Chapter 124: Causing trouble? Compensation for supplies!
"Impossible, impossible..." Ji Lin couldn't accept that her mother would be such a person, but deep down she felt that it seemed to be true.
"Countless millions of antique jewellery, is it possible for your grandpa's family to have them? They are heirlooms of my Lu family. Brains are good things, so take some with you when you go out in the future." Lu Xi said this to Ji Lin and to several soldiers present at the same time. On the one hand, he emphasized that Lu Weiyi's space was a supernatural power, and on the other hand, he whitewashed Lu Weiyi to prevent them from having a preconceived idea that Lu Weiyi had occupied other people's things.
Zhuang Mingxu indulged him until he finished speaking, then looked at the soldiers and said, "Excuse me, the patrol car I drove to the door is there. Can someone go to the Ji family to pick up the person in charge and tell them that their daughter damaged other people's property and ask them to pay compensation."
"If they don't come... I will have no choice but to take these two girls to auction. In this apocalyptic world, supplies are life, and they will destroy other people's livelihoods. I can only wait and see who sells the supplies, and then they will belong to him."
The soldiers didn't know whether this was true or not, but since this group of people were obviously connected to higher-ups, they didn't want to offend them, so they agreed and drove directly to pick them up.
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"You...you can't do this..." Ji Lin had never experienced such a tough time, and all she heard was too much for her to accept. She could only cry and shout "no".
Fang Wan on the side was also scared. What she did all day was to follow Ji Lin around and play around. Her goal was to hook up with someone with abundant resources. Now that her goal had not been achieved and she was obviously being dragged into the water, she immediately distanced herself from the situation and said, "These things were broken by Ji Lin. It has nothing to do with me. I didn't even touch them."
Zhuang Mingxu looked at Lu Xi, and Lu Xi nodded, "Then you can go. Go back and tell your aunt to quickly bring supplies to exchange people. If the supplies don't arrive before 5 pm, her daughter will be sold."
"I...I know." Fang Wan didn't even look at Ji Lin and ran away quickly.
Zhuang Mingxu's words were a bit harsh. The soldiers didn't say much, but they still reported the matter to their superiors. After a while, a captain came over. He was an acquaintance, Zhang Peng - this was another unconscious person among the seven people who were with Li Qing.
"I heard that you are trafficking in human beings, so I came to take a look," Zhang Peng said with a smile after greeting Zhuang Mingxu.
Li Qing and his group went out to look for supplies. Zhang Peng had not recovered yet and was ordered to stay at the base for a few days to recuperate. When he heard his subordinates report this to Li Mu, he took the initiative to take over.
Zhuang Mingxu handed him a cigarette, and the two of them moved to a small bedroom that was temporarily converted into an office. "How can that be? I can use your mouths to scare them, so that they don't always think of cheating people for no reason."
Zhang Peng took a puff of his cigarette and said, "I saw a farce at the entrance of Longmen Community a few days ago. There is nothing you can do when you meet people like this."
Zhuang Mingxu knew that he was talking about Ji Heng's matter, so he didn't say much, "We're not competing for their supplies, we're just teaching them a lesson, and you can take all the compensation when the time comes."
"How can I feel embarrassed?" Zhang Peng originally took on this task in order to repay a favor. Now when he heard that he was giving them another advantage, he naturally felt embarrassed.
"Don't be polite. Although I have retired, I have worn this outfit after all. My ability is limited now, and this is all I can give you." Zhuang Mingxu said, and then he thought of the three villas that he had not rented out. There were people who wanted to rent them, either the Li family or the Gu family, but Wu Yue didn't want to give them any, so it has been delayed until now.
Wu Yue sold the entire building outside and replaced it with four old buildings in the green community a little further away from Longmen. Before the end of the world, it was a half-demolished community. It didn't look much better than the collapsed land outside. Now that the base was built not long ago, no one had time to clean it up, so the place has remained in such a mess.
However, there is a large area underneath the demolished site. If it can be cleaned up and covered with soil, it can be directly arranged for planting.
If the surroundings can be cleaned up, the entire team can move over there and put the supplies found in the pile of dirt there for people to pick, so as to avoid the inconvenience of too many people entering and leaving Longmen Villa.
If the military were to live there...
"I still have a few empty houses, do you want to live there?" Zhuang Mingxu asked.
"House? Where?" With so many people in the army and limited supplies, they have to squeeze as much as possible into their living quarters. It would definitely be nice to have extra space.
"There are two villas in Longmen, one on the left and right of my house. There are four buildings in the northern part of the Green Land community, six stories high, with three households on each floor. They all have two bedrooms and a living room. I'm not sure if the water pipes can be used." The sudden drop in temperature due to heavy snow caused many water pipes in the base to burst. Now, the water for washing can't be delivered directly to all places.
"How do I rent it?" Zhang Peng asked.
"No rent," said Zhuang Mingxu.
Zhang Peng raised his eyebrows.
Zhuang Mingxu continued, "I plan to tidy up that area and plant some things. You guys just keep an eye on it to make sure it isn't stolen. It might be a bit noisy due to people working there every day, so you can go back and ask. As for Longmen Villa, there aren't many people in our team, so please take care of it. It's empty anyway."
"Okay, I'll go back and ask the captain and give you an answer then," said Zhang Peng.
While the two were talking, the people who were going to pick up Ji Lin's family arrived.
The ones who came were Ji Zhong and Jiang Fu.
Failure to get supplies from Lu Weiyi meant that Ji Heng and Ji Jin were trying to find supplies and were not at home at this time.
"I'll go take a look?" Zhang Peng raised his chin towards Ji Zhong who was outside to understand the situation.
"Thank you for your hard work," said Zhuang Mingxu.
Ji Zhong didn't know the reason why Ji Lin was detained. He just heard about the commotion and was asking about the details. Jiang Fu naturally knew about it, but the supplies still had to be provided by men. At this time, she just stood in front of Ji Lin and coaxed him in a low voice.
After asking clearly, Ji Zhong realized that Ji Lin was looking for trouble with Lu Weiyi, "Xiaoyi... when did you come back?"
"When you don't care or know," Lu Xi naturally had no good words, "and you should take care of this bunch of shameless people in your family. You haven't had enough of taking advantage, have you? Before the end of the world, you calculated other people's property, and after the end of the world, you coveted other people's materials. You are so shameless to the extreme. Is this the "good virtue" inherited from your family?"
Lu Xi had a knife on his lips and looked at Jiang Fu and Ji Lin with disdain, "Pay it back quickly, I have something else to do after you pay."
Ji Zhong and his wife have loved each other for a lifetime, leaving only one son, Ji Heng. Although he knew that Ji Zhong was not a good person, he was still his biological son. He felt ashamed to be criticized by a child, but he could not say anything. He said in a low voice, "More than 300 kilograms of food, we really don't have that much. Little brother, I am Lu Weiyi's grandfather, do you think it's possible..."
The 70-year-old man was so humble that the soldiers beside him were moved. Even Zhang Peng felt that this matter was not easy to handle. Lu Xi said firmly with an almost inhuman coldness, "No, you said you couldn't pay it and wanted to make an exception. Have you ever thought about how my brother would get along in the team? How would the team members see him? Who will bear the loss?"
"Your family is really disgusting from top to bottom. You keep calling him your grandpa. Shouldn't your grandpa put himself in his shoes? What do you think of him? When his dad cheated on his wife with a mistress, you weren't his grandpa? When his dad annexed his mom's property to raise his mistress' illegitimate child, you weren't his grandpa?"
"When he was tortured by his stepmother's illegitimate son and became ill for several years, weren't you his real grandfather? You said your real grandfather did such disgusting things. I really don't know how your son still had the nerve to ask others for supplies? Do you think shamelessness is your inheritance?"
"You... who are you?" Ji Zhongrang's face turned red.
"My name is Lu Xi, Lu Xiao is my dad, Lu Weiyi is my brother. I'm going to make this clear today, either you claim the compensation and take the person away, or I'll go ask some old ruffian in the base who has the supplies and sell her directly. If all else fails, don't we have a red-light district in the base? They should accept any woman there." Lu Xi's words were extremely vicious, but with the previous words as a foundation, the soldiers didn't say anything.
"...Lu Xiao's son." When Ji Zhong heard this name, he seemed to age a little. He whispered and turned to look at Ji Lin.
"Grandpa, no, I don't want to be sold... Grandpa..." Ji Lin's eyes were red from crying in front of Ji Zhong, and Jiang Fu also had tears in her eyes and looked at Ji Zhong pleadingly.
"Go and take out the supplies that Ji Heng hid and pay for it," Ji Zhong said finally.
"Dad, that's the last thing we have," Jiang Fu said anxiously.
"Then let Ji Lin be sold." Ji Zhong glanced at her and walked out slowly.
"You can go find Lu Weiyi..."
"I don't have the face to look for you, do you have the face to do so?" Ji Zhong looked at Jiang Fu's calm expression without any fluctuation. He turned his head and stared at her intently, causing Jiang Fu to swallow the rest of her words.
After Ji Zhong left, Jiang Fu could only use supplies to exchange for her daughter, but she took out more than 20 crystal cores to offset part of the supplies. As said before, Zhuang Mingxu took the crystal cores and left the rest of the food to the military.
Thinking of the previous plan, Zhuang Mingxu directly asked Lu Xi to take him to the Greenland Community.
Only six buildings were left in the Greenland community after they were demolished. Of the four buildings that are owned by Zhuang Mingxu, the remaining two are owned by the Gu family. Some individual tenants live in them, and there is a large garden and a community lawn underneath. The area is not small, but the demolition and earthquake collapse covered a large area.
Zhuang Mingxu asked Lu Xi to drive the patrol car around for a long time, and he had a plan in mind.
When he returned that afternoon, he asked someone to exchange the use rights of a villa in Longmen Villa District for the remaining two small buildings and the surrounding land from the Gu family. According to his original plan, he wanted to move the entire team there directly, but later he gave up thinking that the safety of Longmen Community was at least guaranteed.
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