The Beginning of Natural Disaster, I Won by Hoarding Tens of Billions of Supplies

Chapter 207: Meeting Again

Huo Yishen did not evade the question and said carefully: “Next time in class, you can play with them for half an hour, okay?” 

Doudou’s eyes brightened. ‘Thank you, brother.’ 

“When playing, don’t mention anything about our home, especially regarding food and accommodation. If they repeatedly or deliberately bring it up, cut off the conversation immediately.” 

Doudou nodded. ‘Brother, I understand.’ 

Wash your hands, Let’s eat. 

The weather was too hot and it’s easy to get heatstroke. Jiang Ning prepared mung bean soup, bitter melon ribs, fish stew, and vegetables. 

All were prepared beforehand, no need to cook again. 

Huo Yishen only worked half a day and rested at home in the afternoon. 

During the nap, he initiated a conversation, ‘From today’s perspective, besides being a bit clumsy, they are relatively friendly and united.’ 

Jiang Ning also felt the same, “He Tianming has made a lasting contribution to their current state.” 

If everything goes smoothly, this place will be our new home. 

Waking up a little after three, the two of them discussed and made a list of things missing at their home. 

Jiang Ning planned to go to the trading street in the evening to try and gather the missing items as much as possible. 

Talking about trading, she subconsciously thought of Sharp mouthed monkey and Qin Chuan. 

Sharp mouthed monkey often ran back and forth, when the tsunami came suddenly, she didn’t know if he was by the Yuecheng beach at that time. 

As for Qin Chuan, they had agreed to meet at ten o’clock. His probability of being at the beach was much higher. 

If they really encountered a tsunami, how much chance of survival would they have? 

Jiang Ning felt a bit emotional. If it weren’t for his help, her space wouldn’t have expanded so quickly. 

But the apocalypse was so cruel, many relatives or friends, who were fine one moment, were gone the next. 

As the sun set, Jiang Ning planned to go out. 

Huo Yishen was worried. ‘Shall I accompany you?’ 

Jiang Ning could protect herself and felt it was unnecessary. ‘The trading street isn’t far from here. I can reach it in less than an hour by mountain bike. You rest at home.’ 

Saying it’s resting, but it’s not easy either, as she also needed to train the dog and teach Doudou to read. 

Huo Yishen escorted her downstairs. ‘Be careful.’ 

‘Don’t worry, if I can’t beat them, I’ll run.’ 

Mounting the mountain bike, she waved and left. 

It was about ten miles to the trading street. Although it was still hot in the temperature-controlled clothing, it hadn’t reached the point of heatstroke. 

But as the sun set, dangers would emerge. 

Sure enough, suddenly, two people jumped out from behind a tree. They raise sticks to strike at Jiang Ning’s back. 

If she hadn’t noticed even this, her life in this world would have been in vain. 

Jiang Ning suddenly pedaled hard on the mountain bike, dodging the sneak attack. It also caused the attackers to almost fall. 

It was just that close. Seeing that she wasn’t riding too fast, the two, feeling unwilling, chased after her. 

Zhong Ping’s mountain bike was of good quality and easy to pedal. Jiang Ning alternated between fast and slow, feeling relaxed, unaware that the two behind her were panting. 

Even though the sun had set, for ordinary people, it was still unbearably hot, like being immersed in hot oil in a wok. 

This run made it worse, their heart… Oh, their heart couldn’t take it… 

Running along, one of them stumbled. As for whether they got up again, Jiang Ning, who was going downhill, didn’t know, but they didn’t chase anymore. 

When she arrived at the trading street, it was already completely dark. 

Indeed, there were many more people, it was right not to bring out the Hummer; it would have attracted too much attention. 

Jiang Ning went to a secluded corner and stored the mountain bike in her space under the cover of night. 

The trading street was similar to before. The highest demand was still for food and water. What was different was that people didn’t dare to bring out goods to sell anymore. Those people trading water would display a few empty bottles on their stalls, while those trading food would put out cloth bags. Everyone who understood knew what it meant. 

‘Water available, selling water.’ 

‘Sweet potatoes, potatoes, dried radishes.’ 

Everywhere, there were people loudly advertising high-priced goods, but whether they actually had any goods on hand, that was unclear.” 

“If you want to see goods, you have to go to another place. 

Jiang Ning asked curiously. A bottle of 500 milliliters of fresh water could be exchanged for 1 jin of sweet potatoes or potatoes. 

Of course, this was the price set by the scalpers. 

There were also 1000 milliliters of water available for only half a jin of coarse grains. But you need to be brave enough to go with them? 

With water in her space, Jiang Ning really didn’t know that there was such an extreme shortage of water outside. No wonder Aoyuan and the nearby villages were in a bloody battle. 

But there were also people selling seawater, with many survivors short of water lining up with bottles. 

Jiang Ning thought Qin Chuan’s people had pushed forward, only to realize they were strangers. 

The water was brought from the Yuecheng beach. Since two bases were wiped out, more people resorted to running cars for a living, without being robbed or looted, which led to the increase in trade. 

Although the prices hadn’t dropped, they hadn’t risen much either. 

One jin of food could be exchanged for half a bucket of seawater, and those who sold it taught you how to distill and purify seawater into fresh water on the spot. 

The method was actually quite simple, boiling seawater to vaporize it, and then condensing the steam into fresh water. 

Don’t worry about safety; the boiling points of the components in seawater that the human body cannot ingest are all higher than 100 degrees Celsius and dissolve in water. Therefore, the seawater obtained by distillation can be drunk. 

The only drawback of this method was that distillation was slow and particularly consumed firewood. After all, there were few forests along the coast, and it was equally difficult to stockpile firewood. 

In short, survival was not easy, and every day of being alive was counted as a blessing. 

Shortly after entering the trading street, Jiang Ning sensed she was being followed. 

Turning left, turning right, taking corners, the other party followed closely. 

Jiang Ning walked towards a less crowded place, but unexpectedly, the tail suddenly quickened its pace and patted her shoulder. 

She grabbed the shoulder of the tail behind her and executed a shoulder throw. 

The other person cried out in pain, then a sharp knife was pressed against their throat. ‘Are you asking for death?’ 

“Sis, it’s me, it’s me!” 

The voice was somewhat familiar, as if she had heard it often. 

Jiang Ning shone the flashlight over. “Is it you?” 

It turned out to be Sharp mouthed monkey, he really… was everywhere! 

“Sis, it’s really you.” Sharp mouthed monkey was extremely shocked. “You’re not dead.” 

“Nonsense, if I were dead, I wouldn’t let you off even as a ghost.” 

If it weren’t for a change of location, Jiang Ning would have made a move long ago. Why would it be his turn to follow and pat her shoulder? It was lucky for him that he hadn’t died; he had a stroke of luck. “Why are you following me?” 

She couldn’t help but admire; even though she had disguised herself, he still recognized her. 

“Sis, it’s great that you’re not dead.” Sharp mouthed monkey got up, ecstatic. “Big Brother and I thought something had happened to you.” 

After the tsunami, he had searched the area where he used to sell water several times, but unfortunately, he had never run into her or heard of her from anyone. 

He had thought she had disappeared forever. 

Unexpectedly, he saw a familiar figure tonight and felt it resembled her. That’s why he followed up to confirm. 

As a result, it was indeed her, but he nearly got scared to death. 

Hearing his words, Jiang Ning was somewhat surprised. “Is Brother Qin, okay?” 

“Big Brother’s life was not destined to end. He narrowly escaped death by a stroke of luck.” 

Originally, he was going to drive to the beach early in the morning. Who knew Little Qinqin would fall ill, so Big Brother had no choice but to stay behind to take care of him. 

By the time his son’s fever subsided, he hurriedly headed towards Yuecheng. Who knew that just after passing the checkpoint, he encountered the tsunami. Qin Chuan quickly turned the car around, racing wildly, and managed to escape the tsunami by relying on the terrain and luck. 

“Big Brother thought you guys had died and lamented for a long time. He thought if you had any family members, he could provide some relief supplies, but we couldn’t find your address in Fengcheng.” 

Jiang Ning sighed. “We survived by sheer luck.” 

“Sis, what do you want this time?” After catching up with old times, sharp mouthed monkey immediately switched to a professional tone. “There’s nothing you can’t think of that I can’t find.” 

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