Chapter 250 Chapter 250 Heavy Fog
Forget it, don't think about those bad things.
Zhang Shuhui collected her thoughts and thanked her father-in-law gratefully. After a moment's thought, she said, "Dad, we have so much toothpaste and toothbrushes that our family can't use them all in a few years. Do you want to sell some?"
After all, it is something with a shelf life.
Although the shelter is short of supplies, people don’t mind too much, but it is inevitable that people will bargain for the price after the expiration date.
"Next time." He Junxia shook her head: "Keep some of these daily necessities at home, and I'll give the rest to the children."
"There's still plenty left in the shops out there. I can go out tomorrow and bring back a few more big bags. It doesn't matter whether I sell them or give them away."
That's true.
Zong Kangping and Zhang Shuhui had no objection.
After all, these were things the old man brought back himself, so he could do whatever he wanted with them, and it was not their turn to interfere.
Besides, those children are sensible and grateful, and they have protected her. It is better to give it to them than to her ungrateful relatives.
But I still have to send some things to my mom from time to time.
Although there is no longer much affection between brothers and sisters, the grace of parents in giving birth and raising them cannot be forgotten, and daughters naturally have to fulfill their filial duties.
I hate that I didn’t even get to see my father for the last time.
Zhang Shuhui was upset but didn't show it on her face. Everyone was having a great time, and talking about those things would spoil the atmosphere.
As for her mother, she had already made plans. She would take advantage of her job in the cafeteria to deliver some meat dishes every now and then.
Let’s talk about other things later.
It's possible that as soon as she left the house, the couple would use it themselves or sell it for points.
It's so shameless.
The couple heated up some food for a midnight snack. He Junxia and Zong Kangping drank a little wine, then carried another bag of things to the orphanage assigned to the shelter.
Things like toothbrushes, toothpaste and combs are not rare and not expensive, but not everyone can afford them.
Clothes make the man, saddles make the horse
Let the children take a good bath later, so that when they go out to do business in the streets, they will not be regarded as beggars and despised by others.
He Junxia came to the orphanage dormitory carrying a big bag of things, and happened to have two dormitory managers there.
"Master Zong, you're here again?"
"yes."
"A few days ago, a few thugs followed my family. It was Xiaolu, Xiaoxuan and the others who saw them and rushed over to help, so nothing happened. I want to thank them very much."
The two dormitory managers were deeply touched.
"Underground surveillance isn't like above ground, where there are surveillance cameras everywhere. It's hard to catch people who commit crimes if they hide, so there are always some people who take chances."
"I have a cousin who lives far away. He was robbed when he was returning to the dormitory at night. He refused to let go and was stabbed again."
"Luckily, someone passed by and spotted him, otherwise he would have died. It took nearly half a month before the gang was caught."
He Junxia also sighed: "Surveillance is still better."
He took out two boxes of soap from his bag and handed them to the two dormitory managers: "Comrade Zhang, Comrade Xie, this is a gift from one of my customers. Take it home and try it. It smells like jasmine."
The two dormitory managers quickly refused.
"Oh, how can I be so embarrassed?"
“No, no.”
These days, a bar of soap costs dozens of points, which is not cheap.
Mr. Zong is a kind-hearted person. He not only often sends food and other things to the children, but also prepares meals for them for free several times.
How can I accept such expensive things?
He Junxia deliberately put on a stern face: "Why don't you want anything? You work hard every day to take care of those children. You made them behave well and didn't go astray. You saved my family."
"You must accept this thank you gift."
After what they said, the two of them felt even more embarrassed.
Although they are dormitory managers and are responsible for managing all the big and small matters of these children, the older children are sensible and spoil the younger ones, so they are not needed at all.
At most, I would write a report and submit a form every once in a while.
However, seeing that the soap was already in front of him, and after what Mr. Zong said, it would be embarrassing if he didn't accept it.
The two men hesitated for a few more seconds, feeling guilty, before accepting the soap and leaving, thinking that they would pay more attention to the children in the yard in the future.
He Junxia had no idea what the two were thinking, and even if she knew, she would just smile. If they wanted to care, they would have cared a lot earlier. How could they expect two bars of soap to change their minds?
As long as they follow the rules, that's fine.
He Junxia knocked on the door and walked into the dormitory. Since it was night, all the children were there and rushed forward to call for help.
He Junxia handed the backpack to Lu Yushi: "Xiaolu, you and Xuan Jun use a knife to cut each soap into two pieces. Each of you takes a small piece. Be careful not to hurt your hands."
There are now a dozen more children in the orphanage, more than sixty in total. Even if he is rich and capable, it is impossible for him to give one dollar to each of them.
Not to mention the funding issue, just having so many things is enough to make people jealous and have bad thoughts, which will actually lead to disaster.
Several older children carried their backpacks to distribute soap. He Junxia took another look at their toiletries, replaced the toothbrushes that were frizzy, and gave plastic cups to those who didn't have one.
The plastic cups are also produced by the two-dollar store. Normally, they can only be used for washing and cannot be used as cups for drinking water.
But now no one cares about these things. It’s good enough to have something usable, and whether it is food grade or not is a small matter.
After the older children, who were quick and nimble, distributed the soap, He Junxia took them to the bathroom at the end of the corridor.
Unlike public water outside the toilet, hot water is provided in the bathroom, but you have to pay for it.
Fortunately, it is a convenient project and the price is not expensive. The price is calculated according to the amount of water used and the charges are made in stages.
For the first five liters, you get 1 point per liter of hot water. For the next ten liters, you get 1.5 points per liter of hot water, and so on...
He Junxia knows the aunt who manages the water supply. She is also a caring person and often takes care of the children here.
After the two chatted for a few words, He Junxia inserted two ID cards into the machine, scanned their faces for recognition, and asked the children to line up in pairs and go take a bath in two teams.
He stayed at the card machine and chatted with the administrator. He took out the card and recalculated every five liters of water, clearly trying to take advantage of the loophole.
However, if the people don't report it, the officials won't investigate. The higher-ups are too lazy to investigate such trivial matters. Just establish a good relationship with the bathroom manager.
You can save a lot of points by washing the clothes for dozens of children.
He Junxia gave the management lady a set of toiletries and waited two or three hours to dry her hair with a hair dryer. The dirty buns turned into whole wheat steamed buns.
After all, I lost a lot of weight.
He Junxia thought to herself that the entrance and exit of the shelter had been opened, and the fog outside had dissipated. It would be nice to take the children outside to pick some mushrooms in exchange for points.
For this kind of thing, you just need hands.
However, there are a lot of mushroom spores in the air outside, and it is difficult for more than 60 children to take care of them, which would be even more troublesome if something went wrong.
Maybe after some time.
At the very least, you should wear a mask when you go out to pick mushrooms.
He first bought some processed gray mushrooms to nourish the children. Then he could take about ten children out each time, which would be convenient for them to take turns.
There are also Zong Yipeng and Zhang Lingjia. Even the smartest brains will become numb if they stay in the small dormitory of the shelter every day. They must see more of the outside world and experience the vast space.
He Junxia thought about it in his mind and soon came up with a plan.
After the red fog disappears, the danger on the ground is greatly reduced. The shelter will definitely not miss this good opportunity and will definitely send an official team to collect supplies to expand the safe zone.
He also wanted to take advantage of this good opportunity to go outside and collect more supplies, exchange them for points or barter them, and then take the children out after the situation gradually stabilized.
…
He Junxia is a man of action.
He turned down clients who came to him for physical therapy and spent nearly half a month out searching for supplies, making several trips back and forth every day.
In order to avoid suspicion from others, He Junxia did not just collect supplies. He would deliberately sell gray mushrooms when there were many people on the return journey.
There were also other brave people who ignored the danger warnings in the safe zone and went out in pairs to look for supplies.
As the saying goes, wealth and honor are sought in danger.
There are people who are afraid of death, and naturally there are also people with commendable courage. The first group of people who tried it made a lot of money and triggered a treasure hunt trend.
He Junxia simply stopped doing it.
Firstly, he had collected enough supplies, including food, clothing, housing and transportation, and had also prepared a lot of common medicines, so he should leave some chance for others.
Secondly, the treasure hunt was in full swing, and some people were hunting mutant insects to pay back their debts, so there were fewer people picking mushrooms, so it was a good opportunity for him to bring the children out.
Even if I can't pick many mushrooms, it's better to see the sky outside than to feel uncomfortable being cooped up in the shelter.
For the first group action, He Junxia only brought twelve children, most of whom were over ten years old.
Children from poor families have to grow up early. Without He Junxia's instruction, they started looking for and picking mushrooms diligently, fearing that they would not be able to earn points if they were slow.
In order not to implicate He Junxia, who had guaranteed them, they never ran around and stayed in the center of the shelter's safe zone, refusing to go any further.
On the other hand, Zong Yipeng and Zhang Lingjia, who rarely came out for a walk, jumped around with masks on, looking like naughty kids.
He Junxia had a smile on her lips, seemingly watching them play in a comfortable manner, but in fact she was not relaxed at all, and her outward mental power was always alert to danger.
Even though the guards clear out the mutated insects in the safe zone every day, they cannot guarantee that no one will slip through the net.
What's more, there are giant birds hunting in the sky.
Although there are more mutated insects on the ground and the giant birds have more prey to choose from, some giant birds still like to hunt humans.
A few days ago, a man who went out to search for supplies was unfortunately carried away by a giant bird, and his relatives cried heartbrokenly.
So he couldn't help but be on guard.
In the blink of an eye, two hours passed.
The growth rate and reproduction ability of gray mushrooms are terrifying. Even if they are picked in large quantities every day, it seems that they are inexhaustible and can reproduce into a large group the next day.
The children's large canvas bags were full, so He Junxia decided to take them back to the shelter to rest. However, they heard people shouting for help in the distance, and it seemed that someone was injured.
He Junxia frowned.
He released his mental power to carefully investigate the situation. Fortunately, those people were not too far away and his mental power could barely cover them.
However, after seeing the mutant creature that was hurting people, he was shocked again. It turned out to be a large gray-brown snake tightly wrapped around a young girl.
The snake's body was shrinking tighter and tighter, but the people nearby did not dare to act rashly. They just threw stones at the snake from a distance and shouted for help.
It's not that they didn't help, it's just that the snake was too big. Its body was thicker than an adult's thigh, and its pair of blood-red eyes were particularly creepy.
Even if he wanted to go forward and save people, he was suppressed by the blood-thirsty look in those snake eyes.
He Junxia concentrated on using his mental power to intimidate and drive away the snake. The snake stopped for a moment but did not intend to give up.
court death!
He Junxia transformed his mental power into several thin silver needles and stabbed them fiercely into the gray snake's brain.
The gray snake seemed to have noticed something, and raised its head to look around vigilantly, then stopped and tightened its body.
Unfortunately, it's too late.
In an instant, the snake's brain was disrupted by the invisible needles, and its body suddenly stiffened for a moment, then fell down softly.
The onlookers were so frightened by the sudden change that they took several steps back. However, the young girl, who was regarded as prey by the big snake, realized that the force that was clamping her had loosened. She used all her remaining strength to push away the snake's body and crawled out.
"Is the snake dead?"
Why did he suddenly stop moving?
The group of people surrounded the big snake, not daring to move forward nor willing to leave. Such a big snake, let alone selling it to a shelter for research, it would be great to just kill it and eat its meat.
As for whether it tastes like wild game or not...
What a joke. People have no meat and nothing to eat, so why would they care whether it’s game or not? If it’s good meat, it shouldn’t be wasted.
He Junxia withdrew his mental power and took the children back to the shelter, not caring about what happened to the dead snake.
However, the mutated snake was extremely rare, and it was the first time anyone had seen it. It spread throughout the shelter that afternoon and became a new topic of conversation for countless people.
He Junxia knew it even though she didn't want to know.
The official shelter offered 1,200 points for the mutant snake and rewarded each person with 100 points.
In this way, the people who discovered the big snake got more than 200 points, which was considered a big profit.
"It is true that those who survive a great disaster will be blessed in the future."
"If I had known earlier, I would have gone there too. Maybe I could have gotten some points."
"Forget it, it was all luck. If I really got killed by the snake, it would be more trouble than it's worth."
"We can earn back a hundred or so points in a few days of hard work. Don't try to take shortcuts or take risks."
"That's right."
He Junxia was in a bad mood as he listened to other people's excited or envious conversations.
It’s not that the credit and reward for killing the big snake were taken away by others, so he would not be short of those points.
First insects, then amphibians, clearly indicate that other creatures are also evolving and mutating. I'm afraid that before long, more and stronger mutants will appear.
He can help for a while, but not for a lifetime; he can help one person, but not everyone.
Human life is getting harder.
Can the shelter hold up?
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