Zhao Xiaoxiu and her father had just left the black market when they were targeted.
Although Zhao Xiaoxiu's missing person poster has been taken down, it had been posted for more than a month, and some people with excellent memories must have remembered that little face.
However, Zhao Xiaoxiu noticed the unfamiliar gazes as soon as they came over, let alone Zhao Gang, who could sense the entire trading market.
"It's alright." He looked down at his cub and smiled, indicating that she should go about her business.
With her father by her side, Zhao Xiaoxiu was never afraid. She nodded, left the people behind her, took out her shopping list, and started wandering around the market.
Keeping warm in winter is the top priority, so they need to buy a chimney and a wood-burning stove.
Winter is just around the corner, and there are no brand new stoves in the market, but plenty of refurbished and used ones. You can see several different stoves in front of any hardware store.
The father and daughter weren't picky; as long as the chimney and stove matched, they bought a set for 200 points.
I also bought 30 meters of electrical wire, several light bulbs, and a few sockets at the hardware store.
Zhao Xiaoxiu currently has no contribution points in her points card and is therefore ineligible to purchase solar photovoltaic equipment from the supply station.
But her father said he could find a way to get them at the market, so Zhao Xiaoxiu believed him and decisively prepared things like wires and light bulbs in advance.
After leaving the hardware store, the father and daughter went to the building materials market to look at doors and windows.
Civilian building material factories are currently shut down, and almost 90% of the building materials on the market come from recycling stations.
The better ones were the batch found in the building materials factory when we first took over Jiangcheng.
The slightly less desirable ones are collected and sorted from recycling stations before being distributed to the market.
The only advantage of the free market is that there are no contribution value restrictions.
Therefore, Zhao Xiaoxiu, who had more than 70,000 Hope Base points in her hand, only bought the best ones.
Locking the two sets of doors and windows cost 600 points.
The windows with glass are heavier, the doors are lighter, hollow in the middle, with gaps on the sides. The boss instructed Zhao Gang:
"Go back and fill it with soil, stones, and sand—fill it with whatever is sturdy. It will be easy to use."
The father and daughter exchanged a glance. No wonder the price was so cheap; it turned out to be a semi-finished product.
But this semi-finished door frame is already the best it can be; at least the outer layer is made of real metal.
After purchasing the doors and windows, the load-bearing capacity of the suspended platform will soon reach its limit.
The father and daughter remained calm and continued browsing in the market. When they passed a stall selling secondhand winter clothes, Zhao Gang squatted down and picked out two sets.
He wanted to buy more winter clothes for his cub, but he didn't like the old ones or the ones with a strong smell. After picking and choosing, he managed to put together two sets.
One set consists of a cotton-padded jacket and trousers, while the other set is down-filled; both are brownish-gray and dirt-resistant.
Zhao Xiaoxiu caught a glimpse of the two thin, blood-red tentacles on the back of her father's neck as he swiped his card, and she nodded in satisfaction.
Am I really that unclean? Zhao Xiaoxiu raised her two hands suspiciously. They were white and plump, with pink nails and clean nails without a speck of dirt.
So why do you look down on her?
She even complained about them! Taking advantage of the fact that no one was looking, Zhao Xiaoxiu made a face at her father's back.
The two tentacles were defiant and tried to crawl out and attack it, but were forcibly suppressed by the main body and instantly wilted.
Zhao Gang led his daughter through the entire trading market, but they couldn't find any photovoltaic equipment. They planned to come back another time.
Anyway, we have a heater for warmth and two solar camping lights for lighting, so the demand for electricity is not very high.
After glancing at the suspension board, which still had a little over 100 kilograms of load capacity left, Zhao Gang took his daughter to the nearest supply station near the market and exchanged it for two bags of hardened cement and half a box of candles.
Now, the suspension plate is packed full, and the load capacity is utilized to the fullest extent.
"Instant noodles again?" Zhao Gang, with his sharp eyes, immediately asked as soon as the clerk brought a cart of cardboard boxes into the supply station.
The clerk glanced at him in surprise and nodded.
"Then I'll take two cases." Zhao Gang reached into his little one's pocket, skillfully pulled out a points card, handed it over, and said generously, "Swipe!"
Two boxes of instant noodles cost 12,000 points. Adding the money spent in the trading market, this purchase cost a total of 35,000 points.
Card balance: 40,000 Hope Points + 23,500 Tomorrow Points.
"We're still quite well-off," Zhao Xiaoxiu thought smugly as she put away the points card her father handed her.
Thank you again, Steven, for your gift.
I arrived in the city in the morning and it was already noon. By the time I finished shopping, it was already past five o'clock in the afternoon.
As the sun set, the father and daughter, each holding a mutated meat skewer bought from a street barbecue stall, ate as they walked away from Jiangcheng, holding onto their hoverboards.
It's not that I'm unwilling to spend money on transportation, it's just that the road to my home is impassable.
Rather than getting off the bus halfway and attracting unwanted attention, it's better to walk there yourself.
Since leaving Area B, Zhao Xiaoxiu hasn't had a single day as relaxed and carefree as today.
With her father watching over her, she focused on the fragrant grilled meat skewers in front of her, eating heartily and striding forward.
I don't know what happy thing came to mind, but I burst out laughing to myself.
"Dad, we can't go home today, but I'm not scared at all. Do you know why?"
Zhao Gang shook his head in agreement.
The little girl next to me immediately said, "Because my dad is here, I'm not scared, hehehe~"
On that tender little face, her smiling, crescent-shaped eyes were filled with trust in Him.
......
"elder brother?"
At the entrance to the trading market, Meng Er, carrying a chimney on his shoulder, patted Meng Da, who was standing there in a daze and wouldn't leave.
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