This Wave of Zombies is No Good - Chapter 45

The new official took office, and as expected, he was all fired up.

First, Zou Fang adjusted the internal structure of the K Division, made new deployments in administrative management, observation, and criminal investigation, and some personnel adjustments were made.

Afterwards, Zou Fang distributed new communicators to everyone in the K Division, which were essentially military mobile phones. These phones included satellite GPS positioning, which was no longer affected by the region. Moreover, these devices were anti-eavesdropping and anti-intrusion, and apart from calling, they had no other functions, not even playing a game of Snake.

Commander Zou’s statement was, “The phone and system have been re-encrypted, I want to ensure that every one of our calls is absolutely safe.”

In addition, the K Division would also be equipped with some more effective armor and weapons to resist zombies, it could be said that a comprehensive upgrade was carried out.

The third thing, all the division, except for technical personnel and on-duty emergency personnel, everyone was given a three-day holiday.

Everyone understood the first two decrees, but the third one caused a lot of discussion.

According to Commander Zou’s statement, since entering the end-of-the-world war preparation stage, the personnel of the K Division had not enjoyed more than two days of normal holidays. Now the situation was gradually stabilizing, and a combination of work and rest was conducive to carrying out new work.

On this, Zou Lang had different thoughts, too many people made things difficult to handle, sometimes, people not being there was also a way of handling things.

From his understanding of Zou Fang, the calmer it was on the surface, the more turbulent it was behind the scenes.

This holiday definitely had another purpose. He needed to send some people out, and when the three-day holiday ended and people came back, they would find that the situation was completely different, but by then, what could be done when it was already a done deal?

No matter what Zou Fang’s ultimate goal was, having a holiday was always a good thing.

Early on the holiday, Zou Fang went to Yu Jingtang’s room and asked him, “Instructor, how are you going to spend your holiday?”

Yu Jingtang was packing his luggage, “I’m going home to see my mom.”

Since the first rescue mission, Yu Jingtang’s mother had been transferred to the second resettlement point with better conditions, which was about half a day’s drive from the B City where the K Division was located.

Zou Lang hugged Yu Jingtang from behind and rubbed against him, saying, “I have nowhere to go.”

“Shouldn’t you be looking for your brother or going to see your father?” Yu Jingtang untied Zou Lang’s hands and put his change of clothes into his backpack.

Zou Lang pouted, “They can arrange their own lives, looking at me is probably an eyesore.” If he came around and they called Miss Shen Lingyue, it would be too late to cry.

Seeing that Yu Jingtang was unmoved and just tidying up his things, Zou Lang hugged him again like a koala, “Instructor, please take me in, take me back home.”

Yu Jingtang refused righteously, “I’m going home to see my mom, what are you doing following me?”

Zou Lang played up his thick skin, “I’ve never had a mom since I was a kid, it’s good to recognize a mother.”

Hearing this, Yu Jingtang’s hand paused, he turned his head and looked at Zou Lang, “You can go home with me, but you have to promise me three things, then I’ll take you.”

Zou Lang let go of his hand and posed obediently, “Instructor, you say.”

“First, in front of my mom, we are just ordinary comrades. Second, she is not in good health, don’t upset her. Third…” Yu Jingtang’s words stopped here, he squinted and said, “I’ll add it when I think of it.”

Zou Lang said, “The first one is no problem, the second one, how could it be? Do you think I have such a big ability? The first time I meet your mom, I’ll upset her?”

Yu Jingtang looked at him and said, “I don’t know if you have the ability to upset my mom, but you always have the ability to upset me, my personality is a bit like my mom’s, it’s always right to prevent problems before they happen.”

Zou Lang once again stated that Yu Jingtang thought a bit too much, “That’s the Queen Mother, the future mother-in-law, related to my happiness in the second half of my life, and I, although sometimes a bit mouthy and annoying, but since I was a child, I was especially liked by old ladies, that is, I grew up in the military area, there are not many old ladies there, there is no square dance point, otherwise I could be the group pet.”

Yu Jingtang gave him a glance, “My mom likes quiet, you just talk less.”

Zou Lang went back and simply took a few clothes, and rushed with Yu Jingtang to the car going to the second resettlement point at ten in the morning.

Now the walking distance between cities had not been opened, all transportation was by city taxis or intercity buses, saying it was an intercity bus, in fact, they were all modified, the bus added a guardrail to prevent zombie collisions, like a zoo tour car.

On both sides of the highway, the guardrails were all raised, and an electric net was added.

Before departure and getting off the car at the place, all had to go through the inspection station for inspection, to ensure that the personnel had no problems before they could enter.

Zou Lang sat with Yu Jingtang for more than four hours in the car, casually ate some lunch in the car, and didn’t enter the second resettlement point until the afternoon. Including the time in and out, it was almost four in the afternoon when they got home.

Yu Jingtang’s mother was placed in a two-room household next to the third hospital here. After the end of the world, the government redistributed the houses that were confirmed that the owners had died and no one inherited, this was one of them.

Zou Lang followed Yu Jingtang and knocked on the door, and saw an old lady come to open the door. This woman looked a bit old, probably because of illness, her hair turned white first, her skin was a bit gray, and she looked a bit like Yu Jingtang between her eyebrows.

Yu Jingtang entered the door and introduced, “Mom, we are on holiday recently, came to see you, this is my comrade, called Zou Lang.” In line with the principle that the more explanations, the more possible loopholes, Yu Jingtang did not introduce Zou Lang too much, and his mother did not ask much.

Zou Lang hurriedly stepped forward and called out, “Auntie, hello.” After finishing speaking, he handed over some vegetables and fruits that the two of them had bought at the supermarket downstairs.

Yu Jingtang’s mother looked at Zou Lang and instructed Yu Jingtang, “Clean up the sofa at night, let the guest sleep on the small bed in the guest room, you sleep on the sofa.”

Yu Jingtang nodded in agreement on the side. Zou Lang wanted to say a few words, but remembering the second clause of Yu Jingtang’s three rules, he didn’t dare to argue with the old lady and accepted this arrangement.

The three of them sat down and chatted for a bit. Seeing her son, Yu Jingtang’s mother was very happy and kept saying that she wanted to cook a few of her best dishes. Yu Jingtang was afraid that it would tire her out, but no matter how he tried to stop her, he couldn’t.

Zou Lang was not vague either, he rolled up his sleeves and went straight to it, “Auntie, I’ll be your assistant, you just tell me how to do it, and finally add some seasoning to the pot.”

Yu Jingtang wanted to say something, but Zou Lang pushed him out of the somewhat small kitchen.

Because Yu Jingtang’s mother had kidney disease, she couldn’t eat salty food. Each dish was first served into a small bowl for her to eat, and then the rest was seasoned.

They were busy until almost half past five, and only then was a table of dishes ready.

Auntie served rice for the two of them, and she put the food in her small bowl in front of her, “I eat light, there’s no need to make you young people suffer with me.”

Zou Lang was not slow to flatter, “Actually, Auntie, there’s no need to separate it like this, I also have a light taste, for health.”

Yu Jingtang, on the other hand, just picked up his chopsticks and started eating. After all, he was home, and he seemed to be more relaxed than usual compared to the barracks. Halfway through the meal, his mother added more rice for him and gave him a few shrimps, “Jingtang, this is your favorite shrimp, eat more.”

After the meal, Zou Lang helped clean up the dishes and was about to wash the dishes, but Yu Jingtang’s mother stopped him and said to Yu Jingtang, “Jingtang, Zou Lang helped me for half a day just now, it’s your turn to wash the dishes, right?”

Zou Lang was afraid that he wouldn’t get the old lady’s vote if he didn’t perform well, so he said, “It’s okay, Auntie, I’m not tired, I’ll do it.”

“You’re a guest. Where is there a reason for you to wash the dishes?” The old lady was stubborn, and as she spoke, she gave Zou Lang a look and pulled him out of the kitchen.

Yu Jingtang didn’t think there was anything wrong with this, he turned on the water and started washing the dishes.

The old lady pulled Zou Lang into the living room, turned on the TV, turned up the volume, and played the zombie defense rules. She lowered her voice and asked Zou Lang, “Your relationship with him is not as simple as comrades, right?”

Zou Lang laughed, pretending to be confused, “Auntie, what are you talking about?”

The old lady said, “I just said that Jingtang likes to eat shrimp, and you haven’t moved that dish much since then. I think, this is not the modesty between comrades.”

Zou Lang was sweating coldly, hoping in his heart that Yu Jingtang would come out to save him quickly, and denied, “No, Auntie, I really don’t like to eat shrimp, it’s just that you made it delicious, so I started to eat a few.”

The old lady said again, “Jingtang has never brought any friends home, especially in these years, it’s the first time to bring a comrade home, what kind of comrade must be brought back to see the mother?”

At this point, Zou Lang felt more and more that he couldn’t explain clearly, and just sat there with a smile.

“But knowing Jingtang’s personality, he must have told you not to tell me anything.” The old lady stopped when she had said enough, and didn’t make Zou Lang embarrassed, “I’m an old lady who won’t live for many more years. When I was young, I wasn’t good at judging people and suffered a lot. After that, I became cautious and practiced until now, I’m almost always right. Even if you are just his ordinary comrade, please take good care of him.”

Zou Lang nodded.

The old lady continued, “He is a child who is not very cheerful, has a heavy heart, and likes to keep a lot of things in his heart. You, on the other hand, talk a lot and are a cheerful child. If you can bring him into the sunlight, don’t let him lock himself in a dark room alone anymore.”

Zou Lang’s nose was sour from the old lady’s words, and he took the opportunity to say, “Mom, I understand.”

At this point, Yu Jingtang had finished washing the dishes and came out wiping his hands. Just now, there was the sound of water and the TV on his side, and he basically didn’t hear what they were talking about here. Seeing the two people sitting on the sofa, he asked, “Mom, what are you guys talking about?”

The old lady blinked and said, “We were just talking about how narrow this sofa is, why don’t you guys squeeze on the small bed together?”