Chapter 195

"Zou Ming!" The young woman stood at the bottom of the steps, holding a cardboard box in her hands, with sand on her face, and shouted to the people on the steps, "I'll come get another one this afternoon!

" The boy named Zou Ming gave an indifferent "hmm", he also held a cardboard box in his arms, his body was still growing thin and tall, he was wearing a white vest and dark shorts, with a narrow waist sticking out , the pitch-black hair was already a little long, blocking half of the sharp eyebrows and eyes, and it even gave people an illusion of gentleness.

Even if he is not yet an adult, he already has the capital of an adult. The muscles of his exposed arms are smooth and firm, and every point is just right, without any excess. His shoulders are still a little thin, but he can also peek into the future. prototype.

The woman left with the box in her arms, while Zou Ming returned to the supermarket with the box in her arms.

Since two years ago, the supermarket has been managed by him, and now the employees in the supermarket are all people from the slums.

There were a lot of things that happened during the period, but generally speaking, the ending was not bad.

Zou Ming put the box back, and the employees who were loading goods carefully avoided him when they saw him. Although they worked under Zou Ming, they were all a little afraid of him, obviously Zou Ming was not yet an adult.

Zou Ming, who was feared and kept away by others, didn't care, he was used to being alone, and never thought about establishing a good relationship with anyone, even when facing Zhao Qing-he didn't like to talk to him.

"Little boss, are you going back?" a courageous employee asked before Zou Ming was about to go out.

Zou Ming: "I'll come over later."

The employee said "Oh" what, and couldn't hold back a word after holding back for a long time, so he could only retreat in dismay.

Leaving the supermarket, Zou Ming walked on the small road in the middle of the slums. The slums have changed a lot, and they are not what they used to be. The iron houses are gone, replaced by concrete houses, although the conditions are still not as good as before. Staff dormitory, but anyway, the indoor temperature will not be higher than the outdoor temperature.

There are also some small stalls on the side of the road, displaying some cheap handicrafts, although few people are willing to buy them.

But the slums are no longer as dead as before, but there are still a few people with serious jobs. Every night, the slums will turn back into gold-selling slums again.

The former bosses of all parties have gone and died in the past two years, and the base has finally become Zhao Qing's voice.

Those who can spend money in the Gold-selling Grotto are also a group of capable people in Zhao Qing's hands.

This place seems to be getting better, and it seems to be the same as before, but more people from the bottom of the slums have poured into the slums.

The newcomers were not snatched. Zhao Qing no longer went out to grab resources. Base 276 had its own plantation field, which could cultivate high-yield crops. With the fertilizer bought from Ye Zhou, the production The speed is fast, and the potatoes and sweet potatoes are also big.

Zhao Qing also bought a lot of broilers to raise, as well as pigs. Although there were a lot of them, they were not that many. Although Zhao Qing built three reservoirs, he was still very economical-letting the people at the bottom save.

He himself can fill a swimming pool with water for recreation, but raising livestock is enough for him not to die of thirst. Raise a little less, enough for himself and his confidants to eat. It is considered a luxury of tenderness for the bottom-level people not to die of thirst. .

But generally speaking, in this worse world, Base 276 is already a standout. At least when you come here, you can find work, have food and water, and if you really can't find a job, you can survive by prostitution.

It is obviously a place to eat people, but because of the peers, it looks like a paradise on earth.

Materials were provided by Ye Zhou, labor was done by low-level people, and Zhao Qingan sat on the clouds, enjoying the fruits of other people's blood and sweat.

Before Zou Ming walked out of the slum, a dark figure ran out from the alley next to him.

He stopped, and the shadow immediately hugged his legs.

Zou Ming looked down at this charcoal-like child, like a stray dog. He gave this child a piece of bread and has been entangled ever since. Whenever he passed by, this child would come and hug him, as if determined Zou Ming would not kick him away.

No matter how young children are, they have survival instincts and know how to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, just like small animals.

"Not today." Zou Ming said almost cruelly.

The boy still hugged his leg, as if he didn't take out something, the boy could keep hugging like this forever, forever.

Zou Ming stretched out his hand and pulled the boy away from his lap, ignoring the boy's pleading eyes, striding forward.

He doesn't have a lot of kindness, at least not so much as to be spilled at will.

The boy retreated into the alley immediately after Zou Ming left.

Zou Ming walked to the inner city.

The inner city has changed more than the slums. Those broken windows have disappeared and replaced with intact tempered glass windows. Almost every household has solar power, air conditioning and humidifiers.

People walking on the road are also wearing decent clothes, without patches, which are very close-fitting, and you will never see people who have holes in their clothes and still wear them out.

"Zou Ming." Someone greeted Zou Ming.

Zou Ming looked at the man, and nodded slightly as a response.

Fortunately, people in the inner city are used to Zou Ming's weird temper, knowing that he treats everyone like this, even when facing Zhao Qing, he will not change his repulsive temperament.

"That kid really doesn't know what kind of luck he is going." Seeing Zou Ming walk away, the person who greeted him sneered at the people next to him, "He is not big, and his temper is not small.

" I live with that supermarket owner, he is so big, he will cry when he gets tired of it." "If you want me to

say, he won't end well in the future, mixing with a group of low-level people will also make him cry." I don't feel ashamed, I go to the slums during the day."

They laughed a few words, and felt that the other's words were so sour that they could wring out water, and after looking at each other, they tacitly stopped talking.

Who in the base doesn't want to be Zou Ming?

Someone taught him how to read, led him to do business, gave him what he wanted, even if he didn't ask for it, even his own parents couldn't do this, but Zou Ming was not the son of a big man, and he was just a poor man in the slum. A brat who can't get enough to eat.

No envy, all envy.

Zou Ming didn't hear what they were talking about, and even if he heard it, he wouldn't feel it. After five years of listening to it, even if he cared about it, he was now immune.

Going upstairs, Zou Ming opened the fingerprint lock, opened the door and saw Ye Zhou drawing in the living room as soon as he entered.

A year ago, Ye Zhou said that he wanted to cultivate some hobbies for himself, so he decided to draw after thousands of choices. Although he has no talent, he can at least draw a circle.

"Are you back?" Ye Zhou poked his head out from behind the drawing board and looked at Zou Ming, "Are you hungry? There is something to eat in the kitchen. I found a kind of instant rice noodles. That one is good. You should try it too." After speaking, he sat

back Keep drawing.

Zou Ming changed his slippers, looked around and asked, "Where's Sarah?"

Ye Zhou colored the apple without raising his head, "Going out to play."

Zou Ming frowned, but he didn't say anything, but first to wash your hands.

Zou Ming came out after washing his hands, and Ye Zhou stopped painting. He is still struggling to draw a still life. Every time he finishes painting, he always feels that there is something wrong, but he never admits that it is a problem with his color perception. It must be a problem with the tutorial. .

"This tutorial doesn't work either." Ye Zhou retreated to the sofa and looked at his masterpiece from a distance. "I want to change the tutorial."

Zou Ming also went to watch it together. He didn't understand why the red apples were blue.

Ye Zhou sighed: "The environment is not good."

"By the way, how is the business these few days?" Ye Zhou asked, "Have you encountered any trouble?"

When Zou Ming first took over the supermarket, he met lazy workers Yes, I feel that Zou Ming is young and thin-skinned and easy to bully. He not only steals from the supermarket, but also tries to be lazy when it is time to work.

At first Zou Ming didn't stop them, they intensified under Zou Ming's connivance.

Zou Ming didn't act until he couldn't bear to look down on the employees.

It's just that it's too easy to drive out, and it seems that there is no cost for it.

Zou Ming threw them out of the base after they aroused public outrage, no matter what they did to them, other people would have no objection.

This is sending people to die directly.

But because he didn't personally kill those two people, many people in the slums thought he was gentle.

People in the slums selectively forget that there is no water and sunshade, and ordinary people can't even survive two days without the base.

But Ye Zhou didn't stop Zou Ming's approach. He didn't plan to raise Zou Ming into a little white sheep, and he couldn't raise it either.

The environment here can't accommodate a good person. As long as Zou Ming doesn't become like Zhao Qing, Ye Zhou won't interfere too much.

Zou Ming shook his head: "No trouble."

Ye Zhou wanted to touch Zou Ming's head, but remembered that Zou Ming was getting older, so he changed the route with his outstretched hand and patted Zou Ming's shoulder. Said: "Go out later and bring an umbrella, don't be afraid of trouble, even if you don't bring an umbrella, you still have to apply sunscreen, and if you stay in the sun, it will turn into little black charcoal." Zou Ming said "

Yeah", he didn't care about his own Skin color, but Ye Zhou's complexion is fair, so he doesn't want to be too dark.

Otherwise, standing together would be like what Ye Zhou said, black and white are impermanent.

"If you want to rest for two days, just tell me." Ye Zhou, "I'll help you ask if anyone is willing to take over."

Since Zou Ming took over the supermarket, Cao'er and the others have returned to the original supermarket. It's a good base to live in, especially in the dormitory where there are relatives, only Ye Zhou basically stays here to accompany Zou Ming.

Five years have passed, and Zou Ming also knows that Ye Zhou is full of secrets.

Sarah hasn't grown a single centimeter, let alone a centimeter, for so many years. She is exposed to the wind and sun every day, and Chen Shu has no wrinkles on her face.

Including Ye Zhou, the time on them all stagnated.

And everything around them is still moving forward.

Zou Ming saw what was in his eyes, but he didn't ask anything, he was afraid that if he asked, all the beautiful things would disappear in an instant like a balloon being punctured.

He would rather be a blind man who doesn't know anything than lose everything.

Zou Ming shook his head: "No, there aren't many things in the supermarket, I can get over with it."

Ye Zhou: "You don't have to work so hard, the days will be long, and it's not a good thing to push yourself too fast,"

Ye Zhou looked at him while speaking. Looking at Zou Ming, the fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy is now 1.76 meters tall. Ye Zhou is not satisfied with his own height. People report their height with shoes on, but firmly refuse to admit that their height without shoes is their real height.

But Zou Ming is 1.89 meters tall, still tall, and can be over 1.9 meters tall with shoes on.

In addition, he has a well-proportioned body, has muscles, and looks very handsome. He is not a bamboo pole, and Ye Zhou was envious and jealous before.

Ye Zhou's parents are not tall, his mother is 1.62 meters, and his father is 1.73 meters. It is already impressive that he can grow this size, but compared with Zou Ming, he still feels unbalanced.

He was raised by Ye Zhou for all these years, and was required by Ye Zhou to sleep for eight hours a day. Zou Ming's face is not as sallow as the people in the base. Even Zhao Qing's face is also waxy. Yellow always makes people feel that he has kidney deficiency.

Taking advantage of the fact that he was still taller than Zou Ming, Ye Zhou hugged Zou Ming's shoulders intimately, and just as he was about to speak, Zou Ming also turned his head away without warning.

Because Ye Zhou leaned over slightly, the height difference between the two was smoothed out. At this time, the tip of the nose was facing the tip of the nose, and the lips were facing the lips. There was a difference of five centimeters before they could kiss.

Ye Zhou froze. He subconsciously wanted to back up, but Zou Ming leaned forward.

Ye Zhou supported Zou Ming's shoulder with one hand, and opened the distance between the two with brute force. Just as he was furious and was about to educate Zou Ming, Zou Ming suddenly said, "I'm sorry, I just A little unsteady."

Ye Zhou: "..."

He took a deep breath and told himself that Zou Ming is now the age of a rebellious child, and he can do anything out of the ordinary.

"Be careful in the future." Ye Zhou said expressionlessly.

Zou Ming let out a "hmm", he lowered his head, looking a bit pitiful as if he had been abandoned.

After raising Zou Ming for so many years, Ye Zhou couldn't ignore Zou Ming's expression every time he saw him, but at this moment his own brain was in a mess, and after thinking for a long time, he could only choke out one sentence: "You are too young It's gone."

Zou Ming looked at Ye Zhou, Ye Zhou realized that he had made a mistake, and said, "You were raised by me."

Zou Ming clenched his fists, but he still looked calm and pitiful. Head: "I know, without you, I wouldn't be where I am now."

Ye Zhou breathed a sigh of relief, he began to believe that Zou Ming's actions just now were careless.

That's normal bumping.

"I'll get ice cream, and I'll get you one too." Ye Zhou walked towards the kitchen.

Zou Ming looked at Ye Zhou's back. He raised his head, seeing that his fragile and pitiful appearance disappeared the moment he looked up. He looked at Ye Zhou's back eagerly like a hungry wolf or a wild dog.

He doesn't know what love is, but he has placed too many emotions on Ye Zhou. Countless emotions are intertwined, and under the nourishment of time, he has become a colossus, which cannot be described with a single emotion.

Zou Ming only knew that he belonged to the person in front of him, and he also thought that this person could completely belong to him.

Ye Zhou, who came back with ice cream, looked at the poor Zou Ming who was sitting on the sofa with his head bowed. After passing the ice cream, Ye Zhou said, "You are still young, and you don't know how you feel about yourself. What do you want, wait until you are an adult before thinking about dating."

After walking around the kitchen, Ye Zhou was still ready to chat with Zou Ming.

The matter between him and the adult Zou Ming is another matter.

But now this Zou Ming is still in the immature stage.

Children at this stage will put all their abundant emotions on love.

Ye Zhou didn't want him to be inducing Zou Ming.

Zou Ming remained silent, Ye Zhou continued: "And I..."

Zou Ming looked at Ye Zhou, who smiled at him: "It's nothing, anyway, remember, you don't think about these things at this age Time."

The conversation between the two ended without a problem, Zou Ming only listened but didn't respond, no matter how serious he listened, Ye Zhou felt that he didn't take it seriously.

What can I do if the child is disobedient? You can't beat me up, can you?

When Zou Ming was young, he was not a character who could be obedient after being beaten, let alone now.

"Has Zhao Qing been looking for you these days?" Ye Zhou changed the subject.

Zou Ming shook his head: "He has other things to do now."

Zhao Qing lived a life of good food and drink, no one could threaten his rule, so he completely let go of himself, showing the characteristics of a "faint king". His body is inflated like a balloon, he likes high-fat, high-sugar and high-salt food, he is over 1.7 meters tall, and weighs almost 300 catties.

In addition to eating, he has several wives.

There are more than twenty servants alone, and they only need to serve him every day.

And he never tires of toying with the servants.

His wife also has a time limit, and she will be laid off in a week.

But occasionally he would make trouble for Zou Ming, probably because the employees around Ye Zhou were almost gone, so he didn't make things difficult for Ye Zhou, but Zou Ming had his own influence in the slums, so he couldn't sit still.

Ye Zhou: "What's the matter?"

He hasn't dealt with Zhao Qing for a long time, and he doesn't know Zhao Qing's recent movements.

Now that Ye Zhou doesn't look for Zhao Qing, Zhao Qing won't look for him either.

Zou Ming: "He wants to attack Hongtian Base."

"Hongtian Base has groundwater."

Ye Zhou said "Oh", but he also knew why Zhao Qing wanted to fight Hongtian despite his good life.

With someone who can improve the soil under his command, as long as he finds a source of water again, he can completely get rid of the cooperation with Ye Zhou.

Ye Zhou: "Do you think he will succeed?"

After all, the adult Zou Ming never told him about this before coming here.

After a moment of silence, Zou Ming replied: "No, Hongtian's people are more united than his people." Hongtian's

past two years have not been good, and his contact with 276 has gradually increased, which gave Zhao Qing a sense of them. However, Hongtian is different from 276. It is a hierarchical but more humane base than 276.

At least Hongtian's boss will protect women and children.

Although this is based on the need for women to have children, the children grow up to become labor forces.

But at least in Hongtian, women and children can still have some dignity.

It can only be said that Hongtian won a little bit in the bad match with 276.

Ye Zhou: "Maybe."

Ye Zhou was not very optimistic: "If he really wants to fight, he will definitely let you out."

Zou Ming raised his