Chapter 31 Packing up to go to the base
On their way back, they overheard everyone discussing when to go to the base. Life outside was too difficult, and many people said, "I'll pack my things as soon as I get home and take my family to the base."
Bai Tang and her group walked home slowly, but the road was covered in ice, so they couldn't walk fast.
On the way, they encountered a robbery, but when the robbers saw that Bai Tang and his group were carrying stun guns, they hesitated and ran away, afraid that Bai Tang and his group would turn the tables and rob them.
Bai Tang thought to herself: Do I look like a gangster? I'm more like an old woman raising a bunch of silly sons.
Those people dared not rob the powerful, so they robbed those who looked weak.
They robbed people when supplies were being distributed before, and now that people are going out to collect supplies, the robbery has become even more serious. Some people even steal other people's clothes. If the robbed people don't get up and go home in time, they will freeze to death in the freezing cold.
When the authorities distributed the cold-weather supplies, they also sent people to patrol and stand guard, but the results were minimal, and some of the guards were even looted.
After all, people's survival is a major issue now, so who is afraid of death, and who will listen to official management?
Bai Tang and the others didn't care about other people's lives or deaths; meddling in other people's business is easy to cause trouble.
In addition, Gu Yanxu knew the exact location of the Shengshi base, so all they had to do was go home, pack their things, and wait for others to go before going with them.
Because Gu Yanxu told them: Many people drove to the base later.
So Bai Tang and the others waited until someone drove there first, and then they found a place to get their car, so they wouldn't attract too much attention.
After Bai Tang and the others returned home, Bai Tang took out several huge boxes and handed them to Bai Jiyang and the other three.
Bai Tang said, "The four of you pack up everything you want to take and put it in these packing boxes first. It will be more convenient for us to pack when we leave."
Bai Jiyang asked, "Sis, when are we leaving?"
Bai Tang said, "It should be in the next day or two. You all go back and pack your things. We'll go after someone drives to the base on the ice."
Gu Yanxu added, "Should we distress the exterior of the vehicles? We can use three vehicles in total – two SUVs and one large RV – so we'll have transportation when we need to get around the base."
Bai Jiyang and Lin Fan went to pack up the odds and ends, when Mu Mu's voice suddenly rang in Bai Tang's mind: "Sister Tangtang~ hurry up and take the canned food out. It keeps barking, probably because it hasn't gotten used to being in the space yet."
Bai Tang said apologetically, "Oh dear, I forgot. I'm sorry, Mu Mu, I disturbed you."
Bai Tang quickly took the canned food out of her spatial storage.
The canned food kept meowing at Bai Tang, as if accusing Bai Tang of leaving it in the space for so long. Bai Tang had to soothe it for a while before it calmed down.
Mu Mu said nonchalantly, "It's okay~ It's still very well-behaved. It's just a pity I can't transform into your human form yet. I want to pet a cat too~"
Bai Tang said, "I don't have any gold stockpiled now. The antiques are family heirlooms that I left behind. I can't let you absorb all of them for spiritual energy. Wait for me to stockpile another batch of gold someday so you can absorb spiritual energy from them."
Mu Mu said happily, "It's okay~ No rush~ My spiritual power is already quite sufficient~ Now I'm even able to help you with the harvesting of vegetables and fruits in the space and the raising of animals~ Those grapes look so delicious~"
After hearing this, Bai Tang smiled at Mu Mu in her mind and said, "It's okay, eat whatever you want. Anyway, there are so many planted here. I've already raised several little foodies, so one more won't make a difference."
Mu Mu, that ball of blue light, bounced around happily in Bai Tang's space: "Yay! Thank you, Sister Tang Tang~"
Bai Tang then said to Mu Mu, "From now on, everything in the space will be yours."
Mu Mu said confidently, "Don't worry, sister! I promise to complete the mission! I'll take good care of everything in the space, and I definitely won't steal any food. At most, I'll let you know next time I want some~"
Bai Tang said to Gu Yanxu, "Mu Mu in the space has woken up. Its spiritual power has almost recovered, and it is now able to take care of the things planted in the space. Now we don't need to do anything manually."
Gu Yanxu said upon hearing this, "Hahaha, Lin Fan and the others are going to be overjoyed now, finally they don't have to work in the fields anymore."
Bai Tang added, "But Mu Mu still can't transform into human form. It seems her spiritual power is still insufficient. Let's go and stock up on some gold or antiques for her another day."
"Okay, let's settle in at the base first." Gu Yanxu nodded in agreement.
As they talked, the two went to the kitchen to get bowls and chopsticks to prepare for lunch.
There were so many people when they went to collect the cold-weather supplies that, although their team distributed the supplies quickly, they still didn't get to go home for lunch.
So they're having lunch now in the afternoon, they can just have dinner a little later tonight.
Bai Tang took out the food she had prepared earlier from her space. It was too cold, and cooking was too much trouble.
Since they had everything ready-made, they saved themselves the trouble of cooking. And since they've been using disposable tableware these past few days, they've also saved themselves the trouble of washing dishes.
Bai Tang took out several boxes of steaming braised shrimp and placed them on the stove. She also took out several boxes of spicy hot pot skewers and served them with rice. Let's just have a simple meal like this.
After preparing the meal, Bai Tang went out to call Lin Fan and the others to eat while it was still hot, and then they could pack up their things after the meal.
Soon everyone was sitting around the stove eating.
During the meal, Gu Yanxu said, "The base is in Nanshan. It would normally take us two hours to drive there, but now that it's snowing and ice, it will probably take at least three hours."
Lin Zhou and the others said, "It's nothing, boss, it's a minor issue."
Bai Tang said, "Eat quickly, and after we finish eating, go into the space and age the exteriors of the three cars we're going to drive."
After the meal, Bai Tang led them and the canned food into the space, where Mu Mu was eating.
Upon seeing Bai Tang enter, it floated over with a bunch of grapes, startling the few people who had never seen Mu Mu before.
Lin Fan asked, looking completely bewildered, "Sister-in-law, what is this blue light? Why is it carrying a bunch of grapes? Could it be a ghost?"
When Bai Jiyang heard Lin Fan say that Mu Mu might be a ghost, he was so frightened that he immediately hid behind Lin Feng.
Bai Jiyang leaned out and asked, "Sister, what is this?"
Mu Mu spoke up: "I'm not a thing, I'm a spirit of this space, my name is Mu Mu~"
After hearing this, Linzhou said, "Huh? It's not a thing."
"Pfft." Bai Tang couldn't help but laugh.
"Mumu is the spirit of this space. It is very innocent. It doesn't mean to say that it is not a thing, hahahahahaha."
Lin Fan mimicked Mu Mu's tone, saying, "Oh, so there are spirits here. Hello Mu Mu~ My name is Lin Fan~"
Mu Mu replied to him, "Hi~ Lin Fan~ Hehe~ Here, have some grapes~"
Seeing how cute Mu Mu was, Bai Jiyang said to her, "Hello Mu Mu~ I'm Bai Tang's younger brother~ My name is Bai Jiyang~ Can I have half of the grapes~"
Mu Mu happily said, "Great! It's been so long since so many people have played with Mu Mu!"
Bai Tang steered the conversation back on track: "Friends, we came in to get the car aged. We'll let you all play together another day, another day when Mu Mu can transform into human form."