Chapter 284 First Encounter

Zhou Chong glanced at it and resisted the urge to swallow.

Hold on!

I hope to manage the base!

Just as he was about to speak, Liu Xiuping added, "The eight-treasure porridge is ready. Help yourselves if you want some."

Pei Xiu and the others rushed into the kitchen, where Pei Yi also said to him apologetically, "Manager Zhou, can we wait until I get a bowl of eight-treasure porridge first?"

"……OK."

Pei Yi nodded slightly to him, then got up to serve the eight-treasure porridge.

Zhou Chong watched as they served bowl after bowl of porridge. Everyone was drinking eight-treasure porridge, but he and Cong Xue had nothing to eat, which made him feel a little awkward.

He tried his best not to look at the eight-treasure porridge and kept his expression steady: "We have watermelon, but no cantaloupe. Besides watermelon, we also have loquat and mango, but that's all."

It's not that we can't grow them; now that we have wood-type ability users, we can grow fruits that couldn't be grown locally before.

There's just not enough energy to plant more.

“Okay, then we’ll take all these fruits, however many you have.” Pei Yi put down his spoon. “Manager Zhou, name your price. Do you want crystal cores or supplies?”

Zhou Chong thought for a moment, then asked, "Do you have any medicine, cigarettes, or alcohol?"

Cigarettes and alcohol are naturally reserved for wealthy superhumans; others cannot afford them.

After the apocalypse, cigarettes and alcohol were sold at exorbitant prices.

"have."

Pei Yi was delighted.

As for alcohol and tobacco, aside from alcohol, they drink a little, but nobody smokes. It's said that Uncle Chen and Fan Chuan used to smoke, but after the apocalypse, they quit forcibly, and even after following the adults, they never went back to smoking.

I have plenty of these things in my storage space; I collect quite a few each time, but I've never used them.

"Then let's change to these."

"Can."

After Zhou Chong told someone to get some fruit, he hurriedly left with Cong Xue. Once they were quite a distance from the two-story building, Cong Xue smiled at him and asked, "Brother Zhou Chong, do you want some eight-treasure porridge?"

"Cough, no."

"Tch." Cong Xue's smile widened: "You think you can hide this from me? You loved to eat even before the apocalypse, and you always liked to go out and find delicious food. You didn't dare let your parents know about this hobby, for fear that they would think you were not doing your job properly and that it would damage your image."

Zhou Chong sighed.

He did indeed love food, a hobby known only to Cong Xue and his former assistant before the apocalypse.

Unfortunately, we won't be able to eat it anymore after the apocalypse.

The food I saw at Ling Ran's place today, even though it was just simple eight-treasure porridge, I could tell from the sight and smell that the chef was very skilled.

Zhou Chong thought to himself, now that he's a base commander, it's not too much to ask him to hire a cook to prepare food for him, is it?

"Alright, go to the park and see how much fruit is left to pick. If there are any that are almost ripe, use your wood-type ability to ripen them as much as possible. Once you've sorted them out, come to my office and call me."

"yes."

Cong Xue hailed a car and then rode to the park.

Feeling the scorching sun, Zhou Chong moved into the shade. The weather was so hot, and even though he was wearing long pants, he felt his legs were sweating profusely.

He was both annoyed and hot, his mind preoccupied with things, and as he rounded the corner of the building, he suddenly bumped into someone.

Zhou Chong frowned, about to curse, when he heard a sweet voice: "I'm sorry, are you alright? I bumped into you because I was running too fast."

At the corner, Zhou Chong was hidden in the shadows, while Xia Qianqian was bathed in sunlight. When he looked up at her, the light was backlit, and it took him a while to adjust before he could make out who she was.