Chapter 374 The Sky Clears

On the 10th day after returning to the base, Xia Xiaoman finally slept on a warm kang.

Living in the igloo these days, she didn't dare to cook much, and ate the food she had stored in the space before. Now that she finally moved back to the tile house, Xia Xiaoman took out a chicken and a duck from the space.

Clean the duck and cook it into ginger duck. After it is cooked, simmer it on a gas stove over low heat to prevent the ginger duck from freezing into ice.

Xia Xiaoman skinned and deboned another hen, boiled the chicken bones with wolfberry, red dates and codonopsis into soup, and used it for hot pot. Cut the meat into small pieces, and when the hot pot is boiling, take it out and blanch it for a while before eating. The soup is clear and less salt, so the chicken and the eggs can be eaten.

Just as they were preparing to eat, someone knocked on the gate to the yard. Xia Xiaoman hurriedly put the ginger duck and chicken hot pot into the living room, opened the door to the living room to let the air out, and waited until the smell had almost dissipated before going out to open the door.

Xiao Zheyu complained, "Sister Xiaoman, what are you doing? It took you so long to open the door. I'm almost freezing to death."

"I was just changing clothes and didn't hear you. Come in, I just lit the brazier, come in and warm yourself by the fire." Xia Xiaoman took Xiao Zheyu into the house and poured him a cup of hot water.

Xiao Zheyu was in no hurry to drink, holding the cup to warm his hands, "Sister Xiaoman, I sent someone to inquire about it these days. The Yang family and the two brothers from the Lu family have not returned to the garrison."

"I can understand why Yang Weihan and Lu Wu did not return to the base. They are all official personnel, and it is normal for them to stay in the underground city to work. But why didn't Lu Bin return to the base? He is not an official person, and he should be sent back to the base like us!" Xia Xiaoman looked at Xiao Zheyu in confusion.

Xiao Zheyu said, "I heard that it was because Fucheng had built a new underground city, and that underground city was short of manpower. I don't know what Lu Wu did to get his brother to work in the new underground city."

Xia Xiaoman frowned. If these people were in the garrison, she would have plenty of ways to deal with them. But if they were in the underground city, it would be difficult to deal with them.

"Sister Xiaoman, as the saying goes, a gentleman's revenge is never too late. Why don't you wait a moment. After we enter the dungeon, we can find a way to kill Lu Bin?" Xiao Zheyu said tentatively.

Xia Xiaoman sighed, "This is the only way for now."

"Oh, there's something I forgot to tell you last time. I heard that bartering is no longer allowed at the dungeon trading points, and all expenses will be paid with points. Go back and tell Sister Yu'e to find the right opportunity to sell off all the extra supplies she has, and don't keep too much with you."

"When entering the dungeon, the items you carry with you must not exceed 200 kilograms. If you exceed this weight, points will be deducted."

"Two hundred kilograms! That's too little!" Xiao Zheyu's eyes widened. His personal clothes, bedding and some daily necessities weighed more than one hundred kilograms. What could he carry with two hundred kilograms?

Xia Xiaoman shrugged, "If you don't want to give up some supplies, you can also choose to pay points and bring those supplies into the dungeon."

Xiao Zheyu sighed with a look of melancholy when he heard this. For him, letting go was an extremely cruel thing.

After returning to Lingxu Gang, Xiao Zheyu told Li Yu'e the news he got from Xia Xiaoman.

Li Yu'e had long guessed that future transactions in the dungeon would be based on points, so she had long planned to sell some supplies to trading points in exchange for points. But she didn't know that when entering the dungeon, she could only carry 200 kilograms of items.

So she asked someone to count the supplies on hand again, eliminating personal supplies and then eliminating enough food and daily necessities to last them until the dungeon opened. The remaining supplies were taken to the trading points in batches and exchanged for points.

At the same time, the sky, which had been covered with dark clouds for more than half a year, finally cleared up, and the stars and the bright moon hiding behind the dark clouds appeared.

The moonlight shines on the white snow, creating a hazy glow. As the moon sets in the west, the temperature slowly rises.

Xia Xiaoman stood outside the yard looking at the starry sky, wondering whether she should cultivate some vegetable seedlings. Once the seedlings grew up, she estimated that the outdoor temperature would have reached the point where they could be planted.

But considering that there might be a meteorite shower in a few months, Xia Xiaoman became a little hesitant.

Suddenly, there was a faint sound of quarreling nearby. Xia Xiaoman pricked up her ears and listened. The sound seemed to come from Chen Peiqiong's house.

"Fu Baiwei, how did you become like this? Are you still human? You also robbed the supplies of orphans and widows? Where is your conscience? Has it been eaten by dogs?"

Facing Chen Peiqiong's questioning, Fu Baiwei sneered and shook off Chen Peiqiong's hand, "Conscience? Can conscience be eaten? Can conscience allow me to enter the underground city? Can conscience bring Sun Haiyun back to life?"

"I was too conscientious in the beginning, that's why I was bullied again and again!"

"If I had been more ruthless, I would have killed those bitches when they stopped me from going out to find medicine for Sun Haiyun, and Sun Haiyun would not have died!"

"You're talking to me about conscience now, huh, why don't you talk to those scumbags about conscience?!"

Chen Peiqiong roared with an ugly expression: "What do these things you said have to do with the orphan and the widow? They never hurt you, why did you rob their supplies and kill them? What's the difference between what you did and the people who stopped you from going out to find medicine?"

"Of course they are different!" Fu Baiwei said loudly, "Do you think that mother and son are good people? They are lazy and gluttonous, and they cheat for food and drink everywhere. The supplies they have are not enough to enter the dungeon."

"If they can't enter the dungeon, they will die. Since they will die sooner or later, it's better to die early and be reborn. Give us the supplies and let us go to the dungeon."

Chen Peiqiong's face turned blue with anger, "You are simply unreasonable!"

Fu Baiwei sneered, "This world is not a place for reason. I won't bother with you this time, but if you dare to ruin my plans again, I will kill you even if you are Sun Haiyun's friend!" After that, Fu Baiwei left without looking back.

After Fu Baiwei walked away, Xia Xiaoman climbed over the wall and went out, "Sister Pei, are you okay?"

Chen Peiqiong glanced at her, sighed and said, "It's okay. Did I disturb you?"

Xia Xiaoman shook her head, "No. Sister Pei, didn't you say you would not care about Fu Baiwei? Why are you..."

Chen Peiqiong's face turned ugly again when she heard this. "The person Fu Baiwei killed... was my student..."