Chapter 114 Decision

Xie Wenqiang dragged the wood he had picked up on a skateboard and walked back. Fortunately, he did not encounter any danger on the way and returned to his villa smoothly. His wife Long Xiaoqi and daughter Xie Chunying, who had been anxiously waiting for his return, heard the noise outside and walked out of the darkness carefully with weapons in their hands.

"Husband, is that you?"

"Why did you come out? Didn't I tell you to stay in the basement?"

Xie Wenqiang was a little angry. He had told his wife and daughter not to come out no matter what noise they heard. Now it seemed that they had been waiting for him upstairs. How could he not be angry?

"Okay, don't be angry. We are also worried about you."

After that, Long Xiaoqi and her daughter helped Xie Wenqiang drag the wood in, entered the door of the innermost room, opened the door, and there was a staircase leading down inside. Under the staircase was an iron door. This iron door was specially customized by Xie Wenqiang. It was thick, more than ten centimeters thick, and nuclear explosion-proof.

Xie Wenqiang opened the basement door, and the three of them went back and forth more than ten times to move all the wood into the basement. After Xie Wenqiang put the skateboard he made outside, he closed the door of the room, and then closed the door of the basement. There is a three-meter-long passage into the basement, and there is another door behind it. This is the last layer of protection, because there are some traps set by Xie Wenqiang himself in this three-meter passage. It can be said that Xie Wenqiang has considered everything he can think of to protect his family. He just didn't expect that because of the contractor's shoddy work, the cold-proof materials in the wall may not be added at all. Otherwise, the basement would not be so cold. It was more than 50 degrees below zero outside, and if the basement was not lit, it was only more than 40 degrees below zero, which could freeze people to death. Even if there were more quilts, it would still be cold to sleep at night.

After closing the door of the passage, Xie Wenqiang came to the living room. The fire in the fireplace was burning. The temperature inside felt very warm compared to the outside, about ten degrees. Xie Wenqiang took off his winter clothes. The wood was piled by the fireplace. He calculated that he didn't need to go out to pick up wood for four days. His daughter was adding wood to the fireplace. Thinking of the convoy he met outside, the idea at that time came to his mind again. He still had to discuss it with his wife. He thought to himself.

"Come in and eat."

His wife's voice came from the kitchen. Xie Wenqiang and his daughter came to the kitchen together. The kitchen was not big. There was a dining table in the middle. There were two open cans on the table, a dish of fried mushrooms, and three bowls of rice. The mushrooms were specially separated in a compartment in the storage room by Xie Wenqiang. The compartment was used to grow some vegetables and mushrooms. However, the temperature was so low now, and diesel had to be used sparingly. The lights for planting could not be turned on at any time. Now vegetables could not be grown.

It is not good for people not to eat vegetables. Although there are canned fruits, if you only eat meat and canned fruits, problems will arise sooner or later. Fortunately, Xie Wenqiang has prepared various vitamins and medicines.

"Just now, I saw a team of cars passing through the national highway outside. It seems to be heading to Feng City."

Xie Wenqiang told them about the team while eating.

"Ah, did they see you?"

The two women were a little surprised, and Long Xiaoqi asked anxiously. After all, not only monsters are scary in the doomsday, but humans are sometimes even scarier.

"No, I hid."

Waving his hand to reassure them, Xie Wenqiang continued.

"I see that their convoy is full of long trucks, and the trucks are quite unusual. I feel that they should be transporting goods."

"And their direction should be transporting to the official base of Feng City. Didn't we hear the broadcast of the Feng City base on the radio?"

"You think they should also be some official base, but I don't know why they use trucks for transportation. You know, the country's transportation system now only has trains."

After speaking out his guess in one breath, Xie Wenqiang did not expect his wife and daughter to give any ideas.

After the family finished their meal, the daughter returned to her room. Xie Wenqiang and his wife sat on the sofa in the living room, hugging each other, and the two chatted quietly.

"Wife, how long do you think we can survive in this basement?"

Not knowing why her husband asked this question, Long Xiaoqi asked back.

"Do you have any plans?"

Xie Wenqiang kissed his wife's cheek and said what he was thinking.

"Don't you think it's bad for our daughter?"

"My daughter is still young. Should we let her stay with us in this basement?"

"Besides, we can't stay here forever. Food and other supplies can only last for a few years."

"My daughter needs friends. She will get married in the future."

"I thought too simply before."

After listening to her husband's words, Long Xiaoqi felt that she and her husband had been too selfish. They had always wanted to protect their daughter, but they had never considered her future life. Her daughter was only sixteen years old. She still had a lot of life and a lot of life to experience. How could she stay with them in the basement for a few years?

Xie Wenqiang told his wife what he had been thinking about for a day.

"The convoy we saw today is most likely transporting supplies from other bases to Feng City. Then they will definitely return by the same route. You say, I stopped them and asked them to take us to their base. Is this feasible?"

Although there are certain risks, for the future of her daughter, Long Xiaoqi thinks it's still worth a try.

Seeing that his wife agreed with his plan, Xie Wenqiang immediately equipped himself with the things he would use to guard outside, and then told his daughter about the plan, asking her and his wife to stay in the basement. He put all the things on the skateboard, closed the triple door, and dragged the skateboard out of the villa.

It was snowing heavily outside again. Whether it was day or night, the world was dark, and the survivors could only know the time by looking at their watches.

Wearing the night vision goggles he got from the outdoor store, Xie Wenqiang braved the wind and snow and walked hard in the snow. He finally came to the kilometer side. Because the national highway had been covered by the university and the road surface could not be seen, Xie Wenqiang could only judge the location of the highway based on the trees planted on both sides of the highway.

Staying in the snow for a night was a suicide act, so Xie Wenqiang could only look for a hiding place. Fortunately, he found a scrapped small truck. He opened the door of the car, and there was nothing inside.

Xie Wenqiang moved all the things on the skateboard into the car, and then tied the door of the car with a short rope, leaving a little gap so that he could observe the situation outside.

He spread out a small tent that he brought with him. Xie Wenqiang also brought out a sleeping bag, three hot water bottles filled with hot water, some high-energy food, such as chocolate, a thermos filled with water, and a machete for self-defense. It can be said that Xie Wenqiang has prepared everything that can be used. He plans to sleep in this carriage tonight. If the convoy passes through the national highway here on its return journey, he will be the first to know and then act accordingly.