Chapter 30 Small Transactions (Monday(1/2)
Jiang Baimian, Shang Jianyao and others did not urge Tian Erhe, and sat quietly on the fire, as if they were waiting for dinner.
After about ten seconds, Tian Erhe's attention returned to his mind and shook his head with a low smile:
"There are corpses everywhere in the city, and there are 'unintentioned people' who have lost their minds. This is the case on the street, in the community, and in the shopping malls.
"Those 'intentional people' eat corpses, their mouths are bloody, and like the most ferocious beasts, they can even climb on the curtain walls of tall buildings like monkeys, suddenly swing down from nearly ten meters high, appear behind you, and they can also use guns...
"We had eight or nine people at that time, and after encountering such a situation, half of them died soon.
"Maybe I was young, short, and not eye-catching. I didn't encounter any attacks in the first round, so I survived.
"We panicked and ran wildly, and got into a nearby police station.
"I'm pretty lucky. Although those 'unintentioned people' can shoot and change magazines, they don't take the initiative to search for weapons. We found a lot of guns and a lot of bullets on some bodies in the police station."
Speaking of this, Tian Erhe smiled and said to Bai Chen, Jiang Baimian:
"Do you think we finally broke through the siege with those weapons?
"No. We, including older uncles and aunts, don't know how to use guns, but the gunshots have attracted more 'intentional people'.
“At that time, I thought I couldn’t hold on anymore, so I cried.
"Fortunately, fortunately, those uncles and aunts had a strong desire to survive, and did not abandon me. They moved all the way to the parking lot.
"There is an off-road vehicle there, with the door open and the keys inserted, but the owner disappeared. I think he must have become an "unintentional person" and wandered around elsewhere irrationally.
“Relying on this off-road vehicle, we ran into the streets with a few ‘unintentional people’.
"There are not many 'unintentional people' in that area. We seized the opportunity and rushed out of the city. When we arrived in the suburbs, it would be much safer."
Tian Erhe sighed:
"Before leaving Shuiwei Town, I thought I could go home and see if my parents were there. As a result, I never saw them again."
After feeling moved, Tian Erhe glanced at the iron pot that was gradually steaming out of steam, and continued:
“We had to go back the road, and there was a collection of food and clothes on the way.
“Then, I gave up the off-road vehicle, took the collected things, crossed the broken road, and retrieved the two cars that had been driven out of town.
“That’s it, we returned to Shuiwei Town.
"Because it's winter and the rescue has not come yet, we all decided to stop considering the subsequent earthquake and start requisitioning the town's pretty intact buildings. People can't force themselves to freeze to death, right?
"Thank you for the New Year holiday, every household has New Year's goods, and there are a lot of things in several supermarkets. We didn't worry much about food all winter.
"However, some uncles and aunts suggested that it is not good to distribute food like this, it is easy to develop laziness and waste precious time in vain. They proposed to exchange labor for food.
"Most of the people agreed. Before spring really came, we divided the buildings here into many small rooms, repaired the walls, maintained the canals in the fields outside the town, prepared the water towers for the water plant here, and became proficient in the use of firearms...
"It turned out that these things were very important, whether it was dealing with famine or defending against wild beasts, robbers and 'intentional people' that all played a big role."
Tian Erhe's eyes were a little dissipated, as if they were back to the New Year of collective labor.
His voice became a little lower:
“When the weather warms up and the late spring cold ends, we finally confirmed something:
“Rescue will never come…”
Tian Erhe raised his head, pulled out a little smile and said:
"You should be able to guess what we experience later.
"It's nothing more than taking advantage of the opportunity of the "unintentional" dying in winter to explore the ruins of several surrounding cities, collecting food, clothes, guns, ammunition, batteries and fuel, and at the same time, organizing production, trying to hunt, and sending people to the distance to see if there are any surviving cities.
"How is it? Do you still need to listen?"
Jiang Baimian nodded slightly:
"I want to hear it!"
After saying that, she smiled brightly:
"You can eat and speak, and we can listen as we eat."
The braised beef in the pot is almost ready.
At this time, Shang Jianyao touched his stomach:
"I'll go to the toilet first."
"I'll go too." Long Yuehong stood up.
"Okay, wait for you to come back." Jiang Baimian particularly understood these two team members who had just arrived on the surface.
When she left the company for the first time and entered the Black Swamp wilderness, she was also resistant to the on-site solution. She couldn't hold it in, and she was unwilling to burrow the woods and hide behind the shrubs.
Among them, the small trumpet is not bad, the time is short, the impact of the environment is not that great, and the sense of shame is not so strong. The large trumpet really needs to muster up the courage.
Since she went out this time, according to her observation, Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong have not yet released the large number.
Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong followed Tian Erhe's guidance and walked through various areas with chaotic buildings toward the public toilet parallel to the side wall.
During this process, they smelled various smells, which were mixed together, making it difficult to tell what it was. They only knew that it was very bad and they had to force themselves to hold it back, otherwise they would inevitably retching.
Shang Jianyao also saw several families gathered together and cooked on the same stove to save charcoal. He saw someone not bothering to take off his clothes full of mud, and squatted at the door, drinking thin porridge that was not white enough. He saw someone lying in a building with a half-open door, moaning in pain and taking the spittoon. He saw a mother holding a baby who was definitely less than 1 year old. Because he didn't have time to return home, he could only let the child urinate on the spot. He saw many children under ten years old, busy helping their parents make fire and wiping their clothes...
As they walked, in a series of vigilant, guarded and curious eyes, Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong arrived at the public toilet.
Their left hand is a woman in a skirt, and the right hand is a simple male.
As soon as he turned to the right, Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong's eyes suddenly shone.
This public toilet is completely different from what they imagined. Compared with the public toilets inside "Pangu Biology", it is not as simple as it is.
The front wall is a long urinary groove, and the back wall is the same long but seems to be wider.
They flush regularly against the device at the junction with the women's toilet, without any blocking in the middle, and they can flush the entire body with just one flush.
It's like moving two streams in.
The only thing that made Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong happy was that Shuiwei Town attached great importance to the hygiene of public toilets and cleaned them relatively cleanly.
"Are you going?" Long Yuehong hesitated a little.
"Go." Shang Jianyao took the lead, picked a seat, took off his pants, and squatted down.
Long Yuehong chose a place far away from him, and evasively untied his armed belt.
"This feels a bit strange..." He couldn't help but look at Shang Jianyao.
There was no obstruction between the two.
Shang Jianyao pinched his nose:
"You're a little angry lately."
"..." Long Yuehong was speechless.
Just when they thought this was the most embarrassing scene, a group of people from Shuiwei Town rushed in outside.
They looked at Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong for a few glances, some went to the urine tank, and some found a seat to squat down.
"This is even more strange." Shang Jianyao expressed Long Yuehong's heart.
Then, his thoughts turned to a strange place:
"If Mayor Tian squatted here, and if someone came in, he would come to him and shout "Mayor"..."
The townsmen of Shuiwei Town next to Shang Jianyao subconsciously said:
“There is a separate toilet in the mayor’s room.”
In this way, the two started chatting in a strange environment, which made Long Yuehong amazed.
Finally, Long Yuehong solved her personal problems, put on her pants, and went to the bathroom outside to wash her hands.
He breathed the relatively fresh air deeply and confirmed something deeply again:
Compared with the wanderer settlements outside, the underground building of "Pangu" is as beautiful as heaven.
After a minute or two, Shang Jianyao also walked out and washed his hands.
They did not discuss the situation of this public toilet, and remained silent in a tacit understanding, and once again traveled through the chaotic area with brick houses, mud houses, and tents.
Suddenly, a little girl ran to Shang Jianyao.
She was about seven or eight years old, with her hair softly covered, wearing a light green inside, with many balls, two sweaters with obvious holes, and ones that were almost to the knee, with a white-washed jacket with several patches.
The material she wore was not visible on her legs. The overall color was gray-blue, with pants with other colors of cloth, and a pair of black shoes tied with ragged cloth. Her face was thin and yellow, but her eyes were bright.
The little girl was holding a bunch of debris, wired heads, rags, faded buttons, broken headbands, glass balls with petals embedded in them, empty matchboxes and plasticine.
She raised her head and looked at Shang Jianyao with a gaze:
"Brother, can I exchange these for some of the food you eat? Just a little, is it OK? Is it OK?"
At the corner of the wooden shed, the fragrance of braised beef wafted over.
Shang Jianyao looked at the little girl in silence for two seconds, squatted down before she spoke again, stretched out her fingers, and pulled the pile of debris a few times.
He picked out a transparent glass ball with yellow petals embedded in it and stood up with a smile:
To be continued...