Three days later, Gao Moli called Si Nan and said, "I have boarded the ship named Ou Li. There are quite a few people on the ship, about a hundred people, all from the coastal areas. Some of them came to Xingcheng for work, some to get married, and some came here for tourism in the hot weather and did not leave. Now they all want to return to their hometowns."

Sinan: "There are so many people here. Is the route safe?"

"It should be safe. We are all from the same hometown, so we will definitely help each other on the road. Although there is a lot of garbage on the water, the water level is deep and the boat will not run aground. There are also special people cleaning up large garbage at the bow. When I have nothing to do, I will lie on the side of the boat to fish out some usable things."

"There are a lot of bacteria in the water, so you can't use it directly. You have to watch what you fish out."

"I know, I can tell the difference. I won't use the things I fished out unless it's absolutely necessary."

"I'm glad you understand."

"Before we boarded the ship, each of us paid a lot of money for the ticket. Those who didn't have money could use food to pay for it. The money you gave is just enough for the ticket, and even if you save on food, it will be enough to get to City G. You don't have to worry too much about me. I will call you regularly."

"Okay, be careful on the road."

After hanging up the phone, Sinan tried to contact his uncle and aunt again. He didn't know whether it was because there was no electricity over there and their mobile phones were not charged, or because the communication network equipment over there was severely damaged and could not be repaired. In short, he could not contact them for the time being.

She called Sheng Youqing again, and the call was connected quickly. Sheng Youqing's slightly weak voice came: "Has Gao Moli left? She called me earlier, and to be honest, I really don't want to let her go. In such a disaster environment, I don't know when we can reunite after separation. I really don't want her to leave, but I have limited money and can't help her."

"Yeah, it's hard to meet again after separation." Si Nan sighed and changed the subject: "Is your waist feeling better? If it still hurts, I'll ask Cheng Su Ming to come over and take a look at you."

"I applied the plaster you gave me on my waist and it's almost healed. But I live on the eleventh floor, and I don't know if the water will rise again and flood my house..."

The two chatted for a while, and then there was a knock on the door. Cheng Suming's cold voice called out from outside: "Anan, it's time for dinner."

"Got it, I'll be right there."

Sinan hung up the phone, got out of the warm bed, put on furry cat-shaped slippers, opened the door and walked into the living room.

When the Dabai couple who were napping in her room saw her leaving, they immediately flapped their wings and followed her, fearing that she would get lost.

The living room was filled with the rich aroma of food, and Cheng Suming was setting the table on the right side of the living room.

He was wearing a light white knee-length windproof suit. He stood straight with his clothes spotless. After placing the food on the table with his slender hands with distinct joints, he scooped a bowl of rice for her and placed it on the seat where she usually sat. He looked quite mature and steady, and there was no sign that he was a smiling tiger with a kind face but a black heart.

I don’t know how he manages to keep his white clothes clean without any grease stains since he doesn’t wear an apron when cooking.

A man who likes to wear white clothes more than Si Nan, a woman, and is cleaner than her. Could it be that he has mysophobia from being a doctor?

Si Nan was wearing a set of cotton velvet pajamas that were common in the market in winter all over the country. They were tacky, ugly, and dotted with patterns, but they were extremely warm to wear. Her hair was tied loosely, her face was bare of makeup, and she walked to the dining table with the look of a stay-at-home girl.

There were two dishes and one soup on the table, including braised pork ribs with potatoes, boneless chicken feet with lemon, and fried egg and Chinese cabbage soup, all of which were Sinan's favorite dishes.

Si Nan's eyes lit up and he put a boneless chicken foot that was sour, spicy, white with a hint of red, and looked delicious into his bowl.

She didn't forget to put a piece of pork ribs with rich sauce, meat and bones attached, and excellent appearance into Cheng Suming's bowl: "How did you make three dishes today? Aren't you afraid that the aroma of the ribs will spread when they are roasted, which will arouse the suspicion of the neighbors? You didn't ask me to help you debone the chicken feet. Aren't your hands tired?"

During this period, the temperature in Xingcheng dropped to around 3-5 degrees, and there was no snow. It was a completely wet and cold weather, just like in previous years.

Sinan took out the diesel generator in the space, which could only generate one hour of electricity in three to five days. He turned the refrigerator to the maximum quick-freezing level, put all kinds of meat and vegetables in it, and froze the meat into hard ice cubes that could be kept for three to five days without going bad.

After the meat has completely melted in ice water and left for a day, she will generate electricity for another hour to continue freezing it, so as to avoid running the diesel generator all the time and attracting jealous attention with its rumbling sound.

If Cheng Suming doesn't go out and wants to cook in the house, he can take vegetables from the refrigerator.

"I'm a surgeon. Deboning is a daily routine for me. I don't feel tired at all."

Cheng Suming took a bite of the ribs gracefully, feeling the ribs fall off the bones in a second, with a rich meaty aroma and the unique sweet potato powder wrapped around the meat. He put down his chopsticks and said to her, "Someone was selling supplies at a wholesale market in the east of the city yesterday, and there was a lot of meat. Now I'm cooking meat and no one suspects anything."

Si Nan's eyes widened in surprise: "There are still people selling supplies at this time? Where does the meat come from?"

"The quick-frozen meat must have been stored until today by electricity generated at great expense, so that it can be sold at a high price." Cheng Suming put a large piece of tempting golden fried egg into her bowl, and a piece of emerald green cabbage with chopsticks, and reminded her: "Don't just eat meat, eat more vegetables, a combination of meat and vegetables is nutritionally balanced."

Si Nan doesn’t dislike eating vegetarian food, but if there are meat dishes during a meal, she will eat the meat first, and only eat the vegetarian dishes when she is about 70% full.

From the perspective of a doctor, Cheng Suming believed that she ate too little vegetarian food, so he often reminded her to eat more vegetarian food.

Si Nan finished the dish he had picked up without resistance, and reached out to pick up a piece of pork ribs, chewing it happily in his hand, and said to him vaguely: "Then this person is actually not worth it. He spent a lot of effort to stockpile supplies and sell them today. In the future doomsday days, money will be like waste paper. No matter how much he earns, it will be useless."

Cheng Su Ming reluctantly put some more cabbage into her bowl: "It may be useless in the future. At present, many places require money for transactions. That person may need money for something. Now many people who have heard the news are ready to go to the east of the city to take a look. Do you want to go?"

"Go, how can I be absent from such a lively event? I am almost going moldy staying at home every day."

After they washed the dishes together, they put on their raincoats and went out. The big white goose wanted to go out with Sinan, but Cheng Suming ruthlessly grabbed the goose's neck and locked it in the side-bed toilet. He turned around, locked the doors and windows, and went to the next door 1503 to call Cheng Wei to go out with them.

Yang Wentao contacted a friend a few days ago, and the friend sent him a speedboat to make it easier for him and Cheng Wei to go out.

As a matter of course, Cheng Suming, as his brother-in-law, could borrow his speedboat at any time, so that Sinan would not have to worry about exposing the space by taking out the speedboat again.

Cheng Wei held Si Nan's arm intimately and asked aggrievedly, "Sister-in-law, did my brother make you some potatoes and pork ribs? They smell so good."

Three days ago, Cheng Suming suddenly announced that his family didn't have much food left and would no longer take in freeloaders. Cheng Wei hadn't gone to the neighbor's house for three days.

Although Yang Wentao has been meeting her food requirements, the food he stockpiled at the beginning was always the same.

Ever since the hailstorm, the weather has been cloudy and rainy, so the solar generator could not be used, and they did not buy any diesel generators. The meat in the refrigerator did not last long and was all turned into bacon by Yang Wentao.

She doesn't like eating bacon very much. These days, she has been smelling the delicious food from next door, which changes every day, and drooling as she eats the dry food.

But she was very afraid of her brother. As long as her brother made a decision, she dared not disobey him and could only persuade Si Nan who was good at speaking.

Si Nan understood what she meant. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Cheng Su Ming cough violently behind him. Turning back to meet his warning gaze, Si Nan changed his words to: "If you want to eat, when we get to the east of the city, ask Yang Wentao to buy you some more meat and vegetables to cook at home."

Cheng Wei's face was filled with disappointment. It seemed that her brother's family didn't have much food left. Even her sister-in-law wouldn't let her eat with her. What a pity.

When the four of them passed 1502, Ban Tianyi and his sister were just going out. Seeing Sinan, Ban Tianna called out enthusiastically, "Beautiful sister, what a coincidence, are you going out too? Are you going to the East City Wholesale Market to buy supplies? Is there any vacant space on your ship? Can my brother and I squeeze in?"

After network communications are restored, if there is any disturbance, everyone will inform relatives and friends in the group or by phone as quickly as possible to ensure that everyone gets the latest news as soon as possible.

The news that supplies were being sold at the East City Wholesale Market spread throughout Shenxianyuan overnight, and it was probably spread even more outside.

Everyone has been trapped at home for more than half a year, and basically there is a shortage of food and they are in urgent need of supplies.

Those who have some spare money want to go and take a look, and buy if they can. Those who don't have money also want to join in the fun, which results in a scene of tens of thousands of people leaving the community and trying to get on the boats everywhere.

Si Nan did not refuse and nodded, "Okay."

Ban Tianna cheered and pulled her brother Ban Tianyi to thank Si Nan repeatedly.

A group of people went down to the stairs on the ninth floor. The water level stopped at a height that submerged the eighth floor. It was raining outside and the water level would not recede or rise for the time being.

A lot of people gathered at the stairs, and those who didn't have a boat were asking those who had a boat to squeeze in.

As the boat owner, Cheng Wei agreed to let four familiar neighbors get on board. Cheng Suming and Yang Wen rowed the boat, and when they got tired, Ban Tianyi and another man took turns rowing.

The speedboat moved slowly on the water. Looking around, the deserted water surface, which originally only had rescue teams shuttling back and forth, was now filled with many water transportation tools such as speedboats of different colors, rafts, and inflatable boats.

I think it was the continuous rain and the doomsday warning posts circulating on the Internet that attracted everyone's attention. In order to facilitate travel, many people gritted their teeth and paid for water transportation.

Along the way, most of the buildings along the way were about 15 stories high, half of which were submerged in water, while some of the shorter floors were completely submerged in the water.

The outside world turned into a vast ocean, and nearly half of the surviving residents of Xingcheng were relocated.

Today, the water is dark black, with all kinds of furniture, sofas, construction debris and garbage floating on it. Corpses are rarely seen. Some were cleaned up by people sent by the municipal government, some floated to the rapids and disappeared somewhere unknown, and some sank to the bottom of the water and no one knows where they are.

There was an unpleasant smell in the air, a mixture of the fishy smell of water and the strange smell of various rotting things.

Most of the people on the water transport vehicles watched these scenes numbly. Some people were coming out for the first time after a rainstorm. Seeing such scenes, they couldn't help but feel scared and were glad that they were still alive.

Two hours later, they arrived at a large wholesale market in the east of the city, which was a famous frozen goods and grocery market in Xingcheng.

It is not famous for its source of goods, but because the market is newly built, notoriously remote, and famous for its higher prices than other wholesale markets.

Most wholesale markets are low-rise warehouse-type markets, but this market was built like a large shopping mall with a total of ten floors. It was estimated that the water level had risen severely, and there were too many people hoarding supplies. They were afraid that the supplies would be submerged by the rising water, so they were in a hurry to sell them.

When they arrived at the market, the market entrance was already crowded with various water transport vehicles, and many of them had one person left behind to prevent anyone with ulterior motives from taking advantage of the chaos.

Everybody wanted to join in the fun. Fortunately, a wealthy boss who had moved all the supplies to the ninth and tenth floors had hired a lot of people to help out. There were also burly and strong people from the society who were holding machetes and long iron bars and wandering around to maintain order. As long as you paid a certain fee, there would be someone at the door to help watch the speedboats.

Yang Wentao used to see Cheng Suming and his wife always carrying a backpack whenever they went out, which carried some food, drinks, medicine kit, outdoor supplies, etc. He followed their example and carried a backpack with Cheng Wei every time they went out, just in case.

He took out the money for looking after the speedboat from his bag, and a group of people filed in. There were so many people inside that it was impossible to see the end of the crowd.

The ninth floor, which is the first floor above the horizontal line, sells food, and the tenth floor sells daily necessities, paper towels, clothes, outdoor products, etc. that are currently in short supply.

People were basically crowded on the ninth floor, frantically buying all kinds of food. Sinan and his friends took a lot of effort to squeeze in through the entrance. There were just too many people inside. Every food area was packed with people. They couldn't see what was being sold, so everyone went their separate ways.

Cheng Suming protected Si Nan and squeezed to a "meat area", where he found that there were quite a variety of meats, including pork, beef, mutton, chicken, duck, fish, and even seafood.

But they are all frozen goods, and the color of the meat does not look very fresh, especially some seafood, such as hairtail, saury, and octopus, which are so smelly that it is hard to describe. The price is more than thirty times more expensive than before the high temperature, but there are still many people rushing to buy them.

Si Nan took a look at the price, then thought about his empty wallet, and asked Cheng Su Ming eagerly: "How much money do you have left?"

"Fifteen thousand." Cheng Suming handed her the money he had with him. "If the money is not enough, I'll call Yu Yong and ask him to lend me some money. Go ahead and buy whatever you want. You're welcome."

Fifteen thousand yuan could buy a lot of things in the past, but now it can only buy a little over a pound of octopus.

Si Nan held the stack of money, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. "Why are you as poor as me? Aren't you a doctor? You didn't charge for treating patients before the high temperature? How much can your friend lend you?"

"I'm not poor, I just have my own principles." Cheng Suming stretched out his slender arm to block her from being bumped by the crowd. "Doctors abroad can do anything without any bottom line for money, but I can't do those outrageous things for money and go against my conscience. You also know that I am just the adopted child of Cheng Jindong and his wife. They have never treated me sincerely, especially after what happened to Cheng Qiming. They regarded me as an enemy. They bought me a house in Shenxianyuan purely for show. The actual living expenses I give me every month are pitifully small. I went abroad to study and graduated to work. I was self-reliant and earned my tuition by working part-time. If I hadn't had that dream and was in a hurry to return to China, I could have brought back more money for you. I saved Yu Yong's life, and he would give me as much money as I wanted."

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that." Si Nan felt very uncomfortable after hearing that and gave up the idea of buying meat products. "Don't borrow money. We have a lot of food stored at home. You should remind your friends to spend the money as much as possible and store more supplies for the future."

"good."

The two of them squeezed and strolled around for a long time. Staple foods such as rice, noodles and vermicelli were the most popular, and the prices were soaring that it was painful. Many people were as short of money as they were and could only look.

Some people even sell everything they have, or people who are not short of money buy in large quantities.

Since the hail and heavy rain disaster, the government has been busy with rescue operations and has not distributed relief food. Many people are starving and want to apply to go to temporary shelters to get a meal.

But unless the lower floors of the house are flooded and there is nowhere to go, the rescue team will not let you go to the temporary shelter at all.

It is unknown how long it will take for the government to distribute relief food. We finally found someone to sell supplies, and the government does not have time to deal with these private individuals selling supplies at high prices. If we don't want to starve to death, we can only bite the bullet and buy them.

Si Nan and his friend had no shortage of food, so they walked around the ninth floor without buying anything. Finally, they went to the daily necessities area, used their remaining money to buy a bag of toilet paper, two bottles of toothpaste and a toothbrush, then went downstairs.

Yang Wentao and his companion carried and carried large and small bags. They bought a total of fifteen large bags, plus packages of toilet paper, batteries, candles, flashlights and other supplies.

The two of them were covered with bulging plastic bags and appeared in front of Si Nan and the others as if they were fleeing, which made Si Nan very envious. It turned out that rich women are different. They can buy whatever they want without any worries.

Cheng Wei found that Si Nan and his partner were only carrying shabby paper towels, toothpaste and toothbrushes. She suddenly realized that her brother and sister-in-law were really penniless and had little food left, which was why they did not allow her to come to their house for a free meal.

She generously took two large bags of rice, noodles, meat, vegetables and other things and handed them to Cheng Suming, with a distressed look on her face: "Brother, sister-in-law, if you don't have food at home, just tell me. As long as I have a ton of food, you will never starve."

Cheng Suming: ...

Thank you so much. If I wasn't afraid that you would come over often to eat for free and expose the secrets of Sinan Space, I wouldn't cry poor in front of you.

A group of people came empty-handed but returned with full loads. The ones with full loads were naturally Cheng Wei and Yang Wentao. They bought two batches of supplies in total. Yang Wentao carried several bags of rice and flour weighing 50 kilograms onto the speedboat, which made the others envious. They all sighed that it was great to be rich.

A group of people paddled back with great effort. About twenty minutes after leaving the market, they turned onto the waterway sandwiched between two rows of eighteen-story buildings. Suddenly, many figures appeared on the windows of the buildings on both sides, peeking at them furtively from the windows.

Si Nan had a hunch that something was wrong, so he lowered his voice and said, "Everyone be careful, there might be something wrong with the residents on both sides of the waterway."

Everyone looked up and around when they heard that. Sinan took out a crossbow from his backpack, loaded it with arrows, and looked around warily.

Cheng Suming also took out the crossbow Si Nan had given him from his backpack, handed the paddle to Ban Tianyi, and said to Yang Wentao and the others, "We will act according to circumstances, try to ensure that the speedboat is not damaged, and rush out of here as quickly as possible."

Yang Wentao and the others nodded solemnly, "Understood."

Although Cheng Wei and Ban Tianna were a little scared, Ban Tianna said nothing and just sat there obediently.

Cheng Wei quietly took out a light and sharp scalpel that Cheng Suming had given her, ready to defend herself at any time.

There were three rafts leaving in the same direction as their speedboat, about seven or eight meters away from them. When they saw them all had their weapons drawn and were on high alert, the three rafts behind them felt puzzled and became wary again.

Just as they were salvaging wooden building materials floating on the water that could be used for self-defense, windows at different positions and angles on the nine or ten floors on both sides were opened, and then more than a dozen men armed with various bows and crossbows shot at the people in the middle of the water.

The goal is to shoot them to death and steal the food on the speedboat!

Realizing this, Yang Wentao's pupils suddenly shrank, and he and Ban Tianyi seemed to have a telepathic connection. The two of them took the oars, exerted all their strength, and paddled forward desperately, narrowly avoiding several inaccurately aimed arrows.

Si Nan and Cheng Su Ming also worked in perfect harmony, standing back to back on the left and right, and pulling the trigger at the archers on both sides.

The two men practiced physical combat and shooting at home every day. The hit rate of their iron arrows has reached 90%. The improved military crossbow has a longer range than ordinary crossbows, less recoil and high stability. Both of them are ruthless people. When they pulled the trigger, they did not hesitate at all and shot directly at the wrists or hearts of those who shot the arrows. Soon, screams were heard one after another.

The archers were shocked. They didn't expect that their prey would fight back even more fiercely than they did.

Those people quickly turned their attention to the speedboat in front, because the most food was piled on it and they couldn't let go of this piece of fat meat.

Who knew that the people on the speedboat, in addition to the two people who originally held the oars, there were four others who picked up some wooden boards, pots and pans and other things from the floating objects on the water, and all paddled forward desperately.

The speed was so fast that it was comparable to the speed of professional rowers. In the blink of an eye, they had gone a long distance away. Their arrows were shot densely, but not only did they not hit them, but several people were injured by the man and woman on the speedboat.

The leader had no choice but to order others to take over the injured man's position and shift their target to shoot at the other three rafts.

The screams coming from behind scared the people on the speedboat. The four people on the boat talked about it: "Oh my God! How scary! How can someone rob people on the water? Don't they have any sense of law? Aren't they afraid of being caught by the police?"

"The police are busy with disaster relief and maintaining order in temporary shelters. They don't have time to deal with these things."

"Those people are so lawless, robbing openly and not caring about the deaths? What about the people on the three rafts behind?"

"What can we do? Just ignore it! We are lucky we didn't get hurt. We don't care what happens to others!"