Scavenging Notes: I am the Lucky Star of the End Times

Lao Qin looked through the peephole and opened the door.

Xu Sansan turned his head and saw four members of the Dawn Guard in black combat uniforms standing outside the door.

Ah! This is Xie Yuan's teammate!

Xu Sansan recognized the combat uniform at a glance.

"Hey! We have guests!"

The leading man looked a little surprised.

Lao Qin was nervous, but he had a smile on his face:

"Oh~ Qiangzi, Maji, Alang, and Tiechui!

Come in quickly!

You came so early today, are you going on a mission?"

The one called Qiangzi entered the door first, walked up to Lao Qin, and nodded:

"Yeah! Today is another joint mission with Hayate."

When Lao Qin heard that he was going to go on a mission, he thought that this was business, so he closed the door and shouted upstairs: "Er Gou! Your brother Qiangzi and the others are here, come down quickly and greet them!"

After calling Ergou, he turned back and smiled at the four people and said, "Just look around. I'm checking out this customer. I'll let Ergou come down and introduce it to you."

Qiangzi and the other three took a look at Xu Sansan who was standing next to them. She was wearing tattered clothes, with a scarf on her head so her face couldn't be seen clearly, and she had a big belly. Well, the typical outfit of a pregnant woman from a shantytown.

A few people nodded and started to walk around the shelves.

Soon, footsteps were heard on the stairs. It was Ergou coming down.

Ergou, who was sweating all over, was obviously very familiar with Qiangzi and the other three, so he greeted them happily: "Brother Qiangzi, what do you want to get? We got a batch of new parts yesterday..."

Qiangzi and his friends laughed and said, "Ergou, you know the rules of the team. All equipment is standardized. If you want to modify it, you have to find a way yourself. We want to find some converters..."

At the same time, on Xu Sansan's side, the two of them understood each other tacitly and did not continue the topic related to Xie Yuan.

Lao Qin said, "What else would you like?"

Xu Sansan felt that the atmosphere was a little subtle and didn't want to stay long, so he spent 50 contribution points, took 5 bottles of nutrient solution that were due in 4 days, packed up his things, pulled the new cart, and left.

Not long after leaving, Qiangzi found Lao Qin and whispered, "If there is still no news, the team will issue a death notice of Captain Xie tonight. We came here to tell you. After all, Captain Xie's favorite store before was yours..."

Lao Qin took a deep breath and held it tightly until his eyes turned red. Then he nodded: "Thank you..."

Qin Ergou, who didn't know the truth, was wiping his tears and sobbing. He hiccuped and kept muttering, "Wuwuwu~ Thank you, Captain~ Thank you~~ If you could live, I, Qin Ergou, would be your slave~~ Wuwuwu~~~ Wuwuwu~~~"

Lao Qin looked melancholy and said, “That’s not necessary, that’s not necessary, Ergou!”

Xu Sansan followed the old path, turning left and right, and soon arrived at the elevator. "Ding!" The elevator door opened. He pulled the cart in, pressed the 1F button, and soon left the dilapidated building in the black market.

However, in the doorway near the elevator entrance on the B3 floor, a fat woman with slightly curly hair and a gold ring on her hand was sticking her butt out. She was silently watching the people coming and going through the wide-angle cat's eye on the door, and muttered, "It's this pregnant woman again..."

When I returned to the shanty town, it was almost 7:30 in the morning. I unloaded the firewood in the yard, then lifted the plastic sheet and entered the house.

"How about it?"

Xu Sansan showed her new cart, outer armor, and dagger one by one. After getting Xie Yuan's approval, she took out a pair of frog leather gloves and handed them to him, then pulled over the upgraded old cart: "This pair of gloves is made for you, and this cart will also be yours to use in the future!"

As he spoke, he turned over the car floor to show him the specially replaced universal wheels.

"How about this? Gloves and a cart, a low-end wheelchair. It should be more convenient for you to go to the public toilet in the future!"

Xie Yuan:......

My heart, which was originally filled with emotion, was suddenly trapped in a public toilet.

I was too embarrassed to get excited, so I coughed and said, "Thank you, I can always do the water-fetching work for you in the future!"

Xu Sansan finally realized Xie Yuan's discomfort. Well, he was already able to take care of himself, so she didn't need to bring up the toilet topic again. Then she remembered something and asked:

"Can you modify machinery?"

Xie Yuan raised his eyebrows:

"What did Lao Qin say?"

Xu Sansan smacked his lips:

"Not really. He just hinted at it. I said I wanted to buy a device that is not an optical computer, but can communicate with the optical computer at any time..."

After saying that, she secretly glanced at Xie Yuan. She knew that as long as she mentioned this, he would definitely be able to infer that she had guessed something. However, keeping in touch was indeed what Xu Sansan needed most at the moment, so she had to make it clear.

Xie Yuan pursed his lips, clenched his fists, and spoke hesitantly:

"I don't use my brain because I don't want others to know that I'm still alive. But there are many things I haven't investigated clearly, so I can't tell you too much, and I don't want to put you in danger...

After I finish dealing with these things, I will give you a satisfactory reward, thank you for your help, and then leave..."

"You want to leave?"

Xu Sansan interrupted and grasped the key words.

Xie Yuan:? Shouldn’t your focus be on what I’m investigating?

However, what he heard was Xu Sansan's continuous questioning:

"Aren't you my military advisor? Don't you still have to guard the supplies? You're saying you're leaving now?"

No, brother, my little shabby house is not safe at all. And what about the windy season, snowy season and rainy season you mentioned before? It is unimaginable what kind of fatal natural disasters will happen at that time. Brother, you are not really going to give up, are you...

She was really anxious. She had thought she had found a native who seemed to be relatively upright and trustworthy, to be her long-term consultant for survival in the apocalypse. But... they were already discussing breaking up, and they had only been together for a few days!

No, no, we have to keep him here!

But how can we retain them? Increase their salary? Reduce their workload? Extend their vacation? Flexible working hours and more freedom?

...Xu Sansan was a little confused. All he could think of subconsciously were the hot search lists on a certain platform in his previous life - things like "How to increase your weight in the eyes of HR before leaving your job", "How HR can retain talent during the critical period", "The killer tricks you don't know about labor arbitration", etc.

As for Xie Yuan, he was still confused by the three questions. He stammered, "I...I...I have investigated the matter and I guess...I guess..."

Xu Sansan beat his chest and stamped his feet, actively thinking about countermeasures, and suddenly a gleam of light flashed in his eyes: "How about this, the main division of labor between us should still be according to what we agreed on, that is, I will be responsible for going out to find supplies, and you will be responsible for providing logistics and security services. As for what you want to investigate, you can investigate it, and I will never interfere or ask questions, but it cannot affect the division of labor we have agreed on, how about it?"

Xie Yuan was a little nervous and a little confused. She, she, she... what was she saying... She and I reached a division of labor where she would take care of the outside affairs and I would take care of the inside affairs... Division of labor... was the pairing I understood... A paired division of labor?

"You...you...you mean...what division of labor? You're only 15 years old...you can't..."

Xie Yuan stuttered, his thoughts becoming tangled again. He didn't know why every time he talked to her, he would end up in such an embarrassing situation.