Chapter 245: Old Friend in Yunhai City
"Xiao Man! Are you home? It's me, Chen Peiqiong!"
Hearing Chen Peiqiong's voice, Xia Xiaoman opened the door and went out. Maodan, who was too frightened, insisted on sticking to her and followed her out.
Chen Peiqiong knew that Xia Xiaoman's family had a wolf, but this was the first time she had seen one. She was a little surprised and said, "This is the wolf you raised. It's so cute!"
Xia Xiaoman smiled and said, "It's usually very naughty and often chews on the corner of the table to grind its teeth." She looked at the wild vegetables in Chen Peiqiong's hand and asked, "Did you go to pick wild vegetables today?"
Chen Peiqiong nodded and said with some lingering fear: "I took a day off today to apply for an ID card, and picked wild vegetables on the way back. Before I even got to the top of the mountain, I saw someone being struck to death by lightning. Fortunately, I ran fast and hid in a building, otherwise you might not see me today."
The trees on the mountain had long ago died under the combined blow of drought and extreme cold, and the newly sprouted saplings were no taller than the height of a calf. If a person ran up the empty mountain, he would immediately become a target of lightning.
Chen Peiqiong hid in a building and clearly saw seven or eight people who were picking wild vegetables on the mountain and did not have time to come down the mountain were struck to death by lightning.
Xia Xiaoman said, "You've seen people killed by lightning, so why are you so bold to go to the mountains to dig wild vegetables? Aren't you afraid of being struck to death by lightning?"
"I didn't dig these, I picked them up." When several people were struck to death by lightning, the baskets and bags in their hands fell out, but the wild vegetables inside were not damaged, so Chen Peiqiong picked them up.
Xia Xiaoman knew that these wild vegetables were picked by Chen Peiqiong, so she bought them at the same price as before. It was Chen Peiqiong's luck to pick up these wild vegetables, but she couldn't give less supplies to others just because these wild vegetables were picked up by herself.
Chen Peiqiong took the supplies and turned to leave. After taking two steps, she remembered something and turned back to say, "I heard that an infectious disease has broken out in Yunhai City. If you see strangers from other places recently, be careful and try not to contact them."
Xia Xiaoman was stunned for a moment. Yunhai City? Isn't that her hometown? "Do you know what infectious disease it is?"
Chen Peiqiong shook her head. "I'm not sure. I just heard it from others. People have been arranged to patrol. If they encounter people from Yunhai City, they will be taken for quarantine and inspection. They will be released only after they are sure there is no problem."
In fact, the best way is to expel these people. I don’t know what the authorities are thinking, but they kept these people here.
The authorities did not want to take these people in, but Yunhai City was too cunning and reported to the capital in advance. If citizens of Yunhai City went to other cities, they would be quarantined and checked. If they were confirmed to have infectious diseases, they would be hospitalized for treatment. If they were not sick, they would be allowed to leave.
The Xia Kingdom has not completely collapsed yet, and they still have to follow the instructions issued by the central government, so they can only accept those who escaped from Yunhai City.
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Xia Xiaoman has been feeling uneasy ever since she learned that people from Yunhai City came to Fucheng.
In order to avoid running into people from Yunhai City, Xia Xiaoman would not go out unless she could, and she rarely even went to the yard. Even when she went out to get water, she would wrap herself up tightly so that others could not recognize her.
After the thunder, the sun moved a little higher, the temperature gradually became hotter, and more and more people came to fetch water.
After fetching water, Xia Xiaoman habitually looked into the bucket. Due to repeated pest control and the rising temperature, there were fewer insects in the water. However, she had been fetching water to irrigate the vegetable fields recently, so whether there were insects in the water didn't affect her much.
She walked home while thinking about all sorts of things. As soon as she entered the villa area, she saw several people standing at her door.
Seeing the faces of those people clearly, Xia Xiaoman's expression tensed instantly. She clenched her fists, walked over with a cold face, skipped those people, took out the key, opened the door and went in.
"Xiao Man? Is that Xiao Man?" A hoarse voice sounded behind her. Xia Xiao Man pretended not to hear it, opened the door, went in, and was about to close it.
Suddenly, a hand pressed against the door. "Manman, we haven't seen each other for so long, have you forgotten me? Why didn't you even say hello? I went through so much trouble to bring your parents here, shouldn't you say thank you to me?"
Xia Xiaoman looked at the handsome man in front of her and punched him without saying a word. The man looked at Xia Xiaoman in surprise, then quickly reacted and dodged the attack, reaching out to grab Xia Xiaoman.
If it were in the past, Xia Xiaoman would be caught in less than two minutes. But in recent years, she has been training her skills almost every day. Even if she can't beat the man in front of her, she can still escape.
The man's reaction speed was very fast. Every time Xia Xiaoman's fist was about to hit him, he could easily dodge. After a few rounds, Xia Xiaoman was forced to pull out his axe to fight the enemy.
The man was very skilled, and could handle it easily even if Xia Xiaoman used a weapon. Suddenly, a steel needle shot out from Xia Xiaoman's sleeve and pierced straight into the man's chest.
The man took two steps back in pain. When the other people next to him saw that the man was injured, they immediately pulled out their pistols and aimed at Xia Xiaoman.
Being targeted by five or six pistols, Xia Xiaoman did not act rashly. He stood there and looked at the man coldly.
The other party looked down at the needle, then pulled it out with all his strength without changing his expression. "Manman has learned a lot of skills outside in the past few years. Do you know how to sneak attack people?"
The man's voice sounded doting, but Xia Xiaoman just felt disgusted when she heard it.
The person in front of her was her junior high school classmate He Jingxuan, and also her most trusted friend. If she were to ask who she hated the most, He Jingxuan would definitely be ranked first.
He Jingxuan came from a well-off family, but for some unknown reason, her parents sent her to live with her grandmother in the countryside, and thus she entered the school where she attended junior high school.
She had excellent grades in junior high school, but He Jingxuan's grades were even better. She had always been competitive since she was a child, and she often secretly competed with He Jingxuan.
One time, her parents came to the school to make trouble, saying they would take her home and ask the school to release her. At that time, she was young and could not beat her parents. They chased her around the playground and beat her. It was He Jingxuan who helped her stop her parents.
Because of this incident, she and He Jingxuan had their first encounter.
Later, the school organized a Mathematical Olympiad, and she argued with He Jingxuan over a big question. The two of them got to know each other through quarreling, and thus became friends who appreciated each other.
Since then, she often discussed various types of questions with He Jingxuan. He Jingxuan came from a big city, and his family had hired many tutors for him. He had a lot of questions that other schools didn't have, and he knew a lot of knowledge.
Xia Xiaoman likes to study those big questions that are not available in school with He Jingxuan. That is other knowledge she can learn outside of textbooks.
While she was studying eagerly, rumors about her and He Jingxuan gradually spread in the school. At that time, she didn't take it seriously, thinking that the innocent will be innocent. But she didn't expect that the human heart is unpredictable.
As someone from a big city, He Jingxuan was very popular in school, especially among some girls. Since the gossip spread, she was often teased and bullied by classmates.
Two fists are no match for four hands. If she is bullied by one person, she can fight back, but if she is bullied by a group of people, she doesn't even have a chance to fight back.
After being bullied for a while, she finally couldn't stand it anymore and wanted He Jingxuan to come forward to help her clarify the situation.
But she never dreamed that the person who spread the scandal was He Jingxuan. How could he come forward to clarify it?
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