Chapter 050 Chapter 50

In the end, Ji Yang was also tied up with a rope and taken away by official people.

If you accidentally overdo it, not only will the stairs crack, but they will also become very fragile. A few steps will cause a piece of broken brick to fall down, and if you are not careful you may drop it directly on the steps of the next floor, which will definitely break your arms and legs.

Fortunately, official personnel stepped in and everything went smoothly.

All those who deserved to die were dead, but most of the people were still alive, squatting in the corridor with their hands on their heads, waiting to be taken away by the authorities.

This group of people are bullies at home, and they are even more bullying when they have hostages. They are not afraid of the authorities and even dare to provoke them. But when they really see the authorities coming with weapons, their legs go weak and few people resist. They just want to run for their lives. Many of them died by drowning in the water.

Even the big boss, who was as ruthless as he was, burst into tears and said that he was confused for a moment and would never do it again and begged for mercy.

The official answer to this is: Put on handcuffs and dig a ditch!

The big boss was handcuffed and leg-cuffed, and was brought aboard with a deathly pale face. Suddenly, he seemed to be awakened, and grabbed an official and asked, "Where is my brother? Where is my brother?!"

One person kindly said, "Your brother was killed while robbing someone. It was definitely not the authorities who did it."

Boss:?

He looked at the man's rather aggrieved face, and became angry and anxious. He held his head and roared in pain: "Ahhhhhhh!"

But no matter how miserable he looked, no one sympathized with him.

Guo Yao noticed the movement over there and asked in surprise: "Is this crazy?"

Person in charge: …

During the process, several people saw Zheng Youning being carried away like a dead dog.

Guo Yao and Xue Yuanyang, who were leaning weakly on the official personnel, froze. They had seen him when they went out before, but they were busy escaping at that time and had no time to pay attention to this man.

But now that I was safe, when I saw him again, hatred welled up in me.

Guo Yao didn't know where he got the strength from, he rushed over and shook him angrily: "Wake up! Wake up! I've been so good to you, but you actually hurt me! Do you have any conscience——"

Xue Yuanyang's eyes also turned red, but he was not so impulsive. He said helplessly: "He is still unconscious. You said he can't hear it either."

Seeing this, the person in charge also comforted him: "Don't worry, he will definitely end up badly. We are short of manpower for digging the canal now, and these people will work until they die!"

As for having enough food?

That's impossible.

Ordinary workers can eat whole grains to fill their stomachs and occasionally have some meat, but this is not possible for prisoners. They have to do hard labor, which is half the workload of ordinary workers. It can be said that life is worse than death.

It is also this kind of iron-blooded approach that has made many people who tried to get free food in prison by committing crimes give up this idea and would rather find some odd jobs to do in the base.

Guo Yao kicked him angrily before continuing to get on the boat.

Xue Yuanyang followed him up, and after two steps, he saw Ji Yang didn't move, and felt strange: "You're not getting on board?"

Ji Yang took out a key and said, "I have my means of transportation, you guys go." Then he went to the water on the twelfth floor and waited. Soon an oval-shaped object appeared on the water.

Xue Yuanyang and others were curious, so they got off the boat and went to see. After the thing appeared, it immediately approached Ji Yang.

Then open the overhead hatch.

Ji Yang sat up in front of several people and waved to those who were looking at her. Suddenly she remembered something and said, "Oh, please remind the Guo family to change all the rewards into jade. I like this thing. The better the quality, the better. I don't want anything else."

After saying that, he closed the hatch and sank quickly.

Disappear from their sight.

Several people watching: "???"

The person in charge was in his forties. He had been a soldier in his early years and later became a civilian. Although he was not young, he thought he was still aware of current affairs. He couldn't help but ask, "Has technology developed to this point? Submarines are so small?"

I still underestimated the power of technology. I must give feedback to my superiors when I go back. I need to use more high-tech technology, which can save me a lot of trouble!

Guo Yao, who had come over to see it, knew more about it. He shook his head and said, "This is not a submarine, it's a submersible. However, there are also very small submarines, and there are many unmanned submersibles and the like. This size is OK, and it doesn't seem expensive, but it's rare in our inland city."

"...Amazing." The person in charge murmured.

He was wrong.

Ji Yang is not a bold person because of his skills, but because of his equipment + skills! The key is that he is lucky. Such a guy went in and out without being caught by this group of people!

——

Next day

I worked on the task late at night and got home at two or three in the morning.

Therefore, Ji Yang slept until noon the next day and woke up because she was hungry. If she was not hungry, she felt that she could continue sleeping.

However, when she woke up and saw more cockroaches beside the bed, in the bathroom and other places, she shivered and became completely awake.

Even if we disinfect and kill insects everywhere, we still can't stop the endless stream of various insects. Cockroaches are the main force, and they reproduce quickly. It has only been more than a month since the end of the extreme cold, and they have already developed to this point.

Even though Ji Yang put all the food in the space in order to eliminate these things, and Xixi also put them in the space, it still couldn't stop their "enthusiasm".

She sighed, decided to get up, eat something quickly, pack up and leave.

Wait, the reward from the Guo family hasn’t been received yet.

Ji Yang was brushing his teeth while looking forward to it. He wondered how many jades he could get this time. They had to be high-quality ones, right?

"Knock knock knock—" there was a knock on the door.

Ji Yang quickly brushed his teeth and asked, "Who is it?"

Then I heard Grandma Qiao's voice outside: "It's me, Yangyang. The Guo family has already raised a batch of jade. How should we give it to you? Should we send it here or somewhere else? There are too many things. I want to ask if you have enough time? They are afraid that they can't exchange them all."

Ji Yang's eyes lit up. Being paid for work is the happiest thing.

She immediately said, "Okay, I'll be right there."

She wiped the bubbles around her mouth casually, checked the situation in the house, put away the ice basin that had melted into water, confirmed that there was nothing that could not be seen by others, and went to open the door: "Grandma, tell them not to send it yet. I will leave at noon tomorrow. Give me as many jades as you can get before noon tomorrow. Just send it to the gate of the base before I leave."

Grandma Qiao hesitated to speak, thinking that jade could not be eaten or drunk, and was very heavy, so why bother to have all of it.

However, she also knew that her position in the child's heart was definitely not enough to influence her decision, so she smiled and said, "Okay, your stepfather is also exchanging jade. We agreed at the beginning that he would give as much as the Guo family gave. In fact, he is a good man. If you... Oh, forget it, I won't say it anymore."

With a stepfather like this, it won’t be difficult to get along with him in the future.

But she didn't stay, so there was no point in saying all this.

Ji Yang understood Xiaoxiao. She had never rejected the Xue family. The only thing she hated since she was a child was Ji Anfeng and his mistresses and illegitimate children.

But whether she hated it or liked it, there was no way she would stay.

But she actually didn't expect Xue Jianping to give her a reward, but since he was going to give it, she would just take it and not waste it. If these two companies work together, maybe the pond can be directly maxed out. She wondered if there would be new things after the pond?

Grandma Qiao understood, smiled helplessly, and without staying any longer, she hurried upstairs to tell them.

Ji Yang closed the door and continued to wash. After washing her face, she poured the water into the space. No matter how much water there was, there would be no accumulation of water in the space. After washing her face and applying skin care products on her face, she could have lunch.

Xixi eats in the space, and Ji Yang eats outside the space.

Sitting in the living room, she ate while listening to the noise outside.

The houses here are even less soundproof, and many things can be heard clearly. It seems to be drizzling today, and many people are hawking all kinds of fish, shrimp and vegetables along the street.

As the temperature warms up, people who have suffered from hunger can be said to have tried every possible way to start growing vegetables. Almost everyone has vegetables at home. Some of them grow a lot and sell them in exchange for other supplies. However, the price of vegetables has not dropped much. It is still around 15 yuan/yuan. Because many people are hoarding vegetables, when demand is greater than supply, the price naturally cannot go down.

Moreover, the vegetables delivered to the building would definitely be more expensive than those sold at the base, so they bargained for a long time and finally settled on a price of 16 points per kilogram, selling 10 kilograms.

Ji Yang listened with great interest.

She doesn't like being close to too many people, but she likes this kind of life atmosphere. If she is the only one left in the world, how boring would life be?

that is……

Ji Yang looked at the cockroaches that appeared again, his forehead was throbbing. He disinfected twice a day, but it was not enough. How come these guys have such a strong reproductive ability? ! ! !

The key is that he seems to have grown up again.

The first time I saw it, the cockroach was about the size of a coin, but now it has become the size of two coins!

Ji Yang took out the insecticide expressionlessly and sprayed it at the cockroaches.

The cockroach struggled to run away, but halfway through its run, its speed slowed down and finally stopped completely, and it was considered dead.

Ji Yang continued to eat lunch. Today, she found a bowl of noodles from the corner of the deli area, with shredded chicken. It tasted very good. The noodles were pressed instead of pulled, so they were a little thicker than ramen and had a chewy texture.

As she was eating, she suddenly thought of something...chickens eat insects.

Although she now mostly feeds them feed feed, and occasionally some chopped fish and shrimp, most birds eat insects. I wonder if they eat cockroaches and other various insects?

Ji Yang fell into deep thought.

What should I do if I feel very excited?

She remembered that a teammate in her previous life said that when he was a child, he raised chickens and ducks by digging worms. Earthworms were the most abundant. The chickens were fat from eating so much and laid eggs very diligently.

If this is possible, let the chickens out to clean up every day and then return them to the space, there would be no need for pesticides!

However, most of the cockroaches here had been contaminated with the insecticide she sprayed. Ji Yang temporarily gave up verifying this idea and decided to experiment when she returned.

For the jade, she will go back tomorrow.

An afternoon was enough for her to get back to Changnan City.

——

After lunch, Ji Yang cleaned up the dead cockroaches, put them all in special garbage bags and sent them to a quiet space. He waited for the accumulated water to recede and then burned them all with fire. This way, he didn't have to worry about polluting the environment.

After finishing everything and there was still time, I started to clean up the space.

Daily activities - collecting eggs.

After picking up two more baskets of eggs, Ji Yang thought about exchanging them for points with Hu City before leaving. Whether she could use them or not was another matter. But she actually still had a lot of goose eggs in stock. Goose eggs tasted worse than chicken eggs, and they were not very good for making salted eggs. So she just kept them there, not knowing what to do with them.

If it can be exchanged, it won’t be wasted. If it is given to the base, the base can always use it.

Ji Yang thought about it and picked out the goose eggs separately. There were three large boxes full of them, weighing several hundred kilograms.

When there were still a few eggs left to pick up, there was a knock on the door.

Ji Yang was puzzled, who was this?

But Xixi was put in her space, without any warning, so she asked first: "Who is it?"

"It's me." Qiao Yi's voice rang out.

Ji Yang's expression faded and he opened the door.

Qiao Yi came in with a smile on her face, and she looked more energetic than yesterday: "I just heard from your grandma that you got up, so I came to ask about it. It's all thanks to you for what happened yesterday."

Ji Yang smiled politely: "No, it's not because of you."

I swear to God, she really didn't intervene because of Qiao Yi. If Xue Yuanyang was a little annoying, she would have resisted the temptation of the reward and watched him die without helping.

Qiao Yi's smile froze for a moment, then he thought of something and said, "Actually, there is something I was planning to tell you before A Yang disappeared, but I was delayed because of this matter. What do you think of A Yang?"

Ji Yang had a feeling that something was not right with these words, so he just looked at her quietly without saying anything.

Qiao Yi was embarrassed, but still expressed her thoughts: "In fact, I think Ayang is quite good. He is handsome, gentle, and has good character. He has never played around in all these years abroad. He has only been in love once and is single now. I think he is a good match for you. Girls always want to get married. He is a suitable partner. Besides, you are willing to help save him, so you must have some feelings for him, right?"

Ji Yang: ???

She looked at Qiao Yi in astonishment. She knew Qiao Yi couldn't say anything nice, but she didn't expect that she would actually say such a thing.

Qiao Yi didn't notice and said to herself, "Ayang went straight to the hospital after he came back last night. His wound is a little infected, but it's no big deal. Why don't you go see him this afternoon? I asked Ayang, he's willing, and -"

Before she finished her words, she suddenly felt a chill on her back.

At some point, a gun appeared in Ji Yang's hand, pointing at her.

At that moment, Qiao Yi froze up due to the creature's instinct to danger. The color on his face suddenly disappeared. He couldn't speak as eloquently as before. Instead, he was filled with fear and astonishment: "What are you doing?! I'm your mother?!"

Ji Yang found it funny to see her like this.

She had complained before that Qiao Yi was not as open-minded as Ji Anfeng. Ji Anfeng's partners were always in their twenties, but Qiao Yi got married quickly after her divorce. She found an old man who was more than ten years older than her and had a child.

But that's just complaining.

Now it is really certain that this guy has something wrong with his brain!

No one bound her, she bound herself!

Seeing that she was trying to be calm but was actually trembling all over, Ji Yang took back the gun with regret: "If you hadn't given birth to me, you would have died a long time ago."

Qiao Yi's face trembled, and he felt angry and afraid.

But he didn't refute it for the time being.

Ji Yang knew that the gun had made her sober.

She said, "I have always been polite to you because of your kindness in giving birth to me, but you obviously misunderstood me and thought you could exercise your mother's rights in front of me. Qiao Yi, use your rusty brain to think carefully. Apart from giving birth to me, what other kindness have you done to me?"

"After the birthday party, it was my grandparents who raised me, but you ignored me. They sent me to your place, but you were still indifferent to me. You were not as nice as Xue Jianping to me. Why do you say you are my mother now? You gave birth to me but didn't raise me. How can you be so self-righteous?!"

Qiao Yi opened her mouth to say something, but she couldn't refute.

She once hated the Ji family so much that she took her anger out on her own daughter, who was indeed not as good to her as her husband.

only……

She said with tears in her eyes: "But I gave birth to you! Are you going to deny me?"

Ji Yang said calmly: "Do you still remember the supplies that were sent to your home at the beginning of the blizzard?"

Qiao Yi was stunned. Of course he remembered that this supply prevented them from starving and kept them going until official rescue arrived. It even helped him to establish some connections, which allowed him to contact Xue Jianping's friends. He also learned some things and was able to quickly collect precious supplies in exchange for their current affluent life.

But how did Ji Yang know? !

With a guess in mind, she pursed her lips and looked at her daughter in front of her. The feeling of strangeness made her feel a little regretful, as if she had completely annoyed her daughter.

Ji Yang continued, "This is what I gave it to you. I received some news at the time and knew that this rainstorm would continue for a long time." Seeing Qiao Yi's expression moved, she added, "But don't get me wrong. I didn't send these supplies because I was afraid that you would starve. I just wanted to save your life. You did give birth to me, so I used the supplies to save you, no, I should say save your whole family, to make up for your kindness in giving birth to me. Isn't that enough?"

Qiao Yi was completely speechless.

enough!

Why is it not enough?

Xue Yuanyang had not returned at that time, but they were also a family of three.

The city was closed due to the blizzard, and no matter how rich you were, you couldn't buy supplies in the villa area. Many hungry people ran away to find supplies and never came back. Their family didn't go out, but they relied on this thing.

Just delivering supplies is actually this reason? !

Qiao Yi was a little overwhelmed and his throat was choked and he couldn't speak.

Ji Yang was in a good mood.

Some things can make you feel better when spoken out. For example, at this moment, she just said that she was happy, and that was enough. Seeing that Qiao Yi did not refute her, she was slightly satisfied. At least... she could understand what she said. Originally, she was too lazy to say it. She had her own standards for everything she did, and this group of people might never have any intersection again in the future.

But not everyone has a scale in their heart.

"It seems that you agree with my idea. I am honored that we have reached an agreement on this matter, so..." Ji Yang stood up and pointed to the open door: "Please come in."

Qiao Yi looked at Ji Yang cautiously with a pale face.

Only then did she notice that the child actually looked a lot like her.

Similar features, but she feels completely different. She is beautiful, but at this moment, her whole body exudes coldness and alienation. Even when she smiled before, it was polite.

Full of a sense of distance.

This child has always had this attitude towards her.

Only be a little gentler towards grandparents.

It’s just that I didn’t realize it.

Qiao Yi was filled with emotions at once: realization, sadness, shame, regret, as well as embarrassment and shame for having been taught a lesson in such a way after she had self-righteously tried to arrange Ji Yang's life.

She couldn't say anything self-righteous anymore, so she stood up with her weak legs and walked out.

This time, Ji Yang didn't bother to care whether she could get up there or not. Qiao Yi was loved and spoiled by the Qiao family, Xue Jianping and others. Except for the setback she had with Ji Anfeng, she had never suffered any setbacks in her life. As a result, she lacked a sense of propriety in some aspects. She thought that if she didn't mention it, everything she had done would not exist, and he had the right to make arrangements for her as a mother.

How is that possible? !

There were some things she was too lazy to talk about, but now that she had said them, she felt relieved. From now on, she and Qiao Yisheng were done with each other and would no longer be involved.

——

After collecting another bag of cockroaches, Ji Yang returned to the space with a gloomy face to take a shower.

There are more and more cockroaches.

She can't spray insecticide all the time, otherwise she can't stand it, so sometimes she has to kill cockroaches manually. Fortunately, other insect armies have not arrived yet, only some mosquitoes, which can still be dealt with.

But when Ji Yang thought about the several months ahead, his eyes went dark.

When will this day end?

At dinner, the Qiao family knew that she was going to leave the next day, so they came to invite her to dinner to thank her for her help.

This time Ji Yang refused. She and the Qiao family were completely clear of each other, so there was no need to continue to cause more entanglement. The Qiao family could not persuade her and could only give up.

That night, Ji Yang finally couldn't bear it anymore and hid in the space.

She had a nightmare all night. The space was too lonely and the surroundings were empty. Even though she was in the room, she seemed to be able to sense it through the wall.

In the dream, I always felt that my body had no support, floating in the air, and could fall at any time.

After waking up, Ji Yang felt groggy. He felt like he had overslept, but also like he hadn't slept.

It turns out that this space is not suitable for long stay.

She quickly left the space and was slightly more energetic when she saw the familiar army of cockroaches.

Looking at the time, it was already past eight in the morning. The thermometer in the living room was already 33 degrees. Ji Yang first fed Xixi in the space and went to wash up. After that, he found a pancake and a cup of iced soy milk, took out a stool and sat down, and ate it all quickly.

When it was nine o'clock, Xixi was released. Ji Yang quickly grabbed the cockroach and was about to hit Xixi: "No, no, we have to leave."

Xixi stopped and tilted her head to look at her.

When Ji Yang took out the backpack, it immediately understood and waited obediently for its owner to make preparations to go out.

In fact, there was nothing to prepare. She only brought a speedboat and her usual hiking bag when she came, so she just took these things and left. It was unexpected. She originally planned to spend only a week to collect what she wanted and leave, but she didn't expect it to take ten days.

After making sure that everything was taken away, Ji Yang closed the door and went downstairs.

Xixi immediately led the way happily.

It rained a little yesterday, but it stopped again today. It was sunny in the past few days, so the water level was not high and we could go out directly from the first floor mezzanine.

After putting the speedboat away and waiting for Xixi to jump on it, she got on quickly. The boat shook slightly, but it quickly stabilized and slowly headed outside.

Of course she was not leaving, but she went out of the base first and took three boxes of goose eggs back to the base for exchange. Goose eggs were cheaper, but they were also calculated by kilogram, and they were protein, so one kilogram of goose eggs was 20 points, and she got a total of more than 15,000 points.

As usual, it is exchanged for points paper.

Then Ji Yang went to find the three vendors again, got the last bit of fish and shrimp from them, and informed them that this was the last time to pick up the goods. The vendors were very disappointed, but thinking that the water quality was getting worse and worse and the prices of ordinary fish and shrimp had gone up, they realized that this business would not last long.

Ji Yang was also very disappointed. After visiting three stalls, he only spent 5,000 points!

The rest are all on hand.

After finishing all these, it was already noon. I was too lazy to go back to eat, so I simply found a place to eat at the base.

The most difficult time has not yet arrived. People who have a lot of things and are afraid that they will go bad will choose to sell them to the government or to places like restaurants that pay higher prices. Therefore, there are still small restaurants.

It’s just that nowadays, there is a shortage of various things and there are few choices.

Ji Yang ordered stir-fried lettuce and crucian carp soup, which cost him 70 points, plus a bowl of rice for 20 points. It was expensive and most people couldn't afford it, but there were actually quite a few customers in the restaurant.

As things stand, there is no shortage of wealthy people, and the vast majority of people are unable to accurately predict how terrible the extreme heat will be.

After finishing his meal in a hurry, Ji Yang went to Guo's house. He wanted to see how much jade they had collected and take a batch away first.

Seeing her coming, Guo's mother saw her from a distance on the second floor and immediately ran down to greet her. There was still dirty water, so she could only stand on the stairs and wave to her: "Miss Ji, come here quickly, Lao Guo is still outside exchanging jade for others, take a look at what we have now, are you satisfied?"

She had a bright smile, no longer looking haggard as before, and was slightly plump, looking like a wealthy and kind aunt.

Ji Yang also smiled, fixed the rope of the speedboat to the stair railing, and followed. Xixi also quickly jumped off the speedboat and followed.

She was about to stop him when Guo's mother stopped her: "Oh, no, no, let him come along. I have some dog snacks for him at home."

Mother Guo said with regret: "We had a dog at home, but this stupid dog ate anything he wanted and drank such dirty water. He had vomiting and diarrhea. I finally found some medicine and boiled it for a few days, but he still died. I just packed it up for you. It should not be expired. Those cans were frozen during the extreme cold."

Nowadays, people have automatically become frugal, and those who used to spend money lavishly are no exception. As long as it is still edible, it is useful, whether it is used at home or given away, as long as it is not wasted.

"Thank you then." Ji Yang agreed, and was very glad that Xixi was obedient. She had told Xixi a long time ago that unless she agreed, she should not touch any food given by anyone or anything dropped on the ground, and Xixi did a good job in this regard.

The two men and the dog went upstairs. There were several bags of jade in the living room on the second floor.

There is also a piece of jadeite raw stone placed alone on the coffee table. It is about the size of a rugby ball and has an irregular shape, but the color is exceptionally clear and bright.

When Ji Yang recognized him, he immediately exclaimed "Wow".

It’s actually emerald!

Such a big emerald!