After enduring a lot of discrimination and prejudice, Yu Siqi got his wish and spent money to buy a few meat buns that were not fragrant at all. Looking at the dry and flat body and basically not much meat filling, he began to feel how good Ah Zhen's craftsmanship was.

But when he swept away the food in his hand, he began to frustrate his incompetence again. When he thought of the unknown life and death of those friends who had paid for him, some guilt surged in his heart from time to time.

Decadently walking in the square of the station, it was now 2:41 p.m., which he saw on the way when he went to the convenience store to buy water to drink. At the same time, he cheekily asked the shopkeeper, who was about to be in his early forties, if there was any news about Tangjiawan, and although the other party looked reluctant, he still threw him a newspaper that looked fairly clean, and then stopped paying attention to himself.

Spreading out the newspaper, Yu Siqi barely needed to deliberately search for the content to clearly see the oversized headline on it, considering that the shopkeeper had already protested against his existence, it might not be a good thing for him to be forced to stay in his shop.

So he quickly left the small shop, sat down on a small stool by the flower bed opposite, and began to read the newspaper with his back to the sun.

A catastrophic disaster occurred in Tangjiawan

According to the Xinsong City Emergency Incident Handling Team, Wangcheng District suddenly experienced heavy rainfall at 21 o'clock on the evening of the 11th of this month, and there was heavy rain in some areas. As the rainfall in some areas exceeded the record high point of previous years, the heavy rainfall directly led to flash floods, sharp spikes in coastal water levels, and mudslides in the Tangjiawan area.

Due to the suddenness of the disaster, a large number of villagers' houses were destroyed by flash floods, most of the communication and power facilities were forced to be interrupted in the disaster, and a large area of roads collapsed, causing great distress to the rescue work.

But those responsible said they would do everything in their power to ensure that every life was saved to the greatest extent possible.

Then when he looked down, Yu Siqi saw another report, obviously... There was such a big accident, and this newspaper can be said to report almost all about it.

But this begs the question, why do I and the priest know nothing about such a big thing? It's weird!

However, he decided to put aside his inner doubts for the time being, and continued to read the following news.

Landslides occurred in parts of the lower reaches of Wangcheng District, burying a large number of houses

This reporter learned from the emergency rescue and disaster relief command office that at 1:30 a.m. on the 12th, a large area of landslides occurred in some areas downstream of Wangcheng District. This is another piece of bad news after the mudslide disaster in the Tangjiawan area. According to local survivors, due to heavy rainfall, the upstream levees had to be opened in advance due to overfilling.

However, because the leaders in charge of the area went out to visit relatives, the rest of the public officials left their posts without permission and did not convey evacuation instructions to nearby villagers in a timely manner, which directly led to the man-made accident in which three people died and two people went missing.

At present, the relevant personnel have been detained by the police, and the Xinsong government has publicly stated that it will severely punish some of the people involved in the case.

This is forcibly turning natural disasters into **Ah, Yu Siqi sighed. Then he flipped through the pages of the newspaper and found that most of the reports were about the accidents in these two areas, and the content was highly repetitive.

Putting away the newspaper, he stretched his limbs just in time to see the shopkeeper come out of it and take out the trash. The man also seemed to notice that Yu Siqi had finished reading the newspaper, nodded at him with a stiff expression, and then quickly turned back to the store.

I also read the newspaper, although the information on it is not the content I need, but it still more or less completes my understanding of Tangjiawan. But unfortunately, I still haven't solved the most critical place.

That is how to get to this Wangcheng District, this is still a problem that I have to deal with, and it is still an urgent problem.

The Yu in his mind was no longer silent, and Yu Siqi guessed that he was probably not interested in these trivial matters of firewood, rice, oil and salt, after all, he was the 'emperor'.

After thinking about it for a few minutes, Yu Siqi felt that he might have to adopt the most primitive way.

"You're not going to walk along, are you?" Yu couldn't help but ask.

"I thought you were asleep," Yu Siqi said with surprise and joy.

"I'm just a little distracted by your boredom." Yu said coldly: "According to my calculations, according to your footsteps, you may have to walk for more than two days to reach Tangjiawan, and this is still on the premise that you only rest for a few hours a day. ”

"So you did the math a long time ago? That's easy, I'm still worried about not knowing the specific data. Yu Siqi's eyes lit up and he said, "Now I know what to do, we need enough dry food and water." ”

"Try to buy the cheapest one, you don't have a lot of money available." Yu reminded: "There is no requirement for quality, as long as the basic needs are met." ”

"It seems that I have to 'survive in the wilderness'," Yu Siqi said to Yu in his mind as he controlled his body and walked into the convenience store.

The shopkeeper, who was looking at his phone, didn't notice who was coming, but the wind chimes at the gate alerted him that there were customers. So he habitually said without raising his head: "Welcome." Then when he put away his phone and looked up at the door, he found that it was Yu Siqi and his attitude immediately became much colder.

Said coldly: "It's you... Anything else? ”

"I want to buy something," Yu Siqi poured all the remaining seventy yuan in his pocket in front of the cash register and said, "Can you prepare three days of dry food and water for me?" ”

With a disgusted look, the shopkeeper straightened out the roll of banknotes, roughly calculated it and said, "Here is seventy-nine yuan and six cents, I will count you eighty, and you are quite pitiful." ”

"Thank you very much," Yu Siqi said gratefully.

"Do you want cookies, instant noodles, or bread?" The shopkeeper swept the money into the cash box and walked out of the counter and asked.

"I don't have the tools to cook noodles, so forget about instant noodles." Yu Siqi observed on the shelf: "Is biscuits cheaper or bread cheaper?" ”

"Compress the biscuits, these things are great for dry food." The shopkeeper bent down and picked up a cardboard box from Yu Siqi's feet and said: "I usually sell this thing for 3 yuan at retail, and the wholesale price is 2 yuan 2, so I'll count you for 10 yuan and 5 packs." According to the amount of three packs a day, I suggest that you buy ten packs and take it. ”

Yu Siqi, who took the compressed biscuits, watched the shopkeeper put down the carton and turned to another shelf and said: "As for water, the cheapest thing I have here is 12 yuan and 16 bottles of water, considering your economic situation, I will count you 11 yuan a mention, and two mentions of 32 bottles are enough for you to drink outside." However, if you don't have a bag for so many things, it should be difficult to take them, so I suggest you buy one of these bags, which is about 35 yuan. ”

The shopkeeper waved the electrician's bag in his hand and said, "That's 77 yuan, and I'll give you two packs of rolling paper and a lighter for the remaining three yuan, what do you think." If it's appropriate, we'll decide. ”

"You're really good at business," Yu Siqi knew very well that there was definitely moisture at this price, so he decided to cut the price a little and said, "Give me a discount, boss." ”

"Well, it looks like you're a smart guy, so... I'll give you an extra canned meat, so be it. The shopkeeper carried an electrician's bag and put a small canned meat inside, and after noticing Yu Siqi's gaze, he hurriedly said: "Don't worry, the date is absolutely fresh, canned pork is very expensive." ”

"I don't need cans, you just give me a knife and a flashlight." Yu Siqi poured the compressed biscuits in his hand into the bag and said.

"Knives? Fruit knives? It's not cheap, and you need a flashlight? The shopkeeper took the can out of his bag and put it back on the shelf and said, "You may need to make up some money." ”

"Everyone knows what the price of the fruit knife is," Yu Siqi walked to the corner of the door and said, "Aren't you marked here with a knife that is only six yuan?" ”

“... All right... As you say, you're probably the savviest customer I've ever met. The shopkeeper, who had been exposed to the lie, cheekily stuffed two mentions of mineral water into his bag and said, "Is there anything else you need?" ”

"I don't have any money," Yu Siqi found a very shoddy flashlight, handed it to the shopkeeper and said, "Give me a battery of this." ”

"You... Don't get an inch! The shopkeeper angrily snatched the flashlight, found a battery from the shelf and stuffed it in, opened it, and said with a dazzling light: "I have never seen such a young and shabby customer like you, haven't you young people always been rich?" ”

"That's just your illusion," Yu Siqi carefully counted the goods in the bag, put the knife in his hand and said, "Thank you so much today." ”

Just when Siqi put the somewhat heavy bag on his shoulder and turned around to leave, the shopkeeper suddenly stopped him. At first, he thought that the other party had repented, and then he saw the shopkeeper walking towards him with a strange expression.

It wasn't until he walked in front of him that he said, "Where are you going?" ”

"I thought you knew, I was going to go to Tangjiawan." Yu Siqi didn't know why he was so hearty, probably because he was in a good mood.

"There's nothing left there," said the shopkeeper meaningfully, "and the place you chose is not good." ”

"Probably, but I beg your pardon, it's getting late, I'm in a hurry." Yu Siqi turned around and pushed the door open and said, "I'm glad I can make this deal with you." ”

"Hey, wait!" The shopkeeper touched Yu Siqi's clothes with his body for the first time, which made Yu Siqi even more convinced that the other party was likely to regret it. So he hurriedly grabbed the door and went out, but he didn't want the strap of his shoulder bag to be grabbed by the other party, and he almost tripped over himself.

"Be careful, don't fall on me." The shopkeeper stabilized Yu Siqi's figure and said, "What do you run, I won't do anything to you." ”

"I... I thought you had repented. Yu Siqi was a little embarrassed, he understood that he seemed to be wrong.

"It's not about the trade, I'm more concerned about why you're going to that kind of place." The owner of the store said solemnly: "If you are a reporter or someone from the media, I can still accept it." But looking at your down-and-out outfit, it's hard to imagine that a 'homeless man like a beggar' would go to a ghost place like Tangjiawan. ”

"I have my reasons," Yu Siqi naturally couldn't explain it clearly to the other party, but the belt was caught, and it was probably not easy to get out in a short time, and he began to regret that he didn't act quickly enough.

"Oh... Of course, who would do something for no reason. The shopkeeper exaggeratedly said, "I guessed from the fact that you had brought enough dry food and water that you wanted to go on foot. ”

"That has nothing to do with you, does it?" Yu Siqi regained his confidence and said coldly.

"Originally, it didn't matter, but I suddenly became interested in you, how about it... Want to talk about it later? The shopkeeper let go of his grip on the band, gave up a position, and pointed to the back of the convenience store.