Chapter 239 Return to Base to Exchange Food

After digging for a whole day, we only managed to dig up a cart of river sand, and we didn't go back until after six o'clock.

When they arrived at the compound, Yang Qing asked Leng Yi to park the car at the gate and said to the other three, "You go home first. Leng Yi and I will transport the river sand to the rented warehouse and store it."

The three of them went home first, and Lu Lin started cooking.

Lin Feng quietly asked Li Liang, "Where do you think Brother Yi and the others put the river sand? Why don't you let us go with them?"

Li Liang glanced at him and said, "Why are you asking so many questions? Brother Yi won't let us suffer any loss anyway."

"It's been almost a year since we met Yunshan in Xia City. If it weren't for Brother Yi and the others, we would have died long ago. They even helped us find jobs, and we had vegetables and meat when we ate with them. How could we have lived like this on our own?"

"Look, they have trucks, RVs, and even helicopters. What can't they redeem for points? They're digging river sand with us, isn't it for us? What are you doubting?"

"No..., I'm just curious." Lin Feng said embarrassedly.

Yang Qing and Leng Yi drove out. It was pitch black everywhere and there was no one on the street. They found a secluded place. Yang Qing directly collected the river sand into the space and then drove the empty car home.

When Lu Lin got home, she had already prepared dinner. After dinner, she went back to her room and Leng Yi brought over the medicine box.

"Look at your hands."

Yang Qing stretched out her hand in front of him, and two large blisters appeared on her palm.

"Does it hurt?" Leng Yi felt a little distressed.

"Yeah, it hurts quite a bit." Yang Qing said deliberately, looking at Leng Yi.

Leng Yi put her hand to his mouth and blew on it. "Shall I pop the blister and apply some medicine for you?"

"Okay!" Yang Qing nodded and looked at Leng Yi. He stood in front of her with his head down and his eyes lowered. She could see that his eyelashes were long and thick. He was really an eyelash expert.

Really beautiful!

After the needle was inserted, Yang Qing's hand retracted and he looked away.

"It will be fine soon!" Leng Yi said gently, squeezing out the water from the blisters on Yang Qing's palm, and then applying medicine to disinfect it.

"Don't go tomorrow. We don't lack supplies anyway." Leng Yi said.

"No, we want to buy a villa, and we have to let people see how hard we worked to find the supplies, otherwise people will be suspicious." Yang Qing shook his head, "But, our efficiency is too low."

"Can we hire someone else? Two kilograms of food a day, including a lunch."

"Based on today's progress, three people can dig a cart of river sand, which only costs six kilograms of grain. The points we can exchange for a cart of river sand must be more than six kilograms of grain, right?"

"Nowadays, they usually get 20 kilograms of food a month when looking for work. We get almost 60 kilograms, which is three times as much as others. Even though it's a bit tiring, there are still people who will do it, right?"

Leng Yi nodded, "That's a good idea indeed. I'll go talk to Li Liang and see if he knows anyone."

Leng Yi has been following Yang Qing for the past six months and has had limited contact with people. However, Li Liang and Lin Feng, because they are in the security team, deal with local people and know more people.

Leng Yi called Li Liang into the living room and told him about hiring someone to dig river sand. "Can you help me find a few people? Ideally, six, so I can dig two more trucks of river sand every day."

Li Liang nodded. "No problem, I'll go right away. When I was in the security team, there were several colleagues whose families were not well off, and their families relied on him to earn a salary. Those of them who have brothers should be willing to do it."

"I just don't know if two kilograms of food a day is too little. After all, this job is not easy."

They have a deep understanding of this after working all day today.

"We can add an extra pound of food. We will probably have to work for a month, at least twenty days. That's several months' salary for others." Leng Yi said.

"Okay, I'll go now." Li Liang nodded and went out immediately.

About an hour later, Li Liang returned. "We've found six people. Two of them are my colleagues' fathers. They're only in their forties and still have energy, so they should be fine."

"That's fine." Leng Yi nodded, "Tell them to come over at 8 o'clock tomorrow, preferably after breakfast, as we don't include breakfast."

"Well, I told you, it's just a lunch." Li Liang said.

The next day, all six people came.

Yang Qing and Lu Lin went together anyway. They could do some small things, such as helping to carry things, bring water, prepare lunch, etc.

When too much sand is dug, it needs to be transported away, and Yang Qing is also responsible for putting the sand into the space.

At noon, the two went home to cook. They boiled potatoes with a little meat in them, packed them in lunch boxes and brought them to the riverbank.

When everyone got the lunch boxes, they were surprised to see that there was meat inside. At that time, it was good enough to have a full meal, and there was meat to eat, although only a few pieces, but it made them very satisfied.

I originally thought it was just some pickled vegetables or something, but it was really unexpected to see meat in it.

The potatoes were also delicious and tasty. I haven’t eaten such delicious food for a long time.

After the meal, everyone was full of energy.

When they finished work in the evening, Yang Qing gave each person three pounds of food, and everyone went back happily.

Three kilograms of food is enough for a family to eat for several days.

After dinner in the evening, everyone went back to their rooms to rest. Yang Qing and Leng Yi went into the space to take a shower before coming out.

"We need to find out how many points a truckload of sand can be exchanged for, and we need to go back to Xia City in advance to exchange them. Don't go too late and all the houses will be sold out." Yang Qing said.

Leng Yi nodded, "We should definitely find out. If it's not enough, we can take out some of the steel bars and cement we found previously."

"By the way, speaking of this, I remembered that our official base points card still has more than 3,000 points. We can't just waste it like this. I'll go to the base tomorrow to ask if I can exchange it for food or other things. I can also go to Xia City to redeem points with the exchanged ones." Yang Qing suddenly said.

"Okay, I'll go with you tomorrow." Leng Yi said. He was worried about Yang Qing going alone.

The next day, after digging the first truckload of sand, Leng Yi and Yang Qing drove away together.

Yang Qing put the river sand into the space, and the two drove to the official base.

Although they had not been to the base for half a year, they had not applied to withdraw, and their numbers were still there.

The security guard just registered them and let them in.

Because the official base has its own power generation system, the entire base has electricity and is brightly lit.

The two went directly to the management office, where they could only get a receipt to exchange supplies.

Yang Qing first took out a 500-point points card. Since he had used 68 points to rent a villa and air conditioner, he still had 432 points left.

There is also a 500-point points card and a 2,180-point points card.

First try using this smallest points card to see if you can exchange it.

If you can't change it, don't expose too much to avoid attracting other people's attention.

(End of this chapter)