Natural Disaster Apocalypse

Chapter 106:

A few days later, the coal they exchanged was also delivered, but it wasn't too much. The family could only exchange three hundred catties at most. According to Xu Ming's calculations before, if you save money, you can use a little to warm the stove at night, and two at night. Even four catties, three hundred catties can last for two and a half months, and with the firewood they accumulated, at least they can last for a while. The coal was delivered here by car. There is no way, and it is not realistic for them to transport it by themselves now. How to get so much coal, the coal of the four families adds up to more than 1,000 catties.

In the end, Qinhuai and the others gave the porters some points and asked them to help move the coal to the garages of each family. Although they gave money, it was too cold outside and the snow was blowing again today, so they didn't do anything. Then, they all stepped forward to help with gloves on, and the speed of several people was faster, so that they could finish work earlier, and the cars outside hadn't turned off yet.

The four girls next door saw that they bought coal at home, and two came out to inquire about the coal. The upper limit for a family is 300 catties, and they have to register and wait in line, but when they heard the price, the girls were a little bit He hesitated, and didn't register right away, just said to go back and discuss it. Thirty points are needed for three hundred catties, and those who work hard for a day outside as coolies only get three to five points. They have to pay rent, exchange winter supplies, and eat and drink. Not every household has these thirty points. It was exchanged on that condition. If it was another one or twenty catties, they probably wouldn’t deliver it to your door. It’s not enough to consume fuel.

Mu Nan thought that they would have nothing to say when they went back to discuss the matter, but after a while, Sun Sisi, the liveliest of the girls, and Tu Juan, who had short hair, came out with points and said they wanted to buy coal. What they registered at the beginning was registration Two of the two girls registered as one household, so they, like Jian Chu and the others, had two places to buy. Once they made a reservation, they directly bought 60 points and 600 catties of coal.

Seeing Mu Nan's surprised look, Sun Sisi smiled and said, "Buy more, who knows how long winter will last, and if it's a year, it may not be enough. If winter passes quickly, the leftovers can be used next year."

Mu Nan is really curious. The girls don't seem to have ever gone out. Anyway, in winter, they are locked in the house every day and don't go out of the yard at all. That is, they went out for a while during the time of preparing firewood. Where did their points come from? Yes, there should be a portable space or something.

Probably because the doubt in his eyes was too obvious, Sun Sisi smiled: "Curious?"

Mu Nan was afraid that the girls would be suspicious, so he hurriedly said: "It's a little bit, but who doesn't have a secret yet, for the neighbor's sake, remember to take care of any good things in the future."

Sun Sisi smiled and said: "It's nothing, Guannan Road, you know, the most famous place there is a row of gold jewelry shops."

Guannan Road is the largest gold jewelry city in this city. There are many gold shops, second-hand recycling, gold jewelry ordering, finished product sales, and processing factories. They are all located in that area. It is closed, but some of the gold ornaments in the gold jewelry mall have not been removed. At that time, the entire gold jewelry mall was guarded by security guards. After the earthquake, the girls wanted to rummage for some food, but they also wanted to find some gold. , after all, the short-distance condition is here. After finding more gold, you can exchange food with others. Gold is hidden in troubled times.

When I got here, I was worried that too much gold in my hand would be unsafe, so I exchanged it for points and exchanged a lot of food for hiding in the house secretly. Unless the people outside here are interested in observing, they won't know much about the situation in their yard, but those who live nearby know it without observing. They don't go out, don't work, but they have food and drink, which is really attractive. Coveted, they also observed for a while, and felt that they could reveal a little bit of information.

Mu Nan was stunned for a moment, and Sun Sisi said: "We lived upstairs in that row of gold jewelry shops. After the earthquake, we didn't find anything else. We bought a lot of gold jewelry. After we moved here, we changed all of them. It became points, I stocked up some food, and kept a little in my hand for emergencies. I bought coal now, and there is not much left. If this winter is very long, it may not survive for a few months. Moved to the greenhouse."

If you don’t talk about some things, it’s easy to make people suspicious. Judging from the current relationship, the boys in their yard are all okay, and they are all relatively quiet. An Ansheng shuts the door to live his own life, and will not treat you They are very enthusiastic, and they will not turn a blind eye completely indifferently. Anyway, after observation, they must have no bad intentions, so they have discussed it a long time ago, and there is no need to hide some things. It is better than others if they have a chance to get a little bit of the bottom line. I don't know how to make random guesses. Now it is time to live a little bit, and people with a little righteousness will not covet other people's homes casually. In case the life becomes more and more difficult in the future, they are locked in the house without a job but they don't have to worry about food and drink. People misunderstand how many good things they have hoarded. Anyway, seven points are true and three points are false. Tell others directly that they do have things, but there are not many.

Mu Nan couldn't help but said, "No wonder, I was really curious before, but it's a pity that there were not many gold jewelry shops in my house at that time."

Sun Sisi said: "You are not bad either. You earn points by going to work, and you went hunting before. I saw the rabbits you brought back. We only have a little bit of bacon from the redemption point, and we have to save and save. Greedy I'm hungry for meat, when will you go hunting next time?"

Mu Nan shook her head: "Probably not going."

Sun Sisi let out an ah, obviously a little disappointed: "Not going? Why?"

Mu Nan said: "I can't hunt anything, it's too dangerous outside, I almost couldn't come back last time, and there are not many wild animals here, so I can't hunt them here, but I heard that the above is going to breed rabbits, although I don’t know if I can feed it, if I can feed it, maybe I can change it to some meat.”

Sun Sisi sighed and shook her head: "Then don't count on it. Meat is so expensive. We only have a few points left. We can exchange a few catties of rice at most. Don't count on meat."

The two were talking, Qin Huai, who had just put a board of coal into the garage, stopped and glanced at them, Mu Nan came to his senses instantly, and smiled: "Why did I chat with you, hey, I'm busy, Don't talk anymore, brother, I'll help you!"

Seeing Mu Nan chasing his brother and running out, Sun Sisi shook her head tut-tut: "Leng Ao Gong Zhonggou Shou? Unfortunately, I don't eat this one, even though it looks handsome."

All the coal was put into the warehouse, thanked the master who helped deliver the charcoal, everyone was panting with exhaustion, not because of the amount of exercise, but mainly because of wearing too much, and panting with a little movement, everyone said hello to each other They went back to their respective homes, Qin Huai asked Mu Nan to put his coat at the door, although he was wearing dirty clothes, but he moved so much coal that he couldn't wear them out without washing them, now washing clothes is a big problem. Engineering, especially cold-proof jackets, this jacket is so thick that it can't even fit in the washing machine, so it can only be washed by hand.

After the two coats were washed, an hour passed, and several basins of water were changed. If it wasn’t for the convenience of taking advantage of Mu Nan’s space to fetch and change water, the washing would have been even more troublesome. The two clothes were hanging wet on the wall beside the stove. Put it outside, not to mention dry, it will freeze in five minutes, so it can only be dried slowly by the stove, which may take several days to dry, but once the coal is taken back, it will be a long time without going out, so it doesn't matter.

After Qin Huai finished washing his clothes, Mu Nan forcibly made him a hand mask. The hand mask was not the kind bought from outside, but Mu Nan smeared it with thick hand cream, and then put on a disposable glove. Mu Nan doesn't know if it will be effective. Anyway, he and his brother haven't had chilblains yet. Jian Chu, Song Jia and the others already have chilblains on their hands and ears. If you want to use hot water, you must It’s not just that they use hot water for everything, but now that the stove is running non-stop, the water directly brings in the pots and buckets of snow accumulated outside to burn, so there is no shortage of water at all, so Mu Nan still feels that he is so tossing It is still useful to protect hands and feet, wipe face and ears.

Frostbite is not just ugly, it is swollen and painful, scratch it when itchy, it hurts so badly, don’t pick it, it is itchy to scratch the heart and liver, he had frostbite in the last life, even if he hides in the house He kept guarding the brazier all the time, and he couldn't escape his ears and face. The feeling was too uncomfortable, so in this life, he would rather toss a little more and spend such a little time every day on nursing, and he didn't want to suffer from chilblains.

To save Qin Huai from being bored, Mu Nan found a movie for Qin Huai, then took the notebook he used to work with, connected it to the hand-painted tablet and began to draw. Anyway, there is nothing to do now, so let's draw. See if he can find a channel to serialize, whether he can make money is the second priority, mainly because he has nothing to do now, he has to find some spiritual food for himself.

Qin Huai wrapped his hands around his waist, put his chin on his shoulder, smelled the fragrance of their shampoo of the same style, and saw a scene of ruins after an earthquake taking shape in his pen, said: "Think about it." Got a name? What's it called?"

Mu Nan tilted her head slightly: "How about calling Xin Xin?"

Qin Huai hummed with a long tone: "It's a bit clichéd."

Mu Nan clicked his tongue, shrugged his shoulders and pushed his chin away: "Then what's your name?"

Qin Huai said: "It's called... tomorrow? I hope everyone can have tomorrow."

Mu Nan said disgustedly: "Are you not clichéd? Well, let's call it tomorrow, although it is also very clichéd, we are not the same."

Qin Huai smiled, hugged Mu Nan from behind and watched him paint for a while, seeing that Mu Nan was obsessed with the painting and didn't want to talk to him, Qin Huai stopped bothering him, looked at the time, the hand cream on his hand was half wrapped It was too late, so I went down to the kang to wash it off. After washing, I took out a box of pine nuts from the cabinet beside the bed. When I had nothing to do, I watched a movie while holding a small basket to peel pine nuts for Mu Nan. Mu Nan likes to crack the melon seeds by himself After all, it is easy to chew, and the surface also has a smell, but pine nuts are not good. Although they are a little open, they can only be peeled by hand. If you peel too much, your nails will be easy to split. Although he also bought a lot of long soft-shelled pine nuts However, Mu Nan likes to eat this kind of red pine.

After Mu Nan finished drawing a frame, he couldn't help stretching, and when he turned around, he saw Qin Huai peeling half of the basket of pine nuts. Although the basket was only about the size of a palm, the capacity inside was not small, so Mu Nan went over to look at it. Looking at Qin Huai's nails, he saw that they hadn't been cut at all, so he pushed them away in disgust: "Why do I have the feeling that these pine nuts are just for people to order? You bit all the pine nuts in this basket with your teeth, right?"

Qin Huai shook the basket: "Yes, do you want to eat?"

Mu Nan got into Qin Huai's bed and said, "Eat, if you don't eat for nothing, don't eat."

Qin Huai squeezed his fingers: "It's really soft, the skin is crispy and the flesh is tender, even the nails are soft, although the nails are soft, but when you scratch me, it leaves a mark."

Mu Nan grabbed a handful of pine nuts and forced it into Qin Huai's mouth: "Besides, I'll scratch you!"

Qin Huai smiled lightly and hugged the person who had flung himself into his arms, and squeezed the arm that was on his body, well, it really was a small sugar cake, it was soft everywhere. Although it was soft, Qin Huai didn't plan to eat it now. During the day, he didn't even eat dinner. The two of them leaned against the kang, and went upstairs to water at about the same time, and those who watched the rabbits looked at the rabbits. The rabbits probably had nothing to eat outside. Mu Nan piled up the sweet potatoes and vines he bought before and piled them up to eat. I eat, drink, and don’t exercise very much. When I’m bored, I drill holes in the cotton. The living environment is cleaned every day. The life is too comfortable, so it grows more and more mellow every day.

It’s just that I don’t know if there are any little rabbits. Anyway, the two rabbits look quite chubby now, and their coat colors are similar. Mu Nan marked the rabbit’s ears with a pen to distinguish the male and female, but the female is not yet male. The rabbit is fat and doesn't look like it's pregnant.

Qin Huai poured water from the upstairs, and carried away Mu Nan who had a regretful expression: "Maybe it's because you watch them every day, making them nervous and embarrassed, that's why you don't think about them."

Mu Nan gave Qin Huai a supercilious look: "It's obviously a male rabbit."

Qin Huai said indifferently: "Then you can cheer it up every day, or give it some rabbit kidney next time."

Mu Nan laughed and said, "Rabbit waist, thank you for thinking it out, rabbits don't eat meat."

Qin Huai poked him on the forehead: "Biology class is gone, right? Who said rabbits don't eat meat? Rabbits even eat their own cubs and placenta."

Mu Nan was startled, he only knew that hamsters would eat their own children.

Qin Huai said: "So just give enough food and water. The rabbit's room should be cleaned once every three days. Too often it will make them nervous, because there is always a strange smell invading their territory. If they happen to give birth to cubs, they will feel Strange smell, they will even eat the young to protect the young."

Mu Nan sighed: "You are also a nine-year compulsory education, why are you so good?"

Qin Huai smiled and said, "Because I am your brother."

After cleaning up the upstairs, the two of them washed their hands. Qin Huai started to cook, and the rice was already stewed. Although there are ready-made cooked food in the space, the finished cooked food will not spoil if placed in the space. Given that Mu Nan has been doing well these days , he obediently ate light dishes, and his stomach never hurt again. Although he was still taking medicine, Qin Huai decided to cook him something with a slightly stronger taste than the light dishes, such as braised chicken feet. Anyway, Mu Nan I like to gnaw on this kind of small broken bones. Add a little shrimp and king oyster mushroom slices to the stewed chicken feet. There are meat, vegetarian and seafood, and then stir-fry a oyster sauce oatmeal, two dishes are enough.

Because of the chicken feet, Mu Nan ate this meal for an hour and a half. Fortunately, Qin Huai put the stewed chicken feet in the hot pot and ate it hot. After eating, it was frozen into ice cubes. After eating, Mu Nan held a cup of fruit tea with rock sugar and burped against the pillow. From time to time, he took a sip of sweet hot tea, not to mention Comfortable.

When Qin Huai finished washing the dishes and got on the kang, sat next to him and rubbed his stomach for a while, the two of them leaned together while chatting and watching variety shows, and when they were drowsy from the heat of the kang, the iron gate outside Suddenly it was knocked.

Mu Nan came to his senses all of a sudden, subconsciously took out his phone to check the time, it was only eight o'clock in the evening, and suddenly asked suspiciously: "It's so late, who could it be?"

In the past, eight o’clock was not too late, and many families didn’t even have dinner at eight o’clock, but now they have nothing to do and can only sit in the winter. Eight o’clock is already considered late, and many people fall asleep at nine o’clock. , so it's a bit strange that someone came to the door at this time.

Qin Huai got up from the kang, and brought Mu Nan's warm clothes buried under the other quilt. He knew that it would be impossible to prevent Mu Nan from coming down to have a look, so it's better to let him get dressed first : "I'll go upstairs and have a look, don't just open the door."

Mu Nan nodded and began to put on his clothes and trousers. Qin Huai went straight up to the second floor, and then walked to the balcony. Instead of turning on the spotlight on the roof, he took a flashlight to shine it out. There were three people outside, one person In the car, two people were standing at the door, wearing thick clothes, masks and hats to protect against the cold. Seeing someone lighting up the upstairs, they raised the forehead thermometers in their hands and shouted: "Take your temperature, please go ahead." Go to the door!"

It seems that their clothes are indeed similar to the soldiers who come to take their temperature every time. Even the car is a military car, but now many people rent cars to hunt, and the cars they drive are basically the same model, so it is not enough to rely on These things are used to identify people outside. Yu Zibai, who has already walked to the yard downstairs, looked up at Qin Huai. He was in the yard. If he didn't open the door, he wouldn't know what was going on outside or who was coming. I was a little confused when I called out to take the temperature. According to the time, it should be at noon tomorrow to take the temperature. Now the temperature is basically taken every half a month, and there is no need to measure it so intensively.

Qin Huai said: "Sorry, we've already fallen asleep, please come back tomorrow if we need to take our temperature."

The people outside were stunned for a moment, but they didn't give up and said: "Soon, we will not patrol here tomorrow after measuring today."

Qin Huai looked at Yu Zibai who was downstairs: "Go back, don't open the door."

Yu Zibai also thought it was very strange, so he turned around and went back to the house. How could he come to take his temperature so late? The most important thing is that he was not a soldier patrolling the area.

Seeing that they did not open the door, the people outside said: "If you refuse to cooperate, I will report the truth and you will bear the consequences!"

Qin Huai took a look at them, turned around and went into the room and closed the door, without paying any attention to them.

The people outside did not insist, nor continued to knock on the door, and drove away directly.

Mu Nan glanced out from the balcony on the second floor: "What's going on?"

Qin Huai: "I don't know, maybe it's a new tactic for burglary. If you can't climb over the wall, just walk in openly. Seeing that the owner of the house is more guarded and don't insist, and then find a new target. It can indeed save a lot of trouble."

Mu Nan said: "It's a pity that there is no Internet now. I know they are liars but I can't call the police to arrest them. If someone believes it and opens the door, it will be miserable."

Qin Huai took him downstairs: "Those people took advantage of this kind of loophole. There was no net, and the wind and snow blocked people. They must have been squatting for a while. They knew when the soldiers' inspections and temperature measurements were, so one day in advance. If someone happens to miss this point, they might be on the wrong track."

Mu Nan is a little strange: "Then why don't you come during the day? If you come during the day, the success rate will be higher. At night, people who are a little bit wary will not open the door easily. If it is during the day, take your temperature one day in advance to feel the possibility." It’s bigger.” If he came to knock on the door during the day to take his temperature, although it was a day earlier, he might not think too much at the first time, and maybe he would actually open the door.

Qin Huai said: "It's more likely during the day, but the chance of exposure is also greater. Who knows, soldiers will come to take their temperature tomorrow, and then tell them about it and let them investigate."

This is the only way to go now, I just hope that after such a long time of disaster, everyone will be more vigilant and don't open the door so easily.

The next day, the soldiers who were supposed to come over at noon to check their temperature did not come. It was almost five o'clock in the afternoon when someone knocked on the door. It was Qin Bing, who had migrated all the way before, and had been in contact with them for quite a long time, so he could hear the other party's voice when speaking through the mask, and Yu Zibai went out to open the door for someone.

Qin Bing walked in directly. Seeing that Qin Huai and the others had also come out, Yu Zibai opened his garage. At least it was not that cold in the room. In the past, the body temperature was taken quickly. He would scan the door, and he would not even enter the door, but because yesterday They want to report what happened at night, so it's better to go indoors and talk.

Qin Bing just wanted to remind them about this, but he didn't expect to be met by them last night. He was silent for a moment, and Xu Ming who was beside him said, "Someone has an accident?"

Qin Bing nodded. Now they are considered acquaintances. Qin Bing knows more about their personalities. He knows more or less. It was a boy’s, and it’s also the kind of co-renter, who was killed last night.”

Jian Chu was surprised: "Four boys?" Four, they are still men, so the value of force is not low.

Qin Bing said: "You are not very old, in your twenties, maybe you just thought that they are all men, and the number is not small, but they are not so wary. They opened the door for them, and how did they kill them? The autopsy may take some time."

Xu Ming asked sensitively: "Is there something wrong with the corpse?" Generally, those who die from trauma, especially this kind of burglary, don't say that the autopsy will take some time, not to mention that it can be seen at a glance, and it takes time to test. Evidence left on the body by the murderer, not the cause of death.

Qin Bing told them about this to make them vigilant, so he said directly: "That household is just like you. It has a kang in the house and a boiler. When we found it, part of the body was in the water in the pot. It is cooking, and part of it is burning in the boiler, so it has not been put together yet."