Chapter 153 Sewer Leakage
The temperature is getting lower and lower, and the north wind is coming quietly.
Xia Xiaoman had already changed into thick cotton clothes, and the kang in the house was lit up.
Occasionally, light snowflakes would fall from the sky. Whenever this happened, she would take out the container in the space to collect the snow. When she had enough snow in a bucket, she would then use a new bucket to continue accumulating snow.
When Xia Xiaoman woke up in the morning and opened the door, she was disappointed to see that it was not snowing outside.
After breakfast, I took some room temperature drinks from the space and placed them on the second-floor balcony. I also put the drinks that I placed on the balcony yesterday back into the space before going downstairs to practice boxing.
It was almost time for dinner, so Xia Xiaoman cooked a pot of spicy braised duck and added 10 tiger skin eggs. In the cold weather, a bite of the spicy braised duck made me sweat immediately.
After eating and drinking, I was just about to take a rest when a gong sounded, "Someone broke into the community! Someone broke in!"
Xia Xiaoman stood up suddenly, closed the doors and windows of the house, placed a dozen mousetraps at the door, and then took his crossbow and went out.
This time she did not rush to the gate of the community, but followed the crowd to observe the situation.
After a while, she discovered a fight near the sewer in the square.
The light was dim in the eternal night, and many people couldn't see who was who. Only when they ran closer could they see each other's appearance clearly.
Just as she was hesitating whether to go forward to help, she heard someone shouting, "Damn it! Those bastards got in from the sewer. Brothers and sisters, boil some water and pour it into the sewer to scald them to death!"
At the same time, two headlights in a nearby building lit up, illuminating the sewer in the square.
With the light, the people in Shuiyue Bay immediately distinguished between the enemy and us, and acted quickly and neatly. Xia Xiaoman also set up a crossbow and fired from a distance. On the other side, the shooting team in the community also took out their crossbows and aimed at the enemy.
The logistics team really listened to other people's advice, ran into the house to get out the boiled water, handed it to the agile people to pour it into the sewer.
At this moment, two gunshots broke out near the sewer, and someone shouted: "Those bastards have guns! Stay away from the sewer!"
"Bang, bang!" Two more gunshots were heard, followed by a commotion.
"Damn it! There's a gun! Fuck, what's the job of a security guard guarding the sewer!" someone cursed.
"Everyone be careful, don't get close to the sewers! Those bastards are hiding in the sewers and shooting!" another person shouted.
The people in Shuiyue Bay immediately dispersed, fighting off the enemy while looking for cover. Xia Xiaoman also hid behind a stone pillar to observe the situation in the sewer.
"Everyone, pay attention, disperse and shoot from a distance!" a man shouted.
"Got it!" others responded.
Xia Xiaoman took the opportunity to set up a crossbow, aimed at a person who had just emerged from the sewer, and shot an arrow at him. The person screamed and fell into the sewer, his life or death unknown.
"Good archery!" someone shouted.
Xia Xiaoman turned his head and saw that the person who was speaking was Wang Shijin. He smiled at him and then continued shooting.
On the other side, the community shooting team quickly separated and formed a circle with the sewer outlet as the center point. Once they saw someone emerging from the sewer, they would immediately start shooting.
The other side seemed to have only two or three guns and not many bullets. After firing a few times, there was no more movement.
The shooting team and the patrol team slowly moved towards the sewer entrance in a surrounding formation until all the people coming out of the sewer were killed.
When approaching the sewer entrance, Wang Shijin bravely stuck his head into the sewer and looked inside. It was pitch black. He threw a torch down and found that the people in the sewer had already run away.
"Fuck, you got tricked. If you have the guts, don't run away. I'll kill them!" Someone cursed angrily.
"With such a big commotion, where are the security guards guarding the sewers? This is too much for them to neglect their duties!"
"With such a big commotion, there was no one there. The security guard guarding this place must be gone. Otherwise, how could he not show up?"
Someone asked, "Do you want to go down and take a look? Maybe those bastards are still hiding down there?"
After he finished speaking, Old Man Luo, who had arrived late, said, "No one is allowed to go down! Ah Jin, take a few people to the army and ask them to come and clean up the nearby sewers."
The enemy had guns, and they only had crossbows. If they went down, they would be ambushed and there would definitely be casualties. Professional matters should be left to professionals.
Wang Shijin responded and pointed a few people to go to the troops.
Old Man Luo then instructed: "Inside and near the community, send a shooting team and a patrol team to guard each sewer entrance until the troops arrive."
Several shooting captains and patrol captains present nodded in agreement.
Seeing that she had nothing to do, Xia Xiaoman put away her crossbow and turned back. After taking only two steps, Old Man Luo called her.
"Little kid, your archery skills have improved a lot. Are you interested in being the shooting captain?"
Xia Xiaoman was stunned for a moment, then shook his head decisively, "I'm afraid of death. If I were asked to be the shooting captain, I would lead my teammates and run away immediately if something happened."
Old Man Luo obviously didn't believe it, thinking that she was still angry about the last time he drove her out of the community. "I know you are not that kind of person. If you were really afraid of death, you wouldn't be here now."
Xia Xiaoman: “…”
She was really afraid of death. She appeared here only because she thought that if the nest is destroyed, no one would be left unharmed. If she didn't join others in the community to drive away the bad guys, she would be the next one to be besieged.
Old Man Luo continued to persuade him, "If you join the shooting team, you can get five honeycomb coals every day, as well as a quilt and a set of winter clothes."
Seeing that Xia Xiaoman was unmoved, he added another weight, "I see that you are quite skilled and you should practice some boxing and kicking. If you join the shooting team, I can let you wield dual swords."
"My sword skills are much more useful than your small-scale boxing skills. When I was young, I used this sword skill to kill a lot of enemies who invaded our country."
Xia Xiaoman was somewhat moved when she heard this. The future world is full of dangers, and learning one more sword technique is equivalent to having one more life-saving skill.
But thinking about the shooting team's daily patrols, Xia Xiaoman gave up. "Old man, I'm really not interested in this shooting team leader. But I'm quite interested in your swordsmanship. I'll trade two bottles of Moutai for your swordsmanship. Do you want to trade?"
Old man Luo's expression changed instantly. "What do you think my swordsmanship is? You want to exchange my swordsmanship for two bottles of broken wine? Dream on!"
"How about... five bottles?" Xia Xiaoman said carefully.
Old Man Luo snorted coldly, "Let alone five bottles, I won't change even if it's ten bottles!"
Xia Xiaoman gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! Then 10 bottles of Moutai and 10 bottles of Wuliangye. This is the highest price I can offer."
Old Man Luo hesitated for two seconds, "Deal, come to the property management department to see me at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning."
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