“Okay, let’s go first,” Song Zhao nodded and continued swimming towards Uncle Zhang’s direction.
However, it was still faster to drive the speedboat. After Gu Yanzhi and his team picked up Zhang Qian, it took them less than 5 minutes to get to Uncle Zhang's place. On the way, they even picked up a few people who were struggling to swim and put them on the speedboat.
When they arrived at Uncle Zhang's place, Uncle Zhang and Aunt Zhang climbed onto the speedboat to catch their breath before saying, "There's a supermarket down there, and it seems to have quite a lot of stuff, but it's locked up too tightly to get in."
"I'll go down and take a look," Uncle Zhuang said impulsively. After hearing Uncle Zhang's words, he jumped into the water and looked around.
"Indeed, we need to find a way to get in. With the supermarket's supplies, we won't have to worry for a long time." After a while, Aunt Zhuang and Zhuang Nanyang were getting anxious and were about to go down to take a look when Uncle Zhuang poked his head out and said, clinging to the edge of the speedboat.
"Okay, brother-in-law, let's go down and see if we can kick it open."
Let's go together, there's strength in numbers!
After listening to Uncle Zhuang's words, Gu Yanlin spoke to Song Zhao, and then Uncle Zhang, who had rested enough, also asked to go downstairs.
Although Zhuang Nanyang and Gao Zhi didn't say anything, they showed their willingness to do their part by jumping into the water.
This time, all the women were left on the assault boats, while the men went down. In situations like this, the men have better physical strength and can exert more force when kicking or banging on doors.
Besides, apart from Gu Yanzhi and Zhang Qian, the other three women had already been soaking in the water for a long time. Soaking in cold water for so long and then being drenched in heavy rain would be very damaging to their bodies, and the men, feeling sorry for them, decided not to let them go into the water again.
As soon as he dived underwater, Song Zhao saw the supermarket. The supermarket covered an area of about 200 square meters and had two floors, which was quite a large area. If the food inside was still edible, it would indeed last for a long time.
Their inflatable boat stopped right in front of the supermarket. Despite the massive flood, the supermarket sign hadn't been washed away and was still stubbornly hanging on the wall. That's why Uncle Zhang knew this was a supermarket.
The supermarket's main entrance was locked with an aluminum alloy roller shutter, so they definitely couldn't get in from there. All the windows on the front were also blocked off with security bars.
Uncle Zhuang gestured for everyone to follow him.
After walking around the supermarket wall for about half a circle, we arrived at the back of the building. There was a window directly opposite the entrance on the first floor. However, the sticker on the window was very similar in color to the outside wall, and it was almost impossible to spot in the low-visibility water unless you looked very carefully. This was why Uncle Zhuang wasted so much time underwater.
Upon seeing the window, Uncle Zhang gave Uncle Zhuang a thumbs up. Although Uncle Zhuang seemed carefree and impatient, he was actually very meticulous when it came to doing things.
He was the first to discover the supermarket, and he walked around it several times without noticing the window.
Now that they had found the window, the next thing to consider was how to get in. Their first thought was to kick the window open. The group went upstairs to catch their breath and conserve their energy before going back down.
However, the window was exceptionally sturdy, and the water pressure was higher on the first floor, which dissipated more force, so the group kicked it for a long time without much effect.
"How about we take a speedboat down and smash it?" Seeing the group come up and down several times to catch their breath, Gu Yanzhi knew that things weren't going well. Looking at the speedboat, he had a sudden inspiration and suggested.
I think it's a good idea.
I think so too.
Uncle Zhang and Uncle Zhuang echoed this.
There was no other way, and there were really no other large rocks nearby. Although the assault boat was heavy and large, its stern was quite sharp, so it might actually be able to smash a small hole.
"Let's use mine; we have another one at home."
Gu Yanzhi immediately gave up his own speedboat, and with everyone's help, he moved the gas cylinders and other items onto Zhang Qian's boat.
Anyway, she has plenty of inflatable boats, so one more won't make a difference. She knows the other families only have this one inflatable boat, and they'd be heartbroken if it broke. Besides, it's just a broken window; it doesn't mean the boat will necessarily be damaged.
"Thank you. You can take an extra 10% of what's left later."
"OK"
They had already agreed before even going into the water that the supermarket was opened through everyone's joint efforts. The usable items inside would be divided equally among the four families. Since Uncle Zhang discovered the items first, his family would have priority in choosing what they needed.
Now that Gu Yanzhi's family had contributed their inflatable boat, the others were reluctant to part with this means of transportation. They didn't know how long the heavy rain would last, so the Gu family should rightfully receive a larger share. Gu Yanzhi didn't hesitate and readily agreed. She was willing to give up the inflatable boat out of kindness, but she didn't want others to take their contributions for granted; she wanted to receive the compensation she was owed.
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