"A-choo." Qiao Xuejun was talking excitedly when she sneezed loudly. She rubbed her nose and felt a little cold.
Zhao Xian: "Are you cold?"
He simply picked the person up horizontally, hugged him tightly, and went back to the house: "Return to the base in seven days. Find time to come over for transplanting before then."
Qiao Xuejun grabbed his collar and was about to let him put her down, but when she heard him talking about serious matters, she agreed, "Okay."
"Let's go back to the ship first." Zhao Xian didn't plan to stay at the Xie family for long. He was worried about Qiao Xuejun being dragged by the sea monster in the sea for so long. He had to let the military doctor check her out.
Zhao Xian took his men away.
The Xie family sent the people from the First Base to the front door of their home and watched them leave with turbulent emotions in their hearts.
Ren Wangwang walked out the door, turned around and instructed again: "Just stay at home and don't go out. We will send someone to bring you some emergency food later. You can get through these few days, just wait for us to pick you up."
Since this was their first time going out to sea, they took into account many uncertainties and unexpected discoveries, so they prepared sufficient food. For the original seven-day trip, they prepared at least half a month's worth of food.
It is more than enough to help the Xie family with an emergency.
The Xie family quickly agreed: "Okay, okay, thank you so much."
Ren Wangwang smiled and said, "It's because you saved our great expert. You helped the base a lot, so this is the base's way of thanking you."
The Xie family still didn't quite understand: "Great expert?"
Ren Wangwang said naturally: "It's Teacher Qiao." He paused, "Don't look like him?"
The Xie family heard their patrol team call Qiao Xuejun "Teacher Qiao" and immediately reacted: "Ah! She, she is indeed too young, I can't tell at all."
Ren Wangwang patted the black cotton-padded jacket on the shoulder and said, "It's okay. You will understand everything when we get to the base."
The people from the first base left, and the Xie family closed the door.
They returned to the house with their heads down, not saying a word. Everything that happened today was too magical.
After a long while, someone finally muttered, "I thought they were just picking it up and eating it for free. We wasted today's opportunity to go out to sea and collect supplies."
"Who would have thought that we would actually find a Bodhisattva. Not only did he bring us food, but he also took us back to the First Base! Heavenly Bodhisattva, it's like a dream."
The aunt's eyes were red. "So you are a great expert from the First Base. No wonder you could tell there was something wrong with our food at a glance and solved it right away."
The man who had spoken to me earlier said, "Yeah, now none of us have diarrhea. It's really amazing."
"To be honest, I didn't think that woman was an expert at all. I, I thought she was the lord's wife."
"I also……"
The Xie family reached an agreement.
Someone insisted: "I'm not saying it, it really looks like it."
The girl who had spoken to Qiao Xuejun said, "No one says that a wife and an expert can't be the same person. It's reasonable for the lord's wife to be a great expert."
The Xie family quickly accepted Qiao Xuejun's identity as an expert. After all, the skills Qiao Xuejun showed in their family were indeed very useful.
Someone also wondered, “But now that they’ve all left, will they really come to pick us up?”
"He will definitely come back. That man is the lord of the First Base, Zhao Xian. If he doesn't want to pick us up, he doesn't have to make any promises to us. What can we do to him?"
"Yeah, they're carrying guns. If they think we're troublesome, they can just kill us."
Most people are looking forward to going to the First Base, but a few are afraid of being cheated and remain vigilant and skeptical.
It was not until the things from the First Base were actually delivered that those uneasy people dispelled their last bit of doubt.
The First Base told them not to go out to collect things these days, which means they really don’t have to go out to collect!
The big bag of potatoes and some military rations were enough for them to consume for seven days. And everyone was full!
Aunt Xie looked at the food in front of her and felt like she was dreaming. "This, this is too much!"
The patrol soldier who was in charge of delivering the food scratched his head and said, "That's not bad. This portion is distributed according to the amount of the basic meal and based on your number of people. There is also a bag of pumpkin seeds here."
The patrol soldier held up a smaller bag in front of the black cotton jacket and said, "This is our lord's extra thanks to you for saving our teacher Qiao."
"Here are five pounds of roasted pumpkin seeds. This is a rare thing, you should know that." The patrol soldier said, quite proudly.
The man in the black cotton-padded jacket from the Xie family took it and looked at the pumpkin seeds in his pocket. The seeds were big and full, and they looked very good.
It is indeed a rare item. If you take it to the market, you can definitely exchange it for the most precious blue oil!
The patrol soldier said, "Speaking of which, we can have these food thanks to our teacher Qiao! Okay, I won't say any more. I have to go. Please be careful. Our big ship will come to pick you up when the time comes."
He added: "Pack your things in the next few days. If it is safe, you can also collect some supplies nearby and bring them on board. Our base needs some steel and iron. But your own safety is still the most important."
The Xie family quickly said, "Okay, okay, we got it."
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Qiao Xuejun was sitting in the lifeboat, being held by Zhao Xian. She also put her arms around Zhao Xian's neck to make her posture more stable.
She and Zhao Xian chatted about the sea monster: "I almost thought I was going to die in the sea. It was like crazy, swimming faster and faster. Mu Qing and I didn't want to give up. We encouraged each other and kept stabbing its tentacles and body with knives."
Zhao Xian: "You did the right thing."
Their finishing blows increased the sea monster's bleeding, providing them with important clues to find it in time.
Qiao Xuejun smiled with satisfaction: "Then the sea monster swam to the residential area. There are alleys and small buildings everywhere. The route is very complicated. I even made a special note of it."
Zhao Xian listened to her quietly and responded from time to time.
Qiao Xuejun noticed something was wrong. Zhao Xian's eyes were dark and his face was tense. It seemed that he was still...feeling guilty?
Even worse than the last time she was injured in the fight with the lantern fish.
But she wasn't hurt this time.
It was just that when the sea monster moved quickly between the small buildings, she was dragged and bumped against the outer walls of the small buildings, so she should have some scratches and bruises on her body. But it was not a big deal. She was afraid that Zhao Xian would take the responsibility on himself again, so she didn't say anything.
But why is Zhao Xian still like this?
Qiao Xuejun reached out and grabbed his collar, looked into his eyes, and whispered with a little dissatisfaction: "Don't tell me you are reflecting again, Lord Zhao."
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