Chapter 230 Central Square
Several strong men brought many wooden poles and arranged them like clothes drying racks in the central square. Several other women came over with baskets, took out the wet clothes that the survivors had changed out of, shook off the debris on them, and hung them on the poles.
Just as Xia Yan had thought just now, there was no wind today and the long-lost sun came out. Many people hung out their wet clothes at home, which soon froze stiff and could be put into the snow.
A neatly arranged team brought wooden boards from the villa area and gave them to the plant-based psychics to make simple bunk beds. There were many vacant rooms in the residential building that could be allocated to the survivors.
No one should think of living alone as a family in this situation, as the supply department's stock was insufficient for each person, especially stoves and wood.
Besides, no one knows how many survivors will be rescued into the base later. It is still early spring in the cold winter, and the logistics department has to tighten its belt and live a frugal life.
The leader of the Materials Department probably felt the pressure and went to Chu Wanfu to complain. Two or three teams of special abilities packed themselves tightly and left the city to look for something to start a fire.
Xia Yan thought he was going to patrol outside the city and sighed at his professionalism.
She ordered a plaque in the mall that said "Exclusive Grocery Store". After receiving it, she gave it to Xiongxiong to hang it on the ceiling to remind customers that the store was open.
Apparently the effect was good. A group of young people who were looking around in the square and couldn't find the direction pointed here in surprise, and a group of people hurried over.
When you get closer, you can see that their faces are red and there are a few patches of frostbite on them. After a night's rest, they are in good condition today.
There are guests.
Xia Yan stepped aside to make it easier for them to come in.
The young man walking in front nodded to her politely. The moment he entered the door, his eyes lit up. He couldn't help but exclaimed, and took a few quick steps forward to touch this and that.
"They're actually brand new! Absolutely amazing! There are only two sets left, so I'll just take them all."
"We should be the first ones here, so hurry up and pick something, or we won't be able to buy anything if there are too many people."
A few young men were whispering while moving things, and looked at Xia Yan from time to time, as if they were looking at some rich second-generation who had squandered all his family wealth. It turned out that rich people are everywhere, and their thinking is unpredictable.
Xia Yan was too lazy to pay attention to them. He took out a piece of crystal core exchange instructions and put it on the table, then put a self-service card machine on it, and left the rest to Xiong Xiong.
The winter in the north is so cold that it can freeze people to death. In just a short while, her hands and feet were frozen, her face was numb, and her breath was clearly visible in the air.
This is too cold.
Xia Yan never had to worry about heating when staying in the hotel, but now he had to find a way to warm the house.
She opened the mall and typed "heating tools" into the search box. Many pictures popped up, among which there was a wall-mounted heater patch that she liked very much. She only needed to stick it on the wall, and a 50-square-meter house could be warmed up in just 5 minutes.
And it charges in three hours and lasts a whole day.
The price is a little bit expensive, 10,000 points to buy it.
Xia Yan closed the door, and the Almighty Bear was already stuck to the wall and pressed the switch.
It starts working three seconds after silent startup, and blows out a warm but not dry hot air from the blades.
"It's finally warm." Xia Yan put his frozen red hands down, and his stiff fingers gradually became numb until they regained their original flexibility.
"Look, she has heating." The guy behind the shelf nudged his companion with his shoulder, pointed in this direction, and looked incredulous.
The companion looked back and said with a sigh, "I've heard that the capitalists live a good life. Now I see that they are indeed extraordinary. It turns out that disasters only happen to poor people. Heaven is so unfair!"
The last few words were spoken uncontrollably loudly, and his companions were worried that Xia Yan would hear them and not sell the goods to them, so they kept poking his waist anxiously.
"What are you afraid of? I didn't say anything." The man disagreed and was even more resentful in his heart.
Why? Why? It’s not fair, absolutely not fair.
The room is not big, how could Xia Yan not hear it?
She withdrew her hand and looked at the man who was speaking. He was not very old, with a square face and thick eyebrows, but there was a scholarly air between his brows. He was at the age when he was pursuing fairness in everything.
In a blink of an eye, Xia Yan became confused again. It had been so long since the apocalypse, but he had never seen many young men like him. Hadn't all the hardships in the apocalypse smoothed out his edges?
Xia Yan snorted coldly and retorted, "Some people are so quick to turn their backs on you after eating. I've heard of the story of the farmer and the snake before, but I never thought I'd actually encounter one. If it weren't for me, would you be able to stand before me today? You're so quick to say anything you want, so simple-minded you can't even think deeply. If your teacher knew about this, he'd crawl out of the dirt and whip you with thorns."
It was not certain whether the teacher would use thorns to whip people, but the teacher did not crawl out of the soil, but came in from outside the door.
The teacher who was left out just happened to hear the last sentence and was stuck in the door with an embarrassed look on his face, not knowing whether to move forward or backward.
It was already humiliating to be scolded by Xia Yan, and when they met the teacher coming to their house, they suddenly became dispirited and lowered their heads, not daring to look at anyone, cursing the troublemaker in their hearts.
"Um, this, cough cough." The short female teacher coughed twice as if to cover up, walked up to her student, glared at him fiercely, then turned around and bowed to Xia Yan to apologize.
"I don't know what happened. They are my students. Please forgive me if I said something wrong."
The female teacher had a very good attitude, and Xia Yan didn't feel embarrassed. She smiled and said it was okay. She knew that these guys would be scolded when they returned, so why should she be angry?
The female teacher was very grateful, then turned around and put on a stern expression, asking the students to bring over the things that needed to be paid for. After she looked at the card application procedures, she took out a cloth bag from her body, carefully opened it, took out the crystal core, handed one to each student, and asked them to apply for the card to pay.
Seeing that she didn't have a card herself, Xia Yan kindly reminded her, "The restaurant next door is also my store. The points card is valid there. You can use it for dining in the future. Why don't you apply for it now?"
There are so many new survivors without cards in the base. Xiaowan will be too busy to handle it later. It’s better for her to share the burden now.
The female teacher hesitated and said, "The restaurant... I still have some food on hand, so I won't go to eat."
There were only a dozen crystal cores left in the cloth bag she took out just now. She had heard that the food in the restaurants in the big base was very expensive and she couldn't afford it. Fortunately, there was still some dry food in the space. Everyone could save it and get through the winter.
The boys knew exactly what the teacher was thinking and felt very sad.
There was no other way. Before I started escaping, the prices in the base doubled every day, and the crystal cores I saved were quickly used up. Now I could only spend them on the most expensive things.
Xia Yan saw her concerns and said, "The food in the restaurant is very cheap. A bowl of noodles is 12 points, and a fried dumpling is only 1 point. Everyone can afford it."
The female teacher stopped waving her hands in refusal. The surprise that came out of nowhere made her dizzy. The boys even screamed:
"1 point?! Did you hear that, teacher? We can all afford to eat!"
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