The world is broken, the cubs mend it

"Dad, there are big bugs eating Dabai."

Yuanyuan looked at Dabai's four paws in shock, each of which was bitten by four big black bugs.

The big bug had a big round shell and a very long neck. It was biting Dabai's claws so hard that blood was already oozing out.

She was a little afraid of the big bug, so she ran over and grabbed her father's finger, asking him to come and see Dabai quickly.

"What bug?"

Qi Siyue wrung the water out of his shirt and trouser legs and turned his attention to Dabai.

The so-called bugs of the child turned out to be four black turtles.

These days even wolves can catch fish, but he can't.

He squatted down, took the turtle off the big white legs and put it into the bucket. This thing has high nutritional value and can be stewed to nourish the child.

"This is delicious. I'm going to make you a braised one."

Soft-shelled turtles are very durable, so he keeps them all in a sink so he can occasionally stew one and eat it fresh.

Climate change caused the turtle to have less food to eat, so it was so hungry that it gnawed on the big white's claws.

“Can this bug be eaten?”

Yuanyuan squatted beside the water tank and reached out to grab the turtles inside. Suddenly, a turtle poked its head out and bit her little hand.

Her perception of pain was much reduced, but she still felt a tingling sensation.

"This is a soft-shell turtle. You can eat it."

Seeing her playing here, Qi Siyue went to fetch the remaining water and put it into the water tank of the RV.

Before it got dark, he went to look in the mountains again and dug up a few skinny wild vegetables. If he was lucky, he also found two thin wild yams and kudzu roots.

They also looted some supplies from the off-road vehicle left behind by the three men, so the father and daughter suddenly had more supplies.

After cleaning the soft-shelled turtle, blanch it in water and stir-fry it in a pot, then add various seasonings.

Cut the yam into pieces and put it in, add cooking wine and water and simmer. After the pot boils, add wild vegetables and stir-fry until the juice is absorbed. The taste is spicy and glutinous.

Yuanyuan was eating happily. Dabai squatted beside her legs and ate the rice and bones with gravy in big mouthfuls.

There's nothing wrong with life down the mountain, except that the snowy days are particularly unbearable, and there's no change in the food.

It would be better if Dad didn't cut the wild vegetables into very small pieces, forcing her to eat them.

"This dish is a little more bitter than yesterday's."

Yuanyuan frowned, but it wasn’t a lot, so she could still accept it.

"You're growing up, and you can't find other vegetables to eat right now, so just make do with it."

Qi Siyue wiped the sauce off the child's lips, and his heart was filled with joy as he watched her grow up little by little without being affected by the virus.

“This is already very good…”

Yuanyuan knew that it was not easy for her father to find food, and she couldn't help but feel sorry for him when she heard what her father said.

She is a good child who eats well and finishes all the food in her bowl.

There is not much rice and flour left at home, so the father and daughter mostly drink porridge and eat noodles these days.

The weather is dry and suitable for drying fish, so a row of pickled fish are hung outside the RV.

During the day, Qi Siyue found a corner and squatted there fishing with a fishing rod.

I don’t know if there are not many fish left in the reservoir or if there is really something wrong with his fishing skills, but he is lucky to catch five fish in one day.

Sometimes when he caught a small fish he would take it down and throw it back, and if he was lucky he could even catch a turtle.

When it got cooler at night, he would go into the mountains to look for wild vegetables. He would blanch the vegetables and put them in the sun to dry, then put them in bags for storage.

Although he couldn't find much every day, he was extremely diligent and persevering, and accumulated a lot little by little.

The RV needs someone to look after it, so Yuanyuan squats at the door of the RV every day waiting for her father to come back.

Dad is so busy every day that it seems like he is working illegally, spinning like a top all the time.

Qi Siyue can be a pampered chairman, or a diligent working person.

Things like wild vegetables were difficult to come into contact with in his previous life, but for some reason he felt very familiar with them when he saw them, and could even pronounce the names of the wild vegetables.

This is not an uninhabited place, and people still appear here occasionally.

When someone appeared here, he would let the children hide in the car and stand outside, staring at the other person vigilantly.

If you want to ask him for a drink of clean water or a life-saving meal, he will consider helping his fellow man.

There are also people who want to steal the RV, but he will not let them go easily and will make them pay the price.

Qi Siyue didn't plan to stay here for too long. After storing enough food, he drove with his children to the next destination.

The father and daughter stopped and walked along the way. Diesel was limited, so occasionally when they passed by a gas station, they would go in and search. If they were lucky, they could find a few barrels of diesel.

Once the RV has stored enough electricity, they will find a remote place with water to stop and rest there for a while.

Not all places with water have living creatures. There is enough dried fish stored in the RV, so they don't need to worry about food for the time being.

Qi Siyue would continue to dig wild vegetables, and he would dig up all the wild vegetables wherever he went.

After the wild vegetables were blanched in water and dried, they no longer had a bitter taste. The children even found them chewy and no longer complained to him that the wild vegetables were too bitter.

Yuanyuan also learned from his father to pull weeds everywhere, making a big pile of messy weeds and asking his father to fry them in the pan.

“Why don’t you fry this?”

"These are all weeds. I don't know if they are edible."

Qi Siyue discovered that she was very good at identifying weeds, but was much worse at identifying wild vegetables, and she always picked a lot of weeds indiscriminately.

He tried to find an edible vegetable among the weeds, but he didn't see even a leaf.

"Dad, can't you just fry it for me since I've been busy for so long?"

Yuanyuan spread out her palms to show him. There was dirt in the gaps between her fingernails and her palms were stained with green grass juice.

All of this proves that she really works hard.

"We only have one cooking pot though, and I don't want to throw it away."

Qi Siyue took a basin of warm water, made some soap bubbles, and carefully scrubbed the child's palms and the mud between his nails.

"..."

Yuanyuan frowned, her eyes narrowed into slits, and her mouth almost drooped to the ground, and all her filial piety for the whole day was wasted.

She did not feel uncomfortable with such frequent changes of place, and she felt very happy looking at the different scenery and buildings.

Qi Siyue discovered many high-level zombies along the way. Once they become zombies, they can only feed on their own kind, and most of them have lost their humanity.

He contacted the base station in City H through the communicator left by the commander, told them the approximate location of the advanced zombies, and then evacuated quickly with the children.

This is also a small contribution he can make. He hopes that this day of hiding from place to place will end soon.