Chapter 172: Going Out to Find a Place to Wait for the Earthquake
"No need." Meng Ci refused.
"We still have some points left, and we just want to go out for a walk."
Meng Ci thought for a moment, "At most five days, and we'll be back."
Seeing Meng Ci's insistence, Liang Xiu didn't say anything more, but just told them to take their life-saving weapons, and if they encountered danger, to quickly drive away.
Meng Ci agreed, then bid farewell and left the ward.
Coming downstairs to the SUV, Meng Ci opened the passenger door.
Qiezi hurriedly poked his head out from the back seat, rubbing against Meng Ci.
Whimpering, indicating he wanted to get off.
Meng Ci patted Qiezi's head, fortunately, the air conditioning was on in the car, so Qiezi wasn't sweating.
"Alright, you wait here for a little longer."
"I'll go up one more time, then we'll leave."
"Whimper!" Qiezi whined softly, obediently lying back on the back seat, then looked at his owner with longing eyes.
Meng Ci looked around, discreetly slipping Qiezi a chicken leg, then took some things and re-entered the hospital with Shen Que.
Qiezi, holding the chicken leg, got off the seat, lying on the car and eating the chicken leg quietly, being careful not to let anyone hear the sound.
This time, their destination was Duan Yan's ward.
However, Meng Ci was quite surprised when he saw that all six of them, Yun Jingcen and the others, were in the room.
"Meng classmate, Shen classmate." Yun Jingcen took the initiative to greet them.
"Come in and sit."
The teachers who were originally sitting by the bedside stood up one after another.
Meng Ci nodded and entered the ward, saying, "Teacher Yun."
Seeing them packing, Meng Ci asked in confusion, "Teacher, what are you doing?"
Yun Jingcen explained, "The doctor said yesterday that Duan Yan and Qingqing can be discharged from the hospital."
"So today, we all came to help them pack their things."
Hearing this, Meng Ci congratulated Duan Yan and Ruan Qing, and handed them the plastic bag he was carrying.
"These are the vegetables we planted before, such as eggplants and cowpeas, which we dried in the sun. You can take them back and eat them."
"Consider it a celebration gift for Teacher Duan and Ruan Qing's discharge."
Yun Jingcen and the others felt embarrassed to accept, as they still hadn't repaid the 1,000 points Meng Ci had helped them pay.
But Meng Ci insisted, so they had no choice but to accept.
At this moment, Meng Ci was quite troubled.
He had come up with an excuse to keep Yun Jingcen and the others from going back to West Mountain Wild, but now that both patients were being discharged, he couldn't find a good excuse.
"Teacher Yun, are you going back to the mountain after discharge?"
"Our car is at the hospital entrance, and we can help you carry your things."
Meng Ci decided to ask about their plans first, then find an excuse.
Yun Jingcen smiled, "Thank you for your kindness."
"But our health isn't very good, so after the base became available for living, we gave up the villa on the mountain and rented a new house in the base."
"Over the past few days, we've gradually moved our things down."
Meng Ci nodded, this was just right, and he didn't need to find an excuse.
The earthquake wasn't that serious, and the houses in the base were newly built, so there wouldn't be any accidents.
Thus, Meng Ci felt relieved.
Although Yun Jingcen and the others declined, Shen Que still drove and took Ruan Qing and Duan Yan to the building's entrance before leaving the base.
"It's just a pity that we didn't run into Zhang Mingtian and the others."
Ever since Meng Ci remembered the earthquake, he had tried to visit the resettlement point several times, hoping to meet Zhang Mingtian and the others so he could try to get them to come down the mountain.
Unexpectedly, he hadn't run into them even once.
"Don't worry, the earthquake isn't big, they'll be fine." Shen Que comforted.
Meng Ci nodded.
Then, in the night, Shen Que drove to the location of the previous exchange.
What was supposed to be an empty park was now bustling with people, and when they saw the SUV, they all looked at them curiously.
The two at the entrance were dumbfounded.
How come so many people still live in this place?
With no other option, Shen Que drove around the park, and eventually found an empty spot not far from the back gate of the park.
Shen Que and Meng Ci opened the trunk, took out two large bags of supplies, then locked the car and headed towards their destination.
On the flat areas of the park, many people had set up homes; some in tents, others in makeshift shelters made from wooden planks.
Meng Ci soon realized that these people probably didn't want to spend their points to live in the base, which was why they stayed here.
The park was flat, and not far from the river where they had caught fish before. It was also centrally located in the city, making it convenient to go anywhere.
This place was indeed suitable for living.
The original residents all had wary expressions in their eyes. When they saw Qiezi, they stared intently, feeling that the dry buns in their hands weren't tasty and craving meat.
Meng Ci and Shen Que didn't pay attention to them.
Qiezi had considerable abilities; it could even jump over walls more than two meters high, so dealing with these people was relatively easy. Therefore, Meng Ci wasn't worried.
The spot Meng Ci and Shen Que chose had several large flower beds and a few dead trees, with only a five to six square meter empty space.
It was only because they planned to stay here temporarily that they chose such an inconvenient spot.
The two worked together seamlessly, setting up the tent, and tossing the remaining backpack into the tent.
Meng Ci patted Qiezi's head, "Watch the house, we'll be back soon."
Qiezi stood at the tent entrance proudly, nodded, and let out a howl, indicating it would definitely complete the task.
Meng Ci and Shen Que headed towards the SUV, with the tent and SUV about twenty meters apart.
Because it was dark, they only saw a few people wandering around the car, some even trying to pull the doors open, when they were just two or three meters away.
When they saw Meng Ci and Shen Que, the people scattered immediately.
The two, with unfriendly expressions, walked over to check and felt relieved only after confirming that the car hadn't been damaged.
Meng Ci opened the rear door, pretending to take something out, but actually retrieved a few boxes of cockroach cans from his spatial storage.
There were only six left.
Meng Ci thought it should be enough.
He then took the items and led the way, while Shen Que got into the car, turned it around, and turned on the headlights to illuminate Meng Ci's direction.
Meng Ci, as he passed each household, gave them a cockroach can, hoping they would clear the items by the roadside to let the car pass.
Seeing the cockroach cans, which contained meat, the residents smiled happily and quickly moved their belongings away.
After five households moved their things, Shen Que's car drove in smoothly, then turned around and blocked the entrance to the tent.
Meng Ci thought for a moment, seeing the surrounding flower beds, and took out a few sheets to enclose their area, so they wouldn't have to worry about people seeing what they were doing.
He then took out a small night light from the backpack and turned it on.
With many people around, the two quickly ate their cold noodles and lay down, looking at the sky.