C22 Grain

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"The Biting-tail Snake, Ouroboros, a symbol of religion and myth, is a very important symbol in ancient alchemy. The alchemist worships it as the king of magic, and in reality, it may be the symbol of some secret organization. The serpent in the symbol bites and devours its tail, representing the spiritual embodiment of the concept of the universe: the reciprocation of construction and destruction, the alternation of life and death. In the eyes of the ancients, when snakes shed their skin and gave up their old bodies to be reborn, this was the meaning of "the union of birth and death". The combination of these two concepts gave birth to the image of Uroboros, which meant that life and death were two ends of maintaining balance, and both were indispensable. "

I sat on the veranda looking through the Daoist's notes, thinking back to that mysterious woman who had appeared and disappeared again and again in my life. I didn't even know where she came from, what her real name was, and whether she would ever intersect with my life again … It was drizzling outside the corridor, and the wind that blew in occasionally brought with it faint drops of rain, which made his body feel cold. Since our return last night, the sky has been raining, sometimes sparse and sometimes dense, with the wet coolness of autumn.

The two s that we left behind in the Peacock Building couldn't be recovered in a hurry. Lv helped him from the side. The clanking of steel bars could be heard and the two men kept quiet.

San Mao sat opposite of me and was sharpening all of our machetes with a basin of muddy water. From time to time, he would take out some dirty water from the plastic basin and pour it on his machete blades and grindstones, causing the water to flow all the way to the ground and turn red like blood. The sharpened machetes were arranged in a row on a stool.

Lin Hao and Yang Yufan were standing at the window, smoking.

Only Little Casey was slightly excited. She squatted at the entrance and picked up a branch to draw something on the mud. She had a piece of candy in her mouth as she indistinctly hummed a song that only she herself could understand.

"I've told you so many times, don't walk around while I'm sleeping! "You came and went through the city gate?" A sudden outburst of Liu Guojun's shout came from above, followed by the Dr Lee's soft argument, followed by Liu Guojun's even more intense cursing.

"Pui!" What the heck is this thing!? " San Mao spat on the ground in disdain.

After a while, Liu Guojun came down from the stairs and scolded. He opened the door, and maybe Little Casey who was just squatting there blocked his path, and kicked her, "Go away! You money loser! "

Little Casey fell down from the corridor and onto the ground outside. She quickly got up and turned around with her face covered in mud.

He suddenly slashed the door and pointed at Liu Guojun's nose and roared: "Surnamed Liu, you f * cking listen up, I don't care about the matters between you two husband and wife, but if you dare touch Casey again, I will cut your hand off!"

"You …" He instinctively jumped into the house, but after that, he seemed to feel that he had lost face in front of the crowd. Looking at Lv and Energetic Strength, he felt that even if they started fighting, there would still be people fighting, so he forced himself to straighten his chest, with his face flushed red, and with one hand on his waist, he pointed at me and said: "You, you, you … Are you being reasonable? "

I didn't reply, but retrieved my machete, coldly looking at him.

He was so angry that his face flushed from my stare, not being able to advance, not being able to retreat, looking at his surroundings, San Mao did not have any intentions of trying to stop him, he even had a machete in his hand, fiercely glaring at him, as though he wanted me to fight with him.

"Humph!" You hooligan! Martial Uncle! I won't lower myself to your level! " Liu Guojun threw down a few words to save face and then went back upstairs.

"Yo!" You think you're still Director Liu? " San Mao laughed in ridicule.

"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Uncle Feng and Aunt Chen who heard the commotion ran out from inside.

"I'm fine, I'm fine …" This kind-hearted old man always wanted everyone to be amiable. I didn't dare to offend our benefactors, so I could only reply with a few casual words.

"Yuan, San Mao..." Uncle Feng suddenly wanted to say something but hesitated.

"What's wrong, Uncle Feng, if you have something to say, just say it." I asked.

"This... "We don't have much food left …" Uncle Feng whispered.

Right after he finished speaking, and Big Force, who were busy forging Corpse Pushing Rod, stopped and looked at us. Lin Hao also immediately shook off Yang Yufan who was bullshitting with him and walked over, these people were probably listening to us. Only Yang Yufan, the rookie who had never experienced a food crisis, was still in a daze, not knowing what had happened. I turned my head to look at Little Casey outside the door. He was lying on the ground, using a puddle of rainwater to wash the mud off his face. Her pants were also covered in mud, making her look like a doll that had been tossed on the ground.

"Why don't we exchange it with Old Black and the others?" "Last time, a bottle of Wuliangye Liquid was used to exchange a bag of rice. This time, I have also taken out a few bottles of foreign wine from the Sauna Room." Lin Hao said.

"Hmph, you still don't know? "Laohei's family died a long time ago. That bag of rice was the last grain of their family. After he drank that bottle of Wuliangye, he chopped up his family and jumped off the roof himself!" San Mao shook his head and said.

Everyone was stunned, Yang Yufan was so scared that his face turned white. After a long while, Dazzling Spring finally spoke: "Uncle Feng, how much food do we have left?"

Uncle Feng sighed, he turned around and waved: "You guys come and see for yourselves."

"Wait, I'll go call Dr Lee along." I ran upstairs in a hurry. I saw Liu Guojun lying on a few pieces of torn cardboard in the corner of the room with a dirty towel wrapped around his body. He was obviously shocked when he saw me come up. Dr Lee sat under a window at the side, facing the sky as she mended something.

"Dr Lee, let's all get together, let's have a meeting!" I deliberately emphasized the words "everyone", but I didn't even glance at Liu Guojun.

"Ah?" "Oh …" Dr Lee hurriedly put down the work in her hands as she replied. I ignored Liu Guojun and went downstairs by myself. After a while, the Dr Lee came down, I never thought that Liu Guojun would follow along, and seeing me, she actually had a smile plastered on her face.

"Meeting? "It's good to have a meeting. We need to have a meeting and unify our thoughts. Otherwise, we'll just be a piece of loose sand …" Liu Guojun said loudly while waving his hands as he walked downstairs. He acted like a leader who was giving a report, but we ignored him, causing him to be bored and could only shut his mouth in embarrassment.

The Uncle Feng led us to the warehouse in the back, which Liu Guojun had pulled over before. Now that we had nailed the window with a steel bar, only the key in Uncle Feng's hand was left. Of course, to Lv, this kind of lock was no different from an unguarded one, but we all believed that he wouldn't do something like that.

This house was originally the dining hall's small storage room in the factory that Uncle Feng saw. It was a small space with a few rows of shelves inside neatly.