The next day, Xu Lin got up at five o'clock, washed up, ate a sandwich, and prepared to go out.
After opening the third door, the door to room 801 across the street also opened. It seemed they were also heading to Longhua Shopping Mall. The two greeted each other and walked downstairs together.
After passing the 6th floor, the old lady who had previously asked Xu Lin to buy rice opened the door and said, "Are you going to Longhua Shopping Mall? I remember you have a kayak, take me there, my grandson hasn't eaten rice for several days."
"inconvenient."
"Why is it inconvenient? You're going the same way anyway."
"The kayak is mine, and if I say it's inconvenient, then it's inconvenient."
At that moment, the door to 602 opened, and the man who had gone to Xu Lin's house to borrow the kayak poked his head out, probably to see what was going on after hearing the arguing outside.
"What's wrong, Aunt Liu?"
“Xiao Liu, look at this girl, she’s so heartless. My grandson hasn’t eaten rice for days, and she won’t even take me to Longhua Shopping Mall.”
"Didn't I just lend you the last pound of rice I had yesterday? Didn't you cook it for your little one?"
"I've done it, I've done it. You see, people get old and their minds don't work as well anymore," the old lady said awkwardly.
Xu Lin and 801 didn't have time to listen to their idle chatter and turned to go downstairs.
“Let’s use one; it’ll be safer if we go together,” 801 said to Xu Lin, taking the inflatable boat out of his bag.
"Okay, thanks!" What a great neighbor in the apocalypse.
801's inflatable boat was self-inflating and had thickened anti-collision strips on the side, looking similar to the one in Xu Lin's space. 801 paddled the inflatable boat, while Xu Lin drained the water, and they set off. Yes, the rain was still pouring down relentlessly, and the inflatable boat quickly filled with water.
A few people were walking out of the neighborhood. Some were paddling large bathtubs or door panels, some were wearing swimming rings, and some even tied several foam boxes together and squatted on them. It was truly a case of the Eight Immortals crossing the sea, each showing their unique abilities.
They looked on with envy when they saw Xu Lin and her group's speedboat.
"Look, they have assault boats!"
"Can you give me a ride?"
801 ignored those who wanted to hitch a ride and went straight out of the community.
There were quite a few people on the way to Longhua Shopping Mall, so it seems that many people can use a radio.
Longhua Shopping Mall has been taken over by the government. The mall has a large ceiling, so the water only reached the second floor. A door was temporarily opened at a window that was originally on the second floor, and about ten armed police officers were maintaining order.
The shopping process was posted at the entrance. Only 20 people could enter at a time, and they had to come out within 15 minutes. Payment could be made by card, and food items were limited to one item per person. No wonder you had to bring your ID card.
Not many people knew about it, and Xu Lin and 801 were in the second wave to enter.
Ten minutes later, the first group of people came out one after another, each carrying a large bag containing a five-pound bag of rice, a five-pound bag of flour, two bundles of one-kilogram noodles, a one-liter bottle of oil, and some other daily necessities.
It seems that each person can only buy one bag of food with their ID card, and they must buy it in person, because the first group of people couldn't possibly be without family members, but they only took one bag of food.
This dashed Xu Lin's hopes of using the ID cards she collected in the underground parking garage of Xingfu Community to buy more bags of grain.
"This is outrageous! The price has increased dozens of times!"
"The price is high, and you have to buy it yourself. You can't even buy it for your family."
"There's so little time, I didn't even have time to buy anything else, and I still haven't found my wife's sanitary napkins. I'm doomed when I get home!"
...
The sounds gradually faded away, and it was Xu Lin and her group's turn to go in. After a quick look, they found that apart from food, the other goods were fairly plentiful.
The two of them each pushed a handcart, and they only had 15 minutes. They had already discussed and divided the work outside.
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