Chapter 11 Supermarket

Over here, Song Zhao and Gu Yanlin swam straight to the nearest house as soon as they entered the water.

The house they chose was a two-story building with an extended terrace on the second floor and an attic on the roof. From the nearby Sleeping Water, only the pointed roof of the attic could be seen.

The two climbed onto the roof to catch their breath, then sank back down.

This area is already rural in City C, and the houses are quite old-fashioned, with doors and windows that aren't very sturdy. However, because the water resistance was significant, it took the two of them standing on the terrace and kicking the door a full 10 times before they finally managed to open it.

After kicking it open, he didn't go straight into the house, but swam up, climbed onto the roof, and panted heavily.

Neither of them had brought oxygen tanks, and their vigorous activity in the water increased their oxygen consumption; most people would have been oxygen-deprived long ago. Fortunately, both had undergone relevant training and had decent lung capacity.

After resting on the roof for a while and feeling myself recover, I took a deep breath and dived down again.

After successfully entering the room from the terrace, the first thing they did was open all the windows and doors on the first and second floors to make it easier to go out later.

After finishing this task, the two peeked out to catch their breath before officially entering the house to search for supplies.

The two sank directly to the bottom of the water and entered the house through the main entrance on the first floor. The first thing they saw was the living room, decorated in a classic style. At a glance, the liver-red sofa, coffee table, and dining table were floating haphazardly in the air. Only half of the television remained hanging on the wall, and the refrigerator, being quite heavy, had tipped over on the floor.

Because the underwater environment was murky and visibility was poor, the two could only make out a general outline. They found the kitchen through the blurry shadows and went inside. They had already roughly identified the function of some rooms when they opened the doors and windows.

The main goal of this trip is the kitchen; everything else is just something we look for incidentally.

The two searched the kitchen and were lucky. They found two gas cylinders, a 30-pound unopened bag of rice, a bottle of tomato sauce, and a can of oil.

The two didn't take any other items from Kaifeng. After being soaked in sewage for so long, who knows what bacteria might be lurking around? It's better to be cautious.

The two of them slowly dragged the items out of the water, starting with the tomato sauce and oil, then the rice, and finally the two gas cylinders.

"I should have let my sister do it." Gu Yanlin didn't have any thoughts when he was hauling rice, but when he got to the gas cylinder, he really started to miss the space.

A full gas cylinder weighs at least 30 kilograms. With the resistance of the water and the effort of hauling the rice, it took quite a bit of strength to get the gas cylinder up.

At this point, it's quite comfortable to have space; you can simply put it in the space, which saves time and effort.

Gu Yanzhi had been keeping a close eye on the water. Seeing the two of them come ashore with their belongings, he immediately rowed the inflatable boat towards the house. Zhuang Nanyang followed them over, leaving Zhang Qian alone by the big tree to watch the boat; being a boy, he was stronger.

Actually, this tree is right at the entrance of the village, not too far from the first house, so it can be kept under control.

"Brother Song, Brother Yanlin, you're in luck!" Zhuang Nanyang exclaimed after seeing a bag of rice among the supplies.

"Mr. Song, you've already made a harvest? That's quite a harvest!" Before they could even load everything onto the speedboat, Zhuang Nanyang's parents popped their heads out of the water to catch their breath.

In rural areas, houses are built quite close together. Although each family has its own yard, there is only a distance of 2 or 3 meters between two houses.

Every time I come up for fresh air, I bump into other people who are also catching their breath, and we'll chat for a bit and share our discoveries.

However, compared to Song Zhao and Gu Yanlin's good luck, the others were not so fortunate. They lacked the stamina to kick down doors like Song Zhao and Gu Yanlin, and could only search house by house for those without locked windows or doors.

However, the villagers in this village seem to have a good sense of security, as he has already checked four or five houses and hasn't found one that wasn't locked.

"No way, we can't even get into the house!" Gao Zhi and Liu Sisi, the young couple, also emerged from the water, complaining.

Like the Zhuang family, none of them were able to get inside.

"Um, Brother Song..."

"Come this way, I found a supermarket."

Gao Zhi scratched his head sheepishly, somewhat embarrassed, and wanted to ask Song Zhao and Gu Yanlin to help kick down the door so they could split the supplies they found. But then Uncle Zhang and Aunt Zhang popped their heads out from underwater a little distance away and shouted in their direction.

Hearing Uncle Zhang's shouts, everyone swam towards him. Gu Yanzhi and Zhuang Nanyang also paddled their speedboats towards Uncle Zhang's side.

Seeing the commotion, Zhang Qian became anxious. "Hey, wait for me!"

Uncle Zhang was quite far from the village entrance, about the middle of the village. As everyone got further and further away, Zhang Qian felt a little scared.

"I'm going back to pick up Sister Zhang Qian." Hearing Zhang Qian's voice, Zhuang Nanyang was about to swim back to get her when Gu Yanzhi changed the direction of the speedboat and said, "Let's go together."

Gu Yanlin also climbed onto the speedboat: "I'll come too, brother-in-law, you go with them first."

Because the items were found at Gu Yanzhi's house, Zhuang Nanyang had come over in Gu Yanzhi's speedboat for convenience and to save fuel. Zhang Qian was left to watch over the three speedboats by herself, as she had no way to drive them over herself.

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