◎Happy 17th Day: I need to buy about ten boxes of this◎

Several children who grew up in the city have never burned charcoal at home and are action dwarfs who only have theoretical knowledge.

Zhao Jiahao and Jiang Muyun squatted head to head next to a box of smokeless charcoal, studying the instructions printed on the box.

Zhao Jiahao asked her quietly, "How much do you think we should buy?"

Jiang Muyun gestured at the length, width, and height of a piece of charcoal: "If I want to fill the grill with it, I'll need half a box for one grill, right?"

Zhao Jiahao thought about it and nodded in agreement: "Indeed. And it's said that it can burn for more than an hour, but that should be in its natural state. We are using it for barbecue, so we must fan it to help the fire, right? I think it would be good if it can actually burn for half the time."

Jiang Muyun expressed his approval of his professionalism: "Then how about we use up a box of charcoal in half an hour for our two grills?"

Zhao Jiahao thought it was a good idea: "Then let's buy four... five boxes?"

Jiang Muyun felt that this was not a good idea: "We'll leave in the morning and come back in the afternoon, so maybe we can have two or three meals. Besides, we bought a lot of vegetables that are hard to cook, besides meat. Will it take more than two hours to grill them all?"

Zhao Jiahao looked at the large bags of barbecue, reflected on his own inconsiderate behavior, and raised a new concern: "So, by this calculation, we need to buy more than ten boxes. How are we going to get them back?"

Jiang Muyun took out his cell phone and tagged the other two in the group.

"Let's buy three boxes and take them back first, and have Brother Wu and Sister Wen buy the rest. They can be put in the car with the water and shipped away at the weekend, saving us the trouble of carrying them upstairs again."

The two people who were unable to participate in the large purchase should be paid soon.

Qin Shiwu also said that he could buy all the charcoal. His SUV had a lot of space and could hold a lot of things, so Qin Shiwen only needed to buy water.

Li Anxuan, who had always been calm and reliable, made the decision: "That's great. Otherwise, we would have to carry more than ten boxes of carbon back and forth several times."

This kind of smokeless carbon is not heavy, but it is bulky and it is indeed troublesome to transport back and forth.

The carbon problem was solved, and the few people also bought a box of gas cylinders for cassette stoves.

Because the three of them were carrying a lot of things, they had to open the box of gas cylinders and stuff them into shopping bags so that they could get all the things home.

This time, they bought more things than Jiang Muyun and the Qin siblings had bought in the supermarket before.

The time they returned was exactly the time when the elderly people were taking a walk outside.

The three of them met Aunt Wang sitting and chatting with someone at the entrance of the corridor.

After Aunt Wang found out that they were planning to go camping, the three of them were pulled aside and scolded.

What you've been doing for too long, so why are you still thinking about running back to the mountains? How expensive is pre-cut meat in the supermarket? Why don't you just go to the market and cut it yourself? We used to burn our own charcoal, so why are you still paying for it now?

Zhao Jiahao and Li Anxuan had just moved in, and were only familiar with a few neighbors on the 15th floor. They hadn't even spoken a word to the aunties in the community, and were completely unable to cope with them. However, they were too embarrassed to just leave, so they could only stand there, nodding and accepting the scolding.

Jiang Muyun was chatting with the old people with a smile, and occasionally responded.

"That's right, this looks like a lot of meat, but actually most of it is onions, so it's not very filling."

"There are only three cookies in a box, but after they're packaged, it looks like there are thirty."

"The sticks used to skewer the meat are heavier than the meat itself."

"Look at this huge box of charcoal. It feels so light to hold. It's all hollow and won't burn at all. They're just trying to get us to buy more."

Aunt Wang weighed the box and said that what they bought might be fake carbon, without noticing Jiang Muyun's hand holding the bottom of the box.

A man is innocent unless he is in possession of a treasure.

In the centralized rescue center where Jiang Muyun was in his previous life, there were soldiers on duty 24 hours a day to maintain order.

But even so, countless bloody conflicts broke out in the relief centers due to competition for various supplies and even sleeping places.

It is impossible for people to retain much rationality in such a situation, and the bottom line of being a human being will continue to drop as the living environment becomes increasingly harsh.

They carried boxes all the way back when they bought charcoal, and the unused charcoal had to be carried upstairs, so it was impossible to hide it from anyone.

The problem is not the lack of things, but the inequality of things.

When extreme cold comes and electricity and gas are cut off, and a large number of people face a survival crisis, those who have several boxes of charcoal stored at home will easily become the target of public criticism.

Moral kidnapping is a minor offense, and kidnapping in a narrow sense is the most common thing.

Moreover, kidnappers usually choose to take the ransom for themselves and kill the hostage directly.

The order of collecting ransom and killing the hostages is randomly changed according to the mood and force value of different kidnappers.

Jiang Muyun did this because he wanted everyone to live a few more days, not to let them die on the spot, so of course the preliminary preparations had to be done well.

Aunt Wang, the community news source, is very suitable to help with this.

Jiang Muyun estimated that within two days, all the grandparents in their community would know that young people nowadays like to play tricks and are not satisfied with their good life. They go to the mountains to cook and eat, and spend a lot of money on fake charcoal.

The elevator arrived soon.

Facing the admiring gazes of his two next-door neighbors, Jiang Muyun waved goodbye to the aunties at the door, thinking in his heart how to trick the old neighbors into saving some things as well without being noticed.

It's because of human feelings, and also to avoid accidents in the future.

It definitely won’t work if it’s too early, as the old neighbors don’t have a taste for barbecue.

Jiang Muyun was not that kind-hearted. She would not risk exposing herself to warn others.

Then we can only wait until the temperature drops and see what happens.

The elevator went up, and the three of them carried large and small bags to the fifteenth floor.

Jiang Muyun's refrigerator is full, but fortunately the refrigerators in the homes of the two people in 1503 are empty.

After putting everything in 1503, Jiang Muyun went home, closed the windows, turned on the air conditioner and took a shower. After completing the process, he held a glass of ice cola and began to check the download progress of movies and TV series as usual.

After selecting a few popular foreign TV series and adding them to the download list, Jiang Muyun's phone vibrated a few times.

When she clicked on it, she saw that it was her roommates who tagged her in the dormitory group, sharing with her the results of their military training - a few black and white arms. They also asked her when she would return to class and whether she wanted them to help her get her textbooks first.

Jiang Muyun chatted in the dormitory group for a while, and then looked through the group of fellow villagers and freshmen she had joined before. Suddenly, an idea came to her mind, and she had a rough plan in her mind on how to remind the neighbors to stock up without being noticed.

Jiang Muyun exited the chat software, logged into Weibo, and found a few funny bloggers.

After clicking the follow button and reading a few jokes, Jiang Muyun, in a good mood, held his phone and clicked on [The 15th Floor is So Cold, I’m So Scared].

Together with Zhao Jiahao, she vividly recounted their shopping adventures to the Qin siblings. In return, she received a picture from Qin Shiwen: "The baby has grown up and knows how to forage. Mom is very pleased."

Jiang Muyun angrily typed three rows of question marks.

Before the weekend, Jiang Muyun's life remained relaxed.

I sleep until I wake up naturally in the morning, and then take Xiaobai out depending on my mood, and go to the wholesale market a little far away from the community to see if there are any vegetables and fruits that I am interested in and have not stocked up before.

When I come across a delicious breakfast, I pack a few portions and secretly put them in my space under the cover of my backpack, trying to keep them in the best edible condition.

When I get home, I’ll check if there’s any express delivery. If there is, I’ll take it all back with me. If not, I’ll buy a few portions of cheese baked meat from the small shop in the alley next door.

This store was recommended to her by Zhao Jiahao.

After that barbecue party and shopping, the relationship between the five people on the 15th floor has made rapid progress.

Sometimes when Jiang Muyun felt lazy and didn’t want to go downstairs, he would go to the group and ask his neighbors if there was anyone who wanted to go to the express delivery point after get off work.

Zhao Jiahao and Qin Shiwen were sometimes too lazy to move, so they would ask Jiang Muyun to help carry some things when she picked up the express delivery.

This cheese baked meat is what Zhao Jiahao always orders.

Later, the love for cheese baked meat spread to the entire fifteenth floor.

That’s really delicious!

It was so delicious that Jiang Muyun was ready to smash his piggy bank. When he bought dairy products wholesale, he also bought some cheese.

I hope the prices of domestic brands of cheese can be more affordable.

When Jiang Muyun gets home, he will take a shower and check the download progress of the spiritual food.

Sip a small pudding, or pour a glass of happy water with ice, and then search the Internet to see if there is any news about abnormal weather.

Although Jiang Muyun often searched, his attention shifted to all kinds of weird news.

When it was time for dinner, Jiang Muyun was too lazy to move, and didn't want to consume the food in the space, so he basically ordered takeout from various platforms.

Anyway, she always carries a backpack when she goes out, and no one knows what's in the bag. No one knows that she often buys groceries but also often orders takeout.

The takeout Jiang Muyun ordered was quite large.

Anyway, there is space, and in order to get the best discount, Jiang Muyun always buys more rather than less.

These flavors are eaten less and less as you eat them, so if you can, stock up.

Then, it’s time to package the fresh meat at home.

She bought fresh pigs, cattle and sheep from the slaughterhouse, and they all arrived whole and gutted.

In order to make it easier to use them later, Jiang Muyun took advantage of the free time to spread plastic sheeting on the ground, separate the various parts, and then pack them in food boxes.

Because the scenes were too bloody, Jiang Muyun turned on all three air conditioners in his home for cooling these days, and then opened the living room windows to work.

Otherwise, the smell would probably spread outside and make the neighbors think something happened to her at home.

Jiang Muyun stayed paralyzed at home for several days, doing whatever he wanted every day, completely at his own will without any goals or plans.

After having enough salted fish, the weekend barbecue party finally arrived.

The author has something to say:

The process of ordering takeout with discounts: choose something worth twenty yuan - the store will give you a 5% discount when you spend 30 yuan - add another ten yuan, and the extra item is equivalent to a 50% discount - the coupon gives you a 8% discount when you spend 35 yuan - buy an extra snack worth five yuan, not only can you get a snack for free, but you can also save an extra three yuan, what a profit!