Lightning the cat jumped up and down excitedly and sniffed the entire car. Hmm, there was no smell of other cats. Then he squatted at the front windshield and signaled her to set off.
The first place they went to was a shopping mall not far from Shengfeng International. They could see the dilapidated building from a distance. The signboard with the word "shopping mall" on the building was half-fallen off, and the glass on the exterior wall below was also broken into pieces.
He found an empty corner to park the car, then carried Lightning into the building and sensed that there was no one there.
They went straight into the clothing area on the 4th floor. The shops were smashed beyond recognition. He Xiaobei just took a quick look and found that except for the iron racks, all the heating equipment had been moved away.
On the way to find the stairs, I passed a few shops and picked up a few clothes hangers at random.
Finally, I found a pet supplies store on the 6th floor. It was very large, the display cabinets had been removed, and the items were piled randomly on the ground.
All the edible and burnable items were taken out, but she also gained a lot, including pet drying boxes, leashes, pet automatic water dispensers, pet bath bubble machines, pet shower gel, brushes, etc.
After collecting these, I went to the 7th floor. Since I was already there, of course I had to take a look at everything. The 7th floor is the dining and entertainment area.
It was still the same as before, the tables and chairs were gone, but He Xiaobei didn't care, so she collected all the machines in the restaurant's kitchen and also collected the milk tea cup sealing machine in the milk tea shop.
There is a platform in the middle of the entertainment area. From a distance, you can see several small pedal motorcycles on the platform. She bought this kind of small motorcycles, but the motorcycles that can be displayed here must be extraordinary.
So I walked over, and when I got closer I whistled. "Vespa, three cute little dusty ones in red, black and yellow. Come with sister. I'll clean them up for you when I get back. Sister will love you from now on."
After going downstairs, I didn't continue driving. There was a museum not far away, so I walked there to adapt to the temperature.
The appearance of the museum is a huge book, half-open, with the words "S City Museum" written in large letters on the cover.
I crawled in through the broken glass and looked around with a flashlight. Apart from the photos on the wall, there was only a large bronze ornament of a red-crowned crane. I guess it was too heavy, otherwise they wouldn't have left it there. It was just placed in the small courtyard and taken away.
After visiting two small shopping malls, he gained almost nothing. As it was getting dark, He Xiaobei had no intention of going back.
So I found a shopping mall, went up to the top floor, found a place sheltered from the wind, took out the Unimog light truck off-road RV, and saw if I could stay there for one night with Lightning. At worst, I could enter the space again.
She took out the batteries and plugged in the electric blanket and two small sunshades. After a while, she felt warm. She even took off her down jacket and winter clothes and put on her coral fleece pajamas.
After drinking a cup of brown sugar ginger water, I felt warm all over. I took out the induction cooker from the space and decided to have hot pot in the evening.
In the north, it is natural to eat mutton in the cold winter. Mutton rolls, bell rolls, cabbage, wide noodles, duck blood, Chinese cabbage, sesame paste, chives, and fermented bean curd are used as dipping sauces. One bite will give you a full sense of satisfaction, and tiny beads of sweat will seep out of your nose.
I had a good night's sleep, but the sun made the whole room very dry, so I had a bowl of Tremella and Snow Pear Soup after breakfast.
While eating, I lamented that my appetite had increased a lot, but since it was extremely cold, I thought it might be due to the weather and the amount of exercise, so I didn't pay much attention to it.
After changing cars and hitting the road, they were now near the suburbs. The first place they had to go was a clothing factory in the suburbs. According to her understanding, pet clothes were also made in the factory. If there was no such factory, she could just collect some other things.
After driving for an hour, we arrived at our destination. Seeing that there were only two intact buildings on the ice, we thought it might still be worth searching.
He sat in the car and concentrating to sense the surroundings. Seeing no one, he looked around for a while before getting out of the car with Lightning on his back and putting the car into the space.
I walked into the building, crunching on the snow. A large glass window on the ground floor had been broken, and it was a little dark inside. Judging from the amount of snow inside, someone must have been here after the snow stopped. There were also many messy footprints and tire tracks.
After adjusting to the sight for a while, he went inside, sighing with regret: "Lightning, it seems that someone else may have gotten to this thing first."
But since I'm here, I'd feel regretful if I didn't take a look. After taking a look, if it works, I'll be surprised; if not, it'll just be because that's how it is, and I'll be content.
He Xiaobei looked around. This "first" floor should have been a workshop for drawing patterns and cutting fabrics, but there was no fabric left.
So she put all the machines into the space, muttering softly as she put them away:
"It can't be in vain."
After reaching the top floor, she looked at the few rolls of cloth piled up in the corner and twitched her lips. It was not in vain that she came here to get some more. But for a clumsy person like her, these things could only be exchanged for a few more points in the base later. They were not as practical as a few ready-made clothes.
She entered the space and turned around to go downstairs. As soon as she came out of the building, she heard the sound of vehicles approaching not far away. Her first reaction was to find a place to hide first. However, when she looked around, she saw either white snow or this building without any shelter.
She simply stood there without moving, reached back, first put the lightning into space, then stuffed the pistol into her pocket, and then watched quietly as the pickup truck accelerated towards her.
There were four people in the car, including the driver. Before the car stopped, the other three men had jumped out, holding various props in their hands, staring at her closely.
The tallest of them stood in front and said:
"Hey, where are you from? This is our territory, everything here belongs to us."
These words instantly made He Xiaobei laugh out of anger.
"Oh? Then why is this your territory?"
"This is our town's land, so everything here belongs to us."
Then the tall man said to the older man behind him:
"Go up and take a look."
The old man walked towards the building. He Xiaobei was not panicked. When he saw him coming, he stepped aside and kept a distance from him.
After a while, the old man came down and shook his head at the tall man:
"The stuff is gone, and there's no one inside."
The tall man asked suspiciously:
"Really no one?"
The old man was certain:
"There's really no one there. There's no way anyone can hide inside."
The tall man then turned around and looked at her with relief. He looked her over carefully and spoke with a hint of pride:
"Girl, your people stole the cloth upstairs, didn't they? Since it's been stolen, you can leave it to compensate for our lost goods."
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