Chapter 202: Xiao Ci, I Haven't Entered the Room Yet
"Big Brother, this place isn't safe," Zheng Yan said, looking around to see if anyone was nearby and lowering his voice.
"In five days, we'll meet at a new location," he continued.
"Alright, do you have a place in mind?" Meng Ci asked.
Zheng Yan replied, "Big Brother, do you know there's a piece of land in the base that's available for sale?"
Meng Ci nodded. Of course he knew; he lived there.
"It's the fifth villa from the row starting at the West Mountain Wilderness government office building."
"That villa has been unoccupied since it was built. We'll meet behind it."
Moreover, the villas on this land were quite far apart, so few people usually went there.
Meng Ci knew that villa. He had heard Liang Xiu mention it before. Since no one lived there, many had their eyes on it, and some even broke in to stay.
However, the villa's information was registered when it was built. When the officials found that the occupants did not match the registration information, they not only evicted the person but also deducted one hundred points.
After that incident, others didn't dare to entertain any improper thoughts, as it took a long time to earn one hundred points.
"Alright," Meng Ci nodded.
After the transaction was completed, Zheng Yan bid farewell and left on his own.
Meng Ci and Shen Que didn't rush to leave. Instead, they sent Qiezi out to scout the area. After confirming that Zheng Yan wasn't around, they got into the car and left.
After returning home, Shen Que thought the rift between them, caused by the bread bugs, had been resolved, so he diligently followed Meng Ci into the bedroom.
Unexpectedly, Meng Ci opened the bedroom door, and while Shen Que wasn't paying attention, Meng Ci quickly went inside and shut the door.
"Xiao Ci?" Shen Que was caught off guard and almost had his nose hit by the door.
"Xiao Ci, I haven't entered the room yet!" Shen Que's voice carried a hint of grievance as he touched his nose to make sure it wasn't injured.
Because Shen Que had a history of breaking into the house, Meng Ci took out a sofa from his space to block the door and then sat on it.
Hearing Shen Que's words, he snorted.
"If you dare to break in again today, I'll hide in my space, and you won't even be able to see me."
Shen Que quickly put away the wire used for breaking in and replied, "Alright, alright, I won't break in."
"But Xiao Ci, what can I do to make you stop being angry?"
Meng Ci was just using this as an excuse.
After all, lately, because there wasn't much to do and the temperature had dropped, Shen Que had started to pester him in bed, doing all sorts of things. Meng Ci always refused.
However, Meng Ci's skills weren't enough, and Shen Que knew his sensitive spots all too well, so Meng Ci always ended up losing.
Thus, taking advantage of his dislike for bread bugs, Meng Ci was seeking a bit of rest for himself.
At the mention of breadworms, Meng Ci immediately imagined the scene of wriggling worms being stuffed into his mouth, and he suddenly felt like worms were crawling all over his body.
It's all Shen Que's fault, that scoundrel.
"Stay away from me. I might forgive you once I forget about the breadworms!"
Meng Ci didn't listen to Shen Que any longer and directly entered the space.
He picked a watermelon, cut it in half, and started eating it with a spoon.
Then he looked around at the things in the space.
Less than one-fifth of the flour and rice had been used.
However, he had eaten a third of the fruit because he enjoyed it.
With the abnormal weather, eating more fruit to supplement vitamins was beneficial.
Otherwise, he would end up like others, with dry lips, tongue ulcers, and possibly constipation and halitosis.
Meng Ci thought about the possibility of him and Shen Que having digestive issues, and the thought of their stinky mouths kissing made him shake his head. It was too awful to imagine.
At the same time, he planned to water the fruits he had planted earlier.
By the time they finished eating the current fruits, the trees might have grown and produced more fruit.
Then Meng Ci looked at the snacks. He had initially stocked a large quantity and variety.
Plus, Shen Que had stocked many snacks for Meng Ci, and later placed them into Meng Ci's space, so there was no noticeable shortage yet.
As for the various nuts like plain sunflower seeds, peanuts, and chestnuts, Meng Ci and Shen Que had consumed half of them due to boredom during the apocalypse.
Meng Ci's gaze fell on the plain sunflower seeds and peanuts. He wondered if they could be planted and grown.
Since he preferred caramel-flavored sunflower seeds, even if they grew, he wouldn't roast them.
Another disappointment for Meng Ci was that the small cakes and drinks like Yangzhi Ganlu and passion fruit were running out quickly, with less than half left.
Meng Ci began to wonder if he could make them himself.
But he sighed, as there was no passion fruit in that batch of seeds, so he couldn't make a passion fruit drink.
However, there were fresh lemons, and if he planted the seeds, he might grow a lemon tree.
As for the other meats, half had already been eaten.
But since Meng Ci disliked meat, he ate very little, so most of the meat went to Shen Que and Qiezi.
Meng Ci thought about Yang Zhen's suggestion of raising piglets and considered whether he should raise two.
But Meng Ci didn't plan to do it himself. If Shen Que liked eating meat so much, he could feed them.
After checking the stockpiled items, Meng Ci finished his watermelon and had an ice cream in his hand, munching on it while looking at the vegetables in the ground.
Basic vegetables like eggplants and peppers had matured.
Meng Ci wasn't in a rush to harvest them. After all, there were plenty of vegetables stored in the space, and they would stay fresh if not picked.
The strawberries had ripened, and Meng Ci picked two, popping them into his mouth. The strawberries grown in the space tasted exceptionally sweet.
Meng Ci calmly checked his supplies in the dimensional space. Shen Que, after knocking for a while without a response, could only go downstairs.
Fortunately, the kitchen downstairs had rice and flour stored. Shen Que used the electric rice cooker to prepare a pot of rice, then started preparing the dishes.
He opened the fridge, took out the necessary ingredients, and started cooking right away. He made braised eggplant, stir-fried chili with meat, soy-sauce flavored eggs, pickled cabbage fish, and cola chicken wings.
All these were Meng Ci's favorite dishes.
Shen Que's cooking skills, with Meng Ci's guidance, couldn't match a master chef's, but he could still achieve a good balance of color, aroma, and taste.
Eggplant, who was wandering in the yard, upon smelling the aroma, rushed in, bringing its food bowl and sat eagerly next to Shen Que, gazing up at him hopefully.
Seeing Shen Que lost in thought while looking at the dishes, Eggplant became unhappy and placed its food bowl on the ground.
"Ao-oo, ao-oo!"
Hurry up and feed me, or I'll tell the master!
Shen Que looked at Eggplant but ignored it and went upstairs to check if Meng Ci would come down to eat.
However, he received no response, so it seemed Meng Ci had entered the dimensional space.
Shen Que had no choice but to return downstairs helplessly.