After the fog, I became a birdman

That night, under Qi Jiang's haste, they harvested a dish with a bad smell.

During the meal, Qi Jiang and Su Qing said that they wanted to take up the sampling task.

Su Qing was silent for a while, feeling a little lost in his heart, so he couldn't follow along. Although he did have experience in communicating with mutant animals, his body didn't allow it, and he didn't dare to hold everyone back.

He also knew that this opportunity was very rare. Not only could he learn about the situation in the field, but he might also be able to get in touch with the army and learn some secret news.

Even though he thought so, he felt a little bitter in his heart.

Qi Jiang also remembered the matter of taking Su Qing to the wild, but now that the situation has changed, he seemed a little embarrassed: "If you think it's not right, I won't go."

Su Qing shook her head lightly: "You go, I'll wait for you at home."

His expression is really not happy, Qi Jiang said cautiously: "Then I will take you there when I find out the wilderness."

Su Qing forced a smile, and hummed lightly.

He began to eat in silence, not in high spirits, and the more he thought about it, the sadder he became.

The emergence of this task made him recognize himself again. It is one thing for Qi Jiang not to mind, but another for him to be useless.

He also wants to go to the field, and also wants to know what the field is like now. The current external environment has a lot to do with his future plans, but it is obviously more appropriate for Qi Jiang to go out with the army or other people.

But after leaving Qi Jiang, he seemed so useless that he couldn't even go to the wild.

Qi Jiang didn't want to make Su Qing unhappy, but several times when he wanted to speak, Su Qing looked like he didn't want to talk more, so he could only continue to procrastinate until the meal was over.

Qi Jiang took advantage of the effort to clean up the table, summoned up his courage and asked cautiously: "Su Qing, are you unhappy?"

Su Qing nodded slightly, not hiding it: "Well, a little bit."

Hearing this, Qi Jiang immediately dismissed the idea: "Then I won't go, we will go by ourselves."

This was not the result Su Qing wanted, he raised his head and forced the corners of his mouth, with a firm tone: "No, you are going."

You want to go too.

Looking at Su Qing's plain expression, Qi Jiang felt a little anxious: "But you are not happy."

Su Qing just shook his head lightly, and felt a little confused, so he wanted to end the conversation: "I don't care."

"It doesn't matter, I won't go if you're not happy."

Su Qing was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly realized that he was very selfish. He almost wanted to nod, but at the last moment he couldn't help it, and there was a trace of joy on his face: "Then you have to go."

Qi Jiang:? ? ?

He didn't understand what Su Qing meant, and asked puzzledly, "Why?"

Su Qing pursed her lips and smiled, with a relieved expression: "You think of me so much, and I also want to reciprocate for your sake. It will be good for you to accept this task."

Qi Jiang naturally knew it was good, but he was more worried that Su Qing's emotional backlog would be bad for his health. Just as he was about to say something, Su Qing seemed to be able to see his thoughts clearly, and shook his head with a smile: "I didn't go to me because of you." I'm not happy, and... I'm not unhappy now."

Qi Jiang was a little puzzled again, he didn't understand why his mood suddenly changed for the better, and while he was relieved, he was also afraid that he would touch Su Qing's unhappy point again.

He wanted to ask why, but Su Qing just smiled and shook his head: "I changed my mind, I don't want to go to the wild anymore."

"Why? Didn't you really want to go before?" Qi Jiang was confused again, always feeling that Su Qing was shrouded in a fog, "Is it because of me?"

This time, Su Qing nodded, but then shook his head: "The root cause is not yours, it's just... I can see clearly."

Qi Jiang:? ? ?

Qi Jiang himself felt very flustered, and showed it. He was afraid that Su Qing would have a relationship with him, so he looked at the opposite person who he couldn't see clearly, with a troubled expression on his face: "Su Qing, I can't guess who you are. Meaning, don't test me."

Su Qing was slightly taken aback, in fact, he didn't intend to test Qi Jiang, but since he was young, he didn't like to fully analyze his mood and thoughts and show them to others, and it was already his limit to be able to say a few words to Qi Jiang , but apparently his meaning is now misunderstood.

After a few seconds of silence, his tone was slightly sad: "Do you have to make me say that I am useless? I just think... I really don't think I'm suitable for going to the wild now, it's too accident-prone."

Now, it was Qi Jiang's turn to be silent. In fact, speaking from his heart, he did not recommend that Su Qing go to the wild to face the mutated animals, but he hoped that Su Qing would have the means to protect himself.

He can protect Su Qing, but he will not be so conceited that he can prevent all emergencies from happening, so taking Su Qing out for exercise is a very necessary thing.

Not to mention, Su Qing's mutation direction also has this condition.

Qi Jiang put down the dishes in his hand, sat down again, and wanted to have a long talk with him: "Can you tell me what you think?"

Su Qing pursed his lips, and said his general thoughts: "I want to practice my archery accuracy first, and then go out after my mutation enters the bottleneck and has a certain self-protection ability, so that it won't delay you."

Just as Qi Jiang wanted to refute, he continued: "Don't say you won't delay, if you really say that, I will feel even more ashamed."

"It is indeed safer for you to think so."

This was also Qi Jiang's idea at the beginning. He originally wanted to take Su Qing out after he was familiar with the wilderness, but he suddenly discovered Su Qing's talent in bows and arrows, and Su Qing wanted to go too, so he subconsciously followed Su Qing. clear.

After all, this is just advancing the plan. He himself has experience in fighting mutant animals, so he just needs to take care of them a little more.

Su Qing also sat down, and continued with embarrassment: "I am not in good health and am prone to accidents. The mutation has not yet entered the bottleneck, and it takes time for me to practice arrows. It just hit it off."

There is nothing wrong with his plan, but Qi Jiang still thinks it can be changed: "I don't want to be out of touch with the information in the wild, and I don't want you to be so, so how about we go out together once or twice a month?"

"It's all right." Su Qing nodded deliberately.

The two reached a consensus. Because of this conversation, they realized that the other party was thinking of themselves, and their hearts seemed to be closer.

After chatting about their plans, they continued to clean up the dining table. When they looked up, their eyes met. Su Qing smiled relaxedly, and Qi Jiang also pursed his lips.

After washing in the evening, the two of them lay on the bed together. Su Qing slept all afternoon today, she was a little refreshed, and she was not sleepy at the moment.

After a while, feeling that Qi Jiang was still awake, Su Qing turned sideways and looked in Qi Jiang's direction uncharacteristically: "Brother Jiang, do you think I should find a job? Otherwise, I'll just stay at home and have nothing to do. I like to be cranky and self-doubt."

Qi Jiang frowned: "No need to do this."

Su Qing felt that he was right. He couldn't see Qi Jiang's expression in the dark, so he moved over subconsciously: "Are you treating me like a porcelain doll again?"

Now, Qi Jiang stopped talking, Su Qing snorted softly in the dark, the uneasiness in his heart didn't fade even a little because of this interruption.

In the past, he would not be like this, the world is not as good as taking care of his body, but now the world is different, he can't just watch Qi Jiang pay for him, he also wants to pay for Qi Jiang.

Because he didn't pay, he always felt that he was useless, and he was afraid that he would hold Qi Jiang back and doubt himself.

At the same time, he also realized that Qi Jiang was following him too much, which would also make him very uneasy.

Today, the two chatted about going to the field, Su Qing felt that he could have a deeper conversation with Qi Jiang now, and after a moment of hesitation, he moved over to Qi Jiang.

"Brother Jiang, I want to tell you something." When Su Qing spoke, his breath hit Qi Jiang's neck.

"What's the matter?" Qi Jiang's voice was hoarse.

"Did you catch a cold?" Su Qing turned his attention, "Does your throat hurt? I'll go find medicine for you."

Qi Jiang stretched out his hand to grab Su Qing who was about to sit up, and cleared his throat: "It's okay, I just forgot to drink water before going to bed."

Su Qing checked twice more, and when he saw that he was really fine, he lay down again and moved a little further away from Qi Jiang.

"What did you want to say just now?" Qi Jiangquan assumed that he forgot, and did not let go of Su Qing's hand.

"Hmm..." Su Qing was a little embarrassed, and continued to move over boldly, discussing in a low voice, "Brother Jiang, if I think about it again in the future, and doubt myself again, can you tell me, can you? My grandfather said , good friends can supervise each other, I always feel that you follow me too much."

Qi Jiang's hands under the quilt slightly tightened, feeling the slippery skin under his hands, the cool touch was like touching some fine jade, which slowed down his thinking a lot, and he only reacted after a few seconds.

"Isn't that good?" I just want to follow you and pamper you, and that's the best thing if you don't have to worry about anything.

Su Qing moved a little further, leaned against Qi Jiang's shoulder, and immediately broke away and grabbed his arm and said seriously: "This is not good, I'm afraid it will take a long time, and I won't be awake enough."

Qi Jiang chuckled: "I know, I will remind you when necessary."

Although he felt that no matter how much he spoiled Su Qing, it was impossible for him to spoil Su Qing.

And Su Qing who can say these words will not be a person who is not clear-headed, after all, he is too introspective.

Su Qing didn't know what he was thinking, and nodded happily: "Yes! I will too!"

After finishing speaking, he still didn't let go of Qi Jiang's arm, and even subconsciously pressed it a little bit because the arm was very warm, so that Qi Jiang almost couldn't help stretching out to wrap his arms around his waist and hug him in his arms.

He felt that now he was the one who was unconscious, and if this continued, he felt that he was going to commit a crime.

Qi Jiang cleared his throat, moved away without a trace, and resisted his reluctance to say: "Go to sleep."

Su Qing was already thinking about other things in her heart, so she didn't hear what Qi Jiang said.

He is still thinking about what job he is suitable for and what job he should find.

Due to physical reasons, Su Qing's emotions cannot fluctuate too much, so he is very good at explaining himself.

He felt that he was already a little anxious and depressed because he couldn't repay Qi Jiang's efforts. He didn't want these emotions to affect his body in the end, so he had to act quickly.

Since he can't help when he goes out to work hard, then find a more stable job. According to the nature of the profession, he can be regarded as eating from the country. He might be able to help Qi Jiang at any time within the system.

"Brother Jiang, do you think I should take the test as well?" Su Qing suddenly asked excitedly, "I'll go see what jobs I can do tomorrow, what do you think?"

The topic of finding a job has been diverted several times, but it finally came back again.

Qi Jiang frowned deeply, opened his mouth and didn't know how to avoid hitting him, but after thinking about what Su Qing said just now, he decided to tell the truth: "You can't pass the test physically."

The room fell into silence, and Su Qing's excited expression faded by three points. He was not angry with Qi Jiang for telling the truth, but because it was a fact, so he was a little discouraged: "Isn't it okay to be a civil servant?"

"The civil servants are too busy now, and they have to follow orders to go to the front line to do logistics at any time, and they have physical fitness goals every day." Qi Jiang didn't want to hit Su Qing either, but before civil servants had to have a physical examination, now there is no way to do a physical examination but physical fitness is required. Su Qing is really not suitable.

The room fell into silence again. Qi Jiang was afraid that he would feel uncomfortable, so he was a little bit reluctant, and began to rack his brains to help him save the country: "How about sending Shanshan to the army? This is also considered public food."

Su Qing relied on Qi Jiang not to see, rolled his eyes indecently, and stretched out his hand to push him, but there was a hint of a smile in his voice, "Don't use Shanshan as a cover, is this the same thing? ? Coax me again."

Qi Jiang raised his lips, and half-jokingly said: "It's about the same, teach it to write, and tell us what news we found out when we came back to work. It's not in vain for him to eat so much every day after raising a cat for a thousand days and using a cat for a while."

He also teaches writing, does Shanshan agree?

Su Qing secretly sighed that Qi Jiang was unreliable, turned back to sleep and ignored him, half asleep but woke up because of a sudden thought, thoughtful in her heart.

In fact, in terms of special positions, it seems that he is not bad.

When the time comes, he and Shanshan will go to and from get off work together, and the family will work as both employees, so Qi Jiang will not have to worry about him, and he will be able to do what he wants, without having to think about taking care of him.

Qi Jiang thought that Su Qing had given up his thoughts and went to sleep at ease, but he didn't know that Su Qing had planned more carefully.

Because Su Qing was thinking about things in his heart, Su Qing didn't feel sleepy at all, and he thought more and more, and felt that his thoughts were very suitable.

But this time he is not going to tell Qi Jiang, he wants to do it secretly, so as not to be treated as a porcelain doll by someone again.

At noon the next day, when Sister Fang came to knock on the door, Su Qing and Qi Jiang went out together with a vegetable basket.

Seeing Qi Jiang, Sister Fang became more acquainted obviously. She greeted them first, and then said jokingly, "Why do you have time to go down together today?"

Qi Jiang's going out means that the family has nothing to do. Sister Fang is a little envious, but she still rarely sees Su Qing and Qi Jiang going out to buy vegetables together.

Everyone on their floor knew that Su Qing and Qi Jiang had a good relationship. After all, Qi Jiang was notoriously fond of Su Qing. As long as he was free, he would do all the dirty and tiring work, and his wife didn't hurt him so much.

"I'll go down today to see if there are any suitable tasks." Qi Jiang nodded with a smile, and did not forget to tell him when he went down the stairs, "Be careful."

Sister Fang sighed in her heart, he had never seen such a careful man like Qi Jiang, every time Qi Jiang and Su Qing appeared together, she, a married man, felt like she had never seen the world.

Compared with the one in her house, the straight man of steel doesn't expect him to be careful.

"There should be many jobs suitable for you, like my old Chen, who used to be a bodybuilding coach, but now he can only move bricks." Sister Fang was a little distressed in her words.

"Brother Chen doesn't seem to be so incompetent. He takes care of the family, so the choice is small."

"Yeah, tell him not to worry about the family, he just doesn't feel at ease." Sister Fang had a smile on her face, and she changed the subject embarrassingly, "By the way, remember to close your doors and windows. I woke up last night and didn't know A few cockroaches flew in from upstairs or downstairs, which caused us to search for half a night, but it pissed us off."

The floor of their house has just been pried, and they are about to start laying cement today. A few cockroaches came in, wouldn't they be pissed off?

"Sounds serious." Qi Jiang frowned, and just as he finished speaking, he saw two black bugs lying on the ceiling, and cockroaches were also walking around.

Well, it's more serious than expected.

He has been at home recently, and he really didn't know that the pests outside were so serious, and the speed was much faster than he had guessed before.

"Not yet yesterday." Su Qing also saw it, and walked on faster with disgust.

"Anyway, these bugs are getting more and more every day. It's like taking hormones. On the floor we pried out last night, there are almost no eggs, and all of them have hatched." Sister Fang said solemnly, "If this continues, maybe Another dark soil red worm."

"How effective are the pesticides?"

"I heard that it's not very good. Many people are lazy to spray insecticides. I heard that they can't kill a few bugs." Sister Fang was very happy. "Fortunately, our family listened to you and pried the floor and shot them to death one by one."

"It's a crooked attack, but I just feel that the pesticides may not be able to kill them all, so I just do it myself."

"I heard that Zhang Congshan's house didn't pry the floor, so I'm afraid that the bugs in their house will crawl over." Sister Fang said very worriedly, "His family goes out early and goes back to work every night. It's not that there is no one at home, but it's lazy. , I also heard yesterday that Grandma Chen and her daughter-in-law had a quarrel with Zhang Congshan's family over this matter."

On their floor, Sister Fang lives in 901, Qi Jiang lives in 902, Grandma Chen lives in 903, and Zhang Congshan lives in 904.

Among the four families, I don't know who is the most diligent. Anyway, Zhang Congshan's family is the laziest.

Among them, Grandma Chen lived with her eldest son's family, and it was her eldest son and eldest daughter-in-law who went to work.

She also has a grandson and two granddaughters. The grandson has not yet graduated from university, and she also applied for an intern electrician before. Later, because she can endure hardship and work hard, she is now a full-time employee.

Now the city has already given up most of the circuit repair work, so many trainee electricians have been transferred to other places. Grandma Chen's grandson has stayed at the original post. Although he leaves early and returns late every day, he heard that the benefits are very good.

Grandma Chen's two granddaughters are twins, who are not yet grown up and have not graduated from high school. Now they are in charge of everything in the family. When everyone is prying the floor, they are unambiguous. They can not only take good care of the elderly grandma, but also take care of the house. At home, my parents can eat hot meals in time when they come back from work every day. They are well-known good children in the community, and I don’t know how many people envy them.

It is worth mentioning that Grandma Chen’s second son’s family is upstairs and they are assigned tenants. The son and daughter-in-law also go to work on the construction site. There are two children left in the family, a boy and a girl. In junior high school, the two siblings are also very hardworking people, and they would bring some food down every day to honor grandma.

In short, Grandma Chen's family are hardworking people, but the neighbors who live opposite them seem to be lazy.

Zhang Congshan's family is a husband and wife with two children. The husband is honest and silent, and the wife is shrewd and capable. The two children heard that they were rebellious before, but they haven't seen them quarreling with their parents yet.

There are also three members of his brother-in-law's family living in the house. The brother-in-law doesn't care about everything, and he doesn't usually go to work. hand.

The two families live together, and they usually quarrel with each other.

The adults in the family are not at home during the day, and it is the children who are arguing. When the adults come back at night, there will be another round of quarrels.

Outsiders are not very clear about the conflicts in the family, but they often hear the two quarreling over trivial matters. The family affairs seem to have a clear division of labor, but many times they feel that they should not be done by themselves but should be done by others. The result is that nothing is done.

It stands to reason that in such a situation, ordinary people should drive the brother-in-law's family out, but every time the quarrel becomes serious, the brother-in-law who doesn't care about everything will say lightly: "You owe me, have you forgotten?"

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Congshan's family would back down, only the children were still glaring.

There are quarrels at home, but they are very consistent with the outside world. In short, the other three households on this floor don't want to deal with them very much.

However, Qi Jiang has also become good neighbors with the two of them, but the relationship is the weakest.

When Qi Jiang and Sister Fang talked about 904, they were very worried about the problem of 904 pests, so they both decided to go to the exchange office to change something that can block the cracks in doors and windows. According to this trend, insecticides are no longer effective. up.

In the past two days, the community has asked everyone to pay attention to the elimination of pests, but there are always careless people. They have to block the doors and windows to really feel at ease.

When they arrived at the exchange office and queued up, Su Qing saw through the gaps in the crowd that the cashier on the other side of the counter looked familiar, and remembered who it was after a while.

He didn't know what was going on in his mind. Before he could figure it out, he heard himself say to Qi Jiang: "Brother Jiang, I'll just line up. You can go to the task office and have a look."

"It's okay, I'll go after shopping."

Su Qing pursed her lips, lowered her head and felt that she was very strange, but somehow she didn't want Qi Jiang to queue up, and she was a little unhappy when he saw that he still didn't leave: "Are you going?"

Qi Jiang paused, and glanced at him cautiously: "What's wrong?"

Su Qing stopped talking, lowered her head and frowned: "It's okay."

He didn't know what happened to him either.

After queuing for a while, Qi Jiang saw that his brows were furrowed deeper, and his whole body was full of depression. Recalling what Su Qing said last night, he helplessly raised his hand to smooth his brows: "I don't think you can't do these things. , you don’t have to doubt yourself, and you don’t have to rush to prove your worth, you don’t need to do that.”

Su Qing was taken aback for a moment, and pursed her lips deeper: "I didn't think so."

How can such a trivial matter as grocery shopping prove itself?He's a man looking for a job.

Qi Jiang Yinghao tentatively said that he would not queue up. Seeing Su Qing's brows stretched, he sighed in his heart, and walked away step by step, thinking about finding a way for Su Qing to find a leisurely job so that he would not be unhappy about these things all the time. things.

Today is the 23rd, and the purchase quota has been officially adjusted. Except for insecticides and disinfectants, which are currently indispensable, the purchase quota has not been adjusted, and the purchase quota and purchase methods of other materials have been adjusted accordingly.

Among them, the purchase quota of food distribution points has dropped significantly, rice and noodles have been reduced from 3 catties per day to 1 catty, vegetables have been reduced from 1 catty per week to half a catty, and meat has been reduced from 1 catty per day to 3 taels, which is even lower than the half catty mentioned before. Still less.

The purchase quota at the exchange office is similar to the quota at the previous food distribution point. The quota is 3 catties of rice noodles per day, 1 catty of vegetables per week, and 5 catties of meat per day.

Seeing the notice, Su Qing guessed in his heart that this was a convenience provided by the government to the mutants, otherwise there would be no need to increase the meat to five catties a day, and at the same time it would speed up everyone's familiarity with the new currency.

There were almost no people queuing at the food distribution point, and the window of the exchange office was expanded by more than a dozen. Su Qing waited for a long time before he was in line.

While counting the goods, the girl looked up in surprise when she saw the name on the passbook. She was a little disappointed when she saw Su Qing, and subconsciously looked behind him. She didn't find Qi Jiang before she asked in frustration, "Isn't Brother Qi coming down to buy groceries today?"

Su Qing pursed her lips and hummed casually.

Seeing that there was a lot of beef in it, the girl asked in a low voice, "Does brother Qi like beef? Is there any part he likes? I'll save it for him next time."

You can’t pick and choose when you buy things at the exchange office. Even the goods are brought out by the staff according to the list. The staff here have corresponding working conveniences, so the girl’s behavior is not considered a violation.

Su Qing was still silent. When he was paying the bill, the girl stuffed him with a bag of ham sausage. When he looked up, he saw Su Qing's indifferent expression. He paused for a moment, showing some hesitation and timidity.

Su Qing frowned and took out the ham sausage. The girl groaned, and gritted her teeth and asked, "Little brother, did you tell Brother Qi about the dinner at my house yesterday? I haven't thanked him personally yet."

"Say it." Su Qing's expression became more and more indifferent.

The girl's eyes lit up. "Then he will come or not!"

"No." Su Qing took the words and turned to leave.

The girl was a little disappointed, she looked up to see him leaving, and raised her voice, "Little brother, where does Brother Qi live?"

Su Qing quickened her pace, feeling a little bored. Seeing that he didn't answer, the girl sighed slightly, and when she finished paying the bills for the next few people, she suddenly felt something was wrong.

Wait, that little brother...wouldn't he like Big Brother Qi too, would he?

Did she find her rival in love?

No, everyone buys vegetables together, so she won't find the young couple, right?

No wonder the little brother is unhappy!

"Hey, is this the end of the love that hasn't started yet?" The girl murmured in frustration, but she quickly regained her composure.

"Forget it, explain it clearly to my little brother next time... Will I let my little brother misunderstand again? Let's explain it when the two come together."