Liu Chunhua gave Yun Dequan another glare. The chief appreciated their daughter, so it was perfectly possible that he would reward her with a pound of pork.
It was not as though they had never eaten meat before, so what was there to make such a fuss about?
“Pig? What pig? Can you even speak properly?”
Yun Dequan hurriedly pulled Liu Chunhua outside.
“A pig! An entire pig!”
Liu Chunhua was so shocked that she was completely at a loss for words.
It really was a pig, and judging by its size, it weighed at least four or five hundred pounds.
Good heavens, it had been twenty years since she had last seen an entire pig!
“Sweetheart, where, where did you get this?”
“Oh, Mom, Dad, I did such a good job at work and finished everything so quickly. Of course the leaders appreciated me and gave me this as my wages. Hurry and carry it inside. I dragged it all the way here, and I’m really exhausted!”
“Of course, of course!”
Yun Dequan and Liu Chunhua each grabbed two of the pig’s legs and began dragging it into the room.
Yun Xingwan was genuinely worried that the elderly couple might hurt their backs, so she lightly moved her finger, and the two of them immediately found themselves able to lift the pig while keeping their eyes fixed on it.
Yun Xingwan then dragged the stone coffin inside.
Fortunately, there was not much furniture in the room, so there was just enough space to fit the stone coffin.
The elderly couple stared blankly at the pig, so excited that they had no idea what to do first.
In the end, Yun Xingwan handed over the axe hanging from her waist.
“Dad, use this to chop up the bones!”
“Good, good!”
Yun Dequan took the axe and weighed it in his hand. It was truly a fine weapon. He soon chopped off a piece of hind leg meat weighing a full two pounds.
“Wife, hurry and prepare the filling. Tonight we’re having pork and cabbage dumplings!”
“Coming right up!”
Liu Chunhua happily took the meat into the kitchen, washed it, and prepared to chop it into a filling.
Yun Xingwan followed her into the kitchen, intending to help, but Liu Chunhua pushed her right back out.
“Go to the room and rest for a while. I’ve been sitting around at home all day anyway, so leave the cooking to me!”
“Mom, I’ll just help you chop the filling.”
“Your mother isn’t so old that she can’t walk anymore. Do I really need you to chop some filling for me?”
In the end, Liu Chunhua mercilessly pushed Yun Xingwan out of the kitchen.
Meanwhile, Yun Dequan was wielding the axe with tremendous vigor, chopping the pork into pieces one after another.
“Dad, do you need any help?”
“Sweetheart, listen to Dad. Killing a pig is such a bloody job, so just leave it to me. Go and rest!”
If the demon creature beneath his axe were still alive, it would probably have shouted in protest.
Just listen to what he was saying.
Killing a pig was a bloody job?
It was the mighty Dark Vault Demon Boar, a fourth tier demon beast, yet that delicate daughter of his had crushed its head with a single claw!
Who was it supposed to complain to?
Ah!
Shelter A Zone, Number 20.
Zhao Jinzhan returned home in a hurry, carrying two ounces of meat in his hand.
“Mom, Dad, look what I brought home for you!”
He raised the three pounds of meat in his hand, his voice filled with excitement and undisguised pride.
After leading the soldiers out to deal with the group of zombies, he had returned to hear that supplies had been delivered from above that very day.
There was even meat among the supplies, and everyone who had awakened a supernatural ability had received a portion.
He had heard that this kind of meat was extraordinarily precious. It had been raised by the higher ups specifically to repair the damaged genes of supernatural ability users.
Only supernatural ability users could receive it. Ordinary people did not have access to it at all!
Cao Jinyan snatched the meat from Zhao Jinzhan’s hands and looked at it with undisguised affection.
“Son, you’re amazing! You can even bring meat home now!”
This was an extremely rare delicacy, even more precious than white rice or white flour.
They had not eaten meat in years!
Zhao Jinzhan wore a proud expression.
“Mom, Dad, this isn’t ordinary meat. It’s immortal meat!”
“Fresh meat? Son, I’m not stupid. Of course I know it’s fresh meat. Was it just slaughtered?”
“Oh, Mom, I don’t mean fresh meat. I mean immortal, as in the meat of immortals. I heard this meat can even cure illnesses. Since I’m a leader, I was given an extra ounce. Ordinary soldiers only received one ounce.”
“Ah, is it really that miraculous?”
“What’s so miraculous about it? I’ve already awakened a supernatural ability!”
“That’s true. My son is the most capable! By the way, this meat is so precious, you absolutely cannot give any to those freeloaders from the Yun family!”
“Mom, I… If Big Brother Yun hadn’t saved me back then, I might have…”
“You what? How many years ago was that? Half of everything you’ve desperately earned over all these years has gone to their family.
“Originally, if Yun Xingwan hadn’t come back, there would have been no need to break off this marriage. She was already dead, so you could have simply married Xinyao.
“But now she just had to come back alive. If you don’t break off the engagement, the Jiang family won’t agree to let you marry Xinyao.
“Think carefully. Yun Xingwan is nothing but a useless person, while Xinyao has awakened a supernatural ability, and hers is even the rare healing ability.
“If it weren’t for the fact that you two have such a good relationship, would you have been able to avoid getting injured all these years? Wasn’t she deliberately taking care of you and healing you whenever you were hurt?
“Think about it. If you didn’t have this relationship with her, when everyone was injured, would she really treat you first?”
Cao Jinyan clutched the two ounces of meat tightly against her chest, terrified that someone might snatch it away.
“Mom, I’ll break off my engagement with Xingwan, but Big Brother Yun did save my life back then.”
Zhao Jinzhan still hesitated.
The image of Yun Xingwan’s face and smile from those years ago involuntarily flashed through his mind.
He had genuinely loved her back then, and even now, there was still a place for her in his heart.
He had contributed the most during this operation to clear out the zombie horde, so his promotion was practically guaranteed.
He was a colonel, after all. Having another lover would not really hurt anything.
As long as she behaved herself, he did not mind keeping another woman.
“Mom, how about this? Give me half an ounce of the meat, and take those two pounds of rice as well. I’ll make another trip over there later.”
Cao Jinyan’s brows knitted together so tightly that they nearly resembled a twisted rope, and she hugged the meat even more tightly.
“No! This isn’t ordinary meat!”
How could that little wretch who had appeared out of nowhere possibly deserve it?
“Mom!”
Zhao Jinzhan’s brows drew together, and there was an unmistakable firmness in his voice.
Zhao Jiahe looked at Zhao Jinzhan. They were both men, so he naturally understood some of what his son was thinking.
Back then, he had been the owner of two companies himself, and he had certainly had a few secretaries on the side.
He slapped the table.
“All right, Jinyan, your son has made something of himself. We’ve enjoyed plenty of benefits by following him all these years, and now we even have this big house to live in.
“Look at the people in the shantytowns. They don’t even have houses and can only live in caves.
“Your son will only become more successful in the future. As long as there’s more of this meat, won’t he bring it home again? What’s wrong with having a few women?”
Zhao Jinzhan gave Zhao Jiahe a grateful look.
They were both men, and they understood each other without needing to say much.
Besides, Zhao Jinzhan thought his father was absolutely right. In the future, he would be a colonel. With his position, what good things would he be unable to obtain?
It was only a little meat.
The only reason it mattered now was because this was the first batch, and he had to receive it according to the allocated amount.
Once there was more in the future, would he not be able to get as much as he wanted with just a single word?
Cao Jinyan’s tightly knitted brows instantly relaxed.
“That’s true. Half an ounce it is, but no more!”
Although her heart ached over it, she knew that sometimes you had to give something up to get what you wanted.
“Mm, half an ounce. Give me another half ounce. I’ll take it to Xinyao.”
“No!”
Cao Jinyan rejected him without even thinking.
“Mom, Xinyao is already a supernatural ability user, so she definitely has her own share. But if I give it to her personally, that makes it different!”
Zhao Jinzhan patiently explained.
“All right, I understand, I understand!”
Heartbroken over the meat, she went into the kitchen and divided it into three portions. Afraid that something else might come up, she quickly put them into a pot and began boiling them.
Zhao Jinzhan then took the two pounds of rice and half an ounce of meat and headed toward Shelter B Zone, Number 27.