Reborn in the Apocalypse: A Commoner's Survival Log

Zhou Yang and the others didn't have anything to do, so no one went out. In this cold weather, everyone could stay home anyway. It was only two or three days, not a long time.

However, this was the first time since the apocalypse that a team had been dismantled, and this time only Yan Fei went out.

Although the outside is covered in heavy snow, there may still be unknown dangers, so everyone is still very worried.

The result of their worries was that the group prepared a survival kit for Yan Fei, which included not only enough instant noodles, dry food, and water to last for several days, but also several packs of mutated chicken braised food that Zhou Yang had just sealed yesterday, and of course, a first-aid kit.

They stuffed in several kilograms of food before Yan Fei, who couldn't stand it and didn't know whether to laugh or cry, stopped them.

"Alright, alright, I'm not going on a picnic, I'm only going for two or three days, why do I need to bring so much stuff?"

Xu Zhiyi adjusted his glasses and glanced at him sideways: "Just in case. What if you get trapped?"

Yan Fei: "..." Thank you, but could you please stop jinxing me...?

The next day, before dawn, Yan Fei woke up. Reluctant to look at the sleeping wild boy in his arms, he gently kissed his forehead before finally deciding to get up and go out.

When Lu Xingye woke up, he was the only one left in the room. The bed next to him was already cold. Touching the cold bed, he felt a strange emptiness in his heart.

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Zhou Yang woke up feeling refreshed in the morning.

Although I felt a little embarrassed to wake up in Shen Zechuan's arms again, it was definitely more comfortable than sleeping alone in bed before. At least I didn't have that inexplicable feeling of being hot and cold in the middle of the night.

Since they couldn't leave the house for the next two or three days, Zhou Yang simply got everyone together to sprout bean sprouts and do crafts, so they wouldn't get bored at home.

Sprouting beans is one of the simplest ways to grow vegetables. After Zhou Yang explained it to everyone, he gave each person an iron basin, a strainer, and a bowl of pre-soaked beans, and let the others start practicing.

Fortunately, Zhou Yang was there to give them pointers from time to time. Although they weren't very skilled at it, they managed to complete the first step and then placed it in a small room with the heating on to wait for it to sprout.

As for handicrafts, Zhou Yang only chose the simpler ones, such as knitting scarves...

However, Zhou Yang himself didn't know how to knit this thing, but he had a huge stockpile of needles and thread. Based on the principle that it's better for everyone to work together than for one person to work on their own, he took them all out and dragged everyone to watch videos and learn how to knit scarves.

Of course, Gu Yaoyao is an exception.

However, Zhou Yang didn't let her play wildly. Instead, he found some children's picture books for her to read on her own.

Five grown men watched the instructional video on the tablet for a long time, then picked up two needles and some yarn they had chosen themselves and started practicing. Unfortunately, while their eyes and brains had learned the techniques, their hands hadn't.

After much trial and error, Xu Zhiyi was the first to figure out how to start, how to use the needlework, and how to weave the texture. Then he began to teach the other people step by step.

Zhou Yang and the others then hurriedly began knitting their own scarves, but they only learned the simplest stitches and the scarves they knitted were the most basic kind.

Unlike Xu Zhiyi, a top student, who started getting creative while knitting, changing colors and patterns, he managed to make even a simple scarf look amazing.

The first day passed by busily knitting scarves. By the end of the day, most of the scarves were almost finished, with only the finishing touches left. I'll spend a little more time learning how to knit them tomorrow and then I'll be done.

When it was time for dinner, the group asked Zhou Yang to teach them how to cook, as they felt bad for often troubling him with cooking for them.

Besides, they can't come to Zhou Yang's place for free meals every day. They need to learn some skills to rely on, or at least learn some simple dishes that Gu Yaoyao can eat, so they can get a few bites from her.

So Zhou Yang picked and chose a few of the simplest dishes to teach them: steamed okra with eggs, corn, green beans and shrimp, stir-fried pork, cabbage and vermicelli stew, and steamed sea bass. Each of the four of them chose one to make.

These are all dishes with very simple steps; almost anyone can do them. Although the group stumbled and made many mistakes, they all finished them with Zhou Yang's help, so they could be considered to have learned how to make them.

Finally, Zhou Yang made a frozen tofu and fish head soup on top of the four dishes.

Four dishes and a soup, just enough for five adults and one child.

The next day, after rinsing the bean sprouts again, the group continued to finish the scarf they hadn't completed the day before.

The scarves in their hands were the first scarves they had ever knitted themselves, so even though Chai Jin's knitting was crooked and messy, he still wore them around his neck for a long time, and finally took them back and put them away with satisfaction.

Unlike others who wear colorful or pure white scarves, Zhou Yang knitted a pure black scarf, not because he liked black, but simply because black is less prone to getting dirty.

Just as she was about to put the scarf into her spatial storage, Shen Zechuan handed her the light blue scarf he was holding.

"I think this color suits you better, you can use it."

"Uh, you want me to use it? Then you won't have any left to use?"

"Then why don't you give me yours? I like black." Shen Zechuan stared at the scarf in Zhou Yang's hand, itching to take it.

Zhou Yang looked at the black scarf in her hand, then at the light blue scarf in Shen Zechuan's hand, and hesitated for a moment, unsure whether to give it to him or not.

Why did this person choose such a color? It looks nice, but it gets dirty so easily. And it's such a hassle to wash a scarf made of coarse wool when it gets dirty.

Oh well, he doesn't use scarves often anyway, and even the one he has is just for fun. Since Shen Zechuan likes it, let's give it to him.

However, since she had worked hard to make it, Zhou Yang was still a little reluctant. After hesitating for a moment, she pouted and handed over the scarf she had knitted. Then she took the scarf knitted by Shen Zechuan and put it into her space, completing the exchange.

Shen Zechuan took the scarf that Zhou Yang had knitted by hand, smiled with narrowed eyes, his face warm, and then carefully folded it and put it into his usual backpack.

At noon, Zhou Yang took out a large pile of ready-made wonton wrappers and directed the others to shred a basin of green pumpkin and a basin of minced pork. He planned to lead the others to make a kind of steamed wonton from Zhou Yang's hometown. However, the wonton filling still needed to be stir-fried.

Zhou Yang stir-fried the pork into small pieces, then added the shredded green pumpkin and stir-fried until just cooked. Finally, she added the seasonings and served the wonton filling.

Then he started making wontons with the others.

Watching Zhou Yang quickly wrap a wonton into the shape of a gold ingot, the others were eager to try. However, they didn't quite get it at first, and their wontons came out all sorts of different shapes, though at least none of them were filled out. After wrapping more and more wontons, they finally found the knack and their wontons gradually started to look decent.

Gu Yaoyao slowly followed suit and wrapped several more. It has to be said that the little girl was skillful. Although she was slow, she did a fine job. The first one she wrapped looked better than the ones wrapped by Shen Zechuan and the other big men. Zhou Yang laughed at her for a long time.

Because there were so many people, Zhou Yang and his team quickly finished wrapping all the wontons, using more than a dozen 60-centimeter-long stainless steel plates.

Next, we'll put it in the steam oven.

Zhou Yang first lined the steaming trays with a layer of lettuce leaves, then arranged the wontons neatly one by one, and then steamed them directly in the steamer for 20 minutes.

According to the custom of his hometown, he should have used pumpkin leaves as a base, but he forgot to plant them in his space, so he had to use lettuce leaves as a substitute for now. Fortunately, the lettuce leaves were big enough to use.

However, he still needs to find an opportunity to plant some pumpkins in his space. Not to mention the sweet yellow pumpkins and pumpkin leaves, even the tender vines that have just sprouted from the pumpkins are delicious for making soup.

Just thinking about the refreshing and delicious egg custard soup made from pumpkin vines made Zhou Yang's mouth water.