Chapter 32: Commercial Street in the Safety Zone
"Calm down, calm down. Mom promises you that tomorrow, tomorrow night, I will find someone and make sure we can move in the day after tomorrow." Zhang Xiuhua comforted.
Yang Chao's father Yang Ping looked at the mother and son in a daze. The tasks on the construction site were assigned according to family members. The mother and son basically slacked off on the construction site, and most of the work fell on him. When he returned to the tent, he was so tired that he didn't even have the energy to speak.
"I'm so pissed off today, you know? She looks at me like I'm trash, what a bitch! Wait until I get her, and then I'll show you how I'm going to deal with her?" Yang Chao had a fierce expression on his face.
"Okay, okay, think about it, the doctor's work points are so high. As long as you coax her into doing it, you won't have to go to the construction site anymore. Be patient, be patient. A little impatience will ruin a big plan. Why are you in such a hurry for a bite of food? What delicious food have you not eaten before?" Zhang Xiuhua said, and she couldn't help swallowing her saliva when she smelled the food.
"Hold it, hold it, damn it. I wouldn't even look at that kind of girl before, but now she's trying to drag me down." Yang Chao, changing his lifeless look on the construction site, shouted angrily.
"After work tomorrow afternoon, Mom will exchange the saved work points for some delicious food and take two bottles of wine we brought with us. Call Erleng over, and when he gets drunk, lead him to the next door. We'll wait and see what we hear. Then you can come and save the damsel in distress, and everything else will be a piece of cake, right?" Zhang Xiuhua became more and more excited as she spoke, as if she saw the scene of Rong Xianxian calling her mom and handing all the work points to her.
Rong Xianxian heard the conversation between the mother and son. When she heard Zhang Xiuhua say Erlang's name, Rong Xianxian's heart instantly settled down in her stomach. She was waiting for him.
"With Erleng's courage, what can he do? Not only can he fail to scare others, but he himself becomes a weakling." Yang Chao said disdainfully.
"Then what good candidates do you have in mind?" Zhang Xiuhua asked.
"I..." Yang Chao muttered for a long time but couldn't say anything.
"Those who are bold and commit crimes have long been dealt with by the army. Why would those who are brave and powerful take risks with us? What benefits can we provide to them?" Zhang Xiuhua said unhappily.
"What if Erleng does something bad?" Yang Chao didn't quite believe him.
"A woman with two children would be scared even if a fool barged in and did nothing," Zhang Xiuhua said confidently.
"Besides, we are just looking for someone to scare her. Then, while we are helping, we can let Erleng go without anyone knowing and without any evidence. Even if something bad happens, we can say that Erleng found the wrong tent and we won't be implicated. If you find someone else, that person might lose control and commit something. The army is so strict now, we might get into trouble. So, being timid has its advantages." Zhang Xiuhua was a little worried about her son's IQ, but she also felt that her son couldn't do without her own sense of superiority. She looked at Yang Chao with complicated eyes.
He heard every word of the conspiracy here and there.
Rong Xianxian prepared barbecue for the two children and a bird, cooked some noodles for herself, and after eating, she packed up and prepared to go to bed.
Suddenly, Rong Xianxian felt a little uneasy, as if someone was secretly peeping at her. The mother and son next door had stopped talking. Could it be that they were watching secretly, worried that I might have heard their previous conversation?
Rong Xianxian didn't want to cause any trouble, so she didn't go out to investigate. She blew out the oil lamp early and went to bed.
"Should we take action tonight?" The two people who were following them discussed, "Time is a bit tight, and the military's supervision is strict now. Let's find someone to inquire about it tomorrow, investigate the situation, and make a plan before taking action to ensure that there are no mistakes." After the two men discussed it, they dispersed.
"Good morning, Dr. Rong!" Zhang Xiuhua greeted Rong Xianxian with a smile early in the morning.
"Please don't call me doctor anymore. I don't work in the hospital anymore." Rong Xianxian said calmly.
"Well, I don't mean to advise you, but I heard that there is a shortage of doctors right now. If you still want to stay here, you'd better take the initiative to take up the position. Otherwise, the army may forcibly conscript you." Zhang Xiuhua looked like an elder with a serious expression.
"The military has to consider individual circumstances, too! My little one is only two years old. In the past, kindergartens wouldn't accept him. The military can't just let people ignore their children!" Anyway, no one is checking the household registration now, so who knows how old the child is? And after tonight, I'll be gone tomorrow morning.
"Oh,..." Seeing Rong Xianxian turn around and go back to the tent, Zhang Xiuhua swallowed back the words she had not finished saying, turned around, curled her lips, and snorted secretly.
Since Rong Xianxian already knew that the man would break into her tent tonight just like in her previous life, she didn't bother to argue with Zhang Xiuhua!
You have bad intentions, I have other intentions.
On the third day in the safe zone, Rong Xianxian still took her children for a stroll in the safe zone.
Most people are busy on construction sites, and there are also people who carry abundant supplies and do not need to rely on selling their labor in exchange for survival supplies.
"Come and look, luxury brands, expensive fabrics, on sale, five work points per item, accepting exchanges." Rong Xianxian followed the hawking sounds to a secluded street.
There were small stalls on both sides of the street, some were soliciting customers, some were shouting loudly, and some were looking at the things on their stalls with sad faces.
Rong Xianxian was planning to raid the supermarkets in a few days, so she just walked along the street, glancing at each store in a fun-filled manner, while listening to the conversations between the stall owners and customers.
"Boss, this is an ancient jade passed down from my ancestors, an antique. Look at how beautiful the water head is. I'll exchange it for a box of instant noodles." A woman in her 40s, who was dressed relatively cleanly, had a pretended pained expression on her face, secretly staring at a box of instant noodles on the stall with eager eyes.
"No, no, that thing of yours is not for eating or drinking, you should keep it as a family heirloom! Please go away and don't block my business," the stall owner shouted impatiently.
The owner of this stall got a lot of side dishes from somewhere, including instant noodles, sausages, eight-treasure porridge, biscuits and chocolates. There were many people surrounding his stall.
"Let me reiterate, this stall only accepts items dropped by monsters. It could be a book, or it could be an item or a weapon. If you find anything you don't recognize, you can bring it over to have a look." A fat, greasy-faced middle-aged man shouted at the top of his voice.
Some of the onlookers were holding gold, silver, and jewelry, some were holding clothes and fabrics, and one was holding a medicine box.
The man holding the medicine box opened the box and said, "Boss, look at all these medicines. How much can we exchange for?"
The greasy middle-aged man waved his hand impatiently, "Only the items dropped by monsters are traded. Anything else is out of the trading range."
"Boss, take another look. Medicines are scarce right now," the man shouted without giving up.
"Scarcity? There are so many pharmacies in the city, you can go to any pharmacy and it's free now." The middle-aged man curled his lips.
"I don't want money, but I want my life. There are monsters everywhere outside, who dares to go out?" the man holding the first aid box retorted.
"Those who are timid and incompetent can only stay in the safe zone and work to earn work points to survive. You see, these things were brought back by my kid and a bunch of buddies from a supermarket. If I want medicine, my kid can just go to the pharmacy." The middle-aged man said to the man with a sense of superiority, squinting his eyes.
"Please give me another pill, just one antipyretic pill. I'll give you everything on my stall." A gray-haired old man rushed out from the crowd and begged the man with the medicine box.
"Get out of here, old man. I've told you just now that your stall is full of junk and there's nothing I want to exchange." The man with the medicine box pushed the old man, causing him to stagger. Rong Xianxian quickly reached out to help him up.
Looking at the elderly people who are older than her parents, Rong Xianxian felt bad. She wondered if her parents were doing okay now.
"My grandson has a high fever and is burning hot. There is no medicine in the military hospital and I don't know when we can get the medicine back. Please, just have pity on me. You have so many medicines, but I only need one pill. It can save his life." The old man rushed over and pulled the man with the medicine box to kneel down.
(End of this chapter)
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