Chapter 47 - I remembered. (1/2)

”Why? Won't you even try to taste them at least?” I asked.

”Look at them! They're really cute! Isn't that right Rin?!” Olivia shouted.

”Umm, I've eaten those before, they're really delicious. We made stew one time and I ate it for two days.” Rin said while slightly embarrassed.

Olivia stared in shock at the betrayal of her friend while I laughed at the revelation.

”How could you eat them?!” Olivia starts to tear up.

”They eat their babies though.” I said flatly.

”Um, What?!” The sisters shouted in surprise.

”Derek, back me up on this one?” I said.

”It's true, they actually do sometimes. We usually kill them immediately if they do that since it would be no use in breeding them.” He explained.

”I think I can't eat anymore.” His daughter Demi said.

”Yeah, cook them whatever. I suddenly don't care anymore.” Charlotte suddenly chimed in while Chris scratches his head helplessly.

”But the ones who took care of their young are left alive so we could have more of them in the future.” I added.

”I'm having mixed feelings now. AHHHH!!!” Kaley said.

”That's one of the reasons I told you to just name one.” I added.

”That's a good lesson for everyone now, right kid?” Oscar said.

Everyone continued eating though I could feel Olivia's glare on me. I feel a prickly feeling in my back as I eat from her look. Everyone was eating lightheartedly as we soon finished the food on our plates. We cleared the tables and then we gathered around for our daily meeting.

”Okay everyone good work today. Goals are reached and we're steadily clearing the right side of this place. By tomorrow, we could reach the end of the road into the canal system. The group going out tomorrow should be ready since we'll be passing the small squatter area and visibility there is bad because of the chained houses all around. We would be passing the last few houses with the lights on them and we'll check the place out to recruit them to join our ranks.” I said.

”Ken, do we have a status on the mob? Or even the DDR camp?” I asked.

”Uhh, still no sign of the mob anywhere, they might have gone to a different road and hopefully they avoid this place for now. The DDR camp that you asked me to keep in contact with has now a few civilians leaving the place.” he said.

”Why? Did something happen?” I asked.

”The captain there said that a few of them went back to their houses to grab a few more supplies or some things that the camp doesn't have but only a few came back. The soldiers are still trying to keep order in the place so they didn't bother on checking out those who went missing.” he added.

”No one wandered back here though.” I said to myself.

”Unc, update on the shack?” I asked.

”Yeah, ah we finished on dismantling the shack and the bridge and I found out in the end part of it that there's a small water source that is connected to the canal system. We could set up a small irrigation with the help of our engineer here. He told me that we'd only need a few sacks of soil to cover most of the plot of land if we plan to make an irrigation system on the farm that we were gonna build.”

I nodded. ”How are we on food and other supplies?”

”We're still gaining more even if we eat like we usually do. Most of the source comes from your scavenging runs and we made a few harvests on the greenhouse and on the barn. We will start on breeding the fishes on the fish ponds and we could already harvest a few fishes from there. Jo and his family started on making salted eggs from the chickens so it could last a lot longer and the milk from the goats are also preserved and some of them are being turned to cheese or butter. In our increasing numbers, the plot of land being turned into a farm for produce is vital.” Rin reported.

”That's great guys. After we secure this place, I'll start on teaching classes for you guys. It could be combat training by using ranged weapons, hand-to-hand or close combat weapons. While we are here, try to learn from others whatever skill you could find useful. Charlotte is good with plants and Derek is good with animals. There's a lot of people here that could teach you various things even from watching them work. Any questions?” I said.

”I'm still doing the watch duty for all three shifts as a self-inflicted punishment, though the schedule is set, I still would want to do it. Can the schedule be changed?” Mark asked.