In the early morning, the team members packed their bags and maintained the vehicles. Yesterday's Field Mouse Feast had raised their morale. At this time, they were all full of energy. Even their shouts were full of energy. The team members' morale was high, and the women's side was somewhat sad. Zhang Huai An sat at the side and stared at the women.
"Hurry up … Time waits for no man. If you don't hand it over, when the convoy is about to leave, I won't care about you. I'll leave you to fend for yourself."
Zhang Huai An urged the women. Yesterday, Zhang Huai An had muddleheadedly become Zhang Xiaoqiang's punching bag. Today, he took the initiative to take over the management of the survivors. When he checked the preparation work of these people, he almost choked with anger.
Although he had clearly explained the rules of the base to these women, and told them the consequences of violating the rules, he didn't expect these women to be so poor in the tomb that they wanted to take everything they saw. If these women really did this, the farm vehicles wouldn't be able to carry their luggage. He was afraid that they would have to load it into a military transport vehicle to barely fit.
The women were silent. They hadn't seen Zhang Xiaoqiang's methods, so naturally they weren't afraid. After three times, Zhang Huai An was annoyed. He had seen shameless people, but he had never seen such shameless people. The big and small bags in their hands didn't belong to them. They only had the opportunity to get them when the team members killed the zombies. Now they actually wanted to carry it with them?
Zhang Huai An pulled out a pistol from his waist. He walked to the side of a woman who was nearly 40 years old. He looked at her frightened eyes and said: "Throw away the things in your hands. You can only carry your water bottle and cutlery. You are not allowed to bring anything else."
The woman was the oldest, and she had the most things on her body. Two big bags, three small bags, a red plastic bucket, and a plastic basin.
The woman timidly looked at Zhang Huai An and looked back at her companions. Maybe she thought that the law doesn't punish the masses. She puffed out her chest and looked at Zhang Huai An. Although her eyes were a bit evasive, she didn't believe that Zhang Huai An would do anything to her.
Zhang Huai An's eyes were bloodshot. His shriveled chest moved up and down quickly. But the woman in front of him thought that she got Zhang Huai An's weakness. She became more and more proud, as if she had already won.
In the end, Zhang Huai An didn't shoot. He dared to shoot at zombies, he dared to shoot at deserters, but he couldn't shoot at civilians. That was the mark left on him by decades of police work. He smiled, he looked at the woman who had a guilty expression, and then looked at the women around her who were starting to feel uncomfortable.
"Come …."
Under Zhang Huai An's call, three team members with rifles on their backs trotted over to Zhang Huai An and nodded.
"Go … prepare five days' worth of food and water for this woman. Let her live with her luggage …."
The three team members didn't say a word and dragged the woman away. The woman struggled and screamed, but the team members ignored her and just dragged her to the supply truck. As the woman struggled, the bags on her body fell to the ground and fell open. There were all kinds of undergarments, miscellaneous items, gold and silver jewelry, and RMB scattered everywhere.
"Her … her man joined the army yesterday. You can't drive her away …."
Among the silent women, a slightly hoarse voice came out. When the other women heard this, they couldn't help but look at Zhang Huai An, waiting to see what he would do.
"Come back …."
The three team members dragged the woman back to Zhang Huai An.
"Prepare 15 days' worth of food and water. Let her leave with her man. The extra five days will be her man's salary …."
This time, the middle-aged woman was about to go crazy. Compared to Zhang Huai An driving her away, she was more afraid of her man punishing her. Her man was capable of anything.
The woman's cries were getting louder and louder, and getting further and further away. Zhang Huai An did not care about the woman he had chased out, he had always felt that Zhang Xiao Qiang was right about one thing, everyone had to be responsible for themselves. Since they had made the choice, they had to bear the consequences.
After killing the chicken, the remaining monkeys naturally became obedient. The bags were immediately opened. The woman only took her water bottle, cutlery, and a change of clothes. Then she went to the farm truck parked at the side.
Someone naturally told Zhang Huai An's decision to Zhang Xiaoqiang. Zhang Xiaoqiang was silent for a while and said to the team member who reported the news, "Forget it … it's not easy for them.
"Forget it … it's not easy for them. Ask Zhang Huai An to leave them a month's worth of food. We don't really need it anyway. Leave them a shield. After all, they used to call me the secretary of the village."
An old man in military uniform watched the convoy go away. His heart was cold. He touched the shield in his left hand and clenched his teeth. To be honest, he really couldn't hate Zhang Xiaoqiang. He knew the cause and effect. If it was him, it wouldn't be too much to kill his wife. It was too late to say anything now.
The old man turned around and looked at the two bags of rice that were stacked behind him. It was Yutou who gave him the rice. It was originally only 60 kilograms. Yutou asked Zhang Huai An for half a roasted vole. It was an extra 40 kilograms of rice. He would never have the chance to return this favor in his life.
"What are you hiding for? Come out now …"
Hearing the man's roar, the woman with disheveled hair rushed over and knelt at the man's feet. She cried, "Beat me … Beat me to death … Ever since I married you, you've never had a good life. I've always brought you bad luck … It's been 20 years … I haven't left you a seed … Beat me to death …"
The man didn't beat her. He held the woman's face in his arms. He touched the woman's temples and said softly, "From now on, it's just the two of us. I don't blame you. You did it for our family. Look …"
The man helped the woman up from the ground and pointed to the whole village. "This is our home."
"But … but … there's not enough food …" The woman looked at the 100 kilograms of rice in despair and mumbled dully.
"Humph … Did you forget that we starved when we were young?
Yesterday, we caught hundreds of voles, but they haven't dug up the vole nests. As long as there are vole nests, there will be food and seeds. With seeds, we will have food … "
The man sketched out their future to the woman. He was showing the woman that a real man would take care of his wife and shelter her from the wind and rain. The last roar of the convoy disappeared into the distance.
The old man and the woman were just an insignificant interlude in Zhang Xiaoqiang's eyes. The members of the logistics team and the remaining women truly understood the means of their secretary. At the same time, Zhang Huai An's prestige increased. Whatever he said went. This allowed Zhang Huai An's work to be carried out smoothly, except for the fact that he would look in the direction of the village and sigh from time to time.