Chapter 38 Going to the Official Market
The difference from when they went there was that they had reduced a lot of their luggage!
On the one hand, the local tyrants collected protection fees and swallowed up large amounts of grain.
On the other hand, there was no place to store supplies in the shelter, thieves were rampant, and some even robbed people openly. In short, it was a complete mess.
Everyone felt regretful when they thought about giving up the nice villa environment in the resort and coming here to suffer.
But not all of them returned.
Those who were able to return were those who raised money for food and asked the rescue team to take them away, and then sent another vehicle to bring them back.
28 people went, but only 20 came back.
I heard that the remaining few people were so tired and slept so soundly on the first night that all the supplies they brought were stolen.
Probably everyone around had seen it, so they didn't even have a single eyewitness to testify, and they could only swallow the loss themselves.
Now those people have to survive on the little supplies distributed by the government every week.
But even with just that little bit of stuff, people have to take turns guarding it day and night, so that no one can steal it...
Many people from the resort went to the village entrance to watch, but everyone stayed far away.
Because the people who came back had an indescribable stench on them, which could be smelled from a long distance away.
It is said that the environment in the shelter is extremely poor and the daily water supply is very tight.
The government does not recommend drinking urban snow water, as it contains acidic substances such as nitrite, as well as various bacteria and dust, which can easily cause disease.
The shelter provides filtered bottled water, which is delivered and distributed daily by official personnel.
But that amount of water is not enough just to drink every day, let alone use it elsewhere.
They haven't taken a bath in more than half a month since they went to the shelter.
Coupled with the closed environment, the skin of these people looks like stinky tofu that has been marinated, so smelly that it drives people away.
The Gu brothers and sisters also went to watch the fun, and brought Lou Nan from villa 049 with them.
Now the relationship between these three people is very good. Because they want to ask for advice on planting, they get together almost every day.
Not long ago, when Mu Jiu heard Lou Nan introduce herself as a graduate student at the Academy of Agricultural Sciences, he realized that she was about the same age as him.
She just looked rather childish, which made Mu Jiu mistakenly think that she was very young.
Lou Nan has the cute and light-faced girl type, while Mu Jiu has the dark-faced and cold queen type, so Mu Jiu appears more mature and difficult to approach.
After watching the excitement, the three came back and reported to Mu Jiu, saying that those people moved back but had a big fight with the neighborhood committee people over housing issues!
After those five families followed the rescue team, everyone else moved to the inner area of the resort.
It just happened to occupy the villa that three of the families who left had previously lived in.
They came back and wanted to live in the original place, but the current residents were definitely unwilling to move, so an argument broke out over this.
Some shameless people, with their stinking clothes from the shelter, rushed directly into the living room of other people's villas, lay down on the clean sofa, and rolled and rubbed themselves, deliberately disgusting people.
They have all experienced life and death revolutions, so how can they get used to such things?
The new tenant simply took out sticks and kitchen knives from his home, and drove the man out while cursing...
Fortunately, Lu Ming brought people over in time, otherwise there would have been bloodshed!
Gu Yang was talking with great interest, and suddenly thought of something, and said to Mu Jiu:
“Sister, we heard from people who came back that there is an official market across from the relief center every Monday when food is collected.
It's very lively, and everyone can take all kinds of things there to exchange with others for the supplies they want.
In October last year, the government announced that the currency would be discontinued. Now we are bartering, which must be fun! "
Mu Jiu looked at Gu Yang's eager eyes and asked, "So you guys want to go shopping too?"
The three of them nodded sincerely at the same time, wanting to go!
They have been trapped in the hot spring resort since the beginning of the apocalypse. They haven't seen the bustling outside world for a long time. How could they not miss it?
As for why she had to come to Mu Jiu to discuss going out, it was because her car was probably the only one that could still be driven in the entire resort!
The hot spring resort is located in the far suburbs of the southern city. Even if you drive to the city center, it will take two or three hours, let alone walking.
But after seven or eight months of extremely cold weather, even if there were several cars in the basement of our villa, they could not be started and used normally.
Mu Jiu asked Lou Nan to go back and ask Lou's mother if she wanted to go to the city together, as tomorrow was Monday.
She also has people she cares about there, and she wants to go and see them, to confirm with her own eyes that they are not doing well, only then will she feel at ease!
Of course Mrs. Lou wanted to go. After being depressed for so long, who wouldn’t want to go out for a walk?
Everyone hit it off immediately, and during dinner time, they gathered in Villa 048 to discuss what supplies to take to the market for trading tomorrow.
Mu Jiu didn’t care. All her belongings were in the space. She had everything she wanted without having to think about it too much.
As for the others, the Gu brothers and sisters brought the mountain specialties of Wenquan Mountain, including wild chestnuts, wild walnuts and wild mushrooms.
The mother and daughter of the Lou family brought various vegetables and fruits that Lou Nan had grown himself.
These are things that cost nothing to them.
But in fact, for people living in the city center, these foods are extremely precious!
Mu Jiu and his group of five set out before dawn.
This is to avoid being seen by the gossipy women in the resort, who might gossip about them or even have bad intentions and steal from their homes.
This time, Mu Jiu was driving a brand new black Mercedes-Benz G-Class, an all-terrain off-road vehicle, which he bought from Hans Country for free.
The roads outside the resort had already been cleared by the rescue team's large bulldozers and were unobstructed.
Mu Jiu and his group arrived at the rescue center just at dawn. The building where they received the food was originally the municipal building in South City.
In order to ensure the safety of food transportation, storage and distribution, a food rescue center was set up here.
A large number of troops were deployed with guns to maintain stability.
Outside the municipal building is a large city square, which is also a landmark check-in point in the south city. It is now used for tens of thousands of refugees to line up for food.
When Mu Jiu and his group arrived, it was only 8 o'clock in the morning and the square was already crowded with people.
Mu Jiu remembered that in her previous life, in order to receive relief food earlier, she usually got up at three in the morning to queue up and grab a front seat so that she could eat rice earlier.
Because relief food needs to be collected on a per-person basis and cannot be collected on behalf of others.
Everyone had to come and line up by themselves, even an old lady who was paralyzed at home had to be carried out.
Only those who showed up could claim their share of food according to the number of people present and their ID cards, so there were so many people.
Mu Jiu and a few others stood at the very outside of the team, feeling a little scared when they saw the huge crowd of people collecting food in front of them.
This was the first time they had seen so many people since the end of the world.
But by the time it’s their turn to get the food, it might be dark!
The five people discussed it and agreed that people living in the resort did not need to eat official relief food for the time being because they still had enough supplies.
After discussion, we decided to give up queuing up for food and leave the share to those who need it more!
At this moment, in the market opposite, tens of thousands of stalls have already been set up, and people are bustling about, making it very lively.
Those who got up early and collected their food would go there to take a look and buy some treasures to take back.
Mu Jiu and his group came here for this purpose and ran towards the market excitedly.
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