Chapter 37 Camping Store Heavy Rain
At one o'clock in the morning, Qiao Qiao, the Tang brothers and sisters, and Yang Yi gathered on the eighth floor.
Originally, Qiao Huizhou and Qiao Xinghe wanted to go together, but Qiao Qiao refused.
After dinner, Qiao Huizhou had a cough and a low-grade fever. Perhaps it was because the heavy burden on him was gone after the rescue operation and he suddenly relaxed.
Her parents would definitely be worried if she went alone, but they were convinced by her reasoning that she had a system backpack grid and could bring back any amount of supplies, and that she had Qiao Man and Qiao Yueying as her trump cards, so she would be absolutely safe for the time being.
After all, children have to grow up, just as eagles are destined to soar into the sky, and finally they agreed.
Qiao Xinghe looked at his daughter's departing back, feeling deeply moved.
"She is no longer the child who needs our protection. We should learn to let go. Otherwise, it will hurt her and us."
Qiao Huizhou nodded silently.
Before leaving, Qiao Qiao emphasized again, "You 2, we 8, you choose first, no objection?"
Yang Yi: "Okay, I have no objection."
The camping store was not far away, and it normally took an hour to row there. Several people took Tang Mingli's boat.
Along the way, Yang Yi looked at the corpses floating in the water, heard cries for help from various floors, smelled the damp and rotten stench in the air, and felt the dripping rain.
I couldn't express my feelings in words. Is this the end? Can they survive? Even if they get their belongings back, how long can they last? Questions kept popping up in my mind, making me despair.
Whether it was floors being flooded by heavy rains, or food shortages, or water and power outages, all problems had not been resolved, and not even the shadow of federal personnel was seen.
Although they heard that rescue work was underway and Tang Mingli and his colleagues did go out every day, they had not seen it with their own eyes and were always suspicious.
Besides, who are we saving? The rich or the high-ranking officials? Aren’t they worthy of being saved? Everything took root in my mind.
Arrived at the mall in silence.
Beyond people's imagination, there were some lights shining in front of the mall, most of which were flashlights or miners' lamps.
It's the parliament people!
Tang Mingli recognized the man in command on the rubber boat at a glance, and his heart sank.
The people in the parliament only care about supplies, not people. When other departments are on duty, if they see residents in danger, most of them will lend a hand, but they can just pretend not to see it and leave. The social public opinion that was triggered before was caused by them, and in the end it was the federal government that bore the blame.
"Who are you? Get out of here quickly!"
Tang Zhijie stepped forward and said, "Let's go to the mall to get our things."
Feng Jian stood on a high place and looked down with disdain, "Get something? No, this place has been taken over by us, and no one is allowed to enter."
Yang Yi was furious. This action was related to the survival of his family. No one and nothing could stop him. "Why? My store is in the mall. Do I need other people's permission to take my own things?"
Feng Jian didn't take them seriously at all, and unceremoniously picked up his spear to drive them away. "Huh? I don't care about you. Now this mall is contracted by the council. If you don't want to die, get out of here."
Qiao Qiao couldn't bear to listen any more. "Can you please be reasonable? He is the owner of the shop here. It is only natural for him to take back his things. The parliament will not ignore the law now, right?"
Feng Jian's defense was broken. Ever since the doomsday came, his family used their connections to send him to the parliament as a temporary worker. He had been collecting supplies with the large army and met many people along the way, but seeing that they were official and outnumbered, he could only leave in disgrace. This was the first time he met someone who dared to speak like that.
"What do you know, you bitch? It's the end of the world, who cares about the law? Get the hell out of here."
Qiao Qiao was about to continue the fight when she was stopped by Tang Mingli. Looking back, she found that she was looking at a man standing on the second floor, no, it should be the eighth floor.
The man was tall, and the light obscured the lower half of his face, revealing only a pair of peach blossom eyes. The corners of his eyes were charming, yet revealed a cold and contradictory feeling.
She said indifferently, "Do you think so too?"
The man was silent for a while before speaking, "As long as the Federation exists, the law will exist."
“You’re fired.”
Feng Jian was sweating profusely, waving his hands to explain. "Wait, wait, Captain, you can't just fire me like this. My uncle is a member of the parliament. I won't do this anymore. Give me another chance."
The man didn't even look at him, he just stared at Tang Mingli with a deep and complicated look in his eyes. "You can come in, but you can only take the owner's things."
Tang Mingli turned his head away from him, his expression somewhat unnatural. "Of course, we are not robbers who take advantage of others' misfortunes."
Qiao Qiao's eyes kept shuttling between the two of them. There was something going on! But even her brother Tang Zhijie didn't say anything, and they weren't familiar with each other to the point where they could talk about everything, so it was naturally difficult to ask.
"Let's go." Tang Mingli entered the building first. After everyone went up, he tied the rubber boat to the doorpost using an iron chain with a lock on it.
After entering the mall, Yang Yi was visibly relaxed, at least he was no longer tense.
"My store is just in front, it only takes a few minutes to get there."
This mall is super large, with different areas on each floor. For example, the underground floor is a supermarket and food court, the first floor is a luxury store, the second floor is electronic products, the third to fifth floors are men's, women's and children's clothing respectively, the sixth floor is a variety of food, the seventh floor is almost all outdoor sports products, camping, skiing, mountaineering, and even wing suit flying, and the eighth floor is a cinema and amusement park.
The parliament's collection of supplies must be based on survival. The basement level and the sixth and seventh floors have the most people, and there are also quite a few people on the third to fifth floors.
Since the gray fog broke out, many foods have been packaged in vacuum compression bags. Even if they are soaked in water, it is not a big problem. Moreover, everything is acceptable in the face of starvation.
In addition to food raw materials, machines are also very important. Now the industrial production chain has completely stopped, and only a few have been transferred and protected by the federal government in advance, but it is just a drop in the bucket.
Clothing is understandable. As the above already knows that the end of the world is coming, it is natural to take precautions. Lightweight clothes for summer and warm clothes for winter should be prepared in advance. Of course, it is just a collection. The most important thing is survival supplies.
Fortunately, the people from the parliament had just arrived and had not yet reached Yang Yi's shop.
"This is it." Yang Yi opened the door. The area inside was quite large, more than 100 square meters, with several tents set up in the middle for promotion.
After entering the house, Qiao Huizhou took the padlock and locked the door from the inside. The lock was a small chain type, and the transparent glass was usually covered with curtains.
Yang Yi didn't dare to take the supplies first and just looked at them eagerly.
Qiao Qiao was puzzled, "What are you looking at? Hurry up and get your things."
After hearing the permission, Yang Yi took action. "Oh, OK."
Fortunately, the accumulated water did not have much impact on the seventh floor. It was just a thin layer of water that barely reached the top of the feet.
He was the first to enter the warehouse at the back, pushing a large cart.
He lacks many things: water, food, electricity, gas, survival tools, medicines...
But the most important things are food, water, medicine and gas. There is no way to get medicine, but the camping store has some of the other three.
At this time, he was very glad that his wife had purchased a batch of instant food products despite his objections.
There are five boxes of instant rice with 60 bags per box, five boxes of canned luncheon meat with 12 bags per box, and three boxes of dehydrated vegetable bags with 4 barrels per box. Although the taste is not good, no one cares about the taste now, as long as they are not starving to death.
He didn't take all the food, and there were two boxes of rice and two boxes of luncheon meat left.
With these foods, his family can at least survive for a few months.
There are many choices for gas, but he still remembers that he can only get 20%, so naturally he has to focus on food.
The camping kettle comes with a gas canister, a box of 12, I took 2; there were dozens of gas stoves, I took 2; there were 10 boxes of replaceable gas canisters, 120 in total, I took 2 boxes; there were 300 alcohol blocks in a box, I took 2 boxes, and there were 8 boxes left; I also took a set of various camping cooking utensils that are light and easy to carry; I took 2 boxes of 200 bottles of windproof ignition spray guns...
Finally, there is a top-of-the-line windproof, waterproof and warm set, with an interior layout of two bedrooms and one living room.
As for water… there was none in the store, so he had to find another way, but he got a lot of empty water bags.
The most, most, most important thing is that there is an inflatable boat in the store that was reserved by a previous customer. It is very convenient to go out with the boat.
Qiao Qiao, Tang Mingli and Tang Zhijie were sorting supplies in front of the store. Qiao Qiao took out dozens of snakeskin bags from his system backpack and put the things he liked into them.
Qiao Qiao handed it over, "Do you want it?"
Tang Mingli took it and said, "Thank you."
Everyone tacitly agreed to only take half of each item.
Qiao Qiao stocked up on occasion, and the things she had prepared before were enough for her family of three to live on for fifty years. Unfortunately, they were all food and drinks, which would not be enough if she wanted a better quality of life, so she was looking for something else recently.
Folding camping chairs, inflatable sofas, disposable barbecue grills, picnic baskets with a sense of ceremony, heating stoves, very convenient outdoor water storage bags that do not take up space, several boxes of charcoal, a 42-liter refrigerator, folding tables, handmade log triangular tables, and some gorgeous but impractical tableware...
When Qiao Qiao was immersed in shopping, Yang Yi came out and said, "I have packed everything. I will only take 20% and not the rest of the things in the store. There are still a lot of things in there. You guys can go in."
Qiao Qiao and Tang Zhijie discovered that there were indeed quite a few things in the warehouse, especially fuels such as gas tanks and alcohol blocks.
Qiao Qiao and Tang Zhijie were the only two people in the warehouse. Both of them already knew about the existence of the Doomsday Card Drawing System, so there was no need to hide it. Except for a small amount of supplies for Yang Yi to see, the two of them took away everything in the warehouse.
If they don't take it, they will also be the ones who are taking advantage of the parliament. Judging from the attitude of the man outside the mall just now, it can be seen that this is not the first time he has done this. He is bullying others by taking advantage of his power, so he doesn't want to leave the things to them.
After quickly getting dressed, he came out and saw Tang Mingli talking to the man he had met before.
Man: “Do you have time to chat?”
Tang Mingli lowered his head to organize supplies and ignored him.
The man smiled, and his stern expression softened. "Are you really going to pretend you don't know me?"
She looked up and glared, "Don't you remember what you did?"
The man raised his hands, "I apologize, I'm sorry." He put them down and continued, "But my choice was not wrong."
Tang Mingli couldn't help but point his finger at him, "Forget it, I have nothing in common with you."
The man picked up the gas tank that had fallen to the ground and handed it over. "Mingli, there is nothing wrong with wanting to protect ordinary people, but special measures must be used in special times. In this situation, power is the most important thing."
She took it and threw it on the cart, "An Yi, we cannot work together if we have different ideologies."
The man shook his head, "I believe that different paths may lead to the same destination." After seeing Qiao Qiao and Tang Zhijie coming out, he nodded in this direction.
Tang Zhijie also nodded in reply.
Obviously everyone knew each other. Qiao Qiao blinked, and the gossipy spirit in her heart was burning, but it was a pity that she couldn't ask.
"I'm leaving first. We'll talk next time we meet." After saying that, he turned and left.
After returning to the community, Yang Yi ran several times carefully to move all the things back into the house, for fear of waking up the neighbors by any loud movements.
"Thank you."
Tang Mingli waved his hand, "Be careful next time, don't let others find out."
After Yang Yi closed the door, the three of them put the supplies into the system backpack and went upstairs briskly.
"good evening."
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