Chapter 27: It's not that I didn't rob, it's that I didn't have the ability to rob
Originally, no one opened a shop on this street. After the Chenyang residential area was built, seven or eight more shops selling renovation and building materials appeared.
Someone saw the business opportunity and opened a small supermarket and breakfast shop here.
Next to the small supermarket there is a restaurant that serves brunch. Zhou Qiuyang has been here to pick up takeout before and is familiar with the area.
There were too few underwater supplies compared to previous times, and Xia Xiaoman had no desire to go into the water.
Wen Jianfeng took Su Ran into the water, and she and Xiao Zheyu sat in the kayak to keep watch.
The small supermarket was hit by the flood, with a big hole in the door. The things inside were washed into a mess, and a thick layer of sludge settled underneath.
But this small supermarket has a mezzanine floor where a lot of goods are stored.
The small supermarkets sell a wide variety of items, ranging from needles and thread and bubble gum to buckets, bathtubs and suitcases.
Adhering to the principle of not wasting, Wen Jianfeng and Su Ran took whatever they saw, and the fishing nets they brought down were filled to the brim.
There was everything in the fishing net, large, medium and small buckets, vegetable baskets, basins and clothes hangers, dozens of plastic stools stacked together, various brands of toothpaste, shower gel, shampoo...
There was a lot of food, too, including 2 kilograms of cake flour, bread flour mixed with yeast powder, vacuum-packed white rice, black rice, purple rice, noodles, egg noodles, buckwheat noodles...
Pack the seasoning packets of oil, salt, sauce and vinegar first, and then check whether there is any flood seepage when you return.
Instant noodles, turkey noodles, snail noodles, hot and sour noodles, mixed noodles, self-heating hot pot, self-heating rice, just throw them all into the fishing net as soon as you see them.
There are countless varieties of snacks, such as spicy strips and slices, hot dogs and ham sausages, spicy duck necks and dried fish, chicken wings and legs, salt-baked eggs, candies, biscuits, and beef cubes...
Wen Jianfeng and Su Ran’s way of finding supplies is different from Xia Xiaoman’s.
Xia Xiaoman picked up the big ones and didn't even look at the tiny bits of supplies in the corners or on the ground.
But Wen Jianfeng and Su Ran did not waste anything at all. As long as it was something usable and edible, they would find a way to move the shelf and take out the supplies, even if they were pressed under the shelf.
In such a small supermarket, Wen Jianfeng and his team managed to find enough supplies for two large fishing nets.
On the last trip into the water, Wen Jianfeng and Su Ran found three gas tanks and a gas stove in the fast food restaurant next door.
Not many people know about this supermarket. Even if they do, they don’t have the diving equipment to salvage it.
During the salvage process, several groups of people came to watch, and some tried to dive, but all returned in vain.
There were also people who wanted to stay and rob, but Xia Xiaoman raised his spear gun, and within a few minutes, all those who wanted to rob left.
We returned to the community safely, and the water level had just receded to be parallel to the fifth floor.
The supplies were moved into the building. Xia Xiaoman stayed there watching over the supplies while the other three carried the supplies upstairs.
Just as the three of them left, a raft came over and a family of three on the raft climbed over the railing and into the building.
Seeing the bags of potato chips on the ground, the little boy broke free from his mother's hand, ran to Xia Xiaoman, grabbed a few bags of potato chips and turned around and ran away.
Xia Xiaoman grabbed the back of his collar. Before he could say anything, the child's mother screamed, "Ah! What are you doing? Let go of my son!"
The woman rushed over with her teeth bared, and Xia Xiaoman kicked her away reflexively.
"What are you doing? Why are you hitting people?" The man supported his wife and glared at Xia Xiaoman.
Xia Xiaoman said innocently, "Your wife is about to rush over to hit me. If I don't fight back, should I just stand there and let her hit me?"
"Who told you to catch my son? If you don't catch my son, my wife won't beat you. Why don't you let my son go!" the man said righteously.
"Your son stole my things, who else should I arrest if not him?"
The man didn't take it seriously. "It's just a few bags of potato chips. How can you, as an adult, argue with a child? Leilei, come here quickly."
The little boy seemed to feel that he had his parents' support. He twisted his body wildly to break free and kept kicking Xia Xiaoman.
I can no longer bear it. I don't need to bear it anymore.
Xia Xiaoman slapped the boy with her backhand, and five finger marks instantly appeared on the boy's face. He burst into tears.
"Fuck you, you dare to hit my son! I'm going to fight you!"
His son is his Achilles' heel, no one can touch his son! The man raised his fist and was about to hit Xia Xiaoman, and the woman also rushed over to help.
Xia Xiaoman took out an axe and put it against the boy's neck, "Come on, come here if you have the guts!" Damn it, they really thought she was easy to bully and came to steal her things one by one.
With the hostage in hand, the couple dared not act rashly.
"You will go to jail for murder, so let my son go." The woman was so anxious that she was about to cry.
Xia Xiaoman snorted coldly, "Then why don't you call the police! I want to see whether your son dies first or I get arrested first."
"You!" The woman was furious. This bitch just took a few bags of potato chips, but she was so cruel that she didn't even let the children go. When the flood recedes, she will call the police to arrest this bitch!
At the same time, four people came down from upstairs.
The couple seemed to have seen a savior, pointing at Xia Xiaoman and talking nonsense, "Brother, please help us, this woman robbed our supplies and captured my son."
"Help me capture this woman, and I can give you half of the supplies here."
Xia Xiaoman glanced at the four people, and they immediately waved their hands and shook their heads frantically, "We don't know him, we are just passing by and will leave soon, Auntie, you can enjoy yourself."
Are you kidding? Yesterday they saw with their own eyes this girl chopping a man's head in half with an axe. How could they dare to provoke this female devil?
They wished they could go back to the time a minute ago and slap themselves twice. Why did they go downstairs at this time? What if the devil girl killed them on the spot?
The couple was dumbfounded. What was the origin of this damn girl? Why were these four people so cowardly?
Just then, Wen Jianfeng and others also came down.
Seeing so many people gathered in Xiaoxiao, Xiao Zheyu immediately ran to Xia Xiaoman and pulled out a clothesline from the pile of supplies. "What do you want to do? Grab the supplies?"
The innocent four retreated to the wall. "We didn't intend to steal supplies. We were just passing by."
"What's going on?" Wen Jianfeng looked at Xia Xiaoman.
Xia Xiaoman pointed his axe at the couple and said, "These two bastards are trying to steal our supplies."
Seeing that this damn girl had someone to protect her, the couple didn't dare to be as aggressive as before, and softened their tone to explain: "It's all a misunderstanding. My son has been hungry for several days. He just came in and saw potato chips on the ground, so he took a few bags."
"We didn't intend to rob this little girl. At worst, we can return the chips to you, and we won't mind you beating up my son and my wife."
Xia Xiaoman pouted, "Didn't you just want to instigate these four people to help you grab supplies? Why did you change your mind so quickly?"
The man laughed and played dumb, "Little girl, we were just joking, we didn't rob it."
It’s not that we didn’t rob, but that we didn’t have the ability to rob.
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