Chapter 129: Scouting the Location in Advance (13)
Finally, after all the wood in 3201 was chopped into small pieces, Lao Gao looked at the road outside the balcony and fell into deep thought.
Lan Jin followed Lao Gao's gaze as she looked at the ice strips stuck in the ice. She asked, "These ice strips are frozen to the surface. Although it's not bumpy, I'm afraid your skates won't be able to skate on it."
"It's not that we can't slide, but even if we do walk, I'm afraid it won't be easy. Let's wait and see how others do it, so we don't waste time and effort and still end up with nothing." Without waiting for Lao Gao to reply, Ling Jiang spoke first, "I'm afraid we'll have to borrow a few of your trailers. If the trailers can't tow it, we'll have to carry it all by ourselves."
There is definitely nothing wrong with Lan Jin, but as for the road outside... can we really walk on it?
Perhaps sensing her confusion, Lao Gao said, "Anyway, we have to wait until the ice strips and the ice surface are frozen solid before we can go down. It would definitely be better if we could clear the ice strips, but I'm afraid these ice strips won't be that easy to cut. I guess we'll just walk on like this then."
It was definitely difficult to cut the ice strips. No matter how thin they were, if there was only one, no matter how difficult it was, a group of people could always break it together. But now they were densely packed all over the ice surface, and the temperature was dozens of degrees below zero...
In short, it is not that easy to travel smoothly.
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All the wood in 3201 has been chopped into the size required for charcoal. It is easy to chop all the wood into small pieces in a few days, but it is very difficult to make all of it into charcoal.
Even now, she and Huang Jinghe worked together for several days, but they only made charcoal for a corner.
They kept what they needed first, and then cleared out what they wanted to sell. There was just enough left to fit into her two trailers, so now was the perfect time to go out and exchange them.
However, nearly a week had passed, and Lao Gao had been looking eagerly on the balcony, but still hadn't seen a single person. For a moment, he couldn't help but wonder, "Could it be that everyone in the community died in the freezing rain? Otherwise, why would there be no one here?"
"Nonsense, aren't the people in our building alive?" Ling Jiang glared at Lao Gao with disgust. After all, anyone in this community could be ignored, but the more than ten people in their building were not so easily ignored.
Huang Jinghe asked curiously, "But why haven't I heard any movement downstairs in the past few days?"
"Hasn't there been no noise downstairs all this time? It's not just in the past few days." Lan Jin also leaned over and replied quietly, but as soon as she finished speaking, she heard the sound of a group of people arguing not far away.
This voice is so familiar, isn't it the Qian Jun and his gang in their building that Ling Jiang was just thinking about?
Lao Gao laughed and said, "Look, you keep thinking about these people, and they show up. But I really didn't expect them to be the first to leave this time."
Ling Jiang sneered, "I'm afraid they're trying to find a way out because they have nothing to eat or anything to keep warm. Otherwise, they wouldn't be willing to move."
But no matter what the reason is, it’s enough if someone is willing to go out and explore the way first. This way, they can also learn from each other.
However……
What else could these people do? They first planned to chop off the ice strips standing on the ice, but after several people took turns chopping at the ice strips for a while and the ice strips still didn't move, they immediately gave up.
Then we tried walking directly on it, which was obviously more feasible.
Even if the road surface is bumpy, full of potholes and slippery, it doesn't require any effort and you can almost walk on it by just standing on it.
But the slipping problem is really severe. Qian Jun and his group of more than ten people would slip and fall after taking only 2 or 3 steps.
Not to mention the pain of falling on such ice, the tops of the ice bars are very sharp. No one has ever walked on it before. Now, these people would have a hole in their clothes with just one fall. In short, after just a few steps, the down on their jackets would fly all over the field.
Lan Jin said, "It seems that even if we just want to take a simple walk, it will be difficult."
But no matter how difficult it is, as long as we can move around, no one wants to stay at home. After all, there is nothing at home, and supplies are only available outside.
After Qian Jun and his group of more than ten people left the community after falling and crawling for a while, groups of people also slowly walked out of their own buildings and onto the ice.
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The four of them looked for a while, but they had no new ideas except to walk slowly, so they felt a little tired for a while.
After returning to the house, everyone was warming up in front of the stove. Lao Gao asked, "Everyone has started to go outside. When should we go out? Of course, there is obviously no more convenient way than to go out on foot."
Lan Jin thought for a moment and asked, "Do you know the approximate location of the black market? Do you know who we're going to find when we get there? If you're sure, we can take the charcoal and go there right away. But if you're not sure, I suggest we scout the area first to avoid the hassle of carrying so much charcoal."
Ling Jiang agreed with Lan Jin's suggestion. She said, "I also think it's a good idea to check out the place first. After all, we haven't been there before, so we don't have to carry so much charcoal around."
After some discussion among the four of them, they finally decided to send Lao Gao and Huang Jinghe out to explore the way. The two of them were very positive and immediately packed up their things and staggered out of the community.
But who knew that just as Lao Gao and Huang Jinghe left, Qian Jun came back with "many people".
There were naturally more than a dozen people here from the same building. According to Ling Jiang's observation on the balcony, the number of people had reached 32. A group of people were densely packed together, walking and falling. The scene was very spectacular, but at the same time, their situation was also very dangerous.
Ling Jiang said, "If you have anything at home, please take it with you. Otherwise, it will be too late to come up later."
Lan Jin looked around at home and suddenly remembered the chainsaw she had given to Lao Gao.
Lan Jin pulled the cord on the chainsaw to start it. Ling Jiang's eyes hurt so much that he immediately stopped her, saying, "I don't mind you using this, but can you guarantee you won't hurt me by mistake? There's no hospital around right now, and I'm afraid even if I went to the hospital, I wouldn't be able to save him."
Lan Jin, who had been content just now, was stunned at the moment. She thought about Ling Jiang's words. If things got really chaotic, there might be accidental injuries. "Okay, I won't use this for the time being."
Lan Jin put down the chainsaw with a look of regret, then picked up a machete, looked at Nana at his feet, and shouted, "Nana, come and help too."
Thank you for your reward, thank you
(End of this chapter)
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