Chapter 29 Going to the rooftop!

After Li Qiang opened the door, he subdued Aunt Wang and the Little Devil while Hu You was talking.

Amidst the roars of the grandfather and grandson, the two did not directly use the knife, but tied them up and threw them into the room, and began to rearrange the food in the room.

Soon, they discovered the ham that Aunt Wang had hidden in the room.

Thanks to this ham, the grandfather and grandson temporarily escaped the fate of being cooked.

Everyone cooked a pot of rice with rainwater and had a simple dinner.

Human flesh?

Emergency food like this, which is easy to store and does not spoil easily, should naturally be saved for last.

The first priority now is to find enough food.

If I remember correctly, in addition to Aunt Wang’s family receiving ham, other families also received ham.

Li Qiang looked at the window as if he had made a decision: "Brother Zhang Si, do you want to live?"

"Brother Qiang!"

Zhang Si swallowed a mouthful of broth: "You say it, I will listen to you!"

"good!"

Li Qiang walked to the room and pulled off the sheets and quilt covering the little devil: "Can you do ropes?"

"Brother Qiang, do you want to..."

"Go downstairs through the window!"

Li Qiang's eyes were full of madness, and he had already begun to tear the fabric and make ropes: "It's raining heavily now. It's almost impossible to climb up from downstairs, but it's much easier to climb down."

"Tie a rope and go in through the window. Even if you fall, you won't fall to death because of the depth of water below."

"Only in this way can we store enough food."

"But……"

Zhang Si hesitated: "Brother Qiang, I'm afraid of heights."

"for you."

Li Qiang handed one end of the sheet to Zhang Si: "I'll get down, and you will be my stake on top."

"good!"

…

at the same time.

Fifth floor.

"I believe you all have seen it."

Tian Laoliu stood above the crowd, overlooking the twenty people in front of him.

"The rain hasn't stopped."

"We still don't know the reason for this, but one thing must be admitted. We... have to be prepared for a long war."

"There are more than 20 people downstairs. They want to eat, and we also want to eat!"

"Only by getting more food can we live better!"

"The door lock can't be opened, but we can still find other things!"

As Tian Laoliu said this, he took out a mouse from his pocket.

Rats in the south are usually about the size of a palm and covered with black hair. They squeak as soon as they are picked up.

Among the crowd, some people looked embarrassed, and some even went straight into the crowd.

In their view, this kind of thing is not only not considered food, but can even be called a monster!

"Tian...Brother Tian, do we really want to eat this kind of thing?"

"No need now."

Tian Laoliu replied: "But we need to catch them!"

"Not only that, but there are bodies on the water!"

"Most of the animals that are drowned in the water will float to the surface. The brothers who are responsible for guarding the windows have to work harder. When you see them, use this thing to fish them out."

As he spoke, Tian Laoliu took out another drain net made of many pots and spoons.

"Remember, the more we catch, the later we will have to eat this food, and we may even...may not have to eat it."

In order not to eat mice, everyone immediately cheered up.

Twenty people, occupying ten windows, changing shifts every twelve hours, began to stare at the water surface to catch food.

Two days passed in the blink of an eye.

July 18th, ten o'clock in the morning.

On the fifth day of heavy rain, the water level reached 22 meters.

The floors below the seventh floor were flooded by rainwater, and even the seventh floor was mostly flooded.

Tian Laoliu and others have completely lost their place.

But their process of catching mice went quite smoothly.

Those mice seemed to be very hungry, and they would be fooled if they saw food.

Two days.

They caught more than twenty mice, and every one of them was so fat!

But the fishing work was not very smooth.

Except for three dead fish weighing two pounds, they didn't catch anything.

Now the water level has exceeded the seventh floor.

The door can't be pried open!

There is not much food left for them.

On the other hand, Li Qiang.

His luck is good.

Although only two households, 2502 and 2402, were looted, half a ham and two unopened bags of rice were harvested, enough for six people to last three more days.

It was at this time that Li Qiang went out carrying the half ham.

He went all the way to the twenty-eighth floor and knocked on the alloy door.

Bang bang~

Hu You is sitting at the dining table eating breakfast.

Today's breakfast is a steak sandwich with eggs Benedict and soy milk, made by Li Zhi.

Hearing the knock on the door, Hu You opened the surveillance screen and saw Li Qiang standing at the door carrying a ham.

"Hey, you're a rare visitor."

Hu You connected the video and smiled at Li Qiang opposite: "Brother Qiang, it's morning. Have you had breakfast?"

"Good morning, Boss Hu."

Li Qiang forced out a smile, not daring to let his eyes stay on the sandwich.

"I came here specifically to thank you. If it weren't for your help, my father and I would probably have died of hunger outside."

"This ham is a gift to you. If possible, I would like to ask you to give us some fresh water."

Huh, gift?

To put it bluntly, it is an exchange.

Today is the fifth day of heavy rain.

Rainwater has transformed from fresh water into corrosive acid rain.

For those who had no fresh water before, not only did they not have enough to eat, they even had trouble drinking water.

Ham?

You can eat it, but after eating it will speed up the consumption of water in the body, and the more you eat, the thirstier you will be!

This is also the reason why Hu You chose to give this as a gift to Aunt Wang and others.

From a rational analysis, ham will definitely be stored as their final food.

But as long as it is stored on the fifth day, the ham will be completely useless!

Don't eat, you're hungry!

Eat, you are thirsty!

Even if they stuffed the ham into their mouths, they would probably have no saliva to help them chew it, and they would eventually choke to death.

"Taishui, right? I do still have some leftover at home, but ham..."

Hu You turned the screen of his phone and pointed it at the window.

There was a row of hams drying there, at least dozens of them!

Li Zhi was slicing it there, preparing to serve it with fresh cantaloupe for today's afternoon tea.

"What do you need?"

Li Qiang's tone was very calm: "As long as I have it, I can exchange it for you."

"Including your life?"

Li Qiang fell into silence.

The reason why he works so hard is just to survive!

How could he dedicate his life to it?

"Just kidding."

Hu You knew he would not agree.

"It's up to you to keep things or not. I won't give you fresh water."

After saying that, he stood up and stretched himself. Without avoiding Li Qiang, he directly asked Shen Shan: "Old Shen, are you ready to take a shower? I'm still waiting to take a shower today!"

"Immediately! I'll make sure it's done tonight."

Ding~

The screen went dark.

In the darkness, Li Qiang was the only one standing in the stairwell carrying the ham.

He held the ham tightly, thought for a long time, and finally went all the way downstairs.

27th floor, 26th floor...

All the way to the seventh floor!

Tian Laoliu and others heard the sound of footsteps and immediately got ready to take action.

When they saw Li Qiang carrying ham downstairs alone, everyone's eyes turned green!

"Who is Boss Tian?"

Li Qiang stood on the stairs with a smile on his face.

A wheelchair was pushed out of the crowd.

"I am, are you looking for me?"

"I'm here to give you a gift." Li Qiang offered the ham with both hands.

In the dim space, the sound of saliva and swallowing kept ringing.

Tian Laoliu thought for a moment and finally hugged Ham in his arms.

"What do you call this brother?"

"Li Qiang, Boss Tian, just call me Xiao Li."

"Brother Li."

Boss Tian narrowed his eyes slightly: "You are not just here to give gifts, are you?"

"Boss Tian is smart, I'm here to cooperate with you."

"Oh? What kind of cooperation method?"

"Food, fresh water."

Li Qiang got straight to the point: "Boss Hu from the 28th floor once sent hams to people in our community, most of which came from our building. There are at least twenty hams like this in our building!"

"Now that there is no fresh water, ham has become their food reserve. We get 50/50 of the ham they snatched!"

"That's true, but Brother Li, this door... we can't open it."

"Door, I have a way. I want a quarter of fresh water and ham."

Tian Laoliu frowned: "How do you know I have fresh water?"

"First of all, none of your lips are chapped, and... if there was no fresh water, would you have smashed this ham in my face?"

really.

Tian Laoliu didn't know how long the rain would last, so just in case, he collected enough fresh water.

"Hahaha! I like to work with smart people."

Tian Laoliu immediately stretched out his right hand: "Deal!"

July 18th, 12 noon.

The water level is close to 23 meters, and the eighth floor is already half submerged.

Before Tian Laoliu's people could saw the door, the people on the eighth floor had already ran out!

Can't bear it!

I can't bear it at all!

Seeing the new partners joining, Tian Laoliu decisively confiscated their food.

Those who are obedient stay in the team, those who are disobedient...

Tie them up and put them at the back of the line!

"Brother Tian."

Li Mang frowned, looked at the rising water level, and tentatively said, "Where do we have to rush to get there?"

"It's better... just go to the twenty-eighth floor."

"Can't go."

Before Tian Laoliu could speak, Li Qiang replied: "There is an alloy door on the 28th floor, but it cannot be cut with a saw. My suggestion is to go to the 27th floor."

"Just listen to Brother Li."

Tian Laoliu immediately made the decision: "Go to the twenty-seventh floor!"

Two o'clock in the afternoon.

Everyone successfully occupied the twenty-seventh floor.

There are three households on the twenty-seventh floor.

In addition to Mu Lingxiu, who originally lived here, there were two other families who were tied up and thrown to the end of the line.

After occupying the base area, Tian Laoliu held a brief meeting in 2702.

He had just called Li Mang and Li Qiang together, before the formal meeting began, when he heard rumblings coming from upstairs.

That seems to be... the sound of mahjong!

They were struggling on the edge of life and death downstairs, but the guys upstairs actually had the leisure and elegance to play mahjong!

"Brother Aqiang."

Tian Laoliu pointed upstairs: "What do you think of them?"