Reborn: I Stock Up and Bully the Trash to Dominate the Apocalypse

The next day, New Year's Day, the Zhou and Qi families put on air-conditioned clothes and went to the underground base to pay New Year's greetings.

The Qi family has no relatives here, but in recent years they have become familiar with Uncle Zhong's and Aunt Zhong's families, so they followed the Zhou family to join in the fun.

There were many of them, so they brought some food with them and planned to eat at the base at noon and not come back.

Zhong Tiyun carefully selected a few snacks: "This is for Chunchun as a New Year's gift. It's not appropriate to give coins, so give some snacks. Chunchun will definitely be happy."

After the New Year, Chunchun will be three years old.

The last time we met, the little guy was looking very healthy, with a chubby face, but he couldn't speak very well. He stumbled for a long time before uttering a few words.

Zhong Tiyun immediately thought of Mu Mu’s chubby and cute appearance when he was a child. Every time he came, she would hold Chun Chun in her arms and was reluctant to let go.

Nowadays, everyone's family is not rich. Grown-up children like Zhou Shuwan and Zhipeng are no longer given New Year's money, but Chunchun and Mumu can still enjoy special treatment.

Grandma Pang stroked the back of Mu Mu's head and smiled lovingly: "After the New Year, Mu Mu will be 12 years old and become a big boy."

The two families lived together, and Grandma Pang got up early in the morning and gave Mu Mu New Year's money together with the Zhou family.

Several people also gave snacks.

Only Qi Mingyu stood out. He took out a small pistol and handed it to Mu Mu. "After the New Year, you'll be a big boy. You've practiced shooting in the past and your accuracy is pretty good. This gun is for you. In the future, you will be the man of the family. You must protect Dad, Mom, and your sister, understand?"

Mu Mu's face turned red with joy.

Zhong Tiyun and Zhou Jianghai looked at each other for a while before they smiled and asked Mu Mu to thank Brother Xiao Yu.

This gift is precious enough, but in the hearts of Zhou Jianghai and his wife, Mu Mu is still just a child, and they can't accept Qi Mingyu's behavior of treating Mu Mu as an adult.

Zhou Shuwan was very calm. She patted Mu Mu's head and took the gun from him. "Keep it here with me from now on. I'll give it to you when we practice."

The Zhou family originally only had one pistol, which was the one Qi Mingyu gave to Zhou Shuwan.

The Zhou family usually practices shooting at home, mostly using bows and arrows and crossbows.

This time the apocalypse is more orderly than the last one. The government has not collapsed, and has made many preparations for the arrival of various natural disasters.

Compared with the flood period and the high temperature period when most of the survivors were moved to an underground base, which was easier to manage, the order was stricter than during the flood period.

However, the base has limited manpower and can only manage the security of the base and the surrounding area. It is unable to govern the surrounding areas.

Therefore, not only the Zhou and Qi families had cold weapons, but many other survivors also had weapons, such as their own kitchen knives, axes, or daggers.

The service hall and the base turned a blind eye. Apart from strictly prohibiting fighting in the base, they did not care about it outside and could not do anything about it.

The Zhou and Qi families just need to be careful outside and not let anyone know that they have hot weapons.

Mu Mu immediately made a request to her sister: "Sister, you and brother-in-law must take me with you next time you go out. I also want to go find supplies and practice with the pistol!"

Zhou Shuwan just drank a sip of water and almost choked. He coughed several times: "Mu Mu, you, you..."

She glanced at Qi Mingyu, who was standing beside her with his fist to his lips, not knowing whether he was trying to hide his smile or pretend to cough. She couldn't get angry, so she patiently said to Mu Mu, "Mu Mu, that's Xiao Yu. Don't call him that. It's embarrassing."

The adults were reluctant to interrupt and kept talking about other things.

Grandma Pang was just listening with a smile on her face. She wanted to make a joke, but she was worried that little girl Zhou Shuwan was shy and would feel embarrassed, so she turned around tactfully and pretended to be busy and didn't hear anything.

Mu Mu was explaining over there: "If Brother Xiao Yu is with you, he will become your brother-in-law!"

"Who said that!" Both families were waiting to go out. Zhou Shuwan quietly glared at Mu Mu: "Stop yelling!"

Then he stood up and said calmly: "Let's go, it's getting late."

When they were climbing up from the underground tunnel, Qi Mingyu reached out and pulled her up. She then asked in a low voice, "Did you teach Mu Mu that on purpose?"

Qi Mingyu said innocently: "Mu Mu is old enough, it's normal for her to have her own understanding of things! Don't be angry."

Zhou Shuwan snorted twice: "I'm not angry."

She came out of the underground entrance, and Qi Mingyu continued to pull others.

After pulling Mu Mu up, the latter whispered in his ear: "Brother-in-law, how is it? Are you satisfied?"

Qi Mingyu smiled and rubbed his head: "Well done, Mumu. I'll take you out for gun practice someday!"

Mu Mu narrowed his eyes with joy.

This was the agreement the two of them made quietly when they set off firecrackers last night.

He asked Mu Mu what kind of gift he wanted most for the New Year. Mu Mu had long been coveting his sister's pistol, so seeing this, he bravely whispered that he also wanted a pistol.

Qi Mingyu didn't refuse.

In his heart, Mu Mu, who is already 12 years old, is no longer a child and can receive more intense and difficult training in the future!

In the last days, people’s hearts are evil and order is chaotic. The sooner you prepare, the better.

He had only one request, which was for Mu Mu to call him brother-in-law.

It’s just a title, Mu Mu feels no pressure at all!

I didn't feel anything in the underground safe house, but when everyone came out and walked towards the underground base, I clearly noticed something wrong in the air.

Although people are used to staying up all night during hot weather, they consciously change this routine temporarily on New Year's Eve.

On New Year’s Eve, we must stay up all night to be more in line with the traditions passed down by our ancestors.

Therefore, people go to pay New Year’s greetings early in the morning on the first day of the New Year.

Zhou Shuwan looked at the black mass in the distant sky and whispered, "Where is the fire?"

Zhong Tiyun immediately clenched her hands nervously and looked over there. She could only vaguely see some black smoke but no flames. She breathed a sigh of relief: "The fire should be out!"

"After high temperatures, fires are still easy to break out, no matter how strict fire prevention measures are! This is the nth fire since the Cumulus Mountains caught fire."

Zhou Jianghai's brows were tightly furrowed.

Zhou Shuwan pointed to the red confetti on the side and said, "It's because there were so many firecrackers on New Year's Eve."

Last night, Qi Mingyu, Zhou Jianghai and others went to set off firecrackers. The whole family, including Grandma Pang, reminded them many times that they must set off the firecrackers in an open area and only come back after all the sparks were out.

In the end, he was still worried, so he asked Qi Mingyu to bring a bucket of water and pour water over the burned firecrackers again before he felt at ease.

"With the weather today, a fire could break out if we're not careful," Qi Mingyu said. "The only good thing is that most people live underground, so even if a fire breaks out above ground, there's still a chance to escape. But if the base isn't careful, a fire underground would be disastrous."

Everyone fell silent.