Chapter 143: History Must Not Be Forgotten

Xu Xuejiao quickly found ten old men to help clean up the trash.

After Nong Yasi checked on the two pregnant women, Xu Xuejiao soon had them digging ditches as well.

During this time, Xu Xuejiao transformed into the warm-hearted “big sister,” the beloved wife of the survivors’ group leader, showing great care and concern for the two pregnant women and the ten old men.

She worked hard on their “thought work”—convincing the two muddle-headed pregnant women and the ten old men.

In the end, they all felt deeply moved by Shi Yuebai’s good intentions, and every one of them started seeing her as their savior.

Shi Yuebai had become, in this dark wasteland, the only ray of light illuminating the suffering hearts of the scavengers.

Shi Yuebai: ???

Looking at everyone’s tearfully grateful faces, seeing herself regarded as some shining beacon of faith, Shi Yuebai finally realized just how terrifying Xu Xuejiao could be.

Compared to Group Leader Qiao, Xu Xuejiao was even better at getting into people’s heads.

After taking away those twelve people, Pang Zhenggong was left with only fourteen elderly folks, seven oddballs, and ten disabled children.

Of the ten disabled children, only one could actually move.

Now Pang Zhenggong was short-handed for cleaning up the underground shopping street.

He came to Shi Yuebai, whining,

“There’s a lot of ready-to-eat food to be found in that underground shopping street.”

“Yuebai, you can’t just take so many people away at once.”

“Xu Xuejiao also said I should give her ten people to finish building the second wall all at once. What am I supposed to do now?”

Shi Yuebai pinched the bridge of her nose expressionlessly.

“Send those immobile kids to help build the wall.”

What else could she do? Shi Yuebai had never planned to support all these people in the first place.

Now her original intentions had gone completely off track, and everyone was acting like they were seriously building a business together.

Who would have thought that all Shi Yuebai wanted was a cleaner environment?

Pang Zhenggong was left speechless. Xu Xuejiao, passing by behind him, rushed over energetically,

“Yuebai, I think that works. It’s better than having them sit around doing nothing.”

“I understand, Yuebai. I’ll do exactly as you said. I’ll make sure it gets done.”

Xu Xuejiao swept off like a whirlwind.

As soon as she crossed the ditch, she had the oddballs carry the remaining nine immobile disabled children on their backs.

She set them all down by the second wall.

Xu Xuejiao handed each of them a bowl of mushroom and green onion soup.

“Auntie knows you’re all innocent kids. Now, if you have hands, use your hands; if you have feet, use your feet.”

“It’s okay if you’re slow. Auntie will teach you step by step how to build the wall.”

Not wanting Zhang Xueyao and the other three women to see, Xu Xuejiao and the nine disabled kids worked inside the second wall.

Shi Yuebai wheeled her chair around the scattered boxes in the warehouse.

Pang Zhenggong followed behind her.

The two of them stood by the ditch, watching through the swirling white smoke.

Those disabled children could barely even understand human speech.

But Xu Xuejiao was patient, and Da Jiao came to help too.

The two of them taught the kids over and over how to stack bricks and spread mortar.

Pang Ziyuan, who had been by the rubble, quietly moved closer.

He crushed stone debris, piling the gravel powder next to the kids.

That way, when the cement was mixed, it would be closer to them.

So, this ragtag group of disabled children started working, stumbling and fumbling.

Shi Yuebai watched for a while, her face full of disdain.

They really had no ability to work at all.

Look at this one—can’t even hold a brick. Picks it up, drops it. Picks it up, drops it.

If it were a normal person, they’d be screaming in frustration by now, right?

But that child just kept bending down, using his claw-like, spastic hands to pick up the brick from the ground again and again.

Shi Yuebai counted—he must have picked up that brick over a hundred times.

She almost wanted to smash the brick to pieces herself.

“Yuebai.”

Pang Zhenggong stood behind her, seeing her raise her hand.

He reminded her, “He can do it. Let him try by himself.”

Shi Yuebai pressed her lips together and lowered her hand.

The light in her palm faded away.

She said coldly, “Tch, it’s not like I was going to help that little brat.”

“Hmph! Not my problem.”

Shi Yuebai turned away, unable to watch anymore.

“He picked it up!”

Pang Zhenggong suddenly shouted excitedly,

“That kid picked up the brick and put it on the wall!”

Shi Yuebai glanced back and replied calmly, “Oh.” She lifted her chin,

“That just proves he can stack a brick, that’s all.”

She wheeled herself away, and once she was alone, she made a little fist and whispered, “Yes!”

Then she returned to the Shi house with her usual poker face.

She really couldn’t stand it.

Xu Xuejiao actually wanted a bunch of disabled kids who couldn’t even move to build a wall?

Utter fantasy.

Maybe because everyone knew how short-handed they were, that night, Group Leader Qiao came back with five more people.

All five were skin-and-bones old men.

Their eyes were cloudy, their faces numb, hair white, clothes ragged.

And they all reeked of a foul stench.

As soon as they arrived at the team under the bridge, they huddled together and didn’t say a word.

Group Leader Qiao came to report to Shi Yuebai,

“These people, I bought them outside the city. Only cost a few packs of biscuits.”

It was a sad story.

A huge crowd of old people had gathered outside the city.

You didn’t even need points to get them.

The ones you bought inside the city still had a little meat on their bones.

But these old folks outside the city were so thin it was heartbreaking.

They couldn’t even walk, so Group Leader Qiao traded a few expired candies for a handcart to bring them back.

Shi Yuebai yelled at him,

“Yeah? So what? Great business you’ve got there. So what do you expect them to do?”

“I don’t care. You brought them back, so if they can’t work, you’ll do all their work for them!”

“Useless! Always making things worse! Get lost!!!”

Group Leader Qiao nodded and bowed,

“They can, they can, Yuebai. One of them’s a university professor—I’ve seen her on TV before. Ow, don’t hit me, don’t hit me!”

“Listen, don’t use the stick on my butt yet. This professor teaches history. I only bought a few more as cover so people wouldn’t notice.”

History must not be forgotten.

Especially now, in this wasteland, with someone like Shi Yuebai.

Honestly, Group Leader Qiao felt that scavengers in the wasteland might not be doomed after all.

“Those kids—Shi Yaoyao, Shi Xiangrui, Shi Fuze—they should know what a magnificent past their ancestors had. Only by knowing history can humanity look to the future.”

Group Leader Qiao, clutching his bruised butt, hugged Shi Yuebai’s stick, his eyes earnest,

“Yuebai, just take her in. Let her tell stories to the kids when she has time, okay?”

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