Ike pushed open the door of Regus' house, and the wind and rain outside squeezed in with four smiling men. The room was filled with the fragrance and warmth of rice. Four sets of clean clothes and towels were neatly stacked on the table. The busy women in the kitchen knew they were coming back, and Yingli's voice came from the kitchen: "I'll boil some hot water for you, wash your body, and then change your clothes." She then took out a pot of hot water and put it in the bathroom. Ike and the four men put down their wet backpacks and today's "spoils," holding clean towels and clothes, and all four squeezed in.

There are still two and a half buckets of clean cold water in the bathroom, and Tom pours hot water into them. "Don't delay, be careful if you catch a cold. Let's wash up quickly," Tom said. Anyway, everyone is a man, and no one cares. The four of them took off their clothes together and wet the towels. Ike and Regus used a bucket of water, while the other bucket of Negan and Tom used it. The four of them took a simple bath with hot water and hot towels and put on clean clothes again.

Ike was wiping his hair while Anna and Nami were squatting at the door organizing the backpack they had brought back. Canned fruit. Coca Cola. The two girls exclaimed happily, "We have some fruit to eat!" Who knows how long they haven't had any fruit! The harvest this time was a bit too bountiful, unexpectedly bringing back so many canned fruits and drinks. Ike sat on the sofa and said, "I only brought back a portion today. There's still a lot in the water, you can eat whatever you want."

Anna's eyes seemed to be shining. Her eyes were watery, sparkling as she looked at Ike and moved horizontally to Ike's feet like a crab. She lifted her face and said excitedly, "Really?"

"Mmm," Ike replied.

"Wow~~~So happy," Anna clutched the two cans of oranges tightly, her face pressed against them, and her round head resembled a contented kitten as she playfully brushed against Ike's knee. Her joy was evident as she nearly rolled around in happiness on the ground."Dear brother, may I ask if you dropped the orange can on the left or the orange can on the right?" Nami said with a smile.

"I didn't drop either of them; let's give them to you," Ike replied. "Hahaha!" Anna laughed happily.

"Alright, stop making noise and come and have dinner," said Yingli and Linda as they brought the food to the table and saw Anna sitting on the ground laughing without any image of a lady.

In addition to the daily ham sausage, today's meal also includes canned beef and canned fruit. They have sufficient fuel now, so Yingli and Linda can naturally spend more on natural gas to make something that everyone loves to eat. Originally, according to the original plan, cooking was done at Regus' house, but each family brought their own dishes.

"I remember the first time Wei Youqi had a big pot rice, he brought a vacuum packaged roast duck with him. There are also some spicy strips made from soy products," Aunt Linda mixed it with lunch meat and fried it together, which is particularly delicious. Anna brought half a pot of natto, half a pot of Meigan cai and a pot of clove fish. Although everyone says they eat together, they are already prepared in their hearts and it is best to only eat their own home dishes. It is best to be polite.

However, when they saw Anna bringing so much delicious food, especially Nami, and looked at the box of dry biscuits in their hands as "food," they instantly felt that it was not fragrant.

The dishes were all put together. Anna first poured some oil from the canned clove fish onto the rice and then mixed the oil and rice, saying, "It's so delicious to mix. You try it."

Nami didn't eat natto, but she couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of water and said stiffly, "... that's a food fermented with soybeans; it's a Japanese specialty with a strange taste."

Anna had already eaten it in her mouth and said, "Hmm, Natto! Ah~delicious~Don't be polite, everyone."

After seeing this, Tom casually took a spoonful of natto and put it in a bowl. "It's still something that can go with rice. Finally, Nami picked up half of it and tasted it. Nami's eyebrows furrowed together, "What a strange smell."

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"Ha ha ha," Tom laughed, "Nami, are you a bit silly? This thing must be mixed with rice. It feels like you are eating Chinese preserved egg."

"Uh huh!" Regus nodded, "I have Century egg!" "You still have Century egg?" Linda asked strangely.

Regus nodded, "Yes, I bought it in the Chinese supermarket before the power failure. I fell in love with Century egg when I was studying martial arts in China."

Although Ike reminded them to buy more miscellaneous foods, after all, each family's reserve situation is different. Regus doesn't have much spare money to buy groceries, so he can only turn to staple foods. And Negan had plenty of staple and miscellaneous food at home, so he bought wine. It wasn't until later that Negan realized that his family didn't have much food.

While they were chatting, Nami silently picked up the clove fish; it was really fragrant.

So, in scenes like today, Nami is quite used to it. After the power outage, He considered sticking to dry food. Since the Ike family settled in their house, the food has been greatly improved. The "simple version" hamburger made by Yingli yesterday is called a fragrance. He didn't know why Anna would say that her mother Yingli's cooking skills are average. It's clearly delicious.

"You..." Nami suddenly felt a foul smell in the air and sniffed hard with her nose. "I think that stink is even stronger now! It seems like it was brought by a gust of wind just now. Why is it so smelly?" Nami asked.

At first, Negan didn't notice it, but he sniffed the air hard again, as if there was a foul smell.

"And it feels like... Oh no!" Tom suddenly rushed out of the door and ran to the wall. "The last time I cleaned up the body, I forgot to take it to another place. It must have rotted, right? I thought someone would come and collect it the next day. Are there many bacteria after the corpse rots?" Tom asked.

Anna's face had changed when she heard words such as 'corpse' and 'decay.' She dared not imagine that scene.

"That woman was accidentally injured during the robbery. There must have been bacteria on the body. We need to quickly change her place or drag her to the intersection, right?" At this point, Negan was already figuring out how to dispose of the body.

Morning. Several adult men, including Yue Shifeng, Wei Pangzi, Aike, etc., all wore masks and disposable gloves. They moved the corpse to a vacant area behind and discarded it.

Negan was a generous person, and after thinking about it, he dug a pit for the body and buried it simply. The corpse had slightly decayed, and even with a mask, the smell was not very pleasant.

That day, Negan didn't eat much lunch. In recent days, the situation of external looting has become increasingly fierce, perhaps not far from Ike's speculation of the "collapse of social order."

And Ike still has thousands of cash on him, and he doesn't lack anything, so he just wants to be a smooth sailing person. He plans to send 1,000 yuan each to Kangwen and Luwei's families. Ike is by no means a kind old man who would give money to others for nothing. He has his own considerations and concerns in doing so.

Ike knocked on Kangwen's door with a thousand yuan.

The one who opened the door is Kang Wen. Today's Kangwen is very decadent and depressed. His beard seemed as if he hadn't shaved for a month, his face seemed unwashed, his whole body was full of alcohol, his eyes were cloudy and yellow, and he also had eye droppings. Kang Wen was wearing a dark red greasy and dirty coat, as if he had just crawled out of the beggars' pile. His body also exuded a faint sour odor.

Where did the once handsome and elegant man go in my impression? That's a memory from many years ago. "Isn't Carter at home?" Ike greeted and casually asked Carter.

Kangwen nodded and opened the door as if inviting Ike in, but Ike had no intention of entering. "Uncle Kang Wen, you should be aware of the recent situation. I won't say much more. I have a thousand dollars here; you can take them and go out to buy something in the next few days, including food, drinks, and medicine. Buy as much as you can," Ike handed the money to Kangwen.

Kang Wen didn't say anything, he reached out and took the money.

Ike added, "Medicines are now the most precious commodity, and you may still be able to buy them now. Buy them early, or you may not be able to buy them later. No one needs cash anymore."

Kang Wen's turbid eyes did not look at Ike again, as if he had no focal length. He half lowered his head and said, "Thank you."

Ike didn't send him money just to hear Kang Wen's 'thank you,' he had other purposes.

Ike turned around and said goodbye. He had heard that Kang Wen became like this after he broke his leg in a car accident and owed a lot of debt. Disasters and accidents are really powerful; they can torture a good person like this. Ike believes that no matter what accidents happen, one should not let their willpower dissipate.

Why do you need to pay? This foreshadowing will come into play in the future, as the three families of Ike, Nigan, and Riggs have already been formed. Forming a small team, being seen by other neighbors may cause trouble and be missed by bad people. Anyway, the cash is basically useless now, so it's better to do a favor.