Speaking, the girl took the man's big hand and walked outside.
The man had a helpless smile on his face and greeted Xu An as they passed by.
"You're going out too."
Zhou Haimei, however, asked with some confusion, "You're just going out like this, don't you need anyone to stay and watch the shop?"
Tiantian raised her small head and said proudly, "No need at all. Sister, you don't know, our Southern Base has very good public order. No one dares to come in and steal things."
It had already surprised the two of them to hear this little girl mention an enforcement team before.
Now, to hear that the enforcement team would also protect the private property of the merchants here,
made Xu An even more astonished.
Even at the Lighthouse, they only managed theft, robbery, and brawls.
However, for something like leaving the doors wide open and having one's belongings stolen,
no one would intervene.
As she was thinking, the people in front of her had already walked away.
Xu An looked at the warm backs of the father and daughter and felt a little confused.
Could it be that she was overthinking things?
"Then let's go too."
"Okay."
As the words fell, Xu An and the others followed the people ahead and rushed towards the brightly lit area.
At night, many people did appear, dressed plainly.
They were not as gorgeous as those at the Lighthouse, and probably not as good as the little girl described.
But the smiles on their faces were not fake.
Xu An, filled with curiosity, walked towards where the crowd was gathered.
Many young men and women were looking at the bonfire ahead, "We can buy the roasted meat from last time again."
Their faces were full of excitement, as if that roasted meat was some divine delicacy.
Even Xu An began to feel curious about the roasted meat described by people.
"What exactly is this roasted meat they are talking about? Is it that delicious?" Xu An quietly asked Zhou Haimei beside her.
"I don't know, but why is everyone around talking about roasted meat? And the owner of the previous shop and his daughter are also talking about this roasted meat." kanshu伍.ξà
Xu An's expression was a little solemn, "Let's go and see."
The streetlights at night were brighter than during the day, faintly illuminating the surroundings.
The shops that were previously tightly closed had all opened their doors and started doing business.
Various shops, dazzling and numerous.
There were also small shops selling various foods. Although they couldn't compare to the night markets before the apocalypse,
it was still a rare scene, and both Xu An and Zhou Haimei felt delighted.
"It's been so long since I've seen so many people and such a lively scene." Zhou Haimei looked around everything, feeling that since the apocalypse, she had never encountered such a lively scene.
"Misses, do you want to buy something?"
The proprietress of the stall smiled warmly and looked at them eagerly.
Xu An looked at the small cups filled with liquids placed in front of the proprietress and was a little curious.
"What are these?"
The proprietress smiled and explained, "We are located by the mountains and rivers, and we have unique mountain spring water. We also have a unique red fruit on our mountains. There are many of those, so we use them to squeeze juice and sell it."
The proprietress poured out the red fruit juice from a jar and held it up to Xu An.
"Little girl, would you like to buy some to try?"
Zhou Haimei, smelling the faint fruity aroma floating in the air, was eager to try.
"An'an, shall we try it?"
"If you want to drink it, I'll buy you a serving."
Saying that, she turned to the proprietress and asked, "How much is it here?"
"One contribution point per cup."
Xu An roughly estimated the price and took out a compressed biscuit from her backpack.
"I'll exchange this for two cups, is that enough?"
When the proprietress saw Xu An taking out food to exchange, she knew that these two people were definitely from out of town.
She happily accepted the compressed biscuit from Xu An, "You're from outside, aren't you? You haven't exchanged for contribution points yet? Little girl, you're losing out."
The proprietress was clearly an honest person. Knowing that they didn't have contribution points, she took out a bunch of red fruits that hadn't been squeezed yet and handed them to Xu An.
"These fruits are a bit sour, but if you let them sit for a while, they're quite tasty as a snack."
Xu An looked at the red fruits in her arms and sincerely thanked the proprietress, then prepared to leave with Zhou Haimei.
"Remember to go to Central Street to eat the roasted meat. That roasted meat only comes once a month, and it's really delicious."
Xu An listened to the proprietress's reminder and put on a smiling face.
But in her heart, she became even more suspicious of this roasted meat.
It wasn't that she doubted the chef's skill.
It was that after the apocalypse, edible livestock was rare, and many livestock had mutated.
Not only would they become ferocious, but they were also extremely difficult to capture.
But there were also fierce individuals beneath the bounty.
There were those who would go into the wilderness to hunt for supplies, and thinking this, Xu An slightly dispelled some of her suspicions.
But how delicious was this roasted meat that it could garner so much popularity?
Just as Xu An was about to search for the direction of the roasted meat, a shout came from afar.
"Xu An, Xu An!"
Following the sound, Xu An turned around and saw the people calling her were Wang Mang and others, whom she had met by chance at the entrance but hadn't spoken to.
"What a coincidence, why are you all here?" Wang Mang looked delighted.
"We just happened to be passing by. What about you? Are you here for the market?"
"Yes, yes, want to go together?"
Xu An looked at the people around and didn't refuse.
"Okay."
Xu An looked at Wang Mang's group and asked tentatively, "I just heard from someone that there's a really delicious roasted meat at this market. Do you know about it?"
Wang Mang looked enlightened, looking at Xu An, his expression seemed to be reminiscing, or perhaps regretful.
"Of course, we know. This roasted meat started appearing a few months ago."
"It was quite ordinary at first, but about three months ago, this roasted meat became like an addiction, inexplicably delicious. We came this time to sell the goods we collected outside."
"Of course, if we have any extra, we plan to buy some roasted meat to satisfy our cravings."
Xu An looked at Wang Mang's group, each carrying a large package on their backs. wΑp.kanshu伍.net
"Are you scavengers?"
Wang Mang scratched his head, "Yes, didn't I tell you?"
"So you lost your supplies and are in such a hurry?"
Wang Mang's eyes instantly became sad again, as if he were reminiscing about departed loved ones.
"Yes, those supplies were not only our own food for the next three months, but also for our entire base. Our base is small, and we are the only scavenging team there. If we can't exchange for food to go back..."
Wang Mang's expression dimmed.
But Xu An understood his unspoken words.