The number of members in the small building increased from four to seven, and the rate of food consumption doubled at once.

The things brought by Chen Ting's pickup truck only lasted for a week and were gone, and everyone had to start going out to look for supplies.

Tao Shunjun took Cheng Chuanrong and the three of them to find several places, most of which returned in vain, and finally harvested few materials.

The only harvest these days came from the convenience store where Chen Ting and the sisters had stayed before, and the things that Bin Yecai and the sisters had not finished moving were all brought back to Liu Rui's small building.

"Gotta go farther afield." The situation made Tao Shunjun a little worried, because the vegetables in the field outside were not enough for these people to eat, and the nearby places were almost searched.

Listening to Tao Shunjun's plan, Cheng Chuanrong and the others hesitated, after all, the outside environment was already very bad, and the farther away from home meant the greater the danger.

"You should understand that staying in the house is also waiting for death." Tao Shunjun said: "Think about why you fled here in the first place. ”

Remembering the days when he hid in the transfer warehouse and gnawed on cardboard, Cheng Chuanrong and the others gritted their teeth and accepted Tao Shunjun's arrangement.

The women continued to stay at home, and their follow-up was only a drag in the unpredictable and dangerous moves.

Before leaving, Cheng Chuanrong looked at the girls a few times, and his heart was slightly unbalanced.

Just a few nights ago, Wu Xianbiao complained to him, saying that these women were not their wives, why did everyone go outside to be born and die, and the women only had to hide at home and eat ready-made.

Both of them forgot that when they fled, it was Tao Shunjun and the "women" in their mouths who took out their rations and selflessly distributed them to everyone.

Most people are selfish by nature, taking it for granted when they take, and being unwilling to give when they give.

Wu Xianbiao had already beaten Liu Rui and several of her women's ideas, but because he was afraid of Tao Shunjun and Cheng Chuanrong's warning, he didn't dare to act rashly. He is now pleading with Cheng Chuanrong and venting his dissatisfaction in his heart.

The food began to run out, and Cheng Chuanrong gradually became anxious, he was afraid that he would go back to the time when he had eaten cardboard some time ago, and he was even more afraid that one day he would not even have to gnaw on cardboard.

After being picked up by Wu Xianbiao once or twice, he also had prejudices against Sister Chen Ting and Liu Rui.

Tao Shunjun felt a subtle change in the atmosphere in the team, and he knew that the only way to change this situation was to solve everyone's anxiety - the food problem.

Fortunately, after several unsuccessful returns, we finally saw the dawn, and we found a "Happy People Supermarket" in the residential area of Duer Village a few kilometers away.

Along with the supermarket, a middle-aged couple was also found hiding inside.

The middle-aged couple is the owner of the supermarket, and the two of them have been hiding in it for more than a month, and they have survived thanks to their own supermarket.

The supermarket owner's name is Zhang Mingqing, and his wife's name is Qian Huiying, when the two woke up, they found that something was wrong outside, and the small supermarket that was originally going to open as usual has been locked until now.

When they saw Tao Shunjun and others who appeared outside the supermarket, the couple was so excited that they cried.

I haven't seen anyone alive for more than a month, what does it feel like for someone living in a modern city? Zhang Mingqing didn't know what would happen to others, but he and his wife were almost on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

When Tao Shunjun offered to take them back to Liu Rui's house, the supermarket owner and his wife hurriedly agreed. It took the group another two days to transfer the remaining supplies back here, and the anxiety that lingered in everyone's hearts was finally swept away.

The food in the supermarket is very rich, even if the number of members in the small building has increased to nine, but with the vegetables grown outside the small building, everyone does not have to worry about food for at least two months.

After resting for a few days, Tao Shunjun once again proposed to find new supplies, but this time he was unanimously opposed by Cheng Chuanrong and the others, and even the newly joined middle-aged couple was helping them out.

"Brother, we don't lack food now, why do we go out and take risks?"

"That's right, now that you don't have to worry about eating and drinking, safety should come first."

"Ouch, you don't know, my Lao Zhang and I have been hiding in the supermarket for more than a month, just looking forward to a few days of stable life, you want to take our Lao Zhang out, he is sick, he can't carry his shoulders and can't lift his hands, I really can't rest assured."

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"But the food will always run out, so it's better to prepare early than to wait until it's almost finished." Chen Ting supported Tao Shunjun's idea, and as soon as she stood up to speak, she was interrupted by Qian Huiying.

"What do you little girl know, you don't need to go out, right?" The proprietress of the small supermarket had just found a bunch of reasons for her husband not to go out, and now she stood up and said Chen Ting. She thinks that she now eats all the things she brings from her own supermarket, so she looks like a master.

"Auntie, that's not what I meant." Chen Ting defended that she was afraid that everyone's relationship would be stiff, so she still spoke very politely, "There are not many materials that can still be found outside, and if we don't look for them, these materials will either be taken away by other survivors, or they will be broken due to lack of effective storage." And the food has an expiration date......"

"Hmph, expiration date!" Wu Xianbiao snorted, and interrupted Chen Ting's words again, "My old Wu has even gnawed cardboard, what if the food expires, and you still don't eat it, just a few of you girls' families are pampered, and they don't talk about staying at home every day, and they still want to eat and drink spicy food." ”

"You!" The other party had already put a gun and a stick in his words, and Chen Ting's anger also came out.

"You really don't want to go out and search for supplies?" Tao Shunjun saw that everyone was about to quarrel, so he quickly took over.

"Whoever likes to go, who goes." Wu Xianbiao rolled his eyes.

Cheng Chuanrong didn't say anything, He Zhengde, who had escaped with them, glanced at this, then at that, and swallowed it hard when he reached his throat.

"Don't look at me, I just said, my old Zhang is not in good health, and I have diabetes and arthritis." Qian Huiying glared at Zhang Mingqing, afraid that he was going to talk nonsense.

Zhang Mingqing is a person who is afraid of his wife, he was glared at by Qian Huiying, and he didn't dare to have the idea of helping Chen Ting say a few words, so he could only keep his head down and be an idler who didn't hear anything.

There is a difference of opinion, and now it is five to four, and Cheng Chuanrong and the three of them, plus the supermarket owner and his wife, are all against going out.

Tao Shunjun's side is already at a disadvantage in terms of numbers, and there is only one man Tao Shunjun among the four of them, so it is difficult to go out to plan.

"Alas~" sighed in his heart, Tao Shunjun and Chen Ting silently returned upstairs.

The five people downstairs took this opportunity to start a group, Cheng Chuanrong and the three of them had never dared to make a mistake in the identity of Tao Shunjun before, but now with the addition of Qian Huiying and his wife, the power comparison in the small building has changed, and they were pleasantly surprised to find that their ideas seem to be able to influence the entire team.

This is the smell of power, Cheng Chuanrong smelled this smell, and he couldn't let go of his hand.

Xiaolou is Liu Rui's property, and although the arrival of Qian Huiying and his wife has brought a lot of materials here, this middle-aged woman's heart has not been balanced since the first day she came here. After the initial euphoria of escaping had passed, the desire for control in her heart began to rise.

Qian Huiying used to manage her husband at home, but after she arrived here, she suddenly found that she was a little speechless, and everyone thought that Tao Shunjun was the first to look at her.

"This won't work!" The idea of seizing power quickly sprouted in Qian Huiying's mind, this woman's reason is very simple, that is, everyone in the small building now lives on the food in her supermarket, why is she still speechless here?

With the opportunity just now, she and Cheng Chuanrong hit it off, and the two tacitly put pressure on Tao Shunjun together.

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"Uncle Tao, what should I do?" Back upstairs, Chen Ting's face was worried, she was very disdainful of the short-sightedness of the people downstairs, but some words could not be said directly, because the relationship between the team members had to be taken into account.

"Don't worry, they just didn't figure it out for a while, I'll do their job slowly." Tao Shunjun comforted her and said: "It doesn't matter if you can't do your job, they will understand this truth sooner or later." ”

"But when the food is running out, we're very passive." Chen Ting was still worried when she thought of this.

"As long as the internal stability is stable, even if I am passive, I am confident that I can carry it, and there are some things that cannot be achieved quickly."

"I see what you mean, Uncle Tao." Chen Ting nodded, and the knot in her heart was finally untied by Tao Shunjun's sentence "If you want to hurry, you can't reach it".

Life is still going on as usual, there is a courtyard wall around Liu Rui's small building, and a fence has been added to the original gate, so it is very safe for everyone to stay in the building.

Cheng Chuanrong changed their residence downstairs and lived with Qian Huiying and his wife, while Tao Shunjun went upstairs.

Tao Shunjun asked Cheng Chuanrong and others to do work, and told them the importance of reserve materials, but these people have no longer entered.

In fact, they don't understand this truth, but now it is no longer an ordinary battle of truth, it is more like a power struggle, Cheng Chuanrong and others and Qian Huiying and his wife are planning to use the difference of opinion as an opportunity to challenge Tao Shunjun's right to speak.

Once the infighting appears, some people will lose their minds, and Cheng Chuanrong and the others began to take the initiative to isolate the four people upstairs, completely forgetting that they took them in in the first place.

Qian Huiying almost regarded herself as the master, and from time to time she had to point fingers on matters such as food distribution, showing her ethereal power.

Cheng Chuanrong and the others were actually gradually dissatisfied with Qian Huiying and his wife, but considering that everyone needed to join forces to have the opportunity to challenge Tao Shunjun's hearts here, they all endured it.

In the eyes of the three of them, as long as they succeed in challenging Tao Shunjun, Qian Huiying and his wife will not be able to become a climate at all, let alone pose any threat.