Chapter 82 Barbecue
"What's wrong? Why are you sad? Did I say something wrong?" Zhuang Mingxu rarely saw Lu Weiyi cry. Even when the Ji family had bullied him behind his back, he never cried once. When they met two days ago and saw that he had an injured leg and his face was full of tears, Zhuang Mingxu was shocked. Now Zhuang Mingxu was even more at a loss.
Lu Weiyi put his head on his shoulder and shook it.
Zhuang Mingxu hugged him and patted him gently without asking any further questions.
After a long while, feeling that Lu Weiyi's mood had eased, Zhuang Mingxu continued to ask, "How much stuff did Xiaoyi save? I heard from Brother Damu that you encountered a flood, and all the supplies you had before were washed away by the flood. And then you went hungry?"
"I secretly collected the supplies that were washed away by the flood. They didn't know I had space at that time, and I never told them. Apart from those bought from the restaurant, I emptied a shopping mall, which had a large supermarket with generators and frozen meat and ice cream in the freezer. I took them all away. There were also several clothing stores with daily necessities and the rest were miscellaneous items."
"Oh, by the way, when I went to find you, I took away all the supplies stored by the man in Dongshan County, leaving half of the food for the rest of the people, and took away all their ammunition. I also took away all the gasoline and natural gas tanks they stored, leaving nothing behind."
Zhuang Mingxu estimated the size of his space based on what he said, nodded, and thought that he might know something, so he asked, "Does Xiaoyi know what will happen in the future?"
Lu Weiyi nodded, "It won't be long before... (heavy snow)..."
Seeing that he had muted himself, Zhuang Mingxu probably understood what was going on. "Forget it, I won't ask anymore. Xiaoyi, do you know what will be missing next?"
"Cotton coat," Lu Weiyi said carefully.
Zhuang Mingxu was a little surprised. He was asking about what would happen next. It was only August and the hottest time of the year, but he was already short of cotton clothes. It seemed that the weather was going to get colder. The temperature would probably be below zero when cotton clothes were needed. No wonder Lu Weiyi put away all the vegetables and fruits. After the temperature dropped, all the things that survived in the fields would die. He would have to wait until the next season to eat them.
Zhuang Mingxu thought to himself, and remembered the space that Lu Weiyi had just mentioned. There was a living tree and it was bearing fruit in it. So could vegetables and animals be placed there as well?
"You can put the vegetables in there. When I was sweeping the building with Li Zhuang, I saw vegetables on other people's balconies and put them in there," said Lu Weiyi, taking out the pot of cherry tomatoes that had been put in there before and picking one for Zhuang Mingxu, "They were green before, but now they're all red."
It looks like it can grow, so it should be possible to plant it. "What about animals?"
"No, my space is broken, and the ground inside is like the ground after an earthquake," said Lu Weiyi, lifting up his clothes to reveal his belly button, and moving closer to let Zhuang Mingxu see, "Put jade in there to repair it. The better the quality of the jade, the better the repair effect. I put a hamster in there to test whether I could put an animal in there, and the repaired place cracked again until I killed the hamster."
The white waist was slender and different from the softness of a girl, it had the toughness unique to boys. Zhuang Mingxu touched it and felt the delicate touch, which made people feel a little distracted. However, his legs...
Zhuang Mingxu didn't think about it any more. He took a closer look and indeed saw tiny lines on the jade pendant. They were not particularly obvious, just like the fine lines of fat on the skin. You couldn't see them without a close look. "How could it be broken? Does it affect you?"
Lu Weiyi shook his head.
"Is it because the space is broken that no living things can be placed in it?" Zhuang Mingxu asked, and without thinking about Lu Weiyi's answer, he continued, "Don't worry about that for now. We will focus on collecting jade and repairing your space as soon as possible."
"Yeah," Lu Weiyi nodded, "I just discovered that jade seems to be able to expand the space. I just threw a few pieces of jade in, and now I can put things in it. And," Lu Weiyi used the small green branch again, "it was about seventy meters long before, and now I feel like it has grown again. I wonder if it has anything to do with this."
"Then let's try it out later. Let's go eat first and think about what else we need to store," said Zhuang Mingxu.
"Aren't there still a lot of supplies at home?" Lu Weiyi asked.
"Yes, but the more supplies we have, the better. We don't know how long the apocalypse will last. What if the climate changes and there is no food supply..." Zhuang Mingxu deliberately slowed down his tone and clearly saw Lu Weiyi's surprised expression. It seemed that his guess was correct. The climate would indeed change, and his next plan would also have to change accordingly. "Xiaoyi, do you know what to eat then?"
"Millet, potatoes, sweet potatoes, cabbage, and radishes." Lu Weiyi thought of the reduction in grain production due to climate change and the kind of herbal cake that was popular among the lower class people. He smacked his lips and decided to eat two more pieces of meat later.
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Zhuang Mingxu wrote something silently in his heart.
"Is the cell phone useful? Should we find some information to store when communications are restored..." Zhuang Mingxu asked tentatively. Before he finished speaking, Lu Weiyi shook his head. He didn't know whether it would be restored in the future. Anyway, he would basically rely on shouting before he died.
It seems that there are still quite a few differences from what he expected. Zhuang Mingxu decided to test it slowly in the future, and he would always be able to get a rough idea without Lu Weiyi noticing.
"Let's go eat first, we need an IV later," Zhuang Mingxu said, and then he thought of the medicine that could not be regenerated in a short period of time.
"Okay." Lu Weiyi could already vaguely smell the aroma of barbecue, and hurriedly pushed Zhuang Mingxu out.
There are three barbecue grills in the yard. The meat is cut into thumb-sized pieces and served with green and red peppers mixed with the smell of charcoal. It has a pure and original flavor. Once the barbecue ingredients prepared by Xi Shi are sprinkled on it, a fragrant aroma bursts out instantly.
There were quite a few people in the group, but not many of them knew how to cook. Food was scarce nowadays, and a little meat was exchanged for a lot of grain. They couldn't be allowed to learn to waste. In the end, the ones guarding the three shelves became Xi Shi, Xiong Jie, Li Zhuang and Liu Rui, and the last one was actually Dean and Antonio's chef.
"You can cook barbecue?" Lu Weiyi found it a little unbelievable. They had never eaten together in their previous life, so he really didn't know that Dean had this skill.
"BBQ, very good." Dean pointed his thumb at himself and praised without any modesty. At the same time, he picked a few pieces from the shelf, put them on a plate and handed it to Lu Weiyi, "Try it."
Lu Weiyi took it and let Zhuang Mingxu take one. He picked up a pork skewer and took a careful bite. "Hmm." You have to say, the taste was really good, not too old or too tender, and just cooked through. He gave Dean a thumbs up, and Dean immediately smiled happily.
"Little boy, do you have any wine?" Li Zhuang asked vaguely, holding a skewer of some unknown meat in his mouth and quickly brushing oil on the dish with his hands.
"beer"
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Xu Sa and Xiong Jie shouted at the same time, looked at each other, and shouted at the same time, "Come on, everyone."
Lu Weiyi did not collect the alcohol on purpose. When he went to rescue Dean, there was a tobacco and alcohol store downstairs, so he collected all of it. The rest was collected from Li Ji in Dongshan County. He also took out a lot of beer and white wine, and gave juice and yogurt to several minors.
Several younger people took a can of beer, while Xiong Jie directly opened a bottle of white wine and poured himself a large glass. Xi Shi poured a little bit, raised the bottle and asked Antonio, "Do you want to try it?"
"A little bit." Antonio had heard of domestic liquor, so he didn't exaggerate at this time. He took a cup and pointed with his fingers. Xiong Jie poured him some and went to look at Li Zhuang.
Li Zhuang shook his head and shook the beer in his hand.
Lin Yimu and Ning Yuan, on the other hand, poured themselves half a glass each and drank heartily. The others toasted each other with beer, wine and food, as if the end of the world had not yet come.
Lu Weiyi was not used to drinking all kinds of alcohol, so he and Lu Xi each had a glass of juice to drink. The underage Dean, who was being forced to drink beer, said that beer tasted so good. Zhuang Mingxu still needed an IV drip, so he didn't touch any alcohol at all.
Seeing that everyone had some wine in their hands, Zhuang Mingxu wanted to remind them to be careful. After all, their group was not very low-key, and Lu Weiyi swept through most of the market during the day, which was really too much of a attention.
A mineral water distributor might not have meant anything in the past, but now it obviously means holding a treasure. Besides, he must be able to think of more than this, and others must think that they are still hiding. What’s more important is that they didn’t bring much supplies into the base, which means there must be space among them.
Fortune and wealth are achieved through risk. If no one dared to visit them just because of the few guns in their hands and the registered superpowers, then Zhuang Mingxu felt that this base had no future. After all, they are in different places. If such a person appears in Qingyuan base, Zhuang Mingxu will not be able to win him over. He will definitely have to test him privately several times and take a piece of meat.
In troubled times, if you don't eat others, you will be eaten by others. The so-called bottom line of kindness is something you are only qualified to do when you have become capable enough that no one dares to provoke you.
Zhuang Mingxu turned his head to look at the main force of the team. Lu Weiyi hadn't drunk a drop of alcohol, Li Zhuang didn't finish much of a can of beer in half a day, and the same went for Antonio. Lin Yimu and Ning Yuan each drank a few sips of white wine and didn't move much. Considering their alcohol tolerance, that was nothing. Guessing that everyone knew the limit, Zhuang Mingxu didn't go to spoil the fun.
"Come on, let's have a drink to celebrate that we're all alive and wish us all the best in the future," Gu Qingyue proposed, holding a can of beer.
"We have wine and meat and a stable life." Xiong Jie touched it first.
"Safe and smooth" Xi Shi also raised his hand, took a big sip, let out a slight hiss because of the spiciness, but smiled extremely happily.
"I hope we can live forever." Xu Sa touched it very solemnly.
"Eat...eat well...dress warmly" Liu Rui said in a concise and to the point manner.
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Everyone gave a toast, and in the end even Zhuang Aiyi, who was holding a yogurt, joined in the fun, shouting in a baby voice, "Tomorrow will be better."
Even though we are surrounded by zombies and the world is devastated, everyone still holds on to hope and prays that tomorrow will be better.
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