Ma Zhengming had also seen the film ‘Resident Evil’ and so he naturally knew what zombies were. Ma Zhengming looked at Yue Zhong and asked carefully, “Brother Yue Zhong, can you let us do our fishing?”
Yue Zhong had been the one to dispose of the Mutant Water Snake. The brook was a treasure trove of fish before the Mutant Water Snake had claimed it as its territory. It had a steady output of fresh fish and aquatic life. Ma Zhengming was mindful of Yue Zhong’s strength and subconsciously asked for permission.
Yue Zhong waved his hands: “Just do it!”
Ma Zhengming was delighted and brought his villagers to begin throwing the fishing nets. With just a few nets, the villagers managed to haul in a few pounds of fish.
After the world changed, there was no overfishing done by humans and due to the virus’ influence, the aquatic life replenished itself fairly quickly. That was why this river had an abundance of fish.
Ma Zhengming looked towards Yue Zhong and extended an invitation warmly, “Brother Yue Zhong, thanks to you disposing of the Mutant Water Snake, we could have such a haul. Please do consider coming to our village to rest for a while and let us throw a feast for you.”
“That’s great!” Yue Zhong also needed directions to proceed to the next village- after all, he had been walking for a day and was getting tired, therefore he accepted Ma Zhengming’s invitation.
Tooth Village was a small village surrounded by mountains on 3 sides, with over a hundred acres of farmland. There were over 2 dozen brick houses and on top of that, there were some remnants of some red-brick houses from the fifties or sixties.
Just outside of the village, there was a group of women and children going around digging for wild vegetables, whilst the kids focusing on other insects that could be eaten such as grasshoppers, earthworms, cicadas etc.