Doomsday Totem

Chapter 49
The old cow, who was lost in memory, suddenly heard a slight sound, like the sound of stones being thrown into the mud.He turned his head vigilantly, and soon found that one of the hundreds of briquettes had been deformed by the stones.Then he looked at Iron Slag, only to see the man half-closed his eyes, lying motionless on the beach chair.

Lao Niu looked at the deformed briquette again, and from the perspective, it could not have been thrown from the position of the iron slag.But there are only three people here, Ye Xinling probably wouldn't do this kind of thing, let alone himself, so the biggest suspect is Tie Slag.At this time, Lao Niu saw Ye Xinling turn around and enter the tin shed, and her shoulders seemed to be shaking when she left...

It must be iron slag. Don't look at that kid who is serious all day long, but he is actually very bad in his bones, and when he gets bad, no one can match him.Over the years, Lao Niu has deeply realized this.However, according to the angle, it is impossible to lose that position...

While Lao Niu was racking his brains, Ye Xinling who walked into the tin shed laughed until her stomach ached.She saw with her own eyes just now that the iron slag secretly ejected a stone, first hit the iron bucket next to it, and then bounced into the pile of briquettes made by the old cow.

"It's bad..."

Thinking of Lao Niu's confused look, she felt her stomach hurt even more...

At this time, the afternoon sun shone on the neat rows of briquettes.If you look closely, it seems that there is steaming gas coming out.As time goes by, the honeycomb dries up day by day, from dark black when it was just made, to gray-white covered with dust...

Time passed quietly.It didn't take long before the bitter cold wind finally came, and then a thin snow dyed the ground white.

The winter in Iron Mountain Town is as cold as ever.

After the snow, there are fewer and fewer pedestrians on the street.The rough sleepers and scavengers seem to have disappeared overnight.However, if you look closely, you can still find some frozen zombies around the corner of the alley.These people are old, weak, or sick. In short, they cannot travel far, but can only stay here to accept the arrangement of fate.

At this time, Dr. Narcissus would go to the Tieshan Town Self-government Association to make a noise.As a doctor, I watched Yan Dong take hundreds of lives.The doctor is benevolent, whenever he sees those cold corpses, he will run to condemn the inaction of those in power (Lena Eucrese).

According to the usual practice, the sheriff of Tieshan Town will ask the executor (Tie Slag) to comfort him, and the content of the comfort is the same every year, and there is only one sentence when he comes and goes——
"Go! Go eat hot pot."

According to past experience, Dr. Narcissus has deep hostility towards comforters, and teasing and teasing is essential.But there are some exceptions this year, maybe because of his age, or maybe because he is not used to seeing them, he just shook his head, sighed, and then followed Iron Slag to the repair shop.

"Where's the agreed upon hot pot?" After arriving, Dr. Narcissus found out that he had been fooled.There is no gerbil hot pot here, only an old cow that is roasting.

Tie Slag grinned and said, "Catch it after dark, the fresh meat will be crispy."

At this time, the old cow who had been silently keeping warm by the small coal stove raised his head and said excitedly, "Catch gerbils? I want to go too!"

Tie Slag refused without even thinking about it, and said, "Forget it, Lao Niu, he scares away the gerbils every time, and finally he can't catch anything."

"You think you're the only one who can catch gerbils? I'll catch a dozen or so and show you." He finished.The old cow ran into the tin shed and rummaged for a while, only to find that he had seven or eight fragment grenades on him when he came out...

"Fried minced meat is not edible." Dr. Narcissus reminded me.

"I meant catching gerbils, I didn't say giving you meat." The old cow arched his nose and said.Finally, under his strong request, Tie Slag finally agreed to take him there, but the condition was that he could not get close and had to look with a telescope 200 meters away.

At eight o'clock in the evening, Iron Slag was fully armed, prepared a bomb tube made of shotgun casings, and drove a sand buggy to the wasteland south of Tieshan Town.

At this moment, the wilderness is covered with light snow, and the gray land is exposed here and there.Even in such a severe winter, some withered and yellow weeds can still be seen on the ground.They stubbornly grow in the crevices of ice and snow, dotted the earth sparsely.

Ice and snow covered the gerbil's burrow, and Iron Slag could only slowly search for it with a flashlight. Fortunately, he was familiar with this place, and soon found the target.

Iron Slag carefully stuffed the small explosives into the mouse hole, and then covered it with sand. When it exploded, it could ensure that the thick smoke and shock would spread into the depths of the mouse hole, waking up the hibernating gerbils.At this moment, he suddenly noticed the sound of footsteps moving behind him.He turned around suddenly, but saw the old cow prostrate on the ground, approaching little by little.

At this moment, the old cow stopped moving forward, and assumed a posture of staying still...

"Don't come over!" Iron Slag said with a gesture.

The old cow made a "understanding" gesture.But as soon as he turned his head, the old cow continued to crawl and crawl...

half an hour passed...

The two got nothing, and every time the prey was about to fall, they were scared away by the old cow.

"Lao Niu, if this continues, we will have no meat tonight." Tie Slag said with a frown.

"It doesn't affect you that I'm here." The old cow backed away while talking.Although his mouth was hard, he still left wisely, after all, he still had to eat dinner.

After driving away the old cow, Tie Slag quickly caught a lot of prey.The gerbils in this season are extremely fat, each weighing two kilograms.After all, they have stored a lot of fat for the winter.

Then the two returned to the repair shop with a full load. At this time, Dr. Narcissus was so hungry that his eyes were black, and when he saw the iron slag, he shouted weakly, "Brother Tie, I have hypoglycemia, and I'm about to die..."

Ye Xinling came out of the tin shed, took Iron Slag's prey, and began to deal with it.Her cooking skills are good, and her knife skills are also good. She washed and sliced ​​the gerbil in ten minutes, and packed it in a lunch box.

At the same time, Lao Niu and Iron Slag built a fire with hay and charcoal in the open space, set up a large iron pot, poured half a bucket of snow water into it, and then put in seasonings, and it was fragrant after a while. overflow.

Doctor Narcissus stood by the fire, smelling the scent and urging, "Hurry up, I'm about to die..."

At this moment, Ye Xinling came out with several large lunch boxes, Doctor Narcissus quickly took over, poured the meat into the iron pot, and stirred it with a net spoon.The fire was burning hot, and within a few minutes it was boiling again.Doctor Narcissus picked up the white and tender gerbil meat, and ate it with spices made of chili oil and garlic.

Tie Slag looked at the wolf-hungry doctor, and couldn't help but think of him making troubles every year, maybe just to come here to eat hot pot...

The tender and crisp gerbil meat melted in the mouth, and Dr. Narcissus yelled "Wow!" when he turned around and saw the old cow busy with vegetables, and quickly shouted, "Brother Niu, come and eat!"

After a while, the four of them sat down around the cauldron, huddled together and had a delicious and warm meal.

After eating the hot pot, it was already midnight, Ye Xinling cleaned up and washed the tableware, Lao Niu cleaned the open space, Iron Slag lay on the beach chair and looked at the sky full of stars, not knowing what he was thinking.Dr. Narcissus rolled a cigarette, which was rare, and took a deep puff.He is against smoking and only smokes one when he is happiest.

"Little Iron Slag, it's really a blessing to know you." Dr. Narcissus sighed.

Tie Slag didn't seem to hear his words, and kept staring blankly at the sky.Doctor Narcissus knew in his heart that he was looking into the eyes of old man Tie...

silent night...

The next morning.

The winter sun shines through the clouds and shines on the light first snow.The Aoshan stronghold was peaceful, and Ye Xinling in the bedroom container woke up leisurely.She stretched, rubbed her eyes, and found that the place around her was empty.So she got up, dressed and washed, and then searched for the master at the base.

However, there was no one in the stronghold, and Ye Xinling felt flustered.These days, she is used to staying by his side. When she can't see him, she feels like something is missing in her heart.

At this moment, the gate of the stronghold heard the sound of "cracking" gear friction, and at the same time the rusty iron door slowly rose, and then she saw Iron Slag pulling a cart full of plastic buckets away came in.She went up to it, and was just about to snatch the cart, but found that the wheels of the cart sank slightly into the ground.Looking carefully, there were five or six buckets of snow on the car, which seemed to weigh at least a few tons, and she couldn't pull such a heavy thing.

"Master, why don't you sleep a little longer?" Ye Xinling asked softly.

"The snow that just fell is relatively clean, I'll go and collect some." Tie Slag replied.

The climate in the area around Iron Mountain Town is very strange, it rarely rains in summer, but it snows in winter.Therefore, every winter, the residents of Tieshan Town will collect and store domestic water.

Next, Ye Xinling watched Iron Slag pour buckets of snow into the cement filter pool.The snow will melt in spring, and after a period of precipitation, it will be put into the stainless steel reservoir.

Before long, the filter tank was filled, but there were still several barrels of snow left.

"You can take a bath tonight." Tie Slag said.

"Take a bath?" Ye Xinling looked at Tie Slag with some doubts.Living here for a while, she remembered that there was no bathtub.Then she saw iron slag supporting a metal oil tank from the corner of the wall, and she immediately understood that this was the "bathtub".

A few minutes later, Iron Slag fixed the large oil drum on the masonry, poured snow into it, lit firewood under the oil drum, and finally found a ladder to lean against the oil drum.

After finishing all this, Tie Zha clapped his hands and asked Ye Xinling to watch over him, then went back to the container to catch up on sleep.

It was night when Iron Slag woke up again.After dinner, he came to the big oil barrel and saw hot steam rising from it.He tested the temperature of the water and felt that it was just right, so he let Ye Xinling jump in.

Burning firewood below, it feels like boiling a living person.Under the repeated urging of the master, Ye Xinling closed her eyes, took off her clothes and jumped in.

With a "plop", Ye Xinling slid into the warm water and was immediately surrounded by endless warmth.

At this moment, snow suddenly fell from the sky, and it fell on the shoulders one after another.The warm Ye Xinling lay on the edge of the oil tank, reaching out to catch snowflakes from time to time.Seeing the snowflakes gradually melting in her palm, she became more and more lazy.

At this moment, warm water and cold winter are like two different worlds...

(End of this chapter)