In those days of Plants vs. Zombies

Chapter 512 Soup Kitchen

Last time, we mentioned that in order to avoid being followed by unknown strange people again, Lorne and Eve planned to stop shopping and meet up with Norman and others.

However, since Mo Chen was not in this exploration team and there was no terminal support, everyone was unable to use the communication channel to communicate within the team.

Therefore, as they walked, Lorne and Eve realized that they had no idea where Norman and others were in the university area.

The university gathering place is very large, and it takes a lot of effort to find the specific locations of several plant spirit warriors within it.

In desperation, Lorne had to take Eve to ask passers-by for information and slowly searched for the place.

At this point someone may ask, isn’t it common sense to equip the exploration team heading to the abandoned city with communication equipment?

This is true in theory, but exploration teams from the War Courtyard generally do not use communication equipment.

After all, using communication equipment in an abandoned city can easily cause a lot of trouble.

The signals sent by the communication equipment could easily alarm the monsters in the nearby abandoned city, and a fierce battle would be inevitable after an encounter.

In addition, the imperial troops who are also exploring the abandoned city may also receive the signal and may send troops to investigate.

Low-level zombies and abandoned city monsters are already troublesome enough, and now there is a fully armed regular army of the empire...

Not only is it easy to gain nothing, but it may also lead to casualties in the courtyard, which is really not worth the loss.

Only when the homeowner is present and uses his own terminal to build an internal communication channel can the above-mentioned disadvantages be avoided.

The exploration team heading to the university gathering place in Courtyard 5905 did not bring any communication equipment because of this concern.

Especially Mo Chen considered that this exploration team was led by Wendy, who could use the power of flowing wind to convey messages in time, so he didn't need to worry too much.

But Mo Chen never expected that after arriving at the university gathering place, Wendy actually went directly to find her old friend to reminisce about the past, and forgot about this matter for a while.

This was a tough time for Lorne and Eve, who were unable to contact Norman and the others. The two plant spirit warriors asked as they walked, stumbling towards their destination.

"Senior Luo En, look, there are so many people there."

Eve suddenly stopped, grabbed Ron who was still walking forward, and pointed to a place not far away.

"Really? There are so many people! Why are they all gathered here?"

Looking in the direction of Eve's finger, Lorne saw a large group of wanderers gathered in front of a small tent.

And further away, there seemed to be several white buildings whose uses were unknown.

"Senior Luo En, should we go over and join in the fun? We won't be able to find Senior Norman and his men for a while anyway, so why not go find those wanderers and ask for some information?"

Unable to suppress her curiosity, Eve gave her own suggestions.

"That's right, let's go and take a look."

After thinking for a while, Lorne agreed with Eve's suggestion.

Looking around, most of the homeless people gathered in front of the small tent are old, weak and sick.

The elderly, women, children, the disabled...all of them looked pale and skinny.

As for why they gathered here, the faint fragrance that permeated the air was enough to explain the reason.

"This smell... should be porridge."

Lorne sniffed hard, and the smell that came towards him seemed somewhat familiar.

"Potatoes, cassava, fresh wheat grains, and..."

Eve closed her eyes and carefully identified the source of the smell.

"Hmm... garlic?"

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There is no doubt that this is a soup kitchen set up in the university community, which regularly provides free food to the homeless people who come here.

Such facilities providing free meals to the poor sometimes appear in metropolitan neighborhoods classified as slums.

They are usually run by clergy from the Church of the Burning Sun who worship the God of the Burning Sun, or they are occasionally run by the nobility and capital.

It is said that Longan and Ural, far across the ocean, have established extremely complete relief systems.

But Luo En really didn't expect that in this gathering place in the abandoned city, there would be people doing such selfless things.

Among the homeless people who come to receive meals, there are basically no young and middle-aged people.

Because they have the ability to leave the gathering place and go to the abandoned city to scavenge, they are unwilling to throw away their shame and go to the soup kitchen to get a full meal.

The old, weak, sick and disabled who are left among the wanderers have basically no fighting power and will probably die soon after leaving the gathering place.

Unable to protect themselves, they had no choice but to stay in the gathering place and live a miserable life, relying on the free meals provided by the soup kitchens to prolong their already limited lifespans.

It was obvious that this group of homeless people in front of Ron and Eve were not visiting this soup kitchen for the first time.

They lined up in a long queue skillfully and orderly, holding containers they had picked up from somewhere, waiting for the food being cooked in the big pot in front of the small tent.

Although the homeless have been queuing for a long time, a glimmer of hope can still be seen on their faces.

Several female plant spirits gathered around the pot, busy at work.

Someone was holding a long-handled wooden spoon and stirring the hot porridge in the pot.

Someone was squatting on the ground, adding firewood to the campfire from time to time to ensure the fire was at the right temperature.

Someone picked the potatoes and cassava on the ground, peeled them, cut them into pieces, and threw them into the pot.

They should be the staff of this soup kitchen, responsible for cooking and distributing food.

The porridge in the pot had become boiling, and the smell of the food wafted away with the hot steam, making the wanderers in the queue swallow their saliva and stare at the big pot with fiery eyes.

Just then, a young man carrying a cloth bag walked through the long line and came to the big pot at the porridge station.

Several staff members were very surprised to see him coming, except for the two who could not leave (to cook porridge and add firewood), they all went to greet him.

The young man has dry yellow hair and a pair of shiny black eyes.

Although he looked a little pale and thin, he still looked much stronger than the homeless people queuing.

That was why he dared to leave the safety of the gathering place and search for valuable items in the abandoned city.

"Aunt Mary, Aunt Tabby, Grandma Jenny, look, I brought you some goodies!"

The boy wiped the dust off his face and smiled brightly.

He took off the cloth bag on his back, and under the gentle gaze of several elderly women, he took something out of the bag. Then he turned around and shook it vigorously at the homeless people who were queuing.

When the team saw what the boy was holding, they instantly became excited.

It was a box of metal cans, gleaming in the midday sun.

"I found this in the abandoned city today. It's still within its shelf life. It's just right for everyone to enjoy."

The boy skillfully took out a sharp dagger, which should be used for self-defense, and pried open the lid of the can.

A meaty aroma mixed with several spices wafted out of the can, along with the unique aroma of oil.

He opened several cans in succession, and poured the meat pieces and the soup with lots of oil floating on the surface into the porridge, making the aroma from the pot even more intense.

The homeless people in the queue looked at the boy's actions with gratitude and admiration in their eyes.

The abandoned city was so dangerous, but the child must have gone through a lot of danger and hardship to be able to return safely and even bring back food.

Aunt Mary's face was full of smiles, with sparkling tears in her eyes: "Child, how can you be so sensible!"

Aunt Tabe couldn't help but sigh: "What a good child!"

Granny Jenny even stepped forward and gently patted the boy on the shoulder: "Thank you for your hard work. Are you not hurt?"

"I'm not injured, I'm glad I can help everyone."

The boy smiled shyly: "If Sister Su hadn't opened a free soup kitchen here, I might not have been able to make it until now!"

"That's right, thanks to that girl named Su Nuan."

"If it weren't for her, my old bones wouldn't have survived."

"Sister Su Nuan is a very good person!"

The wanderers discussed in low voices, and their words were full of praise for the man named Su Nuan.

"Su Nuan... sounds like a Long An name."

Lorne looked thoughtful and looked into the distance.

[Those white buildings...the style is a bit like the agricultural greenhouses in Longan! ]