Chapter 131 Closing the Shop

The plaid backpack was finally in Tang Yi's hands. He was a little embarrassed, "How can I return this to the City Lord Sister? We don't even know her yet."

Generally, the emails children receive from the city lord are just notifications and they cannot reply.

An An raised her hand and suggested, "Just email it back to her. We didn't receive it, but my dad did, so he can reply."

"yes."

“My mother can also reply.”

The adults around did not interfere with the children's affairs, and just let them solve such small matters on their own.

They didn't pay special attention to where the city lord and his men were going. The city lord would suddenly disappear anyway, and there was no need to figure out the matter.

The last plaid backpack was given to An An, not for any other reason, but because An An's father was the most capable. They didn't understand, but their family members did and had mentioned it to them.

Children are actually very good at reading people's expressions. In the current situation, whoever has the most powerful parent has the highest say among them.

So An An went home with the plaid backpack, ready to ask his father to write back to the city lord.

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Xuantian City was bustling with activity, but Longjiao City was very cold. The family of three had been huddled in the bedroom to keep warm, but now the young man heard a creaking sound outside, and knew someone was outside.

If you ask why they can hear it clearly, it is because the city is too quiet and they can basically hear any movement outside.

In order to prevent the cold wind from entering the bedroom, the young man prepared to go to the living room to open the window and take a look.

The middle-aged woman called out to her son, "Xiaochen, wait a moment," and handed him a cup of hot water. "Hold it in your arms to warm yourself up. It's too cold outside."

"Hey." The young man named Xiaochen grabbed the cup and wrapped it directly in his clothes without caring that it was very hot.

He immediately squeezed through the crack in the door and closed the door, but the middle-aged couple inside still felt the biting cold wind blowing in their faces.

He quickly walked to the window, closed his eyes and prepared himself mentally, then opened the window. The sound happened to be coming from downstairs.

As soon as he opened the window, the cold wind blew on his face, and his originally warm face immediately cooled down. For a moment, he felt as if his face was stiff.

However, he still stretched his head slightly and saw the patrolling NPCs under the window. "Ah...NPCs."

Yes, they were the only ones who could walk around in the city at this time. I thought someone in the city was going to leave here together.

He immediately closed the window and ran back to the bedroom with his neck hunched.

"They're the patrolling NPCs. I guess no one dares to leave right now. It's so cold! I felt like the hairs on my face were frosted."

The middle-aged couple was a little disappointed, "Come over and warm up."

The ordinary residents here were very disappointed, but He Ange was living a happy life in the City Lord's Mansion.

A pile of firewood was burning in the fireplace in the mansion. Although the ordinary residents no longer went out to collect firewood, the families of the professional residents did.

Later, it was discussed to let them come out and hand over 90% of the supplies, but those people were ignorant and still refused to come out.

Unfortunately, some professional residents have now turned away from him. Thinking of the two city lords he knew who disbanded the city-state and left, He Ange didn't want that to happen.

Just like he is the city lord now, he can stay in the warm city lord's mansion with sufficient resources. Even if he does not go out this winter, he does not have to worry about food and drink.

But what should we do next spring? Those people seem determined to leave.

He Ange sent an email to the members of his team, wanting to invite them to have a meal at the City Lord's Mansion, but no one has replied to him so far.

"You don't know what's good for you!" He gritted his teeth.

If this situation continues, his city-state will have to close down next spring.

Thinking of this, He Ange's face showed a fierce expression, "Since you are unkind, don't blame me for being unjust."

Some people in Longjiao City were not living well, but some were doing well, such as the professional residents in the city, who had no other ordinary residents to share resources with in the next half of autumn.

Their families collected a lot of supplies, whether it was food, vegetables, fruits or firewood, enough for this winter, or even more.

After the last incident, the deputy captain of the city lord's team was surrounded by a group of relatives who had lost their loved ones. Their cries kept echoing in his ears for a long time.

He also noticed the city lord's cruelty. At first, he was worried when he was questioned, but later he found that He Ange didn't care about the abandoned teammates at all.

Fortunately, a few of them survived. At that time, most of the flying geese were chasing them and did not pay attention to the few people scattered in the giant forest.

Although the deputy captain is usually strict, he was just an ordinary person before the end of the world. It took only a few months for him to transform into an extremely cold-blooded person.

He could not accept the indifference of the city lord, and he could not accept that he did not wait for his teammates and did not catch up with them. But they were probably the ones waiting to die.

All he could do now was to compensate the families of several of his teammates to the best of his ability. Some of those people just wanted to take the opportunity to extort money, while others really lacked winter supplies.

Now he was going out to buy some warm clothes and heating supplies for the family members.

The deputy captain's wife sorted out his clothes and said, "Wear more clothes when you go out. It's very cold outside." Then she handed him the coat that had been hung up in advance.

The vice-captain said sullenly, "It's okay."

The wife said nothing more, "Come back soon."

She knew what had happened a few days ago. This was her husband, and everything he did was for the survival of his family.

"Don't blame yourself too much. Going into the wild is risky. It's great that you're willing to help them buy supplies."

Even if these professional residents do not join the team, they have to go out. It is an undeniable fact that no one can or needs to be responsible for their safety.

The deputy captain put his hands on his wife's shoulders and rubbed them gently a few times. "Don't worry, that's all I'm doing."

He opened the door and walked out of the house. This was a guesthouse, and the surroundings were eerily quiet. There was no sound except the sound of his footsteps.

In fact, the deputy captain had never decided to settle here permanently, so even if he had saved up 5,000 city-state resources, he would not hand them over.

He Ange asked him at that time, and he retained the resources by using the excuse that his parents and his wife's family were fighting over the official resident quota.

Longjiao City has never been peaceful, and he knows in his heart that one day he will leave.

Before he knew it, he arrived at the gate of the hotel where he was staying and walked towards the tailor shop.

The filtering effect of the second-level city-state's protective shield is not as good as that of the third-level protective shield. When walking on the street, the accumulated snow submerged his shoes. Fortunately, he was wearing leather boots today.

When I finally arrived at the tailor shop, I found the door closed. It was already past ten in the morning, and the shop should have been open.

With doubts in his mind, he turned to the forging shop, but it was also closed.

Something is wrong.

After a walk around, I found that all the shops in the city were closed.

The deputy captain had no choice but to go home. His wife was curious to see him come back so early, "So soon, is there no one in the store?"

The deputy captain took off his coat and handed it to his wife. "No, all the shops in the city are closed."

The wife's hand holding the coat froze for a moment. "Can those shops still be closed?"

He nodded, "Of course, as long as the city lord wants."

(End of this chapter)