The first food stall in the wasteland

Chapter 16
As a new day came, Shen Lu opened his eyes at seven o'clock in the morning on time.

Stretching, hitting my sore lower back, twisting my neck, and after a simple wash, I made egg waffles for breakfast.

After feeding Fucheng, Shen Lu exchanged the ingredients for making mint water, first made the mint water, and then took the tools to go out to pick up garbage.

The sun is rare today, and the sky is overcast with light rain.

Shen Lu opened his palms to catch some rain. The raindrops falling on his skin were stained with a light black color and smelled of decay.

It's not like acid rain, but it's also a phenomenon that only occurs after serious environmental pollution.

Shen Lu didn't have a raincoat or an umbrella, she looked up at the sky, wondering whether to go out in the rain.

This is too dirty, there is no shelter from the rain, and the hair and clothes will be wet. Thinking of the scene surrounded by the smell, Shen Lu's face collapsed.

"Shen Lu." Granny Jin stood by the door of her house, beckoning to her, "Come here."

Shen Lu covered his head with his hands, and trotted over.

"Grandma Jin, what's the matter?"

Grandma Jin took out a half-used raincoat and put it on her body, "Don't get wet in this rain. If you get wet too much, you will get sick."

She pulled her hat on, "This raincoat is considered as meal money."

A person is lonely and old, suddenly someone treats you well, Grandma Jin is a little uneasy after all.

She and Shen Lu could only meet by chance, and they didn't dare to enjoy the benefits with peace of mind.

The raincoat is not a valuable thing, but Shen Lu needs it now.

Shen Lu didn't know that Granny Jin had so much inner drama, but she could guess what Granny Jin meant, so she accepted it with a smile.

"Thank you Granny Jin."

Shen Lu took a step forward, "Then I'll leave first."

It's raining today, so fewer people come to the dump.

Although picking up rubbish can be exchanged for food, if you get sick from the rain, it's not worth it.

Shen Lu looked over where the new garbage was dumped yesterday and found some copper pieces.

Raincoats can cover the rain, but also cover part of the line of sight.

Shen Lu casually followed a path to explore the past, and unknowingly arrived at the place where the metal garbage was piled high yesterday.

"Drip-drip-"

The detector chirped very quickly, and Shen Lu's eyes lit up. This meant that there was either a lot of precious metals here, or the metals were very rare.

It was an L-shaped robotic arm part, stuck in layers of metal.

Shen Lu pulled it out tentatively, looking specifically at the metal tower above his head.

Fortunately, it didn't shake.

Shen Lu increased his strength.

When she was about to pull out the parts, there was a sound of shattering above the metal tower.

not good.

Shen Lu gritted his teeth, and with a sudden heart, he held onto the parts tightly and did not let go. At the same time, he kicked back hard, and finally pulled out the thing.

The metal tower collapsed.

Shen Lu covered her head and ran wildly, she had already seen the direction, as long as she ran to the left, if the speed was fast enough, she would not be hit by the falling metal tower.

Without taking two steps, she bumped into someone.

To die.

There are so few people who come to the dump today, how can they still bump into people?

Shen Lu ignored the pain in his nose and stretched out his hand to push the person.

Before the hand touched anyone, it was grabbed by the other party.

"You..." Shen Lu was really anxious. Is there anything we can't talk about until we are out of danger?

Before he finished speaking, Shen Lu was dragged away by the other party and started running.

To say he was running was a bit inaccurate, he was almost running. For a moment, Shen Lu felt like a kite, and it was difficult for his feet to touch the ground.

The wide rain hat blocked a lot of sight. Shen Lu could only see the opponent's hand with clear joints, and the veins bulged due to exertion.

It was clearly a man's hand.

The large and small metal towers behind him were like dominoes, falling one after another, and the rumbling sound was endless.

After running for half an hour, the man who dragged Shen Lu and ran wildly stopped.

Shen Lu propped up his knees, gasping for breath, his lungs were like broken bellows.

He almost... almost didn't get hit by rubbish. Instead, he suffocated due to difficulty in breathing due to running wildly.

The metal tower collapsed, stirring up a lot of dust. The dust was flying for a while, and Shen Lu had to try his best to control himself not to inhale so much.

At such a young age, she didn't want to get pneumoconiosis.

There was an undisguised disdain beside him, "I haven't seen a stupid person like you for a long time."

The voice sounds very young, between a boy and a man.

More importantly, Shen Lu felt a little familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere.

She pressed down on the mask to minimize the inhalation of dust, and looked up.

"It's you?!"

Shen Lu recognized him.

It seems to be Zeng Xiaodao, she vaguely remembers being called that.

Zeng Xiaodao was not wearing a raincoat, but a silver hat. The clothes seemed to be waterproof, and the water droplets floated on the fabric and did not soak in.

The young man raised his thick black eyebrows and sneered: "It's me, what's wrong?"

It was also at this time that he realized that this was the girl who secretly stretched her legs and tripped him yesterday?
Tsk, if I had known it, I wouldn’t have saved her.

Shen Lu was guilty for a moment at first, but soon returned to normal.

What a shame.

It was true that she tripped him yesterday, but he also bumped into her.

"Thank you."

However, things are one and the same. Yesterday they were even, but today Zeng Xiaodao saved her, so it was appropriate to say thank you.

"Just a thank you and want to send me away?" Zeng Xiaodao was obviously not so easy to fool, he lowered his eyes, and his eyes fell on the metal arm parts in Shen Lu's hand, "This is the reward."

Shen Lu subconsciously put Dong XZ behind him: "No."

Zeng Xiaodao looked at her funny: "I'm not negotiating with you."

The thing she desperately wants to hold in her hands must be valuable.

Zeng Xiaodao is not a kind person, of course he will be rewarded for saving Shen Lu.

Shen Lu flat mouthed.

He took away the mechanical arm and couldn't exchange much money, so she was different.

You can use the metal inside to exchange a lot of ingredients.

"Well, I want this to be useful." Shen Lu stumbled and made up a lie, "This part should be a part of the human body's exoskeleton. It can be used after repairing it. I also have a brother who is seriously injured and bedridden. I need this."

"Oh, really?" Zeng Xiaodao didn't believe it at all.

"Well...or I can pay you for saving me with other things." Shen Lu had a flash of inspiration, "I sell food at a stall every day, and it's on Xiaojin Street. This month, you can come and eat for free. How about a set meal?"

Zeng Xiaodao might not be tempted to ask Shen Lu to say anything else.

Free food?
He swallowed involuntarily.

"Just you? What can you sell? It can't be something like worm cakes, right?"

"No, I sell mint water and egg waffles, and I'm going to make a new Malatang today. It's delicious."

Zeng Xiaodao squinted his eyes, and it turned out that she was the owner of the small stall that caused a lot of commotion in the [-]th Block and Jinjin Street recently.

Zeng Xiaodao seldom went to Jin Street, and he went there at night, perfectly staggered with Shen Lu.

"Then give me the robotic arm first, and make a decision after I have tasted what you put on display."

Shen Lu held his breath, and really wanted to yell at him that he loves to eat or not, and if he doesn't eat, he will fall down, and by the way, shock him with a wolf stick.

But Zeng Xiaodao saved her after all, and it was hard for her to retaliate for kindness.

"Okay." Shen Lu compromised and handed over the robotic arm, "I'll pick up the trash for a while and then go to set up a stall, you can come over for lunch."

Zeng Xiaodao took the mechanical arm and snorted in agreement.

(End of this chapter)