Qi Yang was also shocked when he saw Lin Wu for the first time.
She looked really scary. She was even thinner than Ayun's mother, with such a big belly. She was panting heavily when she took a step or two. She looked like a weed that was about to dry up.
But even so, she took care of herself as neatly as possible, carefully dressed her clothes neatly, and combed her hair meticulously.
And even though his body is so thin, his bookish aura has not disappeared.
Lin Wu struggled to stand up straight, trying his best to look more decent, and asked warmly:
"can I help you?"
Then she started coughing uncontrollably. She covered her mouth and nose with her hands and turned her head. The coughing made her chest resonate, and her shoulders were shaking, and her whole body was shaking.
Qi Yang came to his senses and subconsciously took two steps forward to help her, but then realized it was inappropriate and withdrew his hand in embarrassment.
Ayun's mother quickly stepped forward to support her. Lin Wu finally stopped coughing and turned his head, with apologetic eyes and a hoarse voice:
"I'm sorry, I have some health problems recently."
Qi Yang shook his head and said in a deep voice:
"We learned that there are pregnant women here, come and take a look."
Lin Wu's expression froze, and then the apology on his face became more intense, and he apologized again:
"I'm sorry for causing you trouble."
In this kind of environment, no one would like a child who cries all day long.
When Lin Wu learned that he was pregnant, he had already encountered the difficult situation after the birth of the child.
Keeping this child was not due to irrational emotional outbursts. It was not that I had not thought of aborting this child at the beginning, but at that time there was no such condition.
When they found out they were pregnant, the child was already older, and they had no way of guaranteeing whether the mother's trauma would be infected after the child disappeared.
After all, in addition to being bitten to death by zombies in the last days, wound infection or untreatable illness is also a major reason for the demise of human beings.
Lin Wu sighed quietly and touched his belly.
This child has been with her for ten months, and she can no longer look at it with the same perspective of measuring value.
A heavy weight hit her leg. Lin Wu lowered his head and found Xiaoman holding her leg with an uneasy expression on his face.
Lin Wu touched his head, his eyes full of tenderness.
This is her child too.
When Qi Yang heard the apology, he didn't react at first. Then he realized what Lin Wu meant and quickly waved his hand:
"You misunderstood, that's not what I meant."
Lin Wu looked at him seriously when he heard this, and before he could speak, he said sincerely:
"Thanks."
Perhaps it was because most of the survivors encountered after the apocalypse behaved badly, but when he suddenly met a particularly reasonable one, Qi Yang became a little at a loss and coughed dryly and said:
"You're welcome. Pregnant women deserve to be taken care of. This is our responsibility."
Ayun's mother looked happy when she heard this. Before Lin Wu could say no, she grabbed her and stepped forward and said:
"Thank you so much. She is due to give birth in less than a month. I wish you could make arrangements then so that she can give birth to the baby safely."
After she finished speaking, she did not forget to look back at Lin Wu with a warning look.
Lin Wu was silent for a while, then finally sighed, touched his belly and stopped talking.
Qi Yang didn't pay much attention to Ayun's mother's little actions, he nodded and said:
"We will make arrangements as soon as possible." Then he was ready to leave.
At this moment, Lin Wu suddenly raised his head, as if he had made up his mind, and called Qi Yang:
"Wait a moment."
Ayun's mother's face changed, thinking that Lin Wu was once again trying to stick to the bottom line in life and refuse help from the military. She tightened her grip on Lin Wu's arm and winked at her desperately.
Qi Yang turned around and asked:
"Anything else?"
Lin Wu's tone was very solemn, and seemed to include a request:
"Sir, I was a teacher before the end of the world. There are many children in the base, and they are not very old..."
She didn't finish her words, but everyone understood what she meant.
Ayun's mother was about to faint and wished she could seal Lin Wu's mouth directly!
If you can't even take care of yourself, you have to take care of other people. Besides, in this environment, where is there any room for these children to study?
Qi Yang thought the same way. Everyone was tired from fighting off the zombies outside every day and having to deal with the survivors with all kinds of little ideas when they came back.
I don’t have the energy to do anything else at all, and...
Qi Yang glanced at Lin Wu. He didn't judge people by their appearance. The pregnant woman in front of him was really at the point where she would break in the wind. Even if she gave birth safely, her vitality would be severely damaged.
Asking her to take care of those children again would be driving her to death.
Thinking of this, Qi Yang was about to blurt out his words of rejection. Lin Wu saw what he meant, shook his head, and said laboriously:
"Sir, doesn't it mean that you are still alive if you are just lingering?"
As soon as these words came out, the scene fell into silence.
Qi Yang was shocked by these words and was speechless for a moment.
He couldn't say anything to refute, yes, shouldn't he just have to live as long as he could?
What does it take to be alive? !
Is it considered alive just to be able to breathe?
They have always been thinking about how to survive today. They have never thought about the future, what the future is, what continuation. Aren't those seemingly distant things right in front of them?
Because of the ease of management, the army restricted the survivors' activity space and restricted all their abnormal activities.
Look at the survivors, each one waiting numbly for the military to send them food and clothing. Otherwise, they just look up at the sky in despair and emptiness every day.
In other words, the current base is more like a cage for livestock, a "comfort nest" full of suffering.
Just like John Calhoun's "Rat Utopia Experiment" in the last century, human beings today are like white rats kept in captivity in the base. Even if they can barely survive now, they will eventually be unable to escape and face the fate of destruction.
What's more, these are real people, not rats kept in captivity by the military.
Lin Wu knew that Qi Yang had understood what he meant, and continued:
"Sir, I believe that most people are not willing to be trash in a cage. They would rather prove their worth again, not to mention..."
Lin Wu took a few breaths and then said:
"You are really too tired. We also want to survive on our own ability."
Until this moment, the way Qi Yang looked at Lin Wu was different from before. He didn't expect that no ordinary woman in the upper levels of the entire base could understand this.
Qi Yang had a complicated face and nodded solemnly:
"I understand, I will respond to the Lieutenant General."
Of course Lin Wu knew that this matter would not happen overnight, but it was extremely rare to have someone who could listen to her words, so his face was filled with relief.
Mu Tang watched in confusion from the side, feeling that these two people had accomplished something big in just a few words.
Qi Yang said goodbye again and was about to leave. Halfway through, he suddenly thought of something. He turned back and took out something from his pocket——
A cool boiled egg.
Lu Yan brought back most of the food inventory from Tomorrow Base, which made the food supply at Tongcheng Base less tense. Excluding supplies for the wounded and survivors, senior officers could receive two eggs every week.
Qi Yang handed the egg to Lin Wu.
Lin Wu was stunned for a moment, and just when he was about to shake his head and refuse, Qi Yang spoke:
"Take it."
His tone was stiff, and his face showed that he could not refuse.
But Lin Wu didn't miss the concern in his eyes and sighed in his heart. This was probably another person with a hard face and a soft heart.
In order to suppress the restless survivors, these soldiers kept a cold face all day long and looked unapproachable. In fact, they were the gentlest people.
Lin Wu finally took the egg and repeated the two words he had said so many times tonight:
"Thanks".
Qi Yang nodded silently, then turned and left.
Mu Tang looked at Qi Yang's Yan Mingzhun's back, and her heart moved. She quickly turned around and said goodbye to Lin Wu's family, and quickly followed them.
