Chapter 171 Limited Time Star House
At about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the survivors who had been running around outside looking for food for a day dragged their tired feet back to the beach below the Cliff Hotel.
Because the island lost its supply of supplies, some places have become restricted areas that are difficult to enter. Food has become increasingly difficult to obtain recently.
People with connections can go to the official shelter, and the strong can form a team to search for supplies in the supermarkets that have not been emptied deep in the jungle, but some people who have neither connections nor abilities can only live a life of eating one meal before the next.
People who go out feel depressed and helpless when they think of their families waiting in the hotel. How should they tell their children at home? Say that mom and dad are useless, and let him (her) go hungry again today?
In the past, every child was a treasure. They could buy whatever they wanted to eat. They were chased for meals every time and were picky about food. The most common words at that time were: Let you go hungry for three days and three nights, then you will know the value of food and will not be picky about food!
But now, when they see that the children who used to be picky and spoiled and gave them headaches can even eat an expired cold and hard steamed bun and say it is delicious, the pain in their hearts is indescribable.
At this time, they want to go back to the past. They would rather see their children picky and willful than see them grow up early and understand the meaning of hunger...
I don’t know if it’s because they are too tired and have hallucinations. When they stepped onto the beach and were about to walk towards the cliff, they were suddenly attracted by a domineering fragrance.
That was the rich aroma of spicy hot pot!
And the smell of meat!
It was cooked food! It was cooked
food that was just cooked and still steaming!
People were attracted by the aroma and looked around. They soon found the source of the aroma because it was too conspicuous.
It was a silver RV. A sliding window on the left side of the car body was open. Inside the window was a long table that was as high as the window frame. There were two electric soup pots on it, one with a red spicy soup base and the other with a white soup base. Because the power was on, small bubbles would come out from time to time. There
was a handful of thick bamboo sticks in the soup. The bottom of the bamboo sticks was immersed in the fragrant soup, so it was impossible to see what was on the bamboo sticks.
But with such a fragrant soup base, no matter what is on the bamboo stick, it will definitely taste good!
Everyone was a little stunned. They didn't understand why there was suddenly such an RV with food on it on the beach they passed every day. Wasn't the owner of the RV afraid of being robbed?
They looked at the RV again and noticed a large piece of cardboard hanging on the right side of the window. On the top, five large characters were casually written in black pen: Limited Time Star House.
Below this line of large characters were several lines of small characters written in black pen. You had to get closer to see what was written.
① Barter, use what you don't need to exchange for what you need, and the exchange value is determined by the store owner.
② New store opening reward, a free oden for successful transactions, you can choose spicy or big bone soup flavor.
③ Promote civilized transactions, prohibit snatching behavior, and anyone who snatches items obtained by customers after normal transactions will be blacklisted by our store!
Those people looked at each other, but still couldn't understand what was going on. What does it mean to exchange things you don't need for things you need? What about food and drinks?
There is also a third rule. What if others can't exchange for things and come to snatch the RV directly? What's the use of this blacklist?
Some people don't understand the first and third rules, but almost everyone understands the second rule. So, as long as the transaction is successful, you can get free food! ?
Oden! ? You can also choose the flavor of the soup! ?
Some people hesitated and dared not come forward, but someone tried to shout to the window: "Excuse me, is anyone here?"
A middle-aged woman's face popped out from the car window. She was about 40 or 50 years old, a little fat, and looked ordinary. There was no expression on her face. She asked him what he wanted to buy.
"Food, food, is there any food? Any food is fine, instant noodles, bread, or white steamed buns, coarse grain steamed buns are also fine! The child is not picky about food now, he eats everything." The man knew that this was unlikely, but thinking of his son waiting in the room, he couldn't help but want to give it a try.
"How old is he?" The other person asked.
"Ah?" The man was stunned for a moment before he realized that he was asking about his son, "Four, four and a half years old..."
He said, but he was a little panicked in his heart. He wouldn't let him exchange his son! So he pulled down his mask again and added, "I need my son very much, he is very important--"
But the other party interrupted him impatiently: "What do you want in exchange for food?"
The man hurriedly unfolded the plastic bag in his hand, which contained several mutant fruits picked today. He didn't know what kind of plant they were originally from. Anyway, this kind of fruit is non-toxic and edible. It tastes a bit soft and rotten, not sweet or sour. It tastes like wood chips in the mouth, but it can fill the stomach.
"Is this okay?" He took out a few mutant fruits and handed them over, not knowing that in the process, the other party had already scanned him from head to toe.
Although the protective suit on the other party was not dirty, the original white color had turned a little yellow, and a sweaty smell could be smelled. It should have been worn for a long time, but he had always been very careful to clean and preserve it.
He had a clear and upright appearance. She knew that the T-shirt that showed the collar of his protective suit was a classic style of a luxury brand. He must have had a good family before the end of the world. But now his fingernails were full of mud and there were many scratches on the back of his hands. It looked like he was often out and about, and he didn't shrink in the building because of fear of the danger outside.
Even when he was talking politely, his brows were subconsciously wrinkled, but when he mentioned his son, his eyes softened instantly, and behind this tenderness, there was more reluctance and heartache.
After scanning, Youxi took the mutant fruit handed to her, put it aside, and then retracted her mind and took an opaque black plastic bag from the seat next to her. She put two cans of luncheon meat, two cans of rock sugar and snow pear, three packs of scallion ribs flavored instant noodles and a packaged rice.
She handed the bag to the other party, took a large disposable paper cup, and asked him if he wanted spicy or non-spicy.
The other party was stunned for a moment before reacting. He stared at the fragrant boiling soup pot in front of him and forgot to open the bag in his hand for a moment: "No, not spicy, thank you!"
Youxi took out a bamboo stick from the bottom of the big bone soup. On it were six beef balls tightly strung. She put the oden into the paper cup and scooped some milky white bone soup with a spoon before handing it to the other party.
"Thank you! Thank you!" The other party carefully protected the paper cup, as if afraid that she would regret it. He took two steps back and suddenly ran towards the hotel on the cliff.
The other people in the same team with that person were surprised. It was so easy to exchange for oden! ?
They also didn't know what was in the black bag, but they all smelled the aroma of oden, not only meat, but also soup!
Now they all moved, one by one, squeezed towards the car window.
Youxi's long table for placing soup pots was almost knocked over by them. She frowned, covered the two soup pots with transparent glass lids, and then knocked on the pot lids with a soup spoon: "Queue up! No deal for those who don't queue up!"
**
When Bian Yun rushed back to the floor where his team was with the oden, his legs bent due to hunger and fatigue, and he almost knelt down. Xiaozhi, who happened to come out of the room, held him up: "Brother Bian, what's wrong? Are you imitating me? Hahaha, you came back early today, did you know that something good happened! Go back and see if Jiajia is awake. If he is awake, take him and sister-in-law to Sister Wei's place!"
Xiaozhi said, and suddenly reacted: "Oh my god! What smells so good?!"
"Oden! It's a gift from the Star House on the beach! You guys should hurry up too! All of you go! Remember to take the things you don't need and exchange them for the things you do need! The oden is a gift, but there are only two pots. If you go too late, it might be gone! Hurry!"
Bian Yun's words were a bit confusing, but he still made Xiaozhi understand what was going on by gesticulating.
He immediately said that he would notify Sister Wei and the others, and everyone should go together!
Bian Yun nodded and couldn't wait to go back to his room.
His son is allergic to seafood. This time the family came to the beach for a vacation. It's okay that his son can't eat seafood. Most children nowadays are like this, allergic to this and that. There are all kinds of delicious food in the hotel, and they don't have to order seafood.
But in the current situation, all edible mutant animals are hidden in the dense forest far away from the beach. With the strength of their team, it is basically impossible to go there and come back intact.
So except for the fishy smell every time he eats mutant seafood, the rest of the time is really just vegetarian food and coarse grains.
His son can only look at the octopus tentacles that Weijie and her friends brought back a week ago, but he can't eat them. Now everything is missing. If his son has an allergic reaction and gets a rash and coughs after eating, there is not even any medicine.
At that time, his son looked at others eating the chewy and fragrant grilled octopus tentacles, but he could only eat steamed buns. The envious eyes and expressions made him feel distressed!
But now he can eat oden! This is not seafood, but also soup. The soup is milky white and has a strong bone aroma. It must be delicious.
Bian Yun returned to the room. His wife had woken up from her nap. She had been sick these two days and was not feeling well, so she stayed in the room with her son for the time being.
Bian Yun took off his protective clothing, hugged Bian Jia and kissed him twice, then handed him the paper cup directly: "Eat quickly, baby, this is meat, you can eat meat!"
Bian Jia's little mouth made a wow, and a surprised smile appeared on his hungry skinny face: "Dad is so great, Mom, Dad brought back delicious food!"
"Well, baby, eat quickly." Ye Bei half sat up, hugged her son's small and soft body from behind, and kissed him on the hair. However,
Bian Jia did not eat right away. Instead, he looked at the cup and began to count: "1, 2, 3...Mom, a total of six!" He began to count on his fingers, and then said, "...Dad, Mom, and the baby, two each!"
"Be good, you eat first, Mom and Dad are not hungry." Ye Bei's eyes were sore, and she hugged the little body in her arms tighter.
As a result, before she could finish feeling sad, Bian Yun beside her suddenly let out a strange cry at the black bag in his hand.
"What's wrong?" Ye Bei was startled by him, and hurried to help her son hold the paper cup in his hand.
Bian Yun never thought that there was actually food in the black bag, and so much of it, and each of them was a scarce food now.
Finally, he took out the bag that was tied tightly at the bottom. He slowly opened the bag, lifted the lid and took a look -
Bian Yun: !!! !!!
Oh my God! This is... curry chicken! And rice! And soup and fruit!
**
A long line formed in front of the window of the silver RV. Everyone came with something to exchange. Most people came to exchange for food, and some girls came and whispered that they wanted to exchange for some menstrual products.
Youxi basically responded to every request. Having experienced so many worlds and seen so many people, she could basically infer the other person's current situation and character from various micro-expressions, clothing details, and some subconscious speaking habits.
She originally came here to distribute supplies, and the so-called transaction was just a formality, but she felt that this formality was very necessary.
A gentle and smiling man took the black bag handed to him, opened it and checked it, then frowned: "What do you mean? You give others food and things to use, but how come I have two mutant fruits? I can't pick these fruits myself! Do I need you to exchange them for me?"
You Xi weighed the white conch in her hand, glanced at him, and said nothing.
Did he think she was stupid? She obviously had no shortage of food and water, but she was so stingy that she used a conch to exchange for supplies. She was not an idiot, it would be strange if she could exchange it with him! She
was too lazy to speak, and motioned him to look at the first item on the cardboard next to him.
The other party was not willing to give up, he was sent by the team leader to find out the truth. Now, most people living in the Cliff Hotel have their own teams. He can just grab anyone who has already changed their things and force them to check, but that would be tantamount to offending the entire team.
Before he figured out the truth about this strange RV, he would not do anything rash for the time being.
Moreover, if he was going to do something, he would go after the big fish. Instead of targeting the people who had already changed their things, it would be better to target the RV and take it down directly after finding out the other party's intentions. By then, all the supplies inside would be theirs, so there would be no need to change a fart!
He stood by and watched for a long time. No matter what was in the black bag, at least the people who had completed the transaction had very happy expressions, and it was true that each person received a portion of oden.
Although their team was not short of supplies, except for instant noodles, all other noodles, seafood and vegetables were boiled in water. After a long time, they had grown tired of eating them. He even smelled the aroma of the spicy oden.
But he waited and waited, but the other party never served him any, and even signaled the next person to come forward to exchange.
"What's the matter, where is my oden?"
"You don't have it." You Xi tightened the bag and handed it to the next person, and then took the spicy oden for her as requested.
The woman who took the oden saw the man next to her frowning and looking at her, so she quickly protected the paper cup in her hand and turned away.
There was a commotion at the back of the team, and the people who were originally in the queue turned around and immediately stepped aside, making way.
The team that came was the largest one here. Most of the team members were young and strong. It was said that they knew the people in the official shelter and could often exchange for a lot of good things. When people in other teams were in urgent need of medicine or food, they would also make a second purchase from them.
The other party was not a bad person, but they were not a good person either. The man standing by the car window with a dissatisfied face was from their team.
The captain's surname was Shao, and he was in his thirties.
He was impatient waiting in the hotel, and the aroma of oden was floating in the air, so he couldn't help but bring people down in person.
"Which shelter are you from? What's your purpose? Do you know where this place is?" The other person came to the car window and looked at the person in the car window with a smile, "We don't welcome people of unknown origin here, get off the car, let's talk first."
"If you want to change things, queue up, if you don't want to change things, leave." You Xi raised the spoon and pointed to the cardboard on the right.
The other person laughed again: "This is the first time I have seen someone who dares to give me orders here, get off the car, I don't want to say it for the third time."
You Xi glanced at him: "Are you stopping me from opening a store?"
"So what if I stop you? Did you get my consent to open a shop here?"
Youxi threw away the spoon, took out a loud speaker, and said to the other people on the beach who were staring at him eagerly: "The business hours of Xingxingwu are 24 hours every time it appears. Unfortunately, some of you don't welcome me and stop me from opening a shop, so I'm closing early today and the business is over."
The man's eardrums were buzzing because of the close-range horn sound. He slapped the car body with his palm: "Do you think we can come and go as we please? Close? Ha, if you have the ability, try to close one!"
Youxi looked at him, as if he was looking at an idiot, and then slowly uttered a word: "Close."
The next second, the silver RV and the people inside disappeared from the beach.
The other party was shocked and froze in place.
There was dead silence on the beach. After a while, some people gradually began to react. Slowly, everyone turned their angry eyes to the captain named Shao.
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