Chapter 87: Steamed dumplings, egg pancakes, fried dough sticks...
"Our village has also requisitioned an abandoned house to be used as an exchange. I'll take you there after we finish our patrol."
"A barter transaction?"
"Yes, you can also see if there is anything you want to change later."
Jiang Rong and Zhao Caier were walking on a deserted village road, one on each side, chatting with each other.
At this moment, smoke was rising from the houses where people lived nearby. They were probably still making breakfast.
When Jiang Rong saw gray smoke coming out of the chimney of a roadside house, she remembered that she had not eaten anything since she got up in the morning. She cooked a pot of sweet potato porridge and kept it warm in a big pot in the kitchen, but as her grandmother Jiang Suan and the others were still asleep, she just waited and did not eat. Later, she was called out by Cai'er.
"Want to eat?"
Jiang Rong took out a bag of steamed dumplings and a bag of steamed dumplings stuffed with shredded radish from his 'pocket', ten of each, in small white transparent plastic bags.
These were also what she stockpiled from various roadside breakfast shops before the end of the world. In addition to 500 servings of xiaolongbao and steamed dumplings, there were also lard wontons, vegetable and egg fried noodles, shredded pork noodle soup, fried rice cakes, buns with various fillings, egg pancakes, sauce-flavored pancakes, fried dumplings, glutinous rice balls, hand-pulled pancakes, fried dough sticks, soy milk, rice dumplings, various steamed buns, tofu pudding, brown sugar steamed cakes, sesame balls, roujiamo, siumai, glutinous rice balls, duck blood vermicelli, tea eggs, rice rolls, soup dumplings, sesame glutinous rice cakes, glutinous rice cake fried dough sticks, Fuding meat slices, and so on.
Basically, she bought all kinds of breakfast in every breakfast shop she went to at a 20% discount for 50 cents each, and there were many duplicates.
But these were meant to be eaten at a time like this, and she had quite a bit of money in her pocket at the time, so she stockpiled them and didn't save any.
Anyway, it is highly likely that you won’t be able to buy it in the future.
All in all, during that time she spent about half a month in H Province, she visited at least one or two hundred breakfast shops.
Some breakfast shops are opened next to each other, with more than a dozen on one street. Every time Jiang Rong finishes buying food in one place, he will move to another place the next day to continue stocking up.
But she usually just stocked up on the go, not buying breakfast specifically for the sake of stocking up.
In addition, these breakfast shops are usually located at the entrances of primary and secondary schools, or opposite large hospitals and factories. In addition to formal breakfast shops, there are also a lot of small vendors operating carts.
Jiang Rong usually doesn’t buy large quantities of these push-cart vendors, but as long as they look hygienic, he will buy a dozen or so and stockpile them.
Zhao Caier looked at the steamed dumplings and xiaolongbao in her sister's hands, sniffed her nose, and then smelled a strong aroma of scallion oil and meat, then took the xiaolongbao with a smile. This one was handmade by the boss herself, much better than the frozen ones in the supermarket, with thin skin and rich and fragrant fillings! If you add the chili sauce and vinegar from the breakfast shop to eat together, the taste is even better!
Since the natural disaster, the breakfast she has eaten has basically been white porridge, sweet potato porridge, quick-frozen dumplings, quick-frozen wontons, quick-frozen glutinous rice balls, quick-frozen...
Although it was great that she could still eat these things in the end times, she would get tired of them after eating them for a long time. Now that Rongrong was back, she was simply her savior!
"Hmm, and this one."
Jiang Rong saw Cai'er take the dumplings and, knowing her food preference, he took out two small plastic boxes from his pocket and handed them to her.
The two small round boxes are only half the size of a palm and two centimeters high. They are used specifically for packaging small ingredients.
The two boxes that Jiang Rong handed over contained chili sauce and brown aged vinegar.
In addition, there is a pair of disposable chopsticks.
When Zhao Caier saw the aged vinegar and hot sauce in the box, she imagined how delicious they would taste. She couldn't help swallowing her saliva, then happily took it.
"Rongrong, I love you so much! My dear!!!"
Zhao Caier quickly patted Jiang Rong on the cheek.
Jiang Rong reached out his hand expressionlessly and touched his cheek which had been kissed fiercely by someone.
"Cai'er, please be reserved. Otherwise, in a few days, rumors about us will spread all over the village." Jiang Rong teased.
In those days, before the end of the world, the Internet was well developed and everyone was surfing online. Even in the countryside, everyone had trendy ideas.
Otherwise, the previous natural disaster prophecy would not have been able to spread so quickly in such a short period of time.
"They can say whatever they want, as long as we are happy~"
As Zhao Caier spoke, she poured the sauce and vinegar into the bag, then quickly took out her chopsticks and stirred it. After the surface of the dumplings was evenly coated with the red chili sauce and aged vinegar, she tasted this long-lost delicacy with a happy look on her face.
“It’s delicious!”
"Then eat as much as you can. If it's not enough, there's more." Jiang Rong was also eating the steamed dumplings stuffed with shredded radish in his hand. The taste was relatively light, but also very fragrant.
The two of them ate as they walked, not fast, along the village road.
The two of them now need to check whether there are any mutant beasts hiding around the village.
After Jiang Rong finished eating the steamed dumplings, he took a bag of steamed buns and gave it to Cai'er, and then focused his attention on the surroundings.
Most of the houses on both sides of the village road are intact and have basic anti-theft windows installed. In addition, many windows have wooden boards or sticks nailed to the outside, but they are not completely sealed, leaving some gaps for ventilation.
"Cai'er, are we the only two patrolling the entire village today?" Jiang Rong asked casually.
"Well, the arrangement in the village is that two people patrol every day and two people guard the village entrance." Zhao Caier responded while eating.
"Normally, I can just fly up to the sky and take a look and pretty much know the situation, but today, let's go for a walk together. I've been stuck at home for a month and it's really boring."
"Didn't you just go out on duty with Xin Jue a few days ago?" Jiang Rong asked with a smile.
"Him? You don't know his temper. Every time I chat with him, I feel like I'm talking to the air. If it's not a serious matter, he just ignores me. There's nothing to talk about today. Hello, Rongrong, you're much more normal, haha." Zhao Caier made herself laugh as she spoke.
"Sister Rongrong, Sister Caier, is it your turn to be on duty today?"
Jiang Rong was listening to Cai'er talking about everything under the sun when a familiar voice suddenly came from not far away.
It was Jiang Miao's voice.
Jiang Rong looked over when he heard the voice.
Jiang Miao was on the second floor of a residential building at the moment, and half of his body was exposed, greeting the two of them. Then he quickly retracted his body, quickly closed the window, and disappeared.
Jiang Rong and Zhao Caier guessed that the person had run downstairs.
Just waited there for a while.
"By the way, a group of people from the village will be going into the county town to search for supplies tomorrow. Xin Jue said he would be going out as well, so he asked us to help look after Grandma Xin."
Jiang Rong was not surprised to hear this.
The situation outside is much better now than at the beginning of the apocalypse. At least people can move freely during the day and basically don’t have to worry about attacks by mutant beasts.
There are still several hundred people in the village, and the supplies that everyone has stockpiled will eventually run out. When they are unable to meet their own supply needs, it is necessary to go out and collect supplies.
"How many people will be out? Will there be transportation?"
Going such a long distance to collect supplies without a car would be very inefficient. On the way back, one not only has to guard against mutant beasts, but also people from passing villages.
Of course, having transportation is the ideal situation, but there is no other way if you don’t have it.
"Probably half of them will go this time. As for cars, there are a lot of small cars. A lot of young people came back to the village around the New Year, so we can use them tomorrow. But... they also want to borrow the small van parked in your yard."
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