As they walked along, it seemed as if they were the only two people in the community, which was extremely quiet.
Xiao Mo drove out of his Ford sedan directly from the underground parking lot. Xue Lihong sat in the passenger seat. The two of them drove all the way to the door and found that the property guard was still there.
"Brother Xiao, come out." The young guard walked out of the post and spoke.
Xiao Mo stopped the car and took a look, hey, he's an acquaintance. It was on that day that he reminded the guard who had rushed to buy food in advance, but now he had a mask on his face.
Xiao Mo pressed down the window and put his elbow on the edge of the window, "Well, let's go out and get relief food. What's your last name, little brother?"
"My surname is Ding, and my name is Ding Qiao." Ding Qiao pulled down his mask and said with a smile.
"What's wrong?" Xiao Mo asked sensitively.
"Brother Xiao, you don't know..." Ding Qiao scratched his head, with a depressed look on his face, "This infectious disease is really tragic! Everyone has been panicked these past few days. My colleague Zhou An was so frightened that he waited until I live in the dormitory and dare not come out."
"So you've been on duty alone these past few days?"
"Yes. I don't want to go back to the dormitory anyway. There is also a lounge here." Ding Qiao was probably very dissatisfied with his colleague Zhou An, and his expression naturally showed it.
Xiao Mo smiled, thinking that he was still young after all, and Ding Qiao looked like he was in his early twenties.
Xiao Mo started the vehicle and was about to leave, when Ding Qiao suddenly called him again.
"Brother Xiao, you have to be careful with your children. There are many people who are not in the right mood these days."
Xiao Mo didn't pay too much attention when he heard this sentence. It is normal for people to be emotionally upset when encountering such a large-scale infectious disease. If only he was more careful, he thought.
Seeing that he didn't care, Ding Qiao actually stepped forward and pressed his car window, and solemnly warned him again: "Brother Xiao, you must be careful."
Xiao Mo simply ceased fire and said, "Be careful?" No wonder Ding Qiao would suddenly complain to him. What he wanted to say most should be "be careful", right
Ding Qiao bit his lip and looked outside the gate, "Someone is spreading bad rumors."
"What rumors?"
"Rumors of the End of the World."
Xiao Mo was stunned, "Do you believe this rumor?"
"I don't believe it, but I also think this epidemic is really scary."
"Even if it's true, we can't mess with it. Otherwise it will become the apocalypse if it isn't the end of the world."
"I know this." Ding Qiao puffed up his chest, "We must unite at critical moments. Unity is strength. The more dangerous the situation, the more calm we must be. We must not believe in rumors easily, let alone mess up our position. We must obey orders from top to bottom. "
"You are right, but I am afraid of some people..."
"Yes, Brother Xiao." Ding Qiao's expression became serious and his voice lowered, "You haven't come out for a few days, so you don't know that some strange things have happened in the quarantine area. I heard that some people recovered from the disease without medicine. And these people who healed themselves... some had metal particles growing out of their palms."
Xiao Mo's heart was beating wildly, that diary turned out to be true!
"And those people were... taken away. I heard that this census is also looking at these people, and they will be taken away as soon as they are found. That's why everyone is afraid."
"oh?"
"But it's not the census takers I want you to be careful about, but the gangsters headed by Wang Laoer." Ding Qiao looked disgusted when he mentioned this group of people.
"Lao Er Wang? Didn't he die of illness?" As a shop owner, why didn't Xiao Mo recognize this old gangster who was notorious in the old town and several nearby communities
"Yeah, it's such a pity that so many people died, but this scumbag didn't die." Ding Qiao stepped away, and then said: "Brother Xiao, please keep your voice down, their gang is hanging outside the door. "
"God has no eyes." As long as they are open to do business, everyone hates the gangsters headed by Wang Laoer.
"Did he spread the rumor?"
"It's probably him. I've been seeing him wandering around the neighborhood these days. I know he's trying to buy supermarket shopping coupons and getting gasoline. He has people guarding the gates of various communities just to buy shopping coupons. "
"Supermarket shopping voucher?"
"Well, you will get it when you go to receive relief food. This kind of coupon is not money, but a purchase qualification. You have to pay one when you enter the supermarket. If you don't have a coupon, you can't buy anything in the supermarket."
"The same goes for private small supermarkets?"
"right."
"No one cares about Mr. Wang?"
"It is not illegal for him to buy shopping vouchers privately, and the police can't do anything to him."
"What about spreading rumors?"
"There is no evidence, everyone is talking nonsense. The law does not punish the public, and it is difficult to punish even if you want to."
"Why do you want me to be careful about him?"
Ding Qiao looked at the gate again and whispered to Xiao Mo: "Wang Laoer and his gang will take the initiative to send other people's children home in the past two days, and then ask people to buy shopping coupons. Those people don't dare I won't sell it because I'm afraid that he will hurt his children. Someone called the police, but since there was no actual harm, the police had no reason to arrest those bastards. You can't even see the shadow of the children on the street. They are all harmed by those bastards Wang Laoer. of!"
"How dare Er Er Wang do such a thing blatantly, and why does he collect so many shopping coupons? How much money does he have? How many things can he buy?" Xiao Mo sneered.
"Brother Xiao, you mean..."
"Why do you think the police didn't arrest them? If no one from above had spoken out, regardless of whether there was evidence or not, troublemakers like Wang Laoer would have been controlled first, and they would not have been allowed to harm the people."
"Someone asked Wang Laoer to come forward to collect shopping coupons? Who could it be?" Ding Qiao responded slowly.
"Not very high-level, at most someone in charge of this area in the Sixth District in the south of our city. He couldn't get out and was afraid of death, so he wanted to hoard more food to save his life, but he didn't dare to do it too obviously, so he took advantage of Wang Laoer's Help the gangsters come forward." When Xiao Mo said this, he had almost guessed who was behind the scenes. Only someone that stupid would do something so obviously stupid.
"Really, there are maggots like this everywhere!" Ding Qiao scolded in disgust.
"The forest is big, and there are all kinds of birds. This is human nature. If the state wants to control it, it can only punish it afterwards."
Xiao Mo simply asked Ding Qiao about the changes in the past few days. He probably had an idea before starting the car and leaving.
When Xiao Mo drove out of the gate, he paid special attention and found a few gangsters wandering around the gate.
When those people saw Xiao Mo coming out and a child sitting next to him, their eyes lit up.
"Don't run around without me in the future." Xiao Mo whispered to Xue Lihong.
Xue Lihong nodded to express her understanding.
The entrance of Liangoule Supermarket has finally gained some popularity.
There is a special place for distributing relief food in the square in front of the supermarket. Xiao Mo drove the car into the parking lot, parked the car, and walked back to the square with the child.
After glancing at it and not queuing up first, he summoned the map from his mind and found that the mission target was also nearby.
where is she
People passing by Xiao Mo and Xue Lihong couldn't help but look at them, and even the police on duty in the square scanned them a few times.
Xiao Mo felt unhappy, what were they looking at? Is there any difference between him and Xue Lihong
The mission target was moving on the map, and Xiao Mo's eyes turned to the team receiving relief food.
The peak period for receiving relief food has probably passed, and there are very few people queuing up. Xiao Mo looked at it for a while, and then his eyes fell on a young woman with long hair in the middle of the queue.
Xiao Mo took the child to the end of the queue.
After collecting the things, the woman did not go home, but carried the things into the supermarket again.
Xiao Mo looked away, it was his turn.
Xiao Mo noticed that the relief grains were taken directly from the truck, and the materials were not unloaded to the ground.
Probably noticing Xiao Mo's gaze, the policeman distributing supplies was a little bored, so he chatted with him: "In order to keep the food fresh, these trucks come and go on the same day. If the goods are not distributed today, they will be sent back to the city tomorrow. Send new ones."
"This is good." Xiao Mo finished receiving the relief food and signed his name on the record sheet.
The policeman handed him a leaflet and said, "Look, this is what the higher-ups ordered. After reading this, you don't have to worry about anything. Don't think too much. The country will never give up on you. Don't listen to rumors and don't gather in groups." , the quarantine will be over soon.”
"I know." Xiao Mo smiled and took the Anmin notice, "Can I enter the supermarket now?"
"Yes, but there is a limit on purchases." The policeman gave him four more supermarket shopping coupons, "Four per person per month. These shopping coupons are not considered money, but you have to take one out to the cashier every time you check out. , without shopping vouchers, no matter how much money you have, you cannot purchase items.
This is to prevent people from deliberately hoarding goods, please understand. Shopping vouchers are valid in all supermarkets in the quarantine area, including small private supermarkets. As for the purchase restrictions, please ask the service staff in the supermarket for details. "
Xiao Mo took the supermarket shopping coupon and put it away. After thanking the police, he walked directly into the supermarket with his children and several large bags.
Because large bags of items cannot be carried directly into the supermarket, Xiao Mo first deposited all the supplies he received into the supermarket's storage cabinet. The storage cabinets are guarded by the police, so you don’t have to worry about anyone coming to pry into the cabinets.
Xiao Mo avoided the police's gaze and was about to take out the steel pipe from his shopping bag when the child suddenly said to him: "Here you go, it will work better than your steel pipe."
The child took off the small backpack, took out something from it and handed it to Xiao Mo, and told him in detail how to use it.
There were not many people in the supermarket. Almost everyone was wearing a mask, and some exaggeratedly wore raincoats and motorcycle helmets.
Xiao Mo touched his face and suddenly realized that he had no way of protecting himself, which was indeed a bit of an eyesore. No wonder everyone who passed by when receiving relief food would look at him and the child.
Xiao Mo and his child were stopped by the staff just as they were about to enter the shopping area with their shopping carts.
"Except for daily necessities, food is subject to limited purchase. Please pay attention to the notice on the wall."
Xiao Mo heard the reminder and turned to look at the large and conspicuous notice.
The notice stated that in order to prevent some unscrupulous people from deliberately hoarding food, causing food shortages and irrational shopping, rice, oil, noodles, meat and other staple foods are all out of stock. If necessary, please go to the relief point to get it.
Condiments, especially salt, can only be purchased one pound per person at a time.
High-calorie foods that can be stored for a long time, such as chocolate and candies, should not be purchased in more than one kilogram per person at a time.
Non-staple food such as bread should not exceed three kilograms per person at a time, and fast noodles should not exceed one box per person at a time.
There are restrictions on the purchase of other tobacco and alcoholic beverages, and only daily toiletries, feminine products and clothing are not subject to restrictions.
Looking at these purchase restrictions, if we consider the amount of food a person can eat in a week, it will definitely be more than enough for even a very good eater. If there are many people in the family, the shopping vouchers may not even be used.
Xiao Mo thought that the purchase restriction was so relaxed because he was afraid of causing dissatisfaction and panic among the people. After all, only when people are full will they not be panicked or have random thoughts.
But are these amounts really enough for him? Xiao Mo touched his stomach a little worriedly.
"Where is the target?" the child asked.
Xiao Mo took back his thoughts and looked at the red dot in his mind.
The map in his mind is magical. As his location changes, the map also changes. Now this map has become the floor plan of the supermarket.
"It's around here, it should be opposite that shelf."
"Old Xiao!"
Xiao Mo turned around and saw a man with a scarf on his head walking towards him pushing a shopping cart.