The "pest epidemic" issue has been circulating in the base for two weeks, but the official has not reported a single confirmed case. Some people let down their guard and no longer bundled up tightly; others did not dare to take it lightly and still wore long sleeves and long trousers to endure the heat.
Wen Qizhou and his party belong to the latter group.
But as the outdoor temperature gets higher and higher, they also put on ice silk sun protection clothing to avoid accidental heatstroke.
"Qizhou, have you packed up?" Xie Changxiao asked standing outside their door on the weekend of mid-December.
"alright."
He zipped up Chi Yue's sun protection suit, carried a bag of vegetables, and walked out of the room with the delicate white catkin in hand.
Tan Cong is treating you tonight.
They carried the door-to-door gift and headed to Building A1.
Tan Cong lives alone in a two-bedroom apartment. The two-bedroom apartment was allocated to his father by the government before the Central District was expanded, and the family was given five years of free living rights.
In the middle of last year, his father received a notice that he was going to move them into a house in the Central District, but he thought he still had three years of residency left on the two-bedroom apartment, so he stayed there by himself.
The sound of "knock knock" fell.
1708's door opened immediately.
"You are here." Tan Cong turned sideways, with a smile on his gentle and jade-like face, and invited Wen Qizhou and the others to enter the house.
Wen Qizhou: "Do you want to change your shoes?"
"No need." He waited for others to come in, walked to the coffee table in the living room, and poured warm water into the paper cups prepared in advance.
"Why are you still carrying your things?"
Ge Qinyao, who arrived before them, noticed the extra rice, noodles and vegetables on the coffee table.
He said angrily: "That's too polite."
Xie Changxiao: "It's my first time coming to my brother-in-law's house. How can I not bring something with me?"
There was teasing in his eyes.
Ge Qinyao's cheeks turned red: "We are not married yet." As she spoke, she frequently glanced at Tan Cong from the corner of her eye.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see her love, and Chi Yue seemed to ask accidentally: "How long do you plan to get married?"
"Wait until I propose."
Tan Cong planned the future.
But in front of Ge Qinyao, the specific time cannot be revealed, lest there be no surprise.
"It seems good things are coming soon." Chi Yunyan joked, and suddenly said: "By the way, can the base get the certificate?"
"Yes, it's just different from before."
"Can't you enter the system?"
Tan Cong responded: "The certificate is still in paper form, almost the same as in the 1920s."
"What's it like?"
"A piece of A4 paper will have the name of the person getting married and the date of getting the certificate printed on it, and it will also state that it complies with the marriage law."
"You know it in detail." Ge Huai saw that he had the idea of marrying Ge Qinyao, and he was very satisfied in his heart.
Tan Cong smiled and said, "That's right." He glanced at the kitchen and said, "You guys talk first, I'm going into the kitchen to handle the ingredients."
"I'll help you."
Ge Huai went into the kitchen with him.
He alone would be too busy to provide food for so many people, and Tan Cong was not polite to his future brother-in-law.
While the two were busy, Ge Qinyao thought of their first visit to Tan's house, so she took them to visit the bedroom.
Although the Tan family only has two bedrooms, the area is not as small as expected. The second bedroom alone is larger than their single room.
"It's better to live in a suite." Chi Yunyan glanced at their bathroom: "The bathroom can even have a bathtub."
Unlike them, they eat, sleep, and wash all in a single room of less than 20 square meters. They have to enter the bathroom one by one, and they can't even find a suitable place to exercise.
Mingzhang: "Indeed."
Ge Qinyao: "Then you should change your style."
Chi Yue: "The rent is due next month, and I can't change it yet." We can't let those 800 points go to waste.
Before comparison, they thought that living in a single room was not bad, and they were close to each other, making it easy to move around.
After comparison, my thoughts changed.
"Is there a suite on this floor?" Wen Yaxian looked at the warmly decorated bedroom and began to think about changing rooms.
"It seems to have."
"It's all a set of two?"
Ge Qinyao: "No." She and everyone returned to the living room and sat on the sofa together: "The row on the right is a condom."
She often comes to Tan's house and has a certain understanding of the types of rooms in this building. She can give them a rough overview and let them consider it themselves.
After all, they still had to live in Building C for a while, so they were not in a hurry to discuss the issue of moving, so they changed the topic and chatted all over the place until the aroma of fragrance came from the kitchen.
Fried pork chops, braised beef with white radish, roasted shiitake mushrooms with garlic and cumin, shredded fish and pork, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, crucian carp tofu soup and spicy and sour borscht were all served on the table.
It can be said that it is full of color and fragrance.
They tasted Tan Cong's craftsmanship and were occasionally fed a mouthful of dog food fed by him and Ge Qinyao. They were all full.
"Brother-in-law's fried pork chops are delicious." Xunsong touched his bulging belly: "Xunsong's belly is even bulging."
Tan Cong couldn't help laughing.
He took out a tissue, wiped the oil on Xunsong's lips, and corrected him in a warm voice: "You should call me brother-in-law."
"Brother-in-law?"
"Yeah." He threw away the tissue and rubbed Xunsong's little head: "Brother-in-law, can I give you fried pork chops next time?"
Xunsong said happily: "Okay!"
*
As the sun set, they left Tan's house and took a leisurely walk to eat along the road leading to the commercial street in District 1.
The commercial street is still a bustling scene.
"Yun Yan, have you stocked up on food recently?" The supermarket in District 1 has restricted purchases, and there is not much food that can be bought every day. Chi Yue reminded them to stock up on food when they discovered that the insect disaster might be in advance.
"Stocked up."
"How long can I eat it?"
Chi Yunyan: "About a week."
Wen Yaxian: "We are about the same." She held Yan Shuo's arm and said, "It's a pity that the weather is too hot. Vegetables and meat are easy to spoil if they are left for too long. Otherwise, Ashuo and I can still stock up."
Supermarkets do not sell live poultry.
If they want to eat chickens, ducks and geese, they can only buy half of them according to the purchase limit rules. It is impossible to buy live poultry and raise them themselves.
"It's okay, there's enough food for a week." During the insect plague, they could go out even if they wore protective clothing. They only needed to ensure that they had food to eat in the early stage of the outbreak, and they didn't have to fight for it from anyone.
Chi Yue looked at the passers-by.
The number of people wearing cool clothes and body wraps is almost even. They seem to be in two seasons. At a glance, they can see one summer and one spring, and there is some indescribable harmony.
Her eyes fell on the dresses, and she paused briefly before sighing: "I haven't worn a dress in a long time."
Before the end of the world, she also loved beauty.
No matter the season, you can choose the dress you want to wear according to your mood in the cloakroom filled with hundreds of dresses.
Looking back now, I just feel that that kind of life is too far away, so far away that she feels like an unreachable dream.
Wen Qizhou asked, "What are you going to wear when you go home tonight?" He saw her confusion and put his hand on her ear: "I want to see you wearing a cheongsam."
"which one?"
"The black one."
The black cheongsam was of the same nature as the secretary outfit and bunny girl. Chi Yue reacted and raised her head to glare at him.
"Don't go too far."
Seeing that her attention had shifted, Wen Qizhou, who had achieved his goal, stopped teasing her.
He said: "What about wearing cyan?"
"I'll think about it." Chi Yue did not agree immediately, lest he take the opportunity to make some messy requests.
"How long do you think about it?"
"Look at your watch..."
Before they could finish saying "It depends on your performance," the middle-aged man walking in front of them fell to the ground with a "bang" and twitched.
Chi Yue paused slightly.
She looked at the twitching man and thought he was having an epileptic seizure. Just when she was about to call Mingzhang for help, she suddenly saw a raised bulge under his skin.
The bulge pressed against his skin, and along with his twitching movements, it traveled from his wrist to his shoulder.
As it swam away, the man felt as if his bones and blood had been drained, and his entire arm became visibly dry.
Like a dead branch that has lost its vitality, it can be easily broken by the wind. At first glance, it makes people feel numb.
"ah!!"
The little girls watching screamed.
This caused the pedestrians in front and behind them to look at the twitching middle-aged man.
Chi Yue's expression changed sharply: "Run!" She squeezed Wen Qizhou's hand tightly and called Xie Changxiao and his group to run towards the street.
The person standing in a daze next to the middle-aged man was brought back to reality by Chi Yue's reminder, and Sayazi followed her closely.
Residents not far from the street, when they saw them running towards them with panic on their faces, did not bother to delve into the reasons. They all took out the usual escape posture and quickly turned around and ran forward.
More and more people are panicking.
The commercial street was in complete chaos.
The soldiers on patrol ahead noticed the commotion on the street and immediately walked back in to try to find out.
"Don't go, there are bugs!" Chi Yue grabbed the arm of the leading soldier and briefly described the scene he just saw.
After repeatedly reminding them not to put themselves in danger, she and Wen Qizhou continued to run towards the road leading to the residential area.
