Chapter 41: Reaching a Deal (Requesting Recommendations and Favorites)
"Long time no see! Supplies!" Mo Qingyan hugged Chen Xin tightly with both arms, unwilling to let go, her face full of barely concealed excitement: "I’m so glad you’re okay! This past month underground almost drove me crazy, and with the situation outside now, I couldn’t contact you. I was so worried! Now that I see you’re alright, I can relax!"
"How many times have I told you, don’t call me ’Supplies’." Chen Xin looked at the excited Mo Qingyan, smiled, and only then signaled her to let go, saying with some emotion, "This past month hasn’t been easy for me either. I didn’t receive any news from the outside world for a whole month, and I almost ran out of water. In short, it’s a long story."
Having said this, Chen Xin also greeted Mo Qingyan’s sister and her friend who were standing by: "Long time no see, Qingxin, Ding."
"You don’t let others call you ’Supplies,’ but you always call me ’Little Qingxin’! How many times have I told you, my name is Mo Qingxin!" Mo Qingyan’s sister was evidently a bit annoyed by Chen Xin’s nickname for her, though this was just a regular bickering among friends, and she wasn’t genuinely upset. She even smiled around her eyes.
As for Mo Qingyan’s friend, she was in the process of removing the arrow from her crossbow and releasing the bowstring, to avoid any accidental discharge.
After packing away the crossbow, she greeted Chen Xin with a hint of surprise: "Weren’t you the one who stored quite a bit of fresh water? How did you run out?"
Before entering the shelter, Chen Xin had stockpiled a lot of bottled drinking water and tap water stored in purified water barrels. Knowing this, Mo Qingyan was puzzled by Chen Xin’s claim of almost running out of water.
"You mentioned it yourself, those are for drinking. I can’t possibly use drinking water to bathe, do laundry, or water plants, can I?" Chen Xin said this and couldn’t help but shake his head. Without the system, he would really have had a hard time solving this issue: "But fortunately, the problem is solved, otherwise, I’d have to trade fresh vegetables with you for water now."
Saying this, Chen Xin opened his car trunk, patted two plastic boxes filled with fresh vegetables, and looked at Mo Qingyan with a smile: "Here are four hundred pounds of fresh vegetables. If you keep them refrigerated, it’ll be enough for you to eat for a month."