After the fog, I became a birdman

In the dim bedroom, there was only a flickering candle on the bedside table to provide the light source. A pale young man was sitting on the bed, drinking porridge slowly with a spoon, frowning slightly, as if he didn't have a good appetite.

The man on the edge of the bed was holding the bowl, his gentle expression was hidden in the darkness.

Su Qing drank the last sip and was finally full.

There was only a thin layer of porridge left in the pot under the bed. Qi Jiang poured it all into a bowl, turned around and stirred it with a spoon, took a spoonful of it, looked up and saw Su Qing hesitated to speak, and asked, "Are you full?" ?"

"En." Su Qing nodded slightly.

Qi Jiang didn't quite know how much Su Qing usually ate, seeing that he really didn't want to eat it, he just asked himself while eating, "How much do you usually eat?"

"Four or five bowls of rice plus about a catty of meat."

Su Qing just ate almost three times as much as he said on the day he mutated, and after his appetite stabilized, he ate much less.

When he was sick, he never had a good appetite. When he had a cold, he could eat three bowls of rice with half a catty of meat. When he had a fever, it was no good. Like tonight, he could eat three bowls of porridge.

"Is the energy enough? If I don't eat enough, I will feel weak in my hands and feet." Qi Jiang pondered, feeling that Su Qing ate less, at least much less than him.

After Su Qing nodded, Qi Jiang felt relieved, guessing in his heart that it might be because of the different direction of mutation, he himself has strength, while Su Qing only has speed, so it is understandable that he ate less than him.

However, since they have all mutated, according to their appetite, there are really not many supplies at home.

Of course, most of his supplies were put in another safe place and not all of them were moved back, but their food intake had doubled several times compared to before, especially Qi Jiang himself, who ate two or three times as much as Su Qing. A little bit of supplies seems to be stretched.

Qi Jiang regretted that he didn't buy too much food before. Before, he thought that the food had a shelf life, and he and Su Qing couldn't eat much, so they only prepared four or five years, plus other convenience foods, only seven or eight years. Now After all the calculations, it is estimated that it will take less than two years to eat.

Fortunately, there was still a buffer time of one or two years, and he was not too anxious. He raised his head and finished the porridge in the bowl before going out to wash the dishes.

Su Qing took out a thermometer from the drawer to measure his temperature, and he was relieved to see that it was only a low-grade fever by the candlelight. He felt much more comfortable after sleeping. Although he still had a fever, he no longer had that top-heavy feeling.

The smell of ginger on her body was very strong, plus she was sweating all over, Su Qing felt uncomfortable, she frowned, lifted the quilt and got out of bed to find clothes, and she didn't forget to put on a blanket when she went out.

When he walked into the living room, it was completely dark outside. Su Qing's night vision ability could only rely on the dense fog. It was not early in the morning, and there was no fog. He stood at the door for a while before he could vaguely see the outlines of some furniture.

Su Qing turned around and took down the candle from the bedside table. The candle was stuck in a small dish by itself. When he picked it up, the wax dripped down and the candle flame flickered.

Qi Jiang was washing and brushing at Su Qing's house. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw candlelight at the door, and looked up at Su Qing: "Why are you here? Be careful, there are too many things in the living room, don't drop them."

"I'm coming to take a shower." Su Qing covered her lips and coughed lightly, sat on the armrest of the sofa, looked around, there were indeed a lot of things in his living room, "Why did they all move out?"

Qi Jiang was still a little nervous, seeing that Su Qing didn't blame him for touching casually, he laughed: "I want to move, and I will move to the south of the city when your fever subsides."

South of the city?

Su Qing was taken aback, thinking of the sold house in the south of the city, looked at the things in the living room, and asked hesitantly, "Together?"

After asking, he felt a little hypocritical again, lowered his head in embarrassment and coughed, Qi Jiang helped him pack his things, and said that when his fever subsides, it will naturally be together.

And, isn't that what he wants?

Qi Jiang was still washing the dishes, and with the lack of lighting, he didn't know what Su Qing's expression was, so he just nodded affirmatively: "Yes, together."

Su Qing pursed his lips, his eyes flickered with confusion, he always felt that his relationship with Qi Jiang was a bit vain, he knew that Qi Jiang was a good person, and he also enjoyed Qi Jiang's care, but he couldn't reciprocate the same kindness in his heart.

He is very selfish, not as generous as Qi Jiang.

This is unfair to Qi Jiang.

"I don't have a house in the south of the city." Su Qing whispered, and looked at the door with some confusion after speaking. The door was broken, and the house became dangerous.

Qi Jiang felt that there was something wrong with Su Qing's tone. He put down his work, washed his hands and said, "Of course you live with me. I'll take care of it. My house over there is just over 110 square meters, which is only less than that here. Smaller, with three bedrooms and one living room, the second bedroom, study room, storage room, kitchen and living room can all be used for storing supplies, moving furniture or something, the supplies of the two of us should be able to fit together, the bed is a double bed, Two people can sleep without being crowded."

Su Qing lowered her head: "I know you are nice, but I..."

"I'm not a good person." Qi Jiang interrupted him, "I do all this because I want something."

Su Qing:? ? ?

Seeing that he didn't react, Qi Jiang smiled lightly: "I'll pour water for you to take a bath."

"You just said... what is it that you want?" Su Qing stood up puzzled and walked a few steps towards Qijiang, and asked in the sound of water, "Is there anything I can do? I feel like you and I You are the one who takes care of me when we live together."

He could cook before, but now Qi Jiang can cook by himself.

Qi Jiang paused when he poured water, not sure how Su Qing would react if he just said it now, would he feel disgusted and avoid him like a snake?Still find it strange to be unfamiliar with him?Or maybe it's because he's been taking good care of him in the past half a month to save face?

According to Su Qing's face, he should not lose face, the first one should not be possible, the second one is most likely.

In short, he was not sure that he would be so lucky to get the third answer.

Thinking of this, Qi Jiang shook his head lightly, and raised the water: "Can we talk about it later? Let's move there first, and talk about it after you recover from illness."

"I've moved there, why don't we talk about the illness?" Su Qing asked back, holding his hand.

Qi Jiang didn't answer, his current task is to move to the south of the city with Su Qing, and the next stage is to prevent Su Qing from finding an excuse to move out.

The two carried water to the bathroom, Su Qing didn't wait for Qi Jiang's reply and said, "I'll recover from illness in two days and report to the community management office, let them install a door for me, you don't have to worry about me."

Qi Jiang was helpless: "Do you have to figure it out so clearly with me? I thought we were already friends, so there was no need to figure it out so clearly."

friend?

Su Qing's eyes brightened slightly, and he was a little surprised. When Qi Jiang helped him buy things before, Su Qing also thought they were friends. After confirming it, he found out that he was self-indulgent, and he didn't dare to think about it later.

However, after getting along for two months, Su Qing naturally regarded Qi Jiang as a friend in his heart, and now hearing what Qi Jiang said, he also felt a little happy in his heart.

Because of this, Su Qing didn't want to take advantage of his friends even more.

Just as he was about to say something, Qi Jiang said again: "Are you trying to say that your brother is still clear about it?"

Judging by his expression, nine out of ten he wanted to say something like this.

Qi Jiang sighed and thought of a way, and after a few seconds he said: "I don't have any other friends in Fengcheng, only you. If we separate, I don't know who to look after if I need someone to take care of me in the future. I think you should It's similar to me. We don't have many friends, and we are all mutants, different types, and the same type. Isn't it the best choice for us to live together?"

Su Qing was silent, pinched her fingertips and thought about it, and was somewhat persuaded by Qi Jiang.

However, Qi Jiang still suffers.

He opened his mouth again, Qi Jiang really didn't want to lie, and it was hard to deal with him without speaking, fearing that he would create problems for himself again, so he had to pretend to be a little unhappy: "You keep messing with me, I'm really angry."

Su Qing was silent, shook her head with some guilt, and asked after deliberation: "Then we will talk about it later?"

"Okay." Qi Jiang smiled, finally heaving a sigh of relief.

When Qi Jiang went out, Su Qing exhaled and muttered in a low voice, "Why are you attacking me? I'm not wrong."

He forgot that their five senses had been strengthened, and although he spoke in a low voice, it fell into Qi Jiang's ears verbatim, making him laugh silently.

Is this fierce?I can be more "fierce" in the future.

It was already nine o'clock in the evening after the two of them washed up, Qi Jiang took the quilt and spread it on the sofa, looked coldly at Shan Shan who had jumped into bed and was able to sleep with Su Qing, and sneered in his heart.

Qi Jiang rubbed ginger for him just now, Su Qing's whole back was hot, but he felt a little comfortable, and his spirits improved a lot. Now he is not sleepy, so he half leans on the bedside to pat the cat.

After playing for a while, he remembered something: "It's already past nine o'clock, isn't it said that there will be a notification?"

Qi Jiang lay on the sofa with one hand behind his head and looked at the ceiling, shaking his head slightly: "Maybe later, drink water? Get some water, you didn't drink much water today."

After speaking, he sat up, Su Qing hurriedly asked him to sit down and pour water by himself, and after drinking a cup, he said: "If the fever subsides tomorrow and doesn't come back again, it should be almost healed, but I don't know how long the cold will last."

"Illness disappears like spinning silk." Qi Jiang lay back again.

The two chatted for a while, and Su Qing gradually became a little tired. Just when she was about to lie down and rest, she heard a few test sounds from outside, which came from the loudspeaker.

"Hey Hey hey?"

Su Qing and Qi Jiang looked at each other, cheering up. After several sound trials, a distorted but steady male voice came out from the loudspeaker.

"Citizens, please pay attention. Please put down your work and listen carefully to the following notice."

After repeating it three times, I waited for another minute: "In order to better manage Fengcheng and protect the personal and property safety of citizens, our city will carry out residents' internal relocation. The specific regulations are as follows.

[-]. Quanfeng City implements a point-based task system.Points can be obtained through tasks, and subsequent important materials can only be exchanged for points.

Second, Quanfeng City implements housing restrictions.The whole city is based on households, and each household can own at most one real estate. The excess real estate can be exchanged for points according to the construction area. Before the 7th, the head of the household is allowed to exchange real estate certificates, and all real estate registrations are completed before the 8th. 15 Complete the moving work before the date.

Three, Quanfeng City implements the housing allocation system.Those who do not have real estate under their names, on the premise of voluntarily participating in the housing allocation, will be allocated residences according to the family size, and will pay monthly rent in points based on the building area.Before the 8th, citizens who are willing to participate in housing allocation are requested to actively cooperate with the family registration work, and the moving work will start after the 15th.

Fourth, Quanfeng City implements the food distribution system.Starting from the 5th, all residents can receive work from the food distribution point, the salary is settled daily, and the number is limited, first come, first served.

Fifth, starting from the 5th, Fengcheng began to build a wall, and the dividing line was Fengnan Road, Feng... .

Sixth, starting from the 23rd, the cash shopping quota in the food distribution point will be reduced to 1 catty of rice noodles per person per day...Add the points shopping quota, initially set at 5 catties of rice noodles per person per day...The two kinds of quotas are not available overlay.

Seventh, starting from April 4st, food distribution points will no longer be set up outside the fence line of Fengcheng, and the garrison will withdraw to the inside of the fence line.

Please note that those who overdue the above work due to personal reasons shall bear the consequences.Repeat ten more times..."

A big change is coming.

Su Qing could still hear the moaning and sighing voices of the three buildings, and the cries of some people who lost their families because of the wolves, but when the notice arrived, these voices almost disappeared.

After a round of notification, a few people cried even louder, as if the sky was about to collapse, but most people listened intently for the second time, not daring to let go of any word.

It stands to reason that many victims have not recovered from the grief of losing their family members. They should be comforted and given more time to recover from their pain.

But the evolution of mutated animals does not wait for others, and human beings don't have that much time. The decision made by Fengcheng officials definitely has more advantages than disadvantages.

Under Thunder's methods, people have to think of ways to plan for their future before they have time to mourn.

The safest places in Quanfeng City are the city center and the south of the city. Many people decided to try their best to rely on these two places after hearing this notice.

It is now No. 4, and those who have a house have to take advantage of the last three days to operate it. If they can change to a house in the south of the city or in the city center, even if it is only close to it, it will not be a loss.

If you don't have a house, you must start packing up.

As for the families who do not obey the housing allocation, it stands to reason that anyone with a little brain knows that they must relocate within the fence line, but there are always many helplessness in the world.

Of course, it's good to be able to control oneself in this kind of world, how can you control others?

The next morning, Qi Jiang got up at six o'clock to pack his things, and Su Qing also got up at nine o'clock.

His spirit was obviously much better than last night. After washing up, he took his body temperature, and when he found that the fever had subsided, he rolled his eyes and smiled.

Qi Jiang heard the movement, and when Su Qing came over, he called him over for dinner: "I'll drive to the south of the city later, you should be careful at home."

"Driving?!" Su Qing's voice became slightly louder, and after a moment of pondering, he said, "Let's go together, don't drive, let's move together, rest during the day and move at night, anyway, there will be a lot of time for follow-up moving, the two of us should be able to Finished moving."

"It's too far." Qi Jiang shook his head.

"Driving is dangerous."

"I can fly. If the car fails, I can fly out."

"This is only in an ideal state." Su Qing still felt that it was dangerous, and looked at Qi Jiang disapprovingly, "We can make a cart, so we can move a lot of things, and we can definitely move it before the 15th."

After finishing speaking, Su Qing felt that something was wrong. If a scooter was used, it would be Qi Jiang who contributed the most. After thinking about it, it was better to drive.

"I don't have much strength. You can carry things and I will drive. I fly fast and my wings are not big. You can rest on the road." Su Qing thinks this is feasible.

"No, you are still sick and driving is dangerous." Qi Jiang could not agree.

Su Qing was helpless: "You also know that driving is dangerous."

After all, both of them know that driving is dangerous, and if they don't want the other party to be in danger, they can't persuade the other party to let them drive.

Qi Jiang took the lead and looked for other ways: "Although the current situation is not good, many people have a lot of food in their homes. Although there is at least a week to move, it may not be possible to move completely by manpower alone. The official car It is useful for its own use, maybe it will rent out the livestock that pull the cart, such as horses and donkeys, I remember that there are a lot of farms.”

"Cows and horses are scarce materials now, so we have to rent them with points." Su Qing frowned, "I wonder if we can exchange the materials for points."

"Materials can definitely be exchanged for points, but I don't know how much we can exchange. We eat a lot, and the food must not be moved. Daily necessities are not reproduced now, and they are also non-renewable resources... I have hidden a batch of cigarettes and alcohol. I should be able to exchange them. A lot of points."

Su Qing didn't buy cigarettes and alcohol, but seeing Qi Jiang's focus on the future, he also felt that he had to make a contribution.

"Let me pay the rent." Without waiting for Qi Jiang to object, he said, "I can't do much to move, the most I can do is to help clean up the house and move some small things. You are the one who is tired. If you are the one who pays the rent Come out, I can't enjoy your contribution with peace of mind."

Qi Jiang couldn't help laughing: "We're all living together, so why should our things be so clearly separated?"

"It's different." Su Qing shook his head, "Anyway, I'll come out."

"Okay, you come." Qi Jiang didn't argue with him about this.

After reaching a consensus on moving, Su Qing and Qi Jiang started to organize their supplies after eating. When they were halfway through, Su Qing suddenly found that he didn't have much medicine in his house, so he put several boxes under the bed. Dragging it out with Qi Jiang's face.

"I said where did you put all your medicine?" Qi Jiang smiled while watching.

"I don't have any heart problems recently, let's exchange these medicines for points." Su Qing felt that the chances of using these medicines in the future are probably very few.

Qi Jiang frowned subconsciously: "Forget it, use something else, no one knows what will happen in the future."

He wasn't cursing Su Qing either, but Su Qing did often suffocate in the past, and angina pectoris was also a common occurrence, and Qi Jiang couldn't be at ease if he didn't prepare enough medicine.

Hearing this, Su Qing also had suspicions, and he was not sure that nothing would happen in the future.

However, he still has a lot of space, so there is no need to panic if there is a way out.

Thinking of this, Su Qing discussed with Qi Jiang in a low voice: "Then let's keep half of the box, and exchange the rest for points. Speaking of which, I haven't had an episode since I mutated, and it's been more than a month. , These medicines are very useful for heart patients, and we can give them to those who really need them.”

When he was discussing, his tone was a little gentle, soft-spoken, matched with his cold expression, it was really fatal.

Qi Jiang subconsciously wanted to nod, and almost stopped the car, trying to maintain a serious expression.

"Don't you usually take Danshen dripping pills? Take this out and change it too?" Qi Jiang frowned, "If you want to recuperate your body, keep it at home."

"I still have it in the closet." Su Qing narrowed her eyes, pretending to count the boxes and turning her head to cover up her guilt, "I know how much I need to keep,"

As he said that, he went to open the closet door, removed the clothes and put several boxes inside, and then took out a box to show Qi Jiang as if casually: "I have quite a few left."

Qi Jiang walked over to count, and seeing that there was no emergency medicine, he said, "Leave a box of nitroglycerin."

That's fine too.

Su Qing hummed, walked to the other side of the bed, bent down and reached under the bed, and took out another four or five boxes. He took it out happily, but Qi Jiang became more and more entangled as he watched.

"How about keeping two boxes?"

Su Qing:? ? ?

In the end, Qi Jiang was still defeated by Su Qing's soft-spoken words, and only saved a box of emergency medicine.

Almost everything in Su Qing's house was packed, Qi Jiang went down to line up to buy vegetables when it was almost noon, and asked about renting a livestock cart by the way.

Su Qing was in good spirits today, even though Qi Jiang said before going out that he would wait for him to cook when he came back, he was still embarrassed, and he couldn't move many things, so he just cooked lunch at home leisurely.

When Qi Jiang came back, the porridge on the stove was warming there, and Su Qing was also collecting bacon on Qi Jiang's balcony.

They didn't eat much bacon, and they hadn't touched since Su Qing fell ill.

Now the temperature is starting to rise, but it’s not too hot, and it’s still possible to continue to dry the bacon. It’s better to continue to dry, but since we’re moving, and the bacon has already been dried, Su Qing decided to pack it in a vacuum, and he doesn’t plan to take it later. Come out to dry.

After all, who knows when the battery they're preparing will fail?

And moving may also dirty the bacon, so it's better to pack it for convenience.

Qi Jiang put down the vegetables and came over to help: "Can't we continue to dry them?"

After hearing Su Qing's explanation, Qi Jiang had no objection.

After a while, all the bacon was packed, and the two put the bacon in an empty box, and packed other things that needed to be packed together with a vacuum machine.

During the meal, Qi Jiang talked to Su Qing about going grocery shopping as before.

"I just asked, cows and horses need 1 point for 8 hours, donkeys need 0.6 points, and others are between 0.5 and 0.8 points. For mutant animals, start with 2 points. There is a long-term collection task at the food distribution point. 10 catties of rice and noodles of the same value are exchanged for 1 point, I asked about two or three kinds of your medicine, and the price is almost 5 to 12 grains for 1 point."

"How much can a mutated animal pull?" Su Qing thinks it's not expensive, and the price is acceptable.

"It depends on the size and the direction of mutation, but at least they can have the strength of two horses. The rental price varies. If we are sure that we want to rent and pay a deposit of 1 point, they will give you a detailed form. First come, first served, and bring your own compartment. At that time, trainers will be sent to follow the car."

From this point of view, the rent should be calculated according to the strength, and the price difference should not be too big.

After a rough calculation, Su Qing almost knew how to rent it: "I remember you have a small truck. If you disassemble the carriage and refit it, one mutant horse or two ordinary horses are enough."

"Let's rent a mutant horse, the stamina must be better than ordinary horses."

Su Qing thinks so too, the stamina will indeed be better after being mutated, such as him.

After dinner, Qi Jiang wanted to exchange the medicine for points, but Su Qing couldn't hold back, so he had to give up and go to the garage to modify the car, while Su Qing went to exchange points.

He took twelve boxes. They were emergency medicines like nitroglycerin tablets. He knew that the price would be expensive, so he bought more. 5 pills can be exchanged for 1 point, and just one bottle can be exchanged for 20 points.Danshen Dropping Pills is a nursing medicine, 8 capsules for 1 point.

These medicines add up to exactly 4700 points.

Because of the lack of electricity now, the way of recording points has been reversed for several decades. When Su Qing got his passbook, he almost thought it was the one left by his grandfather, which was relatively new.

After getting the points, Su Qing immediately paid a deposit of 1 point, and took a look at the detailed form. It was indeed priced according to strength. Su Qing also rented a mutant horse, the price was 2 points and 8 hours, the day after tomorrow Commencement of shipments, pre-leased for 4 days.

When packing things before, Su Qing and Qi Jiang calculated, based on the load and volume of the small truck, they had to go at least eight times for their supplies, and about five times for water alone.

Before Qi Jiang went to the south of the city, he rode his bicycle by himself. It took about two hours. If it was a horse-drawn cart, it would probably be slower. It should take about six hours to go back and forth.

Of course, their carriages have three wheels. If a mutated horse only pulls so many things, it must not be fully utilized, so Qi Jiang plans to widen and heighten the carriages, so that they can make the best use of everything and save time. .

When Su Qing went to the garage, Qi Jiang was dismantling the car, wearing work gloves, the sleeves rolled up to the elbows, the muscles on the hands were tense, and covered with a fine layer of sweat.

Because the dust was a bit heavy, his face was gray, sweat slid down his cheeks to his chin and dripped to the ground, lines of sweat stains, a little embarrassed, but handsome, with the charm of a mature man, steady and powerful, and His usual gentle and polite appearance is not quite like him, and he looks a bit fierce with a sullen face.

He didn't wear glasses at the moment, and subconsciously raised his head when he heard footsteps, his sharp eyes fixed Su Qing in place, and soon his eyes became gentle again, making Su Qing wonder if he had misread.

"This place is dirty, don't come here." Qi Jiang said softly.

Su Qing wanted to show him the passbook, but seeing that Qi Jiang was not wearing a mask, he began to worry that it would be bad for his lungs if he inhaled too much dust, so he gave him a reproachful look, nodded and went up the stairs.

"I'll get you a mask."

Qi Jiang wanted to say no, but Su Qing had already disappeared in the stairwell. He shook his head and lowered his head to continue working. It took a while to comprehend the meaning of Su Qing's look. Go behind the ears.

It turned out that he was angry at him for being careless, at not cherishing himself.