Under the sunset, a man and a woman strolled on the avenue of the capital, and through the thick clouds, the sun fell on them very gently, like a pair of beautiful people.

"Come to think of it, I haven't been shopping since the day I was born." Wang Rong laughed at himself: "Where did the street on the island come from? When I arrived in the Eastern Region, it was one thing after another, and there was almost no time to be open, and this was the first time in my life. ”

Su Qing smiled and said, "The street here is different from ours, there, there is an exchange venue on the island. Because the money is useless, and what you need, you can go there and change it. For example, if you like a belt very much, but your belt is broken, and it is impossible to connect it again. It just so happens that you know that I have two belts, so you come to me and say that you want to exchange a decorative bracelet for my belt. If I agree, we're going to go to the trading floor, where someone is going to certify the deal. lest anyone take advantage of the opportunity to slander others. ”

"Women have a natural instinct to go shopping. On the island, Uncle Cheng Quan once told me that the only thing that can make a woman forget time and not feel tired is shopping. He said that a woman could walk the streets all afternoon with all the things she could buy. But if you ask her to move something of the same weight at home, she will say, "How can a girl carry such a heavy thing?" ”

"Are you fighting so that women can go shopping again?"

"Think of it as a target."

The two chatted and walked around casually. The streets of the capital are similarly uniform, and from the small buildings where you live, you head north, first passing the research center. Wang Rong is very familiar with this place, after all, he has been strengthened inside, but how big the research center is, and how many buildings and warehouses there are in the back, it is not a score. Walking down, there is a heavily guarded courtyard, in fact, Qiao Lianyu is among them, and most of the high-level people in the capital also work here. Further down, there is the gendarmerie headquarters, there is not even a guard here, but if anyone stupidly breaks in, they will definitely be beaten to pieces by the strongest force in the Eastern Region.

The research center, the capital administration, and the gendarmerie headquarters are almost the most elite parts of the Eastern Region. After walking through a street corner, I saw the military headquarters with a slightly weak momentum. The so-called military department is in charge of the garrison, and when the beast tide comes, the combat effectiveness of the garrison army is far inferior to that of the military police, of course, they are by no means cannon fodder, there are always so many people, so many weapons, and the courage and blood to fight against the mutant beasts with teeth and claws. It's just the difference in combat effectiveness that makes them honestly stay behind the gendarmerie headquarters.

"Shops?" Su Qing's eyes lit up.

After the military headquarters, the standard houses on the street made people look a little sluggish, Wang Rong took a closer look, it was true. There were few people in sight on the smooth road, a grocery store was lonely open, the lazy shopkeeper was holding a magazine and reading hard, the cigarette in the corner of his mouth was more than half burning, and the faint green smoke was floating in front of him.

Wang Rong licked his dry lips, walked into the shop quickly, and knocked on the glass counter: "Please bring me two bottles of water." ”

The shopkeeper raised his head, and Wang Rong saw his face clearly, if it weren't for the gray hair and a few deep wrinkles on his forehead, it would not be easy to see his true age. He stood up, tall, even a few centimeters taller than Wang Rong, wearing a cheap white shirt and blue shorts, and plastic slippers on his feet.

He quickly opened the freezer and took out two bottles of water, but his eyes fell on the sign of the guests from the Western Region on Wang Rong and Su Qing's shirts: "Yo, the Western Region is here!" Then you won't be able to contribute points. ”

Wang Rong took out his wallet, but his eyes fell on the dazzling cigarette cabinets, looked at it for a while, and asked, "What cigarettes do you recommend to me?" Seeing the shopkeeper's surprised gaze, Wang Rong explained: "I'm not a regular smoker, but I'm a little tired today." ”

The shopkeeper took out a white and black cigarette case from his shirt pocket, took out a cigarette, and handed it to Wang Rong: "Try this, I have been smoking for more than 30 years." ”

The spicy smoke entered his lungs along the breath, and then dispersed into the bloodstream, Wang Rong couldn't help coughing twice: "It's so choking." ”

"This is the Kirby produced in East Germany before." The shopkeeper looked at Wang Rong lazily: "Later, you knew that the country was finished, and after the nuclear war, a tobacco expert from East Germany fled to the Eastern Region, and Kirby was redeployed by him." Kirby's cigarette is easy to turn into a smoker after smoking. ”

"I've heard that tobacco experts are smokers regardless of gender." Wang Rong pointed to his nose: "Do you look like me?" ”

The shopkeeper smiled heartily: "It doesn't look like it, just give you two packs." ”

Wang Rong took the two packs of cigarettes, and Su Qing interjected: "Uncle, I heard you say what contribution points do you want to buy things?" ”

"Oh, you're not from the Eastern Region, but you don't know. Ordinary people enter the Eastern Region, if their health is fine, they will be arranged to do things, such as doctors, teachers, farmers, workers, soldiers, etc., and now that the money is no longer available, I will give everyone some contribution points. These contribution points can be used to buy things. Of course, they won't be as extravagant as you are to buy cigarettes. You must know that the contribution points required for a pack of Kirby will cost an officer almost half a year's amount. ”

The boss took a leisurely puff of cigarette: "Usually they settle down and have a contribution point, so they come to buy some essential things at home first, and occasionally have a luxury on any big day, such as buying a little snack for the children, or buying a chocolate for the wife." ”

"Does the Eastern Region still have the capacity to produce these?" Su Qing couldn't help but ask.

"If you have long hair, you can see that your knowledge is short, right?" The boss laughed and said: "What era is it now, if it is not gathered, people will only survive for the sake of survival." But once there are more people and a stable place to live and live, you must be active, otherwise you will survive for the sake of survival, and you will completely become a beast. What is life? Before the war, singing, dancing, playing cards, and watching dramas were called life. There is definitely no such set now, but getting some snacks and making people have the occasional luxury idea when they are struggling to survive, even if it is for their son's birthday this year, can make him a small cake, will make the couple work hard. It's not about surviving, it's about living. ”

Wang Rong nodded, what he said was indeed very reasonable. For the last three years on the island, he felt that he was no different from the beast. No one can speak, so what's the difference between talking to oneself and the howl of a mutant beast? There is no activity, except for hunting, every day is to go back to the cave to sort out various weapons and prepare for the impact of mutant beasts. Strictly speaking, he was just a high-end mutant at that time.

Until I met Su Qing, there was someone to talk to, and the two rowed back to land together, and then looked for the truth of their own life experience, and now they have a strong interest in the military police reinforcement in the east and west regions, this is human life?

"Then uncle, why don't you have to work, but study and smoke here?" Su Qing narrowed her big beautiful eyes and asked with a smile.

The boss casually dropped the cigarette butt, stepped on his toes, and said lightly: "Although the uncle doesn't have a good father, he has a pretty good son." ”

He didn't say it, in the entire Eastern Region, only a few people knew that he was Qiao Lianyu's father, Qiao Kang.

For his son's actions back then, the father and son broke out countless quarrels, Qiao Kang is not a confused father, he has his own opinions and principles on many things, and many things about his son have angered his bottom line. But the nuclear war broke out, and the father and son were still together, until the Eastern Region opened up, Qiao Lianyu was already the 'emperor' of the Eastern Region, and he, the emperor, just wanted to be out of sight, whatever you kid liked.

So, Qiao Lianyu simply opened a commissary in the capital, Qiao Kang was here, reading miscellaneous books, cigarettes and alcohol, and if he wanted to see the store, he would open the door, or close the door and walk around.

Although most people don't know his identity, he can sit in the only commissary in the Eastern Region, but I am afraid that it will have a great background. Even if he went to the research center and the military department, no one would stop him from entering. And at the gendarmerie headquarters, Zhou Zhen knew his identity, even if he was idle to watch the gendarmerie training, Zhou Zhen greeted him with a smile.

Su Qing saw that he didn't want to say more, so he changed the subject: "Uncle, it's the first time we've come to the capital, and I don't know where else to see, can you introduce me?" ”

"What are you looking at?" Qiao Kang said lazily: "There are similar houses everywhere, where is the scenery, the night is coming, and there is no KTV cinema to make you happy." But if you are a family of two, you will save money to open a house. The place where those people in the Western Region live is definitely more than enough. ”

"It doesn't matter, we're just walking around the street and relaxing." Wang Rong said.

"Wait!" Qiao Kang patted his head: "I think there is a place to visit." ”

"Uncle, please."

"The Eastern Region is divided into gendarmerie and garrison. Of course, the gendarmerie is more powerful, and you can see that the military headquarters and the gendarmerie headquarters are separated by a street. However, there are always garrisons who are not convinced, so why are you gendarmes a little stronger? After all, some of the garrisons were also killed from the herd of beasts back then, and their pistol skills were really not weak. They see that the gendarmes eat well, dress well, and have cigarette hair, and they always want to try it when they are not convinced. As long as they are not satisfied, they will go to the gendarmerie training ground to compete, compare their skills and marksmanship, even their car skills, etc., as long as they can win one, they will give you the opportunity to become a gendarmerie. ”

Qiao Kang smiled: "No one has ever won, but this does not prevent new people from continuing to challenge." Since you're all right, go to the training ground and have a look, or...... You two can also challenge it, if you're from the Western Region, it won't be too bad. ”

Wang Rong knew that these gendarmes had undergone strengthening, and they were all monsters, how could they be defeated by ordinary people? Speaking of challenges, though...... His heart moved.