Jiang Wan pulled out a bottle of air freshener from some corner of her suitcase, tossed it to Jiang Xiaoxin, and said, "There's nothing I can do, just bear with it. It should be fine after Mom finishes cleaning and disinfecting."
Cheng Zhen, who watched the whole thing from the sidelines: ...
He's clearly very hygienic, okay?
It doesn't smell good, but it's definitely not smelly either!
"Stinky man? Why do you describe him as a scumbag who starts relationships and then abandons the woman?"
Thinking about it, he suddenly became serious and looked at the two innocent little ones with a curious expression. Did these two three-year-olds know something?
He couldn't help but frown, feeling that the road to peaceful coexistence with the twins was long and arduous.
Jiang Wan didn't spend too much time tidying up the room. She roughly organized her luggage, made a simple dinner for the two little ones, and then started making a list of tasks. These were all specialized instruments for conducting experimental data analysis, which couldn't be done just by looking at them.
Yu Fen came over and knocked on the door. He brought dinner, which he had gotten from the camp canteen: rice, stir-fried salted pork with wild vegetables, and a bowl of wild vegetable soup. Although the dishes were simple, they were much better than what ordinary people in the city ate.
Wild vegetables, of course, are the water peanuts that we went to great lengths to bring back today.
Yu Fen was very grateful to her. If it weren't for her, they wouldn't have been able to eat such hot and fresh green vegetables!
They have no shortage of rice, flour, and meat, but they really don't have any green vegetables. They eat dry food every meal. It is said that if this continues, they will soon run out of salted meat and will have to resort to consuming nutrient solutions to supplement their energy!
So, he excitedly prepared a large bowl of vegetables and a large bowl of soup for her, taking over Cheng Zhen's job of delivering the food, and happily brought it over.
I thought I would at least get a couple of compliments and make my presence known, but to my surprise, the expert didn't even glance at it and waved his hand, saying, "We don't need it, you can take it."
What's even more infuriating is that the twins were complaining vehemently: "Ugh, we don't want to eat these water peanuts! We have vegetables, and we have fresh meat!"
Yu Fen glanced around their table: braised pork, stir-fried bok choy, and mushroom soup.
Well, he finally understood why the team leader had handed him the lunchbox without a word as soon as he mentioned he was going to deliver food to the experts!
So he knew all along that this job would be thankless and difficult!
groove!
Yu Fen was furious and wanted to go back to settle accounts with Cheng Zhen, but Jiang Wan stopped him.
Jiang Wan handed him a list: "Get all this equipment ready as quickly as possible."
Yu Fen glanced at it briefly, clicked his tongue to indicate that he didn't recognize any of them, and handed the form to Cheng Zhen, who then consulted with Lao Chen.
Old Chen pondered for a moment and said, "These things can either be sourced from manufacturers, but there aren't any manufacturers near Xiangcheng. Even if there were, it might not be possible to gather them all at once..."
Cheng Zhen said, "I plan to go directly to the university town; they have a laboratory there."
Old Chen hesitated: "It's the end of the world now, people might not be willing to lend it to us."
"Then we'll just requisition it. Without botanical experts, it's a waste for them to keep the equipment."
Old Chen finally agreed, but warned him to be careful: "Beware of trouble from the inner city camp!"
He genuinely doesn't trust those guys in the inner city!
"Don't worry, Battalion Commander!"
The next day, Jiang Wan got up and prepared breakfast. After the twins woke up, washed up, and ate and drank their fill, she took them to the back of the camp.
The small pond was dug there.
Apart from water hyacinths, there wasn't a single green plant in the entire camp. Jiang Wan couldn't help but ask the young soldier following her, "Is it because you're worried about plant mutations?"
The young soldier knew she was an expert, and the company commander had instructed him to listen to her in everything, so he said directly, "That's one reason, but the main reason is that we discovered those green plants are competing with us for oxygen."
In an oxygen-deficient apocalypse, the level of oxygen shortage is unimaginable; humanity would not allow any species to exist that competes with them for oxygen.
But unexpectedly, green plants, which are supposed to produce oxygen through photosynthesis, will one day be disliked because they need to absorb oxygen for respiration.
"What about these water hyacinths?" Jiang Wan looked around and noticed that some shacks were still being built not far away, so they probably really planned to raise poultry and livestock.
She pointed and asked, "Now you're not worried about them taking away oxygen anymore?"
The young soldier, not very old and not very knowledgeable, could only scratch his head sheepishly when asked this question: "Isn't it because you, expert, are here? You'll definitely help us solve these problems!"
Do they still think she's omnipotent?
Jiang Wan chuckled, her expression unchanged, and watched the two little ones running off to play in the mud. She casually asked, "Did Cheng Zhen and Yu Fen go out of the city to hunt down monsters? Have them bring back some plants."
Since we're doing research, how can we do it without plant samples?
The young soldier looked troubled: "Expert, are you not in a hurry? Then please wait a moment."
"What's wrong?" Jiang Wan was quite anxious. People are just one breath away from being alive, and in this apocalypse, who knows when that breath will be gone!
"The captain and the others went to get those instruments for you. They left last night, and we don't know when they'll be back!"
Jiang Wan asked curiously, "Didn't you go directly to make the purchases?"
She also sensed something amiss in his words: "Where did they go to get the equipment? Is it dangerous?"
The young soldier immediately puffed out his chest, beaming with pride: "That's our captain! He's incredibly capable! He's the best in our entire camp! He's fearless even in danger!"
Jiang Wan was deaf to reason. He was a company commander, with a battalion commander and a company commander above him. He was the kind of company commander who could command a large group of people with a single shout. He was also the most powerful person in the entire camp.
Haha, looks like a die-hard fan indeed.
She patiently waited for him to finish his boasting before asking, "Then what are you worried about? He's so capable, he's just moving some equipment."
"Then you don't know..." The young soldier hesitated, only saying half of what he meant, before Jiang Wan asked him another half, and he almost spilled out all the conflicts between the inner and outer city camps.
Simply put, people from the outer city barracks are not allowed to enter the city unless there are special circumstances.
He wasn't worried about Cheng Zhen and the others' safety, but rather that they wouldn't be able to complete the mission.
If they find experts but lack the necessary equipment, wouldn't that be a waste of time?
Even the most skillful cook can't cook without rice! He understands this principle too!
Jiang Wan, reminded by him, suddenly stood up and said urgently, "Do you know where they went? Lead the way, I'm going too!"
She hadn't done experiments for several years and almost forgot that some instruments are very precious. If they were to accidentally break them, it would be a real loss!
The young soldier was immediately dumbfounded: "Huh?"
The equipment is important, but the safety of the experts is just as important!
The captain instructed them to protect the expert, but now the expert says he wants to take a risk. What should he do? Whom should he listen to?
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