Chapter 145: Uncle Liang, Your Skills Are Impressive
"Brother Zhang, are we moving?"
That evening, after Zhang Mingtian returned, Huang Zhi told him about Meng Ci's plan to move.
"Move."
Zhang Mingtian thought for a moment and then agreed to the move.
In Zhang Mingtian's mind, following Meng Ci was absolutely the right choice.
"Alright."
Huang Zhi nodded. He also considered what Meng Ci had said: if the snow melts, the streets would be flooded again, making travel difficult once more.
Moving to the refugee resettlement area on the mountain would indeed be much more convenient.
They decided to move immediately. Huang Zhi first took leave from the security team and then came back home to pack their belongings with his family.
The next morning, Zhang Mingtian went to the refugee resettlement area to register and secured a three-bedroom, one-living room, one-bathroom apartment.
Although the refugee resettlement area was still free to live in, there were few residents, so the procedures were quickly completed, and they began to move their entire family.
When Yun Jingcen and the others returned, Mao Xinyu also told them about Meng Ci's move.
After a brief discussion, they decided to move as well.
They registered for two two-bedroom, one-living room, one-bathroom apartments at the refugee resettlement area and started moving their belongings in multiple trips.
However, unlike Meng Ci, who could afford to rent a vehicle, they relied on manual labor.
On July 20th, the lowest temperature was minus three degrees Celsius, and the highest at noon was plus two degrees Celsius.
By July 23rd, the temperature had risen to around five or six degrees above zero.
The snow was slowly melting, and people were celebrating the end of the extreme cold, but life continued as usual.
After all, they did not know if the apocalypse had truly ended, and what if a worse disaster followed the blizzard?
Many people, having experienced the torrential rain and extreme cold, had begun to think ahead.
Zhang Mingtian and Yun Jingcen's families finished moving within three days. After a day of rest, they continued to register for patrol duty with the security team.
However, the security team announced on July 23rd that patrols would be suspended indefinitely, with no set date for resumption.
Upon seeing this notice, both families understood that things were not simple and became more cautious when going out.
In the following days, there were reports of people falling through melted snow. Some fell into shallow areas and were rescued, while others fell deeper and could only wait to die.
Meng Ci paid no attention to these incidents.
Returning to Villa No. 8 in West Mountain, Meng Ci settled into the basement.
The villa already had a basement, so during the renovation, Meng Ci had it slightly expanded and divided into three bedrooms, one living room, one kitchen, and one bathroom.
Meng Ci chose a room far from the bathroom to live in.
Although the ventilation in the basement was good, the bathroom still had an odor.
He planned to use the bathroom only when absolutely necessary.
Meng Ci intended to stay at home until the snow completely melted before going out.
The house had been waterproofed during the renovation, so he was not worried about leaks.
Even if there were any, they would not reach the basement.
Liang Xiu, leveraging his management skills from before the apocalypse, had moved from digging soil to working for the security team, responsible for scheduling patrols.
Since the security team was not patrolling recently, Liang Xiu stayed at home.
At Meng Ci's invitation, he also moved his belongings to the basement.
"Wow!"
"I didn't expect you to be so skilled, Uncle Liang."
One morning, when Meng Ci and Shen Que woke up, Liang Xiu had already prepared breakfast.
Liang Xiu continued cooking without stopping.
"An orphan's childhood means taking care of oneself."
"Without some cooking skills, one might not survive."
The orphanage only kept children until they were fifteen, after which they had to fend for themselves outside.
Fortunately, Liang Xiu was lucky and received support from the Meng family, allowing him to live better than others.
He did not have to drop out of school to work for daily expenses.
Liang Xiu worked hard, ranking among the top students in his middle and high school years, and attended the best university. After graduation, he joined Meng Group directly.
With his outstanding work abilities, Liang Xiu gradually established himself in M City.
Meng Ci nodded, understanding that, like Liang Xiu, he too was an orphan and knew how much money could be saved by cooking for oneself.
Together with Liang Xiu, they carried the food to the dining room, where Shen Que, now dressed neatly, also emerged.
A plate of green vegetables, a dish of braised eggplant, a pot of vegetable congee, and a pancake cooked on an electric griddle.
Then Liang Xiu opened two cans of rat meat and placed them in front of Meng Ci and Shen Que.
Even though Liang Xiu strongly invited them, Meng Ci and Shen Que still refused to eat the rat meat.
"Then do you want to eat cockroach cans?"
"If you're going to eat, I'll go out and exchange them." Liang Xiu thought they didn't like rats, so he planned to swap for cockroach cans.
Cockroach cans were something Liang Xiu usually couldn't get used to, so he always exchanged for rat cans.
"No need, no need."
"I don't like eating meat," Meng Ci quickly declined.
Seeing that Meng Ci and Shen Que really didn't want to eat, Liang Xiu had to eat them himself.
Then the two saw a palm-sized rat being stuffed into Liang Xiu's mouth.
If it weren't for Meng Ci's strong will, he might have vomited.
After the meal, they sat in the living room.
Liang Xiu took a book about finance and started flipping through it.
Shen Que picked up a Lego set and began building on the coffee table.
Meng Ci, on the other hand, took out his phone and started playing Candy Crush.
Only Eggplant was running around randomly.
Probably because he had been eating too bland food lately, he stuck out his tongue and licked the sofa, then the floor.
He even tried to lick Meng Ci's shoes on the sofa.
"Get lost." Meng Ci kicked Eggplant and put down his phone.
Woof, woof.
This time, Eggplant didn't care if Meng Ci was angry, rubbing his head against Meng Ci's leg and cooing.
He didn't want to eat tasteless noodles anymore; he wanted meat, dumplings, and rat cans...
"Useless." Meng Ci patted Eggplant's head.
"This time you know not to waste food, right?"
Eggplant nodded vigorously at this.
"If you do it again, you won't even get noodles."
Meng Ci just wanted to punish Eggplant a bit. Seeing that he truly knew his mistake, Meng Ci took out a sausage from his spatial pocket and fed it to Eggplant.
Eggplant's eyes lit up at the sight of the sausage.
Usually, he would finish the sausage in two bites, but this time he cherished it, carrying it to his bowl and eating it in small bites.
"You!" Liang Xiu, who had been reading intently, suddenly looked up.
Judging by his surprise, he must have noticed the sausage appearing in Meng Ci's hand out of nowhere.