Chapter 277 Gao Family Gang
There is always daylight, the temperature gradually rises, and there is little rain.
The new type of potato developed during the extreme heat still has a long maturity period for today, so the authorities are trying to cultivate crops with a short maturity period, high yield, and resistance to drought and high temperatures.
No matter what crop it is, as long as it can be planted on a large scale and has a short maturity period, it can alleviate the current famine.
The seeds sent by Xia Xiaoman just solved the urgent need of the Agricultural Affairs Office. With more seeds, they can free their hands to research new crops. But the prerequisite is that these seeds must be active, otherwise everything is empty talk.
The staff hurriedly went to the agricultural office to invite a professional. The professional opened all the packages of vegetable seeds and saw that most of the seeds were well preserved. He was surprised and asked: "How did you preserve these seeds? Most of them can be used."
Xia Xiaoman said calmly, "I didn't keep it much. I just left it in my backpack after I dug it out of the ruins."
"Ah? These seeds are not yours." The agricultural specialist was a little disappointed. She wanted to ask for advice on how to preserve the seeds. After so many years of natural disasters, the seeds could still be preserved so well. There must be a secret recipe.
Xia Xiaoman was afraid that she would make more mistakes if she said too much, so she urged the staff at the trading point to convert the seeds into points and put them into the card. After completing the transaction, she left immediately.
After returning to the tent to clean up, Maodan came back with a cheerful step, holding two half-dead steel-toothed rabbits in his mouth. Seeing Xia Xiaoman in the tent, he ran over, opened his mouth, and threw the steel-toothed rabbits in his mouth to Xia Xiaoman.
Su Ran, who was following behind Mao Dan, saw this scene and said with a smile, "I was wondering why this guy caught the rabbit but didn't eat it. It turns out he brought it back for you to eat!"
Xia Xiaoman looked up at him after hearing the voice and asked, "What did you gain from going out for a day?"
"Don't mention it. Most of the steel-toothed rabbits we caught today went into Maodan's stomach. This guy is simply a bottomless pit. He eats a steel-toothed rabbit in one mouthful. I can't even snatch it away from him."
Su Ran finally understood why Xia Xiaoman laughed when he proposed to take Maodan to catch the steel-toothed rabbits. He said that he took Maodan to catch rabbits, but in fact, it was Maodan who led them to catch rabbits, and the rabbits that Maodan ate leftovers were theirs.
"Sister Xiaoman, can you continue to lend me the eggs tomorrow?"
Xia Xiaoman glanced at him and said, "What's the matter? Haven't you caught enough rabbits yet?"
"We're not catching rabbits. Sister Yu'e said we're going to Black Bamboo Village tomorrow. Maodan is extremely powerful and can fight five enemies at once. It would be so impressive to take him with us. He also has a keen nose and good hearing, so he can help us find the way."
Hearing Su Ran say the word "exploring the way", Xia Xiaoman frowned slightly. The fact that Su Ran could say this word showed that they still regarded Mao Dan as her pet. It was just a pet, and it would not be a pity if she died during the exploration.
But in fact, she had already regarded Maodan as her partner, and she would not let Maodan explore any route when she knew there was danger.
"I have something to do with Maodan tomorrow, so you should find someone else to explore the way!"
Hearing Xia Xiaoman's tone, Su Ran realized that she had said something wrong and quickly apologized: "Sister Xiaoman, I, I didn't mean that. What I meant was that Maodan has good hearing and can hear things that we can't hear..."
Xia Xiaoman smiled and said it was okay. She could understand Su Ran's decision, but understanding was one thing, and asking her son Maodan to explore the way was impossible.
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The next day, Li Yu'e left some people to guard the base camp, and took the rest away to Heizhu Village.
Seeing them leave, Xia Xiaoman took Maodan to wander around the garrison, looking for a suitable place to build a house.
Yesterday she learned that the garrison was being managed by the military and government, and that they were planning to gradually restore the previous order. Given this, she did not plan to live alone away from the garrison.
Humans are social animals. If they are away from the crowd for too long, they will gradually forget how to get along with humans and may even lose their language.
Since the higher-ups were still trying to control the garrison and restore the previous order, she would settle down near the garrison, away from the hidden space of right and wrong, while being able to keep an eye on the situation of the garrison at all times, and occasionally visit the garrison to meet friends and exchange some information.
The garrison was built at the foot of four mountains. Xia Xiaoman looked around and found a small hill in front of the foot of the mountain on the right side of the garrison, and behind the small hill was a big mountain. Maybe a house could be built between the hill and the mountain.
Thinking of this, Xia Xiaoman took Maodan and walked towards the hillside. When they were almost at the hillside, suddenly a few people came out from behind the hillside.
Seeing this, Xia Xiaoman took Maodan to hide behind a shed. The men came down the hillside and went straight into the camp, as if they were looking for something.
Just as Xia Xiaoman was wondering what those people were looking for, she heard the man living in the shed whisper, "Those beasts are here to arrest people again."
"Mom, keep your voice down. If those people find out, you will kill our whole family."
The aunt sighed heavily, "What a sin! He has ruined so many young girls, and he is not afraid of retribution."
"Oh, Mom, you're still talking! The higher-ups don't care, what's the point of you saying so much?"
"What does this have to do with the higher-ups? It was all because of those people who sold their daughter for a little food. They will be struck by lightning and will be punished."
"Mom, mom, keep your voice down, you're going to kill me!" The man who spoke quickly covered the aunt's mouth.
The sound in the shed disappeared, and Xia Xiaoman carefully took Maodan away. It seemed that the hillside behind was not peaceful, so it was better not to cause trouble.
After searching for a while and not finding a suitable place to build a house, Xia Xiaoman returned to the tent tiredly.
Less than ten minutes after she came back, she heard that Li Yu'e and her group had also returned.
Xia Xiaoman opened the tent and looked outside. Li Yu'e and the others were not injured, but they did not bring the people from Heizhu Village back. She thought about it, walked out to find Li Yu'e and asked, "Sister Yu'e, why did you come back so soon? Didn't your trip go smoothly?"
Li Yu'e wiped the sweat off her head and said, "The Gao Family Gang has been targeting the Black Bamboo Village. We went there and happened to run into people from the Gao Family Gang."
The leader of the Gao Family Gang was Gao Dafa, who once lived near the Lingxu Gang. Gao Dafa watched Li Yu'e and her gang go out with a large group of people every day, and he always fantasized about forming a gang himself.
After the earthquake, he finally had this opportunity. He found a few friends and occupied the wells near the community, asking those who fetched water to hand over supplies to them.
Later, he was not satisfied with using the well to collect supplies, so he led people to rob others of supplies dug out from the ruins. With the idea of joining if you can't beat them, more and more people joined Gao Dafa's team.
Gao Dafa was a man who never refused anyone who came to join his Gao Family Gang. As long as they were willing to join, no matter whether they were men or women, old or young, good or evil, they could all join. So in just a dozen days, the number of people in the Gao Family Gang increased rapidly.
Because the Lingxu Gang had repeatedly tried to stop them from occupying the well and charging for it, they became enemies with the Gaojia Gang.
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