In the last days, I saved the earth by planting

Chapter 4 The Virus Strikes
After finishing the food business, Yan Xiaomi took an inventory of the daily necessities at home, and rode an electric scooter to the only small supermarket in the town.

I bought [-] boxes of salt, each with [-] small bags. I planned to buy more, but I already had all the stock in stock. I bought [-] barrels of cooking oil, toilet paper towels no matter what brand they were in, and towels for washing. I bought out all the big items like shampoo, soap and soap, and bought dozens of boxes of pure cotton underwear for men and women, as well as stainless steel basins, barrels, pots and pans, and several sets of knives for spares.

There are also two boxes of lighters. I don't know how to drill wood to make fire. Without this, cooking may be a problem in the future.

In rural life, there is basically no shortage of food, but consumables such as salt and daily necessities will be gone if the factory shuts down in the future.

Has anyone in a supermarket in a small town ever bought such a big deal? The owner of the supermarket was so happy that he followed Yan Xiaomi and moved out the things she wanted, and piled them on the open space next to the cashier. Later, there were too many things. I couldn't pile it up anymore, so I hurriedly called the proprietress who was playing mahjong in the next shop, and moved the things to the small truck parked at the door while scanning the cash register, and then delivered the goods directly to Yan Xiaomi's door.

After loading these things into the car and paying by credit card, the balance was actually more than 7000.

Since Yan Liang got a salary at work, in order to reduce the burden on his parents, he offered to be responsible for his younger sister's tuition and living expenses. Knowing that his younger sister is sensible, he didn't ask him for fear that she didn't have enough money. He lived too frugally, and his living expenses and tuition were paid for half a year. Once, I gave only a lot more than the agreed amount, and gave red envelopes on birthdays and festivals.

Yan Xiaomi feels that it is not easy for her elder brother to work hard to make money. Except for the necessary school supplies and living expenses, he never spends recklessly. After a long time, he actually saved more than 2 yuan in his card. Most of the low-consumption daily necessities in small towns are cheap brands, so he bought It took more than 1 yuan to buy a lot.

I went to a clinic not far away to buy some anti-inflammatory drugs, cough medicine, cold medicine, antipyretics, alcohol gauze iodophor and other household medicines and supplies.

Carrying three packs of medicine and returning to the supermarket, Yan Xiaomi greeted the boss and put the things in the car, thinking that there were still more than 3000 in the card, and it seemed useless to keep them, so it was better to exchange them for things.

Then go to the pork stall to buy a hundred catties of meat, 23 yuan per catty, and another 2300 yuan. So much meat can be eaten for a long time when you go back and marinate it into bacon.
With more than 1000 yuan left, I went to the supermarket decisively and went around again, bought a bunch of soy sauce, vinegar, rock sugar, white sugar, fruit candy, etc., and moved a few boxes of locally brewed high-quality liquor with a good reputation and low price, and finally spent all the money.

Looking at the small truck full of things, Yan Xiaomi let out a long breath. For the first time, he felt that spending money was a tiring thing, but did he feel satisfied again?

It took a day to organize and store the things I bought back. I checked the house again to make sure that there were no essential items missing. The choking smell in the air seemed to be heavier than the previous two days. It made people very uncomfortable, so I dare not go out again.

Lock the gate, and occasionally do activities in my own yard. Most of the time I stay in the sun room, surf the Internet to see the situation of the outside world, do some simple indoor exercises to exercise my physical fitness, and call or send my brother from time to time. Send a text message to make sure he's safe.

Yan Liang has been hiding in the lounge for the past few days and did not dare to come out. Fortunately, because he often works overtime to do experiments, the lounge has prepared a lot of water and instant noodles and ham sausage and other easy-to-preserve food. Now the situation outside is chaotic. He is a frail scholar. Going out unarmed is looking for death. It is safer to hide and wait for rescue. I believe that the government cannot abandon the people, and they are one of the first institutions to study end-time viruses. Someone should come to rescue the researchers.

One day passed, another day passed, six days passed, everyone worked hard day and night, the rice was threshed and the straw was thrown aside first, the ears of sorghum wheat were cut off and carried home, and all the vegetables, winter melons and cucumbers were picked. Go home and store it up. In short, you have to get back everything you can eat, and you can’t put it in the rotten land. These are all things that will survive in the future.

Yan Xiaomi felt that the choking smell in the air was getting heavier and heavier. The air seemed to be full of thick chemical gas, which made people want to suffocate. It was stuffy and choking when inhaled into the lungs, and the chest cavity was burning.

In the past two days, Yan Xiaomi had a little fever, occasionally couldn't help coughing, took some cough and cold medicine, half-lyed on the rocking chair in the sun room, looked up at the sky, the clouds seemed to be covered with a layer of gray cloth, hazy, dim , making people feel extremely depressed.

She squinted her eyes and looked at the distant fields through the glass. A few days ago, there were people coming and going to work in full swing. Gradually, there were fewer and fewer people. Today, there is no one. It seems that there are many people like her. I'm sick, I don't know if I can survive it, if unfortunately I become a zombie, at least the door of the house is locked, and I won't go out to harm others.

The yellow-haired and black-backed big wolf dog Huzi is loyally lying under the eaves to watch the door. The flower cat Mimi caught two fat rats last night and had a full meal. She stretched her limbs on the edge of the terrace and slept soundly. Beautiful and fragrant, if there is no virus, it seems that everything is still good.

At this time, Village Chief Guo was covering his mouth and nose with a damp cloth, and was riding an electric bike to the town to buy medicine. Amidst the sound of the wheels turning, he could occasionally hear coughing mixed with hissing lung sounds.

The town, which is not lively on non-market days, is even more deserted. Many of the stores that were open for various small businesses in the past have closed their doors. Only a few are still open, including supermarkets and clinics. Everything is empty.

The clinic was full of people, noisy, heart-piercing coughing one after another, there was no room for too many people in the room, some had to hold a hanging bottle and sit on the small bench at the entrance of the clinic for infusion, and the glass cabinet where medicines were usually placed It was more than half empty, and there were still people riding or supporting people walking in the distance. Seeing this, Village Chief Guo hurried to the doctor in the clinic to prescribe medicine.

"Old Guo, I really don't have any medicine." Li Bo said helplessly. There are too many people who have been sick recently, and the city can't get the goods. As a fellow in the village, he is also very anxious seeing so many patients.

Village head Guo was so anxious that sweat poured down his forehead. Among the seven members of his family, five were sick. He also had a severe cough these two days. He is still young and has good resistance, so he may be able to resist it after taking some medicine. If there is no medicine, wouldn't it be the same as waiting to die.

I've been chatting with Li Bo for a long time, but it's useless. The cold medicine, antipyretics, and anti-inflammatory medicines have been used up in the past few days, and he can't change it!

Resisting the cough welling up in his throat, Village Chief Guo reluctantly rode back on the electric bike, coughing more than when he came.

The medicines prepared at home have been taken today. The old woman, son, daughter-in-law, and eldest daughter are still suffering from fever, but the three-year-old grandson and the second daughter are not sick. How is the child doing? ?
Village head Guo was riding in a trance all the way, and when a pickup truck approached him, he reflexively leaned against the side of the road to let it pass first, and when the pickup truck passed him side by side, his eyes suddenly lit up.

He remembered that a few days ago, the small truck in the town delivered a load of things to Yan Xiaomi's home, but Yan Liang had already said that the virus would come, and her family must have prepared medicine.

As if seeing the dawn of life, Village Chief Guo twisted the handlebar hard, increased the speed to the fastest speed, and drove all the way to Yan Xiaomi's house.

(End of this chapter)