The Marshal’s Wife is The Real Boss

Chapter 7

Hei hei, sorry for being hiatus without notice, expect more chapters today!

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When the first light of the day shone the earth, there was a commotion on the camp entrance. Zhou You heard someone saying, “The boss is back!”
Because their captain returned, the people in the truck should be very excited, but everyone seemed to hear nothing and still lying down continued to sleep.

Zhou You was very curious about the so-called boss. He lifted the tarpaulin covering the truck and jumped down, just in time to see Li Yunxi running to him.

“Hey, Zhou You… come here, quick, I’ll take you to meet my brother.” Li Yunxi secretly told him, “My brother must have brought back some preys. Ordinary people have no share, but I have. I will give you mine, but don’t tell anyone, okay?”

Zhou You asked her in surprise, “Why are you so kind to me?”

Li Yunxi answered righteously, “Of course, it’s because you’re good-looking! I’m happy to raise you!” Seeing Zhou You dumbfounded, she patted him, “Hey, silly. You are my savior, I am repaying the favor, understand?”

Zhou You really did not regard himself as her savior, because she knocked out almost all the men by herself yesterday. “You don’t have to repay the favor for the enemy you solve yourself.”

From a distance, he saw a group of unusually strong men pointing around a pile of prey, and then heard Wu Yong saying, “These prey are enough for us to eat for several days.”

“Just in time, after this we won’t have a suitable place to stay. This time our luck is pretty good, there are no large mutant beasts around. Except for Xiao Jin who is slightly injured, everyone is okay.”

“Brother!” Li Yunxi rushed over and hugged a tall man’s arm and asked playfully, “Brother, why don’t you allow me to join you hunting?”

Li Hongxi knocked her forehead and scolded, “Join hunting? The wild is so dangerous and getting injured is inevitable, just be obedient and stay in the team. When we settle down in Yangcheng, Brother will accompany you.”

Wu Yong directed the team members to deal with the prey and prepare for cooking. Li Hongxi shouted at him, “Leave those two pheasants for ordinary people, make them for several chicken porridge meals. It’s hard enough along the way, just to supplement some nutrition.”

Wu Yong muttered reluctantly, “Are they working hard like us? All the way rely on us to protect them, and now even have a good meal.”

Li Hongxi glared at him, and Wu Yong ran away with a grin. Although the word reluctant was clearly written over his face, he still lifted the two pheasants to give to the cooks.

Zhou You saw the shadow of a soldier from Li Hongxi’s figure, honest and selfless, wondering if he had been a soldier before.

Li Yunxi introduced him to her brother. “Brother, this is Zhou You. He has helped me some time ago, can I give him a little bit of my share of the meat?”

Li Hongxi inspected Zhou You from head to toe. He had no advanced muscle, his face was dirty, and he was wearing clothes that did not fit at all. To sum up, an ordinary person.

“What did he help you with?”

“About that, um, he helped me anyway!” Li Yunxi didn’t dare to tell him what happened last night, let alone said that she had killed those five scumbags, after all, they all still her brother’s responsibility as a captain.

Li Hongxi was afraid that his sister would be deceived by men. However, the young man in front of him who stood upright, had eyes that were not as timid as those of other ordinary people. Instead, they were bright and resolute, definitely not the eyes of those who had experienced the end of the world should have.

“What’s your name?” Li Hongxi asked in a deep voice.

“Zhou You.”

“Where’s your identity card?”

Zhou You tilted his head to look at Li Yunxi. His ID card was in his backpack, but what was an identity card?1

Li Yunxi hurriedly pulled her brother. “Brother, don’t ask this to him. He has suffered a lot and he doesn’t know the common sense of the current situation, but really, he is a good person.”

Li Yunxi always remembered that Zhou You had come out of the blue to save her, knowing that he was so thin and weak, but still stood bravely to protect her. This courage was really admirable.

Li Hongxi guessed something and did not ask further, but still told him, “The identity card I mean is the ID card that every citizen needs to apply for, binding everyone’s identity and property. It can be regarded as an all-in-one card.

“But there are also many survivor bases that cannot receive government information and are too late to handle. It’s fine if you only have an ID card before the end of the world. Even if your ID card is missing, the Government Identity System contains the fingerprint and DNA information of every citizen.”

Zhou You thanked him for the explanation and then asked where the team’s destination was. Li Hongxi informed him that they were going to Yangcheng. Zhou You nodded, but actually, he had no idea where or what Yancheng was.

Seeing him in a daze, Li Hongxi continued to explain, “The current Yangcheng was built after the disaster. It was probably near Wuhan in the past. It is the nearest big base with a population of several million.”

“Then other places…” Even if Zhou You prepared for the worst, he still felt complicated when he heard Li Hongxi explain that the entire human population was less than one hundred million.

“Let Yunxi tell you slowly, don’t ask others and don’t let anyone know that you are a novice who doesn’t have common sense of the world nowadays.” Otherwise, such a simple ordinary person might be bitten by others without knowing.

Li Yunxi clapped her hand on Zhou You’s shoulder, her height was about the same as Zhou You, one meter and eight. Standing side by side, he appeared to be even thinner and smaller, “Don’t worry, I’ll take care of this rookie. If anyone dares to bully him, I’ll beat them to death!”

Li Hongxi shook his head and told her to go back as soon as she finished the meat, and not let anyone know about their relationship.

The chef in charge of cooking was already prepared. He took down a can of liquefied gas and a big pot from the car.

There was no particular way to cook the meat. Those with bones would be put into the pot to stew, and the meat would be marinated with salt and roasted on the fire, not much better than Zhou You cooking.

But the smell of meat still attracted many ordinary people to get out of the car and stand in the distance and look at this side.

Wu Yong carried a plucked pheasant and told them loudly, “This is a mutant beast generously given by our captain for your extra food. Hurry up and cook, we’ll go after eating!”

There was a burst of excitement on that side. Many people shouted thanks to Captain Li, and some people even knelt and kowtowed. Then several adults dragged the pheasant of at least one hundred pounds to deal with it.

“You haven’t told me what a mutant beast is.” said Zhou You.

Li Yunxi hid in the armored car and drooled at the boiling pot, and replied impatiently, “The animals you see that are different from those before are mutant beasts.

“They have not only grown innumerable times in size, but also undergone some other changes. For example, some birds have grown sharp teeth, their wings and claws have also become weapons that can attack; some reptiles have grown scales, their defense is very assertive that ordinary guns and bullets can’t penetrate.

“There are also various changes. I can’t say for sure. When you arrive in Yangcheng, you can access the electronic database, which is established by the Central Research Institute and has been collecting and updating the information of mutant beasts.

“If you catch a new variety of mutant beast, you can also sell it to the government and get good points. Oh, points are the current currency, and you can use points to buy things. I tell you secretly that I am a little rich woman.”

The meat was ready soon. Li Yunxi got a large piece of rabbit leg. “This is my food ration for the whole day, but I can’t finish it, so I’ll give some to you.”

She cut about two pounds of the roasted meat and handed it to Zhou You. “Don’t think it’s too little, those guys over there can only eat porridge.”

Zhou You didn’t have much appetite when he smelled the barbecue. Instead, he was more interested in the mouth watering porridge. “Then I can go there to eat porridge, right?”

“You want to eat porridge instead of meat? Did you know that eating more meat from mutant animals can strengthen your physique. Only when your physique reaches a certain standard can you become a martial warrior.”

“Martial warrior? Are you also a warrior?”

“Of course, I am an intermediate level warrior. The National Martial Arts Association divided martial arts into five levels: Martial Apprentice, Martial Artist, Martial Master, Martial General, and Martial Emperor.

“Each level is divided into primary, intermediate, and advanced. For example, I am an intermediate-level Martial Apprentice, and my brother is an advanced-level Martial Artist. He is the strongest in the team.”

Zhou You looked down at his hands. After ten years of seclusion, his skin was pale and delicate, really did not look like he had experienced hardships.

“So how do you test yourself to what level you reach?”

“There are branches of The Martial Arts Association in the big base where everyone can test for free, mainly in terms of strength and speed. Didn’t our ancestors have the saying that the fastest is invincible in martial arts?

“Although the test standard is very simple, it is quite reasonable. There are few cases where skipping rank challenges can be successful.”

Seeing him lost in thought, Li Yunxi comforted him, “You are still young, there is still a chance to become stronger. After becoming a martial warrior, the association will issue electronic certificates, then you can take on more advanced tasks and earn more points. Of course, the most important thing is that the social status is different.

“You should feel that as an ordinary person, you are inferior. Unless you have strong professional skills, you can only become a burden to this country.

“Therefore, ordinary people in the base will be arranged to learn new skills, which is also a way of promotion. No matter which field of expertise is respected.”

Zhou You asked curiously, “How old do you think I am?”

“Twenty? Eighteen? People look older than their real age now, after all, life is more difficult. You look younger than me anyway, so you should call me Sister Yun in the future.”

The corners of Zhou You’s mouth twitched. “No… I’m thirty, how old are you?”

“Thirty? Hahaha… Come on, you dare say you are thirty like this, I-” An ID card was placed in front of her. She calculated his age carefully and was astonished to know that he was indeed thirty years old.

“I don’t care. I want to be a big sister anyway, you can only call me Sister Yun. Anyway, you won’t lose anything if I cover you in the future.”

T’N: Oh days without ML….

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