Chapter 11: Habit
The clatter of the chains is the equivalent of weight-bearing broadcast gymnastics.
White Xiao feel very useful, stiff body a little stretch open, plus today brush teeth, everything is different.
"Me, Bai Xiao."
White Xiao took a deep breath, "Human."
No one wants to be a smelly, irrational zombie.
Seeing the piles piled next to him, which had not been cut into wood, he was a little itchy, but he restrained his impulse well.
Work is not done, to do little by little, if the wood is chopped today, what should be done tomorrow?
Even as a zombie, the instinct to touch fish is still encoded in our genes.
To make yourself look useful, whether it is a human being who used to be an office worker or a zombie now, it is the same, and it is better to give Linduoduo an impression of work than to be driven out and the zombie brothers.
White Xiao is not sure now their own state, after all will not be zombie pounce, the worst situation is, neither zombie, nor human, human do not accept him, zombie also want to bite him, that is finished calf.
An infected person wandering alone in this damn last days, go out to be bitten by zombies is not enough, humans see also want to come to two shots.
White Xiao suddenly depressed.
But think too far useless, or recovery is important.
He straightened up his mood, at least now is still good, by zombie bite can do radio gymnastics, how bad can it be?
Take a book open, continue to be a roam in the knowledge of the zombie.
The book is very old, Lin Duoduo gave him enlightenment books, there are professional reference books, very mixed. There are a lot of words written on these books, some handwriting is green, some mature, not like the same person wrote, and even graffiti.
Bai Xiao did not absorb knowledge, nor did he need it, he was just restoring his basic logic and understanding of the text.
I was just watching, and I got distracted.
Locust flowers, have not eaten for a long time, in the morning, Lin Duoduo mentioned, he suddenly remembered the kind of taste, buried in the corner of the memory quietly opened.
Estimate the time that the forest Duoduo will probably come back, the forest Duoduo has not come in, went to the door and heard the sound of chopping wood in the courtyard. She returned with a snakeskin bag on her back, glanced with satisfaction at the hardworking zombies, and put the snakeskin bag down, with a small bag in her right hand.
"I have found some clothes for you, I have never seen such a clean zombie, you can change to wear, although I never thought that the zombie washing clothes is so strange, but what if, after all, the teeth are brushed."
Handy thing, Lin Duoduo is still very thoughtful to friends, while she does not know where to pick up the old clothes, while grumbling, zombie washing clothes this thing she felt ridiculous, but it is estimated that this guy really can, even if not now, sooner or later.
"And elm money." Linduoduo opened the snakeskin bag.
White Xiao for her pick up the clothes have nothing to say, but she pulled back the elm is very interested.
Elm money is the elms of the samara, not the elm issued by the buds, round and copper money, like a string of emerald green. It is a so-called "taste of spring" in rich times, and a delicacy in poor times, with 11 times the iron content of spinach and 50 times that of tomatoes.
Before he was a child in the village every spring, there will be old ladies to find the river bank to pick some elm to taste, it is a life-saving tree, in difficult times to save a lot of people, later rural transformation, the village said nothing to move the tree, so it has been retained.
He did not expect to be able to see it again in the last days, and still become delicious, watching Linduoduo soak it in the basin to clean and rub, do not know how Linduoduo is from a variety of places to find these.
Half of the day to eat, eat white snapper is very satisfied, that human looks equally satisfied. The other half was Lin Duoduo on the outside sun, white Xiao did not know what this is, vaguely remember the elm money after exposure to the sun can be saved, and then with blisters, really hungry directly can also eat.
Although it is not clear what diet is healthy for zombies, it is always right to supplement iron and fiber, and meat he is always worried that it will cause madness, restlessness and infection.
The weather gradually some hot, Lin Duoduo tidy up everything has been slightly dark, she took a big basin of water, during the day out not only clothes dirty, the body is also a lot of sweat. She was too lazy to boil water, directly poured water into the well, pulled off her clothes and picked up the bailer, and suddenly heard the zombie's cough.
Linduoduo turned around, "What are you doing?"
"I'm here." White Xiao said.
"What are you doing?" Linduoduo frowned and thought for a moment to understand, "You are a zombie."
"..."
She scratched her nose and thought it was a little weird that this zombie could still brush his teeth and wash his face, not be one of those stinking beasts that seemed to be eternally hungry.
Lin Duoduo scan around, more than only zombies, can not be as random as before. She went into the house to find a large sheet, put two sticks, and forced them into the earth. Then she pulled the sheet apart and tied it, and a simple barrier was erected.
Before she directly stood in the yard to wash, there was no one, except for the insects outside the yard, is occasionally the roar of zombies, she has long been used to this quiet.
It's a little different.
Do not know why, Lin Duoduo suddenly had a lively feeling, although only a zombie, but has affected some of her habits.
The cold well water washes over the body, and the sweat and dust of the day are carried away, and then gathered on the ground into a small stream to the distance.
Coming out from the barrier, Linduoduo while wiping her hair looked under the shed, it has been night, white Xiao sitting in the shadow, only a vague outline.
"Little White, little White." Linduoduo gave a cry.
"Yes."
"Do you want it too?"
"Thank you."
And sure enough.
Linduoduo knows, this scholar essence, infected into the zombie but also learn human.
She was going to let white Xiao stand there, she took two basins of water poured in the past, which have zombies so particular, but see white Xiao pushed over the basin, Lin Duoduo sighed, the basin filled with water.
"Should I avoid it, too?" Linduoduo how all feel strange.
"Uh..."
White Xiao did not know how to say.
Are you gonna watch a zombie take a bath?
"I, man." White Xiao said.
"Oh, good."
Lin Duoduo packed the water, and took an old basin to give him another basin, and went into the house.
Lying in bed, the yard rang from time to time the rattle of chains, and the sound of water.
Since my mother left, there has been no sound in the courtyard for a long time, it has been quiet, only in winter when the wind is strong, it will whine and blow some debris, making noise.