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At around three o'clock in the afternoon that day, the survivors who had been running around for a day looking for food dragged their tired footsteps back to the beach below the Cliff Hotel.

Because the island has lost supplies, some places have become restricted areas that are difficult to enter, and food has become increasingly difficult to obtain in recent times.

Those with connections can go to official shelters, and the strong can team up to search for supplies in supermarkets deep in the jungle that have not yet been emptied out. But some people who have neither connections nor ability can only live with nothing to eat.

The next meal of life.

People who go out feel frustrated and helpless when they think of their family members waiting in the hotel. What should they tell their children at home? Are they going to starve them again today if they say that their parents are useless?

In the past, whose children were not treasures, they could buy whatever they wanted, were chased after every meal, and were picky eaters. The most common saying at that time was: If you are hungry for three days and three nights, you will know how to eat.

If it’s precious, you won’t be picky about food!

But now, when they see that their picky and squeamish children can even devour an expired and hard white steamed bun and say it is delicious, the sadness in their hearts is indescribable.

At this time, they want to go back to the past. They would rather their children be picky and willful than see them become wise and understand the meaning of hunger...

I don’t know if they were too tired to have hallucinations. When they stepped on the beach and subconsciously started to walk towards the cliff, they were suddenly attracted by an overbearing fragrance that attracted all their attention.

That's - the rich spicy hot pot aroma!

And the taste of meat!

It's cooked food!

It’s freshly cooked food that’s still steaming!

Everyone was attracted by the scent and looked around. They quickly found the source of the scent because it was too conspicuous.

It was a silver RV, with a sliding window on the left side of the car open upwards. Inside the window was a long table with the same height as the window frame. There were two electric soup pots on it, one with a red spicy soup base.

, one has a white soup base, and small bubbles will appear from time to time because the power is on.

There are a handful of thick bamboo sticks placed in the soup. The lower ends of the bamboo sticks are immersed in the fragrant soup, so you can't see what is strung on the bamboo sticks.

But with such a fragrant soup base, no matter what is skewered on the bamboo skewers, it will definitely be delicious!

Everyone was a little stunned. They didn't understand why there was such a RV with food on the beach that they passed every day. Isn't the owner of the car afraid of being robbed?

They looked at the RV again, and this time they noticed a large piece of cardboard hanging on the right side of the window, with five large characters casually written in black pen on the top: Limited Time Star House.

Below this line of large characters are several lines of small characters written in the same black pen. You have to get closer to see what is written clearly.

Barter, exchange something you don't need for something you need, the exchange value is determined by the shopkeeper.

2 As a reward for the opening of the new store, if the transaction is successful, you will get a free oden, and you can choose spicy or big bone soup flavor.

3. Promote civilized transactions and prohibit snatching. Anyone who robs customers of items obtained after normal transactions will be blacklisted in our store!

The few people looked at each other in confusion, but still didn't understand what was going on. What do you mean by exchanging unnecessary things for needed things? Can they also give them food and drink if they want?

There is also the third item, what if others come to rob the RV directly if they can’t exchange it for something? What’s the use of this blacklist?

Some people don’t understand the first and third items, but almost everyone understands the second item. So, as long as the transaction is successful, you can get free food!?

Oden!? You can also choose the soup flavor!?

Some people hesitated and didn't dare to come forward, but someone tentatively called out to the window: "Excuse me, is there anyone?"

A middle-aged woman's face poked out of the car window. She was about forty or fifty years old, a little fat, ordinary looking, with no expression on her face. She asked what she wanted to buy.

"Eat, eat, is there anything to eat? Anything can be eaten, instant noodles, bread, white steamed buns or whole-grain steamed buns are also fine! The child is not picky about food now and eats everything." The man knew that this was impossible.

, but thinking of my son waiting in the room, I still couldn’t help but want to give it a try.

"How old is it?" the other party asked.

"Ah?" The man was stunned for a moment before realizing that he was asking about his son, "Four, four and a half years old..."

As he said this, he felt a little panicked. He would never let him exchange his son for it! So he pulled down his mask again and added, "I need my son very much, he is very important -"

But the other party interrupted him impatiently: "What did you give in exchange for food?"

The man hurriedly opened the plastic bag in his hand. Inside were several mutated fruits picked today. He didn't know what kind of plant they were originally. In short, this kind of fruit is non-toxic and can be eaten. It tastes a bit soft and rotten, neither sweet nor sour. You can eat it in your mouth.

It's a waste of wood, but it can fill your stomach.

"Is this okay?" He took out a few mutated fruits and handed them over, not knowing that in the process, the other party had already scanned him up and down.

Although the protective clothing on the other party is not dirty, the original white color has turned yellow, and there is a smell of sweat. It must have been worn for a long time, but it has been carefully cleaned and stored.

He had a clear and upright appearance, and she knew that the T-shirt that exposed the collar of the protective suit was a classic style of a luxury brand. Before the end of the world, the other person's family conditions should have been good, but now his fingernails were full of mud, and there were many stains on the back of his hands.

Scratch, it seems like he should be running around outside a lot and not cower in the building out of fear of the dangers outside.

Even when he spoke politely, his brows were frowning subconsciously, but when he mentioned his son, his eyes instantly softened, and at the same time, behind this gentleness, more reluctance and heartache flashed past.

You Xi finished scanning, took the mutated fruit from the other party, put it aside, then retracted his head, took an opaque black plastic bag from the seat next to him, and put two cans of lunch meat and two cans of rock candy in it.

Sydney, three packs of scallion-spiced pork ribs flavored instant noodles and a packaged hand-picked rice.

She handed the bag to the other person, took out a large disposable paper cup, and then asked him if he wanted spicy or non-spicy.

The other party was stunned for a moment before he reacted. He stared at the fragrant boiling soup pot in front of him, and for a moment he forgot to open the bag in his hand to take a look: "No, it's not spicy, thank you!"

You Xi took out a bamboo stick from the big bone soup base, with six piss beef balls tightly strung on it. She put the oden into the paper cup, and scooped out some milky white bone soup with a spoon.

Hand it to the other person.

"Thank you! Thank you!" The other party carefully protected the paper cup, as if afraid that she would regret it, took two steps back and suddenly ran towards the hotel on the cliff.

Everyone else in the same team as that person was shocked that they could switch to oden so easily!?

They also didn't know what was in the black bag, but they all smelled the aroma of oden, not only meat, but also soup!

Now they all moved and squeezed towards the car window one by one.

The long table used by You Xi to place the soup pots was almost knocked over by them. She frowned, covered the two soup pots with transparent glass lids, and then tapped the pot lids with a spoon: "Get in line! Those who don't line up won't trade!"

When Bian Yun protected Oden and rushed back to the floor where his team was, his legs, which were weak from hunger, bent and he almost knelt down. Xiaozhi, who happened to come out of the room at the side, stretched out his hand to support him: "Brother Bian, what's wrong? This

Are you following me? Hahaha, you guys came back very early today, did you know something good was going to happen? Go back quickly and see if Jiajia wakes up. If he does, take him and his sister-in-law to Sister Wei's place!

"

Xiaozhi said and suddenly reacted: "I'll go! What smells so good?!"

"Oden! It was given by the Star House on the beach! You guys should hurry up and go! Go! Remember to bring what you don't need and exchange for what you need! Oden is given as a gift, but there are only two pots. If you go late, you might lose it.

No more! Hurry!"

Bian Yun's words were a little confusing, but his gesticulations still made Xiaozhi understand what was going on.

He immediately said that he would inform Sister Wei and others, and everyone should go together!

Bian Yun nodded and couldn't wait to go back to his room.

His son is allergic to seafood. The family came to the beach this time for a sea vacation. It’s okay if his son can’t eat seafood. Children nowadays are basically like this. They are allergic to this and that. There are all kinds of delicacies in the hotel, so they can do it.

No seafood.

But in the current situation, the edible mutated animals are all hidden in the dense forest far away from the beach. With the strength of their team, it is basically impossible to go there and come back with all the animals intact.

So except for the meaty taste that can be seen every time when eating mutated seafood, other times there is really only vegetarian food and whole grains left.

His son could only look at the octopus tentacles that Sister Wei and the others brought back a week ago, but could not eat them. Now everything is missing. If his son develops a red rash and coughs due to allergies after eating them, he doesn't even have medicine.

At that time, his son watched eagerly as others were eating the chewy and fragrant grilled octopus tentacles, while he could only nibble on the steamed buns. The envious eyes and expressions made him feel heartbroken to death!

But now he can eat oden! It’s not seafood, and it also has soup. The soup is cooked milky white and full of bone flavor. It must be delicious.

When Bian Yun returned to the room, his wife had already woken up from her nap. She had been sick for the past two days and was not feeling well, so she stayed with her son in the room for the time being.

Bian Yun took off his protective clothing, hugged Bian Jia, kissed him twice, and handed the paper cup directly to him: "Eat quickly, baby, this is meat, meat you can eat!"

Bian Jia let out a small cry, and a surprised smile appeared on his hungry and thin face: "Dad is so awesome, Mom, Daddy brought back delicious food!"

"Well, eat up, baby." Ye Bei sat up halfway, hugged her son's soft body from behind, and kissed his hair.

Bian Jia did not eat immediately, but looked at the cup and started counting: "1, 2, 3...Mom, six in total!" He started to wring his fingers, and then said, "...two for mom, dad and baby!

"

"Good boy, you eat first, mom and dad are not hungry." Ye Bei's eyes were sore and she hugged the little body in her arms tighter.

As a result, before she could finish feeling sad, Bian Yun beside her suddenly let out a strange scream at the black bag in his hand.

"What's wrong?" Ye Bei was startled by him and quickly helped her son steady the paper cup in his hand.

Bian Yun never thought that there was actually food in the black bag, there was so much of it, and every item was food that is now scarce.

Finally, he took out the bag that was tied tightly at the bottom. He slowly opened the bag, lifted the lid and took a look -

Bian Yun:!!!!

OMG! This is...chicken curry! And rice! And soup and fruit!

There was a long queue in front of the window of the silver RV, and everyone came to exchange things. Most of them came to exchange for food. There were also girls who came over and whispered that they wanted to exchange for some menstrual products.

You Xi is basically responsive to requests. He has experienced so many worlds and met so many people. He can basically infer the other person's current situation and character from various micro-expressions, clothing details, and some subconscious speaking habits.

She originally came here to distribute supplies, and the so-called transaction was just a formality, but she felt that this formality was necessary.
To be continued...