Chapter 65

Going out again

After resting for two days, the three of them went out again to look for supplies.

It's not daybreak yet.

It was pitch black outside.

There was heavy snow in the sky and visibility was very low.

Such weather is common during extremely cold periods.

Grandpa Li sat in the passenger seat, staring at the road ahead with wide eyes. He was more nervous than the driver, fearing that the car would hit something.

"Xinxin, where are you going this time?"

"Northern Suburbs, let's look for a warehouse."

"OK."

The car finally drove into the northern suburbs. It was already bright in the sky and we could just make out a few sparse pedestrians on the road.

Some of them just glanced at the snowmobile and continued on their way, while others stared at the vehicle with greed in their eyes.

Several people quickly ran to the path the car had to take and stood still.

The car drove in.

The three of them were blocking the way and there was no way forward.

Fang Xin saw someone running towards here in the distance.

"Please be kind and give me a ride. It's too cold outside."

"Yes, yes, I'm almost freezing to death. Please help me. We will definitely be grateful to you for your kindness."

The three of them put their hands together, nodded and bowed as humbly as possible.

Fang Xin rolled down the car window without saying a word and directly showed the pitch-black muzzle of his gun.

"Bang!"

There was an unexpected explosion, and the bomb hit several people's feet, splashing snow on the ground.

The three of them were so frightened that they fainted immediately and raised their hands to beg for mercy.

"The hero spared his life."

"Please spare our lives. We didn't mean to do that."

Several people running over from a distance were startled when they heard the gunshots. They braked their cars in a hurry, turned around and ran away, not daring to get any closer.

Fang Xin waved his pistol and signaled for the men to make way.

The three of them quickly made way, not daring to have any more thoughts.

Fang Xin stepped on the accelerator, and the snowmobile slid on the thick snow crust, making a rustling sound.

One of them was frightened by the sound of the car and lost his balance and fell flat on his face.

"Sister, it's obvious that they are not good people."

"What kind of good person would stop someone else's car when they don't even know us?" Xiao Kai crossed his arms angrily, "They all have bad intentions."

Grandpa Li sighed solemnly and murmured in a low voice, "Human nature is evil at the beginning."

Fang Xin drove around the suburbs and finally found a warehouse.

Drive the car directly into the warehouse.

Grandpa Li and Xiao Kai got out of the car.

A strong gust of wind blew by, causing the two of them to stagger.

Xiao Kai steadied himself and quickly supported Grandpa Li, "Are you okay?"

"It's okay, it's okay. The wind was too strong and I couldn't stand steadily."

The two of them took the bags and started moving.

Fang Xin hid the snowmobile in a secluded place.

The warehouse shutter doors here were still wide open, and all of them had been smashed or pried open.

There was a lot of snow accumulated in the hole inside.

There were messy footprints everywhere, and it seemed that many people had searched the place.

Fang Xin searched through all kinds of garbage in the warehouse, but found no place to stay.

Suddenly, I heard the crunching sound of snow.

Fang Xin thought it was Xiao Kai or Grandpa Li, so he turned his head to look outside and saw a short figure walking towards him in the drifting snow.

Judging from his figure, he is neither Xiao Kai nor Grandpa Li.

The man walked in and saw that there were already people here. He quickly leaned over to apologize, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't know there were people here, I'll leave right away."

The man was wearing a large, worn-out cotton jacket that was baggy and ill-fitting. He had a youthful voice and looked to be only 13 or 14 years old.

After the man finished speaking, he turned around and walked away without even looking at Fang Xin's reaction.

Fang Xin looked at the messy warehouse in front of him, which had nothing of use, and turned and walked out.

Walking through warehouse after warehouse, the situation was generally the same.

The useful materials had long been looted by others, and the remaining ones were smashed to pieces.

I walked all the way to the end but didn't find any usable supplies.

Fang Xin didn't expect that this place, far away from the residential area, would also be looted.

Although this place was ransacked very thoroughly, there were still people searching diligently, trying to pick up some items that others had missed.

Fang Xin quickly found Xiao Kai and Grandpa Li, and they didn't gain much. Xiao Kai had an axe in his hand, and Grandpa Li had a shovel in his hand.

The two saw Fang Xin smile awkwardly, "Sister, there is nothing left. Everything has been plundered by others."

"It's okay. It's normal that you can't find it."

Fang Xin tried hard to recall where he could find supplies at this time in his previous life.

In her previous life, she had been active in the city center, which was quite far from here.

She remembered that she met an old man when she went out to look for supplies in her previous life. The old man said that his family ran a ranch and he always felt sorry for the livestock on the ranch. His ranch seemed to be near Yongle Village.

Why not go and have a look? There's no one there and maybe you'll get something out of it.

"Grandpa, do you know there is a ranch near Yongle Village?"

Grandpa Li shook his head, "I really don't know."

"Forget it, let's go and see if we can find it."

A few people got into the car again and headed for Yongle Village.

It took less than an hour on the road to reach Yongle Village, where we had visited last time.

Fang Xin walked around the outskirts of Yongle Village but didn't see any trace of a ranch.

"Xinxin, do you think the ranch will be buried under the snow?" Grandpa Li said softly.

"It's possible. The sheds and other things must have collapsed under the heavy snow."

"Then let's look around and see if we can find a big snowpack or something."

"OK."

So the driver expanded the search area.

Xiao Kai was the first to see it and pointed in a direction, "Sister, is it there?"

From a distance, you can actually see a few larger snowdrifts, which are much higher than the snowdrifts blown up by the strong winds in the surrounding areas.

Fang Xin looked in the direction Xiao Kai pointed and said, "Let's go and take a look."

As the car drove in, we could clearly see a few red brick walls exposed under the thick snow.

It is not difficult to tell that this should be a collapsed house or a livestock pen.

Several people got off the bus.

“That should be it.”

"Yes, it should be here." Grandpa Li pointed at the big snowballs and said, "The snowballs here are quite big. They shouldn't have been blown up by the wind. There must be something buried inside."

Fang Xin nodded, "Then let's dig a little, maybe we can find some meat."

Xiao Kai's eyes sparkled with excitement, "Great, there's meat to eat."

Grandpa Li took the shovel he had just found in the warehouse and started digging.

Grandpa Li used a shovel to knock the snow shells into pieces, and Xiao Kai carried the knocked-off snow pieces out one by one.

The two of them divided the work and worked together in perfect harmony.

Fang Xin pulled out a shovel from the snowmobile and started digging hard.

The three of them quickly dug out two snow holes, revealing bricks and tiles under the snow.

After digging for more than half an hour, we didn't see any trace of livestock, not even a piece of fur.