MTL - Natural Disaster Apocalypse-Chapter 17

"Brother, come quickly!"

As soon as Qin Huai came out of the shower, he saw Mu Nan sticking a spoon into the middle of the watermelon and holding it towards him, so he walked over to him with a smile, and ate the watermelon in one gulp, the sweet and refreshing watermelon dissipated almost instantly Looking at Mu Nan's expectant face, Qin Huai smiled and said, "It's very sweet, this melon is a good buy."

When Qin Huai was a child, he didn't like to eat fruit, and he didn't like to eat any kind of fruit. Mu Nan was different from him. He liked to eat any kind of fruit. The sweeter the more, the more he loved it. Every time he ate watermelon, he cherished the sweetest piece in the middle. , The family members know that he likes to eat, so they will give it to him. Once when he came back from school, he saw Mu Nan sitting in the living room alone, holding a small wooden spoon and finally digging out the sweetest piece in the middle. Before Nan could put the piece of watermelon into his mouth, he ate it in one bite.

At that time, Mu Nan was still in kindergarten, so young, he thought that if he ate his favorite food, Mu Nan would definitely cry, but Mu Nan didn't cry, and just laughed when he saw him, then two and a half watermelons Mu Nan will definitely leave half of the sweetest watermelon core for him.

Mu Nan smiled smugly: "I went to Shandong to buy it on purpose. There is a high output of watermelons there, and it is very cheap to buy without intermediate transportation costs. When I bought it, the wholesale price was 90 cents a catty. I bought several trucks and bought a lot of rice noodles there, which are also cheap and delicious.”

Qin Huai said: "Eat less, watermelon is cold in nature, just eat some to quench your thirst."

Mu Nan grumbled but didn't refute. Qin Huai didn't need to say that he couldn't actually eat much. When he was a child, he could eat quite a lot. He could eat half of the big watermelon weighing six or seven catties in one go. Later, he stayed up late for a long time, Fu Ye is out, take out every day, the body has indeed deteriorated a lot, and I feel a little full after eating half a meal.

After eating a few more mouthfuls, seeing that Qin Huai had almost wiped his hair dry, he put the remaining watermelon into Qin Huai's hands: "You eat some too, after eating, put it in the refrigerator and I'll put it back in the space, bro, your hair is Shouldn't it be cut?"

Qin Huai took the watermelon and sat on the side of the bed. Seeing Mu Nan eager to try, he said, "Tomorrow, you can cut it for me before I take a bath tomorrow."

Mu Nan was immediately happy: "I'll go find the scissors first, I bought several pairs of scissors for cutting hair." Fortunately, they are boys, so they can be cut short, if it doesn't work, they will all be shaved and long ones will be quicker, if it's a girl , that long hair can be difficult.

When Mu Nan was arranging the scissors, he was suddenly startled by the loud sound like a door being smashed or kicked down from downstairs. He let go of his hand, and the scissors fell straight to the ground. Fortunately, Qin Huai who was beside him reacted quickly enough. , scooped Mu Nan away, or the tip of the scissors might poke his foot.

Qin Huai picked up the scissors from the ground, and threw the few that were already on the table into the drawer. Mu Nan patted his chest with lingering fear: "I was shocked."

The noise should be from their side downstairs, probably hitting the door, the impact was so loud that even the iron door on their upstairs trembled slightly. Accompanied by the impact, there was also fierce abuse, and I didn't know what kind of hatred or resentment. At this time, there were conflicts.

If there were people making trouble like this in the past, the neighbors would have come out to watch the fun, but now, even if they are full of gossip, they dare not go out casually, and at most keep their ears open to listen to the movement outside. Because Mu Nan and the others face two houses with only one door to another, and next to it is a sky-penetrating courtyard, so as long as you open your own door, you don't need to open the iron door outside, and you can hear the situation downstairs clearly.

Mu Nan was a little curious about what was going on downstairs, so she squatted at the door to listen to the commotion. Probably because Qin Huai came back, his mentality began to change a lot, and he became more interested in life and the surroundings than before. Just when there was a loud noise downstairs, Mu Nan remembered that this happened in his previous life. At that time, he was drawing pictures in the room, and he had no interest in the noise outside. He even put on earphones to isolate the noise from the outside, and he didn't have the curiosity to pay attention to the cause of the noise afterwards.

This time, he was a little curious, what could make people come out and make trouble at this time.

But Mu Nan listened to it for a long time, all shouting to open the door and pay back the money, some Mandarin with a local accent, Mu Nan couldn't hear clearly when he spoke excitedly, but he could still understand some curses, what? Not a good death, retribution, the death of the whole family, etc., how ruthless it is.

There was also the sound of kicking the door, so loud that it almost seemed to be kicked through the door.

Qin Huai stretched out his hand, and brought in the person who was listening to gossip at the door: "Don't go out after taking a shower, even squatting at the door."

Mu Nan asked: "Do you remember which house we are downstairs? Is it the one where the teacher is?"

Qin Huai said: "Well, it's the teacher's house."

Mu Nan felt strange: "The teacher's family is pretty good, who did you offend?"

Qin Huai motioned him to look at his phone. This incident had already started in the community group. In just a short while, the chat in the community group was 99+. Mu Nan directly clicked on the top and began to scroll down. It turned out that the origin of this incident was Group buy.

As the time of being closed in the house is getting longer and longer, many people have to venture out to find a way to survive in order to make a living for three meals. Not everyone has savings in their hands. Some families mainly support a large family. The pressure It is no less life-threatening than a virus, so even if there is no specific medicine yet, due to the protection in place, the number of infected people is constantly decreasing, and some people start to venture out. Therefore, in order to make a living, various private vendors are buying more and more group purchases .

However, it is impossible for those private vendors to directly correspond to the residents one by one. Therefore, through some information channels, a group of commodities will be drawn, and the residents who can probably be within the delivery range will join the group to buy things. This kind of shopping can’t always be given by just one or two items. You deliver the goods, so someone needs to lead the group purchase, gather the purchased items to a certain amount and place an order, and then they will deliver the goods.

The downstairs resident of Mu Nan's house is a teacher, but he has been retired for many years. His wife left early, and his son was born with a disability. In the early years, he found a woman who did not dislike his disabled son and got married with the conditions of local household registration. , gave birth to a child, not long after the child was born, the woman left, so the father and father brought up the child together, the boy was one year older than Qin Huai, Mu Nan remembered that the little brother downstairs was still in Qin Huai's first grade Senior.

This is because the little brother downstairs made a lot of trouble with a group purchase. Now to meet the needs of the masses, various WeChat group purchase Solitaire apps have emerged as the times require. If you become the group leader, after the transaction is successful, there will be a few thousandths of the rebate. Prices are soaring now. Rice, which used to cost two or three yuan a catty, has now risen to ten or twenty yuan, not to mention the vegetables and meat that consume more. If you order it in a group, you will receive less rebates. Dozens, nearly a hundred.

The brother No. 9 on the 16th floor who has tasted the sweetness is dedicated to helping people start a group as the group leader. He only needs to start a group in the group, and others will choose the goods by themselves and pay for them. After the amount of the group is reached, he will wait for others to deliver the goods When he comes to the door, all he needs to do is to wait downstairs when the goods arrive, and then distribute the items according to the house number. The money is easy to get.

As a result, the car overturned this time, and there was a complete range of goods. The key is that a very cheap vendor had a limited-time event. He started a group. Because it was really cheap, he also placed an order and bought it out of good intentions. To benefit others, I took the initiative to recruit people in some large groups. As a result, the mission was successful, the money was paid, and the items disappeared for several days. The link to the product provided by the vendor was taken off the shelf, and the mobile phone was turned off. At this moment, the fool knew he had been cheated.

The little brother on the 16th floor couldn’t get in touch with the vendor. Others bought things from him and didn’t see them. Naturally, he was the person who started the group, even though the money never passed his hands. But for this matter, you must find the vendor, or he will be responsible, and there must be an explanation.

But now the price is expensive, the total price of the group is tens of thousands, he has no savings, although the family does not have this money, but the money of the older generation is in the passbook, even if he wants to pay, at this time, he can’t afford it. Can't come up with money.

He had already explained the situation to everyone, called the police, and sent the records of the police case to the people in the group. He himself was the cheated party, and he bought hundreds of things. He was also very anxious.

Although most people are angry, they also know that this matter cannot be entirely blamed on the brother on the 16th floor, and the loss of a few hundred yuan is not enough to fight with others. Naturally, the grudge is also the grudge against the scammer, but these people There is a man with a bit of mental abnormality in the house. He is an old man living alone on the top floor. He is not considered old if he is an old man. He is only in his sixties. He has lived alone for many years. No matter how to talk to others, even if he is a little naughty, but it is not harmful, so no one cares about him.

This time he also followed group buying, but he didn't understand this kind of online payment, so he traded cash with the neighbor downstairs and asked others to buy it for him. But the things he bought never arrived, so he went to the neighbor downstairs. The neighbor was just kind enough to help and didn't want to cause trouble, so he told him to go to the head of the group buying group, and then he found the small shop on the 16th floor. elder brother.

After searching several times, the little brother on the 16th floor thought that he was a widowed old man, and he had some cash at home, so he planned to refund the money to him first, but the man didn’t want the things he bought himself, and he wanted them. for free. The problem is that the merchants have all run away, where can the little brother find the things he bought, it is not clear that he is looking for trouble. The little brother, who was already in a state of distress because of this incident, suddenly lost his temper. Once the money was lost, he immediately turned people away.

This time I got into trouble, the old man on the top floor knocked on the door every day according to three meals a day and asked for something, but this time I didn't know why he was in a hurry, and started to slam the door and curse, making a scene aggressively, so there was This is out today.

The group is still discussing this matter hotly, most of it is a crusade against the old man on the top floor, thinking that there is such a psychopath living here, the harm is too great.

Naturally, it is impossible to let others smash the door downstairs, contact the community, call the police, and soon someone will come. First, people from the community came to persuade them, but they couldn't persuade them at all. People who were able to communicate more or less before, now He seemed to be unable to understand what he was saying, so he clamored to smash the door. Fortunately, this person was also getting old, and the young people in several communities were easily subdued. He was about to smash the door, and he probably ran out when he was sent back, and he was finally taken away by the police.

After such a commotion in the middle of the night, the downstairs finally quieted down.

Sitting cross-legged on the bed, Mu Nan sighed while eating potato chips: "So people must have companions, otherwise after being alone for a long time, they will gradually become abnormal in the eyes of others."

Qin Huai looked at him amusedly: "I thought you would conclude that you can't be a bird in the first place."

Mu Nan nodded: "This is also very important, don't show your head if you have nothing to do, most people hold grudges but not gratitude."

Qin Huai rubbed Mu Nan's hair that had become very soft because it had grown long: "Go to sleep, it's getting late."

Mu Nan lay down on the bed, waited for Qin Huai to turn off the light and go to bed, then turned over to face him, and asked softly: "Brother, if I didn't spend all the money you gave me, and didn't go to you, When the smog clears and the epidemic is gone, will you come back to me?"

Qin Huai said: "I won't wait until the epidemic is over to come to you. I will come back immediately when the epidemic begins. I want to make sure that you are well, not sick, and safe at home. Otherwise, I will I can't stand it all day."

Mu Nan was silent for a while: "If you didn't come back, what would be the reason?"

Qin Huai tilted his head and traced the outline of the other party in the darkness, and said in a low voice: "If I don't come back, it's just that I can't come back."

Hearing what Qin Huai said, Mu Nan's heart ached. He didn't dare to think about what happened to Qin Huai in his previous life. Thinking of the terrible possibility, it hurt even to take a breath, so he didn't dare to tell Qin Huai that he was reborn. He knew that Qin Huai was just like him, even if they were in front of each other now, the possibility that it might have happened was still unbearable.

Mu Nan leaned towards Qin Huai, stretched out his arms and hugged him like when he was a child, listened to his heartbeat, and gradually calmed down again, Mu Nan said: "Don't leave me alone anymore, I don't want to be alone for a long time Now, it becomes a neuropathy in the eyes of others, if there is no way out in the future, we will die together, okay?"

After a long time, in the silence, Qin Huai's hello came softly. If there is really no way out in the future, he is not willing to let Mu Nan struggle alone. Death with company may be happier than living alone.