Chapter 109 You’re Welcome (23)
As Lan Jin said, although those supplies are not food, they have already been out once. Are they likely to come back empty-handed?
"I agree with your idea." After thinking about it, Lao Gao felt that what she said made sense. No matter what the weather was like later, they were going out anyway. Isn't it normal to bring back useful things?
Huang Jinghe and Ling Jiang had no other objections. This was just a matter of convenience, so what could they have any objections to?
But at this point, Lao Gao paused for a moment and then said, "Actually, a few days ago, when I was playing with that walkie-talkie and tuning the frequency, I accidentally heard a piece of news that there is a black market near us."
black market?
How come there is a black market in the end times?
"The more chaotic the world becomes, the more troubles there are. Especially capable people can accomplish things that we cannot do at such times."
After saying that, Lao Gao said, "Actually, I couldn't hear it clearly either. The signal was not good to begin with, but I heard that it seemed that we could exchange supplies for supplies, such as gold and jewelry, for food. I had thought that if the supply and marketing cooperative had a large amount of supplies, we could exchange all the inedible items there.
But who would have thought that there would be nothing, so I didn't mention it. But I think the idea of storing supplies is a good one. We can store them first and then find a suitable time to exchange them for the supplies we need. It's also a good option."
Lan Jin came up with this idea because she really wanted them to store more supplies for their own use, but if there could be such a platform, it would also be a good thing for everyone.
But speaking of cooling down, the temperature has indeed dropped too fast in the past few days. The outdoor temperature was over 60 degrees two days ago, but it was only 40 degrees yesterday, and only 33 degrees today. With such a big drop in temperature, who knows what the temperature will be tomorrow.
With such strong winds and rain, and the temperature dropping further, it would be inconvenient for them to look for supplies, so they had to find supplies as quickly as possible.
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The next day.
The weather changes at any time.
The storm was raging.
Even God was not on their side at the moment. With the wind and rain outside, what use would a small kayak be? Lao Gao immediately canceled today's itinerary.
"Time really isn't on my side," Lao Gao sighed, holding the walkie-talkie. "Supplies are important, but I think life is more important. If this rain falls on the kayak, it'll sink in a few seconds. Anyway, we still have supplies, so let's wait a few days."
Unexpectedly, as soon as Lao Gao finished speaking, Huang Jinghe, who was standing on the balcony, saw people from the same building pushing a kayak to go out to look for supplies.
Huang Jinghe hurriedly said, "Come to the balcony and see! These people are trying to go out to find supplies. It's raining so hard, they don't want to live anymore."
When the three of them went out, there were already two people standing on Lao Gao's kayak, but soon the two people sank along with the kayak.
Lao Gao was speechless. "These people are really not caring about their lives. It doesn't matter if someone dies, but I hope the kayak is not lost."
But sometimes, people are like this, the more you say something, the more it will come true.
The sinking kayak floated up soon, ignoring the two people struggling in the water, and drifted to the side along the current.
By the time the two men recovered, the kayak was already some distance away from them.
By the time the two of them tried to grab the kayak again, it had already turned a corner and drifted away with the current, disappearing without a trace.
This time, not only Lao Gao was stunned, but everyone who saw this scene was also stunned.
After all, losing the kayak was a big deal, not to mention that they hadn't recovered any of their supplies yet.
Almost everyone was standing at the entrance of the corridor on the 6th floor, all petrified and unable to react at all.
After Lao Gao recovered on the balcony, he immediately cursed, "Fuck you, T￥@6@#."
Lao Gao couldn't help but swear at the noise, but no one tried to stop him at this moment, because fortunately they only borrowed small kayaks, and fortunately Lan Jin's big one was still in good condition.
Ling Jiang said, "Well, without food, they should have started making trouble in the next couple of days."
Huang Jinghe looked at Lao Gao and asked, "Are you going to go down and cause trouble for them now?"
"I'm looking for a P. I said a week, and it's just a week. If I don't see the kayak in a week, don't blame me for being rude."
However, he can wait, but others cannot.
Some families who had run out of ammunition and food would team up to pry open their door locks in the middle of the night.
Because Nana had shown her power once, Lan Jin was no longer the primary target of everyone, so the unlucky person this time was replaced by Huang Jinghe, who seemed to be the second weakest.
Huang Jinghe had been aware of the situation for a long time and was afraid to fall asleep at night. As soon as he heard a rustling sound, he immediately picked up the baseball bat in his hand alertly.
Perhaps he felt that it was not safe to use this, so he picked up the machete that Lan Jin had secretly given him with his other hand.
However, when it comes to picking locks, even semi-professionals couldn't do it before, let alone these people with no experience at all.
There was a lot of noise outside the door, but it just couldn't be pried open. Isn't that infuriating?
Huang Jinghe in the room was also extremely anxious. He kept muttering in his heart, "Please open the door, please open it, please open it quickly. My hands are sore from holding up the stick and the knife, please hurry up."
However, I have no experience in this matter, so it is impossible to do it quickly.
Even the other partner said, "You better hurry up."
"I want to hurry up, too. I don't know how to do it. I told you I don't even have any tools, how can I pick the lock?"
Just when the group was about to have an internal quarrel, Lao Gao, who had been listening for a while, came out of the house impatiently. He said with a smile on his face: "Can you open it? If not, get out. Don't make a fuss at the door. It's making it hard to sleep."
The people who were trying to pick the lock were stunned at first, and then they straightened up. They came to pick the lock in order to steal supplies. It didn't matter if they couldn't pick the lock of this house, the door of the other house would open by itself, which saved them the effort.
There were five people in the corridor, all of them speaking with confidence and threats: "Humph, whether we open the door or not is none of your business, but since your door is open, don't even think about closing it. If you know what's good for you, hand over the food in your house. Otherwise... don't blame us for being rude to you."
Lao Gao said sarcastically: "You really want to see how you can be rude to me."
After Lao Gao finished speaking, he kicked the man who had just spoken to him. The man instantly flew more than 1 meter away, fell heavily on the wall with a "bang", and slowly fell to the ground along the wall.
(End of this chapter)
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