Chapter 58:

Because it was powered on, it was hard to enjoy the coolness brought by the air conditioner. This happy mood didn't last long before it was broken by the Zhang family who came back.

Because the Zhang family next door has come back, Jian Chu and the others came from the balcony. They were afraid that any movement in the corridor would attract the attention of the Zhang family, especially if they left later, they should be careful. Letting them know that there is no one in their house is like opening the door of your house for people to come in and move things.

Although I don't know when Jian Chu and the others will come over, Mu Nan is always on guard, and almost habitually puts some things that shouldn't appear outside into the space, such as the box of watermelon after eating, the bottle of Coke after drinking , so even if Jian Chu and the others knock on the door suddenly, he can open the door for people to come in at any time.

As soon as he came in, Jian Chu said: "It's still your brother who has seen it all. You don't know how unpalatable the food in the cafeteria is, and there are stones in the food, but now the situation is understandable, and rice is impossible. Wash it for you, the taste of that dish is really indescribable."

Although it is good to be able to eat vegetables now, dried vegetables such as fungus and shiitake mushrooms are no longer available, but the taste is really unpalatable.

Mu Nan smiled and said, "I'm afraid that you'll get tired of eating too much steamed buns, so Yu Zibai will change the taste for you."

Mu Nan felt that if he didn't have a lot of food in his space, so he looked down on the big pot of rice in the cafeteria, Qin Huai would probably buy a meal like Yu Zibai to adjust the taste, and eat steamed buns every day without any salt, and people can't bear it live.

Thinking of this, Mu Nan suddenly realized: "No wonder the government didn't distribute rice later, only instant noodles. At least there are noodles and seasonings in the instant noodles, and there are a la carte and one or two slices of meat in the dried vegetable bag. If you encounter those The family really can’t get rid of the pot and can only rely on government supplies to survive, and even eat white rice for several months without a little oil and salt, how can people afford it.”

Jian Chu pursed her lips and hummed: "I think it's just because instant noodles are easier to store."

Yu Zibai looked at Qin Huai: "What's going on today?"

The two people who were talking on the other side turned their heads and looked over in an instant, Yu Zibo said: "It's not that you are not allowed to go out, but now that the Zhang family is back, if we all go out together, it will be really cold if someone empties the house. "

Qin Huai said: "Indeed, I discussed it with Nan Nan yesterday, considering the current temperature and death toll, I think the plague will break out sooner or later, so take advantage of these two days to find more supplies, and then try to stay behind closed doors .”

Yu Zibo said: "I think so too, so the food and water already at home should not be taken away by others, or else you will die if you go out, or you will die if you don't go out."

Jian Chu sighed, and he also knew that if he insisted on going out together at this time, it would be too willful. Although he felt that four people must gain more than two people, but he was also afraid that if there were gains outside, the house would be emptied. So he exchanged a glance with Mu Nan: "Then shall we stay at home?"

Mu Nan nodded: "Keep it."

Seeing his displeased expression, Qin Huai patted him on the head: "Don't worry, we will return as we go, and we won't lose a single hair."

Seeing that the two of them packed up and were about to go out, Mu Nan did the same thing as last time, put a bottle of water in Qin Huai's bag, and filled a jug full of ice with a thermos. Since the house has electricity, I put ice cubes in it. There is no need to hide this matter from Jian Chu and the others.

Jian Chu suddenly felt that he was not as good as Mu Nan in terms of carefulness. He never expected to pretend to be like this for Yu Zibai. The water he brought to Yu Zibai was completely frozen, but the temperature outside would melt in a short time: "I'll wait I have to get some ice cubes like this when I go home, and I need to find a thermos."

Yu Zibai: "The thermos is in a cardboard box in the closet in my room, you can find it later."

Qin Huai pulled Mu Nan aside: "Give me one of the walkie-talkies we have paired up last time, and contact me immediately if you need anything."

Mu Nan nodded, and put a walkie-talkie in Qinhuai's bag. Although they hadn't tried this walkie-talkie remotely, when they bought it, they said that if the surrounding environment permits, the distance can reach up to five kilometers. Now the surrounding environment can be said to be quite empty. I don't have any electronic equipment, and I don't know if the signal can reach this far.

Seeing that Qin Huai had packed his backpack, Mu Nan said, "Is this okay if you don't know the way?"

Qin Huai said: "Don't worry, I will cross Ming Road, if you have anything to do, contact me directly, don't worry about anything."

After Qin Huai and Yu Zibai left, the two of them had nothing to do. Mu Nan gave Jian Chu the things that he had shared yesterday: "This is yours. Yesterday I said that I would leave a bed for Xu Ming. I will give him this cream too." Got a few bottles."

When Jane first saw these things, she felt hot: "I regretted moving in yesterday. I can't eat or drink this thing, and I can't help but increase my calories when I look at it. What's the use of moving back?" Now I can't even take a shower. I can't wash it, I can only use a little water to scrub my whole body. I wish I could keep my body fresh all the time. Who would put cream on their body? They have never done this before, let alone now.

Mu Nan can't say that it will be cold soon, and these things can be used, so he can only say: "Keep it, these creams used to be branded products, very expensive, maybe they can be displayed for sale in the future, No matter what time it is, there are always some who are not bad for money or food, and maybe they will be willing to exchange them.”

Although Jian Chu felt that the people who were still exchanging food for these things at this time must have lost their minds, but they moved it up with so much effort, and it was impossible not to do it, so they packed up, and Jian Chu planned to drag it directly from the balcony to avoid the corridor. The movement on the Internet made the Zhang family discover: "Tell me, can their family hear the sound of the air conditioner at my house?"

The Zhang family on Mu Nan's side must not be able to hear it, it's too far away.

Mu Nan shook his head: "You shouldn't be able to hear it. Isn't your air conditioner installed on the balcony? Only my house can hear it, or the upstairs and downstairs. I don't know if anyone has come back from upstairs or downstairs."

Jian Chu said: "When their house came back yesterday, I thought our floor was burglarized. I don't know if they all came back. There is no water or electricity upstairs. Do you think they will go down?"

Mu Nan: "I don't know, maybe they just came up to pack things. Before they came back, my brother checked at the door and said he didn't see Grandma Zhang."

Jian Chu sat for a while and planned to go there. Now that the air conditioners are turned on on both sides, it is more comfortable to stay at home, but before leaving, he did not forget to say: "If you are hungry later, you can come and find me. What ingredients can I cook?" I'll help you." He still remembered that Mu Nan didn't seem to know how to cook, but someone else's elder brother was busy working outside, starving his younger brother to death.

Mu Nan said: "No need, I'll wait for my brother to come back and eat together. If I'm hungry, just eat some biscuits."

Jian Chu nodded: "That's fine, come and knock on the door if you need anything, I'll go first."

As soon as Jian Chu left, the room became quiet for an instant. Mu Nan had nothing to do, so he turned on the computer and played a movie casually, and put another walkie-talkie close by, making sure it was turned on, so that he could hear things as soon as possible. Then he took out a grapefruit and a big round packing box from the space. Qin Huai doesn't like to eat fruit very much. There are some grapefruits in the few that he likes a little bit, but he is always too lazy to peel off the bitter clothes on the outside and would rather not eat it. , I'm not idle right now, just peel a few grapefruits and put them in the refrigerator to chill later, Qin Huai will feel more comfortable eating them when he comes back.

Mu Nan peeled a large lunch box full of grapefruits. Naturally, the peels of grapefruits should not be wasted. He made some tips on the Internet before. The peels of grapefruits can be used to make grapefruit candy, honey grapefruit tea, and even detergent. You can buy a big bottle for less than ten yuan, and the whole box can be cheaper, so there is no need to toss the grapefruit peels. After all, what he does is not a hobby, but to maximize the use of limited resources, so he plans to use grapefruit The skins are stored in the space first, and when the weather is cold, they are taken out to make grapefruit candies. For this reason, he specially bought individually wrapped sugar coatings. When food is scarce, a grapefruit candy is the currency for walking.

After tossing the grapefruit, Mu Nan looked at the time, less than two hours had passed, smelling the lingering fragrance of the grapefruit peel in the room, looking at the walkie-talkie at hand, really wanted to ask how the situation in Qinhuai was, but this thing If it’s okay, it’s better not to use it blindly, so as not to make a sound outside, but it will be eye-catching. Now that the communication is cut off, walkie-talkies are scarce, so it’s not worthwhile to be targeted by others.

In order not to let himself be idle and thinking, Mu Nan got up to cook. He planned to make some sushi. Sushi has rice, vegetables and meat. When the epidemic was locked at home, everyone’s living conditions were not bad. Yes, you can basically buy whatever you want to eat, so at that time, all the things stocked in the space were cooked dishes, some heavy-flavored dishes, even if others smell the aroma of all kinds of meals from your house every day, there will not be many What do you think, the most you can say is that the food is so good every day. So he didn't waste that time cooking some food that didn't have a strong smell but could fill his stomach.

At this moment, because an unstable Zhang family came back from the floor, he could only stay at home, and it was a waste of time to sit and wait, which happened to be used for making sushi. The rice is the ordinary rice they eat, and the ingredients in it include some daily ingredients he bought, as well as pickles and bacon that he made himself, rice vinegar, seaweed, and bamboo boards were placed one by one, and the rice cooker dinged, Mu Nan He poured out all the cooked white rice and cooked a new pot.

Spread seaweed, fill it with rice, wrap it with cold dishes such as kimchi and Japanese ingredients, roll it with a bamboo board, squeeze it hard, and after a long roll is shaped, cut it into equal sizes. Mu Nan tasted a piece himself, The size is just enough to fit into the mouth without being too full. The acidity of the rice is just right, and the ingredients inside are also very appetizing. I nodded in satisfaction, and my hands-on ability is good.

When this thing can't be eaten openly in the future, it's so convenient to sneak a mouthful behind someone's back.

When Mu Nan's second pot of rice was just out of the pot, Qin Huai and Yu Zibai had already returned to the downstairs of the community. They went to the shopping mall today, and the harvest can be said to be very great.

When they went, there were already many people rummaging through the mall, and almost all the gravel on the top floor had been cleared away. The top floor of the mall was originally a movie theater, restaurant, and some snack bars. Although I don't know if the contents inside were emptied before the mall closed, it might be fruitful to search for it. There are many people who have this idea, so those who have no family members to save, or those who don't want to touch the dead body have been Go around in a circle around the mall.

When Qin Huai and Yu Zibai arrived, they saw a group of them gathered at a certain point and they were working hard. They probably had something to gain over there, so most of them gathered around. Qin Huai took a look and said, "Let's change Let’s find a place, it’s full of people, I’m afraid it won’t be able to bear the weight, are you familiar with this mall? Do you know the general location of the store?”

When he left, the shopping mall was still under construction. He had asked Mu Nan at home before, but Mu Nan said that he hadn't shopped much. Except for visiting the supermarket in the shopping mall on a whim, he basically bought everything online. It's too difficult to expect a painter to go out alone, so Qin Huai is relatively unfamiliar with the layout and structure of this shopping mall.

Yu Zibo said: "I'm still familiar with this place, but now I can't recognize where it is. I only know that one end of the shopping mall should be the movie theater on the other end, and the supermarket on the other end. Some restaurants and some small jewelry stores.”

Qin Huai said: "Then it depends on luck, wherever you turn, it's good luck if you can get something." After all, the mall has been closed for a while, and the food and drink inside may have been moved away long ago.

It should be said that they were quite lucky. After less than half an hour, Yu Zibai suddenly lowered his voice and called out to Qin Huai: "Qin Huai, come here."

Qin Huai walked over, and Yu Zibai pulled out a pressed stone slab. Under the slate was a snack cabinet, inside which he could grab out a handful of individually wrapped snacks. The ones he grabbed just now included hawthorn slices and plums. Yu Zibai is familiar with this brand. Jian Chu likes to eat their popcorn the most. A pack of 100 grams costs nearly 20 yuan. For a person who needs to work part-time to earn tuition and living expenses, this is already a lot. She spends extravagantly, but every time she gets her salary, Jian Chu can't help but buy a few bags to satisfy her cravings. He doesn't like to eat snacks very much, but because Jian Chu loves to eat, he will buy some occasionally when there are some discounts, so when he found the signboard of this store just now, he was vaguely expecting to find some food Come, did not expect expectations to come true.

Qin Huai quickly reached out to help move the stones on top, and looked around, because there was a harvest at the other end just now, most of the people gathered on the opposite side, and there was no one on their side, so he said: "Go down Check it out, I brought some black plastic bags, if there are not enough bags, put them in the bag."

Finding something that can be eaten is already a big gain now. It doesn't matter whether it is a snack or not, as long as it can be eaten, it is a good thing.

The two rummaged down quickly. Some of the food cabinets were blocked, so some of them were crushed, but the snacks inside were all good. The rotten ones were gone, the two of them cleared out the well-packed ones, filled two backpacks, and filled all the plastic bags they brought, and piled them all up on the cart. There must be more to dig.

Qin Huai said: "Let's go back first, and come again."

Yu Zibai also felt that this was an opportunity, so he walked back without any delay, and only hoped that when they came again, the entrance of the cave would not be discovered.

Things turned over in a trailer, and the two took turns to carry them up the stairs. After going upstairs, they went directly to Qin Huai's house, because there was a big iron gate in front of his house, and things could be left at the door without entering the house. It was dug out from the ruins. Although no one died in this area, there was a lot of dust and gravel on the packaging. It happened to be cleaned at the door before being brought into the house.

When Mu Nan heard the movement at the door, he thought someone was coming, but he didn't expect them to come back so quickly, so he quickly closed the kitchen door, put away all the things on the small table, and then heard the sound of the iron door being opened. Only then did he realize that it was Qin Huai and the others who had come back. After he glanced at the house, there was nothing that shouldn't have happened, and hurriedly ran to open the door: "Brother!"

Qin Huai said: "Put the things here first, and you can bring me some plastic bags. We found a food store."

Mu Nan said, "Do you want a plastic bag or a snakeskin bag?"

Yu Zibai was surprised: "There is still a snakeskin bag? Then I must hurry up and get it!"

Mu Nan returned to the house, and took out a bunch of bags from the cabinet: "You all take them with you, small snakeskin bags, big snakeskin bags, and black plastic bags, are they enough?"

Yu Zibai took the bag and stuffed it directly into the bag: "That's enough, are you all okay at home?"

Mu Nan shook his head: "It's okay, there is no movement at the Zhang family, are you going there again? Or should we go together?"

Qin Huai said: "No need, you stay at home, they will probably notice when we come back, it's better to have someone at home guarding."

Seeing that they dumped the things they found on the ground at the door, turned around and went downstairs with the trolley in hand, Mu Nan said, "Why don't you go in and drink some water to cool off? The ice has already melted. I'll change it for you." a little?"

Qin Huai: "No, the ice hasn't melted yet, so you call Jian Chu over to clean it up together, and you share a share."

Soon the two left again, Mu Nan sighed, closed the iron gate, then opened the balcony door, and knocked on the balcony glass of Jian Chu's house.

Jian Chu quickly emerged from the house: "What's wrong?"

Mu Nan: "They came back just now and sent some things up. Come here and let's clean it up together."

Jian Chu quickly got out of her house, closed the balcony door, and entered Qin Huai's house: "They came up? I didn't hear anything."

Mu Nan: "Maybe I was afraid that the Zhang family would hear it, so I kept my voice down a little bit. The things are at the door. Wait a minute. I'll spread a mat on the floor, and we'll get the things in and clean them up slowly."

When Mu Nan was picking up the mat, Jian Chu opened the door and took a look. Good guy, the aisle was piled up like a hill: "They dug up a treasure store? This is my favorite snack brand!"

Mu Nan laid out the mat, and brought in all the outside things, because they were all small snacks the size of a palm, and they were all scattered on the ground, covered with dust. Mu Nan fetched a small basin of water, put it in There are two rags inside: "Come on, wipe the bags one by one, after all, it's not good if the things in the mouth are stained with dust, first clear out what you like to eat, and divide the rest in half."

The two who were forced to guard the door at home finally found something to do, and the two who returned to the shopping mall saw that there was no one coming from their side, and it seemed that they found a candy shop there, and they were all gathered at the moment over there. So the two of them pushed aside the gravel that they had covered before they left and continued to dig inside.

Yu Zibai said: "In such a hot day, the sugar should have melted."

Qin Huai: "Those candies should have outer packaging. It doesn't matter if they melt. As long as the packaging is not damaged, you can directly drink the syrup with water or wait for the weather to freeze before it is set again."

The two of them said a few words and didn't speak again. Although the harvest made people full of motivation, they were really tired, so if they could save a little effort by not talking, they would save a little bit until there was nothing left to dig through. Only then did the person change direction, Yu Zibo said: "I remember this snack shop is next to a Japanese goods store."

Qin Huai has no idea about Japanese products: "Japanese products?"

Yu Zibai said: "It's just some things imported from Japan, such as mask cosmetics for girls, some Japanese snacks, and some Japanese local brand clothes. I remember passing by the door and taking a casual look. A pair of socks cost 100 yuan. Twenty-eight." The price made him dare not take another step into the store.

Qin Huai said: "Then keep digging, today's harvest is pretty good, even if you can't dig anything, this trip is worth it."

The store next to it was obviously cleaned up after closing, so there was nothing on the counter in the storefront. Instead, there were some squeezed boxes in the warehouse at the back. Qin Huai looked inside with a flashlight and saw that the boxes were damaged. I saw some cloth-like things here, and I don't know if it's clothes or something, but since I found it, let's dig it.

The things dug out of the first box made Yu Zibai blush a little: "It seems to be girls' underwear."

Qin Huai glanced at it indifferently: "Let's put it aside for now, and take it back when you can take it back later. Maybe you can exchange for some food when you set up a stall."

Seeing Qin Huai's calmness, Yu Zibai's embarrassment quickly dissipated, and then he continued to search without distraction, and found several boxes, including men's underwear, which made Yu Zibai very happy, after all, they got it last time There are quite a few clothes and trousers, but there are not many underwear, and this thing is a consumable. Now that there is such a box, there is no need to worry about it in the next few years.

Seeing that the time was almost up, and their small trailer was almost full, the two stopped their hands and prepared to go home. As soon as they got off the pile of rubble, they were stopped by a group of people. The people who stopped them looked at their trailer The things on the table were not polite at all: "This side is our territory, of course you are not allowed to search, but at least half of the things you find must be handed in."

If Mu Nan was here, he would definitely be able to recognize the person who stopped them. He was the cousin and dog leg of the former leader of the trading group. He was also the person who saw him alone in the previous life and dug out a lot of things and robbed him. .