Are humans more influenced by their inherent nature in making decisions or more affected by the shocks their psyche receives through their environnt and experiences?
If things always went smoothly, Zhou Manman might occasionally have conflicting thoughts, but it would not be so easy for her to choose to be with another man.
However, in the face of sudden change - life, food, status, dignity - all areas find themselves suppressed, assaulted, and insulted.
Under such drastic changes, if a person appears who could bring hope, on one hand, escape from the lowest level, escape from the current environnt, and live comfortably as she did before the apocalypse, even more comfortably so.
On the other hand, remain at the bottom of the heap in this broken place, subjected to all kinds of oppression and control, toil in the fields every day, even the safety of her life cannot be guaranteed.
Therefore, it was no surprise that Zhou Manman finally gave in to her inner temptation.
"He said, it’s okay, but, he hopes you can give him so benefits, as a reward for handing over to you."
In the corridor, Zhou Manman nervously stuttered, her voice inconsistent.
Obviously, this was the conclusion she arrived at after negotiation, a solution acceptable to both parties.
"Three hundred kilos of grain, and give him a minor managerial position."
Li Ming nodded, and casually said this without giving it much thought.
"Good, these things are more than enough."
Zhou Manman let out a sigh of relief, forehead covered in beads of sweat.
At this point in ti, their relationship was nothing major, it was just the difficulty in parting, and now that there were benefits, everything naturally fell into place.
Taking advantage of the fact that Li Ming was still willing to pick up the tab for her adolescent fantasy, she naturally seized the opportunity to get out of this place.
Once everything settled down, Zhou Manman quickly tidied up and happily stuck to Li Ming, allowing him to help her gather her clothes, then he took her ho for dinner.
After lunch, Zhou Manman went back first. Li Ming, after a nap, went to find Wan Fang to handle things, and also asked his parents to keep an eye out and notify him if anything seed off.
Having lived in this environnt for so long, his parents naturally had their own set of survival rules. Li Ming was at ease.
In the process, when picking up the stuff, Li Ming saw Zhou Manman coming over with a man who was sporting a broad grin on his face, he knew that he was her husband. On the spot, he told Wan Fang to give him a minor position, thus settling the matter.
Once the matter was settled, the man’s eyes glowed. When Wan Fang took him away to familiarize himself with the procedures, he let Zhou Manman accompany Li Ming for a while before turning around and leaving with Wan Fang.
If you want to establish a normal and orderly base, it’s natural that everything has to be organized. The rules are still the pre-apocalyptic rules, but anything that does not adapt to the current environnt has been eliminated, and all kinds of organizations have been correspondingly streamlined.
Wan Fang was a young, once minor leader and was naturally familiar with these things, which was why Li Ming trusted him with the task; after all, the young ones wouldn’t have had ti to deteriorate yet.
After finishing everything, Zhou Manman and her husband went ho first. Li Ming saw that the base was almost exactly as he wanted it, before he followed them back.
Before heading back, he had soone haul a few bags of grain to Zhou Manman’s doorstep. Knocking on the door, Zhou Manman and the man ca out.
Li Ming handed the grain to him, then without saying anything pulled Zhou Manman out and carried her off, telling everyone else to carry on with their own thing. He went ho to rest and play for the afternoon.
That afternoon, Zhou Manman was so delighted that she couldn’t stop smiling. For her, everything she desired in life and her new environnt finally arrived with the hustle and bustle of this afternoon!
That night she fell asleep full of happiness.
Li Ming didn’t rush to sleep but went to his parents’ house first.
"Dad, Mom, are you asleep yet?"
Knocking on the door, Li Ming asked in a low voice. Soon, the door opened, revealing a refreshed Li Chengshu and Liu Jianyun who had just taken a bath.
"Co in."
Seeing Li Ming, Li Chengshu knew he had sothing to say, so he invited him in first, then closed the door, and sat in front of him in the living room with Liu Jianyun.
"What’s the matter son, all secretive, waiting until now to tell us?"
After sitting down, Li Chengshu, with an expression of confusion, asked.
"You’ve been off these past two days, it’s sothing you’ve wanted to say but have been holding back, right? What’s up that you’ve been holding it in for such a long ti?"
Liu Jianyun also jumped in, furrowing her brows as she watched her son.
It is said that a father knows his child best. The hesitation Li Ming had about giving them the ability crystals earlier due to concerns about the timing was instantly detected by them. However, they kept it to themselves out of respect for their son’s thoughts.
Now that Li Ming was finally opening up, they didn’t hold back anymore.
"This might seem unbelievable, but so things themselves are quite unbelievable."
Li Ming smiled, feeling no surprise at his parents’ speculations. As he spoke, he pulled out two crystals from his pocket.
"What’s this, is this the surprise you want to give us?"
Li Chengshu squinted at the object in Li Ming’s hands, asking with doubt.
Liu Jianyun couldn’t see what was so special about the stones and wondered where the surprise was hidden. She kept quiet, just watching Li Ming, eager to hear what their son, who for the first ti since coming back had so seriously sought them out, wanted to say.
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