Chapter 43: Hot Pot
The scene in the rain came into people's eyes, the weird corpse pile, the weird truck, the weird man, and several people were very frightened, and they couldn't understand what the situation was.
Ning Jiang and Radishes, as well as the bald head Quan who came over after hearing the sound, all looked at this scene and were silent, both curious and unable to understand what they were doing, why there were so many zombies.
"This... What the hell is this doing, this guy is cleaning up zombies?! Radish opened his mouth with his own understanding, and then looked at the few people around him.
Ning Jiang frowned, looking at all this, he couldn't react a little, what the hell is going on, after thinking about it, he still can't see through it, if he doesn't check it, he can't jump to conclusions at will.
After a while, the body on the truck was unloaded, the man threw away the cigarette, opened the door, jumped into the truck, and the car slowly drove towards Admiralty Plaza.
The bald head Quan held a cigarette, squinted his eyes, and said: "Do you want to follow and have a look, I finally saw a living person, and we have no food, so we happen to be going to Admiralty Square, and this person is also going in the same direction." ”
Ning Jiang stood there, still looking at the truck in the distance, in the rainstorm, the bright red tail lights, he could still faintly see that the car seemed to have stopped on the periphery of the square, and he could see the man going up the steps of the square.
Glancing at Chen Long lying behind him, Ning Jiang's mind turned quickly, and he silently estimated in his heart that the way to deal with this matter was already a variety of risks, as well as various gains and losses.
But under various calculations, he found that they had no reason not to go forward to check, there was no food, the burden of women with them, and the fact that most of the men were injured, even he was losing his physical strength and was hungry, and the man was located in the square, at least he should be able to find food, and that person was at least human, and he could communicate with humans.
Looking at the women behind him with panicked and helpless faces, Ning Jiang glanced at Touquan, reached out and patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Let's go, go and see!" ”
Soon, under the organization of Ning Jiang and the bald head, the women and men, with their already empty backpacks, took their weapons, and walked down the building.
The clothes that had been gradually dried, as they entered the rainstorm again, were ruthlessly wet again, and several people were shivering, even in summer, being drenched in the rain all the time, it would make people feel cold, and they might catch a cold and get sick.
Bypassing the pile of terrifying corpses, several people quickly followed the traces of the car, and Ning Jiang and Radish helped Chen Long and walked in front.
After leaving the construction site, I soon arrived at the periphery of Admiralty Plaza, where I could see cars in the parking spaces on the side of the road, as well as various shops on the opposite side, and several people were located in front of Building 3 and Building 4.
Looking at the truck parked in front of the steps of the square, several people hesitated, and continued to walk up, crossing the road, passing the truck, and walking up the outer steps.
In front of you is the pavement on the square building, and you can already see the steps in the middle of the square, and if you go up this step, you can reach the center of the square.
Radish sniffed with his nose, and said to Ning Jiang on the side suspiciously: "Ning Jiang, have you smelled anything!" ”
"What? What does it taste like? Ning Jiang didn't react, he also sniffed, and Chen Long, who was supporting him in the middle, said weakly: "I smell it, TM seems to be the smell of someone cooking food, it's so fragrant!" ”
Radish immediately nodded and agreed: "Yes! Yes, it's so fragrant, the taste is getting heavier and heavier, as if someone is cooking in the front square, so hungry! ”
The women behind them may have also smelled the fragrance, and they all began to chatter, and the pace of the crowd began to quicken, hunger is indeed the most severe test of human beings.
Gradually, a few people stepped on the stairs of the square and walked up, more or less nervous, but there was no way, if they didn't take risks, there would be no gain.
Ning Jiang and Radish helped Chen Long, and walked into the square first, when they looked at the scene on the edge of the pool in the middle of the square, he, Radish and Chen Long all had a ghost-like expression!!
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Because of the heavy rain, this rare opportunity, Jiang Shan and several people have arranged to clean up the dirt in the square, and they are already planning to use this place as a stronghold for survivors in the future, Jiang Shan plans to work hard to plan this space.
Although my mind is still reminiscing about the throbbing with Xia Zhen just now, I still think about it, it is important to work, and this rainstorm can be stopped when it is said.
The white-collar girl and Xia Zhen after changing their clothes, as well as a few men, wore raincoats in the square and began to clean the residues on the ground.
"Everyone, hurry up, the rain may stop soon, it's hard now, I'll give you more food at night!" Jiang Shan opened his mouth and said, watching a few people start cleaning the square very regularly.
patted Xiao Hei's forehead, signaled Xiao Hei not to go out, it was raining heavily, it couldn't help, he comforted it, and then looked at Xiao Hei who was lying obediently in the hotel hall, and he also went out and started cleaning together.
The platform in the middle of the square was not too big, and a few people quickly cleaned it, and by the way, they also cleaned the pool, and after looking at the time, Jiang Shan arranged for everyone to clean up under the steps.
From noon to afternoon, a group of people did not stop, buried themselves in cleaning the road, everyone knew that this may be the place where they lived in the future, as a "home" really needs to be cleaned up, not to mention that Jiang Shan is cleaning with them.
Dirt residue and some various garbage, and finally were thrown into the truck, Jiang Shan looked at the momentum of the torrential rain that seemed to have not stopped, and said: "Lao Zhang, you pull this car over and pour it over, let's have dinner when you come back, and rest early today!" ”
The middle-aged man, Lao Zhang, smiled, answered, jumped into the truck, and drove towards the construction site.
Jiang Shan looked around and found that everyone was not there, so he quietly walked into a store and started to buy things from the store, since he said that he would have a good dinner in the evening, he must have a hearty dinner.
What's more, he has been busy all afternoon, and he is also very hungry, and he has been drenched in the rain, even if he is wearing a raincoat, the whole person is also cold, he wants to eat a good meal, go to the cold.
Soon boxes of ingredients appeared at his feet, since even the robot dog let others know, Jiang Shan had no scruples, even if someone was curious and wondered where his food came from, he would not defend it, the end of the world! It is respected by strength, and the weak have no right to doubt.
Greeting Xia Zhen and the white-collar sister, Jiang Shan looked at Xia Zhen shyly, avoiding his eyes, smiled interestingly, and ordered the two of them who looked at the boxes of ingredients to help carry things.
Soon the man with glasses and Yang Yi also ran over to help, Jiang Shan found a large parasol from the food stall on the edge of the square, picked up the base by the way, opened it and stood on the edge of the pool in the center of the square.
The parasol is very large, and this kind of prop is the most indispensable in the shop of this kind of supper food stall, and this thing is needed for drinking beer and eating supper outdoors at night.
Yang Yi also helped take out a large round table and put it under the parasol, and the man with glasses and the white-collar girl both held chairs and ran over.
"Wow, eat hot pot at night! What a blessing! The white-collar girl smiled happily, she was outgoing, and she was always more direct, but everyone also thought that this girl was very easy to get along with.
Jiang Shan nodded, picked up a gas stove from the cardboard box on the ground, put it in the center of the table, and then opened the cardboard box, took out various ingredients from it, and put it on the table.
Lettuce, shiitake mushrooms, cabbage, enoki mushrooms, vermicelli, coriander, bean sprouts, tofu, dried bamboo shoots, these ingredients are green and green and cover half of the table.
Jiang Shan turned around and took out things from the cardboard box on the other side, pork ribs, chicken, fresh shrimp, beef slices, mutton slices, beef balls, fish balls, white and red, so that the few people around were overwhelmed.
Yang Yi and the white-collar girl have already begun to drool, "The pot is here, there is a mandarin duck pot in the hot pot restaurant on the side!" "Xia Zhen's cauldron was put on the gas stove, and he just washed the pot, but he didn't come over, but he didn't expect it to be ready for this time.
Jiang Shan smiled, and from several boxes on the ground, he took out generations of bagged ice cubes, milky white ice cubes, very clean, these are broths, bought from the store, have been frozen into ice cubes, put them in a pot and heat them to become a soup base.
Light the fire, put in the soup ice cubes, and on the other side of the bottom of the mandarin duck pot, put in the chili pepper, as the mandarin duck pot is of course light on one side and hot on the other.
Soon the ice cubes in the pot melted, and the broth began to boil, Jiang Shan smoked a cigarette and motioned for everyone to start and put the ingredients.
After seeing Jiang Shan's signal, everyone who was already impatient began to open the ingredients on the table and put them in the pot, "Wow, I'm going to eat today!" The white-collar girl said happily, Xia Zhen was also full of smiles, and put vegetables at the bottom of the clear soup pot.
Jiang Shan dusted off his cigarette ashes, and heard the sound of parking in his ears, and after a while, Lao Zhang appeared in his eyes, "Lao Zhang, come over quickly, eat, hot pot at night, eat open!" ”
As he spoke, he took out several bottles of beer from the carton at his feet, took a sip of his thumb, opened it with a little use, and handed it over one by one, "Come, everyone eats and drinks well in the evening!" Today, everyone worked hard in the rain! ”
Lao Zhang also walked to the table, sat down, picked up the beer, and was not polite, he took a sip first, and called out loudly, his face was also very happy.
They couldn't imagine being able to eat hot pot in the last days, but now with the man in front of them, they can let everyone eat hot pot and drink beer, which makes everyone very satisfied and happy.
The ingredients in the pot are all ready, Jiang Shan is not polite, stretching out the chopsticks to clip, "start and start" beckoning, a group of people also began to move, the hot steam in the pot is wafting, and 6 people are around a big round table, eating delicious hot pot lively.
The wine in his hand kept stopping, even Xia Zhen and the white-collar sister drank a little more, everyone was hungry after a busy day, and soon the ingredients on the table were cleaned up, and the white-collar sister teased it in the hot pot with chopsticks, and said regretfully: "Ah! It's almost gone! Yang Yi is all you, so you can eat it, I didn't even eat a bite of my hot beef balls, and they were gone! ”
While talking, he was already looking directly at Yang Yi beside him with white eyes, which made him very embarrassed, it is true that he is very capable of eating, which is not easy to refute.
"Haha, if you say open to eat, just open up and eat enough, there are still more dishes!" Jiang Shan bent down from the cardboard box at his feet, slowly took out the ingredients, vegetables and meat, and soon covered the entire table with the help of Xia Zhen on the side.
Gave cigarettes to Yang Yi, Lao Zhang and others, Jiang Shan's face was slightly red because of the drinking, and he said: "There are a lot of things to eat, and you can't finish eating at night, as long as you follow me, your third brother will never treat you badly!" ”
Saying that, he raised the wine bottle, and everyone quickly stood up, raised the wine bottle and echoed, all of which were recognized from the heart.
"Xia Zhen, you add some soup!" Yang Yi looked at Xia Zhen, who was also blushing beside him, and opened his mouth to instruct, a few people need to add a little soup stock until the middle of the day.
Xia Zhen nodded, bent down to pick up the soup ice cubes, opened the package, put them in the hot pot, and just wanted to talk to Jiang Shan, he saw Jiang Shan turn his head to look behind him, frowning, with a serious look.
Jiang Shan's sudden quietness also made a few people notice, and they all turned their heads to look, the sky was raining heavily in the evening, and the sky had not yet darkened, and a few people were in the parasol, and saw a few men, walking up from the steps, and then followed by a group of women, all of whom looked embarrassed.
Signaling everyone not to panic, Jiang Shan silently took out the Colt M1911A1 on the holster on his thigh and put it on the table, and said: "It's okay if it's not a zombie, I'm here, don't be afraid, you should eat and drink!" ”
As he spoke, he picked up a piece of fatty mutton, put it in his mouth, and chewed it, as if he was indifferent to the group of people over there.