Reborn: I Stock Up and Bully the Trash to Dominate the Apocalypse

After Zhipeng and the others left, Tao Zheng and Jiajia followed.

Jia Jia was holding a bulging cloth bag in her hand. As soon as she pushed open the door and saw Zhou Shuwan, her eyes instantly turned red and her pace quickened a bit.

She almost ran over and hugged her arms, her voice still choked with sobs: "Wanwan, I thought you would never come back..."

As soon as she finished speaking, Tao Zheng behind her said in a nonchalant tone, "Jia Jia, don't say such depressing words. It's unlucky."

The man frowned slightly, his tone filled with helplessness.

Jia Jia smiled at Zhou Shuwan a little embarrassedly, and apologized in a low voice: "I'm sorry, Wanwan, I was just too worried and didn't control my mouth for a moment."

Zhou Shuwan shook her head, thinking that Tao Zheng had taken good care of her over the years, and it was rare to see her childish side like this now.

She pulled Zhang Jia to sit down beside the bed and looked him up and down. "It's okay. I know you care about us. You look good. How have you been these past six months? Have you encountered any difficulties?"

Jia Jia smiled at her.

The two of them huddled together and talked in low voices, as intimate as sisters.

Friendship between men is much more subtle.

Tao Zheng walked over to Qi Mingyu, looked him over, then reached out and patted his shoulder, his eyes full of admiration: "Captain, you're finally back safely. There was no news from the mothership before, and Jiajia and I asked Captain Chen several times, but he just told us to wait, but this wait lasted for half a year."

Qi Mingyu shook the other person's hand and smiled slightly: "I made you worry. But I am lucky that I finally brought the things back. I haven't seen you for half a year, and you and Jiajia haven't changed at all."

Tao Zheng nodded. "Yeah, actually, living on the mothership, there are people who take care of our survival and discipline. It's rare for Jiajia and I to have some free time."

"It's better to return to the main force!" Zhang Jia said over there.

Seeing this, Zhong Tiyun warmly invited the two to sit down, then turned around and took out a few strings of smoked fish from the bag Zhipeng had just sent, and placed them on the table: "Come on, Tao Zheng, Jiajia, don't stand, sit down. This is the smoked fish that Zhipeng and the others just sent. You should try it too, it tastes quite authentic."

Jia Jia had just sat down when she suddenly seemed to remember something and hurriedly handed the cloth bag in her hand to Zhong Tiyun: "Auntie, this is the food that A Zheng and I brought for you. A Zheng said that since you just came back, the supplies on the mothership may not be delivered in time. These are enough for you to eat for a few days."

Zhong Tiyun and Zhou Jianghai exchanged a glance and quickly declined: "How can this be so embarrassing? Just keep it for yourselves. We have supplies in the luggage we brought back, so we have no shortage of food. You are so polite."

The two of them pushed and shirked for a while, but Qi Mingyu finally spoke up to help: "Dad, Mom, this is also a gift from Tao Zheng and Jia Jia, let's accept it. We can return the gift when we have the chance."

All of them have gone through hardships together in the end times, and their relationship is close. It is only natural for them to reciprocate, and there is no need to refuse.

Zhong Tiyun stopped insisting and took the bag with a smile: "Okay, Auntie, you're welcome. Thank you both."

She casually placed the bag on the table and opened it, and what was inside stunned her.

In addition to several packages of smoked dried fish similar to the one Zhipeng sent, there was also a sealed can of whale meat, which should have been homemade.

There were two frozen salmon at the bottom, each weighing seven or eight kilograms, which was a rare thing in the apocalypse.

Zhong Tiyun picked up a salmon and was a little surprised: "This salmon... did you exchange it with the mothership?"

Jiajia explained with a smile, "We exchanged it from the mothership's cold storage. The salmon was immediately frozen in the cold storage after being caught, so it's still quite fresh after thawing. You've been drifting at sea for six months, so you must have been eating smoked fish and kelp every day. It's nice to have some fresh fish for a change of pace."

In addition to the salmon, there are a dozen potatoes at the bottom.

Zhang Jia thought that the Zhou family had been cruising alone on the sea for half a year, and their life must have been extremely hard, so they should eat something different from smoked fish.

So I went to exchange it specifically.

She and Tao Zheng were the leaders of a small tribe and had some supplies.

Exchanging these is not difficult either.

Zhou Shuwan looked at the things in the bag and felt a warm feeling in his heart.

She knew that salmon was a rare commodity, especially frozen fresh fish, which was more expensive than smoked fish, and the exchange price would not be low.

Tao Zheng and Jia Jia were willing to take it out because they really treated them as their own people.

She looked at the two of them and said solemnly, "Tao Zheng, Jia Jia, thank you so much. These things are so valuable. Thank you for your trouble."

Tao Zheng waved his hand and said respectfully, "Auntie, you don't have to be so polite. You've made a great contribution by coming back this time. Word on the mothership is that the minerals you brought back can be used to refine boiling point alloys, which will give us hope for building a mid-air fortress in the future."

When he mentioned this, his tone was filled with anticipation. "Before the salt spray incident, everyone was very panicked. They always felt like they were adrift at sea. Now that there's hope, people are finally feeling a little more settled."

Zhou Jianghai, sitting nearby, sighed softly upon hearing this: "I hope this fortress can be built soon!"

"Yeah, I hope so!"

We talked about some details after we parted.

Tao Zheng cleared his throat and turned to business. "By the way, there's something else I need to tell you. Jiajia and I just came from the cruise ship, and on the way we heard a few soldiers talking about how you, with just a few people in your family, could have brought back twenty tons of minerals and volcanic soil from the deep sea."

He paused, his eyes growing serious. "Some people are expressing suspicion in their words. We've come here, firstly, to catch up with you, and secondly, to remind you to be careful recently and not give people a chance to talk about you."

Zhou Shuwan raised his eyebrows slightly after hearing this, but his face showed no panic. Instead, he smiled faintly: "In fact, the seabed of the sea we went to is not too deep, only about two hundred meters.

We used the lifting equipment on the cruise ship and the mechanical grippers of the submarine. The two sides cooperated with each other and worked hard for 10 to 20 days before we finally transported these supplies onto the ship bit by bit.

It's not that we have infinite manpower and can move twenty tons of cargo with our bare hands; in the end, it still depends on the power of machinery."

She spoke clearly and even reported the specific depth and time, which sounded flawless.

Tao Zheng smiled knowingly upon hearing this. "I heard those discussions on the cruise ship at the time, and I explained it to them in the same way. After all, it's impossible to operate at sea without any equipment, relying solely on manpower."

It's just that some people always like to have wild thoughts, thinking that the fact that you guys were able to return safely and bring back so many supplies must mean there must be some 'secret'."