Chapter 366 Digging Supermarket
Zhou Qi nodded, then asked, "Didn't your partner say he wanted to make a contribution? Why hasn't he come out yet?"
"She, she's a girl, she can't do physical work."
"Then what is she doing here, eating white rice?"
Zhou Qi remained silent. At this time, Lu Nanfang came out of the tent and said softly, "Captain Zhou, I can deliver water and look after the luggage for everyone, but I really can't move stones or anything like that."
Zhou Qi also knew that asking such a girl to go there would be a complete burden, and he was just deliberately testing her attitude.
Because when Li Gangtie went to find him, he reported the abnormality of these two people to the Su City Guard.
However, everyone decided to wait and see what Tong Xianbao and Lu Nanfang were up to.
Therefore, Zhou Qi did not force it and took the team to the nearest ruins to search for supplies.
You know, there is everything in the ruins, including those large stones, which cannot be moved by manpower alone without machines.
However, most of the machines were deployed to rescue people, so they were left with only one excavator, and the rest had to be done by hand.
Of course, Zhou Qi wasn't so cruel as to ask everyone to turn over all the ruins. Based on the original situation of Su City, he roughly found the locations of large supermarkets and small shops.
First, dig out these concentrated supplies to alleviate the food crisis. After all the trapped people are rescued and the machines are released, dig up the ruins one by one.
They decided to start with small shops, practice a bit, and then move on to large supermarkets.
But is this job so easy? Of course not!
After finally arriving at the designated location, all I saw were bricks, steel bars, and glass. I had no idea where to start.
Zhou Qi and Li Gangtie were on the side giving instructions, "First, move these small bricks, and then..."
After everyone started to move, they found that this was easier said than done. They usually had to take a break and slow down after carrying a bag of flour home, but today they had to move stones continuously!
Not to mention whether you have the strength or not, just bending over for a long time will make your back feel like it's not your own. What's more, the road surface is uneven and you will fall if you are not careful.
Because they were all novices and had never trained and did not have much strength, Zhou Qi and Li Gangtie did not have high expectations of them. As long as they could tidy up this supermarket of over a hundred square meters today, it would be fine.
If this was just a supermarket in a bungalow, there would be no problem in cleaning it up, but the key is that there are two floors of residential buildings above it. So everyone had to clear out the bricks and stones before they could finally get the supplies from the supermarket.
Of course, the broken tables and chairs in the residents' homes still have some use value, so they have to be moved away. As for the dirty beds, they can still be used after washing. It can be said that except for the construction waste, the rest will be taken away.
Of course, construction waste can also be reused, but they don't have time to deal with it now. They will be put aside for now, and they will still be useful when Su City is rebuilt.
A group of people worked under the scorching sun for more than two hours, and everyone was exhausted with sore backs and legs.
Seeing that it was almost done, Zhou Qi shouted, "Let's go back and eat first, then rest for half an hour and continue."
After that, everyone collapsed on the ground and fanned themselves with their hands.
They didn't move, not because they were not hungry, but because they were too hungry and too tired to walk.
"Get up, everyone, and move your arms and legs. If you don't want to be unable to get out of bed tomorrow, don't sit down. Stand up and learn from me how to relax your muscles." After Zhou Qi finished speaking, he started moving, and the others followed suit.
After finishing the work, we returned to the temporary base. As soon as we got off the bus, the tempting aroma made our stomachs growl. We washed our hands and faces first, then took our plates and lined up to get food.
There were not enough seats, so Shen Yanming and the others just sat on the floor. Their clothes were already dirty from working, so they didn’t care if they got dirtier.
After dinner, Zhou Qi asked everyone to rest for half an hour. They all chose to sit back to back in the tent, or lie down on the ground to sleep for a while. However, Shen Yanming went to see his wife.
The big goose was guarding the door of the tent diligently, while Bi Qiaoan was lying inside reading a book. Although it was a bit hot, it was much better than being under the scorching sun.
Seeing Shen Yanming coming back, the big goose first shouted twice excitedly, and then continued to lie down. When Bi Qiaoan heard the noise, she stretched her head and looked, oh my, how did her husband become like this.
His hands and face were relatively clean, but his hair and clothes were all covered in dust, and his shirt was soaked.
"Why are you back? Is it over? Come in and rest for a while!" Bi Qiaoan said as he lifted the door curtain.
However, Shen Yanming sat down at the door, shook his head and said, "This is too dirty, I won't go in, I'll stay here and talk to you."
Bi Qiaoan didn't force it, he just asked, "Are you tired?"
"I'm tired. I keep moving things. My arms feel like they're not my own. If I hadn't practiced carrying big rocks here in the winter, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to hold on."
Shen Yanming smiled and shook his head, "Don't think that they are holding on. In fact, they are just forcing themselves to do so. They can't even lift their legs to walk. Just imagine how tired they must be."
"Then should I be thankful that I'm pregnant? Otherwise, I might end up like you guys," Bi Qiaoan said with a smile.
"That's different. If you weren't pregnant, you would have been assigned to take care of the wounded. The work isn't hard, but it's not easy either. At least those bloody wounds will test your psychological endurance. And if you meet someone with a bad temper, you might have to bear the brunt of it."
"Oh, so that's how it is."
Bi Qiaoan took out the small black fruit that she and Shen Yanming had picked up from the mountain, fed it to him and said, "You said that the small black fruit can quickly restore physical strength. How do you feel now?"
"Very good!" Shen Yanming didn't know if it was his illusion, his arms and legs really didn't hurt as much anymore, and his groggy head became much clearer.
"It's a pity that such good things can't be shared with them." He looked at his colleagues lying in the restaurant tent not far away, feeling a little reluctant.
"We still have mung bean soup. Add some spiritual spring water to it. Let's each drink a few sips later. It will help relieve the pain."
Shen Yanming nodded, "This is the only way."
He stood up, brought the pot off the fire to the ground, and while stirring it with a spoon, he dripped a dozen drops of spiritual spring water into it along the handle of the spoon, and then stirred it evenly.
In fact, Lingquan water is very effective in relieving fatigue, but they can't make something too amazing, so they can only put a little bit in it.
But this alone will also bring about great changes in everyone's body.
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