flstandardbreds Chapter 171 Brief Peace
Chapter 171 Brief Peace
A week later, I didn't tell my family about the extra fresh fruits and vegetables so as not to arouse suspicion. I just cooked for them myself, and they didn't care about the extra vegetables.
They thought there were so many things in the warehouse. Only the careful Bian Hui asked why there were so many vegetables that they had never eaten before, such as the fresh cauliflower?
I also perfunctorily told her that sometimes I found them in the guest baggage storage area in the space lounge.
Now the residents on the 17th floor are all considered family members, with nearly people in total, and most of them are growing children. Song Jue alone can eat half a pot of rice every meal! I have to cook at least three dishes and steam two large pots of rice at a time. The rice I buy is also decreasing rapidly in the later period. I wonder why there is no grain and oil counter in my space supermarket?
As for the group of people downstairs, I told them that they could exchange rice for milk and instant noodles, and it worked. Zhang Huaiyi's family had no more than 20 bags of grain, and he was worried about leaving the grain in his original home after moving to the 16th floor. There was not enough space for him to store the grain, and he was also afraid that the neighbors would worry about it. Finally, he found me and said that he wanted to exchange it with me in exchange for some instant foods and other foods that could be eaten for a longer time.
I agreed, and not only gave him instant noodles, but also pickled mustard tubers and a few cartons of milk. There was too much milk, and there was no place to put the milk I had taken out earlier, so I took it and exchanged it for food. I also gave Lao Zhang a few boxes of cigarettes.
Lao Zhang took these things with great joy and thanked me.
The other residents had almost run out of food and could only rely on the instant noodles I distributed for free to fill their stomachs.
I also went downstairs to buy some pakchoy from the supermarket, saying that my grandfather used to grow them on the balcony, and I could add some to the noodles when cooking.
Speaking of growing vegetables, we have to mention that Bian Hui had planted a lot of fresh vegetables on the balcony on the 16th floor. Before Bian Hui had time to harvest them, she found that the vegetable garden was empty!
This was a good deal for Section Chief Hao's family and Duan Cheng's family. The elders from both families divided up the vegetables in Bian Hui's vegetable field, and the vegetables were all plucked out by the elders from both families!
The old man and the old woman like to take advantage of others. Bian Hui was a little angry and yelled for a long time. Duan Cheng's mother embarrassedly took out a bunch of beans and loofahs, but Section Chief Hao's parents were really adamant, especially his mother, the old lady, who was almost eighty years old this year and was in good health. She didn't get cold at all even in such a cold weather. She just refused to take out other people's things and wanted to leave them for her little grandson to eat.
The words were harsh, "I'll take the food and it's mine! I have a life but I can't take the food!"
Bian Hui was furious and scolded her for having no shame and being old and stubborn!
I went to persuade them to stop fighting, and I found that there was plenty of food in Section Chief Hao's house, with rice and flour. He even came to ask for something cheaper. Section Chief Hao was sleeping in another bedroom. He came out of the room when he heard his mother yelling. He immediately asked his mother to return the vegetables to Bian Hui. He was still a decent person.
The old lady was afraid that her son would get angry, so she reluctantly spit out some of the eggplants, cucumbers, green peppers, and corns that she had taken away.
Without any mercy, Bian Hui packed all the fruits she grew into a woven bag and took them away.
I accompanied Bian Hui upstairs, helped her put the woven bag into the space, and asked curiously: "Xiao Hui, you are not usually a fussy girl, why do you have to be fussy today?"
Bian Hui looked at me sheepishly and said awkwardly, "I'm sorry, Brother Huo, I made you laugh."
"There's nothing to be embarrassed about. You did nothing wrong." I added quickly.
"It's just that my sister and I always eat your food for free, and I feel a little guilty, so..."
"That's what you think. Don't let your imagination run wild. You saved so many of our lives. This is something that can't be exchanged for anything else. You're such a good girl."
After I praised her, Bian Hui became even more shy. Her cheeks flushed instantly, like a ripe apple, which made me love her. Such a shy expression and demeanor is a rare sight for me who grew up in the city. Nowadays, most girls in the city are more open, and such shy blushing scenes rarely appear.
Just as I was staring at Bian Hui's shy and lovely appearance, she seemed to notice my gaze and asked in a more shy voice, "Brother Huo, what's wrong with you?"
Bian Hui's voice was soft and gentle, with a hint of nervousness and anticipation, which brought me back to my senses.
I shook my head and said, "It's nothing. I actually added a new vegetable section to the supermarket. We have more than enough vegetables to eat. You don't have to worry." After saying that, I walked briskly upstairs.
Bian Hui looked at my back for a long time, and I didn’t know what she was thinking.
These days, my little sister still comes to my supermarket lounge at 10 o'clock every night to look through the supermarket lockers.
She also gained a lot. After the upgrade, my supermarket locker expanded from the original 36 small lockers to 48 lockers. Most people put items that are inconvenient to carry into the supermarket lockers, most of which are carry-on bags, umbrellas, coats, etc., and some practical items that have been purchased and paid for in the supermarket, such as fruits, vegetables, snacks, bags, shoes, clothes and so on.
Little sister Zhenzhu put all the things she had looted together and piled them next to the trash can. She threw away the useless things and took out the useful ones. As for who to give them to, she had the final say.
Usually vegetables would be saved for me to use for tomorrow's cooking. I am the head chef, but few people put vegetables in this kind of cabinet. Sometimes, if I'm lucky, I'd find some gift boxes of spiced sea duck eggs, rice dumplings, moon cakes, or even grains. We'd eat whatever she found.
She would take the fruit, wash it, and share it with everyone. If there was not much, she would just give it to grandpa.
There are indeed a lot of umbrellas, but how can they be used in this weather?
One time, I found several new models of mobile phones in the cupboard. Although these phones have no signal now, Xiaobai has countless sets of e-novels that can be downloaded to the phone. When the ice and snow melt in the future, there will definitely be a market for them when they are sold.
A lot of new cosmetics were bought, including facial cleansers, shower gels, etc., all of which are skin care products. I don’t understand this, but my younger sister likes this kind of thing very much. She would share it with Yang Yuxuan, and sometimes give it to the two sisters Bian Hui.
She would give the new clothes she found to the person whose size they were. There were mostly children's and women's clothes, which were also what the younger sister wanted most. She loved to show off, so when she got new clothes, she would put them on and look at herself in the mirror for a long time. Unfortunately, Dan Ziyu hadn't come for a long time, and it would be boring to only show them to Yang Yuxuan.
I also asked her if she had contacted Shan Ziyu recently? How is that boy and his family doing in this cold weather?
My younger sister said that the signal was bad and she couldn’t contact him.
We spent several days peacefully without any incidents, and we relaxed. However, no one could have predicted that these seemingly peaceful days were just a short period of peace before the upcoming war!