They had not seen the burly man since the incident in the corridor, and they did not know whether he was recuperating at home or whether he had moved away.
They didn't take it to heart either.
When the outdoor temperature dropped to minus ten degrees, Yao Chengwei and Zhao Peng went upstairs to find them and proposed to go out together to find supplies.
After a while, it will definitely be difficult to stay outdoors for a long time. They need to store more supplies to stay at home safely.
Chi Yue and Wen Qizhou did not refuse.
They drove away from the base early in the morning, away from the mountainous areas, and drove along the third ring road toward the outskirts of the city.
It is almost impossible to find food in supermarkets and wholesale markets. They can only try their luck in universities and rural areas.
Two cars drove into a college.
They walked around the playground, found the canteen, stopped at its entrance, and got out of the car with knives and sticks out of caution.
The cafeteria has three floors. There was a pile of snow half a person high at the door of the first floor. They smashed a window and bent down to enter the cafeteria.
Wen Qizhou slightly raised his hand holding the flashlight, letting the cold white light illuminate the dim interior. His eyes fell on the window where he was cooking, and he and Chi Yue walked around to the kitchen behind the window.
The rat's cry of "squeak" came.
He looked around and found four or five rats surrounding a rotting and smelly corpse, gnawing at the man's hand.
The light hit the corpse, and they, who were used to seeing similar scenes, had no unnecessary reaction and started looking for it separately.
The sound of rummaging through boxes and cabinets lingered in my ears.
He and Chi Yue walked into the warehouse without seeing a grain of rice. They turned back to the cooking table and opened the surrounding cabinets one by one.
"Here is a bottle of oil." Chi Yue opened the plastic bag containing the smelly dry ingredients and took out the cooking oil inside.
"Have you ever been shot?"
"No." She put it directly into her backpack without checking the expiration date, and then checked the remaining cabinets with Wen Qizhou.
There was nothing in the remaining cabinets. They walked out of the kitchen, and Yao Chengwei and the two who were looking for supplies upstairs also came down.
"There are only two bags of flour upstairs." Yao Chengwei raised his hand holding two five-pound bags of flour and gave them a look.
Wen Qizhou: "Then let's change places."
The four of them went into the canteen to look around, but couldn't find any food that could be eaten, so they headed to a village not far from the university.
The houses built in the village are not high, and after being ravaged by heavy rains and floods, they now look dilapidated. The doors that are open to the wind and snow stand leaning and crumbling in the snow.
The white snow dresses them in white clothes, covers the mud left by the flood, and quietly leaves new traces.
The four of them entered the house with intact doors and windows.
Because the doors and windows were blocked, there was only a small amount of snow in the house, which did not affect their search for supplies.
Chi Yue and Wen Qizhou have never lived in rural areas, but they also know that villagers usually have cellars for storing food in their homes.
They first walked around the kitchen and bedroom, then found the entrance and exit of the cellar, and went down a few steps to check inside.
Nothing was found in the first house.
In the second building, I found several kilograms of sweet potatoes and potatoes.
The third building...
They searched all the houses in the row of houses on the left. In addition to sweet potatoes and potatoes, they also found three sections of bacon, a bag of mung beans, two bags of ginger, a bag of chili peppers and a bottle of white wine.
Yao Chengwei and Zhao Peng, who were responsible for searching on the right, found three cans of baby milk powder, two bags of potatoes and eight-section sausages.
Also, a live chicken.
"Where did you pick it up?" Chi Yue stared at the thin live chicken in Yao Chengwei's hand that was flapping its wings and clucking.
"Murao." He chuckled and slapped the head of the fluttering chicken: "We can have extra food tonight!"
Chi Yue raised her eyebrows slightly: "I picked up ducks last time and chickens this time. I'm curious about what animals you will pick up next time."
"Maybe a rabbit?"
"Why didn't you say pig?" Zhao Peng moved the things into the trunk and looked at him: "At least let us have a good meal."
"Yeah! Then I'll pick up pigs next time!" He happily walked around the back of the car, turned around and asked, "Are you going anywhere else?"
Wen Qizhou: "Look at you." He and Chi Yue didn't have a sense of urgency. They wouldn't be hungry even if they didn't go out for a year and a half.
"Zhao Peng, what do you think?"
"I think..." Zhao Peng unfolded the map of Heyuan City and took a closer look: "There is a village three kilometers to the right. Let's just go there and look for it."
"OK."
They went to the next village and found a lot of food crops that could be stored for a long time, and then returned to the base with satisfaction.
Unexpectedly──
Still one kilometer away from the base, two vehicles came unexpectedly from the fork in the road and blocked them in front and behind them.
There were seven people on the other side, two of whom were armed with shotguns and pistols. They walked to their driver's seats and knocked on the windows, while the rest laid barricade spikes on the snow.
The operation is quite skillful.
"Get out of the car." The strong man put his gun against the car window, trying to intimidate: "I don't want to say it a second time."
Wen Qizhou knew that it was hard to be good.
The moment he unbuckled his seat belt, he turned his head and exchanged glances with Chi Yue, and then opened the car door with her.
Another young man holding a pistol also asked Yao Chengwei and Zhao Peng, who were sitting in the car behind, to get out of the car.
"Brothers, search the car!" The strong man saw them standing nearby and shouted to the five people to search the car.
At the same moment when he looked away, Wen Qizhou took out the dagger and stabbed the strong man's hand unprepared.
His movements were extremely fast, but the strong man's reaction was not bad either. He lowered his hand and stepped back. The dagger failed to penetrate into the flesh, but drew a very deep blood mark on the back of his hand.
"Damn it!" he spat.
Just as he was about to give Wen Qizhou a pleasant sensation, a familiar cool touch suddenly reached his senses through his temples.
Chi Yue walked around behind the strong man and pointed the gun at his temple: "Don't move, I don't want to repeat it a second time."
The strong man raised his gun for a moment.
He glanced at Chi Yue, who had thin arms and thin legs, and didn't pay attention to her at all. He turned sideways and wanted to snatch her gun.
"Bang──"
A bullet penetrated the strong man's chest.
He turned his head in disbelief and looked at Wen Qizhou who shot at him with splitting eyes. He pursed his lips twice and couldn't say even half a syllable before he fell back on the snow.
The accident happened so quickly. The five people in the drill car heard the gunshots and took a look at the sound. They saw their boss lying on the ground motionless. They became confused in an instant.
The young men guarding Yao Chengwei and Zhao Peng, because they were more cautious than the strong men, tied up Yao Chengwei and Zhao Peng as soon as they got off the car, thus not giving them a chance to get close to seize the guns.
"Put down the gun!" The young man pointed the gun at Zhao Peng, who was closest to him. His eyes fell on the boss's body and he swallowed: "Put it down! Otherwise I will kill him!"
"Qizhou, give me the gun."
Once the gun leaves his hand, Chi Yue will never allow a bullet in the magazine, so he uses the cover of his scarf to unknowingly replace it with a gun without bullets in space.
She bent down and lowered the gun.
The young man said again: "Kick over here!"
