-conditioning.

Holding a cup of hot tea in his hand, Nance sat lazily on the head of the bed, looking at the back of Mrs. Li helping him fold his clothes in the room, and felt that the "gentle wife" temperament in her became more and more attractive up.

Taking a sip of the fragrant tea, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"The ancients never deceived me..."

"Feeling full of warmth and thinking of lust... Bah, I was born in sorrow and died in peace."

These days, he has been nesting in Nanwan Town, except for occasionally going to the fields to do some farm work, he hasn't done much exercise.

When he was at home, he was a 20-year-old man, and Mrs. Li took care of him in every possible way, whether it was eating, dressing or bathing, which made him a little lazy.

Tell the truth.

Nance resisted at first.

He is a big man, the most important thing he lacks is the ability to take care of himself, and he even severely reprimanded Mrs. Li to stop serving him.

But under the gentle cannonballs she continued to deliver, he finally fell. After all...it's so nice to have a woman doing laundry and cooking at home!

And most importantly!
——Ms. Li is not a bad woman!

But unfortunately, Nance is going back today.

Mrs. Li was bending over to pack her suitcase.

The hip-wrapping skirt is paired with home leggings, which tightly wraps her waist and perfectly outlines her mature curves.

Staying at home all year round made her skin look sickly white.

Folding Nance's clothes one by one into the suitcase, she turned her head and showed a gentle smile: "I packed all your things."

"Thank you ma'am." Nance put the empty teacup aside.

Mrs. Li saw it, stood up immediately, and made him a cup of tea again.

Then she bent down again, tilted her hips, put the buckskin waterproof bags she sewed by herself into the suitcase, and talked to Nance in a soft voice: "I have sorted these seeds. They are all marked with the name of the variety, so you don't have to worry about getting them confused."

Nance considered for a moment and said, "Madam, why don't you go to Shin-Yokohama with me?"

Mrs. Li's weak shoulders trembled, she turned her back to Nance, and shook her head.

"Have you ever heard an old ballad before that begins, 'Say the bells of St. Clement's, Oranges and Lemons?'" she sang in her delicate voice, with a bit of prim, singer-song politeness. : "Oranges and lemons, say the bells of St. Clement's, Say you owe me three coppers, say the bells of St. Martin's, say When will you pay me back, say the bells of Old Barley? Shordy parish church The bell said, wait until I get rich."

"You know the next words?" Nance asked.

"Yes, I know. When will I get rich? Wait until the salt is boiled out of clean water." Mrs. Li turned around and smiled slightly, with dimples on the corners of her mouth: "Salt won't be boiled out of clean water. Guess you have to go now. Go ahead, go to the experimental field to load the livestock seedlings, and then take Kiyoaki back to Shin-Yokohama."

Nance raised the teacup in his hand and said with a smile, "Thank you for your hospitality."

In Nanwan Town, Mrs. Li is an extremely ordinary woman who looks a little weak like air.It's just that no one will find such a stubborn nature lurking deep in the heart of such a woman.

He originally wanted her to follow her back to Shin-Yokohama, set up a new company in her name to cooperate with Du Xiuxian, and all future profits would go to their mother and daughter.

But if Madam doesn't want to leave, he can't force it.

The younger sister is still young, so the proceeds from these seeds can only fall on the older sister... It is actually more beneficial to him if the wife does not go back.

Outside the small courtyard of the Li family, there were an off-road vehicle and a truck parked.

Miss Su is tidying up the trunk of the off-road vehicle.

The tall figure was wrapped in a tight-fitting black leather jacket, the texture was soft and elastic, plus a set of small shoulder waistcoats, like a female mercenary ready to fight.In fact, the ones that were moved to the car were just ordinary farm products...

While she was busy, Li Qingxian and Ying Ying each brought out a musical instrument and put it in the trunk.

After a while, Nance also came out and checked the second-hand van bought from the small town to make sure it didn't break down halfway.

"No problem, let's go." Ms. Su got into the cab of the off-road vehicle, knocked on the steering wheel and shouted, "The road is difficult, we have to go to test the field load quickly, and return to Shin-Yokohama before dark."

Nance climbed into the cab of the truck, started the engine, and clicked on the electronic screen to activate ventilation, positioning, radio, and so on.

When she was about to drive, Mrs. Li came out of the house and handed Nance a crystal pendant, which was carved with a harp.

"Please pass it on to Qinglian." She blinked twice, staring at Nance expectantly.

Nance nodded and stepped on the gas pedal.

The two cars drove out one after the other. Mrs. Li put her hands on her chest and smiled.

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There is only one narrow road in Nanwan Town, and there are poor small markets, poor handicraft workshops, and poor hotels on the street... In the early morning, the poor hotel chef sits at the door, chops a few onions, and washes them in the sink. The meager food that a piece of land can grow.

The root causes of poverty in small towns are similar to those in most wilderness areas.

Not only are these places lacking in resources, but they also have to pay taxes to the government, donate to churches, and pay rent to the lords... here and there, it is a miracle that a small town can survive.

The winter sun touched the peaceful treetops and poured its rays overhead.

The sleeping town is gradually waking up. The cold shotguns and hunting knives glow red as usual, shining clearly in the morning light; in the stables with the doors and windows open, the horses look back at the light and fresh.

Snowflakes glistened on the grilled windows, and the wind rustled.

The dog in the kennel tugged at the chain and stood up impatiently, wanting to be free.

All these trivial activities are the smoke and fire of the reappearance of the morning light, the opening of the windows, the opening of the rickety doors, the walking up and down the steps, the flickering of figures, and the sound of footsteps everywhere.

People came out shivering, shivering in the fresh, cold air.

A day's work began in the beautiful morning glow, and almost all men and women went to the fields.

Some were digging here, others were tending to the poor animals, leading the lean cows to the meadows they could find by the roadside.In the only church in the town, two simple bed boards were set up in front of the cross, with two corpses on them...

The middle-aged mayor checked the corpse with an old priest.

There were quite a few frustrated or sad people standing beside them, talking quietly, showing no other emotion except worried curiosity and surprise.

I don't know whose cows are lying on the snow in front of the church, chewing their cud, chewing the unpalatable things that gnawed into their mouths.

After a long time, a young guy came out of the church and rode his bicycle quickly to the foot of the mountain to the north of the town.

The rest, more or less armed, huddled nervously in the small chapel, but were idle and doing nothing.It's not that they don't want to do things, it's just that they can't.

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Dirt road leading to the test field.

Two dilapidated second-hand cars swayed back and forth.

The long-box truck was following behind. Because it was too old, the shock-absorbing performance was almost equal to zero, and it was very bumpy to walk on the dirt road.

On both sides of the road are bare fields.

Men and women, their silhouettes busy in the fields, looked very sad-in this town with no future in sight, they lived on the lowest conditions and died here in the end.

Inside the compartment.

Li Qingxian clasped his hands behind his head, chewing bubble gum boredly with his small mouth.

Boo!
Blow a pink bubble.

"Uncle, what did mother give you just now?" She asked suddenly.

"A pendant." Nance took it out of his pocket and showed it to her.

"boring."

Li Qingxian yawned, straightened his slender legs, and put his two little feet on the dashboard.

"Put it down." Nance snapped.

Li Qingxian shrugged dismissively.

But after a while, she still became obedient and retracted her legs peacefully.

There was a bottle of soda on the dashboard, and she unscrewed the cap and drank it, muttering, "Hey, what do you think of my mother?"

"Frankly speaking, I have a good impression, but I can still grasp it." Nance thought for a while and laughed, "Why do you ask these things like a brat?"

"I thought you would let your mother go back to Shin-Yokohama with you."

"Honestly, I asked for it."

"?"

The pink-haired girl blinked.

After being stunned for a few seconds, she moved her body in extreme disgust and put on a vigilant posture.

"Uncle, are you really interested in my mother? It's too perverted..."

"Stop, I want her to use your father's research results to cooperate with Mr. Du." Nance held the steering wheel and looked at the girl helplessly, "with your mother here, the interests of your father's hard work can be guaranteed Do you understand the future life of the three of you, mother and daughter?"

Li Qingxian put the mouth of the soda bottle in his lips: "Well, my mother is not here, so you can eat our sisters without any scruples..."

"..."

"Look at you, can't you refute it?"

"I said you are young, how do you think people are so bad?"

"I have a keen heart, uncle, you can't hide it from me!" Li Qingxian threw the chewed gum out of the car window, stuffed another piece into his mouth, and continued: "But I want to warn you, I am not yet an adult. Be careful to get caught!"

"The little girl is so annoying." Nance scolded with a smile.

"You sound like my father." Li Qingxian said with pouted lips.

Nance sighed: "Maybe you can try to reconcile with your parents."

Li Qingxian chewed his gum, and said lazily, "Maybe. Our whole family thinks we have to do something, but we don't know how to do it."

"It seems that everyone is wrong, but no one knows how to admit it."

"Do you know what to do?"

"I thought I might as well ask the old cow chewing the cud in front of the church."

The girl pinched the corner of her jacket with her fingertips, thought for a while, but still didn't understand what she meant, and asked Nance, "What do you mean?"

"The cow will definitely not give you the answer, and you don't know what to do, so you can only wait." Nance explained helplessly, "The day when everything will come to fruition, or it will come to fruition, or the dust will fall. Sure. There are some things that can’t be done with brute force, so we can only procrastinate, and when the time comes, we will find a solution naturally.”

Li Qingxian listened quietly with his chin resting, and then smiled like a Persian cat just waking up.

"So, uncle with rich emotional experience, I still want to ask you what should I do?"

Nance looked back at her: "then I'll tell you, don't look dismissive, or I'll beat you up."

She stuck out her little pink tongue playfully.

This posture is as attractive as a goblin, and there is a charming temperament that does not match her age.

"Your mother loves you very much, that's what I observed," Nance said slowly. "I don't know the details, after all, I only lived in your house for ten days. But let me put it simply, she is there for you and your sister." , even if it means sacrificing yourself.”

Li Qingxian's eyes froze for a moment, and he asked him: "My mother is so good, do you really have thoughts about my mother?"

"It doesn't matter what I think, the problem is what you think." Nance said to her seriously, "It's up to you to put more emphasis on what I see and what you think in your mind. Don't worry, just think about it slowly Draw conclusions."

"My mother and I have a very tense relationship..." Li Qingxian said listlessly, still holding his chin, "After my sister was taken away, we had a fight over not being able to go to school. Not to mention. She was born as a young lady, and she has a lot of obsession with the education of her children, but our family is already in the bottom of the family, and we are devastated by one bite. How can we enjoy high-quality food? What about education, and I have to find my sister. Uncle, don’t you think so?”

"You're right..."

"Yes, as a mother, she does have some merits; but she also has a really messy, extremely bad side. The brain is pedantic, old-fashioned female thinking, and the dishes she cooks are simply unpalatable. Only pigs are delicious... ..."

"Ahem, it's easier to say when you speak ill of your mother." Nance scolded.

... His wife's cooking tastes delicious when he eats it.

"It's not easy."

"Then tell about your father."

"..."

Speaking of her father, the aggressiveness in the girl's eyes doubled directly.

"Father, he is more annoying than a croaking crow. He spends all day looking after his broken seeds. You know, our family escaped from Shin-Yokohama at that time. If he hadn't left a bag of seeds at home, we must Come back to get it, my sister will not turn around alone, and will not be caught by the people of the Inagawa Society. I hate him to death..."

Speaking emotionally, the girl threw the half-drinked drink out of the car window as if venting.

"Wang!"

The dog who was hit on the head looked aggrieved.

"I can probably understand what you said." Nance sighed slightly, "I'm afraid your father has been afraid to face you and your mother because of guilt. He was originally a man of science and technology who could only concentrate on scientific research. Still feeling deep guilt, no wonder he wants to live and die with his experimental field."

Li Qingxian still rested his chin on his hands, looking listlessly at the road ahead.

"That's why I'm very irritable," she said rather deeply.

"I can understand your irritability." Nance nodded. "When you are irritated, we adults can drink to relieve our worries. You are too young to drink, so I suggest you find a tree hole and swear for a day. "

"and then?"

"And then you have to have an honest conversation with your parents."

"..."

"Otherwise, you might never see them again. Especially your dad."

The girl dragged her cheeks and pondered for a while.

But she still can't seem to let go, after all, she is still young.

The test field is getting closer and closer, and there are many cows wandering slowly by the roadside.

The poor wheat seedlings emerging from the snow showed a tendency not to grow: dejected, listless, and would rather wither.

The car stopped in front of the gate, and the muddy wind kicked up a cloud of dust and swayed dry branches.

The girl tied her long pink hair back into a bundle, coiled it forward and stuffed it inside the windbreaker.

"Your hair is very beautiful," Nance said after jumping out of the car.

"Thank you."

"Has anyone ever praised your hair?"

"you are the first."

"How does it feel to be praised?"

"I'm quite happy, but uncle, you don't have to comfort me." Li Qingxian put his hands in his pockets, posing an old-fashioned posture, "Although I am only 15 years old, I am much stronger than you think. Also, you comfort people It looks so stupid..."

"No, no, I'm just complimenting your hair." Nance reached out and flicked her ponytail hidden in the windbreaker, and said cheerfully: "The youthful and romantic pink matches your face very well. It makes you feel beautiful when you look at it." Like a goblin."

Li Qingxian tilted his head slightly, and said lazily, "I'm not used to you saying such things."

"It's okay, you'll get used to it soon." Nance said firmly.

Li Ting came out from the fence to meet them.

The girl turned around and jumped in front of the off-road vehicle, holding Susha's hand, avoiding her father as if avoiding the man-eating monster on her head.

The fat owl squatted on Miss Su's shoulder, looking curiously at Nance and then at the girl.

That big face plate is really cute.

"It's more like a cat with wings than a bird." Li Ting laughed, "A beautiful creature!"

"That's because you don't know how bad-tempered this fat bird is." Nance complained.

"You're being a good boy for taking advantage of it." Li Ting replied jokingly, and turned to beckon the workers to drive the livestock to the truck.

Healthy young bulls and heifers, fast-growing meat ducks, laying hens with many eggs... Seeing that the results of his lifelong research can finally leave this remote mountain, he smiled.

Maybe it's forgiveness.

Or relief.

"Are you really not planning to go out?" Nance asked for the last time, "Qinglian will wake up, and you still have a chance to apologize to her."

"No, as long as you take care of them, I have to worry about the livelihood of hundreds of people in this town..." Li Ting stretched out his rough hand, shook hands with Nance, and then returned to his hut alone.

Close the door, the light fades away.

The whole world seems to be quiet, and the only thing that is sealed here with the dust is a heart that is about to cool down...

Once the car is loaded, everything is ready for the return journey.

It was ten o'clock in the morning, and Nance sat in the cab of the truck and started the engine.

In the rearview mirror, a young man drove over quickly on a bicycle, and the wheels rolled up a lot of dust.He rode towards the experimental field desperately, and when he entered the door, he shouted loudly: "Master Li, the plague is here again..."

Nance let go of the gas pedal.

Just at this time, Tokisaki called to inform him of the injury of Sister Marlene in the morning, and mentioned the possibility of a large-scale plague outbreak in Shin-Yokohama.In the end, the adjutant told him not to come back until his condition was known to avoid getting sick.

"Didn't Sister Marlene find out?"

"...Sister Ma Lian deduced that the plague was caused by rats infected with the gluttonous magic element. Now there is a shortage of food everywhere, and the talent of the gluttony demon's camp is to cause the plague. Because of the disaster, they can't eat enough and their emotions can't be stabilized. Controlled, thus causing the gluttonous magic element to wreak havoc. The range of activity of the rats covers all corners of the entire Shin-Yokohama, so the speed and scope of the spread of the plague will far exceed our imagination."

"understood."

Nance cut off the comm and sat in the cab brooding.

From ancient times to the present, the plague has been a terrible disaster for human beings.

The plague with the most serious consequences in history was the plague known as the "Black Death" that swept across Europe in the Middle Ages. In that backward era, it directly took away 1/3 of the total European population at that time. life.

In today's era of advanced technology, ordinary plague will naturally not cause such serious consequences.But the plague in this era is a mutated bacteria infected by magic element, and many symptoms cannot be cured by medicine at all...

In front of the line of sight, Li Ting ran out of the house.

Nance thought for a while, then poked his head out to say hello: "Come here, I want to know what happened."

What the young man said just now was "the plague is coming again". Judging from Li Ting's reaction, it should not be the first time he has encountered such a situation.

In winter, when the mountains are covered by heavy snow, the animals in the mountains are more difficult to find food than the rats in the city, and the chances of overeating magic element and losing control must be greater.

Maybe these mountain people have a plan to deal with it...

(End of this chapter)