When the supplies were distributed in the second week, they were reduced as Wen Qizhou speculated. Each family could only receive two bottles of mineral water and two bags of compressed biscuits, and there was no instant noodles.
The residents were anxious.
The water they stored during the water restriction period is almost at the bottom. No matter how much they save, it cannot support a family's daily water supply. Many people have not taken a shower for more than three days.
"Is he sending beggars away?" A young man was so angry that he smashed the compressed biscuit on the ground: "Whoever likes it can eat it!"
His leaked emotions moved the others, their eyes were blazing with fire, and curses and sighs were intertwined.
There are also young people who are showing off their bottles, unscrewing the caps of mineral water bottles and drinking them all, as if they don’t care about the future.
Someone shouted: "Is anyone going to the supermarket? If we continue to be so passive, we will all starve to death!"
What he meant by "going to the supermarket" was clear to the men, women and children present.
Yuan Chuan is eager to try.
Just as he was about to raise his arm, Wen Qizhou quickly pressed his shoulder, signaling him not to be the first to express his opinion.
"I'll go with you!" A middle-aged man in his early forties broke the quiet atmosphere.
After that, more and more people came forward.
Sister He, who was elected as the building manager two days ago, did not agree with their approach: "What is the difference between doing this and robbing?"
"The difference is huge! We are more qualified and moral than the robbers. No matter how much we take, we will put it on the counter according to the price on the label!"
"No one in the supermarket is open now. Who will leave the money you put in? If something goes wrong in the future, who will be responsible?"
"I won't let you take responsibility anyway!" The middle-aged man didn't want to get entangled with her, so he called the people who were going to accompany her to discuss the destination.
Sister He's face turned green when she was ignored. She said "Don't regret it" and left angrily with a loudspeaker.
But no one paid attention to her.
Residents were attracted by the "Supermarket Tour" plan. If they were determined to go, they went home, picked up their backpacks, and gathered on the first floor.
Chi Yue and Wen Qizhou were also among them.
What is surprising is that not only Mrs. Yuan is traveling with her this time, but also Zhong Chen, Zhou Wenwen and the short-haired girl.
More than 30 people set out in great force and walked to the shopping mall in the CBD with flashlights.
The glass door of the shopping mall was smashed, and the debris on the ground told them that another wave of people had already arrived first.
The leading middle-aged man felt uneasy and quickly walked to the supermarket on the first floor. When he saw scattered items on the shelves, he said to everyone: "Go and get whatever you need. We will be at the door in an hour." See."
Everyone rushed to the drinks area.
Chi Yue and Wen Qizhou followed them around the shelves to avoid arousing suspicion.
At present, only drinks and coffee are left. Although it does not quench my thirst, it is at least drinkable. Some people complained, but they never stopped taking things, wanting to fill the whole bag.
They took a few token bottles and quietly moved to other areas. After a period of time, they successfully found the location of the warehouse.
The warehouse is not large, and the goods are crowded together. You can only rely on the signs in front of each row of cartons to identify what is inside.
They checked carefully to make sure there was no third person in the warehouse. After hearing Qizhou, they turned off the flashlight and went to the door to take a look.
Chi Yue began to collect supplies.
She collected several boxes of home textiles, clothing, daily necessities, seasonings, kitchen utensils and other things that could be used in daily life.
Then walked to the food and drinking area.
Behind the rows of rice, flour, oil and mineral water, there was not even a box of inventory. There was no doubt that it had been taken away by the authorities.
She scanned forward with her flashlight and found that the amount of fast food and dairy products was pitiful, so she stopped collecting them.
They are not short of water and food, and there is no need to hoard goods for the sake of hoarding goods and depriving others of hope.
"Qizhou? Where are you?" Hearing Yuan Chuan's call, Chi Yue picked up a box of dairy products and walked out quickly.
Wen Qizhou waited for her to come out before responding.
He told the specific location, taking into account that everyone else could hear it, without mentioning the warehouse: "Come over and help me."
"immediately!"
Yuan Chuan, who hurriedly pretended to be a fan of prickly heat, took his wife Lu Hui and followed the sound to find them.
He raised his smile and said, "Did you find something good? You still need my help."
"storehouse."
"What the hell?!"
Lu Hui saw their intention, grabbed Yuan Chuan's arm, and reminded him to keep his voice down: "Have you guys gone in to take a look?"
She has a gentle temperament and speaks softly, making her feel very comfortable.
Chi Yue got along well with her.
"I've seen it." She raised her wrist slightly, indicating to them to look at the box of dairy products: "There are a lot of things in it, you go in and pick it first, and I'll call the others when you're almost done."
"Okay." Lu Hui thanked him softly.
She dragged Yuan Chuan, who was so excited that his eyes were shining, into the warehouse to look for useful things.
At first seeing the mountains of cargo boxes, Yuan Chuan was full of energy, but when he realized that they couldn't finish them all, his feelings of pity and regret made him wilt again.
He wiped his sweat and turned to look at Wen Qizhou, who was tying the cargo boxes together: "Where did you find the rope? Is there any more?"
"Yes." Wen Qizhou pointed it out to him.
When they were about to finish, Chi Yue, who was leaning by the door, called over the neighbors who were walking around the supermarket.
When she heard that she had found the warehouse, people who were still frantically grabbing supplies from the shelves came running following the flickering light of their flashlights.
Piles of cargo boxes came into view, and no one paid attention to Yuan Chuan and Wen Qizhou's actions of getting the supplies in advance.
After a while, they learned from Wen Qizhou to tie up the cargo box tightly with ropes, and then carried or dragged them out.
Recently, the temperature difference between day and night has shortened.
The temperature at night is also over 40 degrees.
They faced the evening wind carrying a heat wave and walked on the silent streets with heavy loads. It didn't take long for them to be covered in sweat.
"It's so hot! Let's walk slower."
"If I had known there were so many things in the supermarket, I should have driven out tonight."
I saw a thin woman walking with difficulty, and the short-haired girl showed great kindness.
She let go of the rope she and her boyfriend were holding, stepped forward, stretched out her hand and said, "Sister, let me carry it for you."
"No need." The other party took two steps back and defensively avoided the short-haired girl's hand: "I can carry it myself, thank you."
"But……"
"Brother Liu, wait for me!" The thin woman, who suspected her motives were impure, hugged the supplies tightly, turned around and ran forward.
The girl with short hair was embarrassed.
Her boyfriend's face flushed with anger: "Yang Beijia! Can you have a certain level of kindness in your kindness? We can't even carry our own things, so you still have time to help others?"
"Isn't it the right thing to respect the old and love the young? I just wanted to help her by the way. Why are you angry at me?"
"Is the point now that I lose my temper? Think before I ask you for help! Can you take a look at your own situation?"
Yang Beijia didn't realize that her actions made her boyfriend and roommate dissatisfied, and they just wanted to argue about right and wrong.
She was self-centered, correcting his thoughts vehemently and detailing his problems.
Not to mention the people close to you who couldn't bear it, even those who stopped where they were to rest had a headache.
"It's a pity that the hospital is closed." Yuan Chuan, who was irritated by the heat, was made angry by her quarrel, and said sarcastically with a straight face: "Otherwise, you can go to the psychiatric department for treatment."
"You have the disease!"
Because of what happened to Mrs. Wang, Yang Beijia hated them and impulsively kicked the cardboard box next to him.
Chi Yue lowered her eyes and took a look.
And then realized, “That’s my thing.”
"So what if it's yours?" Yang Beijia glared at her and said connotatively, "You can only bully the weak."
Perhaps because she was embarrassed by her boyfriend, or perhaps because she was sure that Chi Yue would not do anything in public, in order to vent her unhappiness, she deliberately kicked the cardboard box as a ball.
"Since you like kicking things so much──" Chi Yue said in a long voice, grabbing her by the back of the collar: "Then kick as much as you can."
She pressed the opponent's head and "kicked" the cardboard box.
"Ah!!" Yang Beijia, who was pressed against her hip, knelt on the ground and screamed, unable to move.
The carton contains drinks.
Her forehead hit her, making a series of crisp banging sounds, which echoed in everyone's ears, making them tremble with fear.
The boyfriend, who had a dark face and wanted to leave, saw this scene and turned back the same way, trying to stop him.
But as soon as he got closer, a black shadow blocked him, preventing him from taking another step forward.
"You want to take action too?" Wen Qizhou, who couldn't figure out his intention, lowered his eyes and looked at the boy with a flat head who was half a head shorter than him.
Hearing that there might be a fight, Yuan Chuan followed him and stood next to him, staring at the young man.
"I don't want to." Yao Chengwei was not afraid.
He witnessed the whole process and knew that the problem was with his girlfriend. He said tiredly: "I apologize on her behalf. Can you ask your wife to let her go? If you continue to beat her like this, you will get a concussion."
"Not really."
"..." He looked at Yang Beijia, who was still in a weird mood. He was extremely tired, but he couldn't ignore it: "She has been a little stimulated during this period, so don't take it to heart."
Yuan Chuan saw that the young man's attitude was quite sincere, so he chatted with him: "No matter how much she is stimulated, she should not take it out on others. Do you think that's the right thing to do?"
"yes."
"As victims, we should teach her a lesson, right?"
"……right."
"Be aware!" He put his arm around Yao Chengwei's shoulder and said seriously: "Young people grow up in adversity and suffering. If you intervene this time, how can she make progress?"
Yao Chengwei fell silent.
Yang Beijia, who was still waiting for him to help her, heard their conversation and her scream seemed to pierce the sky.
She said vaguely: "He is in PU..."
"Look, she's gone crazy again." Yuan Chuan sighed and pulled Yao Chengwei, who was surrounded, to the side to smoke.
Tell him the philosophy of life by the way.
The unattended Yang Beijia stopped struggling. Chi Yue saw her lying motionless like a dead fish. According to the number of times she kicked the carton, she "kicked" the carton with her head for the last time and then stopped.
She dragged out the dented cardboard box, looked at Yang Beijia condescendingly, and said coldly: "There will be no next time."
