The Odd Young Man

Lin Shi recalled that Qian Liangliang was someone he had met a few days ago and withdrew his gaze.

Neither of them knew that they would meet again soon.

The material collection point was the property hall of the apartment complex.

When Lin Shi arrived, there was already a queue inside.

However, the crowd was not as exaggerated as at the entrance of the apartment.

Lin Shi could only line up behind the others once more.

After a while, an elderly woman bypassed from the back, walked hurriedly to the front of the line, and naturally inserted herself into the front row.

Immediately, someone expressed dissatisfaction:

"Hey, ma'am, how can you cut in line?"

The elderly woman put her hands on her hips and spoke assertively:

"I'm an old lady with poor legs and feet.

I've been walking for a long time, and my legs are sore.

You young people should be considerate and stop complaining! Don't you see these soldiers aren't saying anything?"

Everyone glanced at the soldiers who were still expressionless and tightly guarding the supplies.

Some people could only swallow their anger.

But there were still those who couldn't let it go, saying:

"Which one of us hasn't walked a long way and stood in a long line? Can you just rely on your age to act superior? Judging by how far you've walked, your stamina isn't any worse than ours."

The elderly woman looked at the person who spoke with disdain:

"Young man, everyone else is quiet, but you're still holding onto this issue.

Can't you be more magnanimous? Making a fuss won't benefit any of us.

Stay quiet, don't you understand that not listening to the elderly can lead to losses?"

The elderly woman wasn't so terrible, but it was when she was educated that it became frightening.

Her words made it seem like the other person was being unreasonable, and he clenched his teeth, too angry to speak.

"Ha! It's better not to listen to the elderly and be happy for several years, right?"

At this moment, the young man in front of Lin Shi suddenly laughed and spoke, walking over and pulling the elderly woman out of the crowd.

Everyone was quite surprised that someone would stand up at a time like this.

All those who were originally unhappy about the elderly woman cutting in line showed a pleased expression.

Although they didn't want to cause trouble, they were delighted to see someone deal with this annoying elderly woman.

Lin Shi was also watching this scene with interest.

"What are you doing?! Why are you pulling me?!"

The young man's strength was clearly not small, and the elderly woman was pulled out of the line despite her struggles.

The elderly woman tried to return to the line.

The people in the line immediately stood closer together, not giving the elderly woman a chance to squeeze back in.

Seeing that she couldn't cut in line anymore, the elderly woman pointed at the young man who pulled her out and scolded:

"Are you crazy? I'm not cutting in front of you.

Do you live by the sea, managing so widely?"

The young man just smiled and walked back to the line, standing behind Lin Shi this time.

The elderly woman was extremely angry but didn't dare to make a big fuss, so she walked behind the young man and continued to curse in a low voice:

"You unprincipled person! Look at you, you still have to line up again.

You think you're doing a good deed, but others aren't thinking about letting you back in line!"

The young man then leaned his head in front of Lin Shi and asked:

"Can I get back in line?"

Lin Shi made a gesture of invitation.

The young man raised his eyebrows, looked at the elderly woman who was about to explode with anger, and got back in line in front of Lin Shi.

Lin Shi thought this person was quite interesting.

It was just a matter of being in front or behind, and it didn't matter whether to let or not.

The key was the attitude of this young man's actions and words, which made Lin Shi somewhat inscrutable.

The young man did not have the sudden sense of despair that these people around him had fallen into the apocalypse.

On the contrary, this young man had a sense of cynicism and positivity that still belonged to the peaceful era before the apocalypse.

When everyone was standing in line before, Lin Shi hadn't noticed.

Under this action, he immediately felt the difference of the young man.

Perhaps it was because the gaze from Lin Shi was too strong, the young man suddenly turned his head and looked at Lin Shi, winking.

His eyes were clear and transparent, without depression, despair, vigilance, and other emotions that almost everyone around had, but there was an emotion that Lin Shi couldn't understand.

"Thank you," the young man said to Lin Shi with a smile.

Lin Shi nodded and lowered his gaze, no longer looking at the young man.

No matter how special, he was a person unrelated to himself.

After waiting for more than half an hour, it was finally Lin Shi's turn to receive supplies.

Like the others, he handed over the metal plate, and after the staff checked it, they took out a black bag from the cart behind and handed it to Lin Shi.

The bag was fluffy, and the weight in hand was probably only about a dozen pounds.

On the other side of the line, someone who received the supplies opened it on the spot, threw it on the ground in anger and cursed:

"Is this supposed to let us eat for a week?! Are you trying to starve us to death?!"

Lin Shi glanced over.

Inside the bag were a few packs of instant noodles, three breads, a sausage, two candles, a box of matches, a few packs of cold medicine, and some fruits and vegetables that had already been frozen.

Discontent immediately arose in the crowd.

Perhaps someone had made a fuss about it before, and immediately soldiers came forward to pick up the bag, speaking coldly:

"If you don't want it, go find it yourself.

These things were brought back at the cost of our people's hands and feet being frozen off."

Even the troops in Sha City were not prepared for cold-resistant clothing that could resist such extreme cold.

Even if the clothes were collected enough, waterproof snow boots, waterproof gloves, and the like, are basically not seen in Sha City.

In the past few days of collecting and transporting supplies, many soldiers in the army were frostbitten or even had their fingers and toes frozen off.

Now everyone knows what's going on outside, and that person finally couldn't say such a tough word as "don't want it."

He angrily grabbed his bag and walked out.

It's not bad to have these things, and in a few months, you won't be able to eat these.

Lin Shi thought to himself.

He hadn't left yet, and there was a huge notice paper posted on the wall of this hall.

It listed the details of material exchange for contribution points and contribution points for material exchange.

There was also paper and pen for everyone to copy a copy to take back.

Lin Shi also picked up the pen and copied a copy:

100kg of sand exchanges for 5 contribution points.

100kg of cement exchanges for 10 contribution points.

100kg of steel rebar exchanges for 20 contribution points.

...

A list of building materials for exchange details.

Below are the details of undamaged circuit boards, undamaged various appliances, or car parts, various precision parts, wires, and so on, for exchanging contribution points.

What is eye-catching is the following list of contribution points for material exchange: