"Heh, it's just a nap. You've been slept with by so many people, and you still want 10 cans from me. Are you taking advantage of me?" the man replied disdainfully.
The woman was just a little annoyed. "Brother He, we clearly agreed on this. My family can't even afford to eat, so we're waiting for your canned food. If you don't have ten, eight will do. My daughter is so young and has been hungry for days. Please have pity on us and give us some."
This is... asking for money for prostitution, but ending up with someone refusing to pay?
Qiao Xuejun knew that selling one's body in exchange for food was not surprising in the end of the world, but in the Hongmeishan area under Zhao Xian's rule, Qiao Xuejun had never encountered such a thing.
But now the man and woman did not need to hide their feelings when talking about this matter, and it was obvious that they had become accustomed to it.
Qiao Xuejun stopped in her tracks, turned around hesitantly, and looked at Zhao Xian.
Zhao Xian also stopped and stood there quietly.
Qiao Xuejun wanted to leave here, but she knew that Zhao Xian would not just ignore her. She couldn't leave for a while.
She quietly peeked inside.
At the riverside, the argument continued, and the man's voice rang out: "I pity you, but who pity me? Where can I get so many cans, even in dozens?"
"Really?" The woman's voice was soft and pitiful, and she asked back in disbelief.
The man turned and left her, still cursing: "If you say you don't have it, then you don't have it. You've been played to pieces by others..."
"Then go to hell!"
With a roar and a "splash" sound, the woman suddenly bumped into the man from behind and pushed him into the water.
Then there was the sound of a man thrashing around: "Damn it, you bitch, you... Gulu... You actually dared to push me! I'll kill you when I get up here!"
Qiao Xuejun was a little surprised. Although the woman looked weak, she was quite strong and pushed the man into the river.
But it seems that the man can swim, so it may not make much sense to push him.
She continued to look over there.
Sure enough, the man was struggling in the river and was about to come up.
The woman picked up a stone on the shore and threw it at the man struggling in the river. The stone hit the man's head and blood oozed from his forehead.
"Ah!" the male protagonist wailed.
The woman did not hold back and threw a few more stones at the man, causing him to see stars and bleed.
That’s not all. She also picked up a long broken branch on the shore and used it to hold the man in the river back, preventing him from swimming to the shore.
The man thrashed and wailed, "Don't bother me! Let me get ashore, and I'll give you canned food, okay?"
The woman yelled, "It's too late!"
She used a branch to push the man into the river and prevented him from coming ashore.
Zhao Xian took a step forward and walked over.
Such a tall man suddenly appeared, and naturally he was discovered by the two people on the river bank. The man in the river seemed to have seen a savior: "Officer! Sir! Save me! If you pull me out, I am willing to give you 10 cans! 12 is fine! Save me!"
The woman was panicked, but she held on to the branch and pushed the man into the water.
She looked at Zhao Xian warily. Her face twisted for a moment, then she forced a smile and softened her voice: "Sir, you should have heard it just now. It's this bastard who bullied others. Don't worry about it. When I'm done with this, I can come to please you. At that time, you can do whatever you want. I..."
Zhao Xian raised his eyes, and the woman fell silent, not daring to say anything more.
Zhao Xian: "100 kilometers to the north, in the Hongmei Mountain area in Xiaokai Town, Kai County, under the provincial capital of Gongzhou, is the First Base. They are always accepting people, with food and accommodation provided. You can join us."
Zhao Xian looked at the man in the river and had no intention of intervening.
The woman was stunned and nodded: "Okay, okay, thank you, sir."
After Zhao Xian finished speaking, he turned and walked towards Qiao Xuejun: "Don't look, aren't you busy looking for something?"
Qiao Xuejun was surprised: "Don't you care?"
In her mind, Zhao Xian is a good cadre of the people. When encountering such an obviously wrong situation, he will definitely take care of it and provide relief.
Zhao Xian: "Hasn't it been taken care of?"
Qiao Xuejun: "..." Is this what you call management? Didn't you just say a promotional slogan? Didn't you arrange any follow-up?
Zhao Xian said coldly, "We only have two hours. We can't waste any time. The old professor is more important."
So he can't control this.
If he was still the pure soldier he was before, he would naturally intervene, distinguish right from wrong, and uphold justice. But he is now the manager of the First Base, and he must consider the survival of the entire base and cannot do whatever he wants.
Qiao Xuejun understood what Zhao Xian meant.
Life has weight to him. He has to consider the base. The lives of this woman and the man in the river are not as important as the old professor's life.
Qiao Xuejun would not care about such things. She always adhered to the principle of taking care of herself. But Zhao Xian's decision today was somewhat unexpected to her.
Now she felt that Zhao Xian was a very good person who would definitely help when he saw injustice. But he didn't.
So, Zhao Xian treats her well because in Zhao Xian's eyes, she is also an expert professor and her life is more important?
Qiao Xuejun didn't say anything. She looked at the woman again. The man in the river was no longer able to move.
The woman looked at them, with confusion and gratitude in her eyes.
Qiao Xuejun took out a bag of military rations from her bag and placed it where she was standing. She looked at Zhao Xian, then at the woman: "It's for food."
The woman was stunned for a moment, bit her lip, tears welling up in her eyes: "Thank you."
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