flstandardbreds Chapter 357
Chapter 357
"We live by the sea, but it's also full of dangers." Zhou Shuwan said, and then he gave a brief account of his experience traveling south.
Qi Mingyu then added, omitting some overly thrilling details and focusing on the story of the cannibal gang and the process of getting to know Chen Fen's team.
"What? A gang of cannibals? And tanks?"
Zhong Tiyun's face turned pale when she heard this, and the chopsticks in her hand almost fell to the ground. "Oh my God, this is terrible! Are you okay?"
She looked Zhou Shuwan and Qi Mingyu up and down nervously, fearing that they were missing a piece of flesh.
Grandma Pang was also terrified when she heard this. She clasped her hands together and muttered, "Amitabha, Bodhisattva, please bless me. I hope I can come back safely. I hope I can come back safely..."
Qi Mingyu comforted her, "Mom, Grandma, we're fine, aren't we? Don't worry, we'll be more careful next time."
He took a sip of his soup and continued, "The Cannibal Gang has been basically wiped out. Only a few people have fled. They're not a cause for concern. It's much safer to go to Xiangcheng now."
Zhou Shuwan also added: "Yes, we also seized a lot of good things!"
Even so, the family members were still terrified.
When I think of people being locked up in cages and used as food alive, and in order to keep the food fresh, they don't kill them directly, but instead cut off their limbs bit by bit to eat...
Just thinking about it makes me want to vomit.
The whole family suddenly lost their appetite.
Zhou Shuwan immediately regretted that the two of them had gone into too much detail.
Their original intention was just to make the family have a clear understanding of the degree of danger outside so that they can maintain the highest level of vigilance and alertness.
"So, even inside the base, you have to be careful about everything. There are too many examples of people pretending to be pitiful to gain sympathy. If you're not careful, you'll fall into their trap." Qi Mingyu said solemnly, "Especially Mu Mu, who is young and easily deceived!"
"That's right, that's right. Mu Mu, you have to listen more to what your sister and brother-in-law say. When you get outside, no matter how pitiful the person you see is, don't stop, just walk away!" Zhong Tiyun quickly suppressed her nausea and hurriedly instructed Mu Mu.
Mu Mu nodded seriously: "Okay!"
After the meal, Qi Mingyu took out the seized acid rain-proof suits. He and Zhou Shuwan had made the greatest contribution in suppressing the enemy. Zhang Jia asked for their opinions and gave them six acid rain-proof suits, just one for each family member.
"Grandma, Dad, Mom, these are acid rain-proof clothes. They are better than the ones we have stored at home. They will be safer when we go out in the future." He demonstrated while reminding them of precautions.
"This material looks better than ours!" Zhou Jianghai's face showed confusion. "Could it be sent from above?"
They had heard a long time ago that they had developed acid rain-proof clothing made of new materials that was as useful as air-conditioning clothing.
However, until now, no one has seen what the new acid rain-proof suit looks like.
"There must be something going on here, but we didn't get anything out of the interrogation." Zhou Shuwan said.
"Didn't you capture a woman?" Zhong Tiyun asked.
"Leave it to Xiao Xiao and the others." Zhou Shuwan said.
"We brought back a truckload of seafood this time. We have sweet sun-dried fish and dried fish that are chewy and not fishy, as well as kelp, seaweed and other seafood. It's just the right amount to replenish our supplies."
Grandma Pang smiled and said, "We have a lot of salt stored at home. Otherwise, I'm worried that if we don't eat seafood for a few years, we will be iodine deficient."
"Salt is indeed produced there, and the price is not high, so we exchanged it for some sea salt. The workmanship isn't as fine, the salt blocks are larger, and there are a few more impurities. However, it doesn't affect the taste. Wanwan, let's go unload all the supplies from the truck and put them away."
Qi Mingyu said.
"Okay, brother-in-law, I'll help too." Mu Mu said sensibly.
When we went to unload the supplies from the truck in the afternoon, the full semi-trailer was covered tightly with several layers of tarpaulin.
But there are also signs of acid rain corrosion on the oilcloth.
Although Zhou Jianghai couldn't carry anything too heavy yet, he came along to help. Seeing this, he asked, "You're still traveling in the rain?"
The frequency and timing of rain vary between the north and the south.
Therefore, Zhou Jianghai and his friends at home had no idea that Zhou Shuwan and his friends had been out and about and had experienced several acid rain events.
"There was only one time when acid rain started to fall midway. We were in the middle of nowhere and had no way to find a village or a shop. We finally got off the highway and parked the car at the foot of a cliff. That was when things got better. Otherwise, all the supplies in those 30 or so cars would have been destroyed."
Zhou Shuwan smiled helplessly. "Although the weather during the acid rain season isn't as extreme as during floods or high temperatures, sleeping outdoors in acid rain is a disaster. Furthermore, acid rain is extremely harmful to land, water sources, and crops."
"I don't know when the acid rain will stop." Grandma Pang sighed.
"Whether you stop or not, you two are not allowed to go out again. You haven't come back this time, and your mother has been staying up all night, and your grandmother is worried too. We can't let the elderly at home worry so much!" Zhou Jianghai said to the two.
Zhou Shuwan and Qi Mingyu exchanged a glance, and the former hugged Zhong Tiyun's arm and shook it, saying softly, "Okay, Brother Xiaoyu and I discussed this when we came back. We won't be going out. As soon as the villa is built, we can move in. Then we'll raise chickens and geese at home, cultivate the planting soil, and plant mutant potatoes. We'll strive to make life prosperous in the new base."
"Okay!" Zhong Tiyun nodded with a smile.
The entire truckload of supplies were their own and did not need to be handed in. This was the team that received the most supplies.
As the family moved downstairs, the other people in the workshop looked on with envy.
There isn't that much space in the workshop.
First, bring down some of the seaside specialties such as smoked fish, kelp, and sea salt, and stack them neatly in the cabin.
The workshop was immediately filled with a fishy smell of the sea.
But fortunately, the other residents didn’t care too much. Where could they eat seafood at that time? Now they were only happy to see seafood and would not dislike it at all.
When the Zhou family was moving into the workshop, some of them diligently moved stools and opened the curtains, hoping to exchange their own supplies for some seafood.
Zhou Jianghai said beautifully, "Okay, we'll sort it out ourselves first, and then we can trade some of the excess with our neighbors and friends. We can't eat so much ourselves."
"That's right! Brother Dahai is a straightforward person!"
"I'm willing to pay more when the time comes, just give me some fish and kelp in exchange."
After unloading some of the supplies, Zhou Shuwan and Qi Mingyu drove the truck out of the base and returned empty-handed more than two hours later.
Everyone knew that they were going to hide supplies.
But no one was tactless enough to ask.